tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112748128817762559.post6965684409150170757..comments2022-12-25T12:36:05.746-05:00Comments on shaRQ: Math & Myth: 11,520: "The Number of All Things"Shar Qaanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12437811464432879555noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112748128817762559.post-39321665812172435742013-02-03T04:01:17.133-05:002013-02-03T04:01:17.133-05:00Again, Ta Chuan gives us that 11,520 is the "...Again, Ta Chuan gives us that 11,520 is the "number of all things corresponding to the "myriad (ten thousand) things" attested in Tao Teh Ching.<br /><br />The prime factorization of 11,520 is 2^8 * 3^2 * 5 = 64 * 180. This perhaps indicates sixty-four objects, each with a mean value of 180. <br />Possible interpretations: <br />64 cubes each with a value from the range [144..216] with a strictly-defined distribution for those values. <br />6 faces per cube, corresponding to the six positions of an hexagram.<br />4 edges per face perhaps indicating that the value of each position/face is to be multiplied by four to derive its corresponding yao-number.<br />the average yao-number of 180 per cube perhaps indicating an average value of 30 yao per cube-face, corresponding with the sum of the four divination ritual numbers, [6 7 8 9].Shar Qaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437811464432879555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112748128817762559.post-84446717745224531442013-02-03T04:00:39.387-05:002013-02-03T04:00:39.387-05:00Great Treatise, pt.1, ch.9, v.4-6; Karcher (2000)
...Great Treatise, pt.1, ch.9, v.4-6; Karcher (2000)<br /><br />The extreme of Ch'ien's sticks is 216. The extreme of K'un's sticks is 144. This gives 360. It corresponds to the days of the year.<br /><br />The total number of sticks in the two parts of Change is 11,520. This corresponds to the the ten thousand things.<br /><br />Therefore operations by four establish change. Eighteen transformations complete the diagram.Shar Qaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437811464432879555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112748128817762559.post-65586184788028378202013-02-03T01:49:38.433-05:002013-02-03T01:49:38.433-05:00We also note a mathematical link between 11,520 an...We also note a mathematical link between 11,520 and 25,920:<br /><br />The arithmetic progression 1 : 2 : 3 when scaled by 720 gives 720 : 1440 : 2160<br />The geometric progression 1 : 4 : 9 when scaled by 2880 gives 2880 : 11520 : 25920<br /><br />We can offer an account for the differing number of spells, nine versus eighteen, gained by Odin: <br />As graphically presented in the associated blog entry above, 18 * 1440 = 25,920; similarly, 9 * 2880 = 25,920.Shar Qaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437811464432879555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9112748128817762559.post-40357316220374420802013-02-03T01:49:14.179-05:002013-02-03T01:49:14.179-05:00The legend associated with the Hindu tradition of ...The legend associated with the Hindu tradition of Vaastu Purusha associates the ashtapada with the theme of creation of the world through ritual sacrifice. This legend finds a cognate in the Norse legend of Ymir.<br /> <br />Odin's self-sacrifice on the ash tree Yggdrasil, the 'Tree of Life' or 'World Tree,' gained him the knowledge of eighteen (or nine) magic spells. We infer a parallel between those spells and the 18 rows, columns, and major diagonals of the ashtapada. The highly-ordered numerical arrangement that is imposed by Mercury's magic square produces the numbers associated with precession of the equinoxes. <br /><br />The association of these legends with precession is confirmed by Norse legend of the Yuletide tree, where the tree is to be understood as metaphoric of the Earth's polar axis. The star placed at the top of the tree represents the pole star. (q.v. http://epistemic-forms.com/R-World-tree.html)Shar Qaanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12437811464432879555noreply@blogger.com