AA SSTTAARR CCOORRRREELLAATTIIOONN IINN AARRIIZZOONNAA by Gary A. David, CPAK Conference, October 2008 Copyright © 2008

any readers are familiar with the “OOrriioonn CCoorrrreellaattiioonn TThheeoorryy” proposed by Robert Bauval in his 1994 bestseller

The Orion Mystery. This theory states that the belt stars of the Orion constellation correspond to the three major pyramids on the Giza Plateau in Egypt.

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Few people realize, however, that many Orion Correlations exist around the world, including one in… nnoorrtthheerrnn AArriizzoonnaa.

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For thousands of years the ancestors of the HHooppii IInnddiiaannss, called the Hisatsinom (formerly known as the Anasazi), have inhabited the American Southwest, building stone villages, or pueblos.

Walpi village on First Mesa (photo by Ansel Adams)

Between c. 1050 AD and 1300 AD a pattern of villages began to take shape on the Arizona desert that resembles Orion—the most important constellation in Hopi cosmology. This ««TTeerrrreessttrriiaall OOrriioonn»» closely mirrors the ««CCeelleessttiiaall OOrriioonn»» (its counterpart), with a prehistoric “city” corresponding to each major star in the constellation.

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Over a period of 250 years a tem

plate reflecting the constellation Orion

was established on the C

olorado Plateau. Either an ancestral Hopi ruin site or a H

opi village directly corresponds to each

major star in O

rion. This grouping of stars also synchronizes the H

opi winter solstice cerem

ony known as Soyal.

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This is the way Orion appears in the sky in the northern hemisphere.

In Arizona, Orion-on-the-ground is reversed 180° from Orion-in-the-sky. Thus, its head points south instead of north— exactly like the stellar template in Egypt. Incidentally, the word ‘zona’ (as in Ari-zona) literally means “the belt stars of Orion.” Hopi for star: sohu. Egyptian word for Orion: sahu.

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TThhee HHooppii have settled primarily on three mesas, each about 7 miles apart: First, Second, & Third.

These correspond to Orion’s belt stars: Alnitak, Alnilam, and Mintaka.

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List of VViillllaaggee / SSttaarr CCoorrrreellaattiioonnss

On First Mesa: Walpi, Sichomovi, Hano = the triple supergiant Alnitak (left belt star).

On Second Mesa: Shungopovi, Shipaulovi, & Mishongnovi = the supergiant Alnilam (middle belt star). On Third Mesa: Old Oraibi and Hotevilla =

the double (binary) giant Mintaka (right belt star).

The ruins Betatakin and Keet Seel in Navajo Nat. Mont. = the double (binary) supergiant Rigel (Orion’s left foot).

The ruins of White House, Antelope House, and Mummy Cave in Canyon de Chelly Nat. Mont. =

the triple supergiant Saiph (Orion’s right foot). Wupatki Nat. Mont. = giant Bellatrix (Orion’s left shoulder).

Homolovi Ruins State Park = the variable supergiant Betelguese (Orion’s right shoulder).

Walnut Canyon Nat. Mont. = Meissa (Orion’s head). 6

A star configuration nearly 200 m

iles long has been created on the Arizona desert

(blue lines). Not only that, it is oriented in order to incorporate a num

ber of solstice inter-relationships betw

een ancient villages or sacred mountains (yellow

lines).

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“As Above, so Below.” –Thoth

Many of the stars of Orion are very distant. The belt stars, for instance, are 1500 – 1600 light-years away.

Pi 3 in the constellation’s left arm, however, is only 26 light-years from us!

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It is similar in size and temperature to our Sun. It may be a binary star. It is # 2185 in the SETI Star Catalogue. It is among Project Phoenix’s “Best and Brightest”

Candidates for having exo-planets and ET life. It is one of NASA’s top 100 target stars for

the Terrestrial Planet Finder telescope observatories. (Planned launch date: 2012.)

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The Left Arm of OOrriioonn Reaches Toward GGrraanndd CCaannyyoonn!

Long ago tthhee HHooppii made a template in the shape of Orion on the Arizona desert. The left hand of this pattern, which includes the star Pi 3 Orionis, rests in Grand Canyon. At the bottom of this amazing geological formation is a natural travertine dome. The Hopi consider this to be their Sipapuni, or "place of emergence" from a previous underworld existence they call the “Third World.”

Aerial view of the Sipapuni on the Little Colorado River.

The ultimate purpose: Did HHooppii “star elders” create the OOrriioonn CCoorrrreellaattiioonn to identify their celestial origin in the left hand of the constellation Orion?

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HHooppii Links With the SSkkyy World

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Star Kachina (upper-right)

The three stars in a row across the top of his head

signify Orion’s belt.

Chasing Star Kachina (lower-right)

achinas are benevolent spirit ssengers that mediate between

the realm of humans and the realm of the gods.

otuknang (sky god and mask, lower-left and lower-middle)

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Google Earth satellite photo from

an altitude of 175 miles above northern A

rizona.

The distance between B

etatakin and Canyon de C

helly is slightly stretched in relation tothe constellation—

about 12 miles. The distance betw

een Walnut C

anyon and Hom

olovi is also stretched—

10 miles. Still, this close pattern cannot be considered a coincidence,

For more information, go to www.theorionzone.com.

Gary A. David has written two books on the subject: The Orion Zone: Ancient Star Cities of the American Southwest

and Eye of the Phoenix: Mysterious Visions and Secrets of the American Southwest.

They are both available at the CPAK bookstore or www.adventuresunlimitedpress.com.

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