Did you know? Did you know the Babylonian word for Gemini was Mas.ta.ba and an Egyptian tomb is a Mastaba? Gemini, astrologically, is ruled by the planet Mercury; can be associated with Nebthet, Osiris’ sister, who was associated with death and the underworld region of the western horizon. Mer was an ancient Egyptian word for the pyramid? Mer also meant the right eye, to watch over something, to see, disease and death, a watercourse or ditch. Py-ra-mer was a term found in an ancient mathematical script referring to the height of the Great Pyramid. From the ancient word Py-ra-mer came the word modern word pyramid. The height of the Great Pyramid (in metres) is the distance between the earth and the sun in millions of kilometres. The Great Pyramid measured the course of the sun through the Precession of the Equinoxes and the seasons. Py (Pi)-Ra-Mer most likely refers to the mathematical function of Pi which is employed throughout the Great Pyramid, Ra (the Egyptian sun god) and mer. In the era of 4420 BC the galactic, ecliptic and celestial planes intersected at a common point, an event which occurs once every 13,000 years (half cycle). The Egyptians came to know the value of Pi through their observation of the heavens. Pi is the relationship between the lunar and solar cycle from the earthly perspective. One year (365.256 days) divided by four synodic months (116.2646 days) equals 3.148 (actual value of Pi is 3.142). A synodic month is measured from one new moon to the next; and four synodic months is a third of a year, equating to the length of each ancient Egyptian season. Copyright © Alison Moroney, 1994