--- In [email protected], "authfriend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- In [email protected], TurquoiseB <no_reply@> wrote: > > > > --- In [email protected], "authfriend" <jstein@> wrote: > > > > > > Just to rub it in a little, the above from Barry and > > > Vaj is absolutely hilarious given (a) that we're > > > talking about the Netherlands, as Lawson pointed out; > > > > Already dealt with. :-) > > Uh, no. > > > > and (b) that what Barry refers to as the "obviously > > > artificial structure" imposed by S-V on nature is in > > > fact S-V's primary orienting principle, that buildings > > > should face the sun (you know, that great big bright > > > obviously artificial round yellow thing humans hung > > > up in the sky awhile back). > > > > Just to help Judy a little with her physics, the > > sun rises in the East only a few days each year. > > Due east, right. > > > Based on the following description from the > > Astronomy Answers website, if what Judy says above > > were true, the buildings in Vlodrop would have to be > > built on movable foundations to face the great big > > bright yellow thing consistently: > > If what Barry *interprets* me to have said were > true, so would all the other structures built by > humans to face the sun going back to prehistoric > times. > > The point, of course, is that they're oriented > due East, where the sun rises on the equinoxes. > It's obviously not some artificial, arbitrary > orientation but one based very precisely on the > sun's position relative to a specific location > on earth. > > Further, proper Vastu orientation is determined > by true magnetic north, the orientation of > the planet's magnetic field, also not an > artificial, arbitrary pattern imposed by humans. >
I thought that it was NOT magnetic north, but TRUE North, based on the Equinox rising and setting... > Vastu, in other words, is an exclusively natural > orientation. It's just on a much larger scale > than the attempt to follow mundane local contours > of the land. Its reference is the solar system, > not the geographic features of the immediate area. > Magnetic North is a very local phenemenon. The magnetic lines of force of the Earth aren't straight, IIRC. [...] > Further, of course, subsidiary Vastu principles > require buildings to conform not only to the eastern > orientation (i.e., alignment with the sun) but to > local features such as hills and bodies of water as > well, so Barry and Vaj really don't have a leg to > stand on. > "Conform" is probably the wrong term here. "Take into account" would be better, I think.
