Why is the length of the Holistic-Year 298,176 years?

Here’s where everything comes together. All movements around Earth converge in a single grand cycle: the Holistic-Year of 298,176 years.

First of all - off course - I do not know WHY the length of a Holistic-Year is 298,176 years. I only know this is a number which fits. Therefore the why part is unknown. Let’s really focus on the part HOW I came to this length.

Initial inspiration

The idea of a connection between all precession cycle lengths originates from this paper . It shows the precession cycles might be connected: 1/25,770 – 1/68,000 ≈ 1/41,000.

This was revolutionary information to me. And thinking about it, it made a lot of sense. If these were just random numbers working against each other, the system would be unstable. And if it were unstable, we wouldn’t be here in our balanced solar system .

Seven factors determine the length of the Holistic-Year

The length of the Holistic-Year is based upon the following seven factors:

1. All planets orbits need to be aligned in a Holistic-Year

   After this initial inspiration, my reasoning was simple: this connection can’t only apply to Earth’s precession cycles. It must - at least apply to some other solar system bodies, since we’re all orbiting the same Sun. Especially the Moon needs to comply to the same rules.

2. Around year 1246 AD the solstice needs to be aligned with the perihelion

   We know the last time aphelion/perihelion aligned with the solstices was around year 1246 AD. According to J. Meeus’s formula, on December 14, 1245 AD, the December solstice was in line with perihelion. See this Wikipedia page on the equation of time  or this EarthSky article .

   We also know the longitude of perihelion at the start of the Interactive 3D Solar System simulation (21 June 2000 AD 00:00 UTC) was ~102.95°.

   So the perihelion precession grew by ~12.95° from 1246 AD to 2000 AD.

   Now here’s the key: this value comes from two motions working against each other. Axial precession moves clockwise while Inclination precession moves counter-clockwise. J. Meeus’s formula describes the combined result. The actual individual movements are different, but in year 1246 AD, the solstice must align with perihelion.

3. Climate cycles should follow the length of the Holistic-Year cycle

   The length of a Holistic-Year needs to around ~290k - 310k years to fit with climate cycles: Three times a cycle of ~100k which shows in climate graphs, but is not explained in the Milankovitch cycles. Further details over here .

   The below graph comes from this paper  shows the historic temperatures. You can find it on a lot of websites and there are many similar examples to be found. This one particularly is coming from data collected from the Vostok Ice Core.

   

   This is the baseline I used for Earth’s historic temperatures.

   As I have shown in earlier chapters of this book, there is an obliquity pattern showing because of two movements: Axial and Inclination precession. You can map this pattern on top of the temperature graphs resulting in only six possible locations for the start of what I call “The Balanced Year”.

   The Balanced Year can be seen as the start year of the ~300k year cycle as shown on historical graphs of Earth’s temperature.

   

   Out of these six possible starting points for The Balanced Year, only two fit the picture when you consider the end of the last ice age, the Younger Dryas period, and the inclination pattern we see today.

   And when you break it down even further? Only one location actually ticks all the boxes: alignment with historical events AND the mean inclination tilt of ~1.5 degrees.

   

   I have added the obliquity effect pattern including the inclination pattern in above picture and you can clearly see a pattern commonly acknowledged as the ~100k year cycle. So we see a 3 * ~100k = ~300k year cycle coming back in the length of the Holistic-Year.

   • The inclination pattern / combined with the obliquity climbing seem to match as the explanation for the end of the last glacial maximum (LGM)  around max inclination in 20,496 BC.
   • The Obliquity pattern seem to match as the explanation for the younger dryas period  around max obliquity in 9,800 BC.

4. How does the distance to EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER explain the year lengths?

   This one requires some math, but it’s worth following.

   The length of a Holistic-Year needs to be around ~300k years to fit with the ~1:399.3 ratio. Let me explain.

   We know the difference between the sidereal day and stellar day is ~8.37 ms per rotation – which results to ~3.07 SI seconds per year.

   The only way it is possible ~3.07 SI seconds on Earth turns into ~1,224.5 SI seconds is Earth moving on its orbit around the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER.

   Normally this should mean the distance could be calculated as 149,597,870.698828 km / (1,224.5/ 3.07) = ~399.3. This value is however the result of two counter movements: The perihelion precession and earth’s wobble movement are contrary to each other. Therefore the 399.3 /16 * 13 = ~324.5 should be the real ratio.

   I have created an overview picture in which amplifies the movement ~399.3 times.

   

   So any 1 SI second moved by Earth results in ~399.3 SI seconds delay in the Sidereal year. This phenomenon explains the difference between the length of a Solar year and a Sidereal year.

   Therefore the distance from Earth to the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER needs to be ~149,597,870.7/~324.5. We need to use this number as input to the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation. The result shows the length of the Holistic-Year needs to ~298k years if we want to make sure the eccentricity stays around ~0.01671022 AU.

5. The eccentricity needs to comply to the perihelion cycle as it was in 1246 AD

   The length of a Holistic-Year needs to be closer to ~300k years than 310k years to fit with eccentricity cycles. Otherwise, the amplitude would be way too small.

   According to perplexity  the eccentricity predictions are based upon a study by Pierre Bretagnon. The value – according to this theory - in 1246 AD was ~0.017 AU.

   If we make the Holistic-Year length longer, the less likely we can meet up to the predicted eccentricity values.

6. The number of solar days in a perihelion precession cycle is a rounded number

   The number of solar days in a perihelion precession cycle needs to be a rounded number so each perihelion precession period the cycle starts again. This cycle is the driver for the eccentricity and length of days and years cycle.

   This number needs to aligned with the length of a solar year in days in 1246 AD.

   According to the Epoch document in year 1246 AD there were ~365.24223603679 ephemeris days of 86,400 SI seconds a day in a solar year. This means the length of a solar year was ~31,556,929.1936 SI seconds in 1246 AD. Since we do not know the real length of day and years in 1246 AD this number of SI seconds a year is not solid hard but any number found needs to be more or less aligned with this figure.

   Since we know the amount of Delta-T was higher in the past, the length of day must be smaller than 86,400 SI seconds in 1246.

7. Mercury’s missing perihelion precession

   The movement of earth’s perihelion needs to be in accordance with the perihelion movement of other planets.

   The only planet which we know quite sure the perihelion moves at a certain rate due to its eccentricity and closeness to the Sun is Mercury. All other planets are just rough estimates.

   The current explanation for the missing perihelion precession movement of Mercury is Einstein’s relativity theory. I have however modelled the movement of mercury’s missing perihelion precession into the model.

   The Mercury perihelion precession is configured as observed in the last century (~5600 arcseconds as seen from Earth).

The only Holistic-Year possible has a duration of 298,176 years

So how did I arrive at this exact number?

I modelled it to explain how 8.37 ms per rotation could end up as 1224.5 seconds difference between the solar year and sidereal year. Additionally this number also fits as explanation for Mercury’s missing perihelion precession movement. The only length of the Holistic-Year possible is therefore 298,176 years. All other lengths of a Holistic-Year will result in another ratio.

You could decide to model it differently with another length of the Holistic-Year. In the excel you can find more background information how you could do this.

My conclusion is however the length of 298,176 years is the ONLY HOLISTIC-YEAR LENGTH that combines the last time perihelion/ solstice was alignment in 1246 AD, the progressing of the longitude of the perihelion, the 1:399.3 ratio, the length of the precession cycles, the duration of the orbital period of all major planets and Moon and what is shown on historic temperature graphs and the missing perihelion precession of Mercury.

As a result there are exactly 6,806,655 solar days in 18,636 solar years which provides a mean length of solar year in days in year 1246 AD of ~365.242273019961 solar days. This is fully in line with the number as provided by the Epoch document.

Axial meets Inclination at 16 locations on the zodiac in one Holistic-Year

Here’s something beautiful that emerges from this model.

Within one Holistic-Year, there are 3 Inclination precession cycles and 13 Axial precession cycles. They meet each other 16 times on the zodiac.

You can see this 16-cycle pattern in the Interactive 3D Solar System Simulation. Here’s how:

• Go to the 3D Model (link in right top corner) (OR just press “RESET”)
• Zoom in to have a closer look at the level you see Earth and the Moon and the yellow “dot”.

No need to tilt. Just zoom

You will see a yellow dot: The PERIHELION-OF-EARTH

• Select the option “1 second equals” “1000 years”
• Click the checkbox “Enable Tracing”.
• Press “Run”
• Go to Speed multiplier and put it to max 5.
• Play with the view a bit (zoom, tilt, select Earth and set it to “Please select” again), so the camera doesn’t follow the orbit.

You will notice the PERIHELION-OF-EARTH moves 360° in 99,392 years around the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER all the while Earth orbiting the EARTH-WOBBLE-CENTER. Axial precession meets Inclination precession in a perihelion precession cycle of 18,636 years. This movement creates the beautiful pattern where solstice meets perihelion 16 times on the zodiac wheel.

Let’s explore if we still live in a heliocentric universe in the next chapter.