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Pesla: The Hocoka (Center)

By Victor Douville

© 2011 Victor Douville

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Pesla and the Night Sky

Victor Douville

Pesla-Hocoka

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North Pole (Waziyata Canwakan)

South Pole (Itokaga Canwakan)

Ecliptic (Mahpiya Maka Iciyagle)

Celestial Equator (Mahpiya

Wicahpi Iciyagle)

Celestial Sphere (Taku Skanskan

Tacangleska)

Vernal Equinox (Wetu)

Autumnal Equinox (Ptanyetu)

Pressessional Circle (hocoka hektakigle)

Pressessional Wobble (hocoka iglucancan)

Spheres in Motion

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Three way Conjunction: Ecliptic, Celestial Equator & core of Wanagi Tacanku- on Winter Solstice 2012

Pesla

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Precession of the Equinoxes

Cepheus Constellation

Alderaman Pole Star

Wakinyan Tacante (T-Bird’s Heart) or Pole of the Ecliptic

Little Dipper

Thuban Pole Star in 3,000 BC will happen again (26,000 AD)

Vega in 15,000 AD

Deneb Pole Position after Thuban

Direction of imaginary North Celestial Pole carved by the earth’s pole

Pole of the Ecliptic is the centerpiece of the imaginary circle

Wobble vortex Big Dipper

Pole positions at tilting angles

Precessional Cycle is 26,920 Years (30 x 12 = 360 x 72)

Wakinyan

Precessional wobble occurs every 72 yrs. with a 7 year cycle

Unci Maka

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Wakinyan Tacante

• One of the most profound and grandest event that will occur is when the Wakinyan Constellation’s circle, carved out by the northern pole, stands upright with its heart, the pole of the ecliptic, aligned with the earth’s northern pole

• This is when the earth’s precessional wobble will push back the heavenly bodies on the ecliptic to a point where *Wakinyan, the most sacred and grandest of all creatures, stands upright and proclaims “I am the heart of everything that is.”

*A manifestation and messenger of the spiritual beings

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The Wobble

Polaris

Vega

Vega will be pole star in 15000 AD

Earth’s bulge contributes to the gyration

• Earth wobbles on its spin axis every 72 years

• Wobble cycle lasts for about 7 years (in 2001), it recently completed its cycle in 2008 and its next cycle will begin in 2073 (ending in 2080) Cause of wobble is a drag initiated by the pull of the sun, moon, the earth’s bulge and earth’s inner core reaction

• Wobble of the earth’s axis is like a spinning top that gyrates when it is impacted by resistance

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CrustCrust Mantle Mantle (nickel/iron)(nickel/iron)

Core

Inner CoreInner Core

Composition of Earth’s Interior

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1,380 miles long

780 miles deep

Outer MantleOuter Mantle

Inner MantleInner MantleAtmosphereAtmosphere

Lithosphere (between Crust and Outer Mantle) Lithosphere (between Crust and Outer Mantle)

The mantle and inner core consists of molten liquid that becomes unstable when the earth wobbles

Galactic Equator

DenebolaVindemiatrix

Winter solstice 2012 conjunction

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Regulus

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Autumnal Equinox

Ecliptic

Crater

CorvusHydra

Sextans

Virgo

Spica

Celestial Equator

Capricorn

Ecliptic Aquarius

Cetus

Vernal EquinoxKeyapiya

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Pegasus

Celestial Equator

Aries

Pisces

WiHehaka

Cansasa Ipusye

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The Red Race Track

• Also Called Ki Inyanka Ocanku Sa Constellation

• Red Circle represents a cave in the Black Hills called Wasun Niye (Wind Cave)

• The embryo emerging from the cave is Tokahe (first man)

• The Red Circle can also be a womb

• Three stars in Orion’s Belt represents the dialects

• The Black Hills Sits on the red rim of this circle

Ki Inyanka Ocanku SaAuriga B Capella

CastorPullox

Procyon

Sirius Rigel

Pleiades

Betelgeuse

Hocoka -Pesla

The race track story is the time when all creatures ran a race to win their destiny

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Ki Inyanka Ocanku Sa

Image courtesy of USGS

• Red Race Track Constellation

• Made up of Auriga B, Capella, Pleiades, Rigel, Sirius, Procyon, Pollux and Castor

• Represents the Red Rim that surrounds the Black Hills and the great race

• Pesla, center of the B.H., represents Hocoka, the center of the race track on earth and in the sky

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Hocoka or Pesla

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Anpo Wicahpi

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*13 Constellations on the EclipticKeyapiya (Turtle)

Agleska (Salamander)

Hehaka (Elk)

Cansasa Ipusye (Dried Willow)

Wakinyan (T-Bird) Tayamni (Bison)

Zuzeca (Snake)

Nape (Hand)

Itkob U (Toward)

Oceti (Fireplace)

Wanagi Ta Canku (Ghost Trail)

Initi (Sweat Lodge)

Wicakiyuhapi (Carrier)

Owanjila Najin (N. Star)

Pesla -Hocoka (Center)

Wicincila Sakowin (7 Girls)

Mato Tipila (Bear’s Lodge)

Oceti Sakowin (7 Fires)`Cansasa Ipusye

Ki Inyanka Ocanku (Race

Track)

Wasun Niye (Wind Cave)

PteTali Yapa

(Bison Gap)

(star gate)

Auriga B

*Plus 2 Amulet & 3 Circumpolar Stars and Constellations

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Capella

Pte Tali Yapa (Buffalo Gap) (Capella) or

Unpapa Peak

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Ki Inyanka Ocanku Sa (Red Race Track)

Procyon

Castor

Pullox

Mato Tipila (Gemini)

Auriga B

Cansasa Ipusye (Triangulum/Aries)

Rigel & Betelgeuse-Tucuhu (ribs of Tayamni)

Orion’s Belt-Cankahu (Backbone of Tayamni)

Pa (head of Tayamni)

Triangulum

Aries

Sirius-Sinte (Tail of Tayamni)

Pesla (bald) or Hocoka (center)

Wicincala Sakowin (Pleiades)

Pte Oyate

Wanagi Tacanku (Milky Way)

Lakota Wicahpi Wowapi (Star Chart)

Tayamni - 3 parts of a bison

Nape

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Above and Below Connection

Devils Tower

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Buffalo Gap

Red Race Track

Ki Inyanka Ocanku Sa

Hocoka

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Camps prepare to move to Harney Peak at spring

Cansasa Ipusye (Dried Willow)

Slate Prairie

Reynolds Prairie

Wanagi Tacanku

Gillette Prairie Pesla

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Star Gate

Harney Peak

Wasun Niye

Wind Cave

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Cansasa Ipusye • When the sun enters Dried

Willow Constellation, it is Vernal Equinox or spring time

• The people then harvest the red willow by stripping its inner bark and drying the bark for tobacco mix to be used for up the coming spring pipe ceremony

• The people have a month to make the journey to the place that makes owl sounds (Hinhan Kaga) for the tribal spring ceremony

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Hocoka (center) in the sky

Pesla (bald spot) on earth

Wasun Wiconiye

(Wind Cave)

Cangleska (hoop) or a cave

Pesla, the center of the BH Race

Track

Inyan Kaga (Creation Rock) a guide post for the great race

Guide post for the great race

Guide post

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Wicincala Sakowin• When the sun enters the 7

Little Girls Constellation, it is time for the great spring ritual

• At this time, people gather at the highest peak in the Black Black Hills near the 7 needles hill (Hinhan Kaga) to welcome back all thunder in peace

• This is the favorite place where the thunder beings display their awesome power in order that all life awakens to renew their energy and grow

• The buffalo contribute to this awesome sound by produc-ing thunder from their hoofs as they thunder out of Buffalo Gap to the plains

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Pesla-Hocoka• When the sun intersects the

center of the great sky hoop, then it is the time for addressing all of Unci Maka’s (grandmother earth’s) life forms

• At this time, the people assemble at Pesla (bald spot) the center of He Sapa race track or Ki Inyanka Ocanku to welcome back all life in peace

• This renewal ceremony binds all life forms together in a state of peaceful and tranquil relationship

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Matotipila• When the sun enters Bear’s

Lodge, it is summer solstice and the time for the great tribal sun dance

• At this time, the sun seems to stand still for four days when all the rays of the sun focus on the earth and the beam of the sun empowers the sun dancers with all of the wisdom of the sun and spiritual powers

• This concludes the great tribal ceremonies and allows free secular time for the people to enjoy the summer and prepare to the next two hard seasons that follow

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He Sapa: the Heart of Everything

• Pesla can be seen from satellite as a bald area

• Tayamni or Agleska (salamander) image can be seen from a satellite

• Keya (turtle) can also be seen

• All of these images can be seen in the sky as constellations

• The Black Hills is shaped like a heart, bison or human

Courtesy of Jim Sanovia

He Sapa is shaped like a heart

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See slide 22 for these images

Map Courtesy of Jim Sanovia

Pesla, Keya and Agleska Images

Agleska (Salamander)

Keya (Turtle)

Hocoka (Center)

Skull of a bear or human

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• At the moment of conception a soul is sent out of the core of the Milky Way and enters the embryo via a hole in the bowl of the Dipper giving essence and life to the baby; In addition, the Keya and Agleska Constellations prepare to empower the babies

• These images are made into amulets where the dried umbilical cords of the new born babies are placed within

• Long life, quick injury recovery, agility are the virtues of the Agleska and long life, hard to kill and perseverance are the virtues of the Keya

• Both pass through the Milky Way on their way to the babies and visit their kinfolk for empowerment

• Soul loss occurs when the umbilical cord is cut so it is imperative that a connection be made in the heavens to ensure the safety of the baby on earth

• When a person passes away, the soul of such a person returns to the galact-tic core where it came from, provid- vided they live a successful life 22

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Salamander (Agleska) Constellation

Turtle(Keya) Constellation

Wanagi Tacanku

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• The center of the hoop of the universe, the center of Lakota world, the center of He Sapa and the center of the cangleska (the hoop or race track) surrounding He Sapa

• This is the heart of everything that is

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Rock Circle and Outcroppings

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He Sapa: Heart of Everything That is • Pesla can be seen as a bald

spot in the center of the B.H.• Two images of the salaman-

der and turtle can be seen just below Pesla

• He Sapa looks like a human or buffalo heart

• It is called the heart of every-thing that is

• It is shaped like a buffalo’s head

• It is called the Black Hills because from a distance the pine trees look black

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Summary and ReflectionsThe Lakota regard the He Sapa as hollow- ed grounds and revere it because it is the spiritual center of the Lakota world. This is where ancestors of the Lakota emerged from Wasun Wiconiye to populate the land, this is where the heavens reflect their image on special landforms that compelled the Lakota to perform ceremonies to maintain the spiritual connection to the powers above so that the people may live and this is where the Lakota can find peace, tranquility and sanct-uary. Moreover, the Lakota called the He Sapa Wizipan (suitcase) where food and other items can be stored. It is truly the heart of everything that is.

VIEW OF THE BLACK HILLS 700 MILES ABOVE THE EARTH

COURTESY OF US GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, EROS DATA CENTER, SIOUX FALLS, SD.

Unci Maka

Precession of the Equinox

Wakinyan

Wakinyan Tacante

(heart)

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