PART II
SATURN AT OPPOSITION
Saturn is strongly associated
with time. In the
Dresden Codex, one of only four surviving
Mayan texts, the movement of Saturn is used to help
set the interlocking Mayan calendars, including
the Long Count. At opposition, Saturn is at its
closest point to the Earth.
Dresden Codex, one of only four surviving
Mayan texts, the movement of Saturn is used to help
set the interlocking Mayan calendars, including
the Long Count. At opposition, Saturn is at its
closest point to the Earth.