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1) THE TRIGRAM OR ZODIACAL ATTRIBUTION: these are either one of the eight "double" base triagrams or a sign of the zodiac. The attribution listed is arrived at by a crossing of the characteristics represented in postions 4 and 5.
2) THE HEXAGRAM ACCORDING TO THE KING WEN: these are one of 64 hexagrams arranged moving in an upward column and the counterclockwise around the outside quadrants sequence in the King Wen order of the I Ching.
3) THE TWENTY MAYAN DAY NAMES OF THE HAAB: these are arranged along the same sequential diaganol vector as the zodiacal signs of the first position, and according to an order where a cardinal direction is assigned to each element in positions 4 and 5.
4) THE 4 ELEMENTAL PERMUTATIONS: each quadrant of the Watchtowers represents a different permutation of the base-4 elements.
5) THE 5 ELEMENTAL TATTWAS: the eastern equivalent of the four basic elemental forces (Akasha not depicted).
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[uinal = 20 kin]
[Tun = 360 kin (18 uinal)]
[Haab = 365 kin (1 Tun + 5 xama kaba kin)]
[Katun = 20 Tun = 7,200 kin = 19.712849 years (year = 365.244)] = cycle
[Baktun = 20 Katun = 400 Tun (20^2) = 144,000 kin = 394.25698 years] = Great Cycle
[Tonalamatl = 13 Baktun = 260 Katun = 5200 Tun = 55,728,000 kin = 5,125.3408 years]
[Piktun = 20 Baktun = 400 Katun = 8000 Tun = 57,600,000 kin = 7,900 years]
[Kalabtun = 20^4 = ~158,000 years]
[Kinchiltun = 20^5 = ~3.15 million years]
[Alautun = 20^6 = ~63.1 million years]
[Hablatun = 20^7 = ~1.26 billion years]
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