Eckhardt and Schwager may be small fry, but they throw down a mean argument. If chart angles are inherently a function of the time/price axis, which appears to undoubtedly be the case, how does squaring help? How do you derive statistical significance from a relationship wholly separate from the actual data you are studying?
I found an article that promised explanation (below), but only seemed to confuse me more...
Maybe
http://www.joannesway.com can help me...
oh well... see y'all on the Z-plane...
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The Square of Nine is undoubtedly the most mysterious and popular of W. D. Gannâs financial market calculators. There is something about this strange number wheel which intrigues all who see it, whether they be market enthusiasts or school children. There have probably been more courses written about the Square of Nine than any other of Gannâs trading tools, yet there has been very little actually said.
One wonders what it is about this spiral number chart that so peaks everyoneâs interest. Is it simply the promise of great fortune for decoding the secret calculator of a legendary market master? Or is there something more subtle, something mysterious, ancient, and unknown that resonates deeper in the being of those intrigued by this chart? Upon exploration, we are pleasantly surprised to find that the Square of Nine is something that extends far beyond being simply an interesting trading tool of a legendary forecaster. In fact the Square of Nine has a history which extends into the far reaches of antiquity, deep into its ancient mysteries and sacred sciences.
It is said that Gann discovered the Square of Nine in India, a story that has not been verified, but would not be surprising since the Square of Nine may be found all over India. In Hindu temples throughout the land, there are small 5 x 5 squares (the inner square of the Square of 9) next to the doorways, with the squares serving as small containers filled with the earth and various botanical and natural elements of the region, while the temples themselves are designed according to exactly the same pattern.
This leads us to an ancient Vedic diagram called the Parmasayika Grid (Figure 1) which divides the Hindu Pantheon according to the measures of the âPurushaâ (unmanifest creative potential) of the primal cosmic man, the âAnthropocosmosâ. In this diagram a lotus grows out of the naval of the cosmic man, at the exact center of the grid. This lotus is âBrahmaâ the universal vital principle, extending itself out through the lotus blossom into the multi-dimensional grid of the manifesting universe. Since vegetable growth, along with all life, extends itself in spiral motion, it would circumambulate the grid from center ring to outer, just as price and time do on Gannâs calculators. As the lotus grows, it progresses from the greater deities at the center to the lesser deities at the outer edge, the deities representing in the sacred tradition, universal laws and principles by which all that is born and exists in manifest space-time is governed. See Figure 1.
This universal vital principle, âBrahmaâ, which comes forth from the center as the lotus flower extending itself into 3 dimensional space-time, is pure consciousness projecting itself into form according to mathematical relationships and harmonies. This projection can take on individual and physical form like a tree or a person, or it can be a group form like a business, a school or even an essentially non-physical thought form like a financial market. That group form is composed of all of the thought, work, energy and activity of any kind that is connected with that particular pattern of form. Hence, soybeans and charts of soybean behavior are graphical representation of the conglomerate of thought energy about soybeans, expressed as price behavior and driven by buying and selling, or hope and fear as Gann put it, craving and aversion in the Buddhaâs terms. Financial markets then, are barometers of mass human consciousness, and soybean charts are maps of the motion or activity of human soybean consciousness as it progresses through time.
Changes in a particular form or entity occur as a result of the sum of the effects of all energies internal and external as they relate to or influence that form. In seeking to forecast the financial markets, one must develop some understanding of the forces that effect the form and how they operate, so that one can anticipate changes through knowing their causes. Various techniques of market analysis represent certain perspectives of perception of these influences and the reactions to them of a particular thought pattern, like soybeans. Thus, price charts of the financial markets are representations of universal forces as expressed through the medium of human consciousness concentrated in a particular pattern. This is what is meant by the universal vital principle, âBrahma,â which extends itself through every human, plant, animal, insect, planet, and cell, throughout everything in the cosmos, for it is the principle of action in the Now, the Verb which is the Function, which determines the nature of these particular patterns of Form existent in the manifest universe.
In The Hindu Temple, Stella Kramrisch presents the ground plan for Hindu temples since ancient Vedic times, called the Vastupurusamandala (Figure 2), again our Square of 9, defining it as, âthe place for the meeting and marriage of heaven and earth, where the whole world is present in terms of measure, and is accessible to manâ¦â She explains that its essential form is a square which, âcan be converted into a triangle, a hexagon, octagon and circle of equal area and retain its symbolismâ¦â Sounds strikingly similar to Gannâs Coffee Rio, Hexagon, and 360 Degree Charts. She further explains that, âthe Vastu of 64 squares is meant for the construction of shrines and for worship by Brahmanas, and the Vastu of 81 squares is for the construction of other buildings and for worship on behalf of kings.â Here with the 8 x 8 square, we discover Gannâs Square of 4, the inner square of the Square of 8, as the alternative to the Square of 9, perhaps giving us an explanation for Gannâs use of 8 x 8 grid paper for his charts. Kramrisch continues, âthe square of the Vastupurusamandala is divided into small squares and in diagonalsâ¦their points of intersection are the vital parts and tender spots (marma) of the siteâ¦these must not be hurt or interfered withâ¦â, Gannâs familiar crosses forming the âhot spotsâ on the Square of 9. See Figure 2.
However, we may still wonder what exactly these sensitive âmarmaâ points are measuring; how is this âmarriage of heaven and earthâ quantified? An ancient Hindu architectural text dedicates its wisdom, âfor the pleasure of the astronomers and astrologers, as it has been transmitted from Brahma to our days through an unbroken series of sages. Building is begun under favorable stars. They are consulted when the ground is taken possession of and when the rite of depositing the Germ of the temple is performed. The regents of the planets and the stars have their allocation in the diagram of the temple and their images are carved on its walls. By them are regulated the measurement of the whole building and its parts; the life of the donor, and the age of the temple too. The temple is built in the likeness of the universe and is its reduced image.â
Growth within the builderâs grid ensues from a specific point of birth, and exactly at the point when the seed is germinated and growth initiated, the planets and stars are carved into their positions on the walls of the grid. On the walls of Gannâs grid we find the 360° circle of the zodiac, marking the motions of the planets and stars, and the birth point is likewise an essential key for Gann, for it is the beginning point of the number count in the square, and essential for casting a proper natal chart. The Square of 9 is an instrument which calculates the mathematical measure of the growth of a form from a germination point, and correlates the motion or growth of that form with the astronomical and astrological influences governing it, allowing the analyst to read the stages of and influences upon the development of the Stupa, lotus, form or market.
Daniel Ferrera in his new course, The Gann Pyramid: Square of Nine Essentials, beautifully describes the various functions of the Square of 9 as a mathematical and astronomical calculator. He also points out that the Square of 9 is not to be perceived in only its two-dimensional perspective, but as a pyramid, spiraling from the center around and down to the outer ring at the base of the pyramid. This ties in nicely with our understanding of natural growth and its relationship to the extension of Brahma through the lotus, temple or market. Manifest form projects itself into the three dimensions of space and time in the form of a three-dimensional conic, not a two-dimensional spiral. Therefore we should perceive the growth of our form taking on extension in the Z-plane forming a vortex, whirlpool, or conic spiral as it rotates through the mathematical grid of planetary and stellar influences......
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