Text, Number Mysticism and Diagram of Berlin Gold Hat

Number Mysticism The hat is covered in celestial symbols. The star at the top stands for the Sun; the sickle and eye patterns symbolize the Moon and Venus. The circular ornaments can be interpreted both as depictions of the Moon or the Sun. The cycle of the Sun determines the times of night and day, as well as the seasons and the Moon governs the division of the year into months and days. However, the year of the Moon is eleven days shorter than the Sun year. Already in the 2nd millennium BC, leap days were added in order to synchronize the cycles of the Moon and Sun. The ornaments on the hat reflect this knowledge. The embossed patterns can be read like a calendar. The number of circles in particular areas corresponds to the 12 lunar cycles of 354 days. Adding the number of patterns in other decorative bands, one obtains the 365 days of the Sun year. It takes 19 years until the Sun and Moon years correspond again. Encrypted within the ornamentation of the hat is the understanding...