Axis Mundi. A Latin term for the center of the earth.
Axis. An invisible line running through the earth on which the earth rotates, always pointing to the pole star in Ursa Minor. Also, the axes of all the planets are inclined to their orbits.
Everything revolves around the axis mundi, where the world tree acts as the center where the sky can be interpreted.
Evidence of Cardinal points depicting Olmec supernaturals (Gods of the directions form the basis for divisions of time) underworld, avian, storm-gods as precursor to calendric significance. X complex. "House of the north" (star) axis mundi.
 See also: Direction, Zodiacs, Conjunction, Zodiac, Earth
  
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