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The Six Moons Formation
Sunday, April 20, 1997 - Barbury Castle, Wiltshire, England
An aerial shot by Steve Alexander © 1997
It is the earliest elaborate formation we have ever had and certainly the most complex crop circle in Oil Seed Rape (Canola). Last year, the arrival in June of the double helix formation in East Field at Alton Barnes set a new record. Not for the date - there have been many formations in that month - but for the quality and complexity so early in the season. Barbury Castle formation sets a new record.
Clearly, there is significance in the choice of location, for the words "Barbury Castle" are very important in the history of crop circles. Click on each picture to see greater detail.
  
Littlebury Green - Liddington Castle - Barton-le-Clay
In design terms, two strategies are being pursued. First, the "spinner" aspect illustrated last year in Patricia Murray's video at the Glastonbury Symposium (A video which has been developed substantially during the last months). Second, the very close stylistic relationship to the Littlebury Green/Liddington Castle/Barton-le-Clay group of 1996. This was a very articulate trio of designs which telegraphed a totally innovative formal direction which Barbury Castle now continues. A comparison with Littlebury Green shows that the scale is very similar, the overall profile is absolutely identical as are the flattened, almost banana-shaped crescents.
A drawing by Michael Glickman © 1997
The Six Moons formation coordinates precisely with five-fold pentagram geometry. This does not mean that the formation is divided into five slices like a pizza. It refers to the ratios from center outwards. Thus, if the points of the pentagram are aligned with the periphery of the formation, the center of the star - a pentagon - will exactly contain the central standing ring. It is our view that this is an "agenda circle" and that the six moons indicate a six month season, from April to September.
This is a powerful six-fold spinner. Will we get a seven-fold spinner this season? Let's ask for it.
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