Friday, January 31, 2014
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Directional ReferencesAll directions on the
planet are calculated from the Sardar Mountains, which for the purposes of
calculating direction, plays a role the same as Earth's north pole. The
two main directions, so to speak, in the Gorean way of thinking are
Ta-Sardar-Var and Ta-Sardar-Ki-Var, or as one would normally say, Var and
Ki-Var. Var means "a turning" and Ki signifies negation or
"not." One might speak of "turning to the Sardar" and
"not turning to the Sardar." Something like either facing north or
not facing north. The main divisions of the map are Ta-Sardar-Var and
the other seven. Taking the Sardar as the "north pole," the other
directions, clockwise as Earth clocks move (Gorean clock hands move in the
opposite direction), would be, Ta-Sardar-Var, Ror, Rim, Tun, Vask (sometimes
spoken of as Verus Var, or the true turning away), Cart, Klim, and Kail. |
Compass Points
Kail-Northwest
Ta-Sardar-Var--North
Ror-Northeast
Klim-West
Rim-East
Cart-Southwest
Vask-South
Tun-Southeast
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