人類が太陽系を見渡すことができるようになった今、日付や時間は単なる数字や記号ではなく、絶え間なく時空間を移動し続ける一瞬一瞬の連続であることに、私たちは気づきはじめています。 ユニバーサルな視点をもつ太陽系時空間地図 地球暦(HELIO COMPASS)は、太陽を中心にした地球の一年の動きを見ることができる暦です。太陽系の視点で眺めてみると、日々、惑星たちが規則正しく時を刻んでいるのがわかります。日常で使っている時計も、円盤の上で針が数字を指し示すだけの単純なものですが、多くの人々が使うことで生活の中に約束事を生み、社会を作っています。暦の日付が本質的に示しているのは太陽、月、地球の位置関係です。 まずは地球のリズムに合わせることが、生きものにとって自然なあり方の道標です。人の思想は違っても、天地の動きは同じであり、みなが同じ一日を生きています。太陽系とともに歩む一年が、みなさまにとって豊かな年になりますように。

HELIO COMPASS is a circular calendar, while simultaneously acting as a map of the solar system. Set with the Sun as the center of the calendar, HELIO COMPASS represents each orbit of the nine planets. Featuring the Earth’s movement for one year, this pie-shaped calendar is divided into 365 or 366 days. An Earth year begins on the Vernal Equinox and progresses counterclockwise just as the Earth revolves around the Sun. While studying this calendar, you will see each planet in the solar system proceeds regularly, moment by moment. Think about an analog clock in your daily life. It is a mechanical device for measuring time, simply indicating hours, minutes, and seconds through hands on a round dial. As we use it, the timepiece creates a certain convention in our society and we lead our lives in accordance with the time. Likewise, a calendar is a kind of convention. Each date on a calendar originally indicated the positions of the Sun, Earth, and the Moon at a certain moment. Although everyone has different thoughts, we all share the movements of the universe and live days of equal duration. We all are mortal, so we should simply sense the movement of the Earth. This is the natural way that we living beings should exist. The one-year period―which is given to us, all the life on Earth equally. We hope this year will also be remarkably precious to you.