Six CMB Anomalies, One Axis: A Geometric Explanation of the CMB 'Axis of Evil' and Related Large-Scale Anomalies as Projections of a Single S² Azimuthal Structure, with Predictions for CMB-S4, LiteBIRD, and Large-Scale-Structure Surveys

The CMB sky shows six statistically significant large-scale anomalies unexplained by LambdaCDM. The quadrupole (l = 2) and octopole (l = 3) are mutually aligned along the ecliptic plane — the ‘Axis of Evil’ — with p LambdaCDM at > 10 Mpc, consistent with the CMB preferred axis. The same S² azimuthal structure that produces the particle spectrum and the fine structure constant also stamps its pattern on the entire large-scale universe. The CMB is not a random background; it is a photograph of the S². The paper is honest about statistical weakness. Individual anomaly p-values (0. 1-2%) are not individually decisive — the look-elsewhere critique applies. The framework’s strength is the joint alignment claim: the probability that six independent anomalies share one axis by chance is astronomically small, and this joint prediction is made before the measurement. Section 9 presents the honest status, acknowledging what a skeptic would require and what the framework can deliver.