584
6 Next step surely should be to add 61 days to 181 in
order to reach 242, because the day distance from August 14
(226) to October 14 (287) is 61 (→
366 / 6) days. The precession had evidently moved the stars
ahead with 2 months in the Sun calendar.
 |
*181 |
 |
|
ALDEBARAN (*68) |
ANTARES
(*249) |
|
February 14
(31 + 14 = 45) |
*181 |
August 14
(15 * 15 + 1 = 226) |
|
February 14
(31 + 14 = 45) |
*242 |
October 14
(287 = 7 * 41) |
... This mode of reckoning seems to be a
peculiarity of the far north: the Icelanders reckoned in misseri, half-years, not in whole
years, and the rune-staves divide the year into a summer and a
winter half, beginning on April 14 and October 14 respectively.
But in Germany too, when it was desired to denote the whole
year, the combined phrase 'winter and summer' was employed, or
else equivalent concrete expressions such as 'in bareness and in
leaf', 'in straw and in grass' ...
41 weeks (7 * 41 = 287) could here allude to the star named 41 Arietis,
viz. Bharani at the head of the
Northern Fly:
|
1 |
Al Sharatain |
Pair of Signs |
β Arietis (Sheratan),
γ (Mesarthim) |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
19 |
|
|
MUSCA
BOREALIS |
35 (Head of the Fly), 39
(Kaffaljidhma), and
41 Arietis (Bharani) |
41.4 |
May 1 (121) |
33 |
0 |
|
2 |
Al Dabarān |
Follower |
α Tauri (Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´,
γ
(Hyadum I),
δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain) |
63.4 |
May 23 (143) |
55 |
22 |
|
3 |
Al Hak'ah |
White Spot |
λ
Orionis (Heka),
φ¹,
φ² |
83.4 |
June 12 (163) |
75 |
42 |
|
4 |
Al Han'ah |
Brand |
γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat
Posterior), ν,
η
(Tejat Prior),
ξ (Alzirr) |
93.4 |
June 22 (173) |
85 |
52 |
|
5 |
Al Dhirā' |
Forearm |
α Gemini (Castor),
β (Pollux) |
113.4 |
July 12 (193) |
105 |
72 |
|
6 |
Al Nathrah |
Gap |
ε Cancri (Beehive) |
130.4 |
July 29 (210) |
123 |
90 |
|
7 |
Al Tarf |
End |
ξ
Cancri,
λ
Leonis (Alterf) |
143.4 |
Aug 11 (223) |
135 |
102 |
|
8 |
Al
Jabhah |
Forehead |
η Leonis (Al Jabhah),
α (Regulus), ζ (Adhafera), γ
(Algieba) |
152.4 |
Aug 20 (232) |
144 |
111 |
|
9 |
Al Zubrah |
Mane |
δ
Leonis (Zosma),
θ
(Coxa) |
169.4 |
Sept 6
(249) |
161 |
128 |
|
10 |
Al Sarfah |
Turn |
β Leonis (Denebola) |
178.3 |
Sept 15 (258) |
170 |
137 |
|
11 |
Al Áwwā' |
Barker |
β (Alaraph), η (Zaniah),
γ
(Porrima),
δ (Minelauva), ε Virginis
(Vindemiatrix) |
191.5 |
Sept 28 (271) |
183 |
150 |
|
Musca Borealis is here not listed but
only inferred, because the above are Sun stations
carrying 150 days of summer. Insects are
normally not present in winter time. |
121 (May 1) + 61 = 182 (July 1) = 243 (Aug 31) - 61. 364 / 2 =
182 → 1820.
*68 (Aldebaran) - *41 = *27 and *249 (Antares) - *41 = *208 =
*27 + *181.
*167 + *16 = *183 →
Alchita, the
Tail of the Horse. And 5 days later would follow - as we can see in the
kaikai
illustration below - the Spica
Crocodile
(*202):
|
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