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RIGEL
We should also notice that both Virgo and Orion are located at the equator of the sky, in contrast to the other constellations which are following in the path of the Sun and his moving spring equinox, up to and including Pisces. Then came the 2nd World War:
And in the Flag of Brazil the vertical location of Spica (alone above the central band of order and progress) is as conspicious as the vertical placement of Orion in the illustration above. Spica should be below the equator but Orion on the equator.
We should also compare Rigel at the beginning of the year on Easter Island
with Spica as the beginning of the Chinese sequence of 28 stations:
The star κ Virginis is located at declination 10° S and Spica at 11° S.
Which apparently means that the narrow 'Neck' (of birth) between the sky in the north and the sky in the south was thought of as located somewhere between 11° S and 10° S.
However, the Flag of Brazil evidently perceives Spica above the Hat Band of the Sombrero Galaxy (M104 Virginis):
In contrast the star Mintaka (δ) is located on the equator in Orion.
However, what was important for determining the dates was primarily not the declination but right ascension. The Neck star in Virgo (*214.8) ↔ Mintaka (*82.4) + *132.4. Mintaka (*82) + *364 - *214 ↔ 82 + 150 = 232 = 8 * 29. ... Once upon a time there was an old woman who owned a great potato field (mara) where she planted her potatoes in spring and harvested them in autumn. She was famous all around for her many varieties of wonderful potatoes, and she had enough of them to sell at the market place. She planted her potatoes 7 in a row, placing her foot in front of her as a measure from one potato to the next. Then she marked the place with a bean - which would also give nourishment to the surrounding potatoes. Next she changed variety and planted 7 more followed by another bean, and this was the pattern she followed until all her 214 varieties [the Neck] had been put down in their proper places. She had drawn a map which she followed and from where each sort of potato could be located at the proper time for its harvest ... .Day 214 ↔ 2-14, February 14 ↔ *214 (October 21): ... Why should we count thus? Because the Julian equinox was defined as day 84 counted from January 1 and by adding 16 in order to reach the corresponding day in ancient times - when they waited late at night for the return to visibility of the relevant star - the sum will become a nice 100. In other words 216 (= 316 - 100) + 84 = 300 ↔ 300 + 16 = 316 ...
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