4. We can now guess why the star is named Canopus ('Pilot') - it could represent the old one who initiates the youngster, the old one who 'navigates' him through his initiation. A navigator should be at the stern of a ship and we can locate the star by moving from Columba downwards:
Though this complex picture is difficult to appreciate in full and we have to wait until later before we try. But a first step has already been taken with Robur Carolinum at the other end of the great ship - the oak tree where king Charles II was hidden for 24 hours (cfr at Niu). What we could and should do is instead to document the rest of the prominent stars in Carina:
However, there is no such star in the 7th hour. The old constellation Argo Navis has been broken into pieces, with Vela (the Sail) and Puppis (the Poop Deck) as the other parts: "Carina was once a part of Argo Navis, the great ship of Jason and the Argonauts who searched for the Golden Fleece. The constellation of Argo was introduced in ancient Greece. However, Nicolas Louis de Lacaille divided the Argo into three component constellations in 1763, including Carina, the Keel. Despite the division, Lacaille kept Argo's Bayer designations. Therefore Carina has the α, β and ε, Vela has γ and δ, Puppis has ζ, and so on." (Wikipedia) So we should list ν and τ Puppis:
I cannot find any names for ν and τ Puppis.
The line from Canopus leads up to ν Puppis, 3½ days later, and there could be some connection in thought. Ga2-5 is glyph number 36 on the front side. If we add 64 it becomes 100. |