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MARCH 10 (*354) 11 12 (436) 13 (72)
Gb5-1 (354) Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4 (128)
ψ Persei (53.1)

ACRUX (α Crucis)

δ Persei (54.7) Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18
TAU-ONO (Six Stones) Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone)
ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA = δ Eridani (55.1), CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA (17), TAYGETA (19), ν Persei (55.3), MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE (23) (55.6)  ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE (28 Tauri), ATLAS (27) (56.3)
May 13 (*53) 14 15 (500) 16 (136)
°May 9 10 (130) 11 12 (*52)
'April 16 17 (107) 18 (473) 19 (*29)
"April 2 (*377) 3 (93) 4 (459) 5 (*15)
NAKSHATRA DATES
SEPTEMBER 8 9 (*172) 10 11 (254)
θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9)

SIRRAH (α Andromedae)

φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9) κ Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η Librae (237.7),  COR SERPENTIS = α Serpentis (237.9) π Cor. Borealis, UNUK ELHAIA = λ Serpentis (238.1), CHOW = β Serpentis (238.6)
November 11 (315) 12 (*236) 13 14
°November 7 8 (*232) 9 10 (314)
'October 15 (*208) 16 17 (290) 18
"October 1 (*194) 2 3 4 (277)
Ga7-2 Ga7-3 (172) Ga7-4 Ga7-5

... No sooner had he pushed her up and lifted her completely off the ground when she struck Kuukuu with one fin. She struck downward and broke Kuukuu's spine. The turtle got up, went back into the (sea) water, and swam away. All the kinsmen spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did not prevail against the turtle!' They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in the cave and let him rest there. They stayed there, rested, and lamented the severely injured Kuukuu. Kuukuu said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you will not abandon me!' They all replied, 'We could never abandon you!' They stayed there 27 days in Oromanga. Everytime Kuukuu asked, 'Where are you, friends?' they immediately replied in one voice, 'Here we are!'

They all sat down and thought. They had an idea and Ira spoke, 'Hey, you! Bring the round stones (from the shore) and pile them into six heaps of stones!' One of the youths said to Ira, 'Why do we want heaps of stone?' Ira replied, 'So that we can all ask the stones to do something.' They took (the material) for the stone heaps (pipi horeko) and piled up six heaps of stone at the outer edge of the cave. Then they all said to the stone heaps, 'Whenever he calls, whenever he calls for us, let your voices rush (to him) instead of the six (of us) (i.e., the six stone heaps are supposed to be substitutes for the youths). They all drew back to profit (from the deception) (? ki honui) and listened. A short while later, Kuukuu called. As soon as he had asked, 'Where are you?' the voices of the stone heaps replied, 'Here we are!' All (the youths) said, 'Hey, you! That was well done!' ...

 

3-14 (π) MARCH 15 (*359) 16 (75)
Gb5-5 Gb5-6 (130) Gb5-7 (360)
MENKHIB = ζ Persei (57.6)

PORRIMA (γ Virginis)

ε Persei (58.5), ξ Persei (58.5), ZAURAK = γ Eridani (58.9) λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9)
May 17 (137) 18 (*58) 19 (*424)
°May 13 14 (*54) 15 (135)
'April 20 (475) 21 (111) 22 (*32)
"April 6 (96) 7 (*17) 8 (463)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 12 13 (256) 14 (*177)
κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, TIĀNRŪ = μ Serpentis (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), BA = ε Serpentis, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9) λ Librae (240.0), β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8) Iklīl al Jabhah-15 / Anuradha-17 / Room-4
ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Bor.(241.1), ZHENG = γ Serpentis (241.2), θ Librae (241.2), VRISCHIKA = π Scorpii (241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5),  DSCHUBBA = δ Scorpii (241.7), η Lupi (241.9)
November15 16 (320) 17 (*241)
°November 11 (315) 12 (*236) 13
'October 19 (292) 20 21 (*214)
"October 5 (278) 6 7 (*200)
Ga7-6 Ga7-7 Ga7-8 (177)

 

MARCH 17 18 19 (78) 20 (444) 0h (*365)
Gb5-8 Gb5-9 Gb5-10 (134) Gb5-11 Gb5-12 (365)
4h (60.9) υ Persei (61.2) BEID = ο¹ Eridani (62.2), μ Persei (62.8)

VINDEMIATRIX ( ε Virginis)

Al Dabarān-2 HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2)
JĪSHUĬ = λ Persei (60.7)

COR CAROLI (α Canum Ven.)

HYADUM I = γ Tauri (63.4)
May 20 21 22 (142) 23 (*428) 24 (*64)
°May 16 (136) 17 18 19 (*424) 20 (*60)
'April 23 24 (114) 25 (*400) 26 (*36) 27
"April 9 (99) 10 (465) 11 12 (*22) 13
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 15 16 17 (260) 18 19 (*182)
υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), θ Draconis (242.6), ξ Scorpii (242.7)

SCHEDIRr (α Cassiopeiae)

16h (243.5) ψ Scorpii (244.6), LESATH = ν Scorpii (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), YED PRIOR = δ Ophiuchi, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) YED POSTERIOR = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI = τ Herculis (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
ACRAB = β Scorpii, JABHAT AL ACRAB = ω Scorpii (243.3), θ Lupi, RUTILICUS = β Herculis (243.5), MARFIK = κ Herculis (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)
November 18 (*242) 19 20 (324) 21 22
°November 14 15 16 (320) 17 18 (*242)
'October 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24 25 26
"October 8 9 (*202) 10 11 12 (285)
Ga7-9 Ga7-10 Ga7-11 (180) Ga7-12 Ga7-13

 
MARCH 22 (*366) 23 24 (448) 25 (84)
Gb5-13 (366) Gb5-14 Gb5-15 Gb5-16 (140)
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4
Net-19 no star listed (67) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)
AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)
May 25 (*65) 26 27 (*432) 28 (148)
°May 21 (*61) 22 23 (*428) 24 (144)
'April 28 (*403) 29 30 (*40) 'May 1 (121)
"April 14 (104) 15 (*390) 16 (471) 17 (*27)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 20 21 (264) EQUINOX 23 (*186)
Heart-5 ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18 / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar) γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7)
σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 23 (327) 24 (*248) 25 26
°November 19 20 (324) 21 (*245) 22
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30
"October 13 (286) 14 15 (*208) 16
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 (184) Ga7-16 Ga7-17

... When Julius Caesar established his calendar in 45 BC he set March 25 as the spring equinox ...

MARCH 26 (*370) 27 28 (*7) 29 (88) 30 (454)
Gb5-17 Gb5-18 Gb5-19 (372) Gb5-20 (144) Gb5-21
Ga1-5 Ga1-6 Ga1-7 Ga1-8 Ga1-9
no star listed (69) no star listed (70) TABIT = π³ Orionis  (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8) π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)
May 29 30 31 (*436) June 1 (152) 2 (*73)
°May 25 26 27 (*432) 28 (148) 29 (*69)
'May 2 (*407) 3 4 5 (125) 6 (*46)
"April 18 (*393) 19 (*29) 20 21 (111) 22 (477)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 24 25 (*188) 26 27 (270) 28
HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9) Tail-6 ι Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS = ζ Scorpii (255.4)
WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)
November 27  28 29 (333) 30 (*254) December 1
°November 23 24 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27
'October 31 'November 1 2 3 (*227) 4 (308)
"October 17 (*210) 18 19 (292) 20 21
Ga7-18 Ga7-19 Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22

 
MARCH 31 (*10) APRIL 1 2 (457) 3 (93)
Gb5-22 (146) Gb5-23 Gb5-24 Gb5-25 (378)
Ga1-10 Ga1-11 Ga1-12 Ga1-13
ALMAAZ = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8) HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9) 5h (76.1) μ AURIGAE, μ LEPORIS (77.6)
ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ ERIDANI (76.7)
June 3 4 (*75) 5 6 (157)
°May 30 31 °June 1 (*72) 2 (153)
'May 7 8 (128) 9 (*414) 10 (*50)
"April 23 24 (*399) 25 (115) 26 (*36)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 29 30 (273) OCTOBER 1 2 (*195)
κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM = ε Herculi (256.9) no star listed (257) 17h (258.7) Mula-19
ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7) SABIK = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η SCORPII (259.9)
December 2 (336) 3 4 5 (*259)
°November 28 (332) 29 30 (*254) °December 1
'November 5 6 (*230) 7 (311) 8
"October 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24 25
Ga7-23 (192) Ga7-24 Ga7-25 Ga7-26

Gb5-24 (148) Gb5-25 (378) hakaariki kava

... dramatic conditions are imposed on the sovereignity at the time of the ruler's accession. Hocart observes that the Fijian chief is ritually reborn on this occasion; that is, as a domestic god. If so, someone must have killed him as a dangerous outsider. He is indeed killed by the indigenous people at the very moment of his consecration, by the offering of kava that conveys the land to his authority (lewaa). Grown from the leprous body of a sacrificed child of the native people, the kava the chief drinks poisons him ... Sacred product of the people's agriculture, the installation kava is brought forth in Lau by a representative of the native owners (mataqali Taqalevu), who proceeds to separate the main root in no ordinary way but by the violent thrusts of a sharp implement (probably, in the old time, a spear). Thus killed, the root (child of the land) is then passed to young men (warriors) of royal descent who, under the direction of a priest of the land, prepare and serve the ruler's cup ... 

... the tuu yaqona or cupbearer on this occasion should be a vasu i taukei e loma ni koro, 'sister´s son of the native owners in the center of the village'... Traditionally, remark, the kava root was chewed to make the infusion: The sacrificed child of the people is cannibalized by the young chiefs. The water of the kava, however, has a different symbolic provenance. The classic Cakaudrove kava chant, performed at the Lau installation rites, refers to it as sacred rain water from the heavens... This male and chiefly water (semen) in the womb of a kava bowl whose feet are called 'breasts' (sucu), and from the front of which, tied to the upper part of an inverted triangle, a sacred cord stretches out toward the chief ... 

The cord is decorated with small white cowries, not only a sign of chieftainship but by name, buli leka, a continuation of the metaphor of birth - buli, 'to form', refers in Fijian procreation theory to the conceptual acception of the male in the body of the woman. The sacrificed child of the people will thus give birth to the chief. But only after the chief, ferocious outside cannibal who consumes the cannibalized victim, has himself been sacrificed by it. For when the ruler drinks the sacred offering, he is in the state of intoxication Fijians call 'dead from' (mateni) or 'dead from kava' (mate ni yaqona), to recover from which is explicitly 'to live' (bula [hura]). This accounts for the second cup the chief is alone accorded, the cup of fresh water. The god is immediately revived, brought again to life - in a transformed state ...

 

APRIL 4 (*14) 5 (460) 6 7
Gb5-26 (150) Gb5-27 Gb5-28 Gb5-29 (382)
Ga1-14 Ga1-15 Ga1-16 Ga1-17
 ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)

THUBAN (α Draconis)

λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)

ARCTURUS (α Bootis)

Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu-5 (Star in the Bull towards the north) ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL = β Leporis (81.7)
σ Aurigae (80.4), BELLATRIX = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH = β Orionis (80.9)
June 7 (*78) 8 (*444) 9 (525) 10 (161)
°June 3 (*74) 4 (*440) 5 (521) 6 (157)
'May 11 12 (*52) 13 (133) 14
"April 27 28 (118) 29 (*39) 30
NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCTOBER 3 4 (277) 5 6 (*199)
NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8) SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)

ALRISHA (α Piscium)

ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6)
December 6 (*260) 7 8 (342) 9
°December 2 (*256) 3 4 (338) 5
'November 9 10 (314) 11 12 (*236)
"October 26 27 (300) 28 29 (*222)
Ga7-27 Ga7-28 Ga7-29 Ga7-30 (199)

... In view of the almost universal prevalence of the Pleiades year throughout the Polynesian area it is surprising to find that in the South Island and certain parts of the North Island of New Zealand and in the neighboring Chatham Islands, the year began with the new Moon after the early morning rising, not of the Pleiades, but of the star Rigel in Orion ...