Since that time (around 50 B.C.) precession
must have
pushed the reflection of the Horus child away from the
beam of Libra to somewhere in Virgo and this could explain the chaotic
Libra of Hevelius:
But was it the right heel of Virgo or the
big toe on her right foot which was the cause?
Porrima, at her girdle, culminated at
midnight in May 17 (137), when the Pleiades just had
risen with the Sun:
|
MARCH
7 |
8 |
9 |
10
(*354) |
11 (70) |
12
(436) |
13 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
(229 + 229) |
Gb8-18 (230) |
Gb8-19 (460) |
Gb8-20 |
Gb8-21 |
Gb8-22 |
Gb8-23 |
|
ALGENIB PERSEI = α Persei
(50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)
GIENAH (γ
Corvi)
|
σ Persei (51.6) |
no star listed (52) |
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 10 (*50) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (500) |
16 (136) |
|
°May 6 (*46) |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (130) |
11 |
12 |
|
'April 13 |
4-14 |
15 |
16 (471) |
17 (107) |
18 |
19 (*29) |
|
"March 30 (454) |
31 |
"April 1 |
2 (92) |
3 |
4 (459) |
5 (*15) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (*172) |
10 |
11 (254) |
12 |
|
ALKALUROPS = μ Bootis
(233.1),
ED ASICH = ι Draconis
(233.2) |
NUSAKAN = β Cor. Bor.
(234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis
(234.7) |
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)
SIRRAH (α
Andromedae)
|
φ Bootis
(236.2), ω Lupi (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi
(236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9) |
ι Serpentis
(237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor.
Borealis (237.7),
COR
SERPENTIS = α Serpentis
(237.9) |
π Cor.
Borealis,
UNUK ELHAIA = λ Serpentis
(238.1),
CHOW = β Serpentis
(238.6) |
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) |
|
November 9 |
10 (314) |
11 |
12 (*236) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
|
°November 5 (*329) |
6 (310) |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
|
'October 13 |
14 |
15 (288) |
16 |
17 (*210) |
18 |
19 |
|
"September 29 |
30 (*193) |
"October 1 |
2 (275) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
|
3-14 (73) |
MARCH 15 |
16 (440) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (*364) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb8-24 (465) |
Gb8-25 |
Gb8-26 |
Gb8-27 |
Gb8-28 |
Gb8-29 |
Gb8-30 (242) |
|
MENKHIB = ζ Persei
(57.6)
PORRIMA (γ Virginis)
|
ZAURAK = γ Eridani
(58.9) |
λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9) |
4h (60.9) |
υ Persei (61.2) |
BEID = ο¹ Eridani
(62.2), μ Persei (62.8)
VINDEMIATRIX ( ε Virginis) |
Al Dabarān-2 |
|
JĪSHUĬ = λ Persei
(60.7)
COR CAROLI (α Canum Ven.)
|
HYADUM I = γ Tauri
(63.4) |
|
May 17 (137) |
18 (*58) |
19 (*424) |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (*428) |
|
°May 13 |
14 (*54) |
15 (*420) |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 (*58) |
19 (*424) |
|
'April 20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 (*400) |
26 (*36) |
|
"April 6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (464) |
10 (100) |
11 |
12 (*22) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
SEPTEMBER 13 |
14 (*177) |
15 |
16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
19 |
|
β Tr. Austr.
(240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii
(240.8) |
Iklīl al Jabhah-15 /
Anuradha-17 /
Room-4 |
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) |
|
ξ Lupi, λ Cor.
Bor.(241.1), Zheng (241.2),
VRISCHIKA = π Scorpii
(241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5),
DSCHUBBA
= δ Scorpii
(241.7),
η Lupi (241.9) |
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 16 |
17 |
18 (*242) |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (326) |
|
°Nov 12 (*236) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 (*240) |
17 |
18 (322) |
|
'October 20 |
21 (*214) |
22 (295) |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (299) |
|
"October 6 |
7 (*200) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (285) |
And the Babylonians evidently had made their
path for the Sun end at Porrima:
|
BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC CONSTELLATIONS: |
|
26 |
Mahar sha hi-na Shahū |
Western One in the Tail of the Goat |
γ (Nashira)
Capricorni |
328.0 |
Febr 12 (43) |
|
27 |
Arkat sha hi-na Shahū |
Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat |
δ (Deneb Algiedi)
Capricorni |
329.8 |
Febr 13 (44) |
|
|
|
0 |
1-iku |
Field measure |
τ
(Anunitum)
Piscium |
16.5 |
April 6 (96) |
|
|
|
1 |
Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku |
Front of the Head of Ku |
β (Sheratan),
γ (Mesarthim) Arietis |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
|
2 |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku |
Back of the Head of Ku |
α (Hamal)
Arietis |
30.5 |
April 20 (110) |
|
|
|
3 |
Temennu |
Foundation Stone |
η (Alcyone)
Tauri |
56.1 |
May 16 (136) |
|
4 |
Pidnu-sha-Shame |
Furrow of Heaven |
α (Aldebaran)
Tauri |
68.2 |
May 28 (148) |
|
5 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu |
Star in the Bull towards the north |
β (El Nath)
Tauri |
80.9 |
June 9 (160) |
|
6 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū |
Star in the Bull towards the south |
ζ (Heavenly Gate)
Tauri |
84.0 |
June 13 (164) |
|
|
|
7 |
Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu |
Front of the Mouth of the Twins |
η (Tejat Prior)
Gemini |
93.4 |
June 22 (173) |
|
8 |
Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu |
Back of the Mouth of the Twins |
μ (Tejat Posterior)
Gemini |
95.4 |
June 24 (175) |
|
9 |
Mash-mashu-sha-Risū |
Twins of the Shepherd (?) |
γ (Alhena)
Gemini |
103.8 |
July 2 (183) |
|
10 |
Mash-mashu-Mahrū |
Western One of the Twins |
α (Castor)
Gemini |
113.4 |
July 12 (193) |
|
|
|
11 |
Mash-mashu-arkū |
Eastern One of the Twins |
β (Pollux)
Gemini |
116.2 |
July 15 (196) |
|
12 |
Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu |
Southeast Star in the Crab |
δ
(Ascellus Australis)
Cancri |
131.4 |
July 30 (211) |
|
13 |
Rishu A. |
Head of the Lion |
ε (Ras Elaset Australis)
Leonis |
146.6 |
Aug 14 (226) |
|
14 |
Sharru |
King |
α (Regulus)
Leonis |
152.7 |
Aug 20 (232) |
|
15 |
Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru |
4th Son behind the King |
ρ (Shir)
Leonis |
158.9 |
Aug 26 (238) |
|
16 |
Zibbat A. |
Tail of the Lion |
β (Denebola)
Leonis
|
178.3 |
Sept 15 (258) |
|
17 |
Shēpu-arkū sha-A |
Hind Leg of the Lion |
β (Alaraph)
Virginis
|
178.6 |
Sept 15 (258) |
|
18 |
Shur-mahrū-shirū |
Front or West Shur (?) |
γ (Porrima)
Virginis |
191.5 |
Sept 28 (271) |
|
|
|
19 |
Sa-Sha-Shirū |
Virgin's Girdle |
α (Spica)
Virginis |
202.7 |
Oct 9 (282) |
Their Virgin's Girdle (Spica, Ana-roto) came 11
days later. A central position meant importance and in
the Dendera ceiling the Horus child was balancing at the
pivotal - central - point of the Libra beam.
The nakshatra reflections in the face of
the Full Moon had probably been there already before the
time when the Horus child had been moved across from the
eastern horizon to the horizon in the west.
...
If my
suggestion be admitted that the Babylonians dealt
not with the daily fight but with the yearly fight
between light and darkness - that is, the antithesis
between day and night was expanded into the
antithesis between the summer and the winter halves
of the year - then it is clear that at the vernal
equinox Scorpio setting in the west could be
watching the sunrise; at the autumnal equinox rising
in the east, it would be watching the sunset; one
part would be visible in the sky, the other would be
below the horizon in the celestial waters. If this
be so, all obscurity disappears, and we have merely
a very beautiful statement of a fact, from which we
learn that the time to which the fact applied was
about 3000 B.C., if the sun were then near the
Pleiades ...
The curious name 'Front or West Shur'
could be due to a similar translation of view from
heliacal to nakshatra.
The creator of the G text has marked the
position of heliacal Porrima with a vero type of glyp
and the glyph number (5-17) could have alluded to May
17, when Porrima culminated at midnight:
|
JULY 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (210) |
30 (*131) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga5-17 |
Ga5-18 (128) |
Ga5-19 |
Ga5-20 |
Ga5-21 |
|
Al Áwwā'-11 /
Shur-mahrū-shirū-18
(Front or West
Shur?) |
ι Crucis (192.2),
β Muscae
(192.5),
MIMOSA = β Crucis
(192.9) |
no star listed (193) |
κ Crucis (194.4), ψ
Virginis (194.5), μ
Crucis, λ Crucis
(194.6),
ALIOTH = ε Ursae Majoris,
ι Oct. (194.8) |
MINELAUVA = δ Virginis
(195.1),
COR CAROLI = α Canum
Ven.
(195.3) |
|
Sombrero Galaxy = M104
Virginis (191.1), ρ
Virginis (191.4),
PORRIMA
= γ Virginis,
γ Centauri (191.5) |
|
September 28 |
29 (*192) |
30 (273) |
October 1 |
2 |
|
°September 24 |
25 (*188) |
26 |
27 (270) |
28 |
|
'September 1 |
2 (*165) |
3 |
4 |
5 (248) |
|
"August 18 (230) |
19 (*151) |
20 |
21 |
22 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JANUARY 25 |
26 |
27 (392) |
28 |
29 (*314) |
|
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ
Tucanae (9.1),
DENEB KAITOS = β Ceti,
η Phoenicis (9.4),
AL NITHĀM = φ¹ Ceti
(9.6) |
ACHIRD = η Cassiopeiae
(10.7) |
Legs-15 |
CIH = γ Cassiopeiae,
λ Tucanae (12.4),
φ³ Ceti
(12.6), μ Andromedae
(12.8) |
φ4 Ceti
(13.2) |
|
ν Andromedae (11.0),
φ² Ceti
(11.1), ρ Phoenicis
(11.2),
η Andromedae
(11.4) |
|
March 30 |
31 (*375) |
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
|
°March 26 |
27 |
28 (*372) |
29 (88) |
30 |
|
'March 3 |
4 |
5 (64) |
6 (*350) |
7 |
|
"February 17 |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 (*336) |
21 |
At the time of
Bharani this was day 150 counted
from "March 21 (80).
In the C text
Porrima was not a place for
vero (†)
but a place for Rogo
(*):
| Al Fargh al Thāni-25 |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 |
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
| 0h (365.25) |
| CAPH = β Cassiopeiae, SIRRAH = α Andromedae (0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8) |
ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8) |
| March 21 |
22 (81) |
23 |
| no glyph |
 |
 |
| Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
| koia |
ki te hoea |
| September 20 |
21 |
EQUINOX (265) |
| ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) |
PÁLIDA = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9) |
Hasta-13 / Chariot-28 |
| GIENAH = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH = η Virginis (185.9) |
| σ Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π Tucanae (3.7) |
no star listed (4) |
| March 24 |
EQUINOX (84) |
 |
 |
| Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
| ki te henua |
te rima te hau tea |
| September 23 |
24 |
| CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3) |
INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5) |
| ANKAA = α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis (5.0)
ALPHARD (α Hydrae)
|
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) |
ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7) |
ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR =α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9) |
| March 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (88) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
Ca1-7 |
Ca1-8 |
| haga i te mea ke |
ki te henua - tagata honui |
te ika |
te honu |
| September 25 (268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
| γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), ALGORAB = δ Corvi (188.5), GACRUX = γ Crucis (188.7) |
γ Muscae (189.0), AVIS SATYRA = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7) |
α MUSCAE (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7) ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)
|
Al Áwwā'-11 |
| Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA = γ Virginis, γ Centauri (191.5) |
But this was probably because Porrima at this partly hidden Rogo was not at a heliacal but at a nakshatra position - not its true location but only a reflection. The Arabs had heliacal Delta 8 days after 0h:
| Delta |
δ Andromedae |
8.4 |
March 29 (88) |
- |
- |
| 0 |
- |
Zero |
η Andromedae |
11.4 |
April 1 (91) |
- |
0 |
| Whip |
Cih (γ Cassiopeiai) |
12.4 |
April 2 (92) |
- |
1 |
| 1 |
Al Sharatain |
Pair of Signs |
β Arietis (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim) |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
16 |
16 |
| Musca Borealis |
35 (Head of the Fly), 39 (Kaffaljidhma), and 41 Arietis (Bharani) |
41.4 |
May 1 (121) |
14 |
30 |
| 2 |
Al Dabarān |
Follower |
α Tauri (Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´, γ (Hyadum I), δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain) |
63.4 |
May 23 (143) |
22 |
52 |
|
