The structure of the C text probably had July 5 at
heliacal Wasat (Middle), i.e. at δ
Gemini between Castor and Pollux (and 14 days after the solstice):
λ Gemini
(109.4),
WASAT
(Middle)
= δ
Gemini
(109.8) |
no star
listed (110) |
|
ALUDRA
(Virgin)
= η Canis Majoris
(111.1),
PROPUS = ι Gemini
(111.4),
GOMEISA
= β Canis Minoris
(111.6) |
ρ Gemini
(?) (112.1),
Eskimo
Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini
(112.2)
ANTARES (α
Scorpii)
|
July 5
(186) |
6 (*107) |
7 |
8 |
|
|
|
|
Ca5-1 |
Ca5-2
(107) |
Ca5-3 |
Ca5-4 |
E
hua ki te henua - ka huki |
te
hau tea - te henua |
kua
hua |
te
henua |
January 4 |
5 (370) |
6 (*291) |
7 |
ω Aquilae (292.1),
ρ Sagittarii
(292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) |
π Draconis,
ARKAB
PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii
(293.0),
ARKAB
POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii,
ALRAMI
(Archer)
= α Sagittarii
(293.2),
χ
Sagittarii
(293.6) |
DENEB
OKAB (Eagle's Tail)
= δ Aquilae (Ant.)
(294.0),
α
Vulpeculae
(294.9) |
ν
Aquilae (Ant.)
(295.0),
ALBIREO
= β Cygni (295.5) |
Al
Dhirā'-5 /
Punarvasu-7 /
Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One of the
Twins)
CASTOR (Beaver)
= α Gemini
(113.4) |
ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA-7
(Pillar for elocution)
υ
Gemini (114.0),
MARKAB PUPPIS = κ Puppis
(114.7), ο Gemini (114.8),
PROCYON
= α Canis Minoris
(114.9) |
α
Monocerotis
(115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) |
Mash-mashu-arkū-11 (Eastern One of the
Twins)
κ
Gemini (116.1),
POLLUX
= β Gemini
(116.2), π Gemini (116.9) |
July
9 (190) |
10 |
11 |
12 |
|
|
|
|
Ca5-5 |
Ca5-6 (111) |
Ca5-7 |
Ca5-8 |
kua iri i te rakau |
ihe tamaiti |
erua mago |
January 8 |
9 |
10
(*295) |
11 |
ALSAFI = σ Draconis
(296.0), μ Aquilae
(296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8),
κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9) |
ε Sagittae (297.1),
σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4),
SHAM
(Arrow)
= α Sagittae
(297.8) |
β Sagittae (298.0),
χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) |
υ Aquilae (299.1),
TARAZED = γ Aquilae
(299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) |
A corresponding place in the G text
ought to come half a year after having turned the tablet
around from side a to side b. Counting for instance 183 glyphs ahead
could bring us to a place in
the text where the soul of the Dead Man would be reborn:
NOVEMBER 1 |
2 (306) |
3 (*227) |
4 |
5 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ga8-22 |
Ga8-23 |
Ga8-24 (227) |
Ga8-25 |
Ga8-26 |
19h (289.2)
λ Aquilae (Ant.)
(289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3),
τ Sagittarii
(289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr.
(289.8) |
Al Baldah-19
AL BALDAH (City)
= π Sagittarii,
ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr.
(290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) |
ALADFAR = η Lyrae
(291.1),
NODUS II = δ Draconis
(291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ Draconis
(291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8) |
ω Aquilae (292.1),
ρ Sagittarii
(292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) |
π Draconis,
ARKAB PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii
(293.0),
ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii,
ALRAMI (Archer)
= α Sagittarii
(293.2),
χ Sagittarii
(293.6) |
January 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 (372) |
8 |
°December 31 |
°January 1 |
2 (*287) |
3 (368) |
4 |
'December 8 |
9 |
10 (*264) |
11 (345) |
12 |
"November 24 |
25 (329) |
26 (*250) |
27 |
28 |
NOVEMBER 6 |
7 (*231) |
8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb1-1 (230) |
Gb1-2 |
Gb1-3 |
Gb1-4 |
Gb1-5 |
DENEB OKAB (Eagle's Tail)
= δ Aquilae (Ant.)
(294.0),
α Vulpeculae
(294.9) |
ν Aquilae (Ant.)
(295.0),
ALBIREO = β Cygni
(295.5) |
ALSAFI = σ Draconis
(296.0), μ Aquilae (296.3),
ι Aquilae (Ant.)
(296.8),
κ Aquilae (Ant.)
(296.9) |
ε Sagittae (297.1),
σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4),
SHAM (Arrow)
= α Sagittae
(297.8) |
β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ
Aquilae (298.8) |
January 9 |
10 (*295) |
11 |
12 |
13 (378) |
°January 5 (370) |
6 (*291) |
7 |
8 |
9 |
'December 13 |
14 (*268) |
15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
"November 29 |
30 (*254) |
"December 1 |
2 (336) |
3 |
NOVEMBER 11
(315) |
12 (*236) |
13 |
|
|
|
Gb1-6 (235) |
Gb1-7 |
Gb1-8 |
υ Aquilae (299.1),
TARAZED = γ Aquilae
(299.3), δ
Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) |
Sravana-23
TYL = ε Draconis
(300.0), ζ
Sagittae (300.1),
ALTAIR
= α Aquilae
(300.3), ο Aquilae
(300.5),
BEZEK
= η Aquilae (Ant.)
(300.8) |
ι Sagittarii
(301.2),
TEREBELLUM = ω Sagittarii,
ξ Aquilae (301.3),
ALSHAIN = β Aquilae
(301.6),
φ Aquilae
(301.8) |
January 14 |
15 (*300) |
16 (381) |
°January 10 (*295) |
11 |
12 (377) |
'December 18
(*272) |
19 |
20 (354) |
"December 4 |
5 (339) |
6 (*260) |
NOVEMBER 14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
17 |
18
(*242) |
164 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb1-9 |
Gb1-10 |
Gb1-11
(240) |
Gb1-12 |
Gb1-13 |
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ
Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7 |
τ Aquilae
(303.8) |
20h (304.4) |
SHANG WEI (Higher Guard) = κ Cephei
(305.2), θ
Sagittae (305.4),
TSEEN FOO (Heavenly
Raft) = θ Aquilae (Ant.)
(305.6), ξ
Capricorni (305.8) |
TSO KE (Left Flag) = ρ Aquilae
(306.3) |
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis
(304.4) |
January 17 |
18 (383) |
19 (*304) |
20 |
21 |
°January 13 |
14 |
15 (*300) |
16 |
17 (382) |
SOLSTICE |
'December 22 |
23 (*277) |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
25 (359) |
"December 7 |
8 |
9 (*263) |
10 |
11 (345) |
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
MAY 15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
DRUS = χ Carinae
(119.9) |
ω CANCRI
(120.2) |
8h (121.7) |
ρ Puppis
(122.0),
HEAP OF FUEL
= μ Cancri
(122.1),
ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri
(122.6),
REGOR = γ Velorum
(122.7) |
TEGMINE
= ζ Cancri
(123.3) |
χ Gemini
(121.0),
NAOS
= ζ Puppis
(121.3) |
July 18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
21 (*122) |
22 / 7 |
°July 14 |
15 |
16 |
17 (*118) |
18 (199) |
SOLSTICE |
'June 22 |
23 (174) |
ST JOHN'S DAY |
25 (*96) |
"June 7 |
8 |
9 (*80) |
10 (161) |
11 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26 |
Ga2-27 (57) |
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
MAY 2 (*42) |
3 (123) |
4 |
5 (490) |
|
|
|
|
Gb6-25 (229
+ 178) |
Gb6-26 (408) |
Gb6-27 (180) |
Gb6-28 (136 + 45) |
|
|
|
|
Ga2-12 (42) |
Ga2-13 (408 - 365) |
Ga2-14 |
Ga2-15 (45) |
7h (106.5) |
WEZEN (Weight)
= δ Canis Majoris
(107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis
(107.9) |
no star listed (108) |
λ Gemini (109.4),
WASAT (Middle)
= δ Gemini
(109.8) |
no star listed (106) |
July 5 (186) |
6 (*107) |
7 |
8 |
°July 1 (182) |
2 |
3 (*104) |
4 |
'June 8 (159) |
9 (*80) |
10 |
11 |
"May 25
(144) |
26 |
27 |
28 (*68) |
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
OCTOBER 31 |
NOVEMBER 1 |
2 (306) |
3 (*227) |
Al Na'ām-18 /
Uttara Ashadha-21 |
19h (289.2) |
Al Baldah-19 |
ALADFAR = η Lyrae
(291.1),
NODUS II = δ Draconis
(291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ
Draconis (291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8) |
NUNKI
= σ Sagittarii
(288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5),
MANUBRIUM = ο Sagittarii
(288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9) |
λ Aquilae (Ant.)
(289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3),
τ Sagittarii
(289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr.
(289.8) |
AL BALDAH (City)
= π Sagittarii,
ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr.
(290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) |
January 3 (368) |
4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
°December 30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
°January 1 |
2 |
'December 7 |
8 |
9 (*263) |
10 (344) |
"November 23 |
24 |
25 (*249) |
26 (330) |
|
|
|
|
Ga8-21 |
Ga8-22 (43 + 182) |
Ga8-23 |
Ga8-24 (227) |
MAY 6 (*46) |
7 (127) |
8 (493) |
9 (*414) |
|
|
|
|
Gb7-1 (136 + 46) |
Gb7-2 (183) |
Gb7-3 (136 + 48) |
Gb7-4
(414) |
|
|
|
|
Ga2-16 |
Ga2-17 |
Ga2-18 |
Ga2-19 (414 - 365) |
no star listed (110) |
ALUDRA (Virgin)
= η Canis Majoris
(111.1),
PROPUS = ι Gemini
(111.4),
GOMEISA = β Canis Minoris
(111.6) |
Ghost-23 (?) |
Al Dhirā'-5 /
Punarvasu-7 /
Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One
of the Twins) |
ρ Gemini (?) (112.1),
Eskimo Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini
(112.2)
ANTARES
(α Scorpii)
|
CASTOR
= α Gemini
(113.4) |
July 9 |
10 (*111) |
11 (384
/ 2) |
12 (193) |
°July 5 |
6 (*107) |
7 |
8 (189) |
'June 12 |
13 (*84) |
14 |
15 (166) |
"May 29 |
30 (*70) |
31 |
"June 1 (152) |
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
NOVEMBER
4 |
5 (*229) |
6 (310) |
7 (*414 - 183) |
ω
Aquilae (292.1),
ρ Sagittarii
(292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) |
π
Draconis,
ARKAB PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii
(293.0),
ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii,
ALRAMI
(Archer)
= α Sagittarii
(293.2),
χ Sagittarii
(293.6) |
DENEB
OKAB (Eagle's Tail)
= δ Aquilae (Ant.)
(294.0),
α Vulpeculae
(294.9) |
ν
Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0),
ALBIREO = β Cygni
(295.5) |
January 7 (372) |
8 |
9 |
10 (*295) |
°January 3 (368) |
4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
'December 11 (345) |
12 |
13 |
14 (*268) |
"November 27 (331) |
28 |
29 |
30 (*254) |
|
|
|
|
Ga8-25 |
Ga8-26 (412 - 183) |
Gb1-1 (230) |
Gb1-2 (49 + 182) |
The Chinese 23rd station was the Ghost - a
name which could refer to a place where the
first breath of the newborn child took place, where he
inhaled the Spirit of the Old Man, making him come alive
again incarnated as a little child. Gb7-3 is a tamaiti (child) type of glyph.
...
The state of the tree loomed large in their
thoughts, because it came about at the same time
the head of One Hunaphu was put in the
fork. The Xibalbans said among themselves: 'No
one is to pick the fruit, nor is anyone to go
beneath the tree', they said. They restricted
themselves, all of Xibalba held back. It isn't
clear which is the head of One Hunaphu;
now it's exactly the same as the fruit of the
tree. Calabash came to be its name, and much was
said about it. A maiden heard about it, and here
we shall tell of her arrival. And here is the
account of a maiden, the daughter of a lord
named Blood Gatherer.
And
this is when a maiden heard of it, the daughter
of a lord. Blood Gatherer is the name of
her father, and Blood Moon is the name of
the maiden. And when he heard the account of the
fruit of the tree, her father retold it. And she
was amazed at the account: I'm not acquainted
with that tree they talk about. It's fruit is
truly sweet! they say, I hear, she said. Next,
she went all alone and arrived where the tree
stood. It stood at the Place of Ball Game
Sacrifice.
What?
Well! What's the fruit of this tree? Shouldn't
this tree bear something sweet? They shouldn't
die, they shouldn't be wasted. Should I pick
one? said the maiden. And then the bone spoke;
it was there in the fork of the tree: Why do you
want a mere bone, a round thing in the branches
of a tree? said the head of One Hunaphu
when it spoke to the maiden. You don't want it,
she was told. I do want it, said the maiden.
Very well. Stretch out your right hand here, so
I can see it, said the bone. Yes, said the
maiden. She stretched out her right hand, up
there in front of the bone. And then the bone
spit out its saliva, which landed squarely in
the hand of the maiden.
And
then she looked in her hand, she inspected it
right away, but the bone's saliva wasn't in her
hand. It is just a sign I have given you, my
saliva, my spittle. This, my head, has nothing
on it - just bone, nothing of meat. It's just
the same with the head of a great lord: it's
just the flesh that makes his face look good.
And when he dies, people get frightened by his
bones. After that, his son is like his saliva,
his spittle, in his being, whether it be the son
of a lord or the son of a craftsman, an orator.
The father does not disappear, but goes on being
fulfilled. Neither dimmed nor destroyed is the
face of a lord, a warrior, craftsman, an orator.
Rather, he will leave his daughters and sons. So
it is that I have done likewise through you. Now
go up there on the face of the earth; you will
not die. Keep the word. So be it, said the head
of One and Seven Hunaphu - they were of
one mind when they did it ... (Popol Vuh)
In MAY 8 (*413 = 14 * 29½) Antares would
have culminated at midnight and July 11 was halfway to
day 384 (January 19). MAY 8 (128) + 384 / 2 = 320
(NOVEMBER 16).
1 |
Horn |
α Virginis (Spica) |
Crocodile |
(202.7) |
Oct 9 (282) |
282 = 265
+ 17 |
2 |
Neck |
κ Virginis |
Dragon |
(214.8) |
Oct 21 (294) |
294 = 282
+ 12 |
3 |
Root |
α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) |
Badger |
(224.2) |
Oct 31 (304) |
304 = 295
+ 9 |
4 |
Room |
π Scorpii (Vrischika) |
Hare |
(241.3) |
Nov 17 (321) |
321 = 304
+ 17 |
5 |
Heart |
σ Scorpii |
Fox |
(247.0) |
Nov 23 (327) |
327 = 321
+ 6 |
6 |
Tail |
μ Scorpii (Denebakrab) |
Tiger |
(254.7) |
Nov 30 (334) |
334 = 327
+ 9 |
7 |
Winnowing Basket |
γ Sagittarii (Nash) |
Leopard |
(273.7) |
Dec 19 (353) |
353 = 334
+ 19 |
December solstice |
June solstice |
22 |
Well |
μ Gemini (Tejat Posterior) |
Tapir |
(95.4) |
Jun 24 (175) |
175 = 164
+ 11 |
23 |
Ghost |
ρ Gemini ? |
Goat |
(112.1) |
Jul 11 (192) |
192 = 175
+ 17 |
24 |
Willow |
δ Hydrae |
Stag |
(129.6) |
Jul 28 (209) |
209 = 192
+ 17 |
25 |
Star |
α Hydrae (Alphard) |
Horse |
(142.3) |
Aug 10 (222) |
222 = 209
+ 11 |
26 |
Extended Net |
ε Hydrae / μ Hydrae |
Ox |
(131.9 / 157.1) |
Jul 30 (211) /
Aug 25 (237) |
237 = 222
+ 15 |
27 |
Wings |
α Crateris (Alkes) |
Snake |
(165.6) |
Sep 2 (245) |
245 = 237
+ 8 |
28 |
Chariot |
γ Corvi (Gienah) |
Worm |
(185.1) |
Sep 22 (265) |
265 = 245
+ 20 |
September equinox |
...
Its leading star is said to be 'q Cancri'.
Strangely the internet site Chinese Astronomy
never uses Greek letters for the stars, e.g. is
Tejat Posterior (μ
Gemini) referred to as 'm Gemini'. However,
there is no Greek letter corresponding to the
letter 'q'. Possibly the idea is to refer to the
ancient Greek letter koppa, a reasonable
sign for something dead and only living on in
peoples' minds.
There is no star q Cancri (or similar) according
to Wikipedia
...
... Old Man
(Perseus) The Old Man rises in the
final month of the year and is appropriately
associated with Enmesharra - an ancestral god
who resides in the underworld in the form of a
ghost ...
Perhaps I should
have located the Ghost station at Gb7-4
(185), where my earlier idea of a 'leap day' now has
aquired a new meaning - viz. as a Spirit Leaping place,
Reiga.
Antares at the time of rongorongo: |
Rising in the east at sunset |
June 1 (152) |
0 |
0 |
15 days from winter solstice |
July 6 (187) |
35 |
35 |
Culmination
at midnight |
July 11
(192) |
5 |
40 |
'Leap day' |
July 12
(193) |
1 |
41 |
Heliacal rising |
November 25 (329) |
136 |
177 |
Nakshatra day |
May 28 (148) |
184 |
361 |
...
Men's spirits were thought to dwell in the Milky
Way between incarnations. This conception has
been handed down as an Orphic and Pythagorean
tradition fitting into the frame of the
migration of the soul. Macrobius, who has
provided the broadest report on the matter, has
it that souls ascend by way of Capricorn, and
then, in order to be reborn, descend again
through the 'Gate of Cancer'. Macrobius talks of
signs; the constellations rising at the
solstices in his time (and still in ours) were
Gemini and Sagittarius: the 'Gate of Cancer'
means Gemini. In fact, he states explicitly
(I,12.5) that this 'Gate' is 'where the Zodiac
and the Milky Way intersect'. Far away, the
Mangaians of old (Austral Islands, Polynesia),
who kept the precessional clock running instead
of switching over to 'signs', claim that only at
the evening of the solstitial days can spirits
enter heaven, the inhabitants of the northern
parts of the island at one solstice, the
dwellers in the south at the other
...
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