Once again. At the time of the Bull
heliacal ω Cancri would have been at MAY 16 and 8 weeks
after 0h. The corresponding date at the time of
rongorongo (May 16) was when Alcyone rose with the Sun,
the traditional place for the beginning of the northern
summer.
... another
Alcyone, daughter of Pleione, 'Queen of Sailing', by the
oak-hero Atlas, was the mystical leader of the seven
Pleiads. The heliacal rising of the Pleiads in May
marked the beginning of the navigational year; their
setting marked its end when (as Pliny notices in a
passage about the halcyon) a remarkably cold North wind
blows ...
In rongorongo times
they were still rising in May, in spite of the
precession, but this was presumably due to how a pair of
new months (July and August) had been inserted in the
calendar, pushing the yearlier positions in May ahead
with 2 months.
Ga2-26 could have been designed to
illustrate this fact, of the sky roof ahead being
nicely uplifted.
...
Rangitokona,
prop up the heaven! // Rangitokona, prop up the
morning! // The pillar stands in the empty space. The
thought [memea] stands in the earth-world - //
Thought stands also in the sky. The kahi stands
in the earth-world - // Kahi stands also in the
sky. The pillar stands, the pillar - // It ever stands,
the pillar of the sky ...
And if we count from the beginning of side
b the following glyph - Ga2-27 (as in 22 / 7 =
π) - would
represent day
300.
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G
text: |
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MAY 16 (136) |
83 |
AUGUST 8 (220 = 80 + 140) |
179 |
FEBRUARY 4 (400) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-26 (56, 299 = 242 + 1 + 56) |
Ga5-30 (140, 383) |
Gb3-30 (91, 320, 563) |
|
July 19 (200)
January 18
(383) |
October 11 (284)
April 12 (467) |
April 9 (464 = 365 + 99)
October 9 (647 = 365 + 282) |
|
ω CANCRI (*120)
τ Aquilae
(*303) |
no star listed (*204)
υ
Andromedae (*387) |
ADHIL (*384 = *202 + 182)
SPICA
SADALMELIK |
|
NOVEMBER 15 (319) |
APRIL 7 (403) |
AUGUST 6 (583 = 365 + 218) |
|
84 |
180 |
After moving ahead from heliacal ω
Cancri with 84 days (= 12 weeks) + 183 days, the
observer would have found υ Andromedae close to the
Full Moon.
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Egyptian sky pillar |
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Phoenician waw |
|
Greek
upsilon |
Υ(υ) |
|
...
Upsilon (uppercase Υ, lowercase υ;
Greek: ύψιλον, ýpsilon ... is the
20th letter of the Greek alphabet.
In the system of Greek numerals, Υ
has a value of 400. It is derived
from the Phoenician waw ... Waw (wāw
'hook') is the sixth letter of the
Semitic abjads ...
... Upsilon is known as
Pythagoras' letter, or the Samian
letter, because Pythagoras used it
as an emblem of the path of virtue
or vice. As the Roman writer Persius
wrote in Satire III:
and the letter which spreads out
into Pythagorean branches has
pointed out to you the steep path
which rises on the right.
Lactantius, an early Christian
author (ca. 240 - ca. 320), refers
to this:
For they say that the course of
human life resembles the letter Y,
because every one of men, when he
has reached the threshold of early
youth, and has arrived at the place
'where the way divides itself into
two parts', is in doubt, and
hesitates, and does not know to
which side he should rather turn
himself´...
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MAY 16 (*56) + 84 = *140 (= 20 weeks)
= AUGUST 8, where 8-8 would have been easy to use as a Sign
alluding to the chessboard squares measuring out
precessional days up from to the time of the Bull.
...
'The earth rises up from the sea again, and is green
and beautiful and things grow without sowing. Vidar
and Vali are alive, for neither the sea nor the
flames of Surt have hurt them and they dwell on the
Eddyfield, where once stood Asgard. There come also
the sons of Thor, Modi and Magni, and bring along
his hammer. There come also Balder and Hoder from
the other world. All sit down and converse together.
They rehearse their runes and talk of events of old
days. Then they find in the grass the golden tablets
that the Aesir once played with
...
364 - 80 = 284 (corresponding to the
number of days from March 21 to December
30). And 284 - 20 = 264 = the distance from
Ga2-26 to Gb3-30:
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Egyptian sticks |
 |
Phoenician
taw |
 |
Greek chi |
Χ
(χ) |
|
Greek tau |
Τ
(τ) |
|
In Plato's Timaeus, it is
explained that the two bands
that form the soul of the world
cross each other like the letter
Χ.
Chi or X is often used to
abbreviate the name Christ, as
in the holiday Christmas (Xmas).
When fused within a single
typespace with the Greek letter
Rho, it is called the labarum
and used to represent the person
of Jesus Christ. (Wikipedia)
... tau is the 19th
letter of the Greek alphabet. In
the system of Greek numerals it
has a value of 300 ... Taw
is believed to be derived from
the Egyptian hieroglyph meaning
'mark' ...
Taw, Tav or Taf
is the twenty-second and last
letter in many Semitic abjads
... In gematria Tav
represents the number 400, the
largest single number that can
be represented without using the
Sophit forms ...
'From Aleph to Taf'
describes something from
beginning to end; the Hebrew
equivalent of the English 'From
A to Z' ...
Tav is the last letter of
the Hebrew word emet,
which means truth. The midrash
explains that emet is
made up of the first, middle,
and last letters of the Hebrew
alphabet (Aleph, Mem,
and Tav...).
Sheqer (falsehood), on
the other hand, is made up of
the 19th, 20th, and 21st (and
penultimate) letters.
Thus, truth is all-encompassing,
while falsehood is narrow and
deceiving. In Jewish mythology
it was the word emet that
was carved into the head of the
Golem which ultimately
gave it life. But when the
letter 'aleph' was erased from
the Golem's forehead,
what was left was 'met' -
dead. And so the Golem
died ... (Wikipedia)
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Perhaps this 20 days' difference
was due to the difference between 364
(DECEMBER 30) and 384 (JANUARY 19), i.e. to the
distance from Gb2-29
to Gb3-14:
|
NOVEMBER 14 |
15 |
16 (320) |
17 |
18 (*242) |
39 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb1-9 |
Gb1-10 |
Gb1-11 |
Gb1-12 |
Gb1-13 (242) |
|
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ
Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7 |
τ Aquilae
(303.8) |
20h (304.4)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (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) |
|
January 17 |
18 (383) |
19 (13 * 29½ + ½) |
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) |
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NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
MAY 15 (500) |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
|
DRUS = χ Carinae
(119.9) |
ω CANCRI
(120.2) |
8h (121.7)
χ Gemini
(121.0),
NAOS
= ζ Puppis
(121.3) |
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) |
|
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 (299) |
Ga2-27 (57) |
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
|
DECEMBER 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
JANUARY 1 |
14 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-27 |
Gb2-28 (54) |
Gb2-29 |
Gb2-30 (285) |
Gb2-31 |
|
ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ
Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) |
SCHEAT AQUARII
= δ Aquarii
(347.0), ρ
Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini
(347.4),
FOMALHAUT
= α Piscis Austrini,
τ Gruis (347.8) |
FUM AL SAMAKAH
= β Piscium
(348.3), ζ
Gruis (348.5),
ο
ANDROMEDAE
(348.9) |
Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 /
Purva Bhādrapadā-26 /
House-13
SCHEAT PEGASI
= β Pegasi,
π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis
(349.4),
MARKAB PEGASI
= α Pegasi
(349.5) |
23h (350.0)
υ, θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei
(350.6), ι Gruis (350.9) |
|
March 2 |
3 |
4 (*348) |
5 (64) |
6 (430) |
|
°February 26 |
27 |
28 (*344) |
°March 1 (60) |
2 |
|
'February 3 |
4 |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
7 (403) |
|
"January 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (388) |
24 (*309) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JUNE 28 |
29 (*100) |
SIRIUS |
JULY 1 (182) |
2 |
|
ν Hydrae
(163.1) |
no star
listed (164)
ALTAIR
(α Aquilae)
|
Wings-27
η Oct.
(165.4),
ALKES
= α Crateris
(165.6) |
ANA-TIPU-4
(Upper-side-pillar - where the
guards stood)
MERAK = β Ursae Majoris
(166.2),
DUBHE
= α Ursae Majoris
(166.7) |
11h (167.4)
χ
Leonis, χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae
(167.3) |
|
August 31 |
September 1 (*164) |
2 (245) |
3 |
4 |
|
°August 27 |
28 |
29 (*161) |
30 (242) |
31 |
|
'August
4 (216) |
'August 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (*140) |
|
"July 21 |
7-22 |
23 (204) |
24 (*125) |
25 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 (100) |
Ga4-18 |
Ga4-19 |
Ga4-20 |
|
JANUARY 16 (*301) |
17 |
18 |
19 (384) |
20 |
21 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb3-11
(301) |
Gb3-12 (73) |
(2 * 273 = 303 + 243) |
Gb3-14 |
Gb3-15 |
(77 + 243 = 320) |
|
Al
Fargh al Thāni-25
0h (365.25)
CAPH = β Cassiopeiae,
SIRRAH
= α Andromedae
(0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct. (0.8) |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
/
Wall-14
ο Oct. (1.3),
ALGENIB PEGASI
=
γ Pegasi
(1.8) |
χ Pegasi (2.1),
θ Andromedae
(2.7) |
σ Andromedae
(3.0), ι Ceti (3.3), ζ Tucanae
(3.5),
ρ Andromedae,
π Tucanae (3.7) |
no star listed (4) |
ANKAA
= α Phoenicis, κ Phoenicis
(5.0)
ALPHARD
(α Hydrae)
|
|
March 21 (0h) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
3-25
(84) |
26 (450) |
|
°March 17 (*361) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
0h |
22 (81) |
|
'February 22 |
Terminalia |
24 |
25
(*341) |
26 (422) |
27 (58) |
|
"February 8 |
9 (*325) |
10 |
11 |
12 (408) |
13 (44) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JULY 17 (*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
21 |
22-7 |
|
12h (182.6)
ο Virginis
(182.1),
η Crucis (182.5) |
ALCHITA
= α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the
Horse) = δ Centauri
(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) |
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi
(186.3) |
INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis
(187.4),
ACRUX
= α Crucis
(187.5) |
|
September 19 |
20 |
21 |
EQUINOX |
23 (266) |
24 (*187) |
|
°September 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 (261) |
19 |
20 (*183) |
|
'August 23 |
24 (236) |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (*160) |
|
"August 9 |
10 (222) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 (*146) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga5-8 (118) |
Ga5-9 |
Ga5-10 (120) |
Ga5-11 |
Ga5-12 |
Ga5-13 (123) |
This exercise illustrates why
number 243 was disturbingly popping up for
me a long time ago when I tried to
understand what rau hei meant.
The explanation could obviously be that it
referred to
counting from the beginning of side b on the
G tablet and also counting with an empty
glyph space at the beginning of side a. 472
- 229 = 243.
 |
242 |
 |
227 |
 |
|
Gb1-22 (252) |
Ga1-22 (495) |
Gb1-21 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb1-25 (255) |
Ga1-25 (498) |
Gb1-24 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga6-22 (163) |
Gb6-23 (406) |
Ga6-21 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga6-25 (166) |
Gb6-26 (409) |
Ga6-24 |
|
243 |
229 |
Or perhaps better 227 + 245 = 472.
I.e.
8 * 59
= 5 * 7² + π. Which could mean 472 / 2 = 245
and that the whole time cycle should have
been 490 days although the space on the tablet
was not enough. 490 = 290 + 200 (JULY 19) =
400 + 90.
... The Sacred Book of the ancient Maya
Quiche, the famous Popol Vuh (the
Book of Counsel) tells of Zipacna, son of
Vucub-Caquix (= Seven Arata). He sees 400
youths dragging a huge log that they want as
a ridgepole for their house. Zipacna alone
carries the tree without effort to the spot
where a hole has been dug for the post to
support the ridgepole. The youths, jealous
and afraid, try to kill Zipacna by crushing
him in the hole, but he escapes and brings
down the house on their heads. They are
removed to the sky, in a 'group', and the
Pleiades are called after them
...
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