There is one obvious
reason for continuing beyond the 1st Point of Aries (0h in Roman
times), viz. because the Pope Gregory XIII had moved the date for spring
equinox to a place 4 days earlier in the year, from
°March 25 (84) to
°March 21 (80).
... Next we should realize that the number of
glyphs probably was used to reflect the number of right
ascension days according to the Gregorian calendar. Therefore
day 325 for ºNovember 21 (at
Ga7-16, 185) could be alluding to the Julian 'March 25 (3-25,
84) for spring equinox as well as to the year for the Council of
Nicaea (325 AD).
When the Pope rearranged
the day for spring equinox from number 84 ('March 25) to number
80 (ºMarch 21) the earlier Julian structure was buried, was
covered up (puo). At the same time the Pope deliberately
avoided to correct the flow of Julian calendar days for what he
may have regarded as 4 unneccesary leap days prior to the
Council of Nicaea. Thus his balance sheet for days was in order.
The day numbers counted from the equinox were increased with 4
and this was equal to allowing the 4 'unneccessary' leap days to
remain in place.
But he had moved spring
equinox to a position which was 4 days too early compared to the
ancient model. And he had also broken the Julian connection
between the Sun year and the Sirius year. The Julian year was
precisely as long as the Sirius year, but the new Gregorian year
was slightly shorter - due to fewer leap days - and no longer
was Sirius going to stand still in the calendar, no longer would
Sirius be a marvellous star; only the brightest, which however
was no mystery because there had to be some star which was the
brightest ...
|
*JULY 19 (200) |
20 |
21 |
22 (*123) |
384 |
|
°September 21 (*184) |
Equinox |
23 |
24 |
|
September 25
(*188) |
26 |
27 (270) |
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 (Starry)
= 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 /
Shur-mahrū-shirū-18 (Front or West
Shur?)
Sombrero Galaxy = M104 Virginis (191.1), ρ
Virginis (191.4),
PORRIMA = γ Virginis,
γ Centauri (191.5) |
 |
 |
 |
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|
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
Ca1-7 |
Ca1-8 |
|
haga i te mea ke |
ki te henua - tagata honui |
te ika |
te honu |
|
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 (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae
(8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9) |
|
*JANUARY 17 |
18 |
19 (384) |
20 |
|
°March 22 |
23 |
24 |
Julian equinox
(*4) |
|
March 26 |
27 |
28 |
3-29 (88) |
|
*AUGUST 10 (222) |
11 |
12
(*144) |
13 |
|
°October 13 (*206) |
14 |
15
(288 = 12 * 24) |
16 |
|
October 17 (*210) |
18 |
19
(292 = 4 * 73) |
20 |
|
MUPHRID (Solitary Star) = η Bootis
(210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ
Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ²
Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) |
AGENA (At the Knee)
= β
Centauri (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5),
THUBAN (Dragon) = α Draconis
(212.8) |
14h
(213.1)
π
Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0),
MENKENT
= θ Centauri (213.1) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
Cb1-4 (396) |
|
E tupu - ki roto |
o te hau tea |
ki te henua - te maro |
|
Al Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 (Dog) / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1
(Front of the Head of Ku)
SEGIN
= ε Cassiopeia,
MESARTHIM = γ
Arietis, ψ Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN = β
Arietis, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ
Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) |
ALRISHA (The Knot) = α Piscium,
χ Phoenicis (29.2),
ALAMAK (Caracal)
= γ
Andromedae (29.7) |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2
(Back of the Head of Ku)
2h (30.4)
κ Arietis (30.3),
HAMAL = α Arietis
(30.5)
ALKES
(α Crateris)
|
|
*FEBRUARY 8 |
9 |
10
(41 = 68 - 27) |
11 (*328 = *355 -
*27) |
|
"March 7 |
8 |
9
(68 = 109 - 41) |
10
(*355 = *396 - *41) |
|
'March 21 |
22 |
23
(82 = 41 + 41) |
24
(*3 = *396 - *27 - *366) |
|
April 17 (107) |
18 |
19 |
20
(*30 =*396 - *366) |
The Head of Ku played no obvious
role in the cosmos of Christianity. Also the Council of Nicaea
had apparently been arranged to fix that problem, because
it was held in the year 325 (3-25).
... Since
Llyr was a pre-Roman God this amounts to saying that he
was two-headed, like Janus, and the patron of the New
Year; but the Celtic year began in the summer, not in
the winter. Geoffrey does not date the mourning festival
but it is likely to have originally taken place at the
end of June ... What I take for a reference to Llyr as
Janus occurs in the closing paragraph of Merlin's
prophecy to the heathen King Vortigern and his Druids,
recorded by Geoffrey of Monmouth:
After this
Janus shall never have priests again. His door will be
shut and remain concealed in Ariadne's crannies.
In other
words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the
oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door
- the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle
of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis ...
When in Roman times
the Sun (Hercules, Llyr) reached Arcturus - i.e. his anus ('door of
exit') - this star had been at the opposite side of his entrance
door, where the Full Moon had been, viz. at the Julian equinox:
...
Certain
Polynesian customs can more easily be understood by us if
they are seen as a straight reversal of things we do
ourselves. The Maori custom of weeping over friends or
relatives when they return, rather than when they go
away, is one example, which has a logic not impossible to
grasp. A similar straight reversal is found in regard to
food. The Polynesian notion of the lowest thing, the most
devoid of sacredness, was cooked food: not what comes
out of the body, but what goes into it ...
|
*AUGUST 14 (*146
= 2 / 5 * 365) |
15 (227) |
16 |
|
'September 24 (84
+ 183) |
25 (268) |
26 |
|
October 21 (*214
= *146 + *68) |
22 (295 = 227 +
68) |
23 |
|
Neck-2
(Dragon)
ASELLUS TERTIUS
= κ Bootis,
κ
VIRGINIS,
14 Bootis (214.8) |
Al
Ghafr-13 /
Svāti-15
/
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6
(a
pillar to stand by) 15
Bootis (215.2),
ARCTURUS
= α Bootis
(215.4),
ASELLUS
SECUNDUS
= ι Bootis (215.5),
SYRMA
= ι Virginis, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8) |
ι Lupi,
18 Bootis (216.3),
KHAMBALIA (Crooked-clawed)
= λ Virginis (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri
(216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-5 |
Cb1-6
(398) |
Cb1-7 |
|
rutua |
te
pahu |
rutua te maeva |
|
η Arietis (31.9) |
ξ¹ Ceti (32.1) |
θ Arietis (33.3),
MIRA
= ο Ceti (33.7) |
|
*FEBRUARY 12 (408 = 365 + 43) |
13 (*330
= *147 + *183) |
2-14 (45
= 31 + 14) |
|
'March
24 |
Julian equinox |
26 |
|
April 21
(111 = 43 + 68) |
22 (*32
= *215 - *183) |
23 |
Cb1-6 could have been drawn to illustrate the
entrance in October 22 of the 'year of summer' (Tane) on
Easter Island - when Arcturus was at the Full Moon. Here time began to follow the Moon, going
withershins (as when the Sun in the night was returning under
the Earth to the horizon in the east). Asellus Tertius came
before Asellus Secundus (and before Asellus Primus).
The Arab
13th station was Al Ghafr meaning a covering up (puo) of the
Sun.
The Mansions of the Moon
according to Abenragel (ca. 1000 CE)
Elections according to the Moon in the
Mansions. |
Name given &
Arabic name |
Starting degree |
Indian opinion |
Dorotheos |
Algarf
Al Ghafr |
0° 0' 0" Libra |
Good to dig wells and
ditches, to cure illnesses to do with wind,
but not others.
Bad for journeys. |
Good for moving house,
for adapting or preparing a house, its owner
and site. Good to seek to do a good deed, to
buy and sell, but selling slaves not
livestock, because Libra is a human sign.
Bad for both land and sea journeys. Marriage
will not last in harmony, or only for a
while. Partnerships entered will lead to
fraud and discord. Money lent will not be
returned. Bad for cutting hair. |
Azebone
Al Jubana |
12° 11' 26" Libra |
Bad for journeys, trade,
medicines, sowing, women’s jewellery, for
cutting or putting on new clothes. |
A slave bought will be
good, loyal and honest.
Bad for marriage, which will only last in
harmony for a while, for partnerships, which
will lead to dishonesty and mutual
suspicion. If captured, he will soon be out
of prison, if God wills. |
Alidil
Iklil al Jabhah |
25° 22' 52" Libra |
Good to buy flocks and
livestock, to change their pasture, to put
on new jewellery and besiege towns.
|
Good for starting
building, which will be solid and durable,
for settling a dispute between two people,
to foster love, and love begun will be
absolutely solid and last for ever. Good for
all medicine.
Voyages started will bring anxiety and
sorrows, but he will survive.
Partnerships started will bring discord, and
he who marries, will find his wife impure.
Bad for selling slaves or cutting hair.
|
| The Mansions of the Moon
according to Ibn ‘Arabi (ca. 1200) |
|
[name] |
meaning |
from |
attribution |
letter |
Divine Attribute |
|
Al
Ghafr |
The
Cover |
0°
Libra |
The
Fifth Heaven, the Sphere of Venus, the
Abode of Yusuf (Joseph) |
Râ
(r) |
The Form-Giver |
| Al
Jubana |
The
Claws |
12°51'22" Libra |
The
Sixth Heaven, the Sphere of Mercury, the
Abode of ‘Isa (Jesus) |
Tâ
(stressed t) |
The Numberer |
| Iklil
al Jabhah |
The
Crown of the Forehead |
25°42'51" Libra |
The
Seventh Heaven, the Sphere of the Moon,
the Abode of Adam |
Dâl
(d) |
The Evident |
|