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Once again. Since the time of Julius Caesar the precession had moved the days in his calendar (from 45 B.C.) to approximately 27 positions earlier in the year (as measured against the fixed stars) and since the time of Bharani the stars had been pushed approximately 41 days ahead (as measured against the Sun):

Northern spring equinox:
80 + 27 = 107 First Point of Aries 0h
Southern spring equinox:
181 + 41 = 222 Ana-mua SEPTEMBER 22 (265)

In a way 27 + 41 = 68 (Aldebaran) = 64 (Hyadum II) + 4 was thus a measure for the total change since the time of the Bull - when Hyadum II had been at 0h and Bissextum had corresponded to the Head (35) and Right Wing (39) of Musca Borealis:

... The pair of stars which I have named Head of the Fly (35 Arietis) respectively Right Wing (39 Arietis) occupied positions corresponding to the 'double sixth' (bis sextum) days - as they would have been observed close to the Full Moon at the time when Hyadum II was at 0h ...

The precessional distance up to Bharani from the time of Aldebaran was 68 - 41 = 27 days and thus equal to the precessional depth down to Roman times from the time of rongorongo.

68 - 27 - 27 = 14 and 14 * 26000 / 365¼ + 45 B.C. = 1042 B.C. could therefore have been the agreed upon time when Bharani rose heliacally at 0h, agreeing rather well with 41 * 71 - 1842 = 1069 B.C.

... At the time of Hyadum II the Full Moon date would have been FEBRUARY 23 (54) and in Roman times day 54 (= 2 * 27) was known as Terminalia ... The leap day was introduced as a part of the Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia (February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis sextum - literally 'double sixth', since February 24 was 'the sixth day before the Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting (March 1 was the 'first day') ...

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... From a religious point of view, the high regard for flies, whose increase or reduction causes a similar increase or reduction in the size of the human population, is interesting, even more so because swarms of flies are often a real nuisance on Easter Island, something most visitors have commented on in vivid language. The explanation seems to be that there is a parallel relationship between flies and human souls, in this case, the souls of the unborn. There is a widespread belief throughout Polynesia that insects are the embodiment of numinous beings, such as gods or the spirits of the dead, and this concept extends into Southeast Asia, where insects are seen as the embodiment of the soul ...

Sirius stood still in the Julian calendar, rising with the Sun in day 181 counted from the beginning of the year.

At the time of rongorongo Antares rose with the Sun in day 107 + 222 = 329 (November 25), i.e. 148 days after Sirius. Similarly Aldebaran rose heliacally 148 days counted from the beginning of the year, i.e. in May 28.

SEPTEMBER 20 21 EQUINOX 23 (*186) 24 25
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16 (185) Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
November 23 24 25 (329 = 181 + 148) 26 (*250) 27 28
ºNovember 19 20 21 (325) 22 23 24
"October 13 14 15 (288) 16 17 18
Te Pou (Sirius) 143 Ana-mua (Antares)
Ga2-11 (41) Ga7-16 (185)
ºJune 30 (181) ºNovember 21 (325)
"May 24 (144) "October 15 (288)
MAY 1 (*41) EQUINOX (181 + 84)

The day for the northern spring equinox had been determined by Gregory XIII to be day 80. Once upon a time the southern spring equinox had been where Antares rose with the Sun and this was 64 precessional days earlier than at the time of the Pope. ºSeptember 22 (265) = ºMarch 21 (80) + 185 (cfr the glyph number of Ga7-16). But at the time of the Pope heliacal Antares would have been located in day 329 - 4 = 325 (ºNovember 21):

... When the Pope Gregory XIII updated the Julian calendar he did not revise what had gone wrong before 325 AD (when the Council of Nicaea was held). Thus the stars were still 3-4 days 'out of tune' compared to the calendar ... the Gregorian 'canoe' was 'crooked'. His calendar was not in perfect alignment with the ancient star structure. Because he had avoided to adjust with the effects of the precession between the creation of the Julian calendar and the Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D.

325 (ºNovember 21) alluded also to the Julian equinox (in day 3-25) and 325 was 245 days later than spring equinox, a fact which possibly could have suggested that winter stretched for 364 - 245 = 121 (= 11 * 11) days. Furthermore, 11 * 11 (= 121) + 12 * 12 (= 144) = 265 (ºSeptember 22) = 365 - 10 * 10. The day number for May 1 was 121 (= 80 + 41) and from there summer could stretch all the way to when the Sun reached Antares.

SEPTEMBER 17 (260) 18 (9 * 29) 19 (*182)
Ga7-11 (180) Ga7-12 Ga7-13
ψ Scorpii (244.6), LESATH (Sting) = ν Scorpii (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), YED PRIOR (Front Hand) = δ Ophiuchi, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) YED POSTERIOR (Hand Behind) = ε Ophiuchi, RUKBALGETHI SHEMALI (Knee, rukbah, of Broken Palm-branch) = τ Herculis (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8)
November 20 (324) 21 (*245) 22
°November 16 (320) 17 18 (*242)
"October 10 11 (*204) 12 (285 = 365 - 100)
υ Persei (61.2) BEID (Egg) = ο¹ Eridani (62.2), μ Persei (62.8)

VINDEMIATRIX ( ε Virginis)

Al Dabarān-2

HYADUM I = γ Tauri (63.4)

May 21 (141) 22 23 (*63)
°May 17 (137) 18 19 (*59)
"April 10 (100) 11 12 (*22)
MARCH 18 19 (78) 20 (*364)

SEPTEMBER 20 21 (*184) EQUINOX 23 24 25 (268)
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 (184) Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
Heart-5 (Fox)

σ SCORPII (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = 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)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow)  = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
November 23 24 25 (329 = 181 + 148) 26 (*250) 27 28
°November 19 20 (324) 21 22 (*246) 23 24
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1
"October 13 14 Tagaroa Uri 15 16 17 (290) 18
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2) Net-19 (Crow)

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)

no star listed (66) 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)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN (Twins) = υ² Eridani (68.5)

no star listed (69)
May 24 25 (*65) 26 27 (*432) 28 (148) 29
°May 20 21 22 23 (*428) 24 25
'April 27 28 (*403) 29 30 (*40) 'May 1 2
"April 13 14 (104) 15 16 (*26) 17 (*392) 18 (473)
0h MARCH 22 23 24 (*368) EQUINOX (*4) 26
no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5
SEPTEMBER 26 27 (270) 28 29 30 (*193)
Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 Ga7-23 (192) Ga7-24
ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9) Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)

ι Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9) no star listed (257)
November 29 30 (*254) December 1 2 (336) 3
"October 19 20 21 22 (295) 23 (*216 = 3 * 72)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
MARCH 27 28 29 (88) 30 31 (*10)
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) ALMAAZ (He Goat) = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8)

Hotu (the fruit in front) in Ga7-24 (where 72 * 4 = 288 suggested the arrival of the Sun king to Easter Island in "October 15) could then easily be explained as the last quarter of the year beginning after the end of SEPTEMBER.