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') ...
...
...
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 ...
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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.
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