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1. It is time to add the 'belly of the whale', Baten Kaitos, to our list:

*Achernar*	α Eridani	0.45	57º 29' S	01h 36m	24.3	432.3
*Baten Kaitos*	ζ Ceti	3.74	10º 35' S	01h 49m	27.6	435.6
*Alrisha*	α Piscium	4.33	2º 31' N	01h 59m	30.2	438.2


Gb7-21 (432)	*Gb7-22 (25)**	Gb7-23	Gb7-24


Gb7-25 (436)	*Gb7-26 (29)**	Gb7-27	Gb7-28	*Gb7-29 (32)**

We can guess the name the 'belly of the whale' explains why vaha kai in Gb7-25 is depicted with a sign in form of a fat belly:


*Gb7-24 (27)**	Gb7-25 (436)
*Baten Kaitos (?)*

"ζ is Baten Kaitos, the Arabian Al Batn al Kaitos, the Whale's Belly, although the star is higher up in the body ..." (Allen)

Maybe the reason for the 'higher up' position is that the 'great fire' is on his way to be released from his winter confinement. Allen's 'higher up' does not mean closer to the head but closer to the pentagonal hole in the tail, i.e. where we can expect a birth to take place.