next page

previous page table of contents home

3. Once upon a time the 'broken wing' may have been illustrated with how Castor became separated from his twin brother Pollux as he died:

Ka3-1 Ka3-2 Ka3-3 (*108) Ka3-4 Ka3-5 (46)
Muliphein (105.8) Wezen (107.1)     Wasat (109.8)
'July 5 '6 '7 '8 '9
Al Tuwaibe' 10 11 12 13 Heka 1
Ka3-6 Ka3-7 Ka3-8
Aludra, Propus (111.1)  Gomeisa (111.6), ρ Gemini (112.1) Castor (113.4)
'July 10 '11 '12 (193)
Heka 2 3 4
Ka3-9 (50) Ka3-10 (*115)
  Markab Puppis (114.7), Procyon (114.9)
'July 13 '14 (195)
Heka 5 6 (59)

Here, it must be observed, the position of Castor is at ihe tau (where 3 * 8 = 24), not as I earlier have suggested at Ka3-6. This is a consequence of the new rule to add 64 instead of 66 to the glyph numbers.

The spirit (pure) of Castor can still be seen in Ka3-7 and appropriately at the elbow joint. The position is now, however, not in a starless night but at ρ Gemini (in the center of the skull of Castor according to Hevelius and possibly at his ear).

The descending kahi is now at Wasat (δ Gemini) and a part of Pollux (instead of at Ka3-3). The date is still 'July 9 and Heka 1. Also for Pollux it must be a dark time, when soon he will loose his brother.

Earlier I had Pollux at Ka3-10, but now this place is for the Procyon star pillar (both according to Chaucer and on Tahiti). As to Markab Puppis we can compare with the other Markab, in the Pegasus constellation (see at The Armpit):

... τ, 4.5, with ν, was Al Sufi's Sa'd al Na'amah, which Knobel thinks should be Al Na'āim, the Cross-bars over a well; but they also were known as Al Karab, the Bucket-rope. The usual titles for τ - Markab and Sagma or Salma - are from Bayer, but the last two should be Salm, a Leathern Bucket.

I guess a newborn is fetched up from the deeps, 59 days after the beginning of the manzil calender. Perhaps the idea is to illustrate how Pollux managed to secure a position in heaven for Castor.

On Tahiti Procyon was the 'pillar for elocution', a strange title for a star and hard to explain. Unless we connect it with how Pollux was able persuade Zeus to give immortality also to his brother.