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3. The Chinese 28 stations are connected with the following stars. Each station is associated with an animal:

1 Horn α Virginis Crocodile
2 Neck κ Virginis Dragon
3 Root α² Librae Badger
4 Room π Scorpii Hare
5 Heart σ Scorpii Fox
6 Tail μ¹ Scorpii Tiger
7 Winnowing Basket γ Sagittarii Leopard
8 South Dipper φ Sagittarii (?) Unicorn
9 Ox / Herd Boy β Capricornii Buffalo
10 Girl ε Aquarii Bat
11 Emptiness β Aquarii Rat
12 Rooftop α Aquarii Swallow
13 House α Pegasi Pig
14 Wall γ Pegasi Porcupine
15 Legs η Andromedae (?) Wolf
16 Bond β Arietis Dog
17 Stomach 4¹ Arietis (?) Pheasant
18 Hairy Head η Tauri (?) Cockerel
19 Net ε Tauri Crow
20 Turtle λ Orionis Monkey
21 Three Stars ζ Orionis Gibbon
22 Well μ Gemini Tapir
23 Ghost ρ Gemini ? Goat
24 Willow δ Hydrae Stag
25 Star α Hydrae Horse
26 Extended Net ε Hydrae / μ Hydrae Ox
27 Wings α Crateris Snake
28 Chariot γ Corvi Worm

I have decided to interpret α² Librae as my α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) and μ¹ Scorpii as my μ Scorpii (Denebakrab). The question mark at the Ghost (23rd) station has been discussed at Ka3.

The curious designation 4¹ Arietis at Stomach (17) is probably a 'misprint' and the correct number ought to be 41 (i.e. Bharani).

The internet site (http://idp.bl.uk/education/astronomy/sky.html) has Latin instead of Greek letters for the stars, e.g. 'h And' (15) which I at first interpreted as θ Andromedae because Θ is number 8 in the Greek alphabet, similar to how H is number 8 in the Latin alphabet. Thus I tried with θ also at 'h Tau' (18). There is no sound h in the Greek alphabet.

Notably, Greek θ is similar in design to Phoenician heth, said to be the origin of Η, the capital of η, (cfr at Kb5), which in turn became the origin of Latin H. Although η is Greek letter number 7 in the alphabet its value as a numeral was 8. And in the Latin alphabet H is the 8th letter.

Then I changed my mind, because I have both θ¹ and θ² Tauri in my star list, and considering the way the Chinese list has detailed with indices the stars at Root (3) and Tail (6) it appeared unlikely that the creator of the list would have missed an index on θ Tauri. Furthermore, η Tauri is Alcyone, clearly an important star. Alcyone is one of the last stars of winter before Atlas will raise the sky roof high to let in spring and Alcyone could very well be associated with a hairy head (so much hair as to cover the 'face').

I had to change my first idea θ Andromedae to η Andromedae. I have neither of these stars in my star list, which now will be rectified.

For 'f Sag' (at the 8th station) I guessed the meaning is φ Sagittarii, based on its sound value. In my uncertainty I looked for support in the G text and found φ Sagittarii precisely 284 days after equinox, in Gregorian day 364:

Ga8-17 Ga8-18 (222) Ga8-19 Ga8-20 Ga8-21
λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), Double Double (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8), φ Sagittarii (284.0) μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8), Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1) λ Pavonis (285.7), Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3) κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6), ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat (287.4) λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella (287.9), Nunki (288.4)
'December 30 '31 'January 1 (366) '2 '3
6 7 8 Qalb al Akraab 9 Shaula 1 (232)

From January 1 to equinox there are 80 days and from December 30 to March 20 there are also 80 days.

Below I have redmarked 3 stars which occur also in the Tahitian list (2 of them) or in the astrolabe list (1):

Spica α Virginis 0.98 10° 54′ S 13h 23m 203.7
  κ Virginis 4.18 10° 16′ S 14h 11m 215.8
Zuben Elgenubi α Librae 2.75 15° 50′ S 14h 48m 225.2
Vrischika π Scorpii 2.89 26° 07′ S 15h 55m 242.3
  σ Scorpii 2.90 25° 36′ S 16h 18m 248.0
Denebakrab μ Scorpii 3.00 38° 03′ S 16h 48m 255.7
  φ Sagittarii 3.17 26° 59′ S 18h 44m 285.0
Dabih β Capricorni 3.05 14° 47′ S 20h 18m 309.0
Albali ε Aquarii 3.78 09° 41′ S 20h 45m 315.8
Sadalsud β Aquarii 2.90 05° 48′ S 21h 29m 326.9
Sadalmelik α Aquarii 2.95 00° 19′ S 22h 03m 335.6
Markab Pegasi α Pegasi 2.49 14° 56′ N 23h 02m 350.5
Algenib Pegasi γ Pegasi 2.83 14º 54' N 00h 11m 2.8
  η Andromedae 4.40 23° 25′ N 00h 49m 12.4
Sheratan β Arietis 2.64 20º 34' N 01h 52m 28.4

Bharani

41 Arietis 3.61 27° 02' N 02h 47m 42.4
Alcyone η Tauri 2.85 23º 57' N 03h 45m 57.1

Ain

ε Tauri

3.53

19º 04' N

04h 23m 66.7

Heka

λ Orionis

3.39

09° 54′ N

05h 32m

84.2

Alnitak

ζ Orionis

1.74

01° 58′ S

05h 38m

85.7

Tejat Posterior μ Gemini 2.87 22° 32′ N 06h 20m 96.4

 

ρ Gemini ? 4.16 31° 47′ N 07h 26m 113.1
  δ Hydrae 4.14 05° 42′ N 08h 35m 130.6

Alphard

α Hydrae 1.99 08° 26′ S 09h 25m 143.3
  ε Hydrae 3.38 06° 25′ N 08h 44m 132.9
  μ Hydrae 3.83 16° 50′ S 10h 23m 158.1

Alkes

α Crateris 4.08 18° 02′ S 10h 57m 166.6
Gienah γ Corvi -0.94 22° 37′ S 12h 14m 186.1
Sirrah 00h 08m 23.17s 00h 08.386m 1.5
θ 00h 17m 05.54s 00h 17.096m 3.7
η 00h 57m 12.43s 00h 57.207m 12.4
Caph β Cassiopeiae 2.28 58º 52' N 00h 06m 1.5
Sirrah α Andromedae 2.07 28º 49' N
Algenib Pegasi γ Pegasi 2.83 14º 54' N 00h 11m 2.8
  θ Andromedae 4.61 38° 41′ N 00h 15m 3.7
Delta δ Andromedae 3.27 30º 52' N 00h 37m 9.4
Schedir α Cassiopeiae 2.24 56º 16' N 00h 38m 9.6
Deneb Kaitos β Ceti 2.04 18º 16' S 00h 41m 10.4
Achird η Cassiopeiae 3.46 57º 33' N 00h 46m 11.7
  η Andromedae 4.40 23° 25′ N 00h 49m 12.4
Cih γ Cassiopeiae 2.15 60º 26' N 00h 53m 13.4
Gb7-1 (412) Gb7-2 Gb7-3 Gb7-4 Gb7-5 Gb7-6 Gb7-7 (*9)
θ Andromedae (2.7)         Delta (8.4)  
'March 24 '25 '26 '27 '28 '29 (88) '30
Saad Al Akhbia 1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Gb7-8 Gb7-9 (420) Gb7-10 Gb7-11 (*13)
  Achird (10.7) η Andromedae (11.4) Cih (12.4) 
'March 31 'April 1 (91) '2 '3
Saad Al Akhbia 8 9 (320) 10 11

Hau tea with 'Janus Eyes' in Gb7-2 presumably indicates a kind of dark day, marking the point of balance between the old and the new 'year'. 14 * 29½ = 413.

The letter θ could visualize a midpoint in a cycle and uncertainty as to its exact position could motivate a 'dark cloth' hiding piercing eyes from seeing this.

The rising fish in Gb7-10 has a tail which prohibits light in front from entering. The situation with η located later than θ is the mirror image of the order at Lupus:

*Kb5-14 *Kb5-15 (12) *Kb5-16 (177) *Kb5-17 (*244)
ρ Scorpii (240.8), ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Borealis (241.1), Zheng (241.2), Vrischika (241.3) ε Cor. Borealis (241.5), Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9), υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4) ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7), Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3) θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)
'November 17 '18 (322) '19 '20
Syrma 2 3 4 5

Instead it resembles the order at Ara:

Ga7-20 Ga7-21 (*254) Ga7-22 (192) Ga7-23 Ga7-24
η Herculis (252.5) Wei, η Arae (254.3) Denebakrab (254.7), ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2) ζ Arae (256.5), Cujam (256.9), ε Arae (256.8)
'29 'November 30 'December 1 (335) 2 3
Az Zubana 1 2 3 4 (200) 5
15
Ga8-6 (210) Ga8-7 Ga8-8 Ga8-9
  τ Ophiuchi (272.9) Nash (273.7), θ Arae (273.8), Zhōngshān (274.0) π Pavonis (274.6), ι Pavonis (275.1) Polis (275.9)
15 'December 19 '20 (354) '18h (274.9) '22
Akleel 8 9 10 11

Running figures occur also in Ka2-19 and in Kb2-3:

72
Ka2-19 Ka2-20 Ka2-21 (40) Ka2-22
ψ8 Aurigae (103.2) Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) Adara (104.8), ω Gemini (105.4) Muliphein (105.8)  
'July 2 '3 '4 (185) '5 72
Al Tuwaibe' 7 8 9 10
Kb2-1 Kb2-2 (*180) Kb2-3 Kb2-4 (116)
Alaraph (178.6), Phekda, β Hydrae  (179.3) η Crateris (179.9) π Virginis (181.0) ο Virginis (182.1)
'September 16 '17 (260) '18 '19
Dschuba 5 6 7 8
73
Ga2-9 Ga2-10 Ga2-11 (42) Ga2-12
ψ8 Aurigae (103.2) Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) Adara (104.8), ω Gemini (105.4) Muliphein (105.8)  
'July 2 '3 '4 (185) '5 73
Al Tuwaibe' 7 8 (48) 9 10
Ga5-6 (*180) Ga5-7 (118) Ga5-8 Ga5-9
η Crateris (179.9) π Virginis (181.0) ο Virginis (182.1) Alchita, Ma Wei (183.1)
'September 17 (260) '18 '19 '12h (182.6)
Dschuba 6 (124) 7 8 9

Possibly they run away in fear of loosing their heads: