Perhaps the Earth
Turtle with one of
her front paws -
evidently not a true
paw but her upside
down twin
head - bites the path
of the Sun where Saturn
has pointed
with his spear and will
initiate the next
cycle:
The basic idea may
have originated from the
way Draco lets his
tail hang
down to cross the
circular line of the
precessional circle.
The tail is the end
in contrast to the
opening of the mouth
at the beginning.
The tail of the
turtle in Orion is
only a thin string,
whereas the tail of
Draco is
substantial:
Alrisha (the Knot) is at the
opposite side of the
sky compared to
Thuban:
|
'Equinox
around 76
B.C. |
'March 22
(81) |
23 (448) |
|
'September
20 |
21 (264) |
'Equinox |
|
April 17
(107) |
18 |
19 (475) |
|
October 17
(290) |
18 |
19 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-1 (393) |
Cb1-2 |
Cb1-3 |
|
E tupu -
ki roto |
o te hau
tea |
|
Al
Sharatain-1
/
Ashvini-1 /
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis
(28.0), λ
Arietis
(28.2) |
ALRISHA,
χ Phoenicis
(29.2),
Alamak
(29.7) |
|
Segin,
Mesarthim,
ψ Phoenicis
(27.2),
SHERATAN,
φ Phoenicis
(27.4) |
|
Muphrid
(210.1), ζ
Centauri
(210.3) |
φ Centauri
(211.0), υ¹
Centauri
(211.1), υ²
Centauri
(211.8), τ
Virginis
(211.9) |
Agena
(212.1), θ
Apodis
(212.5),
THUBAN
(212.8) |
With Polaris in the
day before Sheratan
we can guess day
zero was at Polaris.
Another day zero
could then have been at
Thuban. In
rongorongo times
this would have been
in the day before
14h:
|
'March
24 |
|
'September
23
(266) |
|
April
20
(110) |
|
October
20
(293) |
 |
|
Cb1-4
(396) |
|
ki
te
henua
- te
maro |
|
2h
(30.4) |
|
κ
Arietis
(30.3),
HAMAL
(30.5)
Alkes |
|
14h
(213.1) |
|
χ
Centauri
(213.0),
Menkent
(213.1) |
Cb1-4 could
allude to
14h and
counting
from the
zero day the
reversed
figure in
Ga6-9 will
be number
150:
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga6-6 |
Ga6-7 |
Ga6-8
(148) |
|
Muphrid
(210.1),
ζ
Centauri
(210.3) |
φ
Centauri
(211.0),
υ¹
Centauri
(211.1),
υ²
Centauri
(211.8),
τ
Virginis
(211.9) |
Agena
(212.1),
θ
Apodis
(212.5),
THUBAN
(212.8) |
|
Tagaroa
Uri
17
(290) |
18 |
19 |
|
ºOctober
13 |
14 |
15
(288) |
|
'September
20
(*183) |
21
(264) |
'Equinox
(*185
+
80) |
|
"September
6 |
7
(250) |
8
(*171) |
|
Al
Sharatain-1
/
Ashvini-1
/
Bond-16 |
ι
Arietis
(28.0),
λ
Arietis
(28.2) |
ALRISHA,
χ
Phoenicis
(29.2),
Alamak
(29.7) |
|
Segin,
Mesarthim,
ψ
Phoenicis
(27.2),
SHERATAN,
φ
Phoenicis
(27.4) |
|
Vaitu
Nui
17
(107) |
18
(474
=
108
+
366) |
19 |
|
ºApril
14 |
15
(104
= 59
+
46) |
16
(*25) |
|
'Equinox
(80
= 59
+
21) |
22
(*367) |
23
(448
=
366
+
82) |
|
"March
7
(432
= 66
+
366) |
8
(67
= 59
+
22) |
9
(*354) |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga6-9 |
Ga6-10 (150) |
Ga6-11 |
| 14h (213.1) |
Neck-2 |
Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE |
| π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) |
15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8) |
| Tagaroa Uri 20 |
21 |
22 (295) |
| ºOctober 16 |
17 (290) |
18 |
| 'September 23 (266) |
24 |
25 (*188) |
| "September 9 (*172) |
10 |
11 (254) |
| 2h (30.4) |
η Arietis (31.9) |
no star listed (32) |
| κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5)
Alkes
|
| Vaitu Nui 20 |
21 (111) |
22 |
| ºApril 17 |
18 (107) |
19 (*28) |
| 'March 24 |
25 (84) |
26 (*5) |
| "March 10 (*355) |
11 (436) |
12 (71 = 31 + 28 + 11) |
In Roman times
Thuban (α
Draconis) was close to
the Full Moon at the
northern spring
equinox, whereas
Hamal (α
Arietis) was rising
with the Sun.
Early, when the
Hyades rose
heliacally, Thuban
would have been at
heliacal RA day 148,
which meant rising
with the Sun in day
80 + 148 = 228
(August 16). 22 * 8
(not division as in
22 / 7 but its
opposite) = 176
which when counting
also the zero night
becomes 177 = 6 *
29½.
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