There is more. We must not forget the role of
Antares, which by its heliacal rising in rongorongo times was a sign
of the arrival of the summer 'year'. Counting with the
measure 181 from the heliacal rising of Aldebaran to the
corresponding nakshatra
position at Antares means Antares would be a sign of autumn in the
sky of May 28.
I have searched for the nakshatra star which
corresponds to Ain and it seems to be σ Scorpii, because it was a
'star pillar' both in China and according to the Hindu nakshatra
system:
Yed
Prior |
δ
Ophiuchi |
2.73 |
03° 34′ S |
16h 12m |
246.5 |
|
Yed
Posterior |
ε
Ophiuchi |
3.23 |
04° 14′ S |
16h 16m |
247.6 |
|
Rukbalgethi Shemali |
τ
Herculis |
3.91 |
46° 19′ N |
16h 16m |
247.6 |
|
|
ο
Scorpii |
4.55 |
24° 10′ S |
16h 17m |
247.8 |
|
Heart |
σ
Scorpii |
2.90 |
25° 36′ S |
16h 18m |
248.0 |
CH |
Hejian |
γ
Herculis |
3.74 |
19° 09′ N |
16h 19m |
248.2 |
|
I decided to give σ Scorpii 'Heart' as its proper name
and similarly I gave the name 'Neck' to κ
Virginis (cfr at tara in Ga2-8), because both Heart and Neck are names in the Chinese system:
|
|
|
|
Ga1-1 (*65) |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
no
stars listed |
σ Scorpii (247.0) |
no stars
listed |
Antares (249.1) |
Ain,
θ¹ Tauri, θ²
Tauri (65.7) |
Aldebaran
(68.2), Theemin (68.5) |
May 25 (5-25) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
Sheratan 9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
Sheratan 9 |
10 |
11 |
May 25 |
26 (146) |
27 |
|
|
|
Ca3-14 |
Ca3-15 |
Ca3-16 |
tapamea
- tagata hoi hatu |
ki te ariki |
kiore |
no
stars listed |
Heart (246.0) |
no
stars listed |
Ain,
θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) |
Sheratan 12 |
13 (378) |
14 |
Pleione 1 |
May 28 (148) |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
|
|
|
Ca3-17 (68) |
Ca3-18 |
Ca3-19 |
Ca3-20 |
tapamea
- tagata rima iri |
te
henua te hokohuki |
te kava |
te
kiore i te henua |
Antares (249.1) |
no stars
listed |
Aldebaran
(68.2), Theemin (68.5) |
Date |
Heliacal
star |
RA distance |
Nakshatra
star |
April 1 (91) |
η Andromedae
(11.4) |
181.5 |
Mimosa
(192.9) |
April 17
(107) |
Polaris
(26.6) |
181.9 |
Benetnash
(208.5) |
April 24
(114) |
Mira (33.7) |
181.1 |
Neck
(214.8) |
May 26 (146) |
Ain (65.7) |
181.3 |
Heart
(247.0) |
May 28 (148) |
Aldebaran
(68.2) |
180.9 |
Antares
(249.1) |
July 6 (187) |
Wezen
(107.1) |
181.3 |
Nunki
(288.4) |
August 21
(233) |
Regulus
(152.7) |
181.9 |
Sadalmelik
(334.6) |
September 4
(247) |
Dubhe
(166.7) |
181.1 |
Fomalhaut
(347.8) |
In the Chinese system the station opposite
to Net (ruled by Ain and the Crow) is number 19 - 28 / 2 = 5, viz.
Heart:
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 |
The star Heart is presumably important for us,
because we should remember 'the heart of every
circuit':
... In
the inscriptions of Dendera, published by Dümichen,
the goddess Hathor is called 'lady of every
joy'. For once, Dümichen adds: Literally ... 'the
lady of every heart circuit'. This is not to say
that the Egyptians had discovered the circulation of
the blood. But the determinative sign for 'heart'
often figures as the plumb bob at the end of a plumb
line coming from a well-known astronomical or
surveying device, the merkhet. Evidently,
'heart' is something very specific, as it were the
'center of gravity' ... See Aeg.Wb. 2, pp. 55f. for
sign of the heart (ib) as expressing
generally 'the middle, the center'.
And
this may lead in quite another direction. The Arabs
preserved a name for Canopus - besides calling the
star Kalb at-tai-man ('heart of the south')
... Suhail el-wezn, 'Canopus Ponderosus', the
heavy-weighing Canopus, a name promptly declared
meaningless by the experts, but which could well
have belonged to an archaic system in which Canopus
was the weight at the end of the plumb line, as
befitted its important position as a heavy star at
the South Pole of the 'waters below'.
Here is
a chain of inferences which might or might not be
valid, but it is allowable to test it, and no
inference at all would come from the 'lady of every
joy'. The line seems to state that Hathor (=
Hat Hor, 'House of Horus') 'rules' the
revolution of a specific celestial body - whether or
not Canopus is alluded to - or, if we can trust the
translation 'every', the revolution of all celestial
bodies. As concerns the identity of the ruling lady,
the greater possibility speaks for Sirius, but Venus
cannot be excluded; in Mexico, too, Venus is called
'heart of the earth'. The reader is invited to
imagine for himself what many thousands of such
pseudo-primitive or poetic interpretations must lead
to: a disfigured interpretation of Egyptian
intellectual life ...
Line Ca3 could describe the 'heart'
(center) of 'every circuit' (cycle) in the text. In
the Hindu system Jyeshtha is associated with
circular objects:
1 |
Ashvini |
β and γ Arietis |
Horse's head |
2 |
Bharani |
35, 39, and 41 Arietis |
Yoni, the female organ of
reproduction |
3 |
Krittikā |
M 45 Tauri |
Knife or spear |
4 |
Rohini |
α Tauri |
Cart or chariot, temple, banyan tree |
5 |
Mrigashīrsha |
λ, φ¹, and φ² Orionis |
Deer's head |
6 |
Ardra |
α Orionis |
Teardrop, diamond, a human head |
7 |
Punarvasu |
α and β Gemini |
Bow and quiver |
8 |
Pushya |
γ, δ and θ Cancri |
Cow's udder, lotus, arrow and circle |
9 |
Āshleshā |
δ, ε, η, ρ, and σ Hydrae |
Serpent |
10 |
Maghā |
α Leonis |
Royal Throne |
11 |
Purva Phalguni |
δ and θ Leonis |
Front legs of bed, hammock, fig tree |
12 |
Uttara Phalguni |
β Leonis |
Four legs of bed, hammock |
13 |
Hasta |
α, β, γ, δ, ε Corvi |
Hand or fist |
14 |
Chitra |
α Virginis |
Bright jewel or pearl |
15 |
Svāti |
α Bootis |
Shoot of plant, coral |
16 |
Visakha |
α, β, γ and ι Librae |
Triumphal arch, potter's wheel |
17 |
Anuradha |
β, δ, and π Scorpii |
Triumphal archway, lotus |
18 |
Jyeshtha |
α, σ, and τ Scorpii |
Circular amulet, umbrella, earring |
19 |
Mula |
ε,
ζ,
η,
θ, ι, κ, λ, and μ Scorpii |
Bunch of roots tied together, elephant
goad |
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