On Easter Island Hora nui was said to be
Summer or April, with March as its opening (Vaha Hora).
But the ancient name of this 'summer' was toga-hora,
winter-summer - maybe caused by the European view of March as
a spring month:
| Hora
Ancient name of summer (toga-hora,
winter summer). Vanaga.
1. In haste (horahorau). 2.
Summer, April; hora nui, March; vaha hora,
spring. 3. 'Hour', 'watch'. 4. Pau.: hora,
salted, briny. Ta.: horahora, bitter. Mq.:
hoáhoá, id. 5. Ta.: hora, Tephrosia
piscatoria, to poison fish therewith. Ha.: hola,
to poison fish. Churchill.
Horahora,
to spread, unfold, extend, to heave to; hohora,
to come into leaf. P Pau.: hohora, to unfold,
to unroll; horahora, to spread out, to
unwrap. Mgv.: hohora, to spread out clothes
as a carpet; mahora, to stretch out (from the
smallest extension to the greatest), Mq.: hohoá,
to display, to spread out, to unroll. Ta.: hohora,
to open, to display; hora, to extend the hand
in giving it. Churchill. |
Right ascension hours were counted from the March equinox
and possibly 'hour' was an ingredient in the origin of the
word hora.
April + 6 months = October, and Ora nui
was 'November, October' something quite different from
Hora nui.
The Chinese station South Dipper, beyond the December
solstice, had its leading star rising in
December 30 (in 'December, January'):
|
1 |
Horn |
α
Virginis (Spica) |
Crocodile |
(202.7) |
Oct
10 (283) |
283
= 265
+ 18 |
|
2 |
Neck |
κ
Virginis |
Dragon |
(214.8) |
Oct
22 (295) |
295
= 283
+ 12 |
|
3 |
Root |
α
Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) |
Badger |
(224.2) |
Oct
31 (304) |
304
= 295
+ 9 |
|
4 |
Room |
π
Scorpii (Vrischika) |
Hare |
(241.3) |
Nov
17 (321) |
321
= 304
+ 17 |
|
5 |
Heart |
σ
Scorpii |
Fox |
(247.0) |
Nov
23 (327) |
327
= 321
+ 6 |
|
6 |
Tail |
μ
Scorpii (Denebakrab) |
Tiger |
(254.7) |
Dec
1 (335) |
335
= 327
+ 8 |
|
7 |
Winnowing Basket |
γ
Sagittarii (Nash) |
Leopard |
(273.7) |
Dec
20 (354) |
354
= 335
+ 19 |
|
December solstice |
|
8 |
South Dipper |
φ
Sagittarii (?) |
Unicorn |
(284.0) |
Dec
30 (364) |
364
= 354
+ 10 |
According to Hevelius φ Sagittarii is the
star on the shaft of the arrow close to the left
shoulder of the 'Cavalry Officer' and not far from
σ (Nunki). The length of
the shaft may have been counted as 10 days (from Nash
to φ).
|
Dec
17 (351) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb10-15
(637) |
Cb10-16 |
Cb10-17 |
Cb10-18 |
|
te
matagi ma te rau hei |
te
hokohuki - te moko |
te
kava - te hokohuki |
te
kihikihi i te rima o te tagata |
|
Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1), ξ Herculis (271.5) |
Etamin,
ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi (271.8), ζ Serpentis
(272.4) |
τ
Ophiuchi (272.9) |
Winnowing Basket-7 |
|
18h
(273.9) |
|
NASH
(273.7),
θ Arae (273.8), Zhōngshān (274.0) |
|
June 17 (168) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
|
Ardra-6
/
T8 |
σ Columbae (88.7), η
Leporis (89.0),
Praja-pāti, Menkalinan, Mahashim,
γ Columbae (89.3) |
η Columbae (89.7), μ
Orionis (90.3) |
ν Orionis (91.4), θ
Columbae (91.5) |
|
Wezn (87.6), δ Leporis
(87.7), Tze (87.9), BETELGEUZE
(88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5) |
Zuben Elgenubi 533 |
|
December 21 |
22 |
23 |
X-mas Eve (358) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb10-19 |
Cb10-20 |
Cb10-21 |
Cb10-22
(644) |
| te
hokohuki - manu rere |
te
kihikihi o te marama |
te
maro o te henua |
kua vero |
|
π
Pavonis (274.6), ι Pavonis (275.1) |
Polis
(275.9) |
η
Sagittarii (276.9),
Kaus
Medius,
κ Lyrae (277.5) |
Purva
Ashadha-20 |
Menkar 720 |
Tung Hae
(277.7),
KAUS
AUSTRALIS (278.3),
ξ Pavonis (278.4) |
|
June 21
(172) |
22 |
St
John's Eve |
St
John's day |
|
π Columbae (91.6), ξ
Orionis (92.5) |
Al
Han'ah-4 |
κ
Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) |
Well-22 |
|
TEJAT
PRIOR (93.4) |
Furud (94.9), δ Columbae
(95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR,
Mirzam (95.4) |
Although the General of Wind, Feng
Shï - which included not only Nash (γ)
but also Kaus Medius (δ)
and Kaus Australis (ε)
-
ought to have stretched only half as long, because
278.3 (ε) - 273.3 (γ) = 5.0.
Yet Metoro
mentioned te matagi
already
at December 17 (351) and possibly this was because
351 = 355 (solstice) - 4.
However, 351 (December 17)
= 3 * 117 = 27 * 13, and furthermore, 637 (Cb10-15) = 7
* 91 = 49 * 13.
|
X-mas Day |
26 (360) |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-1 |
Cb11-2 (280) |
|
Te kihikihi - tagata moe |
ki te ariki - te hokohuki |
|
Al Athfar (278.6),
Kaus Borealis (279.3) |
ν Pavonis (280.4) |
|
June 25 |
26 (177) |
|
Canopus (95.6),
ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) |
β Monocerotis
(97.0) |
Possibly Kaus Borealis (λ) was
not included in Feng
Shï because the
birth of a new year occurred at midnight at the end of
December 24.
|
December 27 |
28 |
29 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-3 |
Cb11-4 |
Cb11-5 |
| ko te inoino - te
henua |
te inoino - te
henua |
te henua |
|
κ Cor. Austr. (280.9), θ
Cor. Austr. (281.0) |
Abhijit-22 |
ζ Pavonis (283.4) |
|
VEGA (281.8) |
|
June 27 |
28 |
29 (180) |
| no
star listed |
ν
Puppis (99.2), ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5) |
ψ4
Aurigae (100.5) |
Gemma (544) |
|
December 30 (364) |
31 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-6 (650) |
Cb11-7 |
|
Tagata hua
hakahitihiti |
koia kua tu |
|
South Dipper-8 |
μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η
Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8), Sheliak, ν Lyrae (285.1) |
|
λ Cor. Austr. (283.6),
Double Double
(283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8), Φ SAGITTARII
(284.0) |
Atlas (365) |
|
June 30 |
July 1 (182) |
| Mebsuta
(100.7), Sirius (101.2), ψ5 Aurigae
(101.4) |
ν
Gemini (101.6), ψ6 Aurigae (101.7), τ Puppis (102.2), ψ7 Aurigae
(102.4) |
Cb11-6 (650) is similar to Cb10-17 (639) and here Metoro
informed Bishop Jaussen that dawn (hitihiti) was
created (haka). 650 - 639 = 11 and therefore a time for 'one more' = hua (offspring).
The
element at right in Cb11-6 is the type of glyph which I have
named rima aueue, a not very common sign, and
Metoro's tagata in tagata hua hakahitihiti may
have been inspired by Gb5-5 (where 5 * 5 = 25):
If the regular year ended with day 364 (= 4 * 91
= 28 * 13), then there ought to be some signs (like in Gb5-7) of
returning life beyond Cb11-6 - where Metoro may have referred to
the Saviour, Haka-ora-tagata.
The Chinese structure has a 24-day long gap
from its 8th to its 9th station, but in rongorongo times
January 5 (a Sun number) was the position of π Sagittarii (Al
Baldah), while the Hindu had Uttara Ashadha (the 2nd
ashādhā) ruled by ζ and σ Sagittarii (Ascella respectively
Nunki) at January 3.
And January 15 was the position of Altair,
probably ruling their 23rd station Sravana.
|
Arab |
Hindu |
Chinese |
|
α
Virginis (Spica) |
Oct
10 (283) |
α
Virginis (Spica) |
Oct
10 (283) |
α
Virginis (Spica) |
Oct
10 (283) |
|
ι
(Syrma), κ, φ Virginis |
Oct
23 (296) |
α
Bootis (Arcturus) |
Oct
22 (295) |
κ
Virginis |
Oct
22 (295) |
|
α
(Zuben Elgenubi), β Librae (Zuben Elschemali) |
Oct
31 (304) |
α,
β, γ and ι
Librae |
Oct
31 (304) |
α
Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) |
Oct
31 (304) |
|
Nov
7 (311) |
|
β
(Acrab), δ (Dschubba), π Scorpii (Vrischika) |
Nov
17 (321) |
β,
δ, and π Scorpii |
Nov
17 (321) |
π
Scorpii (Vrischika) |
Nov
17 (321) |
|
α
Scorpii (Antares) |
Nov 25 (329) |
α,
σ, and τ Scorpii |
Nov 25 (329) |
σ
Scorpii |
Nov
23 (327) |
|
Novem (9) in November 25 implies 92 * 5 = 460 =
10 * (329- 283). |
|
|
ε,
ζ,
η,
θ,
ι, κ, λ, and μ Scorpii |
Dec
6 (340) |
μ
Scorpii (Denebakrab) |
Dec
1 (335) |
|
δ
and ε Sagittarii |
Dec
24 (358) |
γ
Sagittarii (Nash) |
Dec
20 (354) |
|
α,
ε, and ζ Lyrae |
Dec
28 (362) |
φ
Sagittarii (?) |
Dec
30 (364) |
|
π
Sagittarii (Al Baldah) |
January 5 (370) |
ζ
and σ Sagittarii |
Jan
3 (368) |
|
|
α
Capricorni
(Gredi), β (Dabih) |
January 23 (388) |
α,
β, and γ Aquilae |
Jan
15 (380) |
β
Capricornii (Dabih) |
Jan
23 (388) |
Metoro, though, suggested we should
count (hia) from January 1. 652 - 392 = 260 (= 20 * 13)
and below I have counted both from Ca1-1 and from Cb1-1.
Vai
in Cb11-8 has a body formed like a lemon and light is allowed to
enter at front bottom. Vitamin C and light saves life:
|
January 1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
4 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb11-8 (260) |
Cb11-9 |
Cb11-10 (654) |
Cb11-11 |
| vai
o ako hia |
te manu |
tere te marama |
te ariki |
|
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) |
Uttara Ashadha-21 |
Manubrium (288.8),
γ Cor. Austr.
(289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5) |
|
λ Lyrae (287.7),
Ascella (287.9), NUNKI
(288.4), ζ Cor.
Austr. (288.5) |
|
July 2 |
3 (184) |
4 |
5 |
| ψ8
Aurigae (103.2) |
Alhena
(103.8), ψ9 Aurigae |
Adara
(104.8), ω Gemini (105.4) |
Alzirr
(105.7), Muliphein (105.8) |
Vai o ako means 'water song':
| Ako
To sing, to recite: he-ako i
te kaikai, to recite the [text accompanying
a] string figure kaikai; he-ako i te
rîu, to sing rîu. Vanaga.
Song. Ako hakaha'uru poki
= 'song to make children sleep'. Barthel.
Ákoáko,
to recite hymns in honour of a deity. Vanaga. |
| January 5 |
6 |
 |
 |
| Cb11-12 (264) |
Cb11-13 (657) |
| te moko ariga moe |
moko moe |
| Al Baldah-19 |
Aladfar (291.1), Nodus II (291.5) |
| δ Cor. Austr. (289.8), AL BALDAH, Alphekka Meridiana (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2) |
|
July 6 |
7 (188) |
| Wezen (107.1) |
δ Monocerotis (107.9) |
| January 7 (372) |
8 |
9 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb11-14 |
Cb11-15 (659) |
Cb11-16 (268) |
| tagata ka tomo i roto - i tona mea |
tona mea |
kua kake te tagata - ki tona rona |
| ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) |
ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7), Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2) |
χ Sagittarii (293.6), Deneb Okab (294.0) |
|
July 8 |
9 (190) |
10 |
| no star listed |
Wasat (109.8) |
Aludra (111.1) |
| January 10 |
11 |
12 (377) |
13 |
14 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb11-17 |
Cb11-18 (662) |
Cb11-19 |
Cb11-20 |
Cb11-21 (273) |
| e ika |
tagata - henua hikihiki |
te inoino - ka hoi ia |
ku hurihia mai te tagata |
tagata iri |
| α Vulpeculae (294.9), Albireo (295.5) |
no star listed |
ε Sagittae (297.1) |
Sham (297.8), β Sagittae (298.0) |
Tarazed (299.3) |
|
July 11 |
12 (193) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
| Ghost-23 |
Punarvasu-7 / Al Dhirā'-5 |
no star listed |
Markab (114.7), Procyon (114.9), α Monocerotis (115.4) |
σ Gemini (115.7), POLLUX (116.2) |
| Gomeisa (111.6), Ρ GEMINI (112.1) |
CASTOR (113.4) |
Antares (557) |
| January 15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (384) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Cb11-22 (666) |
Cb12-1 |
Cb12-2 |
Cb12-3 (277) |
Cb12-4 |
| ki te vage Rei |
Te nuku |
te ua |
te ika |
te henua ma te hua |
| Sravana-23 |
ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum (301.3) |
Alshain (301.6), ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3). γ Sagittae (302.5) |
μ Pavonis (302.7) |
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
| δ Sagittae (299.6), ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (300.3) |
|
July 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
| Azmidiske (117.4) |
no stars listed |
Drus (119.9) |
Naos (121.3) |
With the Chinese structure having abandoned 23 days between December 30 (364) and January 23 (388) I decided it was time to change focus more towards the Hindu stations and to make them more visible I recoloured them to magenta.
Clearly the 23rd Hindu station is special - with no explanation given for the appellation Sravana - with the Eagle high above, and with Rei in Cb11-22 placed as number 666 (the number of the beast).
| SAGITTARIUS: |
| 21 |
Uttara Ashadha |
ζ and σ Sagittarii |
Elephant tusk, small bed |
288 = 282 + 6 |
| second of the ashādhā |
Nunki |
Jan 3 (368) |
| AQUILA: |
| 23 |
Sravana |
α, β, and γ Aquilae |
Ear or Three Footprints |
300 = 288 + 12 |
| - |
Altair |
Jan 15 (380) |
| DELPHINUS: |
| 24 |
Dhanishta |
α, β, γ, and δ Delphini |
Drum or flute |
314 = 300 + 14 |
| most famous (or swiftest) |
Dolphin |
Jan 29 (394) |
|
