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St John ruled midsummer and Christ (X) in midwinter:

Ardra 6 7 (68) 8
Albatain 10 11 12 (39)
June 22 (173) St John's Eve St John's day
Cb3-18 Cb3-19 (460) Cb3-20
o te henua kua hoi ko te henua kua vero te ahi kiore - henua
 Tejat Prior (93.4)  κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8) Furud (94.9), δ Columbae (95.2), Tejat Posterior, Mirzam (95.4)
Purva Ashadha 1 2 3
Dercember 23 X-mas Eve X-mas Day (359)
Akleel 12 13 (222) Qalb al Akraab 1
η Sagittarii (276.9), Kaus Medius, κ Lyrae (277.5) Tung Hae (277.7), Kaus Australis (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4) Al Athfar (278.6), Kaus Borealis (279.3)

Tejat Prior (η) and Tejat Posterior (μ) - the first to rise of the Gemini stars - are the feet of the twins.

Much of these feet are protruding outside the frame of Gemini. Their feet were and will always be in the Milky Way.

As I have understood the structure it will not be until their ruling heads are arriving, α (Castor) and β (Pollux), that  Ardra will change to the Gemini nakshatra Punarvasu.

ARIES:
1 Ashvini β and γ Arietis Horse's head 27
wife of the Ashvins Sheratan and Mesarthim April 17 (107)
2 Bharani 35, 39, and 41 Arietis Yoni, the female organ of reproduction 41 = 27 + 14
the bearer  Musca Borealis May 1 (121)
TAURUS:
3 Krittikā M 45 Tauri Knife or spear 55 = 41 + 14
the nurses of Kārttikeya The Pleiades May 15 (135)
4 Rohini α Tauri Cart or chariot, temple, banyan tree 68 = 55 + 13
the red one Aldebaran May 28 (148)
ORION:
5 Mrigashīrsha λ, φ¹, and φ² Orionis Stag's head  83 = 68 + 15
the deer's head Heka June 12 (163)
6 Ardra α Orionis Teardrop, diamond, a human head  88 = 83 + 5
the moist one Betelgeuze June 17 (168)
GEMINI:
7 Punarvasu α and β Gemini Bow and quiver  113 = 88 + 25
the two restorers of goods Castor and Pollux July 12 (193)
Kaus Medius, Australis, and Borealis

Does not the idea of 'bow and quiver' refer to the Archer which could be seen close to the full Moon in the nights of late June?

Or, maybe, does not 'bow and quiver' basically refer to the pair of Moon crescents ('elephant tusks') surrounding the 'quiver' hole from where the new moon is born? The 'arrow' could represent the straight path to the illuminated face of the Full Moon (illuminated by the straight rays from the face of the Sun).

The central part of the Archer's serpentine Bow is at the left hand of the Archer, at Kaus Medius (δ), with Australis (ε) below and Borealis (λ) above:

Evidently a major change occurs between Orion and Gemini, where the Milky Way flows like a river. From nakshatra 7 (Punarvasu) there is only 1 station for each constellation (Gemini, Cancer, respectively Hydra). But then comes Leo with his 3 stations.