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