Although Arcturus is not represented in the Arabic structure it is anyhow interesting to notice that its RA fraction is in harmony with the stars at the beginning of the manzil stations:
Arcturus rose precisely 188 days after Sheratan and 365 - 188 = 177 = 6 * 29½. Thus there was half a year (measured in lunar synodic months) from Arcturus to Sheratan. In the Gregorian calendar Arcturus rose with the Sun in day number 295, i.e. 10 lunar synodic months from the beginning of the year. 295 + 59 = 354 (= 12 * 29½), the day before the December solstice. Another star which should be remembered in this discussion is Capella, which rose 137 days before Arcuturus.
Also Capella has the RA fraction .4 and 137 (= 188 - 51) happens to be the Gregorian day number for May 17 where the manzil calendar had its first date Sheratan 1. June 7 (158) - 80 = 78 (the synodic cycle of Mars). The extraordinary complex glyph Cb1-6 has in its center an element which could refer to Capella and the other great stars rising heliacally in June:
There are 137 glyphs from Ca10-5 to Cb1-5, from Capella to Arcturus, and also from the 'toromiro' tree in Ca10-6 to that in Cb1-6.
What significance could there be in number 137? Possibly 137 should be combined with 295 and by adding 137 + 295 = 432 we will reach twice 216 (= 3 * 73). 432 - 364 = 68 is a number which could allude to those 68 days from March 21 to the heliacal rising of Aldebaran (in rongorongo times). However, 365 - 137 = 228 = 12 * 19, and we ought to measure from Arcuturs to Capella, not from Capella to Arcturus. Maybe the fraction .4 means we should consider both Ca10-5 and Ca10-6 in connection with Capella in the night (and similarly for Arcturus etc). However, thinking in terms of the nakshatra method there could be an influence for about a week in both directions because there are room for only ca 28 lunar stations in a Sun year. It takes the Moon about 29½ nights to move from one Full Moon to the next and 365.25 / 29.5 = ca 12.3. Capella was - as far as I know - no 'star pillar' and maybe I should not use Capital Letters for that name. Neither were Canopus nor Sirius star pillars.Yet, they were so bright as to deserve special treatment:
I guess Capella, like Arcturus and Aldebaran, could have been 'personfications' of the end of the year (te kihikihi, the ashes), while a new 'fire' could have been associated with Procyon. In between there could be a great Tree (Rakau) growing (tupu), supported by stars rising heliacally close to 6h (RA day 91.3) and then by Canopus and Sirius. Therefore the central element in Cb1-6 could maybe refer to the 'Tree' with Sirius at its top end, dividing the Gregorian year in its middle.
The left henua is more powerful than henua at right. The 1st half of the year has more Sun than the 2nd (when rain clouds tend to obscure the view). | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
