The 'sweet water puddles' (vai) in line Ca2 made me look earlier in the year and I then decided these puddles must be due to the influence from Aquarius. Possibly his influence lasted all the way to May 5, when Algol rose with the Sun:
| March 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (88) |
32 |
| September 25 (268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
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| Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
Ca1-7 |
Ca1-8 |
| haga i te mea ke |
ki te henua - tagata honui |
te ika |
te honu |
| Ankaa, κ Phoenicis (5.0) |
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) |
no star listed |
DELTA (8.4), Schedir (8.6), μ Phoenicis (8.9) |
| 1487 A.D. |
1416 A.D. |
1345 A.D. |
1274 A.D. |
| γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ Centauri (188.1), Algorab (188.5), Gacrux (188.7)
Alphard
|
γ Muscae (189.0), Avis Satyra (189.3), Asterion (189.5), Kraz (189.7) |
α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7) |
Al Áwwā'-11 |
| ρ Virginis (191.4), PORRIMA, γ Centauri (191.5) |
| May 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (125) |
| October 31 (304) |
November 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
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| Ca2-15 |
Ca2-16 (42) |
Ca2-17 |
Ca2-18 |
Ca2-19 |
| ki te vai |
erua tamaiti |
ki te huaga o te hoi hatu |
e tagata poo pouo |
| Bharani-2 / Stomach-17 |
no star listed |
ρ Arietis (43.0), Acamar (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7) |
Menkar (44.7) |
3h (45.7) |
| π Arietis (41.2), BHARANI (41.4), σ Arietis, τ² Eridani (41.7) |
Algol (45.9) |
| 1070 B.C. |
1141 B.C. |
1212 B.C. |
1283 B.C. |
1354 B.C. |
| Al Zubānā-14a |
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4), Zuben Elakribi (226.8) |
ω Bootis (227.2), Nekkar (227.3), Nadlat (227.8), π Lupi (227.9) |
15h (228.3) |
| ZUBEN ELGENUBI (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5) |
Zuben Hakrabim (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9) |
... The star that Ptolemy called 'the bright one in the Gorgon head' is Beta Persei, named Algol from the Arabic ra’s al-ghul meaning 'the demon’s head'. (As an aside, al-ghul is also the origin of our word alcohol - quite literally 'the demon drink'.) Algol is the type of star known as an eclipsing binary, consisting of two close stars that orbit each other, in this case every 2.9 days ...
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