The Sun year described on
side a of the tablet could be arranged in harmony with
Venus if March 21 began precisely halfway
through her evening star period and with her
morning star period beginning 137 days later
(when Betelgeuze culminated at midnight and
when Albali was close to the Full Moon):
|
phase |
observed periods |
periods in the Mayan 'map' |
periods in the C text |
|
evening star |
263 |
250 |
128
(= 256 / 2) |
|
black |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
morning star |
263 |
236 |
230 |
|
black |
50 |
90 |
90 |
|
evening star |
- |
128
(= 256 / 2) |
|
sum |
584 |
584 |
584 |
|
|
740 - 584 = 156 |
|
side a |
side b |
|
128 |
8 |
230 |
26 |
24 |
40 |
128 |
8 |
148 |
|
366 |
90 |
|
136 |
256 |
64 |
|
456 |
156 |
|
128 |
'July 1 |
2 (549 = 183 * 3) |
3 |
4
(185) |
|
'December 31 |
'January
1 |
2 |
3 (368) |
|
July 28 |
29 (210) |
30 (577) |
31 |
|
January 27 (392) |
28 |
29 (760) |
30 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca5-24 |
Ca5-25 (130) |
Ca5-26 |
Ca5-27 |
|
tuu te rima i
ruga |
etoru kahi |
|
Āshleshā-9 /
Willow-24 |
Al Nathrah-6 |
Extended Net-26a |
ι Cancri (132.0),
ρ Hydrae
(132.4) |
|
π¹ Ursa Majoris,
δ HYDRAE (129.6),
Al Minhar al Shujā,
Museida (129.9)
Ras
Alhague
|
BEEHIVE
(130.4), Xestus (130.5),
Ascellus
Borealis
(130.9) |
η Hydrae
(131.0),
Ascellus
Australis
(131.4), Koo She (131.6),
ε HYDRAE
(131.9) |
|
Rotanev,
ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni
(312.6), κ Delphini (312.7),
SVALOCIN,
υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8) |
Deneb Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis
(313.6), δ
Delphini (313.8) |
Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 /
Dhanishta-24 /
Girl-10 |
Baten Algiedi (315.8) |
|
Yue
(314.3), Gienah Cygni, η Cephei
(314.5), γ
Delphini (314.6), σ
Pavonis (314.7),
ALBALI
(314.8)
Betelgeuze
|
|
10 |
Girl |
ε Aquarii (Albali) |
Bat |
(314.8) |
Jan 30 (395) |
395 = 388
+ 7 |
|
11 |
Emptiness |
β Aquarii (Sadalsud) |
Rat |
(325.9) |
Feb 10 (406) |
406 = 395
+ 11 |
|
12 |
Rooftop |
α Aquarii (Sadalmelik) |
Swallow |
(334.6) |
Feb 19 (415) |
415 = 406
+ 9 |
|
13 |
House |
α Pegasi (Markab) |
Pig |
(349.5) |
Mar 5 (429) |
429 = 415
+ 14 |
Possibly the Chinese
station
Girl referred to Venus as morning
star, rising up in all her heavenly beauty from
the Sea.
|
'July 5 |
6 |
7 (188) |
8 (555) |
|
'January
4 |
5 (370) |
6 |
7 (738) |
|
August 1 |
2 (580) |
3 |
4 (216) |
|
January 31 |
February 1 |
2 (33) |
3 (765) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca5-28 |
Ca5-29 |
Ca5-30 |
Ca5-31 (136) |
|
e manu |
te kahi |
te henua |
haro rima i ruga |
|
no star listed (133) |
ζ Hydrae (134.1) |
Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0),
ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6) |
ν Cancri (136.0), Talitha Australis
(136.1), ω Hydrae (136.8) |
|
μ Aquarii (316.0) |
ε
Equulei (317.8) |
no
star listed (318) |
21h (319.6) |
|
Armus
(319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo
(319.7) |
|
'July 9 |
10 (557) |
11 |
12 (193) |
600 |
|
'January
8 |
9 (740) |
10 (375) |
11 |
|
August 5 |
6 (584) |
7 |
8 (220) |
|
February 4 |
5 (36) |
6 |
7 (403) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca5-32 (137) |
Ca5-33 |
Ca5-34 |
Ca5-35 |
|
e vaha noho ragi |
erua ahi |
i te hau tea |
|
9h (137.0) |
no star listed (138) |
Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8) |
no star listed (140) |
|
σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3),
Alsuhail (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ
Ursa Majoris (137.7),
ξ Cancri
(137.8) |
|
χ Capricorni
(320.0), ν Aquarii
(320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis
(320.8) |
δ Equulei
(321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) |
Kitalpha
(322.0), Alderamin (322.9) |
Dai (323.5),
β Equulei (323.8) |
740 - 128 - 12 = 600.
Should we allow
morning star Venus to have also the last
26 days on side a, then we could reduce
the following number of dark nights from
90 to 64, strengthening her influence in
multiple ways:
|
side a |
side b |
|
128 |
8 |
230 |
26 |
24 |
40 |
128 |
148 |
8 |
|
392 = 8 * 49 |
64 = 8 * 8 |
128 |
|
456 = 8 * 57 |
8 * 16 |
|
584 = 8 * 73 |
156 = 12 * 13 |
It would have been
difficult to withstand such a beauty and
number 8 (as her signature) would have threatened to take over the whole
picture:
|
phase |
observed periods |
periods in the Mayan 'map' |
periods in the C text |
|
morning star |
263 |
236 |
256 |
320 (= 8 * 40 |
|
black |
50 |
90 |
64 |
|
evening star |
263 |
250 |
256 |
264 (= 8 * 33) |
|
black |
8 |
8 |
8 |
|
sum |
584 |
584 |
584 (= 8 * 73) |
The message was that
there were 8 Sun years needed to cover 5
Venus years. 73 * 5 = 365 and 73 * 8 =
584.
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