Ana-roto (Spica) 'in the middle' was between Antares (Ana-mua) and Aldebaran (Ana-muri), but not halfway between them:
Should we assign heliacal dates not according to rongorongo times but according to when Al Sharatain was at 0h, then the day numbers will be reduced by 27:
In the times of Al Sharatain the middle of the southern summer was - according to this guess - not when sun was at December 21 (355) but 100 days earlier, at heliacal Spica. This makes sense, because for peoples living in the tropics the sun is passing straight above twice in the year, both in March 21 (travelling north) and in September 22 (travelling south). The equatorial belt is in the center of sun's cycle. The Tahitian star pillar list has all its stars (except Polaris) within the borders defined by Antares and Aldebaran:
When should a reborn 'Black Rat' on Easter Island receive his new feathers? Easter Island is not inside the tropical belt and although the Tahitian star pillar structure could have been used, the coldest days would occur only once in a year and at a time inside the borders defined by heliacal Antares and Aldebaran. Possibly this time was defined as the day after nakshatra Spica in April 9 (99) - a week before heliacal Polaris - when there were 8 days remaining to the stars of Al Sharatain:
Because at that time the empty hand at heliacal Polaris (Ana-nia, 'a pillar to fish by') should have meant a time for renewal. In the times of Al Sharatain the Sun would have crossed the equator here. In rongorongo times the Mamari tablet was turned around here. And if they on Easter Island had observed Ana-roto (Spica) close to the Full Moon in March 13 (72) they would have known there were 10 days to the spring equinox, because 72 + 10 + 183 = 265 (September 22). In rongorongo times heliacal Spica was in day 255 + 27 = 282 (October 9) and nakshatra Spica in day 282 - 183 = 99 (April 9) - i.e. 17 days after the September equinox respectively 19 days after the March equinox. I.e. 355 - 282 = 73 days before the December solstice respectively 172 - 99 = 73 days before the June solstice. 73 = 365 / 5. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
