In
Sweden, where the
return of the Sun
after midwinter
is still important
and not forgotten,
'St Lucia' is
a beautiful female
'Stag' with candles
in her hair, who
together with her supporters will arrive
in the early (still
dark) morning.
Ancently the Sun was
a female (cfr die
Sonne in German)
among peoples living
in high latitudes.
The celebration takes place in December 13 which
is 8 dark nights before the solstice (maybe alluding to the 8
dark nights between the evening and morning 'faces' of Venus).
The positions of the small dots in front in Ga1-20 and Ga1-21
carry information - together they mean 'rising'. The hook at
bottom in Ga1-19 suggests 'lifting up'.
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Ga1-19 |
Ga1-20 |
Ga1-21 |
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Al Hak'ah-3 /
Mrigashīrsha-5 /
Turtle-20 |
Three
Stars-21 /
ANA-IVA (7) |
ο Aurigae
(85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)
Yang Mun
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Arneb,
Crab Nebula
(83.0,
φ¹ Orionis
(83.1),
HEKA, Orion Nebula
(83.2),
φ² Orionis
(83.6), Alnilam
(83.7) |
Heavenly
Gate, ν Columbae (84.0), ω Orionis
(84.2),
ALNITAK,
PHAKT
(Phaet) (84.7) |
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June 12 |
13 |
14 (165) |
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ºJune 8 |
9 (160) |
10 (*81) |
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'May 16 |
17 (137) |
18 (*58) |
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'Vaitu Potu 16
(136) |
17 |
18 |
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"May 2 (122 =
366 / 3) |
3 (*43) |
4 (124 + 366 = 490) |
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Ras Alhague (266.1),
Sargas (266.3), μ Ophiuchi, π
Arae (266.5), Nan Hae (266.6), ι Herculis (266.7) |
λ Arae (267.1),
Girtab, ο Serpentis (267.6) |
Kelb Alrai, μ Arae (268.1),
Kew Ho (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7),
Apollyon (268.9) |
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December 12 |
LUCIA |
14 (348) |
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ºDecember 8 |
9 |
10 (344) |
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'November 15 |
16 |
17 (321) |
|
'Ko Ruti 15 |
16 (*240) |
17 |
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"November 1
(*225) |
2 |
3 (307) |
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Ga1-22 |
Ga1-23 |
Ga1-24 |
Ga1-25 |
Ga1-26 |
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μ Columbae,
Saiph (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6) |
υ Aurigae
(87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), Wezn, δ Leporis (87.7), Tze
(87.9) |
Ardra-6
/
ANA-VARU (8) |
η Leporis
(89.0), Praja-pāti,
Menkalinan, Mahashim, and γ Columbae
(89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7) |
μ Orionis
(90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5) |
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χ¹ Orionis,
ξ Aurigae (88.1),
BETELGEUZE
(88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7)
Zuben Elgenubi
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June 15 |
16 |
17 (168) |
18 |
19 |
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ºJune 11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 |
15 |
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'May 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (*63) |
|
'Vaitu Potu
19 |
20 (140) |
21 |
22 |
23 |
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"May 5 |
6 (126) |
7 |
8 |
9 (*49) |
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Muliphen (269.0), Basanismus
(269.5), Pherkard (269.9) |
Ptolemy Cluster (270.5) |
Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1),
ξ Herculis (271.5), Etamin, ν Herculis (271.7), ν
Ophiuchi (271.8) |
ζ Serpentis (272.4), τ
Ophiuchi (272.9) |
Winnowing
Basket-7 |
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18h (273.4) |
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NASH
(273.7), θ Arae (273.8) |
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December 15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
19 (*273) |
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ºDecember 11 |
12 (*266) |
LUCIA |
14 (348) |
15 |
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'November 18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (*246) |
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'Ko Ruti 18 |
19 |
20 (324) |
21 |
22 |
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"November 4 |
5 (*229) |
6 (310) |
7 |
8 |
At both solstices the movement of the Sun slows
down as if he (or she) was growing old and tired ('lazy'), finally
reaching to a standstill (sol-stice).
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