Once again. A quarter of the precessional cycle ago Gemini was at 0h. At 0h the sky roof and mother earth had began to drift apart, a phenomenon which later could have become illustrated by the separated horns of the Sky Bull.
Possibly the idea of Castor being changed into a star up in the night sky originally was to distinguish him from the fate of his twin brother, who instead would have continued straight ahead or gone down to the fishes. But since Castor was mortal it should have been the opposite, his fate to go down to the fishes, while his brother would move on as usual. Winter / Night was the opposite of Summer / Daytime and according to the order of correspondences it could be deduced that the warm daytime was like land in contrast to the chilly and damp nights of the fishes:
Knowing about this change from horizontal (from equinox to equinox) to vertical (from solstice to solstice) must have been essential for understanding the pictures in the sky roof. ... All the natives of the South Sea islands are great swimmers. Both men, women and children could almost be called amphibians, because they spend a good portion of their day swimming, diving, bathing and doing all those and similar sports in the midst of the breakers and the surging sea rolling in over the coral banks. The more the sea is heaving, the more the islander feels at home in this his right element. These islanders seem to be very fond of children, especially their neighbours', which they until quite recently did not hesitate to eat. That, in addition to the repulsive murder of their own children, especially as regards girls, results in a quite considerable reduction in their number. But otherwise the children are as merry and free from sorrow as their parents. They learn to swim almost as soon as they begin to walk. The children are very amused by swinging and by sending up paper kites. They also have a rather peculiar game, which consists of keeping their eyes wide open with the help of a stiff straw of grass pushing their eye-lids apart. At any rate 0h indicated where the summer half of the year began, where Sun light entered and Mother Earth flourished:
The Milky Way 'spirit level' was in the past and the Twins had been equipped with feet to move on land.
Although this was kai viri, kai viri (not forgotten, not forgotten) the association between Gemini and legs was no longer quite as obvious as in ancient times. Indeed the Arab 5th manzil instead pointed at the Forearm (Al Dhirā') of Castor, possibly alluded to in Ga2-19:
Allen explains: "As a convenient measuring-rod it may be noted that α and β stand 4½º apart; and this recalls an early signification of their manzil title, Al Dhirā', the Arabs' Ell measure of length that the stars were said to indicate. This naturally became the dual Al Dhirā'ān that also was used in the Desert for other similar pairs of stars." 8 * 4½º = 36º. Sham (α Sagittae) culminated at midnight the day after Castor had risen with the Sun.
(The blind twin brother of Balder was Höder and he was tricked to shoot the fatal mistletoe arrow.) "Baldr (also Balder, Baldur) is the god of love, peace and forgiveness, of justice, light and purity in Norse mythology. He is the second son of Odin and the goddess Frigg and has numerous brothers, such as Thor and Váli. His twin brother is the blind god of darkness, Höðr. According to Gylfaginning, a book of Snorri Sturluson's Prose Edda, Baldr's wife is Nanna and their son is Forseti. In Gylfaginning, Snorri relates that Baldr had the greatest ship ever built, named Hringhorni, and that there is no place more beautiful than his hall, Breidablik." (Wikipedia) |
