I decided to cut short my discussion of line Ga4 and begin anew with the last 6 glyphs in line Ga3 as an introduction to lines Ga4 and Ga5.
The little king (Regulus, α Leonis, at the heart of the Lion) once upon a time rose with the Sun in *MAY 5 (125). This day number is a cube of 'fire' (the Sun), 5 * 5 * 5 = 125. The Knot (Ukdah) probably indicated the final of the 'Water Serpent' and its beginning was where the Chorti diviners fetched 5 very special 'stones' from a sacred spring. ... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars. The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual. When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one. They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe. The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...
In Roman times this time ought to have been connected with the synodic cycle of Saturn (378 days), because 'January 13 was day 378 counted from the previous 'January 1. By adding 27 days to compensate for the precession since then, the Chorti knew February 9 was the correct time. This was when Sadalsud (the Luckiest of the Lucky) was close to the Full Moon, i.e. when the Sun was at the knot of the Hydra.
When 10 days later Regulus rose with the Sun, then close to the Full Moon was the other king, the Lucky One, Sa'd-al-melik (α Aquarii).
Line Ga4 has 27 glyphs and beyond the first week there are 20 more:
A somewhat peculiar vaha mea has been drawn in Ga4-26:
What stars could have been there? Or rather: What date was at Ga4-26? Let's find out! |
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