When Bharani was at 0h, then the 'Claws'
(Al Zubānā, α and β
Librae) were close to the Full Moon:
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Ga6-17 (157) |
Ga6-18 |
Ga6-19 |
Ga6-20 |
|
*JULY 13 |
14 (195) |
15 |
16 |
|
AUGUST
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (240) |
|
ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman
(221.2), π Bootis
(221.8), ζ Bootis
(221.9) |
31 Bootis (222.0), Yang
Mun (222.1),
Rijl al Awwa
(222.5), ο Bootis
(222.9) |
Izar (223.0), 109
Virginis, α Apodis
(223.3) |
Al Zubānā-14a /
Visakha-16 /
Root-3 |
|
ZUBEN
ELGENUBI
(224.2), ξ Bootis, ο
Lupi (224.5) |
|
October
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (304) |
|
'October
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (277) |
|
"September 17 (260) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
*JANUARY
12 |
13 (378) |
14 |
15 |
|
FEBRUARY
24 (420) |
25 |
26 |
27 (58) |
|
μ Arietis (39.4),
Head of the Fly
(39.6), Kaffaljidhma
(39.8) |
ο Arietis (40.0),
Angetenar (40.2),
Right
Wing (40.9) |
Bharani-2 /
Stomach-17 |
no star listed (42) |
|
π Arietis (41.2),
BHARANI (41.4),
τ² Eridan, σ Arietis
(41.7) |
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April
29 |
30 (120) |
May 1 (486) |
2 |
|
'April 2 (92) |
3 |
4 |
5 (460) |
|
"March 19 |
20 (444) |
0h |
22 (81) |
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|
Ga6-21 |
Ga6-22 |
Ga6-23 |
Ga6-24 (164) |
Ga6-25 |
Ga6-26 |
|
*JULY 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (201) |
21 |
22 |
|
AUGUST
29 |
30 |
31 |
SEPTEMBER 1 |
2 |
3 (246) |
|
Kochab (225.0) |
Ke Kwan (226.3), Ke Kwan (226.4),
Zuben Elakribi (226.8) |
Nadlat (227.8), π Lupi (227.9) |
15h (228.3) |
ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ
Lupi (229.8) |
Al Zubānā-14b |
|
Zuben Hakrabim (228.3), λ Lupi
(228.9) |
χ Bootis (230.2), χ Bootis (230.3),
Princeps (230.6),
ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI
(230.8 |
|
November 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (310) |
|
'October
5 |
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
"September 21 |
EQUINOX |
23 (266) |
24 |
25 |
26 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
*JANUARY
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (384) |
20 |
21 |
|
FEBRUARY
28 |
MARCH 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (428) |
5 (64) |
|
ρ
Arietis (43.0), Acamar (43.6), ε
Arietis (43.7)
Denebola
|
Menkar (44.7) |
3h (45.7) |
Misam
(46.2), Botein (46.9) |
ζ
Arietis (47.7) |
Zibal
(48.0) |
|
Algol
(45.9) |
|
May
3 |
4 |
5 (490) |
6 |
7 |
8 (128) |
|
'April
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (464) |
10 (100) |
11 |
|
"March
23 |
24 |
EQUINOX |
26 (450) |
27 (86) |
28 |
Hevelius has demonstrated the
complete imbalance caused by the right toe
of Virgo (μ, Rijl al Awwa, the Foot
of the Barker). At the opposite side of the
right foot of the Barker was the right wing of
the Fly. A foot means ground level and a
wing means high up.
Notably Hevelius has here right
ascension increasing from right to left,
i.e. as viewed from the inside of the
celestial globe. Normally he has drawn the
constellations as viewed from the outside,
with right ascension rising from left to
right (like the flow of time in the rongorongo texts).
Probably his reversal was intended to be a Sign
and the meaning was perhaps 'outside no more present'
(no longer 'male' but 'female').
But south of the equator it
may have been the opposite, with its 'summer in
winter' (toga-hora):
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Hora
Ancient name of
summer (toga-hora, winter
summer). Vanaga.
1. In haste (horahorau).
2. Summer, April; hora nui,
March; vaha hora, spring.
3. 'Hour', 'watch'. 4. Pau.:
hora, salted, briny. Ta.:
horahora, bitter. Mq.:
hoáhoá, id. 5. Ta.: hora,
Tephrosia piscatoria, to poison
fish therewith. Ha.: hola,
to poison fish. Churchill.
Horahora,
to spread, unfold, extend, to
heave to; hohora, to come
into leaf. P Pau.: hohora,
to unfold, to unroll;
horahora, to spread out, to
unwrap. Mgv.: hohora, to
spread out clothes as a carpet;
mahora, to stretch out
(from the smallest extension to
the greatest), Mq.: hohoá,
to display, to spread out, to
unroll. Ta.: hohora, to
open, to display; hora,
to extend the hand in giving it.
Churchill. |
Tama
was at Rano Raraku and then came
Poike (the place aloft). In between was
the earth oven (umu) for Hanau Eepe
- the
famous ditch of fire:
... The dream soul went on. She was
careless (?) and broke the kohe
plant with her feet. She named the place
'Hatinga Te Koe A Hau Maka O Hiva'.
The
dream soul went on and came to Roto
Ire Are. She gave the name 'Roto
Ire Are A Hau Maka O Hiva'. The
dream soul went on and came to Tama.
She named the place 'Tama', an
evil fish (he ika kino) with a
very long nose (he ihu roroa)
...
The kuhane (dream
soul) of Hau Maka could have
corresponded to the last part of Virgo,
to the Barker.
There was a balance in
equilibrium at the time of Bharani, but
then precession caused imbalance,
with the place of birth (Bharani) no
longer at 0h and the place of descending
no longer at day 265. But when Bharani
was at the Sun then the toe was still at
the Full Moon.
The last of the Babylonian ecliptic
constellations was at Spica and from there to
the toe of the Barker (Rijl al Awwa) there were
(significantly) 20 days:
|
16 |
Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru |
4th Son behind the King |
ρ (Shir)
Leonis |
158.9 |
Aug 26 (238) |
|
17 |
Zibbat A. |
Tail of the Lion |
β (Denebola)
Leonis
|
178.3 |
Sept 15 (258) |
|
18 |
Shēpu-arkū sha-A |
Hind Leg of the Lion |
β (Alaraph)
Virginis |
178.6 |
Sept 15 (258) |
|
19 |
Shur-mahrū-shirū |
Front or West Shur (?) |
γ (Porrima)
Virginis |
191.5 |
Sept 28 (271) |
|
20 |
Sa-Sha-Shirū |
Virgin's Girdle |
α (Spica)
Virginis |
202.7 |
Oct 9 (282) |
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Rijl al Awwa
|
222.5 |
Oct
29 (302) |
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|
Ga5-22 |
Ga5-23 |
Ga5-24 |
Ga5-25 (135) |
Ga5-26 |
Ga5-27 |
Ga5-28 |
|
*JUNE 18 |
19 |
20 |
SOLSTICE |
22 |
23 (174) |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
|
JULY
31 |
AUGUST 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (216) |
5 |
6 |
|
δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8) |
13h (197.8) |
Apami-Atsa,
ψ Hydrae (198.5) |
Al Dafīrah (199.4) |
σ Virginis (200.4) |
γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) |
Al Simāk-12 /
Chitra-14 /
Horn-1 /
Sa-Sha-Shirū-20
ANA-ROTO |
|
ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9) |
Mizar (202.4),
SPICA,
Alcor (202.7)
Sadalmelik
|
|
October 3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
|
'September
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (255) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
*DECEMBER 18 |
19 |
20 |
SOLSTICE |
22 |
23 (357) |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
|
JANUARY
30 |
31 |
FEBRUARY 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (400) |
5 (36) |
|
no star
listed (14) |
1h (15.2) |
Al Batn Al Hūt-26 /
Revati-28 |
ν Phoenicis
(17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) |
no star
listed (18) |
Adhil (19.3) |
Ksora (20.1),
ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) |
|
β Phoenicis
(15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ
Phoenicis (15.7) |
MIRACH,
Keun Nan Mun
(16.0), Anunitum (16.5),
REVATI (16.9)
Regulus
|
|
April 4 |
5 (460) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (100) |
|
'March
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (435) |
12 |
13 (72) |
π |
|
18 |
|
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|
|
|
Ga6-17 (157) |
Ga6-18 |
Ga6-19 |
Ga6-20 |
|
*JULY 13 |
14 (195) |
15 |
16 |
|
AUGUST
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (240) |
|
ρ Lupi (221.0), Toliman
(221.2), π Bootis
(221.8), ζ Bootis
(221.9) |
31 Bootis (222.0), Yang
Mun (222.1),
Rijl al Awwa
(222.5), ο Bootis
(222.9) |
Izar (223.0), 109
Virginis, α Apodis
(223.3) |
Al Zubānā-14a /
Visakha-16 /
Root-3 |
|
ZUBEN
ELGENUBI
(224.2), ξ Bootis, ο
Lupi (224.5) |
|
October
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (304) |
|
'October
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (277) |
|
"September 17 (260) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
*JANUARY
12 |
13 (378) |
14 |
15 |
|
FEBRUARY
24 (420) |
25 |
26 |
27 (58) |
|
μ Arietis (39.4),
Head of the Fly
(39.6), Kaffaljidhma
(39.8) |
ο Arietis (40.0),
Angetenar (40.2),
Right
Wing (40.9) |
Bharani-2 /
Stomach-17 |
no star listed (42) |
|
π Arietis (41.2),
BHARANI (41.4),
τ² Eridan, σ Arietis
(41.7) |
|
April
29 |
30 (120) |
May 1 (486) |
2 |
|
'April 2 (92) |
3 |
4 |
5 (460) |
|
"March 19 |
20 (444) |
0h |
22 (81) |
As to the strange
appellation 'barker' I have earlier
suggested it could have been a
word play involving 'frog', which is
reasonable because amphibians dwell
half in water and half on land - i.e.
where it was all beginning, at the
first (al awwal) place, at the
place of birth (hanau), at the
first position beyond the ancient
Babylonian 20
ecliptic constellations:
... At the star Deneb Kaitos
Allen has written:
... Very differently it was the
Arabs' Al Difdi' al Thānī,
the Second Frog, that we see in the
present Difda, Latinized as
Rana Secunda; the star Fomalhaut
being Al Difdi' al Awwal, the
First Frog.
And at Fomalhaut:
Among early Arabs Fomalhaut was
Al Difdi' al Awwal, the First
Frog, and in its location on the
Borgian globe is the word Thalīm,
the Ostrich, evidently another
individual title
...
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