This
was
the
place
where
I
once
perceived
winter
solstice
followed
by
the
rest
of
the
cycle
of
the
solar
year:
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga2-27 (57) |
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
Ga3-1 |
| MAY 17 (364 - 227 = 137) |
18 (228 - 90 = 138) |
19 |
20 |
| 8h (121.7) |
ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) |
Tegmine (123.3) |
Al Tarf (124.3)
Ras Algethi
|
| χ Gemini (121.0), Naos (121.3) |
| July 20 (201) |
21 (*122) |
7-22 |
23 |
| ºJuly 16 (181 + 16) |
17 (*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
| 'June 23 |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
25 (*96) |
26 (177) |
| "June 9 (*80) |
10 |
11 |
12 (163) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| NOVEMBER 16 (320) |
17 |
18 (*242) |
19 |
| 20h (304.4) |
Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) |
Tso Ke (306.3) |
Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9) |
| η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
| January 19 (384) |
20 |
21 |
22 |
| ºJanuary 15 (*300) |
16 |
17 |
1-18 (383) |
| 'December 23 |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
25 (*279) |
26 (360) |
| 'December 9 |
10 |
11 (*265) |
12 (346) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-2 |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
Ga3-5 (64) |
| MAY 21 |
22 |
23 (*63) |
24 (144) |
| χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) |
Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
Pushya-8 |
| υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5) |
| July 24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (80 + 2 * 64) |
| ºJuly 20 (201) |
21 (*122) |
22 (7-22) |
23 |
| 'June 27 |
28 |
29 (*100) |
30 (181) |
| "June 13 (164) |
14 |
15 (*86) |
16 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| NOVEMBER 20 |
21 |
22 (*246) |
23 (327) |
| Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox / Herd Boy-9 |
Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9)
Arneb
|
ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5) Alnilam
|
Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7) Phakt
|
| DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7) |
| January 23 (388) |
24 |
25 |
26 |
| ºJanuary 19 (384) |
20 (*305) |
21 |
22 |
| 'December 27 |
28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
| "December 13 (Lucia) |
14 (348) |
15 |
16 (*270) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Ga3-6 |
Ga3-7 |
Ga3-8 |
Ga3-9 (68) |
| MAY 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 (148) |
| Āshleshā-9 / Willow-24 |
Al Nathrah-6 |
Extended Net-26a / Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu-13 |
ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4) |
| π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ HYDRAE (129.6), Al Minhar al Shujā, Museida (129.9) |
BEEHIVE and M44 (130.4), Xestus (130.5), Ascellus Borealis (130.9) |
η Hydrae (131.0), Ascellus Australis (131.4), Koo She (131.6), ε HYDRAE (131.9) |
| July 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 (212) |
| ºJuly 24 |
25 |
26 (*127) |
27 (208) |
| 'July 1 |
2 |
3 (*104) |
4 (185) |
| "June 17 |
18 |
19 (*90) |
20 (181) |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| NOVEMBER 24 |
25 (329) |
26 (*250) |
27 |
| Rotanev, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8) |
μ², μ¹ Oct. (313.2), Deneb Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8) |
Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 / Dhanishta-24 / Girl-10 |
Baten Algiedi (315.8) |
| Yue (314.3), Gienah Cygni, η Cephei (314.5), γ Delphini (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), ALBALI (314.8)
Betelgeuze
|
| January 27 (392) |
28 |
29 (*314) |
30 |
| ºJanuary 23 |
24 |
25 (*310) |
26 |
| 'December 31 |
'January 1 |
2 (*287) |
3 (368) |
| "December 17 |
18 |
19 (*273) |
20 (354) |
As
we
can
see
my
proposal
was
probably not
far
off
the
mark,
because
we
could
read
the
text
nakshatra
wise
and
in
Roman
times.
At
Ga3-6,
with
a
raised
fist
and
the
night
sky
(ragi)
illuminated
in
front
but
not
at
the
back,
should
have
been
day
364
+ 1
('December
31).
And
at
Ga3-2
should
have
been
day
360
+ 1
('December
27).
But
Rei
in
Ga2-27
could
have
been
intended
to
be
read
as
MAY
17
(136
+
1).
With
227
(π)
=
364
-
137
(MAY
17)
the
reader's
thoughts
should
fly
ahead
to
day
137
+
227
=
364
(DECEMBER
30)
at
glyph
number 57
(=
137
-
80)
+
227
=
284
(=
364
-
80),
viz.
to
Gb2-29
(probably
alluding
to
229
=
the
number
of
glyphs
on
side
a of
the
tablet):
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb2-27 |
Gb2-28 (54) |
Gb2-29 (284) |
Gb2-30 |
Gb2-31 |
| DECEMBER 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 |
JANUARY 1 |
| ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5) |
Scheat Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4), Fomalhaut, τ Gruis (347.8) |
Fum al Samakah (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9) |
Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 / Purva Bhādrapadā-26 / House-13 |
23h (350.0) |
| Scheat Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis (349.4), MARKAB PEGASI (349.5) |
υ, θ Gruis (350.0), π Cephei (350.6), ι Gruis (350.9) |
| March 2 |
3 |
4 (428) |
5 (64) |
6 |
| 'February 3 |
4 |
5 (36) |
6 |
7 (403) |
| "January 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (388) |
24 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| JUNE 29 |
30 |
JULY 1 (182) |
2 |
3 |
| no star listed (164)
Altair
|
Wings-27 |
ANA-TIPU |
11h (167.4) |
Al Sharas (168.6) |
| η Oct. (165.4), ALKES (165.6) |
Merak (166.2), DUBHE (166.7) |
χ¹ Hydrae (167.1), χ² Hydrae (167.3) |
| September 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (248) |
| 'August 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (220) |
9 |
| 7-22 |
23 |
"July 24 |
25 |
26 (207) |
However,
I
could
not
understand
why
the
number
of
glyphs
in
my
perceived
calendar did
not
agree
with
the
number
of
days
in
any
conceivable
type
of
Sun
year.
I
had
measured
out
13
days
for
each
of
29
sections,
amounting
to
13 *
29 =
377
days.
And
then
there
were
2
extra
sections
which
would
have
added
13 *
2 =
26
more
days.
377
+ 26
=
403
= 31
*
13.
Glyph
403
counted
from
Ga1-1
is
Gb6-21,
but
counting
from
the
preceding
'zero'
position
403
would
be
at
the
tantalizing
Gb6-20.
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
| Gb6-20 |
Gb6-21 (403) |
Gb6-22 |
Gb6-23 |
Gb6-24 (177) |
Or, we can now see - there could in number 403 have been a pointer at JANUARY 1 (Gb2-31).
The number of glyphs counted from Rei in Ga2-27 (π) to Ga7-10 (the 31st and last of its kind) was neither 403 nor 365:
|
121 |
 |
| Ga2-27 (57) |
Ga7-10 (179) |
| 123 |
Yet, I was convinced these 123 glyphs described a cycle of the year.
I am now prepared to give a possible explanation for why this calendar year was so 'compressed'. 471 - 123 = 348 = 12 * 29. This is the number of glyphs on side b of the Mamari tablet. And 1, 2, 3 is the beginning of counting - the essential origin of everything else, the 'birth' of order.
... From One comes Two, and from Two comes Three. From Three everything else will then be generated ... In Cancer was the birth of a new year. The 'child' was delivered and his spirit reincarnated here ('in the freshwater pools on the upraised reef'). Every child is a small entity, which eventually will grow to full size. Therefor my perceived calendar year was not yet full size. 365 - 123 = 242 (equal to the number of glyphs on side b of the tablet).
This Mayan version is quite clear. The middle top shell of the 'earth turtle' (honu) is cracked, allowing growth. A turtle is a bivalve is a crab.
... Let us suppose that what happened in the case of Aries and Libra happened with six constellations out of the twelve: in other words, that the original zodiac consisted only of six constellations.
The upper list not only classifies in an unbroken manner the Fish-Man, the Goat-Fish, the Scorpion-Man, and Marduk of the Babyloniana, but we pick up all or nearly all of the ecliptic stars or constellations met with in early Egyptian mythology, Apis, The Tortoise¹, Min, Serk-t, Chnemu, as represented by appropriate symbols ...
¹I think I am right about the Tortoise, for I find the following passage in Jensen, p. 65, where he notes the absence of the Crab: ‘Ganz absehend davon, ob dasselbe für unsere Frage von Wichtigkeit werden wird oder nicht, muss ich daran erinnern, das unter den Emblemen, welche die sogenannten 'Deeds of Salè' häufig begleiten, verschiedene Male wie der Scorpion so die Schildkröte abgebildet gefunden wird’.
The 'heart' of Cancer was defined by the 4 stars η, θ, γ (Asellus Borealis), and δ (Asellus Australis) surrounding ε (Beehive) at the top of the shell.
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