After
a
birth
the
newborn's
navel
string
has
to
be
cut
and
taken
care
of:
... The
hau
cords which
secured the
purlins to
the rafters
and the
rafters to
the ridge
pole were
always to be
knotted
towards the
right and in
three
revolutions,
'like [tying
off] the
umbilical
cord of a
baby'.
A similar
practice was
once
utilised
(and
occasionally
still is) to
fasten the
lines on a
boat.
Hotu Matu'a,
they said,
had promised
that if this
triplicate
practice
were
followed,
fishermen
would not
lose their
lives when
their boats
capsized at
sea and
hare paenga
would not be
torn from
their
foundations
by the wind
...
Possibly
such
ideas
may
have
motivated
the
Knot:
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| Ga3-10 |
Ga3-11 |
Ga3-12 |
Ga3-13 (72) |
Ga3-14 |
Ga3-15 |
Ga3-16 |
| ●MAY 18 |
19 |
20 (140) |
21 (*61) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
| (52 * 9 = 468) |
(150 + 314 = 464) |
MAY 31 (151) |
JUNE 1 |
2 (*73) |
3 |
4 |
| no star listed (133) |
ζ Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri (134.2), ζ Oct. (134.3), ο Cancri (134.6) |
Acubens, Talitha Borealis (135.0), σ Cancri (135.2), ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6) |
ν Cancri (136.0), Talitha Australis (136.1), ω Hydrae (136.8) |
9h (137.0) |
no star listed (138) |
π Cancri (139.2), Miaplacidus (139.3), Tureis (139.8) |
| σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4), Alsuhail (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8) |
| August 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (216) |
5 |
6 |
7 |
| ºJuly 28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
ºAugust 1 |
2 (214) |
3 (*135) |
| 'July 5 |
6 (*107) |
7 |
8 |
9 (190) |
10 |
11 |
| SOLSTICE |
"June 22 |
23 |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
25 (*96) |
26 (177) |
27 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●NOVEMBER 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (*244) |
21 (325) |
22 |
23 |
| NOVEMBER 28 |
29 |
30 |
DECEMBER 1 |
2 (336 = 14 * 24) |
3 (*257) |
4 |
| μ Aquarii (316.0) |
ε Equulei (317.8) |
no star listed (318) |
21h (319.6) |
Dramasa, χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8) |
α Oct. (321.5), δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) |
Kitalpha (322.0), Alderamin (322.9) |
| Armus (319.0), Dorsum (319.3), Tsoo (319.7) |
| January 31 |
February 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (400) |
5 (36) |
6 |
| ºJanuary 27 |
28 (393) |
29 (*314) |
30 |
31 |
ºFebruary 1 |
2 |
| 'January 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 (372) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
| SOLSTICE |
"December 22 |
23 (*277) |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
25 |
26 (360) |
27 |
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| Ga3-17 |
Ga3-18 (77) |
| ●MAY 25 (*65) |
26 (146) |
| JUNE 5 |
6 (157 = 314 / 2) |
| no star listed (140) |
Markab Velorum (141.5), Al Minhar al Asad (141.6) |
| August 8 (220) |
9 |
| ºAugust 4 (216) |
5 (*137) |
| 'July 12 (193) |
13 (*114) |
| "June 28 (179) |
29 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●NOVEMBER 24 |
25 (329) |
| DECEMBER 5 |
6 |
| Dai (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) |
γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan (324.6) |
| February 7 (403) |
8 |
| ºFebruary 3 |
4 (400) |
| 'January 11 |
12 |
| "December 28 |
29 |
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| Ga3-19 |
Ga3-20 |
Ga3-21 (80) |
Ga3-22 |
Ga3-23 |
Ga3-24 |
| ●MAY 27 |
28 (148) |
29 |
30 |
31 |
●JUNE 1 (*72) |
| 7 (15 * 29½ + ½) |
JUNE 8 |
9 |
10 (161) |
11 |
12 |
| The Knot (Ukdah): |
ψ Leonis (146.4), Ras Elaset Australis (146.6) |
Vathorz Prior (147.9) |
| Star-25
ANA-HEU-HEU-PO |
Al Tarf-7 |
A Hydrae (144.1)
Vega
|
UKDAH (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), Subra (145.8) |
| ALPHARD (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7) |
ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5) |
| August 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 (225) |
14 |
15 |
| ºAugust 6 |
7 |
8 (220) |
9 (*141) |
10 |
11 |
| 'July 14 |
15 |
16 |
17 (*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
| "June 30 (*101) |
"July 1 |
2 |
3 (184) |
4 |
5 |
| NAKSHATRA DATES: |
| ●NOVEMBER 26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (333) |
30 (*254) |
●DECEMBER 1 |
| (*261 = *9 * 29) |
DECEMBER 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (345) |
12 |
| BUNDA (Foundation) / KAKKAB NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty Destiny): |
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ Oct. (330.7) |
| Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 / Emptiness-11 |
no star listed (326) |
Castra (327.2), Bunda (327.5) Sirius
|
Nashira (328.0), ν Oct. (328.3), Azelfafage, κ Capricorni (328.7) |
Enif, Erakis (329.2), 46 Capricorni, Jih (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), Deneb Algiedi (329.8) |
| Tsin (325.2), Alphirk (325.7), SADALSUD, ξ Gruis (325.9) |
| February 9 (40) |
10 |
11 |
12 (408) |
13 |
14 |
| ºFebruary 5 (36) |
6 |
7 (403) |
8 (*324) |
9 |
10 |
| 'January 13 (378) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
| "December 30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
"January 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
Knots
could
alternatively
have
been
used
to
bind
a
pair
of
old
twin
cycles:
...
When
it
was
evident
that
the
years
lay
ready
to
burst
into
life,
everyone
took
hold
of
them,
so
that
once
more
would
start
forth
-
once
again
-
another
(period
of)
fifty-two
years.
Then
(the
two
cycles)
might
proceed
to
reach
one
hundred
and
four
years.
It
was
called
'One
Age'
when
twice
they
had
made
the
round,
when
twice
the
times
of
binding
the
years
had
come
together. Behold
what
was
done
when
the
years
were
bound
-
when
was
reached
the
time
when
they
were
to
draw
the
new
fire,
when
now
its
count
was
accomplished.
First
they
put
out
fires
everywhere
in
the
country
round.
And
the
statues,
hewn
in
either
wood
or
stone,
kept
in
each
man's
home
and
regarded
as
gods,
were
all
cast
into
the
water.
Also
(were)
these
(cast
away)
-
the
pestles
and
the
(three)
hearth
stones
(upon
which
the
cooking
pots
rested);
and
everywhere
there
was
much
sweeping
-
there
was
sweeping
very
clear.
Rubbish
was
thrown
out;
none
lay
in
any
of
the
houses
...
Ukdah
(the
Knot)
referred
to
the
stars
at
the loop
of
the
neck
of
Hydra,
possibly,
I
think,
thought
of
as
tying
this
watery
'fish'
to
the
top
of
the
mast
of
Argo
Navis:
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