The perspective Hevelius used for
Aquarius - with the ecliptic as a horizontal line -
makes us believe the stream from his Urn is running
counterclockwise down to the the mouth of Piscis
Austrinus. But this is only an illusion, because the
Mouth of the Fish (Fom-al-haut) comes later
than the thumb of Aquarius:
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 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-17 |
Gb2-18 |
Gb2-19 |
Gb2-20 (275) |
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DECEMBER
18 |
19 |
20 (354 = 6 * 59) |
SOLSTICE |
|
ζ Cephei (336.2), λ Cephei (336.3),
-/270 Lac. (336.7), λ Piscis
Austrini (336.8) |
μ Gruis (337.0), ε Cephei
(337.2), 1/325 Lac. (337.3),
Ancha (337.4),
α Tucanae
(337.9) |
Al Sa'ad al Ahbiyah-23 /
Shatabisha-25 |
β/172 Lac.
(339.2), 4/1100
Lac. (339.4),
π Aquarii
(339.5)
Castor
|
|
ρ Aquarii (338.2), 2/365 Lac.
(338.5),
SADACHBIA
(338.6), π Gruis (338.9) |
|
February
20 (2-20) |
21 (52) |
22 (418) |
Terminalia |
|
'January
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (392) |
|
"January
10 |
1-11 |
12 |
13-13 (378) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JUNE
19 |
20 (171 = 9 * 19) |
SOLSTICE |
22 |
|
Adhafera,
Tania Borealis, Simiram (154.7) |
Algieba,
q Carinae (155.5) |
Tania Australis (156.0),
GHOST OF
JUPITER (156.8) |
Extended Net-26b |
|
μ HYDRAE
(157.1) |
|
August
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 (237) |
|
'July
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (210) |
|
"July
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (196) |
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 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-21 |
Gb2-22 |
Gb2-23 |
Gb2-24 |
Gb2-25 |
Gb2-26 |
|
DECEMBER
22 |
23 |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
25 |
26 (360) |
27 |
|
δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei
(340.2), ν Gruis (340.3),
ζ Aquarii,
δ Gruis (340.4), 5/1100 Lac.
(340.7), σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac.
(340.9)
Procyon
|
α/91 Lac. (341.1), Homan, β
Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν
Tucanae (341.5), υ Aquarii
(341.9) |
η Aquarii
(342.1), σ Gruis (340.4),
Situla
(342.7) |
ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο
Pegasi, β Gruis (343.8) |
ρ Gruis (344.0), Matar (344.2),
η Gruis (344.6) |
λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1),
ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii
(345.7),
μ Pegasi (345.9) |
|
Bissextum |
February 25 |
26 |
27 (58) |
28 (424) |
March 1 |
|
'January
28 (393) |
29 |
30 |
31 |
'February 1 |
2 (33) |
|
13 * 14 = 182 |
"January
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 (383) |
19 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JUNE
23 |
ST JOHN'S EVE |
25 |
26 (177) |
27 |
28 |
|
Shir (158.9) |
p
Carinae (159.3) |
φ
Hydrae (160.3) |
no star listed (161) |
Vathorz Posterior (162.1),
Peregrini, η Carinae (162.6) |
ν
Hydrae (163.1) |
|
August
26 |
27 |
28 (240) |
29 |
30 |
31 |
|
'July
30 |
31 |
'August 1 |
2 (214) |
3 |
4 |
|
"July
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
21 |
Situla (κ
Aquarii), at the beginning of the stream from
his Urn, rose together with the Sun 3 days
before τ (his thumb). The maro (dry
feathers) hanging down in front of the Sun in
Gb2-23 could mean the Sun star (hetuu)
did not survive so much water:
|
|
 |
|
Gb2-23 |
hetuu |
|
Hetu
Hetu 1. To (make) sound;
figuratively:
famous, renowned. 2. To crumble into embers (of a
bonfire). Hetu'u. Star,
planet; hetu'u popohaga
morning star; hetu'u ahiahi evening star; hetu'u viri
meteorite. Vanaga
Hetu 1.
Star (heetuu); hetu rere,
meteor; hetu pupura, planet.
P Pau.: hetu, star. Mgv.:
etu, id. Mq.: fetu,
hetu, id. Ta.: fetu,
fetia, id. The alternative form
fetia in Tahiti, now the only
one in common use, need not be
regarded as an anomaly in mutation.
It seems to derive from Paumotu
fetika, a planet. Its
introduction into Tahiti is due to
the fashion of accepting Paumotu
vocables which arose when the house
of Pomare came into power. 2.
Capital letter (? he tu). 3.
To amuse. 4. To stamp the feet.
Hetuhetu, to calk, to strike the
water. Hetuke, sea urchin.
Churchill. |
As for
the Mouth of the Fish (Fomalhaut, α Piscis
Austrini) it could evidently have been
depicted by vaha mea in Gb2-28, with
the preceding vai hipu illustrating
the Urn of Aquarius and its outflow:
 |
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 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-27 |
Gb2-28 (54) |
Gb2-29 |
Gb2-30 (285) |
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
(400) |
5 (36) |
6 |
7 |
|
"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) |
|
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) |
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