Sweepingly stated: Once upon a time the
front of Leo corresponded to the
fiercest hot season of summer and his
hind part to the season when some time beyond
midsummer the humid air no longer could
contain all waters having been sucked up
previously, resulting in a heavy
downpour.
... The old man realized that he was now
at a critical point. If the Nazarene did
not understand this business of coming
and going, he would not understand
anything else. He wanted to say that
what made life was not so much force as
the movement of forces. He reverted to
the idea of a universal shuttle service.
'The rays drink up the little waters of
the earth, the shallow pools, making
them rise, and then descend again in
rain.' Then, leaving aside the question
of water, he summed up his argument: 'To
draw up and then return what one had
drawn - that is the life of the world.'
Virgo, who followed Leo, therefore must
have ruled
a rainy season. In rongorongo times her
first star (ω) rose heliacally in day
175 counted from 0h (in September 12),
with Andromeda at the opposite side of the
sky close to the Full
Moon. At the time of the Hyades Gate
this had happened 64 days earlier, in JULY
10:
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|
Gb3-2 |
Gb3-3 (64) |
Gb3-4 |
Gb3-5 (295) |
Gb3-6 |
|
JANUARY
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (375) |
1-11 |
|
no star listed (356) |
ι Phoenicis (357.3), ι Piscium
(357.4), λ Andromedae (357.9) |
λ Piscium (358.0),
Manus Catenata
(358.1), Alrai, θ Phoenicis
(358.4), κ Andromedae (358.7) |
ω Aquarii
(359.2),
78 Pegasi
(359.5) |
ψ Andromedae (360.1), σ
Phoenicis (360.4) |
|
March
12 |
13 (72) |
π |
15 |
16 (440) |
|
'February
13 |
2-14 (45) |
15 (*331) |
16 |
17 (413) |
|
"January
30 |
31 |
"February 1 |
2 (33) |
3 (399) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
JULY
9 |
10 (*111) |
11 |
12 (193) |
13 |
|
ξ
Hydrae (174.3), ο² Centauri, λ
Centauri (174.8) |
θ
Crateris (175.0), υ Leonis
(175.2), ω Virginis (175.3), ι
Crateris (175.5) |
ο
Hydrae (176.1) |
ζ
Crateris, ξ
Virginis (177.0), λ
Muscae (177.1),
ν Virginis
(177.2), μ Muscae (177.8) |
Al Sarfah-10 /
Uttara Phalguni-12 /
Zibbat A.-17
/
Shēpu-arkū sha-A.-18 |
|
93 Leonis
(178.0),
DENEBOLA (178.3),
Alaraph
(178.6) |
|
September
11 |
12 (*175) |
13 (256) |
14 |
15 |
|
'August
15 |
16 (*148) |
17 (229) |
18 |
19 |
|
"August
1 |
2 |
3 (*135) |
4
(216) |
5 |
The
basic connections between seasons
and constellations must have
been
determined a long time ago.
Therefore Leo should not be
understood as ruling late in August but
rather in early JUNE,
with Virgo arriving some 50 days
later - i.e. not after the
northern autumn equinox but
before:
|
Regulus |
JUNE 17 (168) |
63 |
August 20 (232) |
|
Spica |
AUGUST 6 (218) |
October 9 (282) |
... Midsummer is the flowering
season of the oak, which is the tree
of endurance and triumph, and like
the ash is said to 'court the
lightning flash'. Its roots are
believed to extend as deep
underground as its branches rise in
the air - Virgil mentions this -
which makes it emblematic of a god
whose law runs both in Heaven and in
the Underworld ... The month, which
takes its name from Juppiter the
oak-god, begins on June 10th and
ends of July 7th. Midway comes St.
John's Day, June 24th, the day on
which the oak-king was sacrificially
burned alive. The Celtic year was
divided into two halves with the
second half beginning in July,
apparently after a seven-day wake,
or funeral feast, in the oak-king's
honour ...
At the time of the
Hyades Gate the 'nose of the Lion'
rose with the Sun 4 days before JUNE
10 and the 'noses' of a pair of
birds were joining here, as if a
sign of an apex with a hole for the dawn of a new year, 314 /
2 days from JANUARY 1:
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|
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 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga3-10 |
Ga3-11 |
Ga3-12 |
Ga3-13 |
Ga3-14 (73) |
Ga3-15 |
Ga3-16 |
|
MAY 29 |
30 |
31 |
JUNE 1 |
2 (518) |
3 |
4 (155) |
|
no star listed (133) |
ζ Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri
(134.2), 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 (584 = 8 * 73) |
|
'July 5 (186) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 (190) |
10 |
11 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
NOVEMBER 28 |
29 |
|
30 |
DECEMBER 1 |
2 (336) |
3 |
4 |
|
μ
Aquarii (316.0) |
ε Equulei (317.8) |
no star listed (318) |
21h (319.6) |
χ Capricorni (320.0),
ν
Aquarii (320.3), γ
Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis
(320.8) |
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 (32) |
2 |
3 |
4 (400) |
5 (36) |
6 |
|
'January 4 |
5 (370) |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (740) |
 |
 |
|
Ga3-17 |
Ga3-18 (77) |
|
JUNE 5 |
6 (157) |
|
no star listed (140) |
Markab Velorum (141.5),
Al Minhar al Asad
(141.6) |
|
August 8 (220) |
9 |
|
'July 12 (193) |
13 |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
DECEMBER 5 |
6 (340) |
|
Dai (323.5), β Equulei
(323.8) |
γ Pavonis (324.1), Yan
(324.6) |
|
February 7 (403) |
8 |
|
'January 11 |
12 (377) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
|
Ga3-19 |
Ga3-20 |
Ga3-21 (80) |
Ga3-22 |
Ga3-23 |
Ga3-24 |
|
JUNE 7 |
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 (222) |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
|
'July 14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 (200) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
DECEMBER 7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 (345) |
12 |
|
BUNDA (Foundation) /
KAKKAB
NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty
Destiny) |
θ Piscis Austrini (330.1) |
|
Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 /
Emptiness-11 |
no star listed (326) |
Castra (327.2),
Bunda
(327.5)
Sirius
|
Nashira (328.0), 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 |
|
'January 13 (378) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
The glyph text could
describe the meaning of the
constellations by referring back to
the time of the Hyades Gate and then
show where their updated
positions were. For instance would
rain (ua) signs not
refer to the time of rongorongo but
to the time of the Hyades Gate (and as
viewed from a point north of the
equator).
The usual 4 glyphs at
the end of a glyph line appear to be 7
where Gb3 changes to Gb4. This could be a
sign meaning 'earth'. The journey of
the Sun from a point high up in the
north down to a point far down had led
him to the equator, to the
'table' where life was flourishing,
had lead him to where he must succumb to death.
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb3-27 |
Gb3-28 |
Gb3-29 |
Gb3-30 (91) |
|
FEBRUARY 1 (32) |
2 |
3 |
4 (400) |
|
Al Batn Al Hūt-26 /
Revati-28 |
ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ
Tucanae (17.6) |
no star listed (18) |
Adhil (19.3) |
|
MIRACH,
Keun Nan Mun (16.0),
Anunitum (16.5),
REVATI
(16.9)
Regulus
|
|
April
6 (96) |
7 |
8 |
9 (464) |
|
'March
10 |
11 (*355) |
12 |
13 (72) |
|
"February
24 (420) |
25 |
26 |
27 (58) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
AUGUST
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 (218) |
|
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 |
|
Mizar (202.4),
SPICA,
Alcor (202.7)
Sadalmelik |
|
October
6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
|
'September 9 (*172) |
10 |
11 |
12 (255) |
|
"August
26 |
27 |
28 (240) |
29 (*161) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb4-1 |
Gb4-2 (93) |
Gb4-3 |
Gb4-4 (324) |
|
FEBRUARY
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
7 (403) |
8 |
|
Ksora (20.1), ω
Andromedae (20.6), γ
Phoenicis (20.8) |
δ Phoenicis
(21.5) |
υ Andromedae (22.9) |
Achernar
(23.3), χ Andromedae
(23.6), τ Andromedae
(23.9) |
|
April
10 (100) |
11 (466) |
12 |
13 |
|
3-14 |
'March 15 |
16 (*360) |
17 (441) |
|
"February
28 |
"March 1 (60) |
2 |
3 (427) |
|
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
|
AUGUST
7 |
8 (*140) |
9 |
10 (222) |
|
71 Virginis (203.6) |
no star listed (204) |
Heze (205.0), Southern
Pinwheel Galaxy (205.7) |
ε Centauri (206.3) |
|
October
10 |
11 |
12 (285) |
13 |
|
'September 13 |
14 (*177) |
15 |
16 (259) |
|
"August
30 (242) |
31 |
"September 1 (*164) |
2 |
FEBRUARY 7 (403) and
February 7 (403) were not the same. The former was the day before
heliacal Achernar (Gb4-4) while the latter
was at heliacal stars rising 64 days
earlier (or ca 300 days later), in
DECEMBER 5 (cfr Ga3-17).
The nose of the Lion rose
with the Sun in JUNE 6 (157) and 183
nights later, in day 157 +
183 = 340 it would be DECEMBER 6 with Al
Minhar al Asad close to the Full Moon,
at the opposite side of the year.
|
|
|
152 |
93 |
|
|
|
Ga3-17 |
Ga3-18 (77) |
Gb4-3 (94) |
Gb4-4 (324) |
|
JUNE 5 |
6 (157) |
FEBR
7 (403) |
8 |
|
Al Minhar al Asad
|
245 |
Achernar |
It thus seems
reasonable to continue to read the
glyphs heliacally in order to compare
them
with the ruling stars. Possibly with
exception for the season when the
Sun had reached the
equator and gone underground
(disappearing from view).
Spica at AUGUST 6
(218) was 46 days later than JUNE 21
(172).
... On the second day of hoeing,
the same thing happened with the
rat. It ran away, and he could
not catch it. On the third day,
he reached the 'head' of the
bananas and finished the work in
the plantation. Again the rat
ran away, and Ure Honu
followed it.
It ran and slipped into the hole
of a stone. He poked after it,
lifted up the stone, and saw
that the skull was (in the hole)
of the stone. (The rat was) a
spirit of the skull (he
kuhane o te puoko).
Ure Honu
was amazed and said, 'How
beautiful you are! In the head
of the new bananas is a skull,
painted with yellow root and
with a strip of barkcloth around
it.' ...
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