Counted from
λ Aquarii the
wonderful star Mira (ο
Ceti, at the neck of the Sea Beast) was
in day 52:
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41 |
Gb2-27 (53) |
Gb2-28 |
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 (61) |
3 |
4 (428) |
5 |
6 |
°February 26 |
27 (58) |
28 |
°March 1 (425) |
2 |
'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
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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 28 |
29 |
30 (242) |
31 |
°September 1 |
'August 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (220) |
9 |
7-22 |
"July 23 |
24 |
25 |
26 (207) |
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Gb4-8 (99) |
Gb4-9 (329) |
Gb4-10 |
Gb4-11 |
Gb4-12 |
FEBRUARY
12 (408) |
13 |
2-14 (45) |
15 |
16 |
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-2 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku-3 |
η Arietis (31.9) |
2h (30.4) |
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5) Alkes
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April
17 (107) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
'March 21 (0h) |
22 |
23 |
24 (*368) |
25 (84) |
"March
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (*354) |
11 (70) |
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
AUGUST
14 |
15 (227) |
16 (*148) |
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17 |
18 |
Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) |
φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) |
Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8) |
14h (213.1) |
Neck-2 |
π Hydrae, χ Centauri (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) |
October 17 (290) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
'September 20 |
21 |
Equinox (265) |
23 (*186) |
24 |
"September
6 |
7 (250) |
8 |
9 (*172) |
10 |
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Gb4-13 (333) |
Gb4-14 |
Gb4-15 |
Gb4-16 (336) |
Gb4-17 (108) |
FEBRUARY
17 |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 (*336) |
21 (417) |
no star listed (32) |
θ Arietis (33.3),
Mira
(33.7) |
no star listed (34) |
ξ Arietis (35.0) |
no star listed (36) |
April
22 |
23 |
24 (114) |
25 |
26 |
'March
26 (85) |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
"March
12 |
13 (72) |
3-14 |
15 |
16 (*360) |
NAKSHATRA DATES: |
AUGUST 19 |
20 |
21 |
22 (234) |
23 (600) |
Al Ghafr-13 /
Svāti-15
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE |
ι Lupi, 18 Bootis
(216.3), Khambalia
(216.4), υ Virginis
(216.5), ψ Centauri
(216.6), ε Apodis
(216.8) |
Asellus Primus
(217.8) |
τ Lupi (218.1), φ
Virginis (218.7)
Fomalhaut |
σ Lupi (219.1), ρ
Bootis (219.5),
Haris (219.7) |
15 Bootis (215.2),
ARCTURUS
(215.4), Asellus
Secundus (215.5),
SYRMA, λ
Bootis (215.6), η
Apodis (215.8) |
October
22 (295) |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
'September 25
(268) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
"September
11
(254) |
12 |
13 |
14 (*177) |
15 |
... In 1638 Johannes Holwarda determined a
period of the star's reappearances,
eleven months; he is often credited with
the discovery of Mira's variability.
Johannes Hevelius was observing it at
the same time and named it 'Mira'
(meaning 'wonderful' or 'astonishing,'
in Latin) in 1662's Historiola Mirae
Stellae, for it acted like no other
known star.
Ismail Bouillaud then estimated its
period at 333 days, less than one day
off the modern value of 332 days, and
perfectly forgivable, as Mira is known
to vary slightly in period, and may even
be slowly changing over time ...
333 at Gb4-13 (where 413 = 14 * 29½)
could allude to the cycle of Mira
(in rongorongo times rising with the
Sun 33 days after 0h).
The first star in the
Wolf (ι Lupi) was at the opposite
side of the sky compared ot Mira.
Possibly the 11 months of
the Mira cycle were perceived as
corresponding to the
hexagonal form at the head of the
western fish in Pisces added together with the
pentagon of stars in the head of the Sea Beast:
For the creator of the G
text the pentagon in the Sea Beast
may then have been associated with the form
of an earth oven (umu), where the
fire of a new year was beginning:
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