This 'death' of the Sun in an
eclipse was only temporary, however, and
4 days later the feather string sign is no
longer there. It could be said the
Sun now had reemerged through the open
throat of Rahu.
At
midnight the leading star of the Wolf constellation (α
Lupi, Yang Mun, South Gate) culminated:
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Ga1-20 |
Ga1-21 |
|
Three Stars-21
/ ANA-IVA
(7) |
ο Aurigae
(85.8), γ Leporis (85.9) Yang Mun
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|
Heavenly Gate, ν
Columbae (84.0), ω Orionis
(84.2),
ALNITAK,
PHAKT
(Phaet) (84.7) |
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June 13 (530) |
14 (165) |
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ºJune 9 (160) |
10 (*81) |
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'May 17 (137) |
18 (*58) |
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"May 3 (*43) |
4 (490) |
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λ Arae (267.1),
Girtab, ο Serpentis (267.6) |
Kelb Alrai, μ Arae (268.1), Kew
Ho (268.6), η Pavonis (268.7),
Apollyon (268.9) |
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December 13
(713) |
14 (*268) |
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ºDecember 9
(709) |
10 (344) |
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'November 16
(*240) |
17 (321) |
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"November 2
(*226) |
3 (307) |
... The king, wearing
now a short, stiff archaic mantle, walks in a grave and stately
manner to the sanctuary of the wolf-god Upwaut, the 'Opener
of the Way', where he anoints the sacred standard and, preceded by
this, marches to the palace chapel, into which he disappears. A
period of time elapses during which the pharaoh is no longer
manifest.
When he reappears he is
clothed as in the Narmer palette, wearing the kilt with Hathor
belt and bull's tail attatched. In his right hand he holds the flail
scepter and in his left, instead of the usual crook of the Good
Shepherd, an object resembling a small scroll, called the Will, the
House Document, or Secret of the Two Partners, which he exhibits in
triumph, proclaiming to all in attendance that it was given him by
his dead father Osiris, in the presence of the earth-god
Geb. 'I have run', he cries, 'holding the Secret of the Two
Partners, the Will that my father has given me before Geb. I
have passed through the land and touched the four sides of it. I
traverse it as I desire.'
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|
Ga1-22 |
Ga1-23 |
Ga1-24 |
Ga1-25 |
Ga1-26 |
|
μ Columbae, Saiph (86.5), τ Aurigae, ζ Leporis (86.6) |
υ Aurigae
(87.1), ν Aurigae (87.2), Wezn, δ Leporis
(87.7), Tze (87.9) |
Ardra-6
/ ANA-VARU
(8) |
η Leporis
(89.0),
Praja-pāti, Menkalinan,
Mahashim, and γ Columbae
(89.3), π Aurigae (89.4), η Columbae (89.7) |
μ Orionis
(90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5) |
|
χ¹ Orionis, ξ
Aurigae (88.1),
BETELGEUZE
(88.3), ξ Columbae (88.5), σ Columbae (88.7) Zuben Elgenubi
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June 15 |
16 |
17 (168) |
18 |
19 (*90) |
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ºJune 11 |
12 |
13 (164) |
14 (*85) |
15 |
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'May 19 |
20 (140) |
21 |
22 |
23 (*63) |
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"May 5 |
6 (126) |
7 |
8 |
9 (*49) |
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Muliphen (269.0), Basanismus
(269.5), Pherkard (269.9) |
Ptolemy Cluster (270.5) |
Rukbalgethi Genubi (271.1), ξ
Herculis (271.5), Etamin, ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi
(271.8) |
ζ Serpentis (272.4), τ Ophiuchi
(272.9) |
Winnowing
Basket-7 |
|
18h (273.4) |
|
NASH
(273.7), θ Arae (273.8) |
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December 15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
19 (*273) |
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ºDecember 11 |
12 (*266) |
13 |
14 (348) |
15 |
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'November 18 |
19 |
20 (324) |
21 |
22 (*246) |
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"November 4 |
5 (*229) |
6 (310) |
7 |
8 |
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Ga1-27 |
Ga1-28 |
|
6h (91.3)
|
ξ Orionis (92.5) |
|
ν Orionis
(91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6) |
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June 20 (171) |
solstice |
|
ºJune
16 (*87) |
17 (168) |
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'May 24 (*64) |
25 (145) |
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"May 10 (*50) |
11 (497) |
|
Zhōngshān (274.0), π Pavonis
(274.6) |
ι Pavonis (275.1), Polis (275.9)
Menkar
|
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December 20
(354) |
solstice |
|
ºDecember 16
(350) |
17 (*271) |
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'November 23
(*247) |
24 (328) |
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"November 9
(*233) |
10 (314) |
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Ga1-29 |
Ga1-30 |
Ga2-1 |
|
Al Han'ah-4 |
Furud
(94.9) |
Well-22 |
|
TEJAT PRIOR
(93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ
Columbae (93.8) |
δ Columbae
(95.2),
TEJAT
POSTERIOR,
Mirzam (95.4), Canopus (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1
Aurigae (95.9) |
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June 22
(173) |
23 (540) |
St John's Eve |
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ºJune 18 (169) |
19 (536) |
20 (*91) |
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'May 26
(146) |
27 (513) |
28 (*68) |
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"May 12 (132) |
13 (*53) |
14 (500) |
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η Sagittarii (276.9) |
Purva
Ashadha-20 |
|
KAUS
MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) |
KAUS
AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar
(278.6) |
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December 22
(356) |
23 (*277) |
Christmas Eve |
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ºDecember 18 (*272 = 2 * 136) |
19 |
20 (354 = 12
* 29½) |
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'November 25 (329) |
26 (*250) |
27 |
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"November 11 |
12 (*236) |
13 (317) |
ºJune 16 can be counted as 61
* 6 = 366 and ºJune 19 as 61 * 9 = 549 = 366 + 183. Then line Ga2
was beginning. The cycle was 150% of 366 days. This
formula of 150% was used also when the creator of the G text
determined the total number of glyphs on the tablet, viz. 471 = 3 /
2 * 314 (π).
The ecliptic path of the
'living stars' (planets) was crossing the Milky Way river at a
practically vertical line through
Praja-pāti (δ Aurigae, Lord of Created Beings), Menkalinan
(β, Shoulder of the Rein-holder), and Mahashim (θ, Wrist).
In rongorongo times these
stars (and γ Columbae) were rising with the Sun in June 18 (i.e. 2
days earlier than 6h). According to a heliacal calendar this point of
crossing the ecliptic will gradually be pushed later in the year.
According to a star calendar, however, this was a stable point in
time, with the Sun instead moving to earlier and earlier positions
for his 0h:
It seems reasonable to let the
blue line of the Milky Way cross the ecliptic blue line precisely
where the Lord of Created Beings (Praja-pāti, δ Aurigae) was
straight above. |