From heliacal
Canopus at Ga2-1 to the
'Fish-hook' there were 10
days and then a further 16
days to Naos at the stern of
Argo Navis:
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7 |
Ga1-30 |
Ga2-1 |
Furud (94.9) |
Well-22 |
δ Columbae (95.2),
TEJAT POSTERIOR,
Mirzam (95.4),
CANOPUS
(95.6), ε
Monocerotis (95.7),
ψ1 Aurigae (95.9) |
June 23 (6 * 29 =
174) |
St John's Eve |
ºJune 19 (170) |
20 (*91) |
'May 27 (7 * 21 =
147) |
28 (*68) |
"May 13 (7 * 19
=133) |
14 (*54 = 2 * 27) |
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) |
December 23 (*277) |
Christmas Eve |
ºDecember 19 (*273) |
20 (354 = 12 * 29½) |
'November 26 (*250) |
27 |
"November 12 (*236) |
13 (317) |
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11 |
Ga2-9 |
Ga2-10 |
Ga2-11 (41) |
Ga2-12 |
TE POU (Sirius) |
7h (106.5) |
θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), Alhena (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) |
Adara (104.8) |
ω Gemini (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), Muliphein (105.8), Mekbuda (105.9) |
no star listed (106) |
July 2 |
3 (*104) |
4 (185) |
5 |
ºJune 28 |
29 (*466) |
30 (181) |
ºJuly 1 |
'June 5 |
6 (157) |
7 (*78) |
8 (525) |
"May 22 |
23 (*63) |
24 (144) |
25 (*431) |
Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6) |
ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella, Bered (Ant.) (287.9) |
Uttara Ashadha-21 |
19h (289.2) |
NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9) |
λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8) |
January 1 (366) |
2 |
3 (*288) |
4 |
ºDec 28 |
29 |
30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
'December 5 |
6 (*260) |
7 |
8 (342) |
"November 21 |
22 (326) |
23 |
24 (*248) |
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3 |
Ga2-24 |
Ga2-25 |
Ga2-26
(56) |
Ga2-27 |
φ
Gemini
(118.4) |
Drus
(119.9) |
ω
Cancri
(120.2) |
8h
(121.7) |
χ
Gemini
(121.0),
Naos
(121.3) |
July
17
(*118) |
18 |
19
(200) |
July
20
(201) |
ºJuly
13 |
14
(195) |
15
(*116) |
ºJuly
16 |
'June
20
(171
- 80
+
366
=
*457) |
Solstice |
22
(*93) |
'June
23
(*460) |
"June
6
(*77) |
7
(*444) |
8
(525) |
"June
9
(*80) |
ι
Sagittarii
(301.2),
Terebellum,
ξ
Aquilae
(301.3),
Alshain
(301.6),
φ
Aquilae
(301.8) |
ε
Pavonis,
θ
Sagittarii
(302.3),
γ
Sagittae
(302.5),
μ
Pavonis
(302.7) |
τ
Aquilae
(303.8) |
20h
(304.4) |
η
Sagittae
(304.2),
δ
Pavonis
(304.4) |
January
16
(*301) |
17 |
18
(383) |
January
19
(*304) |
ºJan 12 |
13
(378) |
14
(*299) |
ºJan
15
(*300) |
'December
20
(354) |
Solstice |
22 |
'December
23
(*277) |
"December
6
(*260) |
7 |
8
(342) |
"December
9 |
When the Sun was at Canopus around 26000 / 4 = 6500 years ago it meant he was a powerful spring sun, capable of sucking up all water puddles accumulated during winter. Also in rongorongo times and on Easter Island - south of the equator - heliacal Canopus could be described as the 'incarnation' of Sun when he in January was observed close to the Full Moon beginning to suck up the winter waters.
... '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.'
The bottom part of the little henua in Ga3-2 is flat like a water surface and the open mouth above could allude to 'sucking':
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Ga3-2 (61) |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
Ga3-5 |
χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) |
Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
Pushya-8 |
υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5) |
July 24 (*125) |
25 |
26 |
27 (208) |
ºJuly 20 (*121) |
21 |
22 |
23 (204) |
'June 27 |
28 (*465) |
29 (*100) |
30 (181) |
"June 13 (*84) |
14 (165) |
15 |
16 |
Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox Herd Boy-9 |
Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9) Arneb
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ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5) Alnilam
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Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7) Phakt
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DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7) |
January 23 (388) |
24 |
25 (*310) |
26 |
ºJanuary 19 (*304) |
20 (385) |
21 |
22 |
'December 27 |
28 |
29 (*283) |
30 (364) |
"December 13 (*267) |
14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
Henua
in front
in Ga3-5
has what
looks
like a
string
of
feathers
(maro)
growing
up
from
below.
Maybe it
was meant
to
illustrate
the
opposite
of
grey ashes,
i.e. to
state
how a
brightly
coloured burning
new fire
here was drying
up the
earth.
When Metoro saw a hanging down 'feather string' he normally said 'maro', but not infrequently he instead said kihikihi:
Kihi Kihikihi, lichen; also: grey, greenish grey, ashen. Vanaga.
Kihikihi, lichen T, stone T. Churchill.
The Hawaiian day was divided in three general parts, like that of the early Greeks and Latins, - morning, noon, and afternoon - Kakahi-aka, breaking the shadows, scil. of night; Awakea, for Ao-akea, the plain full day; and Auina-la, the decline of the day. The lapse of the night, however, was noted by five stations, if I may say so, and four intervals of time, viz.: (1.) Kihi, at 6 P.M., or about sunset; (2.) Pili, between sunset and midnight; (3) Kau, indicating midnight; (4.) Pilipuka, between midnight and surise, or about 3 A.M.; (5.) Kihipuka, corresponding to sunrise, or about 6 A.M. ... (Fornander) |
Maro Maro: A sort of small banner or pennant of bird feathers tied to a stick. Maroa: 1. To stand up, to stand. 2. Fathom (measure). See kumi. Vanaga.
Maro: 1. June. 2. Dish-cloth T P Mgv.: maro, a small girdle or breech clout. Ta.: maro, girdle. Maroa: 1. A fathom; maroa hahaga, to measure. Mq.: maó, a fathom. 2. Upright, stand up, get up, stop, halt. Mq.: maó, to get up, to stand up. Churchill.
Pau.: Maro, hard, rough, stubborn. Mgv.: maro, hard, obdurate, tough. Ta.: mârô, obstinate, headstrong. Sa.: mālō, strong. Ma.: maro, hard, stubborn. Churchill.
Ta.: Maro, dry, desiccated. Mq.: mao, thirst, desiccated. Fu.: malo, dry. Ha.: malo, maloo, id. Churchill.
Mgv.: Maroro, the flying fish. (Ta.: marara, id.) Mq.: maoo, id. Sa.: malolo, id. Ma.: maroro, id. Churchill. |
If the
month
name
Maro
should
coincide
with
June,
then the
time frame
of
Bharani
would
suit,
because
Ga3-5
could
then be
read as
referring
to
heliacal θ Cancri
in "June
16.
Egyptian nfr |
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Phoenician teth |
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Greek theta |
Θ (θ) |
... The form of the letter θ suggests a midline ('waist'), although the origin of θ is the Phoenician tēth which means 'wheel'. This in turn could have originated from a glyph named 'good' which in Egypt was nfr ...
... θ is the last star in the Ara constellation, and the ancient meaning of this letter was described as a wheel by the Phoenicians but for the Egyptian it meant 'good'. When the wheel of time has come full cycle around and the upside down fire-altar is in the past the times ahead should be good (or lucky Sa'ad) ... |
And in
the
early
dawn of
"June 16
the star
ρ Gemini
would
reappear
after
its
conjunction
with the
Sun in
"May 31:
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Ga2-18 |
Ga2-19 |
Ga2-20 (50) |
Ga2-21 |
Ga2-22 |
Ga2-23 |
Ghost-23 |
Al Dhirā'-5 / Punarvasu-7 |
ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA |
α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7) |
κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX (116.2), π Gemini (116.9) |
Azmidiske (117.4) |
ρ GEMINI (112.1), Eskimo Nebula (112.2)
Antares
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CASTOR (113.4) |
υ Gemini (114.0), Markab Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON (114.9) |
July 11 (*112) |
12 (193) |
13 (194 - 80 + 366 = *480) |
14 |
15 |
16 |
ºJuly 7 (*108) |
8 |
9 |
10 (*477) |
11 |
12 (193) |
'June 14 (165) |
15 |
16 |
17 (*88) |
18 (*455) |
19 |
"May 31 (151) |
"June 1 |
2 (*73) |
3 |
4 |
5 (*442) |
ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), Albireo (295.5) |
μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9) |
ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), Sham (297.8) |
β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) |
υ Aquilae (299.1), Tarazed (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9) |
Sravana-23 |
ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), Bezek (300.8) |
January 10 (*295) |
11 |
12 (377) |
13 |
14 |
15 (*300) |
ºJanuary 6 |
7 (372) |
8 |
9 |
10 (*295) |
11 |
'December 14 (*268) |
15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
19 |
"November 30 (*254) |
"December 1 |
2 (336) |
3 |
4 |
5 |
Beyond
Ga3-5
there
are 31
sequences
of
glyphs
ending
in the
same way
(kiore,
henua,
and
increasing
maro
- i.e.
dryness)
and early I
identified
this
long
text
structure
with a
calendar
for the
year. At
that
time I
thought
this
calendar
was
beginning
at
winter
solstice
and that
each
sequence
corresponded
to 13
days.
31 * 13
= 403
was
however
too long
and
therefore
I
guessed
the last
3
sequences
were
beyond
the
solar
year. 28
* 13 =
364.
The
1st
such period
with 13
days, in
my
perceived
calendar,
corresponded
to the
following
8
glyphs:
1st |
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Ga2-27 |
Ga2-28 |
Ga2-29 |
Ga3-1 (60) |
8h (121.7) |
ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3), ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) |
Tegmine (123.3) |
Al Tarf (124.3) Ras Algethi
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χ Gemini (121.0),
Naos
(121.3) |
July 20 (201) |
21 |
22 |
23 (*124) |
ºJuly 16 |
17 (*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
'June 23 (*460) |
St John's Eve |
25 (*96) |
26 (177) |
"June 9 (*80) |
10 |
11 |
12 (163) |
20h (304.4) |
Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) |
Tso Ke (306.3) |
Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9) |
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4) |
January 19 (*304) |
20 (385) |
21 |
22 |
ºJanuary 15 (*300) |
16 |
17 |
18 (383) |
'December 23 (*277) |
Christmas Eve |
25 |
26 (360) |
"December 9 |
10 |
11 (*265) |
12 (346) |
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Ga3-2 (61) |
Ga3-3 |
Ga3-4 |
Ga3-5 |
χ Cancri (125.2), Bright Fire (125.4) |
Avior (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8) |
ο Ursa Majoris (127.4) |
Pushya-8 |
υ Cancri (128.1), θ CANCRI (128.2), η Cancri (128.5) |
July 24 (*125) |
25 |
26 |
27 (208) |
ºJuly 20 (*121) |
21 |
22 |
23 (204) |
'June 27 |
28 (*465) |
29 (*100) |
30 (181) |
"June 13 (*84) |
14 (165) |
15 |
16 |
Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 / Ox Herd Boy-9 |
Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9) Arneb
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Okul (309.6), Bos (309.9) Alnilam
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Rotten Melon, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7) Phakt
|
DABIH (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), Sadir (308.4), Peacock (308.7) |
January 23 (388) |
24 |
25 (*310) |
26 |
ºJanuary 19 (*304) |
20 (385) |
21 |
22 |
'December 27 |
28 |
29 (*283) |
30 (364) |
"December 13 (*267) |
14 |
15 |
16 (350) |
Al Tarf
(The
End)
close to
the Full
Moon
could
indeed
once
have
marked
the end
of the
darkest
time of
the
year,
but
since
then
precession
must
have
moved
its
position
ahead.
In Roman
times Al
Tarf had
been
possible
to
observe
close to
the Full
Moon in
day 360
('December
26).
When I
thought
I here
had
identified
a
calendar
for the
year I
did not
think
about
stars
which
carried
their
meanings
with
them in
spite of
Sun
beginning
earlier
every
year.
Indeed I
was not
even
considering
the
possibility
of
connecting
a
calendar
for the
year
with
stars -
I
thought
a
calendar
for the
year
obviously
had to
be
dictated
exclusively
by the
current
positions
of the
Sun,
which I
also
thought
I could
perceive
from the
glyphs.
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