Once
again.
May
17
evidently
could
have corresponded
to
MARCH
14
(3-14),
i.e. to
the
'door'
to
the
new
year
which
had
advanced
64
days
since
the
time
of
the
Hyades
Gate.
Heliacal
Menkhib
(ζ
Persei,
at
his
left
foot)
was
no
longer
in
the early
northern spring
but
in
early
summer:
no glyph |
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Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
Ga1-3 |
Ga1-4 |
Ga1-5 |
0h |
March 22
(*1) |
23 |
24 (448) |
EQUINOX |
26 (85) |
May 24 |
25 (*65 + 80 = 145) |
26 (146) |
27 |
28 (*68 =
*64 + 4) |
29 |
Hyadum II
(δ¹ Tauri)
(64.2) |
Net-19 |
no star
listed (66) |
no star
listed (67) |
Rohini-4
/
ANA-MURI |
no star
listed (69) |
AIN,
θ¹
Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
ALDEBARAN
(68.2), Theemin (68.5) |
September 20 |
21 (*184) |
EQUINOX |
23 (266) |
24 |
25 |
November 23 |
24 (145 +
183 = 328) |
25 (*249 + 80 = 329) |
26 (330 =
147 + 183) |
27 |
28 |
Heart-5 |
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam
(248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), She Low, ι Tr. Austr.
(248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) |
Al Kalb-16
/
Jyeshtha-18
/
ANA-MUA |
γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis
(250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ
Scorpii (250.7) |
Han (251.0) |
ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr.
(252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) |
σ
SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi
(247.7) |
ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),
ω Ophiuchi (249.8) |
Possibly the 8 dark nights before the return of Venus as morning star were put in correspondence with the difference between May 16 (136) and May 24 (144 = 12 * 12) - i.e. in correspondence with the difference in time from the 3 later of the 9 Pleiades stars (Alcyone, Atlas, and Pleione) to Hyadum II.
Counting
from
the
left
foot
of
Perseus
the
glyph Ga2-26
will
come
64
days
later.
471
-
464
+ 1
(0h)
+ 56
=
64 =
8 +
56:
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6 |
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Gb8-22 |
Gb8-23 (464) |
Gb8-24 (236) |
Gb8-25 |
Ga1-1 |
March 12 |
13 (72) |
π |
15 |
March 22 |
May 15 |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 |
May 25 |
Al Thurayya-27 /
Krittikā-3 /
Hairy Head-18 |
Menkhib (57.6)
Porrima
|
Zaurak (58.9) |
Net-19 |
Atiks, Rana (55.1),
CELAENO,
ELECTRA,
TAYGETA
(55.3),
MAIA,
ASTEROPE,
MEROPE
(55.6) |
ALCYONE
(56.1),
PLEIONE,
ATLAS
(56.3) |
TAU-ONO |
AIN,
θ¹
Tauri, θ² Tauri
(65.7) |
|
Gb4-4 (324) |
February 8 (404) |
Achernar
(23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) |
August 10 (222) |
Heze (205.0) |
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Gb4-5 (325) |
Gb4-6 |
Gb4-7 |
Gb4-8 (99) |
Gb4-9 |
Gb4-10 |
Gb4-11 |
February 9 (40) |
10 |
11 |
12 (408) |
13 |
14 |
15 |
no star listed (24) |
no star listed (25) |
ANA-NIA |
Al Sharatain-1 /
Ashvini-1
/
Bond-16 |
ι Arietis (28.0), λ
Arietis (28.2) |
Alrisha, χ Phoenicis
(29.2), Alamak (29.7) |
2h (30.4) |
POLARIS,
Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) |
Segin,
Mesarthim,
ψ Phoenicis (27.2),
SHERATAN,
φ Phoenicis (27.4) |
κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal
(30.5)
Alkes
|
August 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 (229) |
ε
Centauri (206.3) |
no
star listed (207) |
τ
Bootis (208.2), Benetnash (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ
Bootis (208.8) |
no
star listed (209) |
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) |
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Gb4-12 |
Gb4-13 |
Gb4-14 |
Gb4-15 |
Gb4-16 (336) |
Gb4-17 (108) |
February 16 |
17 (413) |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 |
21 |
η Arietis (31.9) |
no star listed (32) |
θ Arietis (33.3), Mira
(33.7) |
no star listed (34) |
ξ Arietis (35.0) |
no star listed (36) |
August
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (235) |
14h (213.1) |
Neck-2 |
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
|
χ
Centauri, π Hydrae (213.0), Menkent (213.1) |
Asellus Tertius,
κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) |
15
Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4),
Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ
Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8) |
If there was a correspondence between the seasons of the Sun and the faces of Venus, then we ought to find some sign of those 50 dark nights after the disappearance of Venus as morning star and her return as evening star. Or the creator of the G text may have used the same pattern as the Mayas and counted to 236 (= 472 / 2) = 8 * 29½:
phase |
observed periods |
periods in the Mayan 'map' |
difference |
evening star |
263 |
250 |
- 13 |
black |
8 |
8 |
0 |
morning star |
263 |
236 |
- 27 |
black |
50 |
90 |
+ 40 |
sum |
584 |
584 |
0 |
50 glyphs ahead from Gb3-30 will bring us to number 90 + 50 = 140 on side b, i.e. to Gb5-16:
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