8. The star k at the top of the Nilometer has to be listed, and then we will find that it is rising 'hand in hand' with ε:
The manzil Saad Al Thabib has 15 days. From ε and k Aquarii a new cycle is evidently generated. Melik means king and in Sadal-Melik it ought to refer to the new cycle personified by the new King (Ruler). In China the Ruler was the Emperor. He was in the central (5th) position and elevated to the apex of the pyramid (the Tent), the square base of which surely must have represented 'Earth'. The only way the Emperor could be in a corner was by elevating him. We have here the quincunx diagram (see at Kuukuu): ... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars.
The star Yan is ζ Capricorni. Dai is ι Capricorni: "ζ, η, θ, and ι, 4th and 5th magnitude stars on the body, were respectively Yen, Chow, Tsin, and Tae, names of old feudal states in China." (Allen) The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual. When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one. They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe. The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ... Later on in this series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains arrive. In this ceremony two diviners and their wives sit on benches so that they occupy the corner positions of the cosmic square. They take their seats in the same order as the stones were placed, with the men on the eastern side and the women on the west. The ritual actions of sitting down and lifting upward are done with great precision and care, because they are directly related to the actions done by the gods at Creation. The people represent the gods of the four corners and the clouds that cover the earth. As they rise from their seats, they metaphorically lift the sky. If their lifting motion is uneven, the rains will be irregular and harmful ...
The dates of the Mayan diviners, February 9 and April 25, could correspond to the dates 'February 9 and 'April 25 because in Gb8-2 there is a variant of henua which is open at the bottom in contrast to the henua variant in Gb2-6 which is open at the top. 365 + 115 = 480 ('April 25) and 480 - 405 ('February 9) = 75. But 444 - 262 = 182. Glyph Gb8-2 is number 214 on side b. Could the two diviners and their wives correspond to the pair of feather marks at the top respectively at the center? | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
