2. Still uncertainties remain, for instance could the creator of the text have used another measure for the cycle of the year than 365¼ days (which is my convention). And due to my rule of 3 glyphs per star position neither Polaris nor Antares can be definitely connected to a certain glyph - therefore in principle causing uncertainty also regarding the dates and my idea to count Gb8-30 twice. However, the glyph type vaha mea (fish with open mouth showing his red gills) is apparently suitable for the beginning of a season, especially when the 'red' (great) Sun will be present ahead. This sign also occurs in vaha mea at Aldebaran and in mago at Antares:
Perhaps the Era of Pisces should have fishes for 'star pillars'? We remember from the Tahitian list that Polaris was a 'pillar to fish by'. Ana-nia (Polaris) was the 10th and last of the Tahitian pillars, which presumably means we should regard Gb7-25 as the last glyph in a cycle with 72 * 5 = 360 days. Notably each such pillar would then have 36 days and 13 * 36 = 468. Considering the name Ana-muri and the place of Aldebaran on the tablet we can guess its position is meant to be day 365, with the preceding 40 glyphs representing a time to be 'leaped' across. 360 + 40 = 400. Ga7-25 is 36 days beyond day zero of the 400 day cycle. Polaris appears to be standing in the center of a season between day 70 (March 11) and day 144 (May 24):
Or better, we can perceive 35 days (5 weeks) on either side of the 3 glyphs in the center:
... In Gb7-26 a 'cap' sign (the upper part of koti) inside the rising fish generates a kind of 'fruit' ... ... The main sign in Gb7-26 is the hua (offspring) in front, drawn like the sack in which a lamb is delivered ... See more in e.g. Da Capo, 378 and The Crater. Though when the G text was created it should no longer be a lamb in the sack - it was Alrisha, α Piscium, which was rising heliacally in the day following Gb7-26. Hamal had moved on to Gb7-29. April 21 (day 111) - 80 = 31 and 31 * 72 = ca 2200 years ago - at that time Hamal would have been at equinox. In the Era of Pisces the inital March 21 for the fishes was no longer the correct position, precession had moved Alrisha (and Polaris) ahead with ca 2h:
Quite possibly it was the close connection in time between Polaris and Alrisha which primarly defined the Era of Pisces - not the heliacal rising at spring equinox. Precession moves equinox earlier and earlier, offers no stable point. But the star at the pole is much more stable and could offer a reliable point not only for Alrisha but also for Hamal. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
