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2. I have earlier suggested 'winter solstice in the sky' to be where the Milky Way draws an oblique line between Orion (the old year ending at Betelgeuze) on one side and Cancer (the new year beginning with Praesaepe) on the other: .jpg) The present right ascension 6h is on Easter Island connected with stars rising heliacally in midwinter (June). I have put Betelgeuze close to the end of line a1 and Praesaepe (Beehive) at glyph number 68:
Possibly Betelgeuze should rather be between Ga1-23 and Ga1-24 instead of at Ga1-25 and possibly Praesaepe should be between Ga3-7 and Ga3-8 instead of at Ga3-8. 131.4 - (64 + 497.3 - 472) = 42.1, i.e. the distance between the stars is 42 days. From atariki in Ga1-24 to Ga3-7 there are 42 glyphs:
The current winter solstice on Easter Island should be around 6h and 6 / 24 * 365¼ = 91.3 or 1 day beyond Praja-pāti. If we put this star at Ga1-25 then winter solstice will coincide with Ga1-26 (a day of Jupiter). We can see there are 40 glyphs from winter solstice to the Beehive. 131.4 - 91.3 = 40.1. When Noah was onboard his ark he had to wait 40 days and nights before the Flood was over. However, south of the equator there are 92 days from autumn equinox to winter solstice. Therefore winter solstice ought to arrive with Ga1-27--28:
92 + 40 = 132 and Ga3-8 is indeed where I earlier have put Praesaepe. I am trying to use both names, both the Beehive and Praesaepe, because they seem to each carry a part of the meaning. Praesaepe is the 'cradle', the container, and the Beehive is a good description of how the 'bees' (living spirits, manu rere) are returning home. Body ('earth') and soul ('sky') are coming together where life is reborn. It should be in spring. The stars in the sky can be said to illustrate where the cardinal points at present are on Easter Island. Maybe the creator of the G text foresaw this would happen not very far in the future. Indeed it must have been known for centuries that one of the great cosmic cycles of 13,000 years would come to an end around 2000 A.D. The Mayas had told it was bound to happen at winter solstice in the year 2012. Why didn't the creator of the G text put these 40 black nights at the end of side b? Why not begin side a with the Beehive? One of the possible answers is to say that Antares from ancient times was the mark for where summer north of the equator ended. Therefore it would be natural to put Antares at glyph number 186 (equal to the number of days from spring equinox to autumn equinox north of the equator). Such a decision would probably have been taken long before the creator of G thought about these matters. The first Tahitian 'pillar' was Ana-mua (the pillar in front, Antares) and its name means Antares stands in front (of summer). Summer ends with Antares north of the equator and begins with the same star south of the equator. However, nowadays Antares is not rising heliacally at autumn equinox (north of the equator) but later in the year:
Therefore the Milky Way (with the surrounding region including Betelgeuze and Praesaepe) must come later than at the beginning of side a. |
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