3. The uplifted left front paw of the Ursa Major bear is reminding me of the opposite sign at the bier of Julius Ceasar (see at Death of Caesar): ... in the afternoon, three of the slaves of Caesar came and fetched his body, and carried him on a stretcher to his home south of Forum - and one arm was hanging down in the corner where the 4th slave should have been. 3 + 1 is a fundamental pattern, it seems. The 4th element is like winter, a sign of death, and 4 is an unlucky number according to the Chinese. Their glyph for 4 was originally used to signify 'breath' (we can read 'spirit'). Kenneth G. Henshall in his A Guide to Remembering Japanese Characters: ... Interestingly, since another meaning of shi is 'death', the number 4 is considered unlucky. (For example, the floor numbering in hotels sometimes jumps mysteriously from 3 to 5; it's also considered unlucky to give four of something as a present.) ... (Camp 5) So now we can guess why the left front paw of the Bear is different - her left paw is the one in the shadowy past, no longer a real entity, only a 'spirit' which has been uplifted. It has been succeeded by 3 other paws which are 'leaping' (showing signs of life). The idea of a clenched fist (as opposed to 3 visible fingers) is precisely what we can read in the rongorongo texts.
By keeping the fist high a Sign of gravitational potential energy is added. As usual the figure is moving to the left in Hevelius: And in consequence she has the 'life-less' left front leg firmly placed on the ground and 2 paws in midair. In retrospect we can see these paws are held high also in the Urania's Mirror version:
When the left front paw is in midair also the right back paw should be there because the Bear is moving ahead. Where in our text is the uplifted front paw of the Bear? It should come shortly after 9h and above declination 50º where there is an oblong rhomb defined by stars. These are rising about the same time as the Muscidae stars, confirming my idea that this is the time of the spirits. Talitha Borealis is rising before the rhomb stars and Talitha Australis after the first of them:
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