5. Counted from winter solstice there are 75 days to Alkes:
It could therefore represent a place in the middle of one of a pair of cycles with 150 days each. At present Alkes stands practically at the beginning of the 12th hour (10h 57m according to my book), thus at the beginning of the 6th month from equinox - not far from next equinox. It is rising heliacally 103 + 64 = 167 days beyond spring equinox north of the equator and therefore 89 + 167 = 256 (= 28) days beyond winter solstice and 100 days before next winter solstice:
The numbers are compelling. 266 (autumn equinox on Easter Island) + 167 = 433 and glyph number 433 is a π glyph:
Achernar is the star which once signified the End of the River (Eridanus), 24 days beyond glyph number 408 or 24 days beyond autumn equinox on Easter Island. Next follows:
The configuration at Polaris (Ana-nia, Pillar-to-fish-by) resembles that at Aldebaran:
A concave henua is followed by vaha mea (a new season opening up) and at the end there is a gesture of 'eating' (kai). If Alkes is in the center between winter solstice and day number 150 from the solstice, then we should be able to ascertain this from reading the signs. 103 + 75 = 178:
Its central position could, however, be in several alternative cycles. If for instance we should chose Rigel as the beginning of a cycle and Alkes as its center the cycle in question will be (166.6 - 79.1) * 2 = ca 175 days long:
South of the equator we can count from Rigel to winter solstice: 358 - 345.1 = 12.9 days. Added to 75 (Alkes) it becomes 87.9 or 88 days. North of the equator we should count from Rigel to summer solstice: 181 - 168.1 = 12.9 days. Added to the distance to Alkes it becomes (256 - 181) + 12.9 = 87.9 or 88 days. |