5-6. In April 10 (100, 465) the Full Moon ought ideally to have been at the right ascension line ('the thong of the yoke') down from Alcor to Spica:
... Proclus informs us that the fox star nibbles continuously at the thong of the yoke which holds together heaven and earth; German folklore adds that when the fox succeeds, the world will come to its end. This fox star is no other than Alcor, the small star g near zeta Ursae Majoris (in India Arundati, the common wife of the Seven Rishis, alpha-eta Ursae ...
Looking up at the stars and the Full Moon it could be seen that the Legs of the Wolf were at the bottom when the Tail of the Beast was high up at the top:
However, the tip of the Tail could not be seen, because it was inside, being devoured by the Head. Presumbaly this part of the body corresponded to the days immediately after the winter solstice: ... In China, every year about the beginning of April, certain officials called Sz'hüen used of old to go about the country armed with wooden clappers. Their business was to summon the people and command them to put out every fire. This was the beginning of the season called Han-shih-tsieh, or 'eating of cold food' ... For three days all household fires remained extinct as a preparation for the solemn renewal of the fire, which took place on the fifth or sixth day after the winter solstice. The ceremony was performed with great pomp by the same officials who procured the new fire from heaven by reflecting the sun's rays either from a metal mirror or from a crystal on dry moss. Fire thus obtained is called by the Chinese heavenly fire and its use is enjoined in sacrifices: whereas fire elicited by the friction of wood is termed by them earthly fire, and its use is prescribed for cooking and other domestic purposes ... Counting (hia) at March 31 (2 * 227 + 1 → 2π + 1 = 455 = 355 + 100) at Ea5-2 (135 + 138 = 273 = 3 * 91 → September 30) should correspond to adding half a year from the end of March to the end of September. 455 - 273 = 182 = 364 / 2 = 273 - 90 - 1 = 183 - 1. This subtraction was necessary because during the year the Earth rotated not only once around the Sun but also once around itself:
And this view with the Wolf-legs at the other side of the year
could only be perceived if the viewer saw that the Woman with Luminous Rays (*10.7) and Mimosa (*192.9) corresponded to a place for 'changing sex' - both turning around 180º.
... When this tremendous task had been accomplished Atea took a third husband, Fa'a-hotu, Make Fruitful. Then occurred a curious event. Whether Atea had wearied of bringing forth offspring we are not told, but certain it is that Atea and her husband Fa'a-hotu exchanged sexes. Then the [male] eyes of Atea glanced down at those of his wife Hotu and they begat Ru. It was this Ru who explored the whole earth and divided it into north, south, east, and west ...
Suddenly the wooden clappers announced this change of sex and for 3 days no household cooking was allowed,
because all had to participate in renewing their fires at the same time as in the sky, i.e. 5-6 days after the winter solstice. 455 + 5 = 460. Hia!
April 5 was not only day 460 (= 455 + 5) but also day 95, which could be thought of as 80 right ascension days before the Sun would reach Canopus (*95). ... the lining up of Canopus with zeta, more often with Alcor, the tiny star near zeta (Tom Thumb, in Babylonia the 'fox'-star) has remained a rather constant feature, in Arabic Suhayl and as-Sura. This is the 'birth' of the valid representatives of both the poles, the sons of Mitra and Varuna and also of their successors ... ... The Arabs in the desert regarded it as a test of penetrating vision; and they were accustomed to oppose 'Suhel' to 'Suha' (Canopus to Alcor) as occupying respectively the highest and lowest posts in the celestial family. So that Vidit Alcor, et non lunam plenum, came to be a proverbial description of one keenly alive to trifles, but dull of apprehension for broad facts ...
... The Pythagoreans make Phaeton fall into Eridanus, burning part of its water, and glowing still at the time when the Argonauts passed by. Ovid stated that since the fall the Nile hides its sources. Rigveda 9.73.3 says that the Great Varuna has hidden the ocean. The Mahabharata tells in its own style why the 'heavenly Ganga' had to be brought down. At the end of the Golden Age (Krita Yuga) a class of Asura who had fought against the 'gods' hid themselves in the ocean where the gods could not reach them, and planned to overthrow the government. So the gods implored Agastya (Canopus, alpha Carinae = Eridu) for help. The great Rishi did as he was bidden, drank up the water of the ocean, and thus laid bare the enemies, who were then slain by the gods. But now, there was no ocean anymore! Implored by the gods to fill the sea again, the Holy One replied: 'That water in sooth hath been digested by me. Some other expedient, therefore, must be thought of by you, if ye desire to make endeavour to fill the ocean ...
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