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7-9. Once again. When the Full Moon (ideally) had been visible close to the right ascension line at the Eye of the Archer it meant the Sun had crossed over from December 31 to January 1 (*286). The Eye of the Bull (Ain) would return *145 (→ 290 / 2) right ascension days later in May 25 (145) → 290 / 2, because *65 (May 25) + *366 - *286 = *145.

June 25 26 27
Ea7-7 (224) → 304 Oct 31 Ea7-8 Ea7-9
kua rere te pepe te henua - te rima hakamoe

φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS = ε Sagittarii (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), AL  ATHFAR (The Talons of the Falling Eagle) = μ Lyrae (278.6)

*237.0 = *278.4 - *41.4

KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii (279.3)

ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)

*239.0 = *280.4 - *41.4

... 'Tell us a story!' said the March Hare. 'Yes, please do!' pleaded Alice. 'And be quick about it', added the Hatter, 'or you'll be asleep again before it's done.' 'Once upon a time there were three little sisters', the Dormouse began in a great hurry: 'and their names were Elsie [ε, Kaus Australis], Lacie [λ, Kaus Borealis], and Tillie [τ, *289.4 → *41.4 + *248.0]; and they lived at the bottom of a well — '

'What did they live on?' said Alice, who always took a great interest in questions of eating and drinking. 'They lived on treacle,' said the Dormouse, after thinking a minute or two. 'They couldn't have done that, you know', Alice gently remarked. 'They'd have been ill.' 'So they were', said the Dormouse; 'very ill'. Alice tried a little to fancy herself what such an extraordinary way of living would be like, but it puzzled her too much: so she went on : 'But why did they live at the bottom of a well?'

'Take some more tea [= t as in duration of time]', the March Hare said to Alice, very earnestly. 'I've had nothing yet', Alice replied in an offended tone: 'so I can't take more [<]'. 'You mean you can't take less [>]', said the Hatter: 'it's very easy to take more than nothing'. 'Nobody asked your opinion', said Alice. 'Who's making personal remarks now?' the Hatter remarked triumphantly. Alice did not quite know what to say to this: so she helped herself to some tea and bread-and-butter, and then turned to the Dormouse, and repeated her question. 'Why did they live at the bottom of a well?'

The Dormouse again took a minute or two to think about it, and then said 'It was a treacle-well.' 'There's no such thing!' Alice was beginning very angrily, but the Hatter and the March Hare went 'Sh! Sh!' and the Dormouse sulkily remarked 'If you ca'n't be civil, you'd better finish the story for yourself.' 'No, please go on!' Alice said very humbly. 'I wo'n't interrupt you again. I dare say there may be one.'  'One, indeed!' said the Dormouse indignantly. However, he consented to go on. 'And so these three little sisters - they were learning to draw, you know —' 'What did they draw?' said Alice, quite forgetting her promise. 'Treacle', said the Dormouse, without considering at all, this time. 'I wan't a clean cup', interrupted the Hatter: 'let's all move [hop] one place on.' He moved as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather unwillingly took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change; and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upsed the milk-jug into his plate [creating the Milky Way river] ...

June 28 29 30 (181)
Ea7-10 Ea7-11 Ea7-12
kua tere te pepe te henua - te rima moea

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
No star listed (282)

ζ Pavonis (283.4), λ Cor. Austr. (283.6), DOUBLE DOUBLE = ε Lyrae (283.7), ζ Lyrae (283.8)

*242.0 = *283.4 - *41.4
July 1 2 3 (*84)
Ea7-13 Ea7-14 Ea7-15 (184 + 48 = 232)
te pepe te henua - te rima moe

South Dipper-8 (Unicorn)

Φ Sagittarii (284.0), μ Cor. Austr. (284.6), η Cor. Austr., θ Pavonis (284.8)

SHELIAK (Tortoise) = β Lyrae, ν Lyrae (285.1), ο Draconis (285.5). λ Pavonis (285.7)

ATLAS (27 Tauri)

χ Oct. (286.0), AIN AL RAMI (Eye of the Archer) = ν Sagittarii (286.2), υ Draconis (286.4), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), ALYA (Fat Tail) = θ Serpentis (286.6)

*245.0 = *286.4 - *41.4
Dec 30 (182 + 182) 31 Jan 1 (184 + 182 = 366)

henua ora

te henua - te rima

The day for Independence had been chosen as July 4:

July 4 (185) 5 6 7 8 9 10
Ea7-16 Ea7-17 Ea7-18 Ea7-19 (236) Ea7-20 Ea7-21 (→ 22 / 7)
inoino moe te inoino moe te maitaki kua hakarava ki te huaga - 2
REVERSED NAKSHATRA → CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., SULAPHAT (Little Tortoise Shell) = γ Lyrae (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), ASCELLA (Armpit) = ζ Sagittarii, BERED = i Aquilae (Ant.) (287.9)

*246.0 = *287.4 - *41.4

Al Na'ām-18 (Ostriches) / Uttara Ashadha-21 (Elephant tusk, small bed)

NUNKI = σ Sagittarii (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), MANUBRIUM = ο Sagittarii (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9)

*247.0 = *288.4 - *41.4

19h (289.2)

λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)

*248.0 = *289.4 - *41.4 

 

Al Baldah-19 (City)

AL BALDAH = π Sagittarii, ALPHEKKA (Dish) MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr. (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)
ALADFAR (The Talons) = η Lyrae (291.1), NODUS II = δ Draconis (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ Draconis (291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) π Draconis, ARKAB PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii (293.0), ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii, ALRAMI (The Archer) = α Sagittarii (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6)

... This [σ Sagittarii] has been identified with Nunki of the Euphratean Tablet of the Thirty Stars, the Star of the Proclamation of the Sea, this Sea being the quarter occupied by Aquarius, Capricornus, Delphinus, Pisces, and Pisces Australis. It is the same space in the sky that Aratos designated as Water ...

... I wan't a clean cup, interrupted the Hatter: let's all move one place on. He moved as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather unwillingly took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change; and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upset the milk-jug into his plate ...

But according to the view of the French Polynesians July 14 (ten days later) should have been the proper place:

This was the place for the Arrow:

... According to Gylfaginning, following the murder of Baldr by Loki, the other gods brought his body down to the sea and laid him to rest on the ship. They would have launched it out into the water and kindled a funeral pyre for Baldr but were unable to move the great vessel without the help of the giantess Hyrrokkin, who was sent for out of Jötunheim. She then flung the ship so violently down the rollers at the first push that flames appeared and the earth trembled, much to the annoyance of Thor. Along with Baldr, his wife Nanna was also borne to the funeral pyre after she had died of grief. As Thor was consecrating the fire with his hammer Mjolnir, a dwarf named Litr began cavorting at his feet. Thor then kicked him into the flames and the dwarf was burned up as well ...

July 11 12 13 14 (195)
Ea7-23 Ea7-24 → 288 Ea7-25 (242) Ea7-26
kua tuu - te hau tea tagata rere - te mauga kua rere - te manu kai i te kai kua rere koia
DENEB OKAB (Tail of the Eagle) = δ Aquilae (Ant.) (294.0), α VULPECULAE (Little Fox) (294.9) ν Aquilae (Ant.) (295.0), ALBIREO - Hen's Beak = β Cygni (295.5) ALSAFI (Fire Tripod) = σ Draconis (296.0), μ Aquilae (296.3), ι Aquilae (Ant.) (296.8), κ Aquilae (Ant.) (296.9)

ε Sagittae (297.1), σ Aquilae (Ant.) (297.4), SHAM (Arrow) = α Sagittae (297.8)

*256.0 = *297.4 - *41.4

Metoro seems to have hinted at what this place meant by not saying anything at all, ie. by being silent, and there is no tail in front for the rising fish:

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Ea5-16 (152)

Ea6-39 (217)

Ea7-27 (244)
AL-SEIPH (The Scimitar) (*24.5) ξ Columbae (*88.5) α Monocerotis (*115.4)

Presumably Metoro did this because in July 15 (195) the Sun horse with a single horn (the Unicorn, Monoceros) had turned himself around in order to orient himself backwards, looking into the past.

July 15 16 17 18 (199)
Ea7-27 Ea7-28 Ea7-29 Ea7-30
- - manu ki te taketake manu rere i ruga

Take. The Marquesans are the only people who own to a distinctive national name, and retain a tradition of the road they travelled from their original habitat, until they arrived at the Marquesan Islands. They call themselves te Take, 'the Take nation'. Fornander. Take, Tuvaluan for the Black Noddy (Anous Minutes). The specific epithet taketake is Māori for long established, ancient, or original. In the Rapa Nui mythology, the deity Make-make was the chief god of the birdman cult, the other three gods associated with it being Hawa-tuu-take-take (the Chief of the eggs) his wife Vie Hoa and Vie Kanatea. Wikipedia.

REVERSED NAKSHATRA → CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
β Sagittae (298.0), χ Aquilae (298.3), ψ Aquilae (298.8) υ Aquilae (299.1), TARAZED = γ Aquilae (299.3), δ Sagittae (299.6), π Aquilae (299.9)

Sravana-23

TYL = ε Draconis (300.0), ζ Sagittae (300.1), ALTAIR = α Aquilae (300.3), ο Aquilae (300.5), BEZEK = η Aquilae (Ant.) (300.8)
ι Sagittarii (301.2), TEREBELLUM = ω Sagittarii, ξ Aquilae (301.3), ALSHAIN = β Aquilae (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8)
Jan 13 (→ Saturn) 14 15 → 80 + *300 16
"Dec 3 (→ 48 weeks + 1 day) 4 5 (380 - 41 = 339) 6
NOV 10 (→ π) 11 12 (380 - 64 = 316) 13

Significantly the Head of Hercules culminated when the Sun reached The End:

July 19 (200) 20 (*121) 21 22 → 22 / 7 23
Ea7-31 Ea7-32 (249) Ea7-33 Ea7-34 Ea7-35
te ariki te maitaki hoko huki - Rei hakairia te hokohuki - kiore te hokohuki - kiore

Iri. 1. To go up; to go in a boat on the sea (the surface of which gives the impression of going up from the coast): he-eke te tagata ki ruga ki te vaka, he-iri ki te Hakakaiga, the men boarded the boat and went up to Hakakainga. 2. Ka-iri ki puku toiri ka toiri. Obscure expression of an ancient curse. Vanaga. Iri-are, a seaweed. Vanaga.

REVERSED NAKSHATRA → CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) τ Aquilae (303.8)

20h (304.4)

304.4 = 118.4 + 186.0

η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)

*263.0 = *77.0 + *186.0

SHANG WEI (Higher Guard) = κ Cephei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), TSEEN FOO (Heavenly Raft) = θ Aquilae (Ant.) (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8)

*264.0 = *305.4 - *41.4
TSO KE (Left Flag) = ρ Aquilae (306.3)
Jan 17 18 19 20 21
"Dec 7 8 9 10 (*264) 11 (345)
NOV 14 15 16 17 18 (*242)

... The correspondence between the winter solstice and the kali'i rite of the Makahiki is arrived at as follows: ideally, the second ceremony of 'breaking the coconut', when the priests assemble at the temple to spot the rising of the Pleiades, coincides with the full moon (Hua tapu) of the twelfth lunar month (Welehu). In the latter eighteenth century, the Pleiades appear at sunset on 18 November. Ten days later (28 November), the Lono effigy sets off on its circuit, which lasts twenty-three days, thus bringing the god back for the climactic battle with the king on 21 December, the solstice (= Hawaiian 16 Makali'i). The correspondence is 'ideal' and only rarely achieved, since it depends on the coincidence of the full moon and the crepuscular rising of the Pleiades ...

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
ω Cancri (120.2)

8h (121.7)

χ Gemini (121.0), NAOS (Ship) = ζ Puppis (121.3)
ρ Puppis (122.0), HEAP OF FUEL = μ Cancri (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3),  ψ Cancri (122.6), REGOR (Roger backwards) = γ Velorum (122.7) TEGMINE (The Cover) = ζ Cancri (123.3)

AL TARF (The End) = β Cancri (124.3)

RAS ALGETHI (α Herculis)
Betelgeuze (*88) Day of culmination 138 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 225
Jan 29 (394) June 17 (168)
140 + 225 = 365 days
Thuban (*212) Day of culmination 133 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 230
June 7 (168 - 10) Oct 19 (292)
135 + 230 = 365 days
Zuben Elgenubi (*224) Day of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
June 17 (168 → 204 - 36) Oct 31 (304)
137 + 228 = 365 days
Ras Algethi (*260) Day of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
July 23 (204 158 + 46) Dec 6 (340 → 292 + 48)
137 + 228 = 365 days

July 24 25 26 27 (208 → 256 - 48)
Ea7-36 Ea7-37 Ea7-38 Ea7-39 (256 → 4 * 64)
ka rere - i te hatu hoi ki te manu ariga ruku hia te tamaiti te raa - te ragi

Ruku. (Also rukuruku): To dive; to fish underwater; diving; i-turu-era au ki tai, he-ûi koai te tagata era, e-ruku-mai-era i te îka, i te ura, as I went down to the sea, I saw who those people were, who were fishing underwater for fish and lobsters. Vanaga. To bathe, to immerse, to swim face down, to dive, to leap into the water from a height. Hakaruku, to cover with water, to immerse, to submerge, to moisten, to wash, to drink. P Mgv.: ruku, to dive, to plunge. Mq.: úku, to dive, to immerse. Churchill.

REVERSED NAKSHATRA → CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
GREDI (Goat) = α Capricorni (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), ALSHAT (The Sheep) = ν Capricorni (307.9)

Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 (Lucky One of the Slaughterers) / Ox / Heard Boy (Buffalo)

DABIH = β Capricorni (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), SADIR (Hen's Breast) = γ Cygni (308.4), PEACOCK = α Pavonis (308.7)

*267.0 = *308.4 - *41.4

KHUFU

OKUL = π Capricorni (309.6), BOS = ρ Capricorni (309.9)

ARNEB (α Leporis)

MINTAKA (δ Orionis)

KHAFRE

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

HEKA (λ Orionis)

ALNILAM (ε Orionis)
Jan 22 23 24 25
"Dec 12 13 14 15 (349)
NOV 19 20 21 22 (*246) → 2 * 123
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:

χ Cancri (125.2), BRIGHT FIRE = λ Cancri (125.4)

*84.0 = *125.4 - *41.4

AVIOR = ε Carinae (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8)

*85.0 = *126.4 - *41.4

Ο Ursae Majoris (127.4)

*86.0 = *127.4 - *41.4

Pushya-8 (Nourisher)

υ Cancri (128.1), θ Cancri (128.2)

A Bright Fire should be ignited in the fire-place.