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11-5. When June 1 was visible close to the nakshatra Full Moon something new would begin.

1 7 13 19
2 8 14 20
3 9 15 21
4 10 16 22
5 11 17 23
6 12 18 24

... On the twenty-fifth day of the first month (Vaitu Nui), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe appeared on the distant horizon, came closer and closer on its course, and sailed along, and finally (one) could see the (new home) land ... [E:17]

Nov 25

26 (*250)

27

28

29

30

Dec 1 (335)

EQUINOX

SEPT 23

24

25

26

27

28

Eb2-8

Eb2-9

Eb2-10

Eb2-11

Eb2-12 (54)

Eb2-13

Eb2-14

a matiro - ko hiti noho maitaki koira taua ko pe ko tae te rima tagata oho - ki moto vaero tae kiore - o te henua

Tiro. Mgv.: Spots on linen. Ta.: tiro, to mark. Mq.: tiotioa, blotched, covered with white spots. Titiro, to admire. P Ma.: tiro, to gaze at. Churchill. Vi.: tiro, siro, sisiro, to descend, to go down a steep or hill. Churchill 2.

Hiti. 1. To show itself again, to reappear (of the new moon, of a constellation - meaning uncertain). 2. Said of thin, tough-fleshed fish of indifferent taste: ika hiti. 3. Said of fish when they come to the stones of the shore for insects among the seaweed: he hiti te ika. 4. To reproach someone for his ingratitude. Vanaga. 1. To rise, to appear, to dawn; hitihaga, rising; hitihaga roa, sunrise; hitihiti, to dawn; horau hitihiti, break of day; hakahiti ki te eeve, to show the buttocks. 2. Puffed; gutu hiti, thick lips. Churchill.

Pe. 1. Like, as. PS Mgv.: pe, as, the same as, also. Sa.: pei, like, as. Niuē: pehe, thus. 2. And, also (in numerals); e rua te hagahuru pe aha, twenty-four. PS Sa.: pe, a restrictive particle in counting, only. To.: be, only. Uvea: pe, id. Churchill. Pau.: Spoilt, damaged. Mgv.: pee, macerated, spoilt. Ta.: pe, spoilt, rotten. Mq.: pe, id. Sa.: pe, id. Ma.: pe, pulpy, purulent. Churchill.

Tae. 1. Negation used in conditional and temporal clauses: ana ta'e hoa te ûa, ina he vai, when it does not rain, there is no water. Also used with some verbal forms such as: o te aha koe i-ta'e-oho mai-ai? why didn't you come? Otherwise its use is limited to adjectives or verbal adjectives: tagata ta'e hupehupe, person who is not weak, hard worker; nohoga ta'e oti, endless existence, eternity. 2. Interjection expressing admiration, always used with he: ta'e he tagata! what a man! Ta'e he aga! what a great job! Ta'e he tagata koe mo keukeu i te henua! what a good farmer you are! Vanaga. 1. Prepositive negative: without, not, none. PS To.: tae, prepositive negative. 2. To remain; tae atu ki, as far as, until. Taehaga (tae 1), to shake the head in sign of negation, reluctant, to disdain, to be displeased. 3. Pau.: tae, to arrive. Mgv.: tae, id. Ta.: tae, id. Ma.: tae, id. 4. Pau.: taetae, elephantiasis in scroto. Ta.: taetae, ill, illness. Churchill.

Al Kalb-16 (The Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow)  = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)

Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)

ι Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS = ζ Scorpii (255.4)

*214.0 = *255.4 - *41.4
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
No star listed (66) No star listed (67)

Rohini-4 (The Red One) / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)
No star listed (69) No star listed (70) TABIT = π³ Orionis  (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9)

π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)

*31.0 = *72.4 - *41.4
May 26

27

28

29

30

31

June 1 (152)

MARCH 23

24

EQUINOX

26

27

28

29 (88)

On the bottom side of the Phaistos disc we have found a kind of axe at this place, viz. in place 29 as counted up from the perimeter, or in place 118 - 29 = 89 as counted down from the central top in day 161:

37 2 9

14

107 → 73 + 34

108

109 → 394 - 285

394 (Jan 29, *314)

Ea8-2--4:

*312

*313

*314 → 285 + 29

Jan 27 (392) 28 29 (121 + 3 * 91)

28

35

88

19
battle axe breast

152 → 394 - 242

241 → 80 + 161

*357 → 200 + 314 / 2

*446 → 366 + 80

March 13 (72)

June 10 (*81)

March 13 (72) + 16 = 88 (MARCH 29).

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

Ariga. Face, cheek. 1. Ariga ora, (lit. 'living face') keepsake, memento, memory, souvenir (of someone). This used to be the name given the moai (stone statues) carved as memories of the dead. 2. Ariga ora is also used in the generic sense of a memento, a keepsake: he mate te matu'a he ato tepoki i te rîu o toona matu'a; he-ariga ora o toona matu'a [when] the father dies, [and] the son sings a riu for his father, this constitutes an ariga ora of his father. Vanaga. Face, aspect, expression, mien, visage, stature, superficies. T Ma.: aria, to resemble. Hakaariga, to encroach. Churchill. Ariari, sharp, the edge of a sword. Ta.: ariari, transparence, brightness. Ha.: aliali, white. Churchill.

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)
July 28 29 (210 → 420 / 2) 30 31 (260 - 48)
Ea8-1 Ea8-2 Ea8-3 Ea8-4 (260)
E tamaiti ki te raa - te henua tagata haga ko te rima
REVERSED NAKSHATRA → CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

MENKAURE

ROTTEN MELON = ε Delphini, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

PHAKT (α Columbae)

ALNILAK (ζ Orionis)

*270.0 = *311.4 - *41.4
ROTANEV = β Delphini, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN = α Delphini, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8) μ², μ¹ Oct. (313.2), DENEB CYGNI (Tail of the Swan) = α Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8)

Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 (Good Fortune of the Swallower) / Dhanishta-24 (Most Famous) / Girl-10 (Bat)

YUE (Battle-Axe) = ψ Capricorni (314.3), GIENAH CYGNI = ε Cygni, η Cephei (314.5), γ Delphini (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), ALBALI = ε Aquarii (314.8)

BETELGEUZE (α Orionis)
Jan 26 27 (208 + 184 = 392) 28 29 (121 + 3 * 91)
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:

Āshleshā-9 (Embrace) / Willow-24 (Stag)

π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ HYDRAE (129.6), AL MINHAR AL SHUJĀ = σ Hydrae, MUSEIDA = π² Ursae Majoris (129.9)

RAS ALHAGUE (α Ophiuchi)

Al Nathrah-6 (Gap)

BEEHIVE (Exhalation of Piled-up Corpses) = ε Cancri, η Pyxidis (130.4), XESTUS = ο Velorum (130.5), ζ Pyxidis (130.7), ASCELLUS BOREALIS = γ Cancri, β Pyxidis (130.9)

*89.0 = *130.4 - *41.4

Extended Net-26a (Ox) / Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu-12 (Southeast Star in the Crab)

η Hydrae (131.0), ASCELLUS AUSTRALIS = δ Cancri (131.4), KOO SHE = Bow and Arrow = δ Velorum (131.6), α Pyxidis (131.8), ε Hydrae (131.9)

*90.0 = *131.4 - *41.4

ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4)

*91.0 = *132.4 - *41.4

Maybe the Chinese gave the name Battle-Axe in order to suggest the fabric ('wood') of time-space was split apart at this place.

... In China, with Capricornus, Pisces, and a part of Sagittarius, it [Aquarius] constituted the early Serpent, or Turtle, Tien Yuen; and later was known as Hiuen Ying, the Dark Warrior and Hero, or Darkly Flourishing One, the Hiuen Wu, or Hiuen Heaou, of the Han dynasty, which Dupuis gave as Hiven Mao. It was a symbol of the emperor Tchoun Hin, in whose reign was a great deluge; but after the Jesuits came in it became Paou Ping, the Precious Vase. It contained three of the sieu, and headed the list of zodiac signs as the Rat, which in the far East was the ideograph for 'water', and still so remains in the almanacs of Central Asia, Cochin China, and Japan ...

Counting from March 29 (88) where the Sun rose at the Breast of Cassiopeia to right ascension day *88 where the Sun rose at Betelgeuze there were 80 days. The Breast of Cassiopeia would in principle return to visibility 16 days after day 88, viz. in day 104, and 80 days later, in day 184, Betelgeuze would in principle return to visibility after its close encounter with the Sun:

Betelgeuze (*88) Day of culmination 138 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 225
Jan 29 (121 + 3 * 91) June 17 (168 → 88 + 80)
365 days = 20 weeks + 15 * 15 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
Schedir (*8) Day of culmination   (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 233
Nov 18 (322) March 29 (88)
132 + 233 = 365 days

When Betelgeuze rose with the Sun in June 17 this did not mean it returned to visibility 16 days after June 1. Instead we should count 168 (June 17) + 16 = 184 (July 3) → 123 (May 3) + 61.

And we could imagine that the counting here should be done from FEBRUARY 1, i.e. according to the era of the Girdle of Andromeda.

Once upon a time I decided to count according to how precession had changed the star positions since Roman times (*27), according to Bharani (*41), and according to the Golden Age of the Bull (*64). I had hesitated at *16 but then decided to rule it out - it would become too complicated because *16 ought to associate to those 16 days before late at night a star would return to visibility after its close encounter with the rays from the rising Sun.

April 5 (460) 6 (144 - 48 = 96) 7 8 9 (99, 464) 10 (100)
JAN 31 FEBR 1 (32) 2 3 4 5
Ea5-7 (140 + 3) Ea5-8 (12 * 12) Ea5-9 Ea5-10 Ea5-11 Ea5-12 (138 + 10)
koia ra kua hanaga hia koia ra kua hanaga hia te tagata te hau tea koia ra te henua
INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:

1h (15.2)

β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), η Ceti, ζ Phoenicis (15.7)

Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of the Fish)  / Revati-28 (Prosperous) / 1-iku (Field Measure)

MIRACH (Girdle) = β Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN (Camp's South Gate) = φ Andromedae (16.0), ANUNITUM = τ Piscium (16.5), REVATI (Abundant) = ζ Piscium (16.9)

 REGULUS (α Leonis)

ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6)

*159.0 + *182.0 = 341.0
No star listed (18) ADHIL (Garment's Train) = ξ Andromedae (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7) KSORA (Knee) = δ Cassiopeiae (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

13h (197.8)

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9)
APAMI-ATSA (Child of Waters) = θ Virginis, ψ Hydrae (198.5), DIADEM = α Com. Ber. (198.9)

AL DAFĪRAH (Tuft) = β Com. Ber. (199.4)

*158.0 = *199.4 - *41.4

σ Virginis (200.4)

*159.0 = *200.4 - *41.4

γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4)

*160.0 = *201.4 - *41.4

Al Simāk-12 (Lofty) / Chitra-14 (Bright One) / Horn-1 (Crocodile) / Sa-Sha-Shirū-19 (Virgin's Girdle) / ANA-ROTO-3 (Middle pillar)

MIZAR = ζ Ursae Majoris (202.4), SPICA = α Virginis, ALCOR (The Fox) = 80 Ursae Majoris (202.7)

SADALMELIK (α Aquarii)

... It inaugurates the most accurate solar calendar known to the ancient world, with 365¼ days per year. It declares the deceased princess Berenike a goddess and creates a cult for her, with women, men, ceremonies, and special 'bread-cakes'. Lastly it orders the decree to be incised in stone or bronze in both hieroglyphs and Greek, and to be publicly displayed in the temples. The traditional Egyptian calendar had 365 days: twelve months of thirty days each and an additional five epagomenal days. According to the reform, the 5-day 'Opening of the Year' ceremonies would include an additional 6th day every fourth year. The reason given was that the rise of Sothis advances to another day in every 4 years, so that attaching the beginning of the year to the heliacal rising of the star Sirius would keep the calendar synchronized with the seasons. This Ptolemaic calendar reform failed, but was finally officially implemented in Egypt by Augustus in 26/25 BCE, now called the Alexandrian calendar, with a sixth epagomenal day occurring for the first time on 29 August 22 BCE. Julius Caesar had earlier implemented a 365¼ day year in Rome in 45 BCE as part of the Julian calendar ...

Oct 4 (277) 5 6 7 8 9 (465 - 183)
AUG 1 2 (214) 3 4 5 6

Notably the Girdle of Virgo (Sa-Sha-Shirū-19) was half a year away ( 186 = 6 * 31 right ascension days) from the Girdle of Andromeda at 1-iku. And the culmination (at 21h) of the Little King (Regulus) was half a year away from the culmination (at 21h) of the Lucky King (Sadalmelik).