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17-2. According to the Mayas Itzam-Yeh (alias Ursa Major) was defeated (shot down by a pellet from a blowgun) in May 28. This date coincides with the place of Aldebaran:

Eb7-13 (13 * 43 = 559) Eb7-14 (326 + 234 = 560 = 80 weeks)
Erua oona mea ki te puoko ka tupu te rakau

Rakau, raau, medicine, remedy, drug. Ra'a'u, scratch on the skin. Rakau, a plant. Râkau, goods, property. Vanaga. 1. Wood; rakau ta, cudgel, stick. P Pau.: rakau, tree, to dress a wound. Mgv.: rakau, wood, timber, a tree; medicine, a remedy; an object. Mq.: ákau, wood, tree. Ta.: raáu, id. 2. Medicine, remedy, potion, ointment, furniture, any precious object, resources, baggage, riches, heritage, dowry, merchandise, treasure, wealth; rakau hakaneinei, purgative; rakau nui, rich, opulent; rakau kore, poor, beggar, indigent, miserable, an inferior; hakakamikami ki te rakau, to impoverish; rakau o te miro, ballast. Mq.: akau, anything in general. The medicine sense is particularized in Tonga, Nukuoro, Hawaii, Tahiti, Mangareva, Paumotu. In no other speech does wood stand so fully for wealth of possessions, but it will be recalled that Rapanui is destitute of timber and depends wholly upon driftwood. Churchill.

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 27 (83 + 64 = 147) May 28 (148)
MARCH 24 (83) JULIAN EQUINOX
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)

... This pot depicts one of the Hero Twins (One-Ahaw in the Classic texts and One-Hunaphu in the K'iche' Popol Vuh) and a great bird who is trying to land in a huge ceiba tree heavy with fruit. This mythical bird is Itzam-Yeh, Classic prototype of Wuqub-Kaqix, 'Seven-Macaw', of Popol Vuh fame. In that story, in the time before the sky was lifted up to make room for the light, the vainglorious Seven-Macaw imagined himself to be the sun. Offended by his pride, the Hero Twins humbled him by breaking his beautiful shining tooth with a pellet from their blowgun. This pot shows One-Ahaw aiming at the bird as he swoops down to land in his tree. As Itzam-Yeh lands on his perch, the text tells us he is 'entering or becoming the sky' ...

→ VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

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)

Nov 25 (329, *249 = *67 + *182)

SEPTEMBER EQUINOX

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7)

Nov 26 (148 + 182 = 330)

SEPT 23 (266 = 330 - 64)

Presumably the basic reason for the important date May 28 (148) was primarily not Aldebaran but Spica, because I have counted to May 28 as the night of culmination (at 21h) for Spica and the Fox star up in Ursa Major:

Schedir (*8) Night of culmination   (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 233
Nov 18 (322) March 29 (88)
365 - 235 = 130
Betelgeuze (*88) Night of culmination 138 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 225
Jan 29 (121 + 3 * 91 = 419 - 25) June 17 (168 → 88 + 80)
365 days = 20 weeks + 15 * 15 days
Castor (*113 → 88 + 25) Night of culmination 138 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 225
Febr 23 (419) → Terminalia July 12 (200 - 7)
365 days = 20 weeks + 15 * 15 days
 
Regulus (*152 → 212 - 60) Night of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
April 6 (96) Aug 20 (232)
137 + 228 = 365 days
Spica (*202 → 212 - 10) Night of culmination 133 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 230
→ 168 - 20 = 148 (May 28) Oct 9 (282)
135 + 230 = 365 days
Thuban (*212) Night of culmination 133 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 230
June 7 (168 - 10) Oct 19 (292)
135 + 230 = 365 days
Zuben Elgenubi (*224) Night of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
June 17 (168 → 204 - 36) Oct 31 (304)
137 + 228 = 365 days
Ras Algethi (*260) Night of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
July 23 (204 → 158 + 46) Dec 6 (340 → 292 + 48)
137 + 228 = 365 days
Fomalhaut (*347) Night of culmination 128 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 235
Oct 25 (298 → 118 + 180) March 3 (427 = 365 + 62)
130 + 235 = 365 days

It appears as if there was a loss of a week (137 - 130 = 7) - a week was 'swallowed' - somewhere around the Mouth of the Fish. 184 - 177 = 7.

Menkar Night of culmination 133 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 230
Dec 21 (355) May 4 (124)
135 + 230 = 365 days
Atlas Night of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
Dec 31 (365) May 16 (136)
365 - 136 = 229

... 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 ...

And in the Flag of Brazil Spica has been conspiciously located above the band of Order and Progress.

Far below at bottom is a tiny dot denoting the South Pole star Dramasa (*320.0). Between Spica and Dramasa is the constellation of the Southern Cross, Crux. On the opposite side of Spica (10° 54′ S), below the band, is the star named Al Dhanab al Shuja (γ, the Tail of Hydra, 23° 10′ S). Spica has a tendency, it appears, to draw one arm of Virgo towards the south, in contrast to the Tail of Hydra which exhibits a 'knee' pointing towards the north:

In the flag right ascension is increasing towards the right where the view ends with the Scorpion and Antares

The view begins at Procyon, the star below O in ORDEM. Below M in ORDEM is Alphard (α Hydrae), and further down we will find Canopus (α in Argo Navis), apparently hanging like a plumb bob ('heart') from Alphard. Canis Major is indicated by 5 stars below Procyon and Alphard. The 3 stars of the Southern Triangle is to the right and below the 5 stars of Crux.

Aldebaran (*68) cannot be seen because of its position. Antares (*249) - Procyon (*114) = *135 → Tau-ono (*500 - *365), and Aldebaran had to be on the daylight side of the sky. It was named Ana-muri, the star pillar at the end, in contrast to Ana-mua, the star pillar in front (of the southern summer), i.e. Antares.

In the 10-star list from Tahiti the Middle Pillar (Ana-roto, Spica) was not between Antares and Aldebaran, and we can guess its location in the list was partly in order to draw attention to the discovery (the progress being made) in finding the cardinal dates connected with these 3 stars:

1

Ana-mua, entrance pillar

ANTARES, α Scorpii

Nov 25 (329)

SEPT 22 (EQUINOX)

2

Ana-muri, rear pillar (at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN, α Tauri

May 28 (148)

MARCH 25 (EQUINOX)

3

Ana-roto, middle pillar

SPICA, α Virginis

May 28 (148)

MARCH 25

However, the Chinese had Spica at the beginning of their list of 28 important stars, and instead of Antares they had chosen as their Heart in the Scorpion to be σ (*247.0), indicated by the yellow circle numbered 5 in the illustration below:

Eb7-11 Eb7-12 (558 → 18 * 31)
kua hua atua mata viri

Viri. 1. To wind, to coil, to roll up; he viri i te hau, to wind, coil a string (to fasten something). 2. To fall from a height, rolling over, to hurl down, to fling down. Viriviri, round, spherical (said of small objects). Viviri te henua, to feel dizzy (also: mimiro te henua). Vanaga. To turn in a circle, to clew up, to groom, to twist, to dive from a height, to roll (kaviri). Hakaviri, crank, to groom, to turn a wheel, to revolve, to screw, to beat down; kahu hakaviri, shroud. Viriga, rolling, danger. Viriviri, ball, round, oval, bridge, roll, summit, shroud, to twist, to wheel round, to wallow. Hakaviriviri, to roll, to round; rima hakaviriviri, stroke of the flat, fisticuff. P Pau.: viriviri, to brail, to clew up; koviriviri, twisting. Mgv.: viri, to roll, to turn, to twist; viviri, to fall to the ground again and again in a fight. Mq.: vii, to slide, to roll, to fall and roll. Ta.: viri, to roll up, to clew up. Viritopa, danger. Mgv.: Viripogi, eyes heavy with sleep. Mq.: viipoki, swooning, vertigo. Churchill. Viti: vili, to pick up fallen fruit or leaves ... In Viti virimbai has the meaning of putting up a fence (mbai fence); viri does not appear independently in this use, but it is undoubtedly homogenetic with Samoan vili, which has a basic meaning of going around; virikoro then signifies the ring-fence-that-goes-about, sc. the moon. In the Maori, aokoro is the cloud-fence ... Churchill 2.

INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 25 (145) 26 (2 * 73)

Net-19 (Crow)

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)
No star listed (66)
→ VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Heart-5 (Fox)

σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)

Nov 23 (327)

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8)

Nov 24 (8 * 41)

The distance from Spica (*202) to σ Scorpii (*247) was 45 (→ 360 / 8) nights, but the creator of the E text seems to have preferred to use σ Virginis (*200), perhaps due to the day number 108 (= 280 - 182):

Eb5-35 (326 + 184 = 510) Eb6-1 (60 + 5 * 5 * 5) Eb6-2 (193 - 7) Eb6-3 (513 → 19 * 27)
Kua pipiri te hetu ko te mata no te henua to ihe - te maro tara

Piri. 1. To join (vi, vt); to meet someone on the road; piriga, meeting, gathering. 2. To choke: he-piri te gao. 3. Ka-piri, ka piri, exclamation: 'So many!' Ka-piri, kapiri te pipi, so many shellfish! Also used to welcome visitors: ka-piri, ka-piri! 4. Ai-ka-piri ta'a me'e ma'a, expression used to someone from whom one hopes to receive some news, like saying 'let's hear what news you bring'. 5. Kai piri, kai piri, exclamation expressing: 'such a thing had never happened to me before'. Kai piri, kai piri, ia anirá i-piri-mai-ai te me'e rakerake, such a bad thing had never happened to me before! Piripiri, a slug found on the coast, blackish, which secretes a sticky liquid. Piriu, a tattoo made on the back of the hand. Vanaga. 1. With, and. 2. A shock, blow. 3. To stick close to, to apply oneself, starch; pipiri, to stick, glue, gum; hakapiri, plaster, to solder; hakapipiri, to glue, to gum, to coat, to fasten with a seal; hakapipirihaga, glue. 4. To frequent, to join, to meet, to interview, to contribute, to unite, to be associated, neighboring; piri mai, to come, to assemble, a company, in a body, two together, in mass, indistinctly; piri ohorua, a couple; piri putuputu, to frequent; piri mai piri atu, sodomy; piri iho, to be addicted to; pipiri, to catch; hakapiri, to join together, aggregate, adjust, apply, associate, equalize, graft, vise, join, league, patch, unite. Piria; tagata piria, traitor. Piriaro (piri 3 - aro), singlet, undershirt. Pirihaga, to ally, affinity, league. Piripou (piri 3 - pou), trousers. Piriukona, tattooing on the hands. Churchill.

Tara. 1. Thorn: tara miro. 2. Spur: tara moa. 3. Corner; te tara o te hare, corner of house; tara o te ahu, corner of ahu. Vanaga. (1. Dollar; moni tara, id.) 2. Thorn, spike, horn; taratara, prickly, rough, full of rocks. P Pau.: taratara, a ray, a beam; tare, a spine, a thorn. Mgv.: tara, spine, thorn, horn, crest, fishbone. Mq.: taá, spine, needle, thorn, sharp point, dart, harpoon; taa, the corner of a house, angle. Ta.: tara, spine, horn, spur, the corner of a house, angle. Sa.: tala, the round end of a house. Ma.: tara, the side wall of a house. 3. To announce, to proclaim, to promulgate, to call, to slander; tatara, to make a genealogy. P Pau.: fakatara, to enjoin. Mq.: taá, to cry, to call. 4. Mgv.: tara, a species of banana. Mq.: taa, a plant, a bird. Ma.: tara, a bird. 5. Ta.: tara, enchantment. Ma.: tara, an incantation. 6. Ta.: tara, to untie. Sa.: tala, id. Ha.: kala, id. Churchill

Oct 7 (280) 8 9 (100 + 182) 10

...Possibly Eb5-35 was designed to visualize how the Sun at the horizon would be seen reflected as in a mirror by the surface of the water. We can compare with Ba7-12:

*45.7

Aug 22 (234)

Oct 7 (280)

ADHAFERA (*154.7)

σ Virginis (*200.4)

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) δ Phoenicis (21.5)
April 8 (108) 9 10 (100) 11 (365 + 101 = 466)

... It is known that in the final battle of the gods, the massed legions on the side of 'order' are the dead warriors, the 'Einherier' who once fell in combat on earth and who have been transferred by the Valkyries to reside with Odin in Valhalla - a theme much rehearsed in heroic poetry. On the last day, they issue forth to battle in martial array. Says Grimnismal (23): 'Five hundred gates and forty more - are in the mighty building of Walhalla - eight hundred 'Einherier' come out of each one gate - on the time they go out on defence against the Wolf.' That makes 432,000 in all, a number of significance from of old. This number must have had a very ancient meaning, for it is also the number of syllables in the Rigveda. But it goes back to the basic figure 10,800, the number of stanzas in the Rigveda (40 syllables to a stanza) [40 * 270 = 10800] which, together with 108, occurs insistently in Indian tradition, 10,800 is also the number which has been given by Heraclitus for the duration of the Aiōn, according to Censorinus (De die natali, 18), whereas Berossos made the Babylonian Great Year to last 432,000 years. Again, 10,800 is the number of bricks of the Indian fire-altar (Agnicayana) ...

At the beginning of the G text the idea of Antares as the place to use for a 'plumb line' could have been drawn at left in order to function as a Sign of the past when Ana-mua had been at the SEPTEMBER EQUINOX:

 

ANTARES

Counting 64 precessional days back in time from *200.4 will lead us to right ascension day *136, which would have corresponded to JUNE 1 (*136 - *64 = *72 → 360 / 5) when Antares had been at SEPTEMBER 22 (265).

... It was 4 August 1968, and it was the feast day of Saint Dominic, patron of Santo Domingo Pueblo, southwest of Santa Fe. At one end of the hot, dusty plaza, a Dominican priest watched nervously as several hundred dancers arranged in two long rows pounded the earth with their moccasined feet as a mighty, collective prayer [ui] for rain, accompanied by the powerful baritone singing of a chorus and the beat of drums. As my family and I viewed this, the largest and in some ways the most impressive Native American public ceremony, a tiny cloud over the Jémez Mountains to the northwest got larger and larger, eventually filling up the sky; at last the storm broke, and the sky was crisscrossed by lightning and the pueblo resounded with peals of rolling thunder ...

*18

*45.7

Aug 4 (2 ' 108)

Aug 22 (234)

Oct 7 (216 + 64)

TALITHA AUSTRALIS

ADHAFERA (*154.7)

σ Virginis (*200.4)

64

216 + 18 = 234 = 18 * 13

Adhafera is ζ Leonis, at the back of his Head in the Mane:

And Talitha Australis is at the uplifted right front paw κ of Ursa Major:

Egyptian hand Phoenician kaph Greek kappa Κ (κ)

Kaph is thought to have been derived from a pictogram of a hand (in both modern Arabic and modern Hebrew, kaph means palm/grip) ...

... The manik, with the tzab, or serpent's rattles as prefix, runs across Madrid tz. 22 , the figures in the pictures all holding the rattle; it runs across the hunting scenes of Madrid tz. 61, 62, and finally appears in all four clauses of tz. 175, the so-called 'baptism' tzolkin. It seems impossible, with all this, to avoid assigning the value of grasping or receiving. But in the final confirmation, we have the direct evidence of the signs for East and West. For the East we have the glyph Ahau-Kin, the Lord Sun, the Lord of Day; for the West we have Manik-Kin, exactly corresponding to the term Chikin, the biting or eating of the Sun, seizing it in the mouth.

  

The pictures (from Gates) show east, north, west, and south; respectively (the lower two glyphs)  'Lord' (Ahau) and 'grasp' (Manik). Manik was the 7th day sign of the 20 and Ahau the last ...