... 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 ...

Rooftop

α Aquarii (Sad-al-melik)

Swallow

Febr 18 (414) → Bharani

... Now birds and fishes are born under the sign of the Yin [Moon], but they belong to the Yang [Sun]. This is why birds and fishes both lay eggs. Fishes swim in the waters, birds fly among the clouds. But in winter, the swallows and starlings go down into the sea and change into mussels ...

House

α Pegasi (Markab)

Pig

March 5 (414 + 15 = 365 + 64)

March equinox (0h)

Wall

γ Pegasi (Al-genib)

Porcupine

March 22 = 365 + 80 + 1

127 days

Willow

δ Hydrae

Stag

July 28 (209)

Star

α Hydrae (Al-phard)

Horse

Aug 10 (222)

Extended Net

ε Hydrae / μ Hydrae

July 30 (211) / Aug 25 (237)

EXTENDED NET - Ox
July 30 (211)	25	Aug 25 (237)
ε Hydrae		μ Hydrae
27 days

Wings

α Crateris (Al-kes)

Snake

Sept 2 (245 = 181 + 64)

... Hotu's canoe sailed from Maori to Te Pito O Te Kainga. It sailed on the second day of September (hora nui) ... (E:74)

Chariot

γ Corvi (Gienah)

Worm

Sept 22 (265)

365 - 100 = 265 = September equinox = 84 + 181

he tu-ao	he tuvi → he tavi
The dark brown tern with a round tail is called tuao ... Ao, the world. I was told that tavi is a small, lead-colored bird that lives on the little islets (motu) off the coast. He is supposed to look like the tuvi, the grey tern, and owes his name to his call ... Grey tern, Tuvituvi (Procelsterna caerulea skottsbergi) ... Anous stolidus unicolor ... The calling out (ragi) of the tuvi bird (viz. tavi) was strangely not heard before his appearance, a sign of time reversed. It was the same as the order between thunder and lightning: ... 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 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 ...
MAY 25 (5-25)	*26 (266)**	27	28 (348)

Ga3-6	Ga3-7	Ga3-8	Ga3-9 (68)
*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
... He is bound to it with willow thongs in the 'five-fold bond' which joins wrists, neck, and ankles together ... ... They were Ranginui, the Sky Father, and Papatuanuku, the Earth Mother, both sealed together in a close embrace. Crushed between the weight of their bodies were their many children, whose oppression deepened. They yearned to be free; they fought their parents and each other to break loose. Tuumatauenga, virile god of war, thrust and shouted; Tangaroa of the oceans whirled and surged; Tawhirirangimaatea, Haumiatiketike and Rongomatane, of wild foods and cultivated crops, tried their best but were not successful; and Ruamoko, god of earthquakes, yet to be born, struggled in the confinement of his mother's womb ... Of them all, Taane Mahuta [cfr Mahute, Boussonetia papyrifera], the god of the forests, was the most determined; he set his sturdy feet upon his father's chest, and braced his upper back and shoulders against the bosom of his mother. He pushed; and they parted. So the world, as the Maori understand it, came into being ... ... A man had a daughter who possessed a wonderful bow and arrow, with which she was able to bring down everything she wanted. But she was lazy and was constantly sleeping. At this her father was angry and said: 'Do not be always sleeping, but take thy bow and shoot at the navel of the ocean, so that we may get fire.' The navel of the ocean was a vast whirlpool in which sticks for making fire by friction were drifting about. At that time men were still without fire. Now the maiden seized her bow, shot into the navel of the ocean, and the material for fire-rubbing sprang ashore. Then the old man was glad. He kindled a large fire, and as he wanted to keep it to himself, he built a house with a door which snapped up and down like jaws and killed everybody that wanted to get in. But the people knew that he was in possession of fire, and the stag determined to steal it for them. He took resinous wood, split it and stuck the splinters in his hair. Then he lashed two boats together, covered them with planks, danced and sang on them, and so he came to the old man's house. He sang: 'O, I go and will fetch the fire.' The old man's daughter heard him singing, and said to her father: 'O, let the stranger come into the house; he sings and dances so beautifully.' The stag landed and drew near the door, singing and dancing, and at the same time sprang to the door and made as if he wanted to enter the house. Then the door snapped to, without however touching him. But while it was again opening, he sprang quickly into the house. Here he seated himself at the fire, as if he wanted to dry himself, and continued singing. At the same time he let his head bend forward over the fire, so that he became quite sooty, and at last the splinters in his hair took fire. Then he sprang out, ran off and brought the fire to the people ...
July 28	*29 (130)**	30	31 (212)
°July 24	25	*26 (127)**	27 (208)
'July 1	2	3 (*104)	4 (185)
"June 17	18	*19 (90)**	20 (171 = 185 - 14)
... When it grew light, Makoi arose again. He went off to further explore the area. He went along and came to the 'dark rat'. He looked around and said: 'Here we are at the dark rat of Hau Maka'. He gave it the name Te Kioe Uri A Hau Maka. He went on and came to Te Piringa Aniva. When he arrived there, he looked around and gave the name Te Piringa Aniva. He went on and came to Te Pei, looked around, and said, 'Here it is!' So he gave the name Te Pei A Hau Maka. He went on, all alone he went on, and came to Te Pou. When he arrived there, he looked around and again said, 'Here it is!' and gave the name Te Pou A Hau Maka ... [E:20] This should have happened in "June 16, because the events in "June 15 ended as follows: ... Makoi got up and began to familiarize himself with the (new) land. (This took place) on the fifteenth day of the month of June ('Maro'). He went toward the sheer face of the rocks (titi o te opata), was astonished (aaa), came up to the middle (of the outer rim of the crater), and stood at the very edge. He looked down and saw the 'Pu Mahore of Hau Maka' (on the coast) and said, 'There it is, the hole of the mahore fish of Hau Maka!' He turned his face and looked toward the back (i.e., in the direction of the crater). No sooner had he seen how the dark abyss opened up (below him), when a fragrant breeze came drifting by. Again Makoi said, 'This is the dark abyss of Hau Maka'. He turned around, walked on in utter amazement, and arrived at the house. He spoke to Ira, 'Hey you, my friends! How forgetful we (truly) are. This place is adequate (? tau or 'beautiful'), the dark abyss lies there peacefully!' Ira replied, 'And what should that remind us of up here?' All arose and climbed up. They went on and arrived; they all had a good look (at the inside of the crater). They returned home and sat down. Night fell, and they went to sleep ... [E:19] He Tavi ("June 18) was related to the call of He Tuvi ("June 16). In between it grew light (tu-ao) and here Makoi had gone on his own to visit 4 kuhane stations.
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
*NOV 24 (248)**	25 (329)	26	27
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)	BATEN ALGIEDI (Belly of the Goat) = ω Capricorni (315.8) ~~BETELGEUZE (α Orionis)~~
Jan 27 (392)	28	*29 (314)**	30
°Jan 23 (388)	24	*25 (310)**	26
'Jan 1 (366)	2	3	*4 (288 = 315 - 27)**
"Dec 17	*18 (272)**	19	20 (354 = 395 - 41)

We should remember that Pythagoras spent 27 days in a cave before he was reborn:

... As has already been mentioned, the Delphians worshipped Dionysus once a year as the new-born child, Liknites, 'the Child in the Harvest Basket', which was a shovel-shaped basket of rush and osier used as a harvest basket, a cradle, a manger, and a winnowing-fan for tossing the grain up into the air against the wind, to separate it from the chaff. The worship of the Divine Child was established in Minoan Crete, its most famous early home in Europe. In 1903, on the site of the temple of Dictaean Zeus - the Zeus who was yearly born in Rhea's cave at Dicte near Cnossos, where Pythagoras spent 'thrice nine hallowed days' [27] of his initiation - was found a Greek hymn which seems to preserve the original Minoan formula in which the gypsum-powdered, sword-dancing Curetes, or tutors, saluted the Child at his birthday feast. In it he is hailed as 'the Cronian one' who comes yearly to Dicte mounted on a sow and escorted by a spirit-throng, and begged for peace and plenty as a reward for their joyful leaps ...

And according to Manuscript E the Explorers spent 27 days in Oromanga because Kuukuu had been mortally wounded.

... They all sat down and rested [on the plain of Oromanga], when suddenly they saw that a turtle had reached the shore and had crawled up on the beach. He [Ira] looked at it and said, 'Hey, you! The turtle has come on land!' He said, 'Let's go! Let's go back to the shore.' They all went to pick up the turtle. Ira was the first one to try to lift the turtle - but she didn't move. Then Raparenga said, 'You do not have the necessary ability. Get out of my way so that I can have a try!' Raparenga stepped up and tried to lift the turtle - but Raparenga could not move her. Now you spoke, Kuukuu: 'You don't have the necessary ability, but I shall move this turtle. Get out of my way!' Kuukuu stepped up, picked up the turtle, using all his strength. After he had lifted the turtle a little bit, he pushed her up farther. No sooner had he pushed her up and lifted her completely off the ground when she struck Kuukuu with one fin. She struck downward and broke Kuukuu's spine.The turtle got up, went back into the (sea) water, and swam away. All the kinsmen spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did not prevail against the turtle!' They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in the cave and let him rest there. They stayed there, rested, and lamented the severely injured Kuukuu. Kuukuu said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you will not abandon me!' They all replied, 'We could never abandon you!' They stayed there twenty-seven [27] days in Oromanga. Everytime Kuukuu asked, 'Where are you, friends?' they immediately replied in one voice, 'Here we are!' They all sat down and thought. They had an idea and Ira spoke, 'Hey, you! Bring the round stones (from the shore) and pile them into six heaps of stones!' One of the youths said to Ira, 'Why do we want heaps of stone?' Ira replied, 'So that we can all ask the stones to do something.' They took (the material) for the stone heaps (pipi horeko) and piled up six heaps of stone at the outer edge of the cave. Then they all said to the stone heaps, 'Whenever he calls, whenever he calls for us, let your voices rush (to him) instead of the six (of us) (i.e., the six stone heaps are supposed to be substitutes for the youths). They all drew back to profit (from the deception) (? ki honui) and listened. A short while later, Kuukuu called. As soon as he had asked, 'Where are you?' the voices of the stone heaps replied, 'Here we are!' All (the youths) said, 'Hey, you! That was well done!' ... [E:29]

The Chinese Winnowing Basket was late in December, at the Neck of the Green Serpent and 59 days after Neck:

1	Horn	α Virginis (Spica)	Crocodile	Oct 9 (282)
2	Neck	κ Virginis	Dragon	Oct 21 (294)
3	Root	α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi)	Badger	Oct 31 (304)
4	Room	π Scorpii (Vrischika)	Hare	Nov 17 (321)
5	Heart	σ Scorpii	Fox	Nov 23 (327)
6	Tail	μ Scorpii (Denebakrab)	Tiger	Nov 30 (334)
7	Winnowing Basket	γ Sagittarii (Nash)	Leopard	Dec 19 (353)
December solstice

Oromanga was the very white beach which would serve as the residence for the king:

... The dream soul went to the other side of the mountain Hau Epa. As soon as the dream soul looked around, she saw the sand (beach), which was very white and light. She remained there and explored everything. After she had looked around carefully, the dream soul of Hau Maka said, 'Ah! This is the place that will serve as a residence for the king. She named the place 'Oromanga A Hau Maka O Hiva' and also named the neighboring bay 'Hanga Moria One A Hau Maka O Hiva' ... [E:10]

... On the twenty-third day of the month of July ('Anakena', they reached Rangi Meamea. When they arrived there, they looked around and gave the name 'Rangi Meamea A Hau Maka'. They also named the mountain 'Peke Tau O Hiti [A] Hau Maka'. They went around [he vari] to the other side of the mountain Hau Epa, looked around, and gave the name 'Hau Epa A Hau Maka' ... When he saw (i.e., Ira) that the beach was white and clean, he said, 'Hey you! Here is the plain where the king can live!' They stayed there and surveyed the plain with great care. Ira knew with certainty that it was very good. He named the bay 'Hanga Moria One' and the plain 'Oromanga'. They all [anake] sat down [he noho] and rested [he hakaora], when suddenly they saw that a turtle had reached the shore and had crawled up on the beach ... [E:27].

Counting 27 days from "July 23 (204) will bring us to day 203 + 27 = 230 ("August 18), i.e. a calendar period which was located 7 days earlier in the Sun year than that of the Extended Net:

OROMANGA
"July 23 (204)	25	"Aug 18 (230)
*ALKES (165)**		*PORRIMA (191)**
27 days

EXTENDED NET - Ox
July 30 (211)	25	Aug 25 (237)
*ε Hydrae (131)**		*μ Hydrae (157)**
27 days

September 2 (245 = 181 + 64) - August 25 (237 = 173 + 64) = 8 days (suggesting the 8 night dark period of Venus before returning as Morning Star). But the canoe of Hotu A Matua sailed from Maori to Te Pito O Te Kainga in "September 2 (245 = 222 + 23). And "September 2 (245) - "August 18 (230) = 15 days.

... The Sothic cycle was based on what is referred to in technical jargon as 'the periodic return of the heliacal rising of Sirius', which is the first appearance of this star after a seasonal absence, rising at dawn just ahead of the sun in the eastern portion of the sky. In the case of Sirius the interval between one such rising and the next amounts to exactly 365.25 days - a mathematically harmonious figure, uncomplicated by further decimal points, which is just twelve minutes longer than the duration of the solar year ... In ancient Egypt they thought Sirius was behind the yearly rise of the Nile ... the seasonal cycle, throughout the ancient world, was the foremost sign of rebirth following death, and in Egypt the chronometer of this cycle was the annual flooding of the Nile ...

At the time of Bharani the leading Sun calendar star Sirius had risen heliacally in day 181 + 41 = 222 ("August 10) = 230 - 8.

Day 245
Rongorongo	Bharani	Bull
0	41	41 + 23 = 64
September 2	"September 2	SEPTEMBER 2
*ALKES (165)**	*206	*229
181 + 64 = 245	222 + 23 = 245	245

Ga4-18 (101)	Ga6-2 (142)	Ga6-25 (165)

Reading in the G text we can see the Star (the Horse) at "June 30 (Sirius) = 23 glyphs before Alkes ("July 23):

JUNE 7 (*78)

10 (161)

... The month, which takes its name from Juppiter the oak-god, begins on June 10th and ends of July 7th. Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...

Ga3-19 (78 = 158 - 80)

Ga3-20

Ga3-21

Ga3-22

Ga3-23

Ga3-24

The Knot (Ukdah)

5 Imix 9 Kumk'u

Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion)

ψ Leonis (146.4), RAS ELASET AUSTRALIS = ε Leonis (146.6)

*105.0 = *146.4 - *41.4

VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae (147.9)

Star-25 (Horse) / ANA-HEU-HEU-PO-5 (Pillar where debates were held)

ALPHARD (The Horse) = α Hydrae (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7)

Al Tarf-7 (The End)

ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF = λ Leonis, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5)

*102.0 = *143.4 - *41.4

A Hydrae (144.1)

~~VEGA (α Lyrae)~~

Creation of our present world

UKDAH (Knot) = ι Hydrae (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), SUBRA = ο Leonis (145.8)

*104.0 = *145.4 - *41.4 (= *288 - *184)

Itzam-Yeh defeated	28 May (148), 3149 BC
1st 3-stone place	21 May (141), 3114 BC
Creation of our present world	13 August (225), 3114 BC
Och ta chan (Hun-Nal-Ye 'entered or became the sky')	5 February (36), 3112 BC
21 May, 3114 BC - 5 February, 3112 BC = 542
542 'happens to be' the sum of 365 days and 6 * 29½ nights.

Aug 10

13 (225)

14 (*146)

15 (227 → π)

°Aug 6

8 (220)

9 (*141)

'July 14

17 (*118)

19 (200)

SIRIUS

"July 1

3 (*104)

4 (185)

Te Anakena 5

81 (= 158 - 77)

85 = 185 - 100

86 = 227 - 141

... Makoi replied, 'In Hiva the land belongs to him - the land here is mine, not his [tae oona]!' They stayed (there longer). On the fifth day of the month of July (Anakena), they all got up, went downhill, went on, and reached Hanga Te Pau. They took their provisions with them, carrying them on their shoulders, went on, and reached Te Pou. They made camp and slept in Te Pou on the tenth of the month of July (Anakena). Then they all got up, carried their provision on their shoulders, went straight ahead, and followed the path of the dream soul of Hau Maka. They came to Hua Reva and said, This is Hua Reva A Hau Maka!... [E:21-22]

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

DEC 7

11 (345)

12 (*266)

Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 (Luckiest of the Lucky) / Emptiness-11 (Rat)

TSIN = 36 Capricorni (325.2), ALPHIRK (The Flock) = β Cephei (325.7), SADALSUD = β Aquarii, ξ Gruis (325.9)

no star listed (326)

CASTRA = ε Capricorni (327.2), BUNDA = ξ Aquarii (327.5)

~~SIRIUS (α Canis Majoris)~~

Mahar sha hi-na Shahū-26 (Western One in the Tail of the Goat)

NASHIRA = γ Capricorni (328.0), ν Oct. (328.3), AZELFAFAGE = π¹ Cygni, κ Capricorni (328.7)

Arkat sha hi-na Shahū-27 (Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat)

ENIF (The Nose) = ε Pegasi, ERAKIS = μ Cephei (329.2), 46 CAPRICORNI, JIH (the Sun) = κ Pegasi (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), DENEB ALGIEDI = δ Capricorni (329.8)

*288.0 = *329.4 - *41.4

θ Piscis Austrini (330.1), λ Octantis (330.7)

Febr 9 (40)

12 (408)

13 (*329)

All Hearts' Day

°Febr 5 (36)

8 (*324)

10 (41)

'Jan 13 (378)

15 (*300)

18 (383)

"Dec 30

31 (*285)

"Jan 1 (366)

*184 = *325 - *141

*185 = *285 - *100

*(83 + 183 - 80)

*187

*188

*189

SIRIUS & SUN
*ºJune 30 (101)**	22	*'June 30 (101)**	13	*"June 30 (101)**	22	*JUNE 30 (101)**

Ga2-11 (41)		Ga3-5 (64)		Ga3-19 (78)		Ga4-18 (101)
*July 4 (105)**		*July 27 (128)**		Aug 10 (*142)		*Sept 2 (165)**
ALZIRR	*59 = 2 29½**					ALKES

ST JOHN'S DAY

JUNE 25 (181 - 5)

26 (177 = 354 / 2)

Ga4-12 (175 = 350 / 2)

Ga4-13 → 14 * 29½

Ga4-14 → Bharani

Ga4-15 → 4 * 15 = 60

p Carinae (159.3)

φ Hydrae (160.3)

no star listed (161)

VATHORZ POSTERIOR = θ Carinae (162.1), PEREGRINI = μ Velorum, η Carinae (162.6)

... This [η Carinae] is one of the most noted objects in the heavens, perhaps even so in almost prehistoric times, for Babylonian inscriptions seem to refer to a star noticeable from occasional faintness in its light, that Jensen thinks was η. And he claims it as one of the temple stars associated with Ea, or Ia, of Eridhu¹, the Lord of Waters, otherwise known as Oannes², the mysterious human fish and greatest god of the kingdom.

¹ Eridhu, or Eri-duga, the Holy City, Nunki, or Nunpe, one of the oldest cities in the world, even in ancient Babylonia, was that kingdom's flourishing port on the Persian Gulf, but, by the encroachment of the delta, its site is now one hundred miles inland. In its vicinity the Babylonians located their sacred Tree of Life.

² Berōssōs described Oannes as the teacher of early man in all knowledge; and in mythology he was even the creator of man and the father of Tammuz and Ishtar, themselves associated with other stars and sky figures. Jensen thinks Oannes connected with the stars of Capricorn; Lockyer finds his counterpart in the god Chnemu of Southern Egypt; and some have regarded him as the prototype of Noah ...

Aug 27

28 (240)

29 (*161)

°Aug 23

24 (236 = 8 * 29½)

25 (*157)

'July 31

'Aug 1

2 (214)

3 (*500)

"July 17

Te Anakena 18

19 (200)

20 (*121)

... They went on and came to Tama. They looked around and said, 'This is Tama.' They gave the name 'Tama, an evil fish (he ika kino), a very long nose (He ihu roroa).' Again they went on and came to One Tea. They saw it, looked around, and gave the name 'One Tea A Hau Maka'. Then they went on and came to Hanga Takaure. There they gave the name 'Hanga Takaure A Hau Maka'. They made camp and rested at the Bay of Flies for a week (etahi pohitu). On the eighteenth day of the month of July ('Anakena'), they went on from Hanga Takaure. [E:23]

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

CHRISTMAS EVE

DEC 25

26 (360)

η Aquarii (342.1), σ Gruis (342.4), SITULA (Water-jar) = κ Aquarii (342.7)

*301.0 = *342.4 - *41.4

ε Piscis Austrini (343.5), ο Pegasi, β Gruis (343.8)

ρ Gruis (344.0), MATAR (Rain) = η Pegasi (344.2), η Gruis (344.6), β Oct. (344.7)

λ Pegasi (345.0), ξ Pegasi (345.1), ε Gruis (345.3), τ Aquarii (345.7), ξ Oct. (345.8), μ Pegasi (345.9)

Febr 26

27 (58 = 2 * 29)

28 (424)

March 1 (*345)

°Febr 22

24 (55)

'Jan 30 (*315)

'Febr 1 (32)

"Jan 16 (*301)

18 (383)

Egyptian courtyard

Phoenician heth

Greek eta

Η (η)

... The letter shape ultimately goes back to a hieroglyph for 'courtyard' ... possibly named hasir in the Middle Bronze Age alphabets, while the name goes rather back to hayt, the name reconstructed for a letter derived from a hieroglyph for 'thread'

... The kaikai are the rythmic songs that are sung to cat's cradles, the string games that are found not only throughout the Pacific but throughout the world. On premissionary Rapa Nui the kaikai, together with their corresponding cat's cradles, were not simple children's games but were used, among other things, to produce magic effect. They were highly important for the study of Rapa Nui's rongorongo. This is because it was apparently with the aid of cat's cradles that the rongorongo experts taught their pupils to learn many of the chants accompanying the incised inscriptions ...

... string games could be resumed after it was clear that the Sun had managed to leave the horizon and was rapidly gaining in altitude: 'Before the sun starts to leave the horizon ... when it shows only on the horizon, ... then string games were no longer allowed as they might lacerate the sun. Once the sun had started to go higher and could be seen in its entirety, string games could be resumed, if one so wished. So the restriction on playing string games was only applicable during the period between the sun's return and its rising fully above the horizon ...

JUNE 28

29 (180)

SIRIUS

JULY 1 (*102)

Ga4-16

Ga4-17 (100)

Ga4-18

Ga4-19

ν Hydrae (163.1)

no star listed (164)

~~ALTAIR (α Aquilae)~~

Wings-27 (Snake)

η Octans (165.4), ALKES (Shallow Basin) = α Crateris (165.6)

*124.0 = *165.4 - *41.4

ANA-TIPU-4 (Upper-side-pillar - where the guards stood)

MERAK (Loin, not Lion) = β Ursae Majoris (166.2), DUBHE (Bear) = α Ursae Majoris (166.7)

The Chinese Emperor was drawing his bow at Sirius but he did not use an arrow ('teka'). His expectant servant in front of him - probably a female we can see from her 'crocodile' girdle - seems to be waiting for the resulting rain drops. It was the place in the sky named after a dry shallow basin (Al Kes).

Aug 31

Sept 1

2 (*165)

3 (246)

°Aug 27

29 (*161 → °June 10)

30 (242)

'Aug 4 (216)

5 (*137)

"July 21

22 / 7 → π

Te Anakena 23

24 (*125)

... They remained in Hanga Hoonu for five days. On the twenty-third day of the month of July ('Anakena'), they reached Rangi Meamea ... [E:25-26]

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

DEC 28

30 (364)

31 (*285)

ι Cephei (346.0), λ Aquarii, γ Piscis Austrini, σ Pegasi (346.5)

SCHEAT AQUARII = δ Aquarii (347.0), ρ Pegasi (347.2), δ Piscis Austrini (347.4), FOMALHAUT (Mouth of the Fish) = α Piscis Austrini, τ Gruis (347.8)

*306.0 = *347.4 - *41.4

FUM AL SAMAKAH (Mouth of the Fish) = β Piscium (348.3), ζ Gruis (348.5), ο Andromedae (348.9)

Al Fargh al Mukdim-24 (Fore Spout) / Purva Bhādrapadā-26 (First of the Blessed Feet) / House-13 (Pig)

SCHEAT PEGASI = β Pegasi, π Piscis Austrini (349.3), κ Gruis (349.4), MARKAB PEGASI = α Pegasi (349.5)

*308.0 = *349.4 - *41.4

The 2nd (Rear) Spout came 16 days later, viz. at Sirrah, at 0h (*365.5 - *349.5 = *16.0)

Aa6-66 (482)

1146 = 3 * 191