The Auriga Charioteer had lost his horse
and - we should remember - the list of the Hindu nakshatra stations
was
beginning with the Head of a Horse (the pregnant sign of a dead
favourite we were taught by the famous Godfather movie):
ARIES: |
1 |
Ashvini |
β and γ
Arietis |
Horse's head |
April 17
(107) |
wife of the
Ashvins |
Sheratan and
Mesarthim |
2 |
Bharani |
35, 39, and
41 Arietis |
Yoni, the female
organ of reproduction |
May 1 (121) |
the bearer |
Musca
Borealis |
GEMINI: |
7 |
Punarvasu |
α and β
Gemini |
Bow and quiver |
July 12
(193) |
the two
restorers of goods |
Castor and
Pollux |
In Roman times the First Point of Aries was the name for the
pair Sheratan and Mesarthim, and since then they had moved ahead
in the Sun calendar with around 27 right ascension days. 80 (0h)
+ 27 = 107 = April 17 = 'March 21 (80) + 27.
Maybe The Dark Rat (Te Kioe Uri) was 29
right ascension days earlier than day 123 (Te Piringa Aniva)
= 58 glyphs earlier than Te Pei, and 3 * 29 = 87 days
earlier than Sirius at Te Pou. 181 - 87 = 94 ("April 4).
Nga Kope Ririva
Tutuu Vai |
A Te Taanga |
Pu Mahore |
A Hau Maka O
Hiva |
Poko Uri |
A Hau Maka I
[Sic!] Hiva |
Te Manavai |
A Hau Maka O Hiva |
Te Kioe Uri |
Te Piringa Aniva
(123 = 152 - 29) |
Te Pei (152 = 181
- 29) |
Te Pou (181) |
Hua Reva |
Akahanga |
Hatinga Te Kohe |
Roto Iri Are |
Tama He Ika Kino
He Ihu Roroa |
One Tea
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A Hau Maka O Hiva |
Hanga Takaure |
Poike |
Pua Katiki |
Maunga Teatea |
Mahatua |
Taharoa |
Hanga Hoonu |
Rangi Meamea |
Peke Tau O
Hiti |
Maunga Hau Epa |
Oromanga |
Hanga Moria
One |
Papa O Pea |
Ahu Akapu |
Te
Pito O Te Kainga |
However, another possibility is that Piringa Aniva referred
to Mirach in Andromeda:
"Piringa-o-Tautu;
the Tuamotuan name for Beta Andromedae. It is described as a
medium bright star east of Takurua-tuki-hanga-ruki, which
Emory identifies with Alpha Andromedae." (Makemson)
te kihikihi |
o te henua - kua haga
hia |
kua pua |
te vero |
te henua |
kiore - te henua |
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*Ca14-12 |
*Ca14-13 |
*Ca14-14 |
*Ca14-15 (378) |
*Ca14-16 |
*Ca14-17 |
Sept 29 |
30 |
Oct 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (277) |
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
ξ
Phoenicis (9.0),
ρ
Tucanae (9.1),
DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the Sea Beast) =
β
Ceti,
η
Phoenicis (9.4),
AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls) =
φ¹
Ceti
(9.6)
*333.0 = *374.4 - *41.4 |
ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous Rays) =
η
Cassiopeiae
(10.7) |
Legs-15 (Wolf)
ν
Andromedae (11.0),
φ²
Ceti (11.1),
ρ
Phoenicis (11.2),
η
Andromedae (11.4)
*335.0 = *376.4 - *41.4 |
CIH
(Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae, λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti (12.6), μ
Andromedae (12.8)
*12.4 + *365.0 -*41.4 = *336.0 (= 7 * 48) |
φ4 Ceti
(13.2) |
no star listed (14) |
... At the beginning of 44 B.C. -
when Ceasar was still alive - the Senate decided to raise statues of him
in all the temples and to sacrifice to him on his birthday in the month
Quintilis, which in honour of him was renamed July. He was raised
to the status of a god (among the other gods of the state) under the
name Jupiter Julius. Marcus Antonius, who this year was consul together
with Caesar, became high priest and responsible for the ceremonies. In
the middle of February, at the time of the old feast of Lupercalia
[Lupus = Wolf], he ran around naked and whipped the Roman ladies
with thongs made from goat-skin [februa], in order to promote
their fertility ... |
March 30 |
31 |
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
'March 3 |
4 (63) |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
"Febr 17 (413) |
18 |
19 (50) |
20 |
21 |
22 |
te honu paka |
te henua |
honu kau |
te mata |
te honu |
kua heheu |
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*Ca14-18 |
*Ca14-19 |
*Ca14-20 |
*Ca14-21 (384) |
*Ca14-22 |
*Ca14-23 |
Oct
5 |
6 |
7
(280) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
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)
*342 = *383.4 - *41.4 = 421 - 80 + 1 |
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) |
April 5 |
6 |
7 |
8
(463 = 365 + 98) |
9 |
10
(100 = 465 - 365) |
'March 9 |
10 |
11 |
12
(436 = 463 - 27) |
13 |
14
(73) |
"Febr 23
(Terminalia) |
24
(55 = 123 - 68) |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28
(100 - 41 = 59) |
... The leap day was introduced as part of the
Julian reform. The day following the Terminalia
(February 23) was doubled, forming the 'bis
sextum - literally 'double sixth', since
February 24 was 'the sixth day before the
Kalends of March' using Roman inclusive counting
(March 1 was the 'first day'). Although
exceptions exist, the first day of the bis
sextum (February 24) was usually regarded as
the intercalated or 'bissextile' day since the
third century. February 29 came to be regarded
as the leap day when the Roman system of
numbering days was replaced by sequential
numbering in the late Middle Ages ... |
PISCES: |
28 |
Revati |
ζ Piscium |
Fish or a pair of fish,
drum |
April 6 (96) |
prosperous |
Revati |
ARIES: |
1 |
Ashvini |
β
and γ Arietis |
Horse's head |
April 17 (107) |
wife
of the Ashvins |
Sheratan and Mesarthim |
2 |
Bharani |
35,
39, and 41 Arietis |
Yoni, the
female organ of reproduction |
May
1 (121) |
the
bearer |
Musca Borealis |
In which case Te Piringa Aniva might have been
counted as the day after Terminalia (54 = 31 + 23), viz.
Bissextum (55 = 420 - 365) where Regulus culminated and
where Sirrah (the Navel of the Horse) became visible
again after its close encounter with the Sun.
55 ("February 24) - 29 = "January 26 (possibly Te
Kioe Uri):
e toru gagata, tuhuga nui, tuhuga roa, tuhuga marakapa* - ma te hokohuki te tapamea - te kihikihi * Jaussen: kapa chant. |
te vaha erua - te maro |
tagata kara te roturotu - te maro |
ka pu te niu - mai tae huki hia |
ka pu te niu |
Rotu. To throng, to flock, to crowd, used of people gathering in great numbers for a feast, for mourning, for working, etc. he-rotu, he-tatagi, the mourners are flocking together; he-rotu i te umu, they are crowding around the earth oven; he-rotu, he aga, they come to work in throngs. Roturotu, to clap hand, to applaud. Vanaga. Roturotu: 1. To clap, to wink. PS Pau.: rotu, to strike the water. Mgv: rotu, to beat the sea in order to frighten fish into a net, to beat a drum. Mq.: ótu, to drive fish into the seine. Ta.: rotu, to strike. Sa.: lotu, to make a hollow sound in the water with the hand. 2. To take to pieces. Churchill.
... in the ceremonial course of the coming year, the king is symbolically transposed toward the Lono pole of Hawaiian divinity ... It need only be noticed that the renewal of kingship at the climax of the Makahiki coincides with the rebirth of nature. For in the ideal ritual calendar, the kali'i battle follows the autumnal appearance of the Pleiades, by thirty-three days - thus precisely, in the late eighteenth century, 21 December, the winter solstice. The king returns to power with the sun. Whereas, over the next two days, Lono plays the part of the sacrifice. The Makahiki effigy is dismantled and hidden away in a rite watched over by the king's 'living god', Kahoali'i or 'The-Companion-of-the-King', the one who is also known as 'Death-is-Near' (Koke-na-make). Close kinsman of the king as his ceremonial double, Kahoali'i swallows the eye of the victim in ceremonies of human sacrifice ... In the deep night before the image [of Lono] is first seen, there is a Makahiki ceremony called 'splashing-water' (hi'uwai). Kepelino tells of sacred chiefs being carried to the water where the people in their finery are bathing; in the excitement created by the beauty of their attire, 'one person was attracted to another, and the result', says this convert to Catholicism, 'was by no means good'. At dawn, when the people emerged from their amorous sport, there standing on the beach was the image of Lono. White tapa cloth and skins of the ka'upu bird hang from the horizontal bar of the tall crosspiece image. The ka'upu is almost certainly the albatross, a migratory bird that appears in the western Hawaiian chain - the white Lanyon albatross at Ni'ihau Island - to breed and lay eggs in October-November, or the beginning of the Makahiki season ...
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Ca13-11 (354) |
Ca13-12 |
Ca13-13 |
Ca13-14 → π |
Ca13-15 |
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
March 9 |
10 |
11 (70 = 435 - 365) |
12 |
13 |
ο Cephei (353.3), KERB (Bucket Rope) = τ Pegasi (353.6) |
κ Piscium (354.2), θ Piscium (354.4), υ Pegasi (354.9)
*313.0 = *354.4 - *41.4 |
ο Gruis, SNOWBALL NEBULA = NGC7662 Andromedae (355.0), τ Oct. (355.3) |
no star listed (356) |
ι Phoenicis (357.3), ι Piscium (357.4), λ Andromedae (357.9) *316.0 = *357.4 - *41.4 |
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'Febr 7 |
8 (365 + 39 = 404) |
9 (40) |
10 |
11 |
"Jan 24 |
25 |
26 (= 55 - 29) |
27 |
28 |
DAY 353 |
354 (= 434 - 80) |
355 → solstice |
356 |
357 |
... τ, 4.5, with υ, was Al Sufi's Sa'd al Na'amah, which Knobel thinks should be Al Na'āim, the Cross-bars over a well; but they also were known as Al Karab, the Bucket-rope. The usual titles for τ - Markab and Sagma or Salma - are from Bayer, but the last two should be Salm, a Leathern Bucket ...
... With α Andromedae [Sirrah → Navel] and γ Pegasi [Kerb], as the Three Guides, it [Caph → Phoenician Kaph, Hand] marks the equinoctial colure, itself exceedingly close to that great circle; and, being located on the same side of the pole as is Polaris, it always affords an approximate indication of the latter's position with respect to that point. This same location, 32º from the pole, and very near to the prime meridian, has rendered it useful for marking sidereal time. When above Polaris and nearest the zenith the astronomical day begins at 0 hours, 0 minutes, and 0 seconds; when due west the sidereal time is 6 hours; when south and nearest the horizon, 12 hours, and when east, 18 hours; this celestial clockhand then moving on the heavenly dial contrary to the motion of the hands of our terrestrial clocks, and at but one half the speed ... |
Given the idea of Water connected with a Rat it seem
reasonable to connect Te Kioe Uri (the Dark Rat)
with a Water Bucket.
... 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 ...
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