next page previous page table of contents home

But there is also evidence that the end of the year was where the month of Janus (January) ended.

In Roman times - when the correlations between the yearly cycle of the Sun and the corresponding cycle of the Moon once again had been set in order - the Sun reached 'January 28 when Procyon culminated (at 21h).

Dec

29

31

+2

Ianuarius

29

31

+2

Februarius

28

28

-

 According to the C text this was where the so-called Moon calendar was beginning:

tagata oho rima - ki te marama koia kua oho ki te marama kua moe
Ca6-17 (157 = 314 / 2) Ca6-18 Ca6-19 Ca6-20
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Febr 24 (420 = 7 * 60) 25 26 27 (58 = 2 * 29)

... 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 ...

δ Tucanae (340.1), ρ Cephei (340.2),  ν Gruis (340.3), ζ Aquarii, δ Gruis (340.4), 5/1100 Lac. (340.7), σ Aquarii, 6/650 Lac. (340.9)

*299.0 = *340.4 - *41.4

PROCYON (α Canis Minoris)
υ Oct. (341.0), α/91 Lac. (341.1), HOMAN (Hero) = ζ Pegasi, β Piscis Austrini (341.2), ν Tucanae (341.5), υ Aquarii (341.9)

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)
'Jan 28 29 30 31 (365 + 31 = 396)
DAY 340 341 342 343 (= 7 * 7 * 7)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Aug 25 (237 = 8 * 29½ + 1) 26 27 28

Extended Net-26b (Ox)

μ Hydrae (157.1)

Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru-15 (4th Son behind the King)

SHIR (Possessing Luminous Rays) = ρ Leonis (158.9)
p Carinae (159.3) φ Hydrae (160.3)
'July 29 (210) 30 31 'Aug 1
DAY 157 158 159 160
kua ka te ahi i te rima aueue - te ika te marama kua hua marama kua tuu i te kihikihi

Hua. 1. Testicle. 2. Figuratively: son, hua tahi, only son; fruits of the earth; to grow well (of fruits). 3. To cause a fight, a quarrel. Hua-ai, generation, as lineage of direct descendents; contemporaries. Huahua, coccyx of bird, 'parson's nose': huahua moa, huahua uha. Huataru, a creeper (Chenopodium ambiguum). Vanaga. 1. The same; ki hua, again, to continue, to strain, to struggle, to move, to repeat, over and above. Mq.: hua, the same, to return, to recommence.  2. To bloom, to sprout; flower, fruit (huaa); huaa tae oko, huaa vahio, young fruit; hua atahi, only son; huahaga, fruit; mei te huahaga o tokoe kopu, the fruit of thy body; tikea huahaga, deceptive appearance. P Pau.: ua, to be born; huahaga, lineage. Mgv.: hua, to produce (said of trees, grain, etc.), blooming time of flowers, abundance of fruit. Mq.: hua, to produce, to bear fruit. Ta.: ua, to sprout. Huahua. 1. Tailless fowl. 2. Vein, tendon, line. 3. Mgv.: huahua, pimples covering the face. Ta.: huahua, id. Mq.: hua, tubercules. Sa.: fuafua, abscess on hand or feet. Ma.: huahua, small pimples. Pau.: Hua-gakau, rupture. Ta.: áau, entrails. Sa.: ga'au, id. Ma.: ngakau, id. Churchill.1. Fruit. 2. Egg. 3. Tā hua = 'genealogical writing' or 'same writing'. Fischer.

Ca6-21 (161) Ca6-22 (Ohiro) Ca6-23 (Oata = Clear) Ca6-24
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Febr 28 (59) 29 (365 + 60 = 425) March 1 (426 - 365 = 61) 2 (31 + 28 + 2 = 61)

... 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 ...

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) 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)
'Febr 1 (32) 2 3 4
DAY 344 345 346 347
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
Aug 29 (80 + 161 = 241) 30 (425 - 183 = 242) 31 Sept 1 (244 = 80 + 164)
no star listed (161) VATHORZ POSTERIOR = θ Carinae (162.1), PEREGRINI = μ Velorum, η Carinae (162.6) ν Hydrae (163.1)

no star listed (164)

ALTAIR (α Aquilae)

... 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 2 (214 = 241 - 27) 3 4 (6 * 6 * 6 = 216) 5
DAY 161 162 163 164

In which case February 1 (32) should be the first day of the new year. Notably 366 + 32 = 396 (where 3 * 96 = 288).

te rima E tupu ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro
POLARIS Cb1-1 (*27) Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396)
Cb1-5 no star listed (366 + 32) MIRA = ο Ceti Cb1-8 Cb1-9 (*35)

... Although an old constellation, Cetus is by no means of special interest, except as possessing the south pole of the Milky Way and the Wonderful Star, the variable Mira; and from the fact that it is a condensation point of nebulae directly across the sphere from Virgo, also noted in this respect ...

... Mira also known as Omicron Ceti (ο Ceti, ο Cet), is a red giant star estimated 200-400 light years away in the constellation Cetus. Mira is a binary star, consisting of the red giant Mira A along with Mira B. Mira A is also an oscillating variable star and was the first non-supernova variable star discovered, with the possible exception of Algol. Apart from the unusual Eta Carinae, Mira is the brightest periodic variable in the sky that is not visible to the naked eye for part of its cycle ...

In a way Mira therefore can illustrate how life (light) departs, yet returns again after the completion of a cycle.

... In 1638 Johannes Holwarda determined a period of the star's reappearances, eleven months; he is often credited with the discovery of Mira's variability. Johannes Hevelius was observing it at the same time and named it 'Mira' (meaning 'wonderful' or 'astonishing,' in Latin) in 1662's Historiola Mirae Stellae, for it acted like no other known star. Ismail Bouillaud then estimated its period at 333 days, less than one day off the modern value of 332 days, and perfectly forgivable, as Mira is known to vary slightly in period, and may even be slowly changing over time ...

Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403)

The number written in stone in the tresses on the back of Pachamama (the World Mother) is 182 (→ 364 / 2) + 214 (→ 2-14 or February 14) = 396. And 214 - 182 = 32:

Counting in the tresses of Pachamama from right to left:

1

26

78

1

29

90

2

26

2

30

3

26

3

31

4

25

104

4

34

124

5

26

5

31

6

27

6

30

7

26

7

29

Total = 396 = 182 + 214

420 - 396 = 24, which could be the number to be measured out for the 'Harpoon' (between 182 and 214):