The Dark Rat (Water) marked a new beginning:
... 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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7 |
28 |
Winnowing Basket |
γ Sagittarii (Nash) |
Leopard |
Dec 19 (353) |
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8 |
36 |
South Dipper |
φ Sagittarii |
Unicorn |
Dec 30 (364) |
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9 |
45 |
Ox / Herd Boy |
β Capricornii (Dabih) |
Buffalo |
Jan 23 (388 =
14 * 27 + 10) |
|
10 |
55 |
Girl |
ε Aquarii (Albali) |
Bat |
Jan 29 (394 = 364 + 30) |
|
11 |
66 |
Emptiness |
β Aquarii (Sadalsud) |
Rat |
Feb 9 (405 = 364 + 41) |
|
12 |
88 |
Rooftop |
α Aquarii (Sadalmelik) |
Swallow |
Feb 18 (414 = 364 + 50) |
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88 (T12) - 28 (T7) = 60 = 414 - 354 |
| e vaha noho ragi |
erua ahi |
i te hau tea |
Erua hau tea |
i te henua i te rima |
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| Ca5-32 (137) |
Ca5-33 |
Ca5-34 |
Ca5-35 |
Ca6-1 |
Ca6-2 |
Ca6-3 |
| CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
| Febr 4 |
5 (36) |
6 |
7 (403) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
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... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars. The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual. When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one. They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe. The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square. They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...
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| DRAMASA = σ Oct., χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8) |
α Oct. (321.5), δ Equulei (321.7), φ Capricorni (321.8) |
KITALPHA (Part of a Horse) = α Equulei (322.0), ALDERAMIN (The Right Arm) = α Cephei (322.9) |
DAI = ι Capricorni (323.5), β Equulei (323.8) |
γ Pavonis (324.1), YAN = ζ Capricorni (324.6) |
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) |
| DAY 320 |
321 |
322 |
323 |
324 |
325 (→ 3-25) |
326 |
| CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| Aug 5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (11 * 20 → T20) |
9 |
10 |
11 |
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9h (137.0)
σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4), ALSUHAIL (al Wazn, of the Weight) = λ Velorum (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8)
*96.0 = *137.4 - *41.4 |
κ Pyxidis (138.0), ε Pyxidis (138.5) |
π Cancri (139.2), MIAPLACIDUS = β Carinae (139.3), TUREIS (Little Shield) = ι Carinae (139.8) |
no star listed (140) |
θ Pyxidis (141.5), MARKAB VELORUM = κ Velorum (141.5), AL MINHAR AL ASAD (The Nose of the Lion) = κ Leonis (141.6), λ Pyxidis (141.9) |
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 |
| 'July 9 |
10 |
11 |
(193 → Castor) |
13 |
14 |
(196 → Pollux) |
| DAY 137 |
138 |
139 |
140 |
141 |
142 |
143 |
The kuhane
station Te Kioe Uri A Hau
Maka O Hiva could have
corresponded to the first (of 12) Chinese zodiacal signs, viz. the
Water Rat.
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E:7 |
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he oho mai te kuhane i ka
onga mai nei te kuha- |
and reached the rim of the
crater. As soon as the dream soul looked
into the crater, she felt a gentle breeze
coming toward her. She named the place
'Poko Uri A Hau Maka O
Hiva.' The
dream soul continued her search for a
residence for King Matua.
[Rather: for the
King and for the Gods, Atua. The residence was
for Hotu and not for his father
Matua who was remaining in Hiva.]
The dream soul of Hau Maka
reached (the smaller crater) Manavai and
named the place 'Te
Manavai A Hau Maka O Hiva'.
The dream soul went on and
reached Te Kioe Uri. She named the place 'Te Kioe Uri A Hau
Maka O Hiva'.
The dream soul went on and
came to Te Piringa Aniva. She named the
place 'Te Piringa
Aniva A Hau Maka O Hiva'.
Again the dream soul went
on her way and reached Te Pei. She named the
place 'Te Pei A Hau
Maka O Hiva.
The dream soul went on and
came to Te Pou. She named the place
'Te Pou A Hau Maka O
Hiva'.
The dream soul went on and
came to Hua Reva. She named the place
'Hua |
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ne.a raro i te rano he
poko atu te hahau te nape |
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i te ingoa.
ko te poko uri a hau
maka.i hiva. |
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he rarama he oho mai te
kuhane (crossed out: i te maara)
he |
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rarama i te maara mo noho
mo te ariki |
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mo atua.e tuu ki te
manavai te kuhane.o ha(-) |
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u maka. he nape i te ingoa
ko te manavai a ha(-) |
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u
maka. o hiva. he oho mai
te kuhane he |
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tuu ki te kioe uri he nape
i te ingoa.ko te ki
(-) |
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oe
uri a hau maka o hiva.he oho hokoou |
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te kuhane te tuu ki te
piringa aniva he na(-) |
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pe i te ingoa.ko
te piringa aniva a hau maka |
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o
hiva. ho oho hokoou te kuhane he tuu
ki |
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te pei he nape i te ingoa
ko te pei a hau ma(-) |
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ka.o
hiva.he oho hokoou te kuhane he tu(-) |
|
u ki te pou he nape i te
ingoa ko te pou a hau |
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maka
o hiva.he oho hokoou te kuhane.he |
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tuu ki hua reva he nape i
te ingoa ko hua |
Kiore. Rat. Vanaga. Rat, mouse; kiore hiva,
rabbit. P Pau., Mgv.: kiore, rat, mouse. Mq.:
kioē,
íoé, id. Ta.:
iore, id.
Churchill.
Uri. 1. Dark;
black-and-blue. 2. Green; ki oti te toga, he-uri te maúku
o te kaiga, te kumara, te taro, te tahi hoki me'e, once
winter is over, the grasses grow green, and the sweet
potatoes, and the taro, and the other plants. Uriuri,
black; very dark. Vanaga. Uriuri, black, brown, gray,
dark, green, blue, violet (hurihuri). Hakahurihuri,
dark, obscurity, to darken. P Pau.: uriuri, black.
Mgv.: uriuri, black, very dark, color of the deep
sea, any vivid color. Mq.: uiui, black, brown. Ta.:
uri, black. Churchill. Uli, s. Haw., the blue
sky; adj., blue, cerulean, green; uli-uli, verdure;
adj., green, dark-coloured, black. Sam., Tong., Fak., uli;
Tah., uri, blue-black, any dark colour. Fornander.
Castor Fiber
(Beaver)
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