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There were 15 stations on the mainland of Easter Island before the dream soul reached Pua Katiki:

0

Nga Kope Ririva Tutuu Vai

A Te Taanga
1

Pu Mahore

 A Hau Maka O Hiva
2

Poko Uri

 A Hau Maka I [sic!] Hiva
3

Te Manavai

A Hau Maka O Hiva
4

Te Kioe Uri

5

Te Piringa Aniva

6

Te Pei

7

Te Pou

8

Hua Reva

9

Akahanga

10

Hatinga Te Kohe

11

Roto Iri Are

12

Tama He Ika Kino He Ihu Roroa

-
13

One Tea

A Hau Maka O Hiva
14

Hanga Takaure

15

Poike

Te Kioe Uri (the Dark Rat) could have corresponded to the Chinese station Emptiness at Sadalsud (*325).

... Moe Hiva sat down and thought intensely.Then he made a prediction for the King Oto Uta. This was his prediction: There will come a time when the land will sink into the sea ...

e vaha noho ragi erua ahi i te hau tea Erua hau tea i te henua i te rima

Ahi. Fire; he-tutu i te ahi to light a fire. Ahiahi = evening; ahiahi-ata, the last moments of light before nightfall. Vanaga. 1. Candle, stove, fire (vahi); ahi hakapura, match; ahi hakagaiei, firebrand waved as a night signal. P Mgv.: ahi, fire, flame. Mq.: ahi, fire, match, percussion cap. Ta.: ahi, fire, percussion cap, wick, stove. 2. To be night; agatahi ahi atu, day before yesterday. 3. Pau.: ahi, sandalwood. Ta.: ahi, id. Mq.: auahi, a variety of breadfruit. Sa.: asi, sandalwood. Ha.: ili-ahi, id. Ahiahi, afternoon, night; kai ahiahi, supper. P Pau., Mgv., Mq., Ta.: ahiahi, afternoon, evening. Ahipipi (ahi 1 - pipi 2) a spark, to flash. Churchill.

Ca5-32 (137) Ca5-33 Ca5-34 Ca5-35 Ca6-1 Ca6-2 Ca6-3
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
Febr 4 5 6 7 (403) 8 9 (40) 10

... 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 ...

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

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

... 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 ...

7

28

Winnowing Basket

γ Sagittarii (Nash)

Leopard

Dec 19 (353)

8

36

South Dipper

φ Sagittarii

Unicorn

Dec 30 (364)

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)

88 (T12) - 28 (T7) = 60 = 414 - 354

Similarly Hatinga Te Kohe could have referred to where Virgo with her right foot interfered with the Balance between Bharani and Zuben Elgenubi:

... The dream soul went on. She was careless ... he ata pe hiva ... and broke the kohe plant with her feet. She named the place Hatinga Te Kohe A Hau Maka O Hiva ...

FEBR 24 (420) 25 (56) 26 27 28
Gb8-6 Gb8-7 (448) Gb8-8 (449 - 229) Gb8-9 Gb8-10 (222)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
μ Arietis (39.4), HEAD OF THE FLY = 35 Arietis (39.6), KAFFALJIDHMA (Part of a Hand) = γ Ceti, θ Persei (39.8) π Ceti, ο Arietis (40.0), ANGETENAR (Bend in the River) = τ¹ Eridani, μ Ceti (40.2), RIGHT WING = 39 Arietis (40.9)

Bharani-2 (Yoni) / Stomach-17 (Pheasant)

π Arietis (41.2), MIRAM (Next to the Pleiades) = η Persei (41.3), BHARANI = 41 Arietis (41.4), τ² Eridani, σ Arietis (41.7)

TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4)

 *1.0 = *42.4 - *41.4

ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR (End of the River) = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9)

DENEBOLA (β Leonis)
April 29 30 May 1 (*41) 2 (122) 3 (488)
°April 25 (115) 26 (*36) 27 28 (472 / 4) 29
'April 2 (92) 3 4 (*14) 5 (460) 6
"March 19 (78) 20 0h 22 (446) 23
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
AUG 26 27 28 29 (*161) 30 (242)
31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN (South Gate) = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA (Foot of the Barker) = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) IZAR (Girdle) = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (No Feet) (223.3), μ Librae (223.8)

Al Zubānā-14a (Claws) / Visakha-16 (Forked) / Root-3 (Badger)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (Southern Claw) = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
KOCHAB (Kakkab, the Star) = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7) KE KWAN (Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi (226.3), KE KWAN = κ Centauri (226.4), ZUBEN ELAKRIBI (Claw of the Scorpion) = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9)

*185.0 = *226.4 - 41.4

Oct 29 (*222) 30 31 (304) Nov 1 2
°Oct 25 26 27 (300) 28 29 (*222)
'Oct 2 (*195) 3 4 (277) 5 6
"Sept 18 19 (*182) 20 (263) 21 Equinox

In the overview above, where time runs towards the right as observed by a viewer outside the celestial sphere - the normal perspective of Hevelius - he has illustrated how the heel of Virgo stabilizes the beam of Libra to be in parallel with the ecliptic plane.

But in his picture below - where time runs from right to left as perceived by a viewer standing on mother earth and looking up - her big toe has pushed down the beam of Libra:

Ata 1. Dawn, first light before sunrise; ku-hamu-á te ata, dawn has broken; ku-tehe-á te ata, it's already dawn (lit.: the lights have flown). 2. Particle inserted between the imperative prefix ka and the verb to signify 'well, carefully, intelligently': ka-ata-hakarivariva, prepare it well. Between the prefix e and kahara it expresses 'to make sure that, to take good care that...' : e-ata-kahara koe o oona, be careful not to get dirty; e-ata-kahara koe o kori te moa o te tahi pa, be sure not to steal chickens of another property. 3. More: iti, small; ata iti, smaller; he-ata-ata iti-iti ró, the smallest of all. Vanaga. Âta 1. Shadow: he-veveri te poki, ana tikea toona âta, the child is frightened at seeing his shadow; person's reflection (in mirror, in water): he âta oou-á, it's your own reflection. 2. To be frightened by a shadow: he-âta te îka, the fish are frightened (and they flee) by people's shadows. Vanaga. 1. Image, picture, portrait, design; to draw, to paint (shadow sense). P Mgv: ata, image, likeness, portrait, shadow of a human being, form, shape, appearance, imprint, impression. Mq.: ata, image, statue, portrait, shadow, surface; to design, to mark. Ta.: ata, shade, shadow appearance, form, representation of an object, cloud, cloudy. 2. Transparency, end of day, sunset (bright sense); e ata, red clouds; ku ata, transparent; ata mea, ata tea, ata tehe, dawn, daybreak, sunrise; ataata, end of day, sunset. P Mgv.: ata, morning or evening twilight, daybreak, dawn; ata haihai, evening twilight, a beautiful sunset; ataiai, twilight, clouds red with the sunset; atakurakura, a beautiful sunrise or sunset; atareureu, dawn, the first peep of day, morning twilight. Mq.: ata, to appear, to rise, to shine (of stars); ata uá, morning twilight; ataata, diaphanous, transparent. Ta.: ata, twilight. 3. A designation of space; ata hakahohonu, abyss; ata hakaneke mai, nearby, close at hand; ata tapa, lateral, marginal. 4 ? Ata kimikimi, to inquire; ata puo, to hill a plant; ata ui, to examine, to taste. Churchill. Atahenua (ata 3 - henua 1), landscape, countryside. Atakai: 1. Generous, hospitable, beneficent, indulgent, liberal, obliging; prodigality, indulgence; rima atakai, benevolent, generous, open-handed; gift, liberality. 2. Calm, unperturbed, grateful. Churchill. Ata-ta T, evening (? ataata). Atatehe (ata 2 - tehe 1), dawn; popohaga atatehe, morning, early in the morning. Churchill.
Pe. 1. Like, as. PS Mgv.: pe, as, the same as, also. Sa.: pei, like, as. Niuē: pehe, thus. 2. And, also (in numerals); e rua te hagahuru pe aha, twenty-four. PS Sa.: pe, a restrictive particle in counting, only. To.: be, only. Uvea: pe, id. Churchill. Pau.: Spoilt, damaged. Mgv.: pee, macerated, spoilt. Ta.: pe, spoilt, rotten. Mq.: pe, id. Sa.: pe, id. Ma.: pe, pulpy, purulent. Churchill.

PE, adj.  Marqu., bad, impudent, naked. Ta., pe, rotten, decayed. Sam., pe, be dead, as trees, extinguished, as fire, dried up, as water. Haw., pe, to crush, pound fine; pepe, broken, bruised, pliable, rotten, soft; u-pepe, weak, feeble, dry. Fiji., be, impudent, irreverent. Benfey (Sanskr. Dict.) refers the Latin pejor, pessimus, pecco, to a Sanskrit word, pâpa, evil, wicked, sinful. The Polynesian pe apparently offers a better and more direct root for pejor, pecco, &c. Benfey gives no root or etymon of pâpa, nor, if derived from , to protect, to guard, how the transition is made to wickedness, crime, sin. Here as in so many instances, the Polynesian supplies the missing-link in the Hawaiian verb papa, 'to prohibit, forbid, rebuke, reprove', a derivative or duplicate of pa, 'to fence, enclose, restrict'. And thus the transition from the Polynesian papa, prohibited, forbidden, to the Sanskrit pâpa, sinful, wicked, becomes easy and intelligible."

Counting from Bharani to Zuben Elgenubi means adding 183 (= 366 / 2) days, and from there to Sadalsud there were a further 101 days:

80

Bharani

182

Zuben Elgenubi

100

Sadalsud

284 → "Dec 30 (364)

zero

365

Emptiness (Dark Water) came when 40 weeks beyond the Julian equinox (84) had been completed. I.e., in day 40 counted from day 365, in February 9 when the Chorti Ah K'in ('diviners') began their agricultural year.