It seems clear that small
circles probably were referring to specific stars.
From the beginning at the
armpit of Orion and down to Naos in Argo Navis the
vertical measure was 121.3 - 88.3 = 33.0° and the
horizontal measure also 'happened to be' 33 days (168 +
33 = 201).
BET-EL-GEUZE |
α Orionis |
0.58 |
07° 24′ N |
88.3 |
June 17 |
168 = 13 +
11 weeks |
CANOPUS |
α Carinae |
-0.72 |
52° 40′ S |
95.6 |
June 24 |
175 = 25
weeks |
5 days |
SIRIUS |
α Canis
Majoris |
-1.46 |
16° 39′ S |
101.2 |
June 30 |
181 (= 175
+ 6) |
DRUS |
χ Carinae
|
3.46 |
52° 59′ S |
119.9 |
July 18
|
199 (= 168
+ 31) |
NAOS |
ζ Puppis |
2.21 |
39° 52′ S |
121.3 |
July 20 |
201 (=
175 + 26) |
These numbers surely had taken on specific
allusions. For 33 we have the astonishing (mira)
star Mira making everyone surprised by its
behaviour. My planetary colours makes Mira a
Sun-day. With a year measuring 364 = 52 * 7, the days
of the week should return to the same place each
year, although this could not be the case if each
months measured 33 days (11 * 33 = 363).
32 he tahe |
MIRA (*33) |
34 he taha |
35 he apuka |
Tahe. 1. To run
freely, to flow (tehe 4). P Pau.:
tahe, a river. Mgv., Mq.,:
tahe, to run, to flow, to melt, to
liquify. Ta.: tahe, to run, to
flow. 2. To smooth out wrinkles (tehe
2). Churchill.
Tehe.
1. To come, to arrive.
Tehe oka te ikapotu, to abut.
Tehe e turu, through and through. 2.
To smooth out wrinkles (tahe 2).
3. To cut. Tehetehe, notch. P
Pau.: tehega, circumcision;
tehe, to castrate. Mgv.: tehe,
to circumcise, to castrate, to cut well,
to sting deeply. Mq.: tehe, to
cut, to castrate, to circumcise. Ta.:
tehe, to castrate. 4. To spurt, to
spout, to melt (tahe 1).
Hakatehe, to liquify. Tehetoto
(tehe 4 - toto),
hemorrhage. Churchill.
Taha. To lean; to
go down (of the sun in the evening).
Taha-taha. 1. Side, edge; shore:
taha-taha tai. 2. To move
from side to side (of a boat), to swing.
Vanaga. 1. To bend, sloping, to go
hither and thither, to evade; ki taha,
near; taha ke, to go in different
directions; tahataha, frontier,
horizon; hiriga tahataha, to
cross, to go across; hakataha, to
divert, to turn away, to go aside, to be
on one side, to dodge, to shun, oblique,
to incline the head, to turn over on
another side, to avoid, to subject;
mata hakataha, to consider; tae
hakataha, immovable. 2. To tear. PS
Mgv.: tahataha, to cut into
pieces. Sa., To., Fu.: tafa, to
cut, to gash. Viti: tava, id.
Churchill. Moe tahae, to be a
light sleeper. Tahatai (taha
1 - tai), littoral, coast, shore;
tahatahatai, coast. Churchill. |
...
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 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
... |
FEBR
17 (14 * 29½) |
18 (414 = 365 + 49) |
19
(50) |
20
(*336 = 12 * 28) |
|
|
|
|
Gb7-30 (440 = 229 + 211) |
Gb7-31 (63 weeks) |
Gb8-1 |
Gb8-2
(214) |
ξ¹
Ceti (32.1) |
γ,
δ
Trianguli (33.0),
χ
Persei (33.2),
10 Trianguli
(33.5),
θ
Arietis (33.3),
MIRA
(Astonishing) =
ο
Ceti
(33.7) |
no
star listed (34) |
ξ Arietis (35.0),
ρ Ceti
(35.4),
12
Trianguli
(35.8), ξ² Ceti
(35.9)
*360.0 = *35.4 - *41.4 |
April
22 (477) |
23
(*333 - *300) |
24
(*399) |
25 (115) |
°April 18 (473) |
19
(*29) |
20 |
21
(111) |
'March 26 (450) |
27
(*53 weeks) |
28
(*372) |
29
(88 = 115 - 27) |
"March 12 (436) |
13
(*51 weeks) |
3-14
(73) |
15 |
Tara.
1. Thorn: tara miro.
2. Spur: tara moa. 3. Corner;
te tara o te hare, corner of house;
tara o te ahu, corner of ahu.
Vanaga. (1. Dollar; moni tara,
id.) 2. Thorn, spike, horn; taratara,
prickly, rough, full of rocks. P Pau.:
taratara, a ray, a beam; tare,
a spine, a thorn. Mgv.: tara,
spine, thorn, horn, crest, fishbone.
Mq.: taá, spine, needle, thorn,
sharp point, dart, harpoon; taa,
the corner of a house, angle. Ta.:
tara, spine, horn, spur, the corner
of a house, angle. Sa.: tala, the
round end of a house. Ma.: tara,
the side wall of a house. 3. To
announce, to proclaim, to promulgate, to
call, to slander; tatara, to make
a genealogy. P Pau.: fakatara, to
enjoin. Mq.: taá, to cry, to
call. 4. Mgv.: tara, a species of
banana. Mq.: taa, a plant, a
bird. Ma.: tara, a bird. 5. Ta.:
tara, enchantment. Ma.: tara,
an incantation. 6. Ta.: tara, to
untie. Sa.: tala, id. Ha.:
kala, id. Churchill.
Hao. Ta.: to
encircle. To.: hao, id. Ma.:
hao, to inclose, to draw around.
Churchill.
The head of
Cetus on this ancient vessel surely
indicates he is surprised (Mira)
- taken off guard.
|
CLOSE
TO THE FULL MOON: |
AUG
19 (231) |
20
(*152) |
21 |
22 |
Al Ghafr-13 (The Cover) /
Svāti-15 (Very Good) /
TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE-6 (a
pillar to stand by)
15 Bootis
(215.2),
ARCTURUS =
α
Bootis
(215.4),
ASELLUS SECUNDUS (2nd Ass Colt) =
ι
Bootis
(215.5),
SYRMA (Train of the Virgin's Robe)
=
ι
Virginis,
λ
Bootis (215.6),
η
Apodis (215.8)
*174.0 = *215.4 - *41.4 |
ι Lupi,
18 Bootis
(216.3),
KHAMBALIA (Crooked-Clawed)
= λ Virginis
(216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri
(216.6), ε Apodis (216.8)
*175.0 = *216.4 - *41.4 |
ASELLUS PRIMUS (1st Ass Colt) =
θ
Bootis
(217.8) |
τ
Lupi,
δ
Oct. (218.1),
φ
Virginis (218.7)
FOMALHAUT (α Piscis Austrini) |
Oct
22 (295) |
23 |
24 |
25 (*218 = *177 +
*41) |
°Oct 18 (291) |
19 |
20 |
21
(*214 = *177 + *37) |
'Sept 25 (268) |
26 |
27
(270 = 3 * 90) |
28
(*191 = *214 - *23) |
"Sept 11 (254) |
12 |
13
(16 * 16) |
14
(*177 = *191 - *14) |
When according to the timespace frame of Bharani
(the epoch of birth) the Sun would reach the place of
Mira the Full Moon would be at right
ascension day *175 (= *350 / 2), viz. in "September
12 (255 = 355 - 100 = 220 + 35).
... Wikipedia has no information regarding the
origin of the Phoenician lamedh, but the
Egyptian 'cloth' hieroglyph (menchet) is - I
suggest - related to the 4 upside down sky pillars.
I.e. the basic element of the 'covering' hieroglyph
could have indicated the arrival of darkness:
... When the
man, Ulu,
returned to
his wife
from his
visit to the
temple at
Puueo,
he said, 'I
have heard
the voice of
the noble
Mo'o,
and he has
told me that
tonight, as
soon as
darkness
draws over
the sea and
the fires of
the volcano
goddess,
Pele,
light the
clouds over
the crater
of Mount
Kilauea,
the black
cloth will
cover my
head. And
when the
breath has
gone from my
body and my
spirit has
departed to
the realms
of the dead,
you are to
bury my head
carefully
near our
spring of
running
water. Plant
my heart and
entrails
near the
door of the
house. My
feet, legs,
and arms,
hide in the
same manner.
Then lie
down upon
the couch
where the
two of us
have reposed
so often,
listen
carefully
throughout
the night,
and do not
go forth
before the
sun has
reddened the
morning sky.
If, in the
silence of
the night,
you should
hear noises
as of
falling
leaves and
flowers, and
afterward as
of heavy
fruit
dropping to
the ground,
you will
know that my
prayer has
been
granted: the
life of our
little boy
will be
saved.' And
having said
that, Ulu
fell on his
face and
died
...
... The
Fijian
barkcloth
that in the
end captures
the chief
represents
his capture
of the land:
upon
installation,
he is said
to hold the
'barkcloth
of the land'
(masi ni
vanua). The
barkcloth
thus has
deeper
significance.
In general
ritual
usage,
barkcloth
serves as
'the path of
the god'.
Hanging from
the rafters
at the rear,
sacred end
of the
ancient
temple, it
is the
avenue by
which the
god descends
to enter the
priest ...
There is
still more
to the
barkcloth.
The
barkcloth
which
provides
access for
the
god/chief
and
signifies
his
sovereignity
is the
preeminent
feminine
valuable (i
yau) in
Fiji. It is
the highest
product of
woman's
labor, and
as such a
principal
good of
ceremonial
exchange (soolevu).
The chief's
accession is
mediated by
the object
that
saliently
signifies
women ...
Half
menchet
resembles
the
outline
of
Cancer.
And
menchet
sounds as
the twin of
merkhet.
... In the
inscriptions
of Dendera,
published by
Dümichen,
the goddess
Hathor
is called
'lady of
every joy'.
For once,
Dümichen
adds:
Literally
... 'the
lady of
every heart
circuit'.
This is not
to say that
the
Egyptians
had
discovered
the
circulation
of the
blood. But
the
determinative
sign for
'heart'
often
figures as
the plumb
bob at the
end of a
plumb line
coming from
a well-known
astronomical
or surveying
device, the
merkhet.
Evidently,
'heart' is
something
very
specific, as
it were the
'center of
gravity' ...
See Aeg.Wb.
2, pp. 55f.
for sign of
the heart (ib)
as
expressing
generally
'the middle,
the center'.
And this may
lead in
quite
another
direction.
The Arabs
preserved a
name for
Canopus -
besides
calling the
star Kalb
at-tai-man
('heart of
the south')
...
Suhail
el-wezn,
'Canopus
Ponderosus',
the
heavy-weighing
Canopus, a
name
promptly
declared
meaningless
by the
experts, but
which could
well have
belonged to
an archaic
system in
which
Canopus was
the weight
at the end
of the plumb
line, as
befitted its
important
position as
a heavy star
at the South
Pole of the
'waters
below'. Here
is a chain
of
inferences
which might
or might
not be
valid, but
it is
allowable to
test it, and
no inference
at all would
come from
the 'lady of
every joy'.
The line
seems to
state that
Hathor
(= Hat
Hor,
'House of
Horus')
'rules' the
revolution
of a
specific
celestial
body -
whether or
not Canopus
is alluded
to - or, if
we can trust
the
translation
'every', the
revolution
of all
celestial
bodies. As
concerns the
identity of
the ruling
lady, the
greater
possibility
speaks for
Sirius, but
Venus cannot
be excluded;
in Mexico,
too, Venus
is called
'heart of
the earth'.
The reader
is invited
to imagine
for himself
what many
thousands of
such
pseudo-primitive
or poetic
interpretations
must lead
to: a
disfigured
interpretation
of Egyptian
intellectual
life ...
From
FEBRUARY 18
(49) to
AUGUST 20
(*152) there
were 366 / 2
= 183 right
ascension
days.
... 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
...
When in the
Golden Age
of the Bull
the Sun had
reached the
equinox in
SEPTEMBER 22
(*185) -
corresponding
to "October
15 (288) -
then the
Full Moon
had been at
*2, which
presumably
was
visualized
in Ga1-2:
In the C
text we have
another
example
(Ca4-1 → 41
Arietis =
Bharani) of
how small
circles
probably
were
intended to
indicate
stars,
because the
outline of
the small
circles
in
this glyph
resembles
the
distribution
of the main
stars in
Auriga:
kua tupu te rakau |
kua tupu - te kihikihi |
te hau tea |
|
|
|
Ca4-1 (77) |
Ca4-2 |
Ca4-3 |
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6) |
ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8) *37.0 = *78.4 - *41.4
THUBAN (α Draconis)
|
λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)
ARCTURUS (α Bootis)
|
|
June 6 (157 = 314 / 2) |
7 (*78) |
8 (4 * 29½ + 41) |
'May 10 (*50 = *77 - * 27) |
11 |
12 (132 = 118 + 14) |
"April 26 (*36 = *77 - *41) |
27 |
28 (118) |
APRIL 3 (*13 = *77 - *64) |
4 |
5 (95 = 118 - 23) |
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
Dec 6 (340 = 157 + 183) |
7 (*261 = *78 + *183) |
8 (342 = 18 * 19) |
NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8) |
SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4)
*220.0 = *261.4 - *41.4
ALRISHA (α Piscium)
|
ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) *221.0 = *262.4 - *41.4 |
Number 414
(FEBRUARY
18) at
heliacal
Mira will
thus allude
to the
heliacal
position of
the star of
birth, viz.
Bharani
(*41.4).
And from
Mira to the
Mother Goat
(Capella)
at the foot
of Orion
(Rigel)
there were
360 / 8 = 45
days.
... In view
of the
almost
universal
prevalence
of the
Pleiades
year
throughout
the
Polynesian
area it is
surprising
to find that
in the South
Island and
certain
parts of the
North Island
of New
Zealand and
in the
neighboring
Chatham
Islands, the
year began
with the new
Moon after
the yearly
morning
rising, not
of the
Pleiades,
but of the
star Rigel
in Orion
...
|
75 |
|
|
40 |
|
|
|
Ca1-1 |
Ca4-1 |
Ca4-2 (78) |
Ca5-14 |
Ca5-15 (120) |
Ca5-16 |
koia |
kua tupu te rakau |
kua tupu - te kihikihi |
kua haga te mea ke |
manu puoko i tona ahi |
kua heu te huki |
Sept 21 (264) |
Dec 6 (340) |
7 |
Jan 17 |
18 (200 + 183) |
19 (384) |
March 22 (446) |
June 6 (157) |
7 (523) |
July 18 |
19 (200) |
20 (566) |
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 (2nd of the Blessed Feet) / Wall-14 (Porcupine)
ο Oct. (1.3), ALGENIB PEGASI = γ Pegasi (1.8) |
75 |
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6) |
ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8) *37.0 = *78.4 - *41.4
THUBAN (α Draconis)
|
40 |
DRUS (Hard) = χ Carinae (119.9) |
ω Cancri (120.2) |
8h (121.7)
χ Gemini (121.0), NAOS (Ship) = ζ Puppis (121.3) |
'Febr 23 (419) |
'May 10 (130) |
11 (496) |
SOLSTICE |
'June 22 (173) |
23 |
"Febr 9 (405) |
"April 26 (116) |
27 (482) |
"June 7 |
8 (159) |
9 |
JAN 17 (382) |
APRIL 3 (93) |
4 (459) |
MAY 15 (500) |
16 (120 + 16) |
17 |
|