The Rakau (Tree) - implying dry terra firma instead
of water - seems to have stretched from the
day after Betelgeuze (The Moist One)
- to Toro-miro (dwelling in the
water, kua noho te vai) on
Easter Island, i.e. for 261 - 88 = 173 days:
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11 |
|
159 |
|
PRAJA-PĀTI (89) |
SIRIUS (101) |
ο OPHIUCHI (261) |
June 18 (169) |
June 30 (181) |
Dec 7 (341) |
173 |
|
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Ca4-12 (88) |
Ca4-13 → 14 * 29½ |
te hokohuki |
kua tuu tona mea |
June 17 (168 = 88 + 80 = 408 -
320)
Ardra-6 (The Moist One) /
ANA-VARU-8 (Pillar to sit by)
χ¹
Orionis,
ξ
Aurigae (88.1),
BETELGEUZE
=
α
Orionis
(88.3),
ξ
Columbae (88.5),
σ
Columbae (88.7)
ZUBEN
ELGENUBI (α Librae)
|
June 18
η
Leporis (89.0),
PRAJA-PĀTI (Lord of Created
Beings)
=
δ
Aurigae, MENKALINAN (Shoulder of
the Rein-holder) =
β
Aurigae, MAHASHIM (Wrist) =
θ
Aurigae,
and
γ
Columbae (89.3),
π Aurigae (89.4),
η Columbae
(89.7)
*48.0 = *89.4 - *41.4 |
|
RUKBALGETHI GENUBI = θ
Herculis
(271.1), ξ Herculis (271.5),
ETAMIN = γ Draconis,
ν Herculis (271.7), ν Ophiuchi
(271.8)
BHARANI (41 Arietis)
Dec 17 (351) |
CAT'S EYE
= NGC6543 Draconis
(272.2),
ζ Serpentis (272.4),
τ
Ophiuchi (272.9)
*231.0 = *272.4 - *41.4
Dec 18 |
... 'I don't
like the look of it at all,'
said the King: 'however, it may
kiss my hand, if it likes.' 'I'd
rather not,' the Cat remarked.
'Don't be impertinent,' said the
King, 'and don't look at me like
that!' He got behind Alice as he
spoke. 'A cat may look at a
king,' said Alice. 'I've read
that in some book, but I don't
remember where.' 'Well, it must
be removed,' said the King very
decidedly: and he called to the
Queen, who was passing at the
moment, 'My dear! I wish you
would have this cat removed!'
The Queen had only one way of
settling all difficulties, great
or small. 'Off with his head!'
she said without even looking
around ...
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5 |
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3 |
Ca4-19 |
Ca4-20 (96) |
te hau tea |
tupu te rakau |
ST JOHN'S DAY |
June
25 (176)
no star listed (96) |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii
(279.3)
Dec
25 (359) |
|
|
Ca4-24 (100) |
Ca4-25 |
manu rere |
tupu te rakau |
June 29 (180)
ψ4 Aurigae (100.5),
MEBSUTA (Outstretched)
= ε Gemini
(100.7) |
June 30
SIRIUS = α Canis Majoris
(101.2),
ψ5 Aurigae (101.4),
ν Gemini (101.6), ψ6
Aurigae (101.7)
*60.0 = *101.4 - *41.4
|
ζ
Pavonis (283.4),
λ
Cor. Austr. (283.6),
DOUBLE DOUBLE =
ε
Lyrae
(283.7),
ζ
Lyrae (283.8)
*242.0 = *283.4 - *41.4
Dec 29 (363) |
South Dipper-8 (Unicorn)
Φ
Sagittarii
(284.0),
μ
Cor. Austr. (284.6),
η
Cor. Austr.,
θ
Pavonis (284.8)
Dec 30 |
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158 |
|
|
|
134 |
Ca10-5 (260 = 88 +
172) |
Ca10-6 (101 + 160) |
Ca10-7 |
kua oho te rima
kua kai - ihe nuku
hoi |
Tupu te toromiro |
kua noho te vai |
Dec 6 (340 = 157 +
183)
NODUS I =
ζ
Draconis
(260.0),
π
Herculis (260.7),
RAS ALGETHI
(Head of the Giant)
=
α
Herculis
(260.8) |
Dec 7 (264 + 77)
SARIN =
δ
Herculis
(261.0),
ο Ophiuchi (261.4)
*220.0 = *261.4 -
*41.4
ALRISHA (α Piscium) |
Dec 8 (18 * 19)
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 |
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis
(77.6)
June 6 (314 / 2)
|
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)
June 7 (81 + 77) |
λ Aurigae (79.0), λ
Leporis (79.6), ρ
Aurigae (79.7)
ARCTURUS (α Bootis)
June 8 (159) |
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|
Cb1-5 (260 + 137) |
Cb1-6 (88 + 310) |
rutua - te pahu -
rutua te maeva |
April 21 (477 = 340
+ 137) |
April 22 (478 = 80 +
398) |
Although
173 days
is not
enough
for half
a year
we can
see that
there
were 183
days
from
heliacal
Rigel to
Rigel at
the Full
Moon. |
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9
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11 |
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159 |
|
RIGEL (78) |
BETELGEUZE (88) |
PRAJA-PĀTI (89) |
SIRIUS (101) |
ο OPHIUCHI (261) |
June 7 (158) |
June 17 (168) |
June 18 |
June 30 (181) |
Dec 7 (341) |
183 = 366 / 2 |
The
tail of the
watery
Serpent
ended down
at the Abyss
half a year
after the
Rainbow, and
here the
Raven looked
down in vain
- for
evidently
this was the
opposite
side
compared to
the
Raised-up
Sky: |
...
the bird, being sent with a cup
for water, loitered at a
fig-tree till the fruit became
ripe, and then returned to the
god with a water-snake in his
claws and a lie in his mouth,
alleging the snake to have been
the cause of the delay. In
punishment he was forever fixed
in the sky with the Cup and the
Snake; and, we may infer, doomed
to everlasting thirst by the
guardianship of the Hydra over
the Cup and its contents. From
all this came other poetical
names for our Corvus - Avis
Ficarius, the Fig Bird; and
Emansor, one who stays beyond
his time; and a belief, in early
folk-lore, that this alone among
birds did not carry water to its
young ... |
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