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The Chinese Winnowing Basket came 5 days before Christmas Eve.

1

Horn

α Virginis (Spica)

Crocodile

2

Neck

κ Virginis

Dragon

3

Root

α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi)

Badger

4

Room

π Scorpii (Vrischika)

Hare

5

Heart

σ Scorpii

Fox

6

Tail

μ Scorpii (Denebakrab)

Tiger

7

Winnowing Basket

γ Sagittarii (Nash)

Leopard

December solstice

We have earlier documented much regarding this place:

Te Kioe Uri (*81 - *93)  Te Piringa Aniva (*94 - *106)

... The cult place of Vinapu is located between the fifth and sixth segment of the dream voyage of Hau Maka. These segments, named 'Te Kioe Uri' (inland from Vinapu) and 'Te Piringa Aniva' (near Hanga Pau Kura) flank Vinapu from both the west and the east. The decoded meaning of the names 'the dark rat' (i.e., the island king as the recipient of gifts) and 'the gathering place of the island population' (for the purpose of presenting the island king with gifts) links them with the month 'Maro', which is June. Thus the last month of the Easter Island year is twice connected with Vinapu. Also, June is the month of summer solstice [a mistake: south of the equator it is winter solstice], which again points to the possibility that the Vinapu complex was used for astronomical purposes ...

1 nehenehe 1 poporo. 1 kavakava atua 1 kohe. 1 nehenehe 1 pua 1 harahara
APRIL 16 17 (472) 18 (*393) 19 (*29) 20 (*30) 21 (111) 22
Ga1-26 Ga1-27 Ga1-28 Ga1-29 Ga1-30 Ga2-1 (31) Ga2-2
μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5)

6h (91.3 = 273.4 - 182.1)

ν Orionis (91.4), θ Columbae (91.5), π Columbae (91.6)

*50.0 = *91.4 - *41.4 = *232.0 - *172.0

ξ Orionis (92.5)

Al Han'ah-4 (Brand) / Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-7 (Front of the Mouth of the Twins)

TEJAT PRIOR = η Gemini (93.4), γ Monocerotis (93.5), κ Aurigae (93.6), κ Columbae (93.8)

*52.0 = *93.4 - *41.4

 FURUD = ζ Canis Majoris (94.9)

Well-22 (Tapir) / Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-8 (Back of the Mouth of the Twins)

δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR = μ Gemini, MIRZAM (The Roarer) = β Canis Majoris (95.4), CANOPUS (Canopy) = α Carinae (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)

*54.0 = *95.4 - *41.4
No star listed.

... The Pythagoreans make Phaeton fall into Eridanus, burning part of its water, and glowing still at the time when the Argonauts passed by. Ovid stated that since the fall the Nile hides its sources. Rigveda 9.73.3 says that the Great Varuna has hidden the ocean. The Mahabharata tells in its own style why the 'heavenly Ganga' had to be brought down. At the end of the Golden Age (Krita Yuga) a class of Asura who had fought against the 'gods' hid themselves in the ocean where the gods could not reach them, and planned to overthrow the government. So the gods implored Agastya (Canopus, alpha Carinae = Eridu) for help. The great Rishi did as he was bidden, drank up the water of the ocean, and thus laid bare the enemies, who were then slain by the gods. But now, there was no ocean anymore! Implored by the gods to fill the sea again, the Holy One replied: 'That water in sooth hath been digested by me. Some other expedient, therefore, must be thought of by you, if ye desire to make endeavour to fill the ocean ...

June 19 (*90) 20 (513 / 3) SOLSTICE 22 (*93) 23 (174) ST JOHN'S DAY 25
°June 15 (*86) 16 17 (168) 18 19 (*90) 20 SOLSTICE
'May 23 (*63) 24 (12 * 12) 25 (145) 26 27 28 (*68) 29
9 (*49 = 7 * 7) "May 10 (130) Vaitu Potu 11 12 (*52) 12 (*418) 14 (*54) 15 (500)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
OCT 16 17 (290) 18 (*394 - *183)  19 (475 - 183) 20 21 (*214) 22 (295)
Ga8-6 (31 + 178) Ga8-7 (210) Ga8-8 Ga8-9 Ga8-10 Ga8-11 (214) Ga8-12

Winnowing Basket-7 (Leopard)

18h (273.4)

*232.0 = *273.4 - *41.4

NASH (Point) = γ Sagittarii (273.7), θ Arae (273.8)
ZHŌNGSHĀN = ο Herculis (274.0), π Pavonis (274.6)

ι Pavonis (275.1), POLIS = μ Sagittarii (275.9)

MENKAR (α Ceti)
η Sagittarii (276.9) Purva Ashadha-20 (Elephant Tusk, Fan, Winnowing Basket)

KAUS BOREALIS = λ Sagittarii (279.3)

KAUS MEDIUS = δ Sagittarii, κ Lyrae (277.5), TUNG HAE (Heavenly Eastern Sea) = η Serpentis (277.7), SHAOU PIH (Minor Minister) = φ Draconis (277.8), KWEI SHE = χ Draconis (277.9

φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS = ε Sagittarii (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), AL  ATHFAR (The Talons of the Falling Eagle) = μ Lyrae (278.6)

*237.0 = *278.4 - *41.4

... As has already been mentioned, the Delphians worshipped Dionysus once a year as the new-born child, Liknites, 'the Child in the Harvest Basket', which was a shovel-shaped basket of rush and osier used as a harvest basket, a cradle, a manger, and a winnowing-fan for tossing the grain up into the air against the wind, to separate it from the chaff. The worship of the Divine Child was established in Minoan Crete, its most famous early home in Europe. In 1903, on the site of the temple of Dictaean Zeues - the Zeus who was yearly born in Rhea's cave at Dicte near Cnossos, where Pythagoras spent 'thrice nine hallowed days' [27] of his initiation - was found a Greek hymn which seems to preserve the original Minoan formula in which the gypsum-powdered, sword-dancing Curetes, or tutors, saluted the Child at his birthday feast. In it he is hailed as 'the Cronian one' who comes yearly to Dicte mounted on a sow and escorted by a spirit-throng, and begged for peace and plenty as a reward for their joyful leaps ...

Dec 19 (*273) 20 (354) SOLSTICE 22 23 (174 + 183) X-MAS EVE 25 (359)
°Dec 15 (*269) 16 (350) 17 18 19 20 (354) 21
'Nov 22 (*246) 23 24 (328) 25 26 (*250) 27 28 (332)
"Nov 8 9 10 (314) 11 12 (*236) 13 14

It seems as if the Winnowing Basket was indicating a good time (maitaki) ahead:

maitaki

5.0

10.0

18h (*273.4)

ξ Pavonis (*278.4)

NUNKI (*288.4)

τ Sagittarii

Dec 19 (353)

X-MAS EVE (358)

Jan 3 (368)

19h (*289.4)

Maitaki, Clean, neat, pure, pretty, nice, beautiful, handsome; tagata rima maitaki, clean-handed man, correct man. Vanaga. 1. Good. Henua maitaki = the good earth. 2. Shine. Marama maitaki = the shining moon. Barthel. Ce qui est bon. Jaussen according to Barthel. Meitaki, good, agreeable, efficacious, excellent, elegant, pious, valid, brilliant, security, to please, to approve (maitaki); ariga meitaki, handsome, of pleasant mien; mea meitaki ka rava, to deserve; meitaki ke, marvelous, better. Hakameitaki, to make good, to amend, to do good, to bless, to establish. Meitakihaga, goodness. PS Pau.: maitaki, good. Mgv.: meitetaki, beautiful, good. Mq.: meitai, good, agreeable, fit, wise, virtuous. Ta.: maitaiki, good, well. Niuē: mitaki, good. Maitakia, clean. Churchill.

Nash (γ) at the Point of the Arrow rose 15.0 right ascension days before the star announcing the Sea, Nunki (σ).

The Tea (t as in time) Pot at the Milky Way - 'upset' by the March Hare - promised refreshment. From γ to τ (tau as in time) there was 1 hour (= 1 / 24 * 360 = 15 right ascension days).

There was a Lucky (S'ad) time ahead, as the Arabs of the desert had stated:

... Allen: Nashira [γ Sagittarii] is from Al Sa'd al Nashirah, the Fortunate One, or the Bringer of Good Tidings, which the early Arabs applied to this when taken with δ ...

18 Al Na'ām Ostriches γ (Nash), δ (Kaus Medius), ε (Kaus Australis), η, ζ (Ascella), σ (Nunki), φ, χ, τ, μ¹ (Polis), μ² Sagittarii 288.4 Jan 3 (388 - 20)
19 Al Baldah City π Sagittarii (Al Baldah) 290.1 Jan 5 (370)
20 Al Sa’d al Dhabih Lucky One of the Slaughterers α Capricorni (Gredi), β (Dabih) 308.0 Jan 23 (388)
21 Al Sa’d al Bula' Good Fortune of the Swallower ε Aquarii (Albali), μ, ν 314.8 Jan 29 (394)
22 Al Sa'd al Su'ud Luckiest of the Lucky β Aquarii (Sadalsud), ξ (Bunda), c (46) Capricorni 325.9 Febr 9 (405)
23 Al Sa'd al Ahbiyah Lucky Star of Hidden Things α Aquarii (Sadalmelik), γ (Sadachbia), ζ, η, π 338.6 Febr 22 (388 + 30)