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The place in time-space was the Pleiades - where a good time for saling was ahead:

... another Alcyone, daughter of Pleione, 'Queen of Sailing', by the oak-hero Atlas, was the mystical leader of the seven Pleiads. The heliacal rising of the Pleiads in May marked the beginning of the navigational year; their setting marked its end when (as Pliny notices in a passage about the halcyon) a remarkably cold North wind blows ...

This was in May because it was north of the equator, whereas in Polynesia (basically south of the equator) the Pleiades at the Full Moon corresponded to May + 6 months = November. The six stars in the Pleiades (Tau-ono) marked where the transition occurred.

... The correspondence between the winter solstice and the kali'i rite of the Makahiki is arrived at as follows: ideally, the second ceremony of 'breaking the coconut', when the priests assemble at the temple to spot the rising of the Pleiades, coincides with the full moon (Hua tapu) of the twelfth lunar month (Welehu). In the latter eighteenth century, the Pleiades appear at sunset on 18 November. Ten days later (28 November), the Lono effigy sets off on its circuit, which lasts twenty-three days, thus bringing the god back for the climactic battle with the king on 21 December, the solstice (= Hawaiian 16 Makali'i). The correspondence is 'ideal' and only rarely achieved, since it depends on the coincidence of the full moon and the crepuscular rising of the Pleiades ...

Antares rose with the Sun in November 25 (329) and Alcyone in the Pleiades in May 16 (136). After counting half a year ahead (136 + 183 = 319) the remaining distance to Antares was 10 days - which suggests the ship with the Lono effigy was launched in coordination with Antares.

 

At right in the upper panel we can see the ship (the God Boat) sailing away and we can count to 6 at its stern. Then followed a special 7 looking like Φ (phi as in the Golden Mean).

... Fibonacci: 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55 ... → 1.618033998 ... = φ = (1 + √5) / 2 ...

And then the Mesopotamian series continued with 10 more of the same. Possibly the Bird above could illustrate the Spirit of the Pleiades.

We could count for instance: (6 + 10) * 21½ = 8 * 43 = 344 = 360 - 16.

The Sea Journey could therefore have taken 43 days, for 344 - 43 = 295 + 6.

... Hotu's canoe sailed from Maori to Te Pito O Te Kainga. It sailed on the second day of September (hora nui) ...  [E:74]

... The canoes of Ava Rei Pua and of Hotu were seen near the (off-shore) islets. On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa uri) the canoe of Hotu and the canoe of Ava Rei Pua landed ... [E:75]

288 (Tangaroa Uri 15) - Hora Nui 2 (245) = 43.

At right in the lower panel of the Mesopotamian overview we can see a ziggurath built by mud bricks. 8 + 7 + 5 + 4 = 24.

Ga7-1

Ga7-2

Ga7-3

Ga7-4

Ga7-5

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

MARCH 9 (68)

10

11 (*355)

12

13 (254 - 182)

No star listed (52)

ψ Persei (53.1)

ACRUX (α CRUCIS)

 (235 + 183 - 365 = 53)

δ Persei (54.7)

Al Thurayya-27 (Many Little Ones) / Krittikā-3 (Nurses of Kārttikeya) / TAU-ONO (Six Stones)

ATIKS = ο Persei, RANA (Frog) = δ Eridani (55.1), CELAENO (16 Tauri), ELECTRA (17), TAYGETA (19), ν Persei (55.3), MAIA (20), ASTEROPE (21), MEROPE (23) (55.6)

Hairy Head-18 (Cockerel) / Temennu-3 (Foundation Stone)

ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE (28 Tauri), ATLAS (27 Tauri) (56.3)
May 12 (132)

13 (*53)

14

15 (500, erima te rau)

16 (136)

... During the reign of Matua, the Hanau Eepe came [he ea]. They stole [he toke] one side (etahi painga) of the land of he king of Hanau Momoko and moved [he hakaneke] the border [te tita'a koîa] from their side toward the side of the Hanau Momoko. Five hundred [erima te rau] Hanau Eepe stole the land of the king of the Hanau Momoko. [E:53].

... 'Oh, you, why [mo-te-aha] have you violated [toke] the borders of my [tooku] land?' The Hanau Eepe answered, 'There is not enough land [he kainga kore] to live on!' Thereupon the king called out [he rangi] to the Hanau Eepe, 'Here I stand, and I tell all of you: I am taking [he too au] you prisoners [he puru] and I am locking you up in the house of prisoners (hare kopu) for fifty [50, erima te kauatu] years!' Then the king called out [he rangi] to his men, 'Seize [ka too] all of them, and lock up all of the Hanau Eepe! Lock them up [ka puru] for good!' [E:55 → right ascension day corresponding to May 15 (365 + 135 = 500)].

... Matua [A Taana] said to Hotu [A Matua], 'Take along the Hanau Eepe and let them work the land!' Hotu called out to Heke: 'Go and bring the 500 prisoners on board the canoe!' He took all of them along, led them on board the canoe, and left them there. For six days (po ono), mats (moenga) were taken on board the canoe (i.e., the loading of the canoe took six days) ... [E:73-74 → Ga7-3--7-4.]

E:73 → 584 / 8 = 365 / 5 → 40 (February 9) + 33 (→ Mira)

... 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 ...

CLOSE TO THE SUN:

SEPT 7 (250)

8

9 (70 + 183)

10 (135 + 4 * 29½)

11

NUSAKAN (Pauper's Bowl) = β Cor. Bor. (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7), ζ Librae (234.9)

θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), GEMMA = α Cor. Bor., ZUBEN ELAKRAB = γ Librae, QIN = δ Serpentis, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8), υ Librae (235.9)

SIRRAH (α Andromedae)

(53 + 182 = 235)

φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi, τ Librae (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)

κ Librae (237.2), ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi, ρ Oct. (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis, η Librae (237.7),  COR SERPENTIS = α Serpentis (237.9)

*196.0 = *237.4 - *41.4
π Cor. Borealis, UNUK ELHAIA (Necks of the Serpents) = λ Serpentis (238.1), CHOW = β Serpentis (238.6)

Nov 10 (314 → π)

11

12 (*236 = 8 * 29½) 13 14

... In other words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door - the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis. This helps us to understand the relationship at Rome of Janus and the White Goddess Cardea who is ... the Goddess of Hinges who came to Rome from Alba Longa. She was the hinge on which the year swung - the ancient Latin, not the Etruscan year - and her importance as such is recorded in the Latin adjective cardinalis - as we say in English 'of cardinal importance - which was also applied to the four main winds; for winds were considered as under the sole direction of the Great Goddess until Classical times ...

SEPT 12 13 (256 = 16 * 16 = 240 + 16) 14 (*177)
Ga7-6 Ga7-7 Ga7-8 (177 = 6 * 29½)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, TIĀNRŪ = μ Serpentis (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), BA = ε Serpentis, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9)

λ Librae (240.0), β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8)

*199.0 = *240.4 - *41.4

Iklīl al Jabhah-15 (Crown of the Forehead) / Anuradha-17 (Following Rādhā) / Room-4 (Hare)

ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Bor.(241.1), ZHENG = γ Serpentis θ Librae (241.2), VRISCHIKA = π Scorpii (241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5),  DSCHUBBA (Front of Forehead) = δ Scorpii (241.7), η Lupi (241.9)
Nov 15 16 (320) 17
°Nov 11 12 (*236 = 8 * 29½) 13
'Oct 19 20 21 (*214)
"Oct 5 6 (*199) 7 (280)
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
3-14 (73) MARCH 15 → E:74 16 (*360)

... Hotu's canoe sailed from Maori to Te Pito O Te Kainga. It sailed on the second day of September (hora nui) ...  [E:74]

MENKHIB (Next to the Pleiades = ζ Persei (57.6)

PORRIMA (γ Virginis)
ZAURAK (Boat) = γ Eridani (58.9) λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9)
May 17 18 19
°May 13 14 15 (500 = 365 + 135)
'April 20 21 (111) 22 (*32)
"April 6 7 8 (*383)