369. If in JUNE 24 (175) the Sun had been at Canopus then there would have been 6 days ahead to Sirius; 366 - 6 = 360. Sirius was always at day 181.
... The Sothic cycle was based on what is referred to in technical jargon as 'the periodic return of the heliacal rising of Sirius', which is the first appearance of this star after a seasonal absence, rising at dawn just ahead of the sun in the eastern portion of the sky. In the case of Sirius the interval between one such rising and the next amounts to exactly 365.25 days - a mathematically harmonious figure, uncomplicated by further decimal points, which is just twelve minutes longer than the duration of the solar year ...
| 6-9 |
6-10 (61 + 100) |
6-11 |
6-12 |
6-13 |
6-14 |
6-15 |
| ST JOHN'S DAY |
JUNE 25 |
26 (6 * 29½) |
27 |
28 |
29 |
SIRIUS |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-12 (95) |
→ 14 * 29½ |
Ga4-14 |
Ga4-15 |
Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 (100) |
Ga4-18 |
The very special number φ (= 1.61803398...) could be expressed as 161 in the same way as π could be expressed as 314. And φ is the only positive number which reduced by 1 becomes its own inversion: 0.61803398... = 1 / 1.61803398...
This could have motivated day number 161 to be perceived as a Sign equivalent to a component of A / B in the golden ratio, where A becomes φ if B is 1 and where (A + B) / A then also becomes φ.
(1.61803398... + 1) / 1.61803398... = φ = 1.61803398... Number 1 should here be written as 100 if 1.61803398... was written 161. And 1 / φ = 61 → 100 / 161.
Or expressed as dates: April 10 (100) + 61 = June 10 (161) ↔ 1 + 1 / φ = φ.
... The month, which takes its name from Juppiter the oak-god, begins on June 10th and ends of July 7th. Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...
Half a year later in DECEMBER 24 (358 = 175 + 366 / 2 = 181 + 177) - i.e. at Christmas Eve - was the corresponding place at the other side of the sky:
... That the Sun-gods Dionysus, Apollo and Mithras were all also reputedly born at the Winter solstice is well known, and the Christian Church first fixed the Nativity feast of Jesus Christ at the same season, in the year AD 273 (= 3 * 91). St. Chrysostom, a century later, said that the intention was that 'while the heathen were busied with their profane rites the Christians might perform their holy ones without disturbance', but justified the date as suitable for one who was 'the Sun of Righteousness' ...
| 176 |
12-9 |
12-10 |
12-11 (345) |
12-12 |
Lucia (renewal of Fire) |
12-14 (343 + 5) |
12-15 |
| CHRISTMAS EVE |
DEC 25 |
26 (360) |
27 |
→ 12 * 28 = 336 |
29 (343 + 20) |
30 (364) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-23 |
Gb2-24 (50) |
Gb2-25 (280) |
Gb2-26 |
Gb2-27 → π |
Gb2-28 (54) |
Gb2-29 |
| °Febr 22 |
Terminalia |
24 (420) |
25 |
26 |
27 (*343) |
28 (59) |
The precessional distance up from the time of the Bull to the time of the Pope was 59 + 1 days,
| DEC 21 (355) |
22 |
"Jan 13 (378) |
13 |
'Jan 27 (392) |
22 |
°Febr 19 (50) |
CASTOR (α Gemini) |
59 (= 2 * 29½) |
CASTOR (α Gemini) |
therefore the day numbers at the time of the Pope should be 60 more than those at the time of the Bull. But by comparing with the right ascension days at the time of the Pope we should reduce 60 with 80 (the day number for °March 21), i.e. the day numbers at the time of the Bull should be 20 more than the right ascension days at the time of the Pope. ... The Gilbert Islanders are Polynesians, having emigrated, according to their traditions, from Upolu, Samoa, which they look upon as te buto (Maori pito), the Navel of the World. They never counted the nights of the Moon beyond the twentieth, so far as Grimble was able to ascertain, and in the vagueness of their lunar calendar bore no resemblance to their Micronesian neighbors of the Carolines ... One of the names for east, Makai-oa, was said to be the name of a far eastern land, not an island, which their navigators had visited in ancient times. Tradition called this great land 'the containing wall of the sea, beyond the eastern horizon, a continous land spreading over north, south, and middle, having a marvelous store of all sorts of food, high mountains and rivers'. It was also called Maia-wa (wa being 'space, distant'). This is a clear reference to ancient voyages to the American coast from which the Polynesians are thought to have introduced the sweet potato into the Pacific area. The similarity of Maia to Maya may be more than a coincidence ...
Notably there are 229 glyphs on side a of the G tablet - as if alluding to day 364 at the time of the Bull. At the time of the Pope Gb2-29 (55) would have referred to the stars at right ascension day 364 - 20 = *344 (°February 28). The last glyph on side a should therefore - at the time of the Pope - correspond to the stars at right ascension day *344 - *55 = *289:
|
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
|
10-17 (290) |
10-18 |
10-19 |
10-20 (288 + 5) |
10-21 (*214) |
|
NOV 1 |
2 (306) |
3 |
4 (288 + 20) |
5 (*229) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga8-22 |
Ga8-23 |
Ga8-24 (227
→ π) |
Ga8-25 |
Ga8-26 |
|
19h (289.2)
λ Aquilae (Ant.)
(289.1), γ Cor.
Austr (289.3),
τ Sagittarii
(289.4), ι Lyrae
(289.5), δ Cor.
Austr. (289.8)
|
Al Baldah-19
(City)
AL BALDAH = π
Sagittarii,
ALPHEKKA
(Dish) MERIDIANA =
α Cor. Austr.
(290.1), β Cor.
Austr. (290.2) |
ALADFAR = η Lyrae
(291.1),
NODUS II = δ
Draconis
(291.5), ψ
Sagittarii (291.6),
τ Draconis (291.7),
θ Lyrae (291.8) |
ω Aquilae (292.1),
ρ Sagittarii
(292.6), υ
Sagittarii (292.7) |
π Draconis,
ARKAB PRIOR = β¹
Sagittarii
(293.0),
ARKAB POSTERIOR = β²
Sagittarii,
ALRAMI
(The Archer) = α Sagittarii
(293.2),
χ Sagittarii
(293.6) |
|
Jan 4 |
5 (*290) |
6 |
7 (372) |
8 |
|
°Dec 31 |
°Jan 1 (366) |
2 |
3 (*288) |
4 |
|
'Dec 8 |
9 |
10 (*264) |
11 (345) |
12 |
|
"Nov 24 |
25 (329) |
26 (*250) |
27 |
Ko Ruti
28 |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
|
4-18 (108) |
4-19 |
4-20 (*30) |
4-21 (*396) |
4-22 (477) |
|
MAY 3 (123) |
4 |
5 (*45) |
6 (*411) |
7 (492) |
|
WEZEN (Weight) = δ
Canis Majoris
(107.1),
τ
Gemini (107.7),
δ
Monocerotis (107.9) |
no star listed (108) |
λ Gemini (109.4),
WASAT
(Middle)
= δ Gemini (109.8)
*68 = *109.4 - *41.4 |
no star listed (110) |
ALUDRA (Virgin) = η
Canis Majoris
(111.1),
PROPUS = ι Gemini
(111.4),
GOMEISA (Water-eyed)
= β Canis Minoris
(111.6)
*70 = *111.4 - *41.4 |
|
July 6 (*107) |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (191) |
|
°July 2 |
3 (314 - 130) |
4 (185) |
5 |
6 (*107) |
|
'June 9 (*80) |
10 (100 + 61) |
11 |
12 |
13 (*84) |
|
"May 26 |
27 |
Vaitu Potu
28 (148) |
29 |
30
(*70) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga2-13 |
Ga2-14 |
Ga2-15 (45) |
Ga2-16 |
Ga2-17 |
However, the
date
°Jan 4 (369) could
refer to the position of the
Full Moon in
°July 6 (*107),
because Gb2-29 was evidently in the night of
DECEMBER 30 (364) when (at
the time of the Bull) Sirius
would have been at the Full
Moon:
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
|
12-3 → 36 |
12-4 |
12-5 (*259) |
12-6 (340) |
|
DEC 18 → 180 |
19 (*273) |
20 (354) |
SOLSTICE |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-17 (2 *
136) |
Gb2-18 |
Gb2-19 (45) |
Gb2-20 (275) |
|
ζ Cephei
(336.2), λ
Cephei
(336.3),
-/270 Lac.
(336.7), λ
Piscis
Austrini
(336.8) |
μ
Gruis
(337.0),
ε
Cephei
(337.2),
1/325 Lac.
(337.3),
ANCHA (Hip)
=
θ
Aquarii
(337.4),
ψ
Oct.
(337.5), α
Tucanae
(337.9)
*296 =
*337.4 -
*41.4 |
Al Sa'ad al
Ahbiyah-23
(Lucky Star
of Hidden
Things) /
Shatabisha-25
(Comprising
a Hundred
Physicians)
ε
Oct.
(338.1),
ρ
Aquarii
(338.2),
2/365 Lac.
(338.5),
SADACHBIA =
γ
Aquarii
(338.6),
π
Gruis
(338.9) |
β/172 Lac.
(339.2),
4/1100 Lac.
(339.4), π
Aquarii
(339.5)
*298 =
*339.4 -
*41.4
CASTOR (α
Gemini)
|
... Al
Sa'd al
Ahbiyah
... has been
interpreted
the Lucky
Star of
Hidden
Things or
Hiding-places,
because when
it emerged
from the
sun's rays
all hidden
worms and
reptiles,
buried
during the
preceding
cold, creep
out of their
holes! |
|
Febr 20
(*336) |
21 (52) |
22 (418) |
Terminalia |
|
°Febr 16
(*332) |
17 (48) |
18 (414) |
19 |
|
'Jan 24 |
25 (*310) |
26 |
27 (392) |
|
"Jan 10
(*295) |
Tua Haro
11 |
12 (115 +
182) |
13 (378 =
288 + 90) |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
6-3
→ 18 |
6-4 |
6-5 (156) |
6-6 (*77) |
|
JUNE 18
→ 108 |
19 (*90) |
20 (171) |
SOLSTICE |
|
λ Hydrae
(153.2) |
ADHAFERA = ζ
Leonis,
TANIA
BOREALIS
(Northern
Gazelle) = λ
Ursae
Majoris,
SIMIRAM = ω
Carinae
(154.7) |
ALGIEBA (The
Mane) =
γ
Leonis, q
Carinae
(155.5) |
TANIA
AUSTRALIS
(Southern
Gazelle) =
μ
Ursae
Majoris
(156.0),
GHOST OF
JUPITER =
NGC3242
Hydrae
(156.8) |
|
... From a
point a
little to
the west of
ζ [Adhafera,
ζ Leonis]
and not much
farther from
γ - when
first
observed the
radiant
point was in
Cancer -
issue the
Leonids,
the meteor
stream of
November 9th
to 17th, its
maximum now
occurring on
the 13th to
14th, which
about every
thirty-three
years has
furnished
such
wonderful
displays,
the last in
1866 and the
next due in
1899.
Their first
noticed
appearance
may have
been in the
year 137,
since which
date the
stream has
completed
fifty-two
revolutions.
According to
Theophanes
of
Byzantium,
the shower
was seen
from there
in November,
472; but the
late
Professor
Newton, our
deservedly
great
authority on
the whole
subject of
meteors,
commenced
his list of
the Leonids
with their
appearance
on the 13th
of October,
902, the
Arabian Year
of the
Stars,
during the
night of the
death of
King Ibrahim
ben Ahmad,
and added:
It will be
seen that
all these
showers are
at intervals
of a third
of a
century,
that they
are at a
fixed day of
the year,
and that the
day has
moved
steadily and
uniformly
along the
calendar, at
the rate of
about a
month in a
thousand
years.
(Allen) |
|
Aug 21
(*153) |
22 |
23 |
24 (236) |
|
°Aug 17 |
18 (*150) |
19 |
20 (232) |
|
'July 25 |
26 (*127) |
27 (208) |
28 |
|
"July 11
(192) |
He Anakena
12 |
13 |
14 (*115) |
|
|
Hanga Takaure |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-6 |
Ga4-7 (90) |
Ga4-8 |
Ga4-9 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
|
12-7 |
12-8 |
12-9 |
12-10 (*264) |
12-11 (345) |
12-12 |
|
DEC 22 |
23 (*277) |
CHRISTMAS EVE |
25 |
26 (360) |
27 |
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb2-21 |
Gb2-22 |
Gb2-23 |
Gb2-24 (50) |
Gb2-25 (280) |
Gb2-26 |
|
δ Tucanae
(340.1), ρ
Cephei (340.2),
ν Gruis (340.3),
ζ Aquarii, δ
Gruis (340.4),
5/1100 Lac.
(340.7), σ
Aquarii, 6/650
Lac. (340.9)
*299 = *340.4 -
*41.4
PROCYON (α Canis
Minoris)
|
υ Oct. (341.0),
α/91 Lac.
(341.1),
HOMAN (Hero) = ζ
Pegasi,
β Piscis
Austrini
(341.2), ν
Tucanae (341.5),
υ Aquarii
(341.9) |
η Aquarii
(342.1), σ Gruis
(342.4),
SITULA
(Water-jar) = κ
Aquarii
(342.7)
*301 = *342.4 -
*41.4 |
ε Piscis
Austrini
(343.5), ο
Pegasi, β Gruis
(343.8) |
ρ Gruis (344.0),
MATAR (Rain) = η
Pegasi
(344.2), η Gruis
(344.6), β Oct.
(344.7) |
λ Pegasi
(345.0), ξ
Pegasi (345.1),
ε Gruis (345.3),
τ Aquarii
(345.7), ξ Oct.
(345.8), μ
Pegasi (345.9) |
 |
|
Febr 24 |
25 (*341) |
26 |
27 (58) |
28 (424) |
March 1 (*345) |
|
°Febr 20 |
21 (52) |
22 |
Terminalia |
24 (420) |
25 (*341) |
|
'Jan 28 (393) |
29 (*314) |
30 |
31 |
'Febr 1 |
2 (33) |
|
"Jan 14 |
15 (*300) |
16 |
Tua Haro 17 |
18 (383) |
19 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
6-7 |
6-8 |
6-9 (*80) |
6-10 |
6-11 (162) |
6-12 |
|
JUNE 22 |
23 |
ST JOHN'S DAY |
25 (*96) |
26 (177) |
27 |
|
Extended Net-26b
(Ox)
μ Hydrae
(157.1) |
Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru-15
(4th Son behind
the King)
SHIR (Possessing
Luminous Rays) =
ρ
Leonis
(158.9) |
p Carinae
(159.3) |
φ Hydrae (160.3) |
no star listed
(161) |
VATHORZ
POSTERIOR = θ
Carinae
(162.1),
PEREGRINI = μ
Velorum,
η Carinae
(162.6) |
|
Aug 25 (237) |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 (*161) |
30 |
|
°Aug 21 (233) |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 (*157) |
26 |
|
'July 29 (*130) |
30 |
31 |
'Aug 1 |
2 (214) |
3 |
|
"July 15 |
16 |
17 (*118) |
18 |
19 (200) |
20 |
|
Hanga Takaure |
Hanga Hoonu |
|
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
JUNE 25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
JUNE 30
(181) |
|
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
He
Anakena
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
He
Anakena
23 (204) |
|
Rest
at Hanga
Takaure |
Rest
at Hanga
Hoonu |
|
7 + 5 =
12 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ga4-10 |
Ga4-11 |
Ga4-12 (95) |
Ga4-13 (*16) |
Ga4-14 |
Ga4-15 |
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
|
Lucia
(renewal of
Fire) |
12-14 (348 =
12 * 29) |
12-15 |
12-16 (*270) |
12-17 |
 |
|
→ 12 * 28 =
336 |
DEC
29 |
30 (364) |
31 (*285) |
JAN 1 |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
Gb2-27
→ π |
Gb2-28 (54) |
Gb2-29 |
Gb2-30 (285) |
Gb2-31 |
|
ι Cephei
(346.0), λ
Aquarii, γ
Piscis
Austrini, σ
Pegasi
(346.5) |
SCHEAT
AQUARII = δ
Aquarii
(347.0), ρ
Pegasi
(347.2), δ
Piscis
Austrini
(347.4),
FOMALHAUT
(Mouth of
the Fish) =
α Piscis
Austrini,
τ Gruis
(347.8)
*306 =
*347.4 -
*41.4 |
FUM AL
SAMAKAH
(Mouth of
the Fish) =
β Piscium
(348.3), ζ
Gruis
(348.5), ο
Andromedae
(348.9) |
Al Fargh al
Mukdim-24
(Fore Spout)
/
Purva
Bhādrapadā-26
(First of
the Blessed
Feet) /
House-13
(Pig)
SCHEAT
PEGASI = β
Pegasi,
π Piscis
Austrini
(349.3), κ
Gruis
(349.4),
MARKAB
PEGASI = α
Pegasi
(349.5)
*308 =
*349.4 -
*41.4 |
23h (350.0)
υ, θ Gruis
(350.0), π
Cephei
(350.6), ι
Gruis
(350.9) |
 |
|
March 2 |
3 |
4 (*348) |
5 (64) |
6 (430) |
|
°Febr 26 |
27 |
28 (*344) |
°March 1
(60) |
2 |
|
'Febr 3 |
4 |
5 (36) |
6 (*322) |
7 (403) |
|
"Jan 20 |
21 |
22 |
23 (388) |
24 (*309) |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
6-13 (*84) |
6-14 (165) |
6-15 |
6-16 |
6-17 (183 -
15) |
|
JUNE 28 |
29 (*100) |
SIRIUS |
JULY 1 |
2 (183) |
|
ν Hydrae
(163.1) |
no star
listed (164)
ALTAIR (α
Aquilae)
|
Wings-27
(Snake)
η
Oct.
(165.4),
ALKES
(Shallow
Basin) =
α
Crateris
(165.6)
*124 = *165.4 - *41.4 |
ANA-TIPU-4
(Upper-side-pillar
- where the
guards
stood)
MERAK (Loin)
= β Ursae
Majoris
(166.2),
DUBHE (Bear)
= α Ursae
Majoris
(166.7) |
11h (167.4)
χ Leonis, χ¹
Hydrae
(167.1), χ²
Hydrae
(167.3) |
... Behind
me, towering
almost 100
feet into
the air, was
a perfect
ziggurat,
the Temple
of
Kukulkan.
Its four
stairways
had 91 steps
each. Taken
together
with the top
platform,
which
counted as a
further
step, the
total was
365. This
gave the
number of
complete
days in a
solar year.
In addition,
the
geometric
design and
orientation
of the
ancient
structure
had been
calibrated
with
Swiss-watch
precision to
achieve an
objective as
dramatic as
it was
esoteric: on
the spring
and autumn
equinoxes,
regular as
clockwork,
triangular
patterns of
light and
shadow
combined to
create the
illusion of
a giant
serpent
undulating
on the
northern
staircase
|
|
Aug 31 |
Sept 1
(*164) |
2 (245) |
3 |
4 |
|
°Aug 27 |
28 |
29 (*161) |
30 (242) |
31 |
|
'Aug 4 (216) |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 (*140) |
|
"July 21 |
22 |
23 (204) |
24 (*125) |
25 |
|
|
|
|
 |
 |
|
Ga4-16 |
Ga4-17 (100) |
Ga4-18 |
Ga4-19 |
Ga4-20 |
.jpg) |
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
|
12-18 |
12-19 |
12-20 (354) |
12-21
(SOLSTICE) |
|
JAN 2 |
3 |
4 |
5 (370) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-32 |
Gb2-33 |
Gb2-34 (60) |
Gb2-35 (229
+ 61) |
|
SIMMAH = γ
Piscium
(351.7) |
φ Aquarii
(352.0), ψ
Aquarii
(352.4), χ
Aquarii
(352.6), γ
Tucanae, φ
Gruis
(352.8)
*311 = *352.4 - *41.4 |
CROSS-BARS |
|
ο Cephei
(353.3),
KERB (Bucket
Rope) = τ
Pegasi
(353.6) |
κ Piscium
(354.2), θ
Piscium
(354.4), υ
Pegasi
(354.9)
*313 = *354.4 - *41.4 |
 |
|
March 7 |
8 (432) |
9 (68) |
10 (*354) |
|
°March 3 |
4 |
5 (64) |
6 (*350) |
|
'Febr 8 |
9 (40) |
10 (*326) |
11 (407) |
|
"Jan 25 |
26 |
27 (*312) |
28 (393) |
|
CLOSE TO THE
FULL MOON: |
|
6-18 (*89) |
6-19 |
6-20 (171 =
354 - 183) |
6-21
(SOLSTICE) |
|
JULY 3 |
4 (185) |
5 |
6 (*107) |
|
AL SHARAS
(The Ribs) =
β Crateris
(168.6) |
Al Zubrah-9
(The Mane) /
Purva
Phalguni-11
(First
Reddish One)
ZOSMA
(Girdle) =
δ
Leonis
(169.2),
COXA (Hips)
=
θ
Leonis
(169.4)
*128 = *169.4 - *41.4 |
φ Leonis
(170.0),
ALULA (First
Spring of
the Gazelle)
= ξ, ν Ursae
Majoris
(170.5),
LABRUM = δ
Crateris
(170.6) |
σ Leonis
(171.1), λ
Crateris
(171.6), ι
Leonis, ε
Crateris
(171.9) |
 |
|
Sept 5 (248) |
6 |
7 |
8 (*171) |
|
°Sept 1
(244) |
2 |
3 |
4 (*168) |
|
'Aug 9 (221) |
10 |
11 |
12 (*144) |
|
"July 26
(207) |
27 |
28 |
29 (*130) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga4-21 (88 +
16) |
Ga4-22 |
Ga4-23 |
Ga4-24 |
|
 |
 |
|
|
78 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
maitaki |
inonino |
Ga4-20 |
Ga4-21 (88 +
16) |
Ga7-14 |
Ga7-15 (200
- 16) |
Ga7-16 |
Ga7-17 |
Ga7-18 |
Ga7-19 (188) |
|
good |
bad |
11h (167.4) |
REGULUS |
84 = 188 (=
172 + 16) -
104 (= 172 -
68) = 68 +
16 |
|