370. APRIL 10 (100) + 61 (→1 / φ) = 161 (JUNE 10) could have expressed how the precession had moved the fixed stars ahead with 61 right ascension days. However, at the time of the Bull they had waited for the reappearance of a heliacal star, the minimum number of days being 16 (as if in a mirror image of 61).
Therefore a correction with 16 days should be needed if in modern times the true heliacal postion was reflected in the Sun calendar. APRIL 10 (100) - 16 = 84 (JULIAN EQUINOX). Thus there was a correspondence between the dates MARCH 25 (84 = 6 * 14) and APRIL 10 (100 = 10 * 10), the latter could have been regarded as a Sun date and the former as a Moon date.
(84 + 16) + 61 = 161 (= 290 / 2 + 16):
| 3-13 (72 = 360 / 5) |
3-14 |
3-15 |
3-16 |
| MARCH 28 |
29 (88) |
30 |
31 (*10) |
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| Ga1-7 |
Ga1-8 |
Ga1-9 |
Ga1-10 |
| TABIT = π³ Orionis (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) |
π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8) *31 = *72.4 - *41.4 |
π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9) *32 = *73.4 - *41.4 |
ALMAAZ (The Male Goat) = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8) |
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| May 31 |
June 1 (152) |
2 (*73) |
3 |
| °May 27 |
28 (148) |
29 (*69) |
30 |
| 'May 4 |
5 (125) |
6 (*46) |
7 |
| "April 20 |
21 (111) |
22 (*32) |
23 |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| 9-12 (255) |
9-13 |
9-14 (*177 = 6 * 29½) |
9-15 |
| SEPT 27 |
28 |
29 (*192) |
30 (91 * 3) |
|
Tail-6 (Tiger)
WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7) |
ι Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS (Claws) = ζ Scorpii (255.4) *214 = *255.4 - *41.4 |
κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9) |
no star listed (257) |
| Nov 30 |
Dec 1 |
2 (336 = 14 * 24) |
3 |
| °Nov 26 (*250) |
27 |
28 |
29 (333) |
| 'Nov 3 (*227) |
4 |
5 |
6 (310) |
| "Oct 20 |
21 |
22 (295) |
23 (*216) |
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
| 3-17 |
3-18 (77) |
3-19 |
3-20 |
| APRIL 1 (91) |
2 (*377 = 365 + 92 - 80) |
3 (*378 → Saturn) |
4 (*14) |
|
Synodic cycles |
|
Mercury |
115.88 |
|
Venus |
583.92 |
|
Earth |
364.0 = π * 115.88 |
|
Mars |
779.96 |
|
Jupiter |
398.88 = 115.88 + 283.00 |
|
Saturn |
378.09 |
|
Uranus |
369.66 |
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| Ga1-11 |
Ga1-12 |
Ga1-13 |
Ga1-14 |
| HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9) |
5h (76.1) ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)
*35 = *76.4 - *41.4 |
μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6) |
ĸ Leporis (78.0), RIGEL (Foot) = β Orionis (78.1), Flaming Star = IC405 (78.2), CAPELLA (Mother Goat) = α Aurigae (78.4), ο Columbae, τ Orionis (78.8)
*37 = *78.4 - *41.4
THUBAN (α Draconis)
|
 ... 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 ... |
| June 4 |
5 |
6 (157 = 314 / 2) |
7 (*78) |
| °May 31 (151) |
°June 1 |
2 (*73 = 365 / 5) |
3 |
| 'May 8 (128) |
9 |
10 (*50) |
11 |
| "April 24 (114) |
Vaitu Nui 25 (115 → Mercury) |
26 (*36) |
27 |
|
... [E:17] On the twenty-fifth day of the first month (Vaitu Nui), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe appeared on the distant horizon, came closer and closer on its course, and sailed along, and finally (one) could see the (new home) land ... |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| 9-16 |
9-17 (*180) |
9-18 (261 = 9 * 29 = 100 * φ²) |
9-19 |
| OCT 1 |
2 (*195) |
3 |
4 (277) |
| 17h (258.7)
ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7) |
Mula-19 (The Root)
SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9) |
NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI (Head of the Giant) = α Herculis (260.8) |
SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4 = 41.4 + 220)
ALRISHA (α Piscium)
|
| Dec 4 |
5 |
6 (340) |
7 |
| °Nov 30 |
°Dec 1 |
2 (*256 = 16 * 16) |
3 |
| 'Nov 7 (*231) |
8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
| "Oct 24 (*217) |
25 |
26 |
27 (300) |
Should we contemplate what the next item should be in the row 100 (APRIL 10), 161 (JUNE 10) ... it seems plausible it could have been regarded as 261, because a wish for symmetry could have pointed at 200 (JULY 19) + 61 = 261 (SEPTEMBER 18). Furthermore: φ² = 2.618033 ...
Anyhow, at the time of the Bull it was Hyadum II which reappeared late at night as if a Sign that the Sun had reached Elnath:
|
CLOSE TO THE
SUN: |
| 3-6 (65 = 80 - 15 → *350) |
3-7 |
3-8 (432 = 447 - 15) |
| 0h (445 - 80 = *365) |
MARCH 22 (*1) |
23 (82) |
| no glyph |
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| Ga1-1 |
Ga1-2 |
|
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2) |
Net-19 (Crow)
AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) |
no star listed (66) |
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| May 24 |
25 (145 = 290 / 2) |
26 (*66) |
| °May 20 |
21 (*61 = 161 - 100) |
22 (142) |
| 'April 27 |
28 (118 = 4 * 29½) |
29 (*39) |
| "April 13 |
14 (104 = 8 * 13) |
15 (*25) |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| 9-5 (*168 = 336 / 2) |
9-6 (249) |
9-7 (250) |
| SEPT 20 (*183 = 366 / 2) |
21 (264) |
EQUINOX |
|
Heart-5 (Fox)
σ SCORPII (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)
|
ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) |
Al Kalb-16 (The Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)
ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow) = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5), ω Ophiuchi (249.8) |
 ... 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 ... |
| Nov 23 (327) |
24 |
25 (*249) |
| °Nov 19 |
20 (*244) |
21 (325) |
| 'Oct 27 (300) |
28 |
29 (*222) |
| "Oct 13 (286) |
14 |
Tangaroa Uri 15 (*208) |
|
... 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. On the fifteenth day of the month of October (tangaroa uri), Nonoma left the house during the night to urinate outside. At this point Ira called out to Nonoma, 'Look at the canoe!' Nonoma ran, he quickly went to Te Hikinga Heru (a ravine in the side of the crater Rano Kau) and looked around. There he saw the double canoe way out near the (offshore) islets, and the two (hulls of the canoe) were lashed together. He ran and returned to the front of the house. He arrived and called into the house: 'Hey you! This canoe has arrived during the night without our noticing it!' Ira asked Nonoma, 'Where is the canoe, which you say is lying out there (in the water)?' Nonoma's voice came back: 'It is out there (in the water) close to the (offshore) islets! There it lies, and the two (hulls) are lashed together.' The four of them (corrected for 'the six of them') went out and picked up leaves (on branches) to give signals. They picked them up, went and arrived at Te Hikinga and saw the canoe. Raparenga got up, picked up the leaves, took them in his hands, and waved, waved, waved, waved ... (E:75) |
| 12 |
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
| 3-21 (80 = 95 - 15) |
3-22 |
3-23 |
| APRIL 5 |
6 (96 = 80 + 16) |
7 |
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| Ga1-15 |
Ga1-16 |
Ga1-17 |
| λ Aurigae (79.0), λ Leporis (79.6), ρ Aurigae (79.7)
ARCTURUS (α Bootis)
|
Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu-5 (Star in the Bull towards the north)
σ Aurigae (80.4), BELLATRIX (Female Warrior) = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR (Sword of the Giant) = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH (The Butting One) = β Tauri (80.9)*39 = *80.4 - *41.4 |
ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL (Thirst-slaking Camels) = β Leporis (81.7) |
| June 8 |
9 |
10 (161 → φ) |
| °June 4 |
5 (156) |
6 (*77 = 61 + 16) |
| 'May 12 |
13 |
14 (*54 = 118 + 16 - 80) |
| "April 28 |
29 |
30 (*40) |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON: |
| 9-20 |
9-21 (264) |
Equinox (*185) |
| OCT 5 (278) |
6 |
7 (*200) |
| ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9) *221 = *262.4 - *41.4 |
β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6) |
LESATH (Sting) = υ Scorpii, δ Arae (264.7), CHOO (Club) = α Arae (264.9) |
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| Dec 8 |
9 |
10 (*264 = *81 + 183) |
| °Dec 4 |
5 |
6 (*260 = *77 + 183) |
| 'Nov 11 |
12 (*236 = 8 * 29½) |
13 |
| "Oct 28 |
29 (*222 = 2 * 111) |
30 |
And beyond the Sting of the Scorpion was the Graveyard:
|
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
| 3-24 (71 + 12) |
3-25 (84) |
3-26 (*5) |
3-27 (450) |
| APRIL 8 (*383) |
9 (*19) |
10 (100 = 161 - 61) |
11 (466) |
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| Ga1-18 → 4* 29½ |
Ga1-19 |
Ga1-20 |
Ga1-21 |
| KHUFU |
KHAFRE |
MENKAURE |
ο Aurigae (85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)
YANG MUN (α Lupi)
|
|
MINTAKA (Belt) = δ Orionis, υ Orionis (82.4), χ Aurigae (82.5), ε Columbae (82.6)
*41 = *82.4 - *41.4 |
Al Hak'ah-3 (Brand) / Mrigashīrsha-5 (Stag's Head) / Turtle Head-20 (Monkey) / Mas-tab-ba-tur-tur (Little Twins)
ARNEB = α Leporis, Crab Nebula = M1 Tauri (83.0, φ¹ Orionis (83.1), HEKA = λ Orionis, Orion Nebula = M42 (83.2), φ² Orionis (83.6), ALNILAM (String of Pearls) = ε Orionis (83.7) |
Three Stars-21 (Gibbon) / Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū-6 (Star in the Bull towards the south) / ANA-IVA-9 (Pillar of exit)
HEAVENLY GATE = ζ Tauri, ν Columbae (84.0), ω Orionis (84.2), ALNITAK (Girdle) = ζ Orionis, PHAKT (Phaet) = α Columbae (84.7) |
| June 11 |
12 |
13 (*84 = 100 - 16) |
14 (165) |
| °June 7 |
8 |
9 (*80) |
10 (161) |
| 'May 15 (*420) |
16 (136) |
17 |
18 (*58) |
| "May 1 (*41) |
2 |
3 |
4 (124) |
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