501. The model with a pyramid in
time-space in order to accommodate the 5th son (wheel, corner) was
evidently used also by the Mayas:
... 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
...
The top platform was probably a
representation of the Pegasus Square, one corner of
which was defined by Sirrah. The light and shadow
serpent (universal sign of a water current),
Egyptian water ripples |
|
Phoenician
mēm |
|
Greek
mu |
Μ
(μ) |
In the
empty little gap between
the last star of
Eridanus (λ)
and the first
star in Orion (Rigel,
β) there was a
'temporary death (kava)
in water', expressed by
μ Leporis and μ Aurigae:
'
APRIL 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
|
|
|
Ga1-11 |
Ga1-12 |
Ga1-13 (*77 - *64) |
Ga1-14 |
HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9) |
5h (76.1)
ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7) |
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)
THUBAN (α Draconis)
|
APRIL
5 |
6
(96
=
107
- 11) |
7 |
|
|
|
Ga1-15 |
Ga1-16 |
Ga1-17 |
June
8
λ
Aurigae
(79.0),
λ
Leporis
(79.6),
ρ
Aurigae
(79.7)
ARCTURUS
(α
Bootis) |
9
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),
EL-NATH
(The
Butting
One)
=
β
Tauri
(80.9)
*39.0 = *80.4 - *41.4 |
10
(161)
ψ
Orionis
(81.1),
NIHAL
(Thirst-slaking
Camels)
=
β
Leporis
(81.7) |
|
which was undulating down from the square at the top,
flowed down on the northern side of the pyramid for
anciently (at the assumed beginning of the
precessional cycle) the Square of Pegasus had been
at the northern winter solstice.
But already in Babylonian times this
Field -
submerged like a rice paddy - had been pushed ahead
in the Sun year due to the precesson. And half a year
later this 'water serpent' had been consumed by all
the living creatures down on earth, ultimately to
disappear out of reach downwards, drawn by gravity towards the
Abyss:
BABYLONIAN ECLIPTIC
CONSTELLATIONS: |
0 |
1-iku |
Field measure |
τ
(Anunitum)
Piscium |
16.5 |
April 6 (96) |
1 |
Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku |
Front of the Head of Ku |
β (Sheratan),
γ (Mesarthim) Arietis |
27.4 |
April 17 (107) |
2 |
Arku-sha-rishu-ku |
Back of the Head of Ku |
α (Hamal)
Arietis |
30.5 |
April 20 (110) |
3 |
Temennu |
Foundation Stone |
η (Alcyone)
Tauri |
56.1 |
May 16 (136) |
4 |
Pidnu-sha-Shame |
Furrow of Heaven |
α (Aldebaran)
Tauri |
68.2 |
May 28 (148) |
5 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-iltanu |
Star in the Bull towards
the north |
β (El Nath)
Tauri |
80.9 |
June 9 (160) |
6 |
Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū |
Star in the Bull towards
the south |
ζ (Heavenly Gate)
Tauri |
84.0 |
June 13 (164) |
7 |
Maru-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu |
Front of the Mouth of
the Twins |
η (Tejat Prior)
Gemini |
93.4 |
June 22 (173) |
8 |
Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu |
Back of the Mouth of the
Twins |
μ (Tejat Posterior)
Gemini |
95.4 |
June 24 (175) |
9 |
Mash-mashu-sha-Risū |
Twins of the Shepherd |
γ (Alhena)
Gemini |
103.8 |
July 2 (183) |
10 |
Mash-mashu-Mahrū |
Western One of the Twins |
α (Castor)
Gemini |
113.4 |
July 12 (193) |
11 |
Mash-mashu-arkū |
Eastern One of the Twins |
β (Pollux)
Gemini |
116.2 |
July 15 (196) |
12 |
Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu |
Southeast Star in the
Crab |
δ
(Ascellus Australis)
Cancri |
131.4 |
July 30 (211) |
13 |
Rishu A. |
Head of the Lion |
ε (Ras Elaset Australis)
Leonis |
146.6 |
Aug 14 (226) |
14 |
Sharru |
King |
α (Regulus)
Leonis |
152.7 |
Aug 20 (232) |
15 |
Maru-sha-arkat-Sharru |
4th Son behind the King |
ρ (Shir)
Leonis |
158.9 |
Aug 26 (238) |
16 |
Zibbat A. |
Tail of the Lion |
β (Denebola)
Leonis
|
178.3 |
Sept 15 (258) |
17 |
Shēpu-arkū sha-A |
Hind Leg of the Lion |
β (Alaraph)
Virginis |
178.6 |
Sept 15 (258) |
18 |
Shur-mahrū-shirū |
Front or West Shur |
γ (Porrima)
Virginis |
191.5 |
Sept 28 (271) |
Sept 20 |
21 (264) |
Equinox |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
no glyph |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
CLOSE TO THE FULL
MOON: |
March 21 (80)
Al Fargh al Thāni-25
(Rear Spout)
0h (365.25)
CAPH (Hand) =
β
Cassiopeiae,
SIRRAH (Navel of the
Horse) =
α
Andromedae
(0.5),
ε
Phoenicis,
γ³
Oct.
(0.8) |
22
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
(2nd of the Blessed
Feet) /
Wall-14 (Porcupine)
ο Oct. (1.3),
ALGENIB PEGASI = γ
Pegasi
(1.8) |
23
χ Pegasi (2.1), θ
Andromedae (2.7) |
24
σ Andromedae (3.0),
ι Ceti (3.3), ζ
Tucanae (3.5), ρ
Andromedae, π
Tucanae (3.7) |
Julian equinox
no star listed (4) |
26 (85 = 185 - 100)
ANKAA = α Phoenicis,
κ Phoenicis (5.0)
ALPHARD (α Hydrae)
|
27
λ Phoenicis (6.3), β
Tucanae (6.4)
45.0 = 86.4 - 41.4 |
9 |
Oct 6 |
7 (280) |
8 |
9 |
10 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ca1-16 |
Ca1-17 |
Ca1-18 (→ 4 * 29½) |
Ca1-19 |
Ca1-20 |
April 6
Al Batn Al Hūt-26 (Belly of
the Fish) /
Revati-28 (Prosperous) /
1-iku (Field Measure)
MIRACH (Girdle) =
β
Andromedae, KEUN MAN MUN
(Camp's South Gate) =
φ
Andromedae
(16.0),
ANUNITUM =
τ
Piscium
(16.5),
REVATI (Abundant) =
ζ
Piscium
(16.9)
REGULUS
(α Leonis) |
7
ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ
Tucanae (17.6)
*342 = *383.4 - *41.4 = 421
- 80 + 1 |
8
no star listed (18) |
9 (365 + 99 = 464)
ADHIL
(Garment's Train) =
ξ
Andromedae
(19.3),
θ
Ceti (19.7) |
10 (100)
KSORA (Knee) =
δ
Cassiopeiae
(20.1),
ω
Andromedae (20.6),
γ
Phoenicis (20.8) |
Oct 11 (364 - 80) |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (364 - 84) |
16 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ca1-21 |
Ca1-22 |
Ca1-23 |
Ca1-24 |
Ca1-25 |
Ca1-26 |
April 11 (101)
δ Phoenicis (21.5) |
12
PINWHEEL GALAXY (M33 Trianguli (22.1), υ Andromedae (22.9) |
13
ACHERNAR (End of the River) = α Eridani (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) |
14
ALSEIPH (Scimitar) = φ Persei (24.5), τ Ceti (24.7) |
15
no star listed (25) |
16 ANA-NIA-10 (Pillar-to-fish by)
χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS = α Ursae Minoris, BATEN KAITOS (Belly of the Fish) = ζ Ceti (26.6), METALLAH (Triangle) = α Trianguli (26.9) |
The Babylonian Field had fishes on both sides, a sign of inundation.
... Though Andromeda has its roots
most firmly in the Greek tradition,
a female figure in Andromeda's place
appeared in Babylonian astronomy.
The stars that make up Pisces and
the middle portion of modern
Andromeda formed a constellation
representing a fertility goddess,
sometimes named as Anunitum
or the Lady of the Heavens
...
The living waters
streaming down made Mother
Earth come alive again after a dry
season. The pair of complementary
seasons (water, 'year in leaf') and
(dry land, 'year in straw') can
perhaps explain the double pair in the 5
days from Anunitum to the Knee of
Cassiopeia:
The indundated
Field was a square which the
Mayas might may have thought of
as the difference between 400
(= 20 * 20) and 364, for the Babylonians
used 60 instead of 10 and the
Mayas had 20.
... The Sacred Book of the
ancient Maya Quiche, the famous
Popol Vuh (the Book of
Counsel) tells of Zipacna, son
of Vucub-Caquix (= Seven Arata).
He sees 400 youths dragging a
huge log that they want as a
ridgepole for their house.
Zipacna alone carries the tree
without effort to the spot where
a hole has been dug for the post
to support the ridgepole. The
youths, jealous and afraid, try
to kill Zipacna by crushing him
in the hole, but he escapes and
brings down the house on their
heads. They are removed to the
sky, in a 'group', and the
Pleiades are called after them
...
Eggs are
universally counted
in groups of 20 (a score) and
the oval growth in Gb6-18 could
well have illustrated 20 * 20 =
400:
CLOSE TO THE SUN: |
0h (445 - 80 = *365) |
MARCH 22 (*1) |
23 (82) |
no glyph |
|
|
Ga1-1 (= 65 - 64) |
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) |
May 24 |
25 (145 = 290 / 2) |
26 (*66) |
'April 27 |
28 (118 = 4 * 29½) |
29 (*39) |
"April 13 |
14 (104 = 8 * 13) |
15 (*25) |
396 |
APRIL 24 (*399) |
25 (480 = 365 + 115) |
26 |
27 |
|
|
|
|
Gb6-17 (170) |
Gb6-18 (400) |
Gb6-19 |
Gb6-20 |
CLOSE TO THE FULL
MOON: |
OCT 23 |
24 (115 + 183) |
25 |
26 (300) |
Dec 27
Abhijit-22
(Victorious)
θ
Cor. Austr.
(281.0),
VEGA = α Lyrae
(281.8) |
28
no star listed (282) |
29
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 |
30 (364)
South Dipper-8
(Unicorn)
Φ
Sagittarii
(284.0),
μ
Cor. Austr. (284.6),
η
Cor. Austr.,
θ
Pavonis (284.8) |
a1 |
30 |
30 |
b1 |
26 |
26 |
a2 |
29 |
59 |
b2 |
35 |
61 |
a3 |
24 |
83 |
b3 |
30 |
91 |
a4 |
27 |
110 |
b4 |
33 |
124 |
a5 |
30 |
140 |
b5 |
29 |
153 |
a6 |
29 |
169 |
b6 |
28 |
181 |
a7 |
34 |
203 |
b7 |
31 |
212 |
a8 |
26 |
229 |
b8 |
30 |
242 |
sum |
229 |
sum |
242 |
|