... Dante kept to the tradition of the whirlpool as a significant end for great figures, even if here it comes ordained by Providence. Ulysses has sailed in his 'mad venture' beyond the limits of the world, and once he has crossed the ocean he sees a mountain looming far away, 'hazy with the distance, and so high I had never seen any.' It is the Mount of Purgatory, forbidden to mortals. 'We rejoiced, and soon it turned to tears, for from the new land a whirl was born, which smote our ship from the side. Three times it caused it to revolve with all the waters, on the forth to lift is stern on high, and the prow to go down, as Someone willed, until the sea had closed over us.' The 'many thoughted' Ulysses is on his way to immortality, even if it has to be Hell ...

... The brothers had no idea what Maui was up to now, as he paid out his line. Down, down it sank, and when it was at the bottom Maui lifted it slightly, and it caught on something which at once pulled very hard. Maui pulled also, and hauled in a little of his line. The canoe heeled over, and was shipping water fast. 'Let it go!' cried the frightened brothers, but Maui answered with the words that are now a proverb: 'What Maui has got in his hand he cannot throw away.' 'Let go?' he cried. 'What did I come for but to catch fish?' And he went on hauling in his line, the canoe kept taking water, and his brothers kept bailing frantically, but Maui would not let go. Now Maui's hook had caught in the barge-boards of the house of Tonganui, who lived at the bottom of that part of the sea and whose name means Great South; for it was as far to the south that the brothers had paddled from their home ...

The canoe was on its way down when Zuben Elgenubi had been reached and Bharani was at the Full Moon.

The Sun had passed the Foot of the Barker:


Ga6-17 (157 = 314 / 2)	Ga6-18	Ga6-19	Ga6-20 (160)
ρ Lupi (221.0), TOLIMAN = α Centauri (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9)	31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN (South Gate) = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA (Foot of the Barker) = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9)	IZAR (Girdle) = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (No Feet) (223.3), μ Librae (223.8)	Al Zubānā-14a / *Visakha-16 /* Root-3 (Badger) ZUBEN ELGENUBI = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
Oct 28 (301)	*29 (222)**	30	31
°Oct 24	25	26 (299)	*27 (220)**
'Oct 1	2	*3 (196)**	4 (277)
"Sept 17 (260)	18	19	*20 (183)**
AUG 25 (237)	26	27	*28 (160)**
217 = 237 - 20	218	219	220 = 240 - 4

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
μ Arietis (39.4), HEAD OF THE FLY = 35 Arietis (39.6), KAFFALJIDHMA = γ Ceti, θ Persei (39.8)	π Ceti, ο Arietis (40.0), ANGETENAR = τ¹ Eridani, μ Ceti (40.2), RIGHT WING = 39 Arietis (40.9)	*Bharani-2 / Stomach-1*7 (Pheasant) π Arietis (41.2), MIRAM = η Persei (41.3), BHARANI = 41 Arietis (41.4), τ² Eridani, σ Arietis (41.7)	TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4)
April 29	30 (56 + 64)	May 1 (121)	*2 (407 = 380 + 27)*
°April 25 (115)	*26 (56 + 60 = 4 29)**	27	*28 (403 = 380 + 23)*
'April 2 (92 = 55 + 37)	*3 (13 + 365 = 378)*	*4 (14)**	5 (460 = 95 + 365)
"March 19 (78)	*20 (365)**	*0h (366)**	22
FEBR 24	25 (56)	*26 (342 = 366 - 14)**	*2-27 (343 = 7 * 7 * 7)**
243 + 157 = 400	401	402	403 = 220 + 183
39 Arietis - 35 Arietis = 4. And every 4th year the Roman date 'February 24 was doubled.

From Rigel (the left Foot of Orion) to Rijl al Awwa (the left Foot of Virgo) there were *222 - * 78 = 12 * 12 days:


Ga7-25	Ga7-26	Ga7-27	Ga7-28	Ga7-29	Ga7-30 (199)
17h (258.7) ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7)	Mula-19 (Root) SABIK = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)	NODUS I = ζ Draconis (260.0), π Herculis (260.7), RAS ALGETHI = α Herculis (260.8)	SARIN = δ Herculis (261.0), ο Ophiuchi (261.4) ~~ALRISHA (α Piscium)~~	ξ Ophiuchi (262.2), θ Ophiuchi, ν Serpentis, ζ, ι Apodis (262.4), ι Arae (262.8), ρ Herculis (262.9)	β, γ Arae (263.3), κ Arae (263.5), σ Ophiuchi (263.6)
Dec 4	5	*6 (260)**	7	8 (342)	9
°Nov 30	°Dec 1	*2 (256 = 336 - 80)**	3 (337)	4	5
'Nov 7	8	9	10 (314)	11	*12 (236)**
"Oct 24	Tangaroa Uri 25	26	27 (300)	28	*29 (222)**
OCT 1	2	*3 (196)**	4 (277)	5	6
274 - 20	255	256 = 260 - 4	257	258	259
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
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)~~	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 = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH = β Tauri (80.9)	ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL = β Leporis (81.7)
June 5	6	*7 (78)**	8	9	10 (161)
°June 1	*2 (73)**	3	4	5	6 (157)
*'May 9 (414)**	10	11	12 (132)	13	*14 (54)**
Vaitu Nui 25	*26 (415 - 14)*	*"April 27 (37)**	28 (118 = 483 - 365)	*29 (404)**	*30 (40)**
APRIL 2	3	4	5 (460 = 95 + 365)	*6 (16)**	7
254 - 183	72	73	74	75	76

Ga1-12	Ga1-13	Ga1-14	Ga1-15	Ga1-16	Ga1-17
... 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 early morning rising, not of the Pleiades, but of the star Rigel in Orion ...

Andromeda was at the other side of the year compared to Virgo and it was evidently Andromeda who created the age of Pisces about 26000 / 2 = 13000 years after the age of Virgo we can see from the position of the Northern Fish under her left arm:


Ca9-16 (244)	Ca9-17	Ca9-18	Ca9-19	Ca9-20
E rima ki te henua	koia ku honui	erua maitaki		ko koe ra
*Tangaroa Uri 10*	11	12 (285)	13	14
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):
*61	BEID (Egg)	HYADUM I	HYADUM II	AIN (Eye)
"April 10 (100)	11	12	*4-13 → 14 29½**	14 (104)
MARCH 19 (78)	*20 (364)**	0h	*MARCH 22 (1)**	23 (82)
58	59	60 = 80 - 20	61	62
... A very detailed myth comes from the island of Nauru. In the beginning there was nothing but the sea, and above soared the Old-Spider. One day the Old-Spider found a giant clam, took it up, and tried to find if this object had any opening, but could find none. She tapped on it, and as it sounded hollow, she decided it was empty. By repeating a charm, she opened the two shells and slipped inside. She could see nothing, because the sun and the moon did not then exist; and then, she could not stand up because there was not enough room in the shellfish. Constantly hunting about she at last found a snail. To endow it with power she placed it under her arm, lay down and slept for three days. Then she let it free, and still hunting about she found another snail bigger than the first one, and treated it in the same way. Then she said to the first snail: 'Can you open this room a little, so that we can sit down?' The snail said it could, and opened the shell a little. Old-Spider then took the snail, placed it in the west of the shell, and made it into the moon. Then there was a little light, which allowed Old-Spider to see a big worm. At her request he opened the shell a little wider, and from the body of the worm flowed a salted sweat which collected in the lower half-shell and became the sea. Then he raised the upper half-shell very high, and it became the sky. Rigi, the worm, exhausted by this great effort, then died. Old-Spider then made the sun from the second snail, and placed it beside the lower half-shell, which became the earth ...

From heliacal Manus Catenata (at ι, κ, and λ Andromedae) in March 14 (3-14, 73) to ι, κ, and λ Virginis in October 29 (302) there were 229 days (as the number of glyphs on side a on the G tablet. And 229 = 365 - 136.)

"μ, a 3.9 magnitude, was Al Achsasi's Rijl al Άwwā', the Foot of the Barker. It has been included with δ Librae in the Akkadian lunar asterism Mulu Izi, a title also applied to ε; the Sogdian Fasarwa, and the Khorasmian Sara-fsariwa, both signifying the 'One next to the Leader' - i.e. next to the lunar asterism ι, κ, and λ." (Allen)

There were 6 days from one hemisphere to the next, from α Librae to β:

Ga6-21

Ga6-22

Ga6-23

Ga6-24 (164)

Ga6-25

Ga6-26

KOCHAB = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7)

KE KWAN (Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi (226.3), KE KWAN = κ Centauri (226.4), ZUBEN ELAKRIBI = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9)

ω Bootis (227.2), NEKKAR = β Bootis (227.3), σ Librae (227.5), π² Oct. (227.7),

NADLAT = ψ Bootis (227.8), π Lupi (227.9)

15h (228.3)

ZUBEN HAKRABIM = ν Librae (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9)

ω Oct. (229.3), ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8)

Al Zubānā-14b

χ Bootis (230.3), PRINCEPS = δ Bootis (230.6), ZUBEN ELSCHEMALI = β Librae (230.8)

Nov 1

3 (*227)

6 (310)

°Oct 28 (301)

31 (*224)

°Nov 1

'Oct 5

6 (*199)

7 (280)

"Sept 21

EQUINOX (*185)

23 (266)

AUG 29

30 (242)

SEPT 1

2 (*165)

3 (246)

221

222

223

224

225

226

14	Al Zubānā	Claws	α (Zuben Elgenubi), β Librae (Zuben Elschemali)	*224.2	Oct 31 (304)
				*230.8	Nov 6 (310)

CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and nakshatra dates):

ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9)

~~DENEBOLA (β Leonis)~~

MENKAR = α Ceti (44.7)

3h (45.7)

GORGONEA TERTIA = ρ Persei (45.1), ALGOL = β Persei (45.9)

ι Persei (46.1), MISAM = κ Persei (46.2), GORGONEA QUARTA = ω Persei (46.7), BOTEIN = δ Arietis (46.9)

ζ Arietis (47.7)

ZIBAL = ζ Eridani (48.0), κ Ceti (48.9)

May 3 (*408)

4 (124)

5 (490 = 365 + 125)

8 (*413)

°April 29

30 (120)

°May 1 (*41)

3 (*408)

'April 6

8 (*383)

9 (464)

10 (100)

"March 23

EQUINOX (84)

26 (450 = 365 + 85)

28 (*372)

FEBR 28

MARCH 1 (*345)

4 (428)

5 (64)

404 = 408 - 4

405

406

407

408 = 428 - 20

409 = 413 - 4

"δ, Variable, 5 to 6.2, white, seems to have been associated with μ Virginis in the Akkadian lunar asterism Mulu-izi, the Man on Fire, connected with the star-god Laterak; and in the Sogdian Fasariva and the Khorasmian Sara-fasariva, both titles signifying the One next to the Leader, i.e. preceding moon station, ι, κ, and λ Virginis. It is a variable of the Algol type, discovered by Schmidt in 1859, with a period of nearly two days and eight hours, the light oscillation occupying twelve hours." (Allen)