148. Once again. The stars could only be
seen in the night and therefore the dates
they determined could be investigated only
when the Sun was absent. His position could
then be deduced by looking at the opposite
side of the sky globe compared to where the
Full Moon was.
When Acrux was observed close to the Full
Moon the date was March 25 (the Julian
equinox). And at the time of the Pope the
Southern Cross (†) had been close to the
Full Moon in ºMarch 21 (0h), which may have
influenced the ecclesiastical date for the
northern spring equinox:
... Ecclesiastically, the equinox is
reckoned to be on 21 March (even though the
equinox occurs, astronomically speaking, on
20 March in most years) ...
Right ascension lines are measured from 0h
eastwards and therefore my right ascension
day for Acrux, as counted for the time of
the Pope, became *183 (ºSeptember 20). But
at the time of rongorongo right ascension
day *183 had moved to Alchita (α Corvi). The
precession moves the Sun, 0h, and all the
other right ascension lines (and days)
earlier. Therefore the stars appear to move
in the opposite direction, to places which
are later in the Sun calendar.
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no glyph |
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Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
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koia |
ki te hoea |
ki te henua |
te rima te hau tea |
haga i te mea ke |
ki te henua - tagata honui |
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INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
(helical dates): |
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ºSept 16 |
17 (260) |
18 |
19 |
20 (*183) |
21 (264) |
EQUINOX |
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*179 = *183 - 4 |
*180 |
*181 |
*182 |
*183 |
*184 = 264 - 80 |
*185 = *2 + 183 |
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ALCHITA
= α Corvi,
MINKAR (Beak)
= ε Corvi |
PÁLIDA (Pale)
= δ Crucis |
GIENAH (Wing)
= γ Corvi, ζ Crucis |
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank)
= ζ Corvi |
INTROMETIDA
= ε Crucis,
ACRUX
= α Crucis |
ALGORAB
= δ Corvi,
GACRUX
= γ Crucis |
AVIS
SATYRA
= η Corvi,
KRAZ
= β Corvi |
|
Sept 20 (*183)
'Aug 24 |
(264 = 237 + 27)
(237 = 242 - 5) |
EQUINOX
26 |
23 (266)
27 |
24
28 (240) |
25 (*5 + 183)
29 |
(59 + 183 + 27)
30 (242 = 11 * 22) |
|
"Aug 10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (227→ π) |
16 |
|
JULY 18 |
19 (264 - 64) |
20 |
21 |
22 / 7 (π) |
23 |
24 (*125) |
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179 = 183 - 4 |
180 = 260 - 80 |
181 |
182 |
183 = 203 - 20 |
184 |
185 = 2 + 183 |
... There was no water in
the village. The lakes and
rivers were dry. Raven and
Crow, two young girls who
were having their first
menstrual courses, were told
to go and draw water from
the ocean. Finding the
journey too long, Raven
decided just to urinate into
her basket-bucket. She
decieved no one and was
severly scolded. Crow
returned much later but with
drinking water. As a
punishment, Raven was
condemned never to find
water in the summer; only in
winter would she find
something to drink. For that
reason the Raven never
drinks during the hot
months; she speaks with a
raucous voice because of her
dry throat ... |
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CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and
nakshatra dates): |
|
ºMarch 17 |
18 (77) |
19 |
20 (*365) |
21 (0h) |
22 |
23 |
|
*362 |
*363 |
*364 |
*365 |
ZERO |
*1 (= *5 - 4) |
*2 |
|
SIRRAH
(Navel of the Horse) = α
Andromedae |
ALGENIB PEGASI
|
*2 |
*3 |
*4 |
ANKAA = α Phoenicis
(5.0) |
*6 |
|
March 21 (0h)
'Febr 22 |
22
TERMINALIA |
23
24 |
24 (83)
25 (56) |
JULIAN EQUINOX
26 (84 - 27) |
26
27 |
27
28 |
|
"Febr 8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 (84 - 41) |
13 |
14 (45) |
|
JAN 16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 (= 84 - 64) |
21 |
22 |
|
362 |
363 |
364 |
365 |
ZERO |
1 (= 81 - 80) |
2 (= 22 - 20) |
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|
At the time
of the Pope the 'House of
the Giant' (Bet-el-geuze,
α Orionis) was rising with
the Sun 84 days after ºMarch
21 (80), i.e. in ºJune 13
(164). At the time of
rongorongo the distance from
0h to Betelgeuze had
increased
with 4 days due to the
precession, to June 17
(168). Which means
Betelgeuze at that time came
84 days after the Julian
equinox in March 25 (84 = 12
weeks). 168 = 84 + 84 = 24
weeks.
Hyadum II rose heliacally in
MARCH 21 (0h) and this was
64 precessional days earlier
than at the time of
rongorongo (and 60
precessional days earlier
than at the time of the
Pope). Therefore Acrux would
at that ancient time have
been at the Full Moon in day
84 (March 25) - 64 = JANUARY
20 and would have risen with
the Sun in day 20 + 183 = 203
(JULY 22 → 22 / 7 =
π). Since the time of
Hyadum II Acrux had advanced
from the
π date with 64 days
(respectively with 60 days).
At the time
of Betelgeuze (when this
star had been at 0h) Acrux
(†) would have risen with
the Sun *88 (= the right
ascension position of
Betelgeuze at the time of
rongorongo) days earlier in
the year than at the time of
rongorongo. September 24
(267, heliacal Acrux) - 88 =
179 (= 80 + 99 = 84 + 95),
and this was a week after
the solstice when the Sun
'died', †. |
My right ascension
day numbers for the time of the Pope
are corresponding to the number of
calendar days which once upon a time
could have been counted from the
beginning of the year, for instance
with Situla (κ Aquarii) in right
ascension day *338 (at the time of
the Pope) corresponding to calendar
day number 358 (DECEMBER 24) - 20 =
338. In other words, given that the
calendar year was beginning 20 days
earlier than at the time of Hyadum
II, viz. at the time of Betelgeuze:
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13 |
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48 |
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ka pu te niu
- mai tae huki
hia |
ka pu te niu |
e niu tu |
|
Ca13-14 (343 + 14) |
Ca13-15 (358) |
Cb1-15 (407 = 4 + 403) |
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*174 = *357 - 183 |
*175 |
ZUBEN ELGENUBI
*224 = *407 - 183 |
|
(254 = 240 + 14 = 71 + 183) |
Sept 12 (255 = 175 + 80) |
Oct 31 (304) |
|
'Aug 15 (227) |
16 (45 + 183 = 228) |
'Oct 4
(277 = 304 - 27) |
|
22 / 7 |
"July 23 (204 = 255 - 41) |
"Sept 20 (*183) |
|
JULY 9 (190 = 7 + 183) |
10 (*111 = *175 - 64) |
AUG 28 (240 = 191 + 49) |
|
170 = 353 - 183 |
171 = 191 - 20 |
220 = 403 - 183 |
|
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and
nakshatra dates): |
|
*357 = *343 + 14 |
MANUS CATENATA |
48 |
BHARANI
*358 + 49 = *407 = *41 + 366 |
|
March 12 (57 + 14) |
13 (72 = 80 - 8) |
May 1 (121 = 72 + 49) |
|
ºMarch 8 (67) |
9
(*354) |
ºApril 27 (117 = 483 - 366) |
|
'Febr 13 (71 - 27 = 44) |
2-14 (45) |
'April 4 (94 = 121 - 27) |
|
"Jan 30 (= 71 - 41) |
31 |
"March 21 (121 - 41) |
|
JAN 7 (= 359 + 14 - 366) |
8
(= 72 - 64) |
FEBR 26 (57 = 8 + 49) |
|
*353 = *339 + 14 |
354 = 374 - 20 |
*403 = 354 + 49 |
After having adjusted the
details above according to the various
complications it has now become clear that
Bharani probably was intended to be exactly
at the opposite side of Zuben Elgenubi. This
was where the coconut tree (niu) was
'standing up', where at the time of Bharani
the Sun would have crossed the equator. Was
this also the place where the Candelabra of
the Andes had stood up?
A 'hole' (pu) for the
niu 'tree' seems to have arrived
around 50 days earlier, possibly alluding to
the dark nights before Venus was returning
as Evening Star, in which case niu
should not stand up at the place of birth in
the east at Bharani but rather where
visibility declined.
At the time of Betelgeuze the
Chained Hand of Andromeda would have been 88
days earlier in the year than in March 13
(72), and 72 + 365 - 88 = 349 = 80 + *269.
Considering the fact that December 31 (365)
= *285 + 80 we can then count *285 - *269 =
16, which suggests that at the time of
Betelgeuze Manus Catenata would have
returned to visibility at the end of the
year.
*354 (right ascension day for
Manus Catenata at the time of the Pope) =
354 the calendar day number for Manus
Catenata at the time of Betelgeuze. However,
*354 - 84 + 80 = 270 + 80 = 350:
... When the Pope Gregory XIII updated the
Julian calendar he did not revise what had
gone wrong before 325 AD (when the Council
of Nicaea was held). Thus the stars were
still 3-4 days 'out of tune' compared to the
calendar ... the Gregorian 'canoe' was
'crooked'. His calendar was not in perfect
alignment with the ancient star structure.
Because he had avoided to adjust with the
effects of the precession between the
creation of the Julian calendar and the
Council of Nicaea in 325 A.D. [The Julian
equinox was in the 3rd month of the year and
in its 25th day; 3-25.]
354 + 16 = 370 = 366 + 4. The
text on the C tablet measures 740 glyphs
(days) and this is twice 370, indicating the
right ascension distance down to the Pope
maybe should be found twice in the text, not
only at the beginning of side a.
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a1 |
4 + 22 |
26 |
b1 |
24 |
24 |
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a2 |
25 |
51 |
b2 |
25 |
49 |
|
a3 |
25 |
76 |
b3 |
22 |
71 |
|
a4 |
29 |
105 |
b4 |
23 |
94 |
|
a5 |
35 |
140 |
b5 |
21 |
115 |
|
a6 |
28 |
168 |
b6 |
29 |
144 |
|
a7 |
31 |
199 |
b7 |
27 |
171 |
|
a8 |
29 |
228 |
b8 |
29 |
200 |
|
a9 |
27 |
255 |
b9 |
30 |
230 |
|
a10 |
29 |
284 |
b10 |
22 |
252 |
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a11 |
32 |
316 |
b11 |
22 |
274 |
|
a12 |
27 |
343 |
b12 |
25 |
299 |
|
a13 |
20 |
363 |
b13 |
30 |
329 |
|
a14 |
29 |
392 |
b14 |
19 |
348 |
|
sum |
392 = 4 + 388 |
sum |
348 = 740 - 392 |
|
740 - 4 = 736 |
736 / 2 = 368 = 364 + 4, and below I have
corrected the dates of the Pope by
redmarking what should have been due at the
time of Betelgeuze:
