... An iconographic study by Jeff Kowalski
suggests a cosmological layout for the
Nunnery. The higher placement of the North
Building, with its 13 exterior doorways
(reflecting the 13 layers of heaven), and
the celestial serpents surmounting the huts
identify it with the celestial sphere. The
iconography of the West Building, with 7
exterior doorways (7 is the mystic number of
the earth's surface), and figures of
Pawahtun - the earth god as a turtle -
indicate this to be the Middleworld, the
place of the sun's descent into the
Underworld.
The East Building has mosaic elements
reflecting the old war cult of
Teotihuacan, where tradition had it that
the sun was born; thus, this may also be
Middleworld, the place of the rising
sun. Finally, the South Building has 9
exterior doorways (the Underworld or
Xibalba had 9 layers), and has the
lowest placement in the compex; it thus
seems to be associated with death and the
nether regions ...
We should try to count the number of doorways:
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→ |
|
7 |
2 * 8 + 1 = 17 |
4 + 1 =
5 |
13 |
|
West |
South |
East |
North |
|
24 (= 4 * 60) |
18 (= 3 * 60) |
|
42 (= 7 * 60) |
The view
above is from the corner in the southwest (toga) and
therefore the movement seems to go
counterclockwise (withershins).
... O Tonganui / why do you hold so
stubbornly there below?
The power of Muri's jawbone is at work on
you, / you are coming, / you are caught now,
/ you are coming up, / appear, appear.
Shake yourself, / grandson of Tangaroa the
little
...
The stars
go down in the west in order to move below the
surface of the earth and this in a way means in the
opposite direction compared to the movement
of the daytime
Sun. Then
they will reappear in the east and be visible again
for 5 + 13 = 18 'halfmonths'. 18 * 29½ =
531 and half 531 = 265½ (and 16 * 29½ = 472
= 2 * 236). Day 265
was September 22 (the northern equinox) and
day 266 was when the Sun reached the Long
Sand-bank:
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no glyph (day zero) |
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Ca1-1 |
Ca1-2 |
Ca1-3 |
Ca1-4 |
Ca1-5 |
Ca1-6 |
|
koia |
ki te hoea |
ki te henua |
te rima te hau tea |
haga i te mea ke |
ki te henua - tagata honui |
|
Sept 20 (*183) |
264 |
EQUINOX |
23 (366 - 100) |
24 |
25 (*188) |
(59 + 183 + 27) |
|
St John's day |
*96 = *184 - *88 |
177 = 6 * 29½ |
*98 |
*99 |
*188 - *88 |
*101 (30 June) |
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INVISIBLY CLOSE TO THE SUN
(helical dates): |
|
ALCHITA (The Southern Tent) = α
Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the
Horse) = δ Centauri
(183.7), ρ
Centauri (183.9) |
PÁLIDA = δ
Crucis
(184.6),
MEGREZ = δ
Ursae Majoris
(184.9) |
Hasta-13 (Hand) /
Chariot-28 (Worm)
GIENAH = γ Corvi
(185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ
Crucis (185.4),
ZANIAH = η
Virginis
(185.9) |
CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ
Corvi
(186.3) |
INTROMETIDA = ε Crucis
(187.4),
ACRUX = α Crucis
(187.5) |
γ Com. Berenicis (188.0), σ
Centauri (188.1),
ALGORAB = δ Corvi
(188.5),
GACRUX = γ Crucis
(188.7) |
γ Muscae (189.0),
AVIS SATYRA = η Corvi
(189.3),
ASTERION = β Canum Ven.
(189.5),
KRAZ = β Corvi,
κ Draconis (189.7) |
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CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON (and
nakshatra dates): |
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Al
Fargh al Thāni-25 (Rear Spout)
0h (*366)
CAPH
(Hand) = β Cassiopeiae,
SIRRAH
(Navel of the Horse) = α
Andromedae
(0.5), ε Phoenicis, γ³ Oct.
(0.8) |
Uttara Bhādrapadā-27
(2nd of the Blessed Feet) /
Wall-14 (Porcupine)
ο
Oct. (1.3),
ALGENIB PEGASI
= γ Pegasi
(1.8) |
χ
Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7) |
σ
Andromedae (3.0), ι Ceti (3.3),
ζ Tucanae (3.5), ρ Andromedae, π
Tucanae (3.7) |
no star listed (4) |
ANKAA = α Phoenicis,
κ Phoenicis (5.0)
ALPHARD (α Hydrae)
|
λ
Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4) |
|
March 21 (80) |
22 (*1) |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 (*372) |
|
... Ecclesiastically, the
equinox is reckoned to be on 21
March (even though the equinox
occurs, astronomically speaking,
on 20 March in most years)
...
... When the Pope rearranged the
day for spring equinox from
number 84 ('March 25) to number
80 (ºMarch 21) the earlier
Julian structure was buried, was
covered up (puo). At the
same time the Pope deliberately
avoided to correct the flow of
Julian calendar days for what he
may have regarded as 4
unneccesary leap days prior to
the Council of Nicaea. Thus his
balance sheet for days was in
order. The day numbers counted
from the equinox were increased
with 4 and this was equal to
allowing the 4 'unneccessary'
leap days to remain in place.
But he had moved spring equinox
to a position which was 4 days
too early compared to the
ancient model
... |
|
'Febr 22 (2-22) |
Terminalia (54) |
24 (82 - 27) |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
|
... The leap day was introduced
as part of the Julian reform.
The day following the Terminalia
(February 23) was doubled,
forming the 'bis sextum -
literally 'double sixth', since
February 24 was 'the sixth day
before the Kalends of March'
using Roman inclusive counting
(March 1 was the 'first day').
Although exceptions exist, the
first day of the bis sextum
(February 24) was usually
regarded as the intercalated or
'bissextile' day since the third
century. February 29 came to be
regarded as the leap day when
the Roman system of numbering
days was replaced by sequential
numbering in the late Middle
Ages ... |
|
Christmas Eve |
*96 + *183 |
360 = 6 * 60 |
*98 + *183 |
362 |
180 + 183 |
*284 (30 Dec) |
According to the Chinese
there were a few days in early April when all
household fires had to be extinguished
and no cooking would be allowed:
... In China, every year about the
beginning of April, certain officials
called Sz'hüen used of old to go
about the country armed with wooden
clappers. Their business was to summon
the people and command them to put out
every fire. This was the beginning of
the season called Han-shih-tsieh,
or 'eating of cold food'. For three days
all household fires remained extinct as
a preparation for the solemn renewal of
the fire, which took place on the fifth
or sixth day after the winter solstice
[Sic!] ...
To make sense of this
statement
we probably should understand that the
ruling stars had moved ahead all the way
down to early April from their original
positions close to the (northern) winter
solstice.
Let's therefore fill in dates
corresponding to some of the earlier positions of
the Sun (from where the precession would
have moved
him earlier and earlier in relation to the
fixed stars):
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|
*Ca14-12 |
*Ca14-13 |
*Ca14-14 |
*Ca14-15 (378) |
*Ca14-16 |
*Ca14-17 |
|
te
kihikihi |
o te henua
- kua haga hia |
kua pua |
te vero |
te henua |
kiore - te
henua |
|
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae
(9.1),
DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the
Sea Beast) = β Ceti,
η Phoenicis (9.4),
AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls)
= φ¹ Ceti
(9.6) |
ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous
Rays) = η Cassiopeiae
(10.7) |
Legs-15 (Wolf)
ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti
(11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2),
η Andromedae
(11.4) |
CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae,
λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti
(12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8) |
φ4 Ceti (13.2) |
no star listed (14) |
|
Egyptian
courtyard |
 |
Phoenician
heth |
 |
Greek eta |
Η (η) |
|
... The
letter shape
ultimately
goes back to
a hieroglyph
for
'courtyard'
... possibly
named
hasir
in the
Middle
Bronze Age
alphabets,
while the
name goes
rather back
to
hayt,
the name
reconstructed
for a letter
derived from
a hieroglyph
for 'thread'
... The
kaikai
are the
rythmic
songs that
are sung to
cat's
cradles, the
string games
that are
found not
only
throughout
the Pacific
but
throughout
the world.
On
premissionary
Rapa Nui
the
kaikai,
together
with their
corresponding
cat's
cradles,
were not
simple
children's
games but
were used,
among other
things, to
produce
magic
effect. They
were highly
important
for the
study of
Rapa Nui's
rongorongo.
This is
because it
was
apparently
with the aid
of cat's
cradles that
the
rongorongo
experts
taught their
pupils to
learn many
of the
chants
accompanying
the incised
inscriptions
...
... string
games could
be resumed
after it was
clear that
the Sun had
managed to
leave the
horizon and
was rapidly
gaining in
altitude:
'Before the
sun starts
to leave the
horizon ...
when it
shows only
on the
horizon, ...
then string
games were
no longer
allowed as
they might
lacerate the
sun. Once
the sun had
started to
go higher
and could be
seen in its
entirety,
string games
could be
resumed, if
one so
wished. So
the
restriction
on playing
string games
was only
applicable
during the
period
between the
sun's return
and its
rising fully
above the
horizon
...
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|
March 30 |
31 (355 + 100) |
April 1 (91) |
2 (457 = 365 + 92) |
3 |
4 |
|
'March 3 |
4 (355 + 73) |
5 (64) |
6 (430) |
7 |
8 |
|
"Febr 17 |
18 (314 + 100) |
19 (50) |
20 (416) |
21 |
22 |
|
JAN 25 |
26 (391 = 455 - 64) |
27 (91 - 64) |
28 (393) |
29 |
30 (371 + 24) |
|
366 |
455 - 88 |
368 |
92 - 88 + 365 |
370 |
371 = 432 - 61 |
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|
*Ca14-18 |
*Ca14-19 |
*Ca14-20 (383) |
*Ca14-21 (392 - 8) |
*Ca14-22 |
*Ca14-23 |
|
te honu paka |
te
henua |
honu
kau |
te mata |
te honu |
kua heheu |
|
Paka.
1.
Dry; to become dry (of
things); pakapaka,
to dry out. Te
paka is also the
name of the moss-covered
areas, between the small
lakes of volcano Rano
Kau, through which
one can pass without
getting one's feet wet.
2. To go, to depart;
he-paka-mai, to
come; he-oho,
he-paka, they go
away. 3. To become calm
(of the sea):
ku-paka-á te tai.
Pakahera,
skull, shell, cranium;
pakahera puoko
tagata, human skull;
pakahera pikea,
shell of crab or
crayfish. Gutu
pakapaka, scabbed
lips. Hau paka,
fibres of the hauhau
tree, which were first
soaked in water, then
dried to produce a
strong thread. Moa
gao verapaka,
chicken with bald neck.
Ariki Paka,
certain collateral
descendents of Hotu
Matu'a, who
exercised religious
functions. Vanaga.
1. Crust,
scab, scurf; paka
rerere, cancer;
pakapaka, crust,
scabby. 2. Calm, still.
3. Intensive; vera
paka, scorching hot;
marego paka,
bald; nunu paka,
thin. 4. To arrive, to
come. 5. To be eager. 6.
To absorb. 7. Shin T.
Pakahera, calabash,
shell, jug. Pakahia,
to clot, curdle,
coagulate. Pakapaka,
dry, arid, scorching
hot, cooked too much, a
desert, to fade away, to
roast, a cake, active;
toto pakapaka,
coagulated blood;
hakapakapaka, to
dry, to broil, to toast.
Pakahera pikea,
shell of crab or
crayfish. Churchill. |
|
1h (15.2)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ
Phoenicis, ι Tucanae
(15.6), η Ceti, ζ
Phoenicis (15.7) |
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)
|
ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ
Tucanae (17.6) |
no star listed (18) |
ADHIL (Garment's Train)
= ξ Andromedae
(19.3), θ Ceti (19.7) |
KSORA (Knee) = δ
Cassiopeiae
(20.1), ω Andromedae
(20.6), γ Phoenicis
(20.8) |
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|
April 5 (460) |
6 (8 + 88) |
7 |
8 |
9 (464 = 99 + 365) |
10 (100) |
|
'March 9 (433) |
10 |
11 |
12 (336) |
13 |
14 (73) |
|
"Febr 23 (419) |
24 |
25 |
26 (322) |
27 |
28 (59) |
|
JAN 31 (396) |
FEBR 1 |
2 |
3 |
4 (400) |
5 (36) |
|
372 |
373 = 365 + 8 |
374 |
375 |
376 = 464 - 88 |
377 |
By counting a cycle beyond the end
of December until day 355 counted
from 0h in the previous year -
suggesting a similarity with day 355
counted from January 1 - we will
reach the last day in March (*355).
If this was the reason for
extinguishing all household fires, then
there should be 3 days with only
cold food served when the Sun
calendar days went beyond
the end of March. The last day in March was 100
days after the solstice at December
21 (day 355).
And then, on the 5th or 6th day after the 'winter
solstice' at the end of March, the fires would be reignited,
which brings us to the day when Regulus
culminated at 21h:
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|
|
|
|
|
*Ca14-12 |
*Ca14-13 |
*Ca14-14 |
*Ca14-15 (378) |
*Ca14-16 |
*Ca14-17 |
|
te
kihikihi |
o te henua
- kua haga hia |
kua pua |
te vero |
te henua |
kiore - te
henua |
|
ξ Phoenicis (9.0), ρ Tucanae
(9.1),
DENEB KAITOS (Tail of the
Sea Beast) = β Ceti,
η Phoenicis (9.4),
AL NITHĀM (String of Pearls)
= φ¹ Ceti
(9.6) |
ACHIRD (Woman with Luminous
Rays) = η Cassiopeiae
(10.7) |
Legs-15 (Wolf)
ν Andromedae (11.0), φ² Ceti
(11.1), ρ Phoenicis (11.2),
η Andromedae
(11.4) |
CIH (Whip) = γ Cassiopeiae,
λ Tucanae (12.4), φ³ Ceti
(12.6), μ Andromedae (12.8) |
φ4 Ceti (13.2) |
no star listed (14) |
|
March 30 |
31 (455 = 365 + 90) |
April 1 (91) |
2 |
3 |
4 |
|
366 |
455 - 88 |
368 |
92 - 88 + 365 |
370 |
371 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
*Ca14-18 |
*Ca14-19 |
*Ca14-20 (383) |
*Ca14-21 (392 - 8) |
*Ca14-22 |
*Ca14-23 |
|
te honu paka |
te
henua |
honu
kau |
te mata |
te honu |
kua heheu |
|
1h (15.2)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ
Phoenicis, ι Tucanae
(15.6), η Ceti, ζ
Phoenicis (15.7) |
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)
|
ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ
Tucanae (17.6) |
no star listed (18) |
ADHIL (Garment's Train)
= ξ Andromedae
(19.3), θ Ceti (19.7) |
KSORA (Knee) = δ
Cassiopeiae
(20.1), ω Andromedae
(20.6), γ Phoenicis
(20.8) |
|
April 5 (460) |
6 (8 + 88) |
7 |
8 |
9 (464 = 99 + 365) |
10 (100) |
|
372 |
373 = 365 + 8 |
374 |
375 |
376 = 464 - 88 |
377 |
|
... The
ordinary year in the
previous Roman calendar
consisted of 12 months,
for a total of 355 days.
In addition, a 27-day
intercalary month, the
Mensis Intercalaris,
was sometimes inserted
between February and
March. This intercalary
month was formed by
inserting 22 days after
the first 23 or 24 days
of February; the last
five days of February,
which counted down
toward the start of
March, became the last
five days of
Intercalaris. The net
effect was to add 22 or
23 days to the year,
forming an intercalary
year of 377 or 378 days
... |
|
At the time when
Betelgeuze (*88) was at
0h Regulus would have
culminated (at 21h) in 8
January and this was 160
(= 80 + 88 - 8) days
before Betelgeuze would
rise
with the Sun. This
distance was in
principle (disregarding
the proper motions of
the stars) preserved
through the millenia and
at the time of
rongorongo Betelgeuze
rose in day 168 (= 80 +
88), i.e. in June 17,
with Regulus culminating
(at 21h) in April 6 (96)
which was 168 - 96 = 72
days earlier. 72 = 360 /
5 and 360 - 72 = 288
(October 15):
... The Julian calendar
day Thursday, 4 October
1582 was followed by the
first day of the
Gregorian calendar,
Friday, 15 October 1582
(the cycle of weekdays
was not affected)
...
And according to
Manuscript E the
double-canoe of Hotu
A Matua arrived to
Easter Island in 15
October:
... 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
...
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