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103. Presumably the Breast of Cassiopeia (Schedir) high up in the north was a place for rebirth, for the function of a breast is to give nourishment to the young.

And the beginning of the Milky Way River was at Cassiopeia, in the quadrant of the March Haire.

... 'I wan't a clean cup', interrupted the Hatter: 'let's all move one place on.' He moved as he spoke, and the Dormouse followed him: the March Hare moved into the Dormouse's place, and Alice rather unwillingly took the place of the March Hare. The Hatter was the only one who got any advantage from the change; and Alice was a good deal worse off than before, as the March Hare had just upsed the milk-jug into his plate ...

ο ANDRO-MEDAE

MARKAB PEGASI

*8

λ ANDRO-MEDAE

*8

SIRRAH (α)

*8

SCHEDIR

Gb2-29 (55 + 229) Gb2-30 (56, 285) Gb3-3 (64) Gb3-11 (72)

Gb3-19 (80)

DEC 30 (*284) 31 (*285) JAN 8 JAN 16 (*301) JAN 24 (*309)
March 4 (*348) 5 (64) March 13 (72) March 21 (*365, 0h) March 29 (88, *8)

*8

REVATI (ζ)

Gb3-27 (88)

FEBR 1 (32)
April 6 (*16)

... In the morning of the world, there was nothing but water. The Loon was calling, and the old man who at that time bore the Raven's name, Nangkilstlas, asked her why. 'The gods are homeless', the Loon replied. 'I'll see to it', said the old man, without moving from the fire in his house on the floor of the sea. Then as the old man continued to lie by his fire, the Raven flew over the sea. The clouds broke. He flew upward, drove his beak into the sky and scrambled over the rim to the upper world. There he discovered a town, and in one of the houses a woman had just given birth.

The Raven stole the skin and form of the newborn child. Then he began to cry for solid food, but he was offered only mother's milk. That night, he passed through the town stealing an eye from each inhabitant. Back in his foster parents' house, he roasted the eyes in the coals and ate them, laughing. Then he returned to his cradle, full and warm. He had not seen the old woman watching him from the corner - the one who never slept and who never moved because she was stone from the waist down. Next morning, amid the wailing that engulfed the town, she told what she had seen. The one-eyed people of the sky dressed in their dancing clothes, paddled the child out to mid-heaven in their canoe and pitched him over the side ...

The preceding cycle with 8 segments would become 0 at day zero, when a new counting of days was due to begin.

... Ogotemmêli had his own ideas about calculation. The Dogon in fact did use the decimal system, because from the beginning they had counted on their fingers, but the basis of their reckoning had been the number eight and this number recurred in what they called in French la centaine, which for them meant eighty. Eighty was the limit of reckoning, after which a new series began. Nowadays there could be ten such series, so that the European 1,000 corresponded to the Dogon 800. But Ogotemmêli believed that in the beginning men counted by eights - the number of cowries on each hand, that they had used their ten fingers to arrive at eighty, but that the number eight appeared again in order to produce 640 (8 x 10 x 8). 'Six hundred and forty', he said, 'is the end of the reckoning.'

And possibly this could have occurred *8 days beyond the Woman in the Corner of the Square House - at Sirrah and day 0h.

13 House α Pegasi (Markab) Pig Mar 5 (64) 414 + 15 = 429

We could also say that a new cycle of 8 should begin with the egg from the preceding cycle, and that there should be 8 dark nights for the chicken inside before she would emerge by using her egg tooth:

... Long ago in the very beginning of time there dwelt within a shell an infant god whose name was Ta'aroa. He was Ta'aroa the unique one, the ancestor of all gods, the creator of the universe whose natures were myriad, whose backbone was the ridgepole of the world, whose ribs were its supporters. The shell was called Rumia, Upset. Becoming aware at last of his own existence and oppressed by a yearning loneliness Ta'aroa broke open his shell and, looking out, beheld the black limitless expanse of empty space. Hopefully, he shouted, but no voice answered him. He was alone in the vast cosmos. Within the broken Rumia he grew a new shell to shut out the primeval void ...

JAN 16 (*301) 17 (365 + 17 = 382) 18 (13 * 29½ - ½ = 383)
Gb3-11 (229 + 72 = 301) Gb3-12 Gb3-13 (74)
PLACE OF THE SUN:

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)

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)
March 21 (0h) 22 (81) 23
°March 17 18 (77) 19 (*363)
'Febr 22 (365 + 53 = 418, *338) Terminalia (54, 420 - 1) 24 (*340)
"Febr 8 (*365 - *41 = *324) 9 (40) 10 (*326)
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
JULY 17 (*118) 18 (*302 - '183 = *199) 19 (200 = 383 - 183)

12h (182.6)

ο Virginis (182.1), η Crucis (182.5)

ALCHITA = α Corvi, MA WEI (Tail of the Horse) = δ Centauri (183.1), MINKAR = ε Corvi (183.7), ρ Centauri (183.9) PÁLIDA (Pale) = δ Crucis (184.6), MEGREZ (Root of the Tail) = δ Ursae Majoris (184.9)
Sept 19 (262 = 435 - 183) 20 (81 + 182 = 263) 21 (264 = 200 + 64)
°Sept 15 (258) 16 17 (260)
'Aug 23 (262 - 27 = 235) 24 (236 → 8 * 29½) 25 (*157 → *314 / 2)
"Aug 9 (221 = 262 - 41) 10 (*183 - *41 = *142) 11 (*157 - *14 = *143)
Ga5-8 (118) Ga5-9 Ga5-10 (120 = 383 - 183)
JAN 19 (384 = 13 * 29½ + ½) 20 21
Gb3-14 (75) Gb3-15 Gb3-16 (229 + 77 = 306)
PLACE OF THE SUN:
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)
March 24 (*3, *368) 3-25 (84, Julian equinox) 26 (365 + 85 = 450, *370)
°March 20 (*364) 0h 22 (81)
'Febr 25 (*341) 26 (422) 27 (58)
"Febr 11 (*327) 12 (408) 13 (*329)
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
JULY 20 (201 = 19 + 182) 21 22 → 22 / 7 →π

Hasta-13 (Hand) / Chariot-28 (Worm)

GIENAH (Wing) = γ Corvi (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), ZANIAH (Corner) = η Virginis (185.9)

*144.0 = *185.4 - *41.4

CHANG SHA (Long Sand-bank) = ζ Corvi (186.3)

INTROMETIDA (Inserted) = ε Crucis (187.4), ACRUX = α Crucis (187.5)

*146.0 = *187.4 - *41.4
Equinox Sept 23 (266) 24 (*187)
°Sept 18 (261 → 9 * 29) 19 20 (*183)
'Aug 26 (*158 = *185 - *27) 27 28 (*160)
"Aug 12 (*144 = *185 - *41) 13 (225) 14 (*146)
Ga5-11 (121 → May 1, 121) Ga5-12 Ga5-13 (123 = 306 - 183)
JAN 22 23 (388) 24
Gb3-17 (78) Gb3-18 (308) Gb3-19 (80)
PLACE OF THE SUN:

λ Phoenicis (6.3), β Tucanae (6.4)

*6.4 - *41.4 = *147.0 - 182.0 = - *35.0

ANDROMEDA GALAXY (M31), π Andromedae (7.7)

ε Andromedae (8.2), DELTA = δ Andromedae (8.4), SCHEDIR (Breast) = α Cassiopeiae (8.6), ζ Andromedae, μ Phoenicis (8.9)

*8.4 - *41.4 = *149.0 - 182.0 = - *33.0

March 27 (*371) 28 (452) 29 (88. *8)
°March 23 (*367) 24 (448) 25 (84, *4)
'Febr 28 (*344) 'March 1 (425) 2 (61)
All Hearts' Day "Febr 15 (46) 16 (412, *332)
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
JULY 23 24 (*125) 25 (206)
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 (Bird of the Satyrs) = η Corvi (189.3), ASTERION (Starry) = β Canum Ven. (189.5), KRAZ = β Corvi, κ Draconis (189.7)

α Muscae (190.2), τ Centauri (190.5), χ Virginis (190.7)

ALDERAMIN (α Cephei)
Sept 25 (*188) 26 27 (270, *190)
°Sept 21 (*184) Equinox 23 (266)
'Aug 29 (*161) 30 31 (243)
"Aug 15 (227) 16 17 (229)
Ga5-14 Ga5-15 (125) Ga5-16

Presumably it was the double-cycle of Venus which was the origin of the idea of 8 (one more than 7 and two more than 6):

 Phase

Observed periods

Periods in the Mayan 'map'

Difference

Evening star

263

250

- 13

Black

8

8

0

Morning star

263

236 = 8 * 29½

- 27

Black

50

90

+ 40

Sum

584

584

0

... Once upon a time there was an old woman who owned a great potato field (mara) where she planted her potatoes in spring and harvested them in autumn. She was famous all around for her many varieties of wonderful potatoes, and she had enough of them to sell at the market place. She planted her potatoes 7 in a row, placing her foot in front of her as a measure from one potato to the next. Then she marked the place with a bean - which would also give nourishment to the surrounding potatoes in order to make them grow upwards.

Next she changed variety and planted 7 more followed by another bean, and this was the pattern she followed until all her 214 varieties had been put down in their proper places. She had drawn a map which she followed and from where each sort of potato could be located at the proper time for its harvest. I was fashinated, when I happened to stumble on this Swedish TV program, because my 'once upon a time' was now and 214 (= 2 * 107) was surely no coincidence. She knew what she was doing. Let's therefore count: 214 * 7 (potatoes) + 213 (beans) = 1711. So what? Probably because 1711 = 59 * 29 ...

FRIDAY (VENUS):
Hb9-48 (461) Hb9-49 (66 * 7) Hb9-50
Pb10-52 Pb10-53 (1095 → 15 * 73 Pb10-54 (1096 → 8 * 137)

The other night I learned (once again from lazily watching the TV screen) that the number of necessary days (or rather nights I suppose) for the proper mummification procedure in ancient Egypt was 66.

... In the highly stratified societies of Polynesia, rituals of birth, marriage, and death for the elite were often more elaborate than for commoners and involved a variety of exclusive artistic practices. One remarkable elite tradition was the funerary ritual for the very high-ranking men and women in the Society Islands, in which the costumed chief mourner appeared. The mourner paraded through the district after the mummified body had been displayed on a special bier for some time. All fled before him, for the chief mourner carried a shark-tooth weapon and had license to harm anyone he caught. His attendants, covered with soot and body paint, raced through the village, attacking everyone they met. The procession of the chief mourner marked the end of the mourning period, when the bones of the deceased were removed from the funerary bier and buried or preserved as relics. Early sources do not record the meaning of this distinctive costume. Parallels with other Pacific art traditions and Tahitian petroglyphs suggest that the mask and breastplate together may represent the ancient 'ship of the dead' motif. Found in the arts of the Southeast Asian mainland, Indonesia, and the Philippines, this motif depicts the soul of the deceased traveling to the spirit world by ship. On the mourning dress, the curved breastplate represents the ship, while the vertical shell mask represents an abstract human figure surrounded by a halo ...

88 (Gb3-27) - 8 * 8 (64) = Gb1-24:

ε EQUULEI *56 SCHEDIR

*8

REVATI (ζ)

Gb1-24 Gb3-19 (80)

Gb3-27 (88)

NOV 29 (333, *253) JAN 24 (*309) FEBR 1 (32)
Jan 24 (333 + 64, *317) March 29 (88, *8) April 6 (*16)

NOV 19 20 (324) 21 22 → π 23 24 (*248)
Gb1-14 Gb1-15 Gb1-16 Gb1-17 (2 * 123) Gb1-18 Gb1-19 (248)
PLACE OF THE SUN:
GREDI (Goat) = α Capricorni (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), ALSHAT (The Sheep) = ν Capricorni (307.9)

Al Sa’d al Dhabih-20 (Lucky One of the Slaughterers) / Ox / Heard Boy (Buffalo)

DABIH = β Capricorni (308.0), κ Sagittarii (308.1), SADIR (Hen's Breast) = γ Cygni (308.4), PEACOCK = α Pavonis (308.7)

*267.0 = *308.4 - *41.4
KHUFU
 
MINTAKA (δ Orionis)

ARNEB (α Leporis)

OKUL = π Capricorni (309.6), BOS = ρ Capricorni (309.9(

KHAFRE

ο Capricorni (310.2), θ Cephei (310.5)

ALNILAM (ε Orionis)

HEKA (λ Orionis)

Febr 20 AD 2024 MARS

MENKAURE

ALNILAK (ζ Orionis)

PHAKT (α Columbae)

ROTTEN MELON = ε Delphini, φ Pavonis (311.2), η Delphini (311.4), ζ Delphini, ρ Pavonis (311.7)

*270.0 = *311.4 - *41.4

ROTANEV = β Delphini, ι Delphini (312.3), τ Capricorni (312.6), κ Delphini (312.7), SVALOCIN = α Delphini, υ Capricorni, υ Pavonis (312.8)
Jan 22 23 (*8 + *300) 24 25 → 21 + 4 26 (*311) 27 (392)
°Jan 18 19 (*304) 20 21 22 23 (388)
'Dec 26 27 28 29 30 (364) 31 (*285)
"Dec 12 13 14 (348) 15 16 (*270) 17
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
MAY 20 (140) 21 22 23 24 (12 * 12) 25 (145)

AL TARF (The End) = β Cancri (124.3)

RAS ALGETHI (α Herculis)

χ Cancri (125.2), BRIGHT FIRE = λ Cancri (125.4)

*84.0 = *125.4 - *41.4

AVIOR = ε Carinae (126.4), φ Cancri (126.8)

*85.0 = *126.4 - *41.4

ο Ursae Majoris (127.4)

*86.0 = *127.4 - *41.4

Pushya-8 (Nourisher)

υ Cancri (128.1), θ Cancri (128.2)

Āshleshā-9 (Embrace) / Willow-24 (Stag)

π¹ Ursa Majoris, δ HYDRAE (129.6), AL MINHAR AL SHUJĀ = σ Hydrae, MUSEIDA = π² Ursae Majoris (129.9)

RAS ALHAGUE (α Ophiuchi)
Ga3-1 (60) Ga3-2 (61) Ga3-3 Ga3-4 Ga3-5 Ga3-6 (65)
July 23 (204) 24 25 26 27 (208) 28
NOV 25 (329 305 + 24) 26 (*250) 27 (366 - 35)
Gb1-20 (249) Gb1-21 (→ 121 → Beltane) Gb1-22
PLACE OF THE SUN:

μ², μ¹ Oct. (313.2), DENEB CYGNI (Tail of the Swan) = α Cygni (313.5), β Pavonis (313.6), δ Delphini (313.8)

Al Sa’d al Bula'-21 (Good Fortune of the Swallower) / Dhanishta-24 (Most Famous) / Girl-10 (Bat)

YUE (Battle-Axe) = Ψ Capricorni (314.3), GIENAH CYGNI = ε Cygni, η Cephei (314.5), γ Delphini (314.6), σ Pavonis (314.7), ALBALI = ε Aquarii (314.8)

BETELGEUZE (α Orionis)

BATEN ALGIEDI (Belly of the Goat) = ω Capricorni (315.8)

... ε, 3.4, was Al Bali, the brightest one of the 21st manzil, Al Sa'd al Bula', the Good Fortune of the Swallower, which included μ and ν; these last also known as Al Buläān in the dual. Kazwini said that this strange title came from the fact that the two outside stars were more open than α and β of Capricorn, so that they seemed to swallow, or absorb, the light of the other! ...

"The corresponding sieu, Mo, Mu, Niu, Nü, or Woo Neu, a Woman, anciently written Nok, was composed of these stars with the addition of another, unidentified, ε being the determinant; and the same three were the Euphratean lunar asterism Munaχa, the Goat-fish, and the Coptic Upeuritos, the Discoverer ..." (Allen)

Jan 28 (393) 29 (*314) 30
°Jan 24 (389) 25 (*310) 26
'Jan 1 (366) 2 3 (*288)
"Dec 18 19 (*273) 20 (354)

... And then the bone spoke; it was there in the fork of the tree: Why do you want a mere bone, a round thing in the branches of a tree? said the head of One Hunaphu when it spoke to the maiden. You don't want it, she was told. I do want it, said the maiden. Very well. Stretch out your right hand here, so I can see it, said the bone. Yes, said the maiden. She stretched out her right hand, up there in front of the bone. And then the bone spit out its saliva, which landed squarely in the hand of the maiden. And then she looked in her hand, she inspected it right away, but the bone's saliva wasn't in her hand. It is just a sign I have given you, my saliva, my spittle. This, my head, has nothing on it - just bone, nothing of meat. It's just the same with the head of a great lord: it's just the flesh that makes his face look good. And when he dies, people get frightened by his bones. After that, his son is like his saliva, his spittle, in his being, whether it be the son of a lord or the son of a craftsman, an orator. The father does not disappear, but goes on being fulfilled. Neither dimmed nor destroyed is the face of a lord, a warrior, craftsman, an orator. Rather, he will leave his daughters and sons. So it is that I have done likewise through you. Now go up there on the face of the earth; you will not die. Keep the word. So be it, said the head of One and Seven Hunaphu - they were of one mind when they did it ...

THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
MAY 26 (146 → *130 + 16) 27 (330 - 183 = 147) 28 (148 → 80 + 68)

Al Nathrah-6 (Gap)

BEEHIVE (Exhalation of Piled-up Corpses) = ε Cancri, η Pyxidis (130.4), XESTUS = ο Velorum (130.5), ζ Pyxidis (130.7), ASCELLUS BOREALIS = γ Cancri, β Pyxidis (130.9)

*89.0 = *130.4 - *41.4

Extended Net-26a (Ox) / Arkū-sha-nangaru-sha-shūtu-12 (Southeast Star in the Crab)

η Hydrae (131.0), ASCELLUS AUSTRALIS = δ Cancri (131.4), KOO SHE = Bow and Arrow = δ Velorum (131.6), α Pyxidis (131.8), ε Hydrae (131.9)

*90.0 = *131.4 - *41.4

ι Cancri (132.0), ρ Hydrae (132.4)

*91.0 = *132.4 - *41.4

Ga3-7 (66 → *130 - 64) Ga3-8 Ga3-9
July 29 (146 + 64 = 210) 30 31 (395 - 183 = 212)

 

NOV 28 (332 = 366 - 36) 29 30 (*254)
Gb1-23 (229 + 23 = 252) Gb1-24 Gb1-25 (254)
PLACE OF THE SUN:
μ Aquarii (316.0) ε Equulei (317.8) No star listed (318 8 + 310)
Jan 31 (*316) Febr 1 (32) 2 (398)
°Jan 27 28 (393) 29 (*314)
'Jan 4 5 (370) 6 (*291)
SOLSTICE "Dec 22 (356) 23 (*277)
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
MAY 29 (332 - 183 = 149) 30 31
γ Pyxidis (133.6) ζ Hydrae (134.1), ρ Cancri (134.2), ζ Oct. (134.3), ο Cancri (134.6), δ Pyxidis (134.9) ACUBENS = α Cancri, TALITHA BOREALIS = ι Ursae Majoris (135.0), σ Cancri (135.2), ρ Ursa Majoris (135.6)
Ga3-10 Ga3-11 Ga3-12 (71)
Aug 1 2 (214 = 32 + 182) 3 (*500)
°July 28 29 (210) 30 (*131)
'July 5 (186) 6 7 (*108)
SOLSTICE "June 22 (*93) 23

The Cancer constellation was not located at the end of the Milky Way River, instead there was a Gap to July 29 (210 = 30 weels) where the Beehive would arrive. Half 420 = 210, and 210 - 183 = 27 = 3 * 9.

... The worship of the Divine Child was established in Minoan Crete, its most famous early home in Europe. In 1903, on the site of the temple of Dictaean Zeues - the Zeus who was yearly born in Rhea's cave at Dicte near Cnossos, where Pythagoras spent 'thrice nine hallowed days' of his initiation - was found a Greek hymn which seems to preserve the original Minoan formula in which the gypsum-powdered, sword-dancing Curetes, or tutors, saluted the Child at his birthday feast. In it he is hailed as 'the Cronian one' who comes yearly to Dicte mounted on a sow and escorted by a spirit-throng, and begged for peace and plenty as a reward for their joyful leaps ...

... They all sat down and rested [on the plain of Oromanga], when suddenly they saw that a turtle had reached the shore and had crawled up on the beach. He [Ira] looked at it and said, 'Hey, you! The turtle has come on land!' He said, 'Let's go! Let's go back to the shore.' They all went to pick up the turtle. Ira was the first one to try to lift the turtle - but she didn't move. Then Raparenga said, 'You do not have the necessary ability. Get out of my way so that I can have a try!' Raparenga stepped up and tried to lift the turtle - but Raparenga could not move her. Now you spoke, Kuukuu: 'You don't have the necessary ability, but I shall move this turtle. Get out of my way!' Kuukuu stepped up, picked up the turtle, using all his strength. After he had lifted the turtle a little bit, he pushed her up farther. No sooner had he pushed her up and lifted her completely off the ground when she struck Kuukuu with one fin. She struck downward and broke Kuukuu's spine.The turtle got up, went back into the (sea) water, and swam away. All the kinsmen spoke to you (i.e. Kuukuu): 'Even you did not prevail against the turtle!' They put the injured Kuukuu on a stretcher and carried him inland. They prepared a soft bed for him in the cave and let him rest there. They stayed there, rested, and lamented the severely injured Kuukuu. Kuukuu said, 'Promise me, my friends, that you will not abandon me!' They all replied, 'We could never abandon you!' They stayed there twenty-seven [27] days in Oromanga. Everytime Kuukuu asked, 'Where are you, friends?' they immediately replied in one voice, 'Here we are!' They all sat down and thought. They had an idea and Ira spoke, 'Hey, you! Bring the round stones (from the shore) and pile them into six heaps of stones!' One of the youths said to Ira, 'Why do we want heaps of stone?' Ira replied, 'So that we can all ask the stones to do something.' They took (the material) for the stone heaps (pipi horeko) and piled up six heaps of stone at the outer edge of the cave. Then they all said to the stone heaps, 'Whenever he calls, whenever he calls for us, let your voices rush (to him) instead of the six (of us) (i.e., the six stone heaps are supposed to be substitutes for the youths). They all drew back to profit (from the deception) (? ki honui) and listened. A short while later, Kuukuu called. As soon as he had asked, 'Where are you?' the voices of the stone heaps replied, 'Here we are!' All (the youths) said, 'Hey, you! That was well done!' ...

... Men's spirits were thought to dwell in the Milky Way between incarnations. This conception has been handed down as an Orphic and Pythagorean tradition fitting into the frame of the migration of the soul. Macrobius, who has provided the broadest report on the matter, has it that souls ascend by way of Capricorn, and then, in order to be reborn, descend again through the 'Gate of Cancer'. Macrobius talks of signs; the constellations rising at the solstices in his time (and still in ours) were Gemini and Sagittarius: the 'Gate of Cancer' means Gemini ...