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125. In October 7 AD 2022 the planet Mars was about to rise above the ecliptic as suggested by the diagram. And indeed we have to still use 03h instead of 21h as the diurnal time in order to be able to observe this place:

... Allen has documented all his star culminations at 21h, which could be due to an effort of keeping the culminations at their proper places according to the ancients, 24h (spring equinox) - 21h = 3h = 24h / 8 = 45º. 3h corresponds to 366 / 8 = 45.75 of my right ascension days and *366 - *46 = *320 (Dramasa, σ Octantis) ...

Oct 7

280 = 235 + 45

*200

   

Sept 7

250 = 235 + 15

*170

ALDEBARAN (*68)

MARCH 25 (250 - 166 = 84, *3)

Aug 23

235

*155

λ & ν Tauri (*59)

MARCH 16 (235 - 160 = 75, *360)

0h (80) MARCH 22 23 (82) 24 25 (84) 26
NO GLYPH
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5
PLACE OF THE SUN:
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2)

Net-19 (Crow)

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)
No star listed (66) No star listed (67)

Rohini-4 (The Red One) / Pidnu-sha-Shame-4 (Furrow of Heaven) / ANA-MURI-2 (Rear pillar - at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

ALDEBARAN = α Tauri (68.2), THEEMIN = υ² Eridani (68.5)

Sept 7 AD 2022 (250 → 235 + 15) MARS

No star listed (69)
May 24 25 (145) 26 27

5 Imix 9 Kumk'u

29
°May 20 21 22 23 24 (144) 25
'April 27 28 29 30 'May 1 (121) 2
"April 13 14 (104) 15 16 ( 1½ * 314) 17 (107, 472) 18
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
SEPT 20 (*183) 21 (264) EQUINOX 23 24 25

Heart-5 (Fox)

σ Scorpii (247.0), HEJIAN = γ Herculis (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7(

ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), KAJAM (Club) = ω Herculis (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), SHE LOW (Market Tower) = υ Ophiuchi, Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 (The Heart) / Jyeshtha-18 (Eldest) / ANA-MUA-1 (Entrance pillar)

ANTARES = α Scorpii (249.1), MARFIK (Elbow) = λ Ophiuchi, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)

Dec 7 AD 2023 (*261 → 9 * 29) MARS

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
Nov 23 (327) 24 25 (*249) 26 27 28
°Nov 19 20 21 (*245) 22 23 24
'Oct 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'Nov 1
"Oct 13 (286) 14 15 (*208) 16 17 18
Ga7-14 (183) Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19 (188)

If we should mechanically add 280 (October 7) - 250 (September 7) = 30 days to May 28 (heliacal Aldebaran) we would reach day MARCH 25 (84) + 30 = 114 (APRIL 24) = 178 (June 27). As if by chance Mars would be seen (at 03h) in the night of October 7 to be close to the star 114 Tauri:

In my old astronomy book not only τ Tauri but also 114 Tauri are marked with a red dot:

When searching in the book for some explanation as to a star coloured red I found out that it indicates a star very far away (→ not prone to showing any visible motion of its own):

 up to 100 light years away

white colour

between 100 and 1000

yellow

over 1000 light years aweay

red

Thus τ Tauri could in eternal times together with 114 Tauri show where to find the ecliptic path of the planets. Not all nights will have a planet visible up above.

Interestingly we can count *30 right ascension nights from the Full Moon at ζ Ophiuchi (*251) to the antediluvian north pole star Vega (*281):

APRIL 24 (*399) 25 (480) 26 (116, *36)
Ga2-4 (34 399 - 365) Ga2-5 (35 → 4 + 31) Ga2-6
Gb6-17 (399) Gb6-18 (229 + 171 = 400) Gb6-19 (172 = 136 + 36)
No star listed (98)

ψ3 Aurigae (99.4), ψ2 Aurigae (99.5)

GEMMA (α Cor. Bor.)
ψ4 Aurigae (100.5), MEBSUTA (Outstretched) = ε Gemini (100.7)

April 14 AD 2023 (104, *24)

MARS

... In other words, the ancient Druidic religion based on the oak-cult will be swept away by Christianity and the door - the god Llyr - will languish forgotten in the Castle of Arianrhod, the Corona Borealis. This helps us to understand the relationship at Rome of Janus and the White Goddess Cardea who is ... the Goddess of Hinges who came to Rome from Alba Longa. She was the hinge on which the year swung - the ancient Latin, not the Etruscan year - and her importance as such is recorded in the Latin adjective cardinalis - as we say in English 'of cardinal importance - which was also applied to the four main winds; for winds were considered as under the sole direction of the Great Goddess until Classical times ...

June 27 (162 + 16 = 178) 28 (*99) 29 (180 104 + 76)
°June 23 (174) ST JOHN'S DAY (*95) 25 (176 100 + 76)
'May 31 (151 = 135 + 16) 'June 1 (*72 = *99 - *27) 2
"May 17 (121 + 16´= 137) 18 (*58 = *99 - *41) 19
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
OCT 23 (*200 + *16) 24 (297) 25 (*218 = *36 + *183)
ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9)

*239.0 = *280.4 - *41.4

Abhijit-22 (Victorious)

θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA = α Lyrae (281.8)
No star listed (282)
Dec 26 (*264 + *16 = *280) 27 (361) 28
°Dec 22 (356) 23 (*277) CHRISTMAS EVE
'Nov 29 (333) 30 (*254) 'Dec 1 (335)
"Nov 15 (319) 16 (*240 = *281 - *41) 17
Ga8-13 (216) Ga8-14 Ga8-15 (218)

As if by chance Manuscirpt E states that the Explorers (the planets) sailed away from Hiva (→ in the Golden Age of the Bull) on the 25th day in the solar month of Much Water, Vaitu Nui (→ APRIL 25):

... On the twenty-fifth day of the first month (Vaitu Nui), Ira and Makoi set sail; on the first day of June ('Maro'), the bow of Ira's canoe appeared on the distant horizon, came closer and closer on its course, and sailed along, and finally (one) could see the (new home) land ... [E:17]

... i te rua te angahuru marima raa o te vaitu nui.i oho.mai ai a ira. ko Makoi ...

When in the Golden Age of the Bull the Full Moon had been at the right ascension line leading down from the north pole star Vega to the ecliptic at APRIL 25, then the Sun would have been where the star Gemma in Corona Borealis had culminated.

Can we use Cartes du Ciel in order to find the precise location of Mars in October 7 AD 2022?

Mars

J2000 RA: 5h23m58.11s

?

ζ Tauri

J2000 RA: 5h37m38.70s

*84.0

37m * 60 + 38.7 / 60 = 2220 + 0.645

23m * 60 + 58.11 / 60 = 1380 + 0.9685

2220.645 - 1380.9685 = 839.6765

839.6765 / 60  = 13 m  + 0.9946 * 60  = 39m 59.575s → 14m

14 / (24 * 60) = 14 / 1440 = 0.009722...

0.009722... * 365.25 = 3.551

*84 - *3.551 = *80.4

MARCH 26 (*370) 27 28 (*7) 29 (88) 30 (454)
Ga1-5 (370 - 365) Ga1-6 Ga1-7 Ga1-8 Ga1-9
Gb5-17 (229 + 141) Gb5-18 (359 + 12) Gb5-19 (365 + 7) Gb5-20 (12 * 12) Gb5-21 (290 / 2)
No star listed (69) No star listed (70) TABIT = π³ Orionis  (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8)

*31.0 = *72.4 - *41.4

π¹ Orionis (73.0), ο² Orionis (73.4), HASSALEH = ι Aurigae (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9)

*32.0 = *73.4 - *41.4
May 29 (122 + 27) 30 31 (*372 + *64) June 1 (152 = 88 + 64) 2 (*73)
°May 25 26 27 (*432 = *436 - *4) 28 (148 = 152 - 4) 29 (*69)
'May 2 (122) 3 (*408) 4 5 (125) 6 (*46 = *73 - *27)
"April 18 (108) 19 (*29) 20 (*395) 21 (111 = 152 - 41) 22 (477 = 112 + 365)
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
SEPT 24 25 (*188) 26 27 (270) 28 (3 * 91)
HAN = ζ Ophiuchi (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) ATRIA = α Tr. Austr. (253.9)

Tail-6 (Tiger)

WEI (Tail) = ε Scorpii, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB = μ Scorpii (254.7)

ι Ophiuchi (255.3), GRAFIAS = ζ Scorpii (255.4)

*214.0 = *255.4 - *41.4
Nov 27  28 29 (333) 30 (*254) Dec 1
°Nov 23 24 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27
'Oct 31 'Nov 1 2 3 (*227) 4 (308)
"Oct 17 (*210) 18 19 (292) 20 21
Ga7-18 (141 + 46) Ga7-19 (188) Ga7-20 Ga7-21 (190) Ga7-22 (145 + 46)

 

MARCH 31 (*10) APRIL 1 2 3 (93)
Ga1-10 Ga1-11 Ga1-12 Ga1-13 ↔ 378 - 365
Gb5-22 (146 2 * 73) Gb5-23 Gb5-24 Gb5-25 (378 → Saturn)
ALMAAZ (The Male Goat) = ε Aurigae (74.7), HAEDUS I = ζ Aurigae (74.8) HAEDUS II = η Aurigae (75.9)

Aug 14 AD 2024 (226, *146)

MARS JUPITER

5h (*76.1) ι (102) Tauri

ε Leporis (76.0), CURSA (Footstool) = β Eridani (76.4), λ Eridani (76.7)

*35.0 = *76.4 - *41.4

μ Aurigae, μ Leporis (77.6)

... The tradition preserved by Hyginus in his Poetic Astronomy that the constellation Capricorn ('He-goat') was Zeus's foster-brother Aegipan, the Kid of the Goat Amalthea whose horn Zeus also placed among the stars, shows that Zeus was born at mid-winter when the Sun entered the house of Capricorn ...

June 3 4 (*75) 5 (40 + 4 * 29) 6 (157 ↔ 314 / 2)
°May 30 (150) 31 °June 1 (*72) 2 (153)
'May 7 8 (128) 9 (*414 ↔ *49 + *365) 10 (*50 ↔ *77 - *27)
"April 23 24 (*399) 25 (115 = 156 - 41) 26 (*36 = *77 - *41)

... Later on in this series of rituals, the Chorti go through a ceremony they call raising the sky. This ritual takes place at midnight on the twenty-fifth of April and continues each night until the rains arrive. In this ceremony two diviners and their wives sit on benches so that they occupy the corner positions of the cosmic square. They take their seats in the same order as the stones were placed, with the men on the eastern side and the women on the west. The ritual actions of sitting down and lifting upward are done with great precision and care, because they are directly related to the actions done by the gods at Creation. The people represent the gods of the four corners and the clouds that cover the earth. As they rise from their seats, they metaphorically lift the sky. If their lifting motion is uneven, the rains will be irregular and harmful ...

hakaariki

5h

Ariki 1. King, ruler, member of the nobility, Ariki henua, king; members of the royal family, descending from Hotu Matu'a; noble, nobility, chief. 2. Divine being, superior being. Ariki Paka, certain collateral descendents of Hotu Matu'a, who exercised religious functions. Vanaga. Chief, king, lord, headman in general. Hakaariki, to make one a king. P Pau., Mgv.: ariki, chief. Mq.: aiki, id. Ta.: arii, id. The Marquesan use both aiki and hakaiki in the same sense; the latter forms with Mangarevan akariki a subordinate couple in Southeast Polynesia. Since akariki is the only form in Mangareva and the Marquesas have both we may regard this as indicative of the influence of Mangareva upon the Marquesas. In Tonga we find only eiki; the vowel change is quite in the Tongan manner, the dropping of the liquid is most unusual; the eiki form appears once more in Mangarevan ataeiki (also a language in which it is unusual to drop the liquid) in the sense 'to do nothing and to dress richly in a luxurious way'. Churchill.

... The Mahabharata insists on six as the number of the Pleiades as well as of the mothers of Skanda and gives a very broad and wild description of the birth and the installation of Kartikeya 'by the assembled gods ... as their generalissimo', which is shattering, somehow, driving home how little one understands as yet. The least which can be said, assuredly: Mars was 'installed' during a more or less close conjunction of all planets; in Mbh. 9.45 (p. 133) it is stressed that the powerful gods assembled 'all poured water upon Skanda, even as the gods had poured water on the head of Varuna, the lord of waters, for investing him with dominion'. And this 'investiture' took place at the beginning of the Krita Yuga, the Golden Age ...

THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
SEPT 29 30 (273 = 3 * 91) OCT 1 2 (*195)
κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), CUJAM (Club) = ε Herculi (256.9) No star listed (257)

17h (*258.7)

ARRAKIS = μ Draconis (258.7)

Mula-19 (The Root)

SABIK (The Preceding One) = η Ophiuchi (259.7), η Scorpii (259.9)
Dec 2 (336 ↔ 4 * 84) 3 4 5 (*259)
°Nov 28 (332) 29 30 (*254) °Dec 1
'Nov 5 6 (*230) 7 (311) 8
"Oct 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24 25
Ga7-23 (192) Ga7-24 Ga7-25 Ga7-26

 
APRIL 4 (*14) → 413 + 1 5 (95 + 365 = 460) 6 7
Ga1-14 Ga1-15 Ga1-16 Ga1-17
Gb5-26 (150) Gb5-6 + 21 Gb5-28 Gb5-29 (382)

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)

*37.0 = *78.4 - *41.4

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 (Female Warrior) = γ Orionis, SAIF AL JABBAR (Sword of the Giant) = η Orionis (80.7), ELNATH (The Butting One) = β Tauri = γ Aurigae (80.9)

*39.0 = *41.0 - *2.0 = *221.0 - *182.0

Oct 7 AD 2022 (280, *200)

MARS
ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL (Thirst-slaking Camels) = β Leporis (81.7)
June 7 (*78) 8 (*444) 9 (525 = 365 + 160) 10 (161)

... Midsummer is the flowering season of the oak, which is the tree of endurance and triumph, and like the ash is said to 'court the lightning flash'. Its roots are believed to extend as deep underground as its branches rise in the air - Virgil mentions this - which makes it emblematic of a god whose law runs both in Heaven and in the Underworld ... The month, which takes its name from Juppiter the oak-god, begins on June 10th and ends of July 7th. Midway comes St. John's Day, June 24th, the day on which the oak-king was sacrificially burned alive. The Celtic year was divided into two halves with the second half beginning in July, apparently after a seven-day wake, or funeral feast, in the oak-king's honour ...

°June 3 (*74) 4 (*440) 5 (521) 6 (157)
'May 11 12 (*52 = *79 - *27) 13 (133) 14
"April 27 28 (118 ↔ 4 * 29½) 29 (*39) 30
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
OCT 3 4 (277) 5 6 (*199)
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)

*220.0 = *261.4 - *41.4
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 6 (*260) 7 (→ 9 * 29) 8 (342) 9 (→ 7 * 49)
°Dec 2 (*256) 3 4 (338) 5
'Nov 9 10 (314 → π) 11 12 (*236 → 8 * 29½)
"Oct 26 27 (300 = 341 - 41) 28 29 (*222)
Ga7-27 Ga7-28 Ga7-29 Ga7-30 (199)

In my old astronomy book Aldebaran is indicated as a white star (less than 100 light years away), suggesting it possibly will be perceived as moving against the background. Above we have found not the yellow coloured star Elnath (*80.9) but σ Aurigae (*80.4), also coloured yellow.

But σ Aurigae was too faint a star to be useful for the star watchers.

σ Auirigae *80.4 5.02
Saif al Jabbar *80.7 3.35
Bellatrix (Orion) *80.7 1.64
Elnath (Taurus) *80.9 1.65

The brilliant pair Bellatrix and Elnath ought instead to be chosen:

Oct 7

280 = 235 + 45

*200

ELNATH & BELLATRIX (*80 96 - 16)

APRIL 6 (280 - 184 = 96. *381)

Sept 7

250 = 235 + 15

*170

ALDEBARAN (*68)

MARCH 25 (250 - 166 = 84, *369)

Aug 23

235

*155

λ & ν Tauri (*59)

MARCH 16 (235 - 160 = 75, *360)