136.
Menkaure (Mycerinus), the benevolent and much praised
Pharaoh, made the most of his short remaining span of life:
...
Mycerinus, indignant, sent an
angry message to the oracle, reproaching the god
with his injustice - 'My father and uncle,' he
said 'though they shut up the temples, took no
thought of the gods and destroyed multitudes of
men, nevertheless enjoyed a long life; I, who am
pious, am to die soon!' There came in reply a
second message from the oracle - 'for this very
reason is thy life brought so quickly to a close
- thou hast not done as it behoved thee. Egypt
was fated to suffer affliction one hundred and
fifty years - the two kings who preceded thee
upon the throne understood this - thou hast not
understood it'. Mycerinus, when this
answer reached him, perceiving that his doom was
fixed, had lamps prepared, which he lighted
every day at eventime, and feasted and enjoyed
himself unceasingly both day and night, moving
about in the marsh-country and the woods, and
visiting all the places he heard were agreeable
sojourns. His wish was to prove the oracle
false, by turning night into days and so living
twelve years in the space of six ...
From the culmination of Thuban (the
Dragon) in the night of June 7 (*78)
... The star [Thuban] could be seen, both
by day and night, from the bottom of the central passage of
the Great Pyramid of Cheops (Knum
Khufu) at Ghizeh, in 30° of north latitude, as also
from the similar points in five other like structures; and
the same fact is asserted by Sir John Herschel as to the two
pyramids at Abousseir ...
... For some reason, too, it had taken
their fancy to place the Great Pyramid almost exactly on the
30th parallel at latitude 29º 58' 51". This, a former
astronomer royal of Scotland once observed, was 'a sensible
defalcation from 30º', but not necessarily in error: For if
the original designer had wished that men should see with
their body, rather than their mental eyes, the pole of the
sky from the foot of the Great Pyramid, at an altitude
before them of 30º, he would have had to take account of the
refraction of the atmosphere, and that would have
necessitated the building standing not at 30º but at 29º 58'
22' ...
to the day preceding June 14 (*85), when the
star named South Gate of the Wolf (Yang Mun) culminated,
there were 6 days:
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) |
APRIL 8 |
9 (99) |
10 (465) |
11 (*21) |
|
|
|
|
Ga1-18 → 118 = 241 - 123 |
Ga1-19 →
384 - 365 |
Ga1-20 |
Ga1-21 |
|
|
|
|
Gb6-1
(383 = 365 + 18) |
Gb6-2 |
Gb6-3
(385 = 465 - 80) |
Gb6-4 (229 + 314 / 2) |
KHUFU
MINTAKA
(Belt) = δ Orionis,
υ Orionis (82.4),
χ Aurigae (82.5), ε Columbae (82.6)
*41.0 = *82.4 - *41.4
→ 41 Arietis (Bharani) |
KHAFRE
Al Hak'ah-3 (White Spot)
/
Mrigashīrsha-5 (Stag's Head)
/
Turtle Head-20
(Monkey)
/
Mas-tab-ba-tur-tur
(Little Twins)
ARNEB = α Leporis, CRAB NEBULA = M1 Tauri
(83.0),
φ¹
Orionis (83.1),
HEKA (KAKKAB SAR, the Constellation of
the King), λ Orionis, ORION NEBULA = M42
(83.2),
φ²
Orionis (83.6),
ALNILAM (String of Pearls) =
ε
Orionis
(83.7) |
MENKAURE
Three Stars-21
(Gibbon)
/
Shur-narkabti-sha-shūtū-6 (Star in the Bull
towards the south)
/
ANA-IVA-9 (Pillar of exit)
HEAVENLY GATE = ζ Tauri, ν
Columbae (84.0),
ω
Orionis (84.2), 121
Tauri
(84.6),
ALNITAK (Girdle) =
ζ Orionis,
PHAKT (Phaet) =
α
Columbae
(84.7)
Nov 6
AD 2022
(310, *230)
MARS |
ο Aurigae (85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)
YANG MUN (α Lupi) |
|
June 11 (162) |
12 (*448) |
13 (*84) |
14 (530) |
°June 7 |
8 (*444) |
9 (*80) |
10 (161) |
'May 15
(500 = 365 + 135) |
16 (136,
*56) |
17 (*422) |
18 (*58) |
"May 1
(486 = 468 + 18) |
2 (*407) |
3 (123) |
4 (*44) |
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW: |
OCT 7
(280) |
8 (*201) |
9 (282) |
10 (648 =
365 + 283) |
LESATH
(Sting) = υ (325) Scorpii,
δ
Arae (264.7),
CHOO (Club) =
α
Arae
(264.9) |
Al Shaula-17
ALWAID (Mother Camels) =
β
Draconis, MAASYM (Wrist) =
λ Herculis
(265.1),
SHAULA (Sting) =
λ
Scorpii
(265.3),
KUMA =
ν
Draconis
(265.6),
σ
Arae (265.9)
HAMAL (α ARIETIS)
|
RAS ALHAGUE (Head
of the Serpent Charmer) = α
Ophiuchi
(266.1),
SARGAS = θ Scorpii (266.3),
μ Ophiuchi, π Arae (266.5),
NAN HAE (Southern Sea) = ξ Serpentis
(266.6), AL
DHĪLI (The Wolf) = ω Draconis,
ι Herculis (266.7) |
λ
Arae (267.1),
GIRTAB (Seizer) = κ Scorpii,
ο Serpentis (267.6),
DSIBAN (Wolf Pair) = ψ Draconis
(267.9) |
|
Dec 10
(*264) |
11 (345) |
12 |
13 (347) |
°Dec 6
(*260) |
7 (341) |
8 |
9 (343) |
'Nov 13
(*237) |
14 (318) |
15 |
16 (320) |
"Oct 30 |
31 (304) |
"Nov 1 |
2 (*226) |
|
|
|
|
Ga7-31
(200) |
Ga7-32 |
Ga7-33
(202) |
Ga7-34 |
... The
'classic' version, however, was much more
detailed: the rope would seem to rise high
into the skies, disappearing from view. The
boy would climb the rope and be lost to
view. The magician would call back his boy
assistant, and, on getting no response,
become furious. The magician then armed
himself with a knife or sword and climbed
the rope, vanishing too. An argument would
be heard, and then limbs would start
falling, presumably cut from the assistant
by the magician. When all the parts of the
body, including the torso, landed on the
ground, the magician would climb down the
rope. He would collect the limbs and put
them in a basket, or collect the limbs in
one place and cover them with a cape or
blanket. Soon the boy would appear, restored
... |
I have not listed all the star culminations mentioned in
the work of Allen, but it is easy to deduce that the
relevant star culminating (at 21h) in June 13 (*84) should
have been
Toliman (the Shoot from the Vine).
...
Alpha's splendor
naturally made it an object of worship on
the Nile, and its first visible emergence
from the sun's rays, in the morning at the
autumnal equinox, has been connected by
Lockyer with the orientation of at least
nine temples in northern Egypt from 3700
B.C. onward. As such [an] object of worship
it seems to have been known as
Serk-t ...
And after having added another 6 'years' we will reach
June 19 (*90):
APRIL 12 |
13 (468) |
14 (104) |
15 (*390) |
16 (*26) |
|
|
|
|
|
Ga1-22 |
Ga1-23 |
Ga1-24 |
Ga1-25 |
Ga1-26 |
|
|
|
|
|
Gb6-5 |
Gb6-6 (388) |
Gb6-7 (160) |
Gb6-8 (390) |
Gb6-9 (162) |
PLACE OF THE SUN |
μ
Columbae (86.1),
SAIPH
(Sword) = κ Orionis (86.5),
τ
Aurigae,
ζ
Leporis (86.6) |
υ
Aurigae (87.1),
ν
Aurigae (87.2),
WEZN (Weight) =
β
Columbae,
δ
Leporis (87.7),
TZE (Son) =
λ
Columbae
(87.9) |
Ardra-6 (The Moist One)
/
ANA-VARU-8 (Pillar to sit by)
χ¹
Orionis,
ξ
Aurigae (88.1),
BETELGEUZE = α Orionis
(88.3),
ξ Columbae (88.5),
σ
Columbae (88.7)
ZUBEN ELGENUBI (α Librae)
|
η
Leporis (89.0),
PRAJA-PĀTI (Lord of Created Beings) =
δ
Aurigae,
MENKALINAN (Shoulder of the Rein-holder) =
β
Aurigae, MAHASHIM (Wrist) =
θ
Aurigae,
and
γ
Columbae (89.3),
π
Aurigae (89.4),
η
Columbae (89.7)
*48.0 = *89.4 - *41.4 |
μ Orionis (90.3),
χ² Orionis (90.5) |
June 15 |
16 |
17 (168 → 2 *
84) |
18 |
19 (*90) |
°June 11 |
12 |
13 (*84) |
14 (165) |
15 |
'May 19 |
20 |
21 (*61) |
22 (142) |
23 |
"May 5 |
6 |
7 (127) |
8 |
9 (*49) |
THE NAKSHATRA
VIEW: |
OCT 11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 (288) |
KELB ALRAI (Dog of the Shepherd) =
β
Ophiuchi,
μ
Arae (268.1),
KEW HO (Nine Rivers) =
μ
Herculis
(268.6),
η
Pavonis (268.7),
APOLLYON =
ι
Scorpii
(268.9) |
MULIPHEN (Oaths) = γ Ophiuchi (269.0), BASANISMUS =
G Scorpii
(269.5),
PHERKARD (Dim One of the Two Calves) =
δ
Ursae Minoris
(269.9) |
PTOLEMY CLUSTER = M7 Scorpii
(270.5),
GRUMIUM (Lower Jaw) = ξ Draconis
(270.9) |
RUKBALGETHI GENUBI (Bending Claw) = θ Herculis
(271.1),
ξ Herculis (271.5),
ETAMIN (Head) =
γ
Draconis,
ν
Herculis (271.7),
ν
Ophiuchi (271.8) |
CAT'S EYE = NGC6543 Draconis
(272.2),
ζ Serpentis (272.4),
τ
Ophiuchi (272.9) |
|
Dec 14 (*268) |
15 |
16 (350) |
17 |
18 |
°Dec 10
(*264) |
11 (345) |
12 |
13 |
14 |
'Nov 17
(*241) |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 (325) |
"Nov 3 (*227) |
4 |
5 |
6 (310) |
7 |
|
|
|
|
|
Ga8-1 (204) |
Ga8-2 |
Ga8-3 |
Ga8-4 |
Ga8-5 (208) |
In the following right ascension day *273 (→
¾ * 364) the Full Moon should ideally be at the star named Nash, the
Winnowing
Basket:
... As
has already been mentioned, the Delphians worshipped
Dionysus once a year as the new-born child, Liknites,
'the Child in the Harvest
Basket', which was a shovel-shaped basket of rush
and osier used as a harvest basket, a cradle, a manger,
and a winnowing-fan for tossing the grain up into the
air against the wind, to separate it from the chaff.
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 ...
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