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183 → 3 * 61 → 361 → December 27 → Wega. The planet Mars should be (re)born from the Pleiades, they say.

... is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet ... Its origin is uncertain but it may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa ... In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 or 500000 ... Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003: 'The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' ... Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot' ...

... 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 ...

8 SOUTH DIPPER Φ SAGITTARII Unicorn (284.0) Dec 30 (364)

Phoenician qoph    Greek phi Φ (φ)

Phoenician teth     Greek theta Θ (θ)

Although his current circuit will evidently not bring him there:

Counting from December 28 (362) to May 16 (365 + 136 = 501, *421, *56, Alcyone, Pleione, Atlas) will measure out a distance of 139 (→ 136 + 3) right ascension nights.

... 'In Upper Egypt', wrote Sir James G. Frazer in The Golden Bough, citing the observations of a German nineteenth-century voyager, 'on the first day of the solar year by Coptic reckoning, that is, on the tenth of September, when the Nile has generally reached its highest point, the regular government is suspended for three days and every town chooses its own ruler. This temporary lord wears a sort of tall fool's cap and a long flaxen beard, and is enveloped in a strange mantle. With a wand of office in his hand and attended by men disguised as scribes, executioners, and so forth, he proceeds to the Governor's house. The latter allows himself to be deposed; and the mock king, mounting the throne, holds a tribunal, to the decisions of which even the governor and his officials must bow. After three days the mock king is committed to the flames, and from its ashes the Fellah creeps forth ...

... 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 ...

... On Easter Eve the fire all is quencht in every place, // And fresh againe from out the flint is fecht with solemne grace. Then Clappers cease, and belles are set againe at libertée, // And herewithall the hungrie times of fasting ended bée ...

Once again we are reminded of the name Easter Island.

Timo. Title of those entrusted with ritual duties. The timo îka were entrusted with putting death spells on murderers to avenge the victims. The timo to'a blessed and cast victory spells on warriors. The timo rara koreha were entrusted with drying corpses. Vanaga. Mourning, grief, sorrow; (clappers made of flat bones etimoika; when an islander is working up his vengeance for the loss of a murdered kinsman he puts on a feather headdress, goes about behind the houses, and makes great yelling and rattles the bones. G). Churchill.

NOV 19 20 (324) 21 22 → π 23 (327) 24 (*248)
Gb1-14 Gb1-15 → 115 Gb1-16 Gb1-17 (2 * 123) Gb1-18 → 4 * 29½ 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-9 (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
 
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)

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)
Dec 28 (362) AD 2027 MARS Febr 20 (416) AD 2024 MARS
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 (LUCIA) 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

But there is a fish-hook in Gb1-18 (December 31), which suggests we should instead count from this place to Alcyone, Pleione, and Atlas.

In Roman times the Head of the Stag would have risen with the Sun in "May 16 (136). And its culmination had been in "December 29 (the last day in this month before Julius Caesar changed the calendar).

... The Heka triplet is where we otherwise would have expected to see a bright single star representing Orion's head (when looking from a location in the northern hemisphere) ... λ and the two stars phi furnish an easy refutation of the popular error as to the apparent magnitude of the moon's disc, Colas writing of this in the Celestial Handbook of 1892: In looking at this triangle nobody would think that the moon could be inserted in it; but as the distance from λ to φ¹ is 27', and the distance from φ¹ to φ² is 33', it is a positive fact; the moon's mean apparent diameter being 31' 7''. This illusion, prevalent in all ages, has attracted the attention of many great men; Ptolemy, Roger Bacon, Kepler, and others having treated of it. The lunar disc, seen by the naked eye of an uninstructed observer, appears, as it is frequently expressed 'about the size of a dinner-plate', but should be seen as only equal to a peppercorn ...

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)
PLACE OF THE SUN:

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 ...

In November 6 (→ †) began the retrograde movement of Mars, and in AD 2022 he had been there - close to 121 Tauri (→ May 1  Tauri → Beltane):

136 ("May 16) - 75 (from November 6 to January 20) → 64 - 3 → 121 - 60:

... On the day when Tîstar produced the rain, when its seas arose therefrom, the whole place, half taken up by water, was converted into seven portions; this portion, as much as one-half, is the middle, and six portions are around; those six portions are together as much as Khvanîras ...

Mars AD 2023

May 25 (145)

J2000 RA: 4h23m51.15s

*65.1

Atlas (27 Tauri)

J2000 RA: 3h49m09.70s

*56.3

4h23m51.15s - 3h49m09.70s = 00h34m45.45s

34m45.45s / 1440 * 365.25 = 8.816

We have seen this before, although with a slightly different result. Yet, we should be able to state that there were *65.1 - *56.1 = 9 nights from Alcyone to Mars, i.e. May 16 (136) + 9 = 145 = May 25. → 5-25 → 5 * 5 * 5 → 3-25 (84 = 145 - 61).

0h (80) MARCH 22 23 (82) 24 25 (84) 26 (*370)
NO GLYPH
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5
(229 + 136) Gb5-13 (365 + 1) Gb5-14 Gb5-15 Gb5-16 (140) (450 - 80 = 370)
PLACE OF THE SUN:
HYADUM II = δ¹ Tauri (64.2)

Jan 20 AD 2023 (385 → 354 + 31) MARS

Net-19 (Crow)

AIN (Eye) = ε Tauri, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)

Jan 5 AD 2023 (370 → 354 + 15) MARS

Jan 20 AD 2023  MARS

 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

Febr 4 AD 2023 (400 → 260 + 40) 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 (450 - 182)

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 (370 - 182)

... Nut, whom the Greeks sometimes identified with Rhea, was goddess of the sky, but it was debatable if in historical times she was the object of a genuine cult. She was Geb's twin sister and, it was said, married him secretly and against the will of Ra. Angered, Ra had the couple brutally separated by Shu and afterwards decreed that Nut could not bear a child in any given month of any year. Thoth, Plutarch tells us, happily had pity on her. Playing draughts with the Moon, he won in the course of several games a seventy-second part of the Moon's light with which he composed five new days. As these five intercalated days did not belong to the official Egyptian calendar of three hundred and sixty days, Nut was thus able to give birth successively to five children: Osiris, Haroeris (Horus), Set, Isis and Nepthys ...: