58. The star named Outstretched (Mebsuta, *100), at the contour of the Castor part of the figure, could imply that the Gemini constellation was perceived as a pair of legs (belonging to a single person):

A tiny star named Contracted (Mekbuda, *105, ζ) was at the other leg so to say, at MAY 1 (Beltaine), with the Full Moon (its nakshatra place) at right ascension *105 + *183 = *288 (→ 2 * 144 → 12 * 24 → 6 * 48 → 3 * 96).

... During his descent the ancestor still possessed the quality of a water spirit, and his body, though preserving its human appearance, owing to its being that of a regenerated man, was equipped with four flexible limbs like serpents after the pattern of the arms of the Great Nummo. The ground was rapidly approaching. The ancestor was still standing, his arms in front of him and the hammer and anvil hanging across his limbs. The shock of his final impact on the earth when he came to the end of the rainbow, scattered in a cloud of dust the animals, vegetables and men disposed on the steps. When calm was restored, the smith was still on the roof, standing erect facing towards the north, his tools still in the same position. But in the shock of landing the hammer and the anvil had broken his arms and legs at the level of elbows and knees, which he did not have before. He thus acquired the joints proper to the new human form, which was to spread over the earth and to devote itself to toil ...

Thus the 'leg' corresponding to that of Pollux (→ Po as in the Italian river followed by Lux → Latin for Light) would be out in the daylight at the beginning of summer with Castor at the end of the winter nights. Therefore we could guess an emblem for the Gemini 'person' should be Π. Which indeed is not far away:

It is also worthy of noting that the 15th Chinese lunar station was named Legs.

But we should now look at the current end of the Goat, at the stars visible in the evening of March 14 (3-14) AD 2024:

Gb1-26 (355 - 100)	Gb2-1 (216 + 40 = 256 → 4 * 64)
PLACE OF THE SUN
21h (319.6)  → 137.0 + 365.25 / 2 = 319.6 ARMUS = η Capricorni (319.0), DORSUM = θ Capricorni (319.3), TSOO = 24 Capricorni (319.7)	DRAMASA = σ Oct., χ Capricorni (320.0), ν Aquarii (320.3), γ Equulei (320.6), ο Pavonis (320.8)
Febr 3 (399)	4 (400 - 365 = 35)
°Jan 30 (*315)	31 (396)
'Jan 7 (*292)	8 (373)
CHRISTMAS EVE (*278)	"Dec 25 (359)
DEC 1 (355 - 20)	2 (336 → 4 * 84)
... only at the evening of the solstitial days can spirits enter heaven, the inhabitants of the northern parts of the island at one solstice, the dwellers in the south at the other ...
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
9h (137.0) σ¹ Ursa Majoris (137.0), κ Cancri (137.3), τ Cancri (137.4), ALSUHAIL (al Wazn, of the Weight) = λ in the Vela (Sail) part of Argo Navis  (137.5), σ² Ursa Majoris (137.6), τ Ursa Majoris (137.7), ξ Cancri (137.8) *96.0 = *137.4 - *41.4	κ in the Pyxidis (Mariner's Compass) part of Argo Navis (138.0), ε (138.5)
Aug 5	6 (218 = 400 - 182)
"June 25 (217 - 41)	26 (177 = 6 * 29½)
JUNE 2 (153 = 176 - 23)	3 (218 - 64)
Ga3-13	Ga3-14 (73 = 256 - 183)

Gb2-2	Gb2-3 (29)	Gb2-4	Gb2-5 (260)
PLACE OF THE SUN
α Oct. (321.5), δ Equulei (321.7), Φ Capricorni (321.8) March 6 AD 2024 (65) MARS	KITALPHA (Part of a Horse) = α Equulei (322.0), ALDERAMIN (The Right Arm) = α Cephei (322.9)	DAI = ι Capricorni (323.5), β Equulei (323.8)	γ Pavonis (324.1), YAN = ζ Capricorni (324.6)
Febr 5 (36)	6	7 (403)	8 (*324)
°Febr 1	2	3 (399)	4 (*320)
'Jan 9	10 (*295)	11	12 (377)
"Dec 25 (*280)	26	27	28 (363)
DEC 3	4	5 (339)	6 (*260)
THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
π Cancri (139.2), MIAPLACIDUS = β Carinae (139.3), TUREIS (Little Shield) = ι Carinae (139.8)	No star listed (140)	θ Pyxidis, MARKAB VELORUM = κ Velorum (141.5), AL MINHAR AL ASAD (The Nose of the Lion) = κ Leonis (141.6), λ Pyxidis (141.9)	Star-25 (Horse) / ANA-HEU-HEU-PO-5 (Pillar where debates were held) ALPHARD (The Horse) = α Hydrae (142.3), ω Leonis (142.6), τ¹ Hydrae (142.7)
Aug 7	8 (220)	9 (*141)	10
"June 27	28	29 (*100)	30
JUNE 4	5 (156)	6 (*77)	7
Ga3-16	Ga3-17	Ga3-18 (77)	Ga3-19

 

 

... On February 9 the Chorti Ah K'in, 'diviners', begin the agricultural year. Both the 260-day cycle and the solar year are used in setting dates for religious and agricultural ceremonies, especially when those rituals fall at the same time in both calendars.

The ceremony begins when the diviners go to a sacred spring where they choose five stones with the proper shape and color. These stones will mark the five positions of the sacred cosmogram created by the ritual.

When the stones are brought back to the ceremonial house, two diviners start the ritual by placing the stones on a table in a careful pattern that reproduces the schematic of the universe. At the same time, helpers under the table replace last year's diagram with the new one.

They believe that by placing the cosmic diagram under the base of God at the center of the world they demonstrate that God dominates the universe.

The priests place the stones in a very particular order. First the stone that corresponds to the sun in the eastern, sunrise position of summer solstice is set down; then the stone corresponding to the western, sunset position of the same solstice. This is followed by stones representing the western, sunset position of the winter solstice, then its eastern, sunrise position. Together these four stones form a square.

They sit at the four corners of the square just as we saw in the Creation story from the Classic period and in the Popol Vuh. Finally, the center stone is placed to form the ancient five-point sign modern researchers called the quincunx ...