... Among the other ritual coincidences, perhaps the most remarkable was the death of poor old Willie Watman, seaman A. B., on the morning of 1 February. Watman was the first person among Cook's people to die at Kealakekua: on the ceremonial day, so far as can be calculated, that the King's living god Kahoali'i would swallow the eye of the first human sacrifice of the New Year ...

Mata. 1. Tribe, people; te mata tûai-era-á, the ancient tribes. 2. Eye; mata ite, eyewitness. 3. Mesh: mata kupega. 4. Raw, uncooked, unripe, green, matamata, half-cooked, half-ripe. Kahi matamata, a tuna fish. Vanaga. 1. The eye; mata neranera, mata kevakeva, mata mamae, to be drowsy; mata keva, mataraparapa, matapo, blind; mata hakahira, squint eyed; mata pagaha, eye strain. 2. Face, expression, aspect, figure, mien, presence, visage, view; mata mine, mata hakataha, mata pupura, mata hakahiro, to consider. 3. Raw, green, unripe. 4. Drop of water. 5. Mesh; hakamata, to make a net. 6. Cutting, flint. 7. Point, spear, spike (a fish bone). 8. Chancre. Matamata, sound of water. Churchill. There is a wide range of significations in this stem. It will serve to express an opening as small as the mesh of a net or as large as a door of a house; it will serve to designate globular objects as large as the eye or as small as the bud on a twig or the drop of rain, and designating a pointed object it answers with equal facility for the sharpened tip of a lance or the acres of a headland; it describes as well the edge of a paddle or the source from which a thing originates. Churchill 2. Matá. Black obsidian spear points, all belonging to the Late Period which began ca 1680. Heyerdahl 3.

Perhaps a new year had once upon a time coincided with day *283, because anciently December carried only 29 days, and day 283 counted from January 1 was October 10:

... A hint is hidden in the picture above, because October 1 has been written 10kt. April 10 is day 100 and because October is the 6th month after the month of April the date October 10 (283 = 100 + 183) should be the opposite of April 10. Cfr e.g. Ga7-34 at OCTOBER 10.

According to the era of Bharani the day following "December 28 (*282) - with Al-phard (the Horse, α Hydrae)

... The principal word for 'fish' in most Dravidian languages is min, which has an ancient homophone meaning 'star', both probably derivatives of the root min 'to glitter' ... Fish are actually unable to close their eyes, and the fact that 'when the fish sleeps it does not close its eyes' was noticed by ancient Indians. The dot-in-a-circle similar to that occuring among the trefoils of the Harappan priest-king's robe is identical with the eye of the many small hare- and fish-shaped amulets discovered on the lower levels of Harappa ...

at the nakshatra Full Moon Moon, at Gb2-6 (260),


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

- should correspond to 10 days after the culmination of Betelgeuze (the Moist One, Ardra-6) and the Suin at the Most Famous (Dhanishta-24), at Gb1-21 (250).

NOV 25 (329 → 305 + 24)	26 (*250)	27 (366 - 35)

*249 → 3 83**	*250 → 5 5**
Gb1-20 (249)	Gb1-21 (→ 121 → Beltaine)	Gb1-22
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 ...

Furthermore, also January 29 (*314) at Gb1-21 - anciently the month of January carried only 29 days - should be at Albali.

This is indeed a very difficult 'game of croquet', not only from how the 'hedgehogs' were suddenly unrolling and walking away but also because 'the doubled-up soldiers were always getting up and walking off to other parts of the ground'.

We could expect Gb2-6 to correspond to one day after "December 28 (*282) at Gb2-5 (260 → 20 * 13 → tzolkin), but instead we will find glyph number 261 (→ 29 * 9) to be associated with day 364 ("December 30). Thus it could be said that here 'one eye' (a day in the Gregorian calendar) had been 'swallowed'. The importance of this place in the cosmic diagram cannot be overstated. We should remember the hole in the Keiti tablet after glyph number 260.


*Gb2-6 (9 29)**	Gb2-7	Gb2-8	Gb2-9 (35)	Gb2-10 (265)
PLACE OF THE SUN
BUNDA (Foundation) / KAKKAB *NAMMAΧ (Star of Mighty Destiny)* ... β and ξ also constituted the Persian lunar station Bunda and the similar Coptic Upuineuti, the Foundation; but β alone marked the sieu Heu, Hiu, or Hü, Void, anciently Ko, the central one of the seven sieu which, taken together, were known as Heung Wu, the Black Warrior, in the northern quarter of the sky. It is found in Hindu lists as Kalpeny, of unknown signification. On the Euphrates it was Kakkab Nammaχ, the Star of Mighty Destiny, that may have given origin to the title of the manzil [Al Sa'd al Su'ud], as well as to the astrologers' name for it - Fortuna Fortunarum. Al Firuzabadi of Khorasan, editor of Al Kāmūs, the great Arabic dictionary of the 14th century, called some of the smaller stars below this Al Au'ā, the plural of Nau', a Star, but without explanation, and they certainly are inconspicious ...
*Al Sa'd al Su'ud-22 (Luckiest of the Lucky) / Emptiness-11 (Rat)* TSIN = 36 Capricorni (325.2), ALPHIRK (The Flock) = β Cephei (325.7), SADALSUD = β Aquarii, ξ Gruis (325.9)	No star listed (326)	CASTRA = ε Capricorni (327.2), BUNDA (Foundation) = ξ Aquarii (327.5) ~~SIRIUS (α Canis Majoris~~	Mahar sha hi-na Shahū-26 (Western One in the Tail of the Goat) NASHIRA (Fortunate One) = γ Capricorni (328.0), ν Oct. (328.3), AZELFAFAGE (Tail of the Hen) = π¹ Cygni, κ Capricorni (328.7)	Arkat sha hi-na Shahū-27 (Eastern One in the Tail of the Goat) ENIF (The Nose) = ε Pegasi, ERAKIS = μ Cephei (329.2), 46 CAPRICORNI, JIH (the Sun) = κ Pegasi (329.3), ι Piscis Austrini (329.4), λ Capricorni (329.6), ν Cephei (329.7), DENEB ALGIEDI = δ Capricorni (329.8) 288.0 = 329.4 - 41.4 March 14 AD 2024 (Π) MARS*

Febr 9 (40)	10	11	12 (408)	13 (345 + 64)
°Febr 5 (36)	6	7	*8 (324)**	9 (40)
'Jan 13 (378)	14	*15 (300)**	16	17
"Dec 30 (364)	31	"Jan 1	2	3 (368)
*DEC 7 (11 31 = 341)**	8	9	10	11 (345)

THE NAKSHATRA VIEW:
*Al Tarf-7 (The End)* ψ Velorum (143.3), ALTERF = λ Leonis, τ² Hydrae (143.4), ξ Leonis (143.5) 102.0 = 143.4 - *41.4	A Hydrae (144.1) ~~VEGA (α Lyrae)~~	*Creation of our present world* UKDAH (Knot) = ι Hydrae (145.4), κ Hydrae (145.5), SUBRA = ο Leonis (145.8) ~~ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA~~ 104.0 = 145.4 - *41.4	*5 Imix 9 Kumk'u* Rishu A.-13 (Head of the Lion) ψ Leonis (146.4), RAS ELASET AUSTRALIS = ε Leonis (146.6) 105.0 = 146.4 - *41.4	VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae (147.9)
UKDAH (THE KNOT) ... σ, 4.6, was Ulug Beg's Al Minhar al Shujā', the Snake's Nose. τ¹, 4.9, flushed white, and τ², 4.6, lilac, with ι and the 5th magnitude A, form the curve in the neck, Ptolemy's Καμπή; but Kazwini knew them as Ukdah, the Knot ...				VATHORZ PRIOR = υ Carinae (147.9)
Aug 11	12	13	14	15 (227)
"July 1	2	*3 (104)**	4	5
JUNE 8	9	10 (161)	11	12

Ga3-20 → Dramasa	Ga3-21	Ga3-22	Ga3-23	Ga3-24
... 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 ...

The swallowing evidently marked the arrival of a new (→ niu) year, which on Easter Island would be announced by the arrival of swarms of sea-swallows (manu tara):

... Most of the people in our van took advantage of the interlude to shop at the nearby stalls set up by highland Maya who had come down to Tikal to take advantage of the steady supply of tourists. However, one of our group, Harriet Gillett, a retired physician and an inveterate bird-watcher, had other interests. She noticed a nearby tree heavy with white blossoms and surrounded by a raucous sphere of birds and bees. She climbed out of the van with her binoculars around her neck, and walked over to take advantage of the unexpected opportunity the morning had provided. Our local guide, Francisco Florián, who knew the forest and its creatures in an unusually intimate way, joined her, explaining that the birds came to the tree only early in the morning. The sounds and the odd sight finally drew my attention and I too disembarked from the van and edged closer to the buzzing center of the action. I stared at the screaming birds as they fought for positions among the flowers and the hovering drone of thousands of bees. How beautiful, I thought, and then my gaze happened to settle on the trunk of the tree. It had thorns and it bulged just above the ground.

	... 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 ...
niu

It was a young ceiba tree. I already knew that the ceiba tree was the model for the sacred World Tree of the Maya, but I had never seen one in flower when I knew what I was looking at. I was really excited because normally you can't see the blossoms even if you're there when the tree is in blossom. The fully mature trees are hundreds of feet high. and the blossoms are very small. 'It's a ceiba', I chirped and began looking for a branch low enough to see one of the blossoms up close. Joyce Livingstone, a retired teacher, did the logical thing. She bent over, picked up a fallen branch, and held it out for me to see. I was too excited and full of myself to listen. She tapped my arm more insistently and still I didn't hear her. Finally, in frustration, she grabbed my wrist and raised her voice. 'Will you look at these?' she said, waving the branch, and finally I did. What I saw stunned me, for in her hand lay a perfect replica of the earflares worn by the Classic Maya kings. Suddenly I understood the full symbolism of so many of the things I had been studying for years. The kings dressed themselves as the Wakah-Chan tree, although at the time I didn't know it was also the Milky Way. The tzuk head on the trunk of the tree covered their loins. The branches with their white flowers bent down along their thighs, the double-headed ecliptic snake rested in their arms, and the great bird Itzam-Yeh stood on their head. I already knew as I stood under the young tree in Tikal that the kings were the human embodiment of the ceiba as the central axis of the world. As I stood there gazing at the flowers in Joyce's hand, I also learned that the kings embodied the ceiba at the moment it flowers to yield the sak-nik-nal, the 'white flowers', that are the souls of human beings. As the trees flowers to reproduce itself, so the kings flowered to reproduce the world ...