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7. Initially I had intended to simply follow the developments of Venus with my own eyes in the evenings in order to see when she eventually would disappear for 8 nights in a row, then to return and being reborn as a morning star.

But now it is unavoidable, I have instead to via Cartes du Ciel concentrate on following the path of Mars.

 

Aug 23

(235)

74

Nov 6

(310)

55

19

Jan 20

(20)

83

April 14

(20 + 84 = 104)

75

56 + 19 = 75

84

150

85

235 = 160 + 75

... Ancient people were fascinated with the periodic backward loops turned by Mars every two years ...

There seems to be more than one loop (... 'backward loops' ...), and possibly they could be located somewhat like mirror twins at opposite sides of the Martian year.

I decided to begin by moving ahead from the Crab Nebula (M1) in order to explore where Mars was heading from that fundamental cardinal point.

gagana Ga1-18

I.e., from the point in the evening sky when Mars according to Cartes du Ciel had been visible in November 6 in AD 2022, viz. just outside the pair of Bull horns and very close to the star 121 Tauri:

To make it more clear: The Crab Nebula is located 3 days after the tip of the northern ('butting') horn El-nath and in the day preceding the Heavenly Gate (ζ Tauri):

APRIL 5 6 (96 = 160 - 64) 7 8
Ga1-15 Ga1-16 Ga1-17 Ga1-18
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
ψ Orionis (81.1), NIHAL (Thirst-slaking Camels) = β Leporis (81.7)

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) 
June 8 9 (160) 10 11 (80 + 82 = 162)
"April 28 29 30 (*40) "May 1 (121 = 162 - 41)
→ NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCT 5 6 7 8
Dec 8 9 (160 + 183 = 7 * 7 * 7) 10 11 (345)
"Oct 28 29 30 31 (304 = 345 - 41)
APRIL 9 (*19) 10 (100) 11
Ga1-19 Ga1-20 Ga1-21

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 = 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),  ALNITAK (Girdle) = ζ Orionis, PHAKT (Phaet) = α Columbae (84.7)

ο Aurigae (85.8), γ Leporis (85.9)

YANG MUN (α Lupi)
June 12 13 (*84) 14 (165)
"May 2 3 (123) 4 (*44)
→ NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCT 9 (*202) 10 11 (284)
Dec 12 LUCIA 14 (348)
"Nov 1 2 (306) 3 (*227)

... Menkaure was allegedly a much more benevolent Pharaoh than his predecessors. According to legends related by Herodotus, he wrote the following: This Prince (Mycerinus) disapproved of the conduct of his father, reopened the temples and allowed the people, who were ground down to the lowest point of misery, to return to their occupations and to resume the practice of sacrifice. His justice in the decision of causes was beyond that of all the former kings. The Egyptians praise him in this respect more highly than any other monarchs, declaring that he not only gave his judgements with fairness, but also, when anyone was dissatisfied with his sentence, made compensation to him out of his own purse and thus pacified his anger. The Gods however ordained that Egypt should suffer tyrannical rulers for a hundred and fifty years according to this legend. Herodotus goes on: An oracle reached him from the town of Buto, which said 'six years only shalt thou live upon this earth, and in the seventh thou shalt end thy days'. 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 ...

APRIL 12 13 14 (104) 15 16 (*26)
Ga1-22 Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25 Ga1-26
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) 18 19
"May 5 6 7 (127) 8 9
→ NAKSHATRA DATES:
OCT 12 (285) 13 14 15 16 (*209)
Dec 15 16 (350) 17 18 19 (*273)
"Nov 4 5 6 (310) 7 8 (*232)

Furthermore, there were 5 days from the Crab Nebula to Betelgeuze in Orion:

 

 

 

*5

 

 

 

APRIL 9 (99)

APRIL 14 (104)

"May 2 (123) May 7 (127)

June 12 (*83, 163 = 99 + 64)

June 17 (*88, 168 = 104 + 64)

NIGHT SIDE:

CRAB NEBULA (*83 + *183 = *266) *5  BETELGEUZE (*88 + *183 = *271)

Dec 12 (163 + 183 = 346 = 80 + 266)

Dec 17 (351 = 80 + 271)

"Nov 1 (305 = 99 + 183 + 23)

"Nov 6 (310 = 351 - 41)

Nov 6 AD 2022

Nov 11 (315 = 351 - 36)

The precession since the Golden Age of the Bull had carried the fixed stars ahead with 64 right ascension days in the calendar, because the Sun had come earlier and earlier in the meantime.

Evidently we can use the dates according to the era of Bharani (*41.4) in order to try to correlate the beginning of the rongorongo text on the Small Santiago Table with the dates in the early November AD 2022. Although the equation January 20 - November 6 = 300 / 4 creates a problem: 365 + 75 = 440 → 22 * 20.

In the star map above Mars is close to the star 121 Tauri, which suggests May 1 (Beltaine,121, *41). But Bharani is 41 Arietis, which instead suggests 121 - 41 = 80 as in the day number for March 21 (0h).

We have to add half a diurnal cycle to the Sun calendar dates in order to find the nakshatra dates which should be carrying the corresponding stars only visible in the nighttime.

We have here stumbled, it seems, upon what could be the main reason for why Musca Borealis (the Northern Fly) had been chosen as a point of reference by the Arabs:

... From a religious point of view, the high regard for flies, whose increase or reduction causes a similar increase or reduction in the size of the human population, is interesting, even more so because swarms of flies are often a real nuisance on Easter Island, something most visitors have commented on in vivid language. The explanation seems to be that there is a parallel relationship between flies and human souls, in this case, the souls of the unborn. There is a widespread belief throughout Polynesia that insects are the embodiment of numinous beings, such as gods or the spirits of the dead, and this concept extends into Southeast Asia, where insects are seen as the embodiment of the soul ...

... Then King Matua said to Hotu, 'You must not forget [he mee o rehu] the flies [te takaure] when you take along (all the things that are necessary) and sail off. If you forget the flies [ana rehu i a koe te takaure], the multitude (piere) of the people will disappear [he ngaro]. When you reach the land [ana tomo ki runga.ki tou kainga] to which you are travelling [ena koe ka oho], it will be over quickly (?) for the multitude of the people. When the flies die [ana moko te ihu o te takaure], the human population dies too [he moko tokoa te ihu o tou piere tangata].' [E:57]

1

Al Sharatain

Pair of Signs

β Arietis (Sheratan), γ (Mesarthim)

27.4

April 17 (107)

19

 

 MUSCA BOREALIS

35 (Head of the Fly), 39 (Kaffaljidhma), and 41 Arietis (Bharani)

41.4

May 1 (121)

33

0

2

Al Dabarān

Follower

α Tauri (Aldebaran), θ¹, θ²´, γ (Hyadum I), δ (Hyadum II), ε (Ain)

63.4

May 23 (143)

55

22

3

Al Hak'ah

White Spot

λ Orionis (Heka), φ¹, φ²

83.4

June 12 (163)

75

42

4

Al Han'ah

Brand

γ Gemini (Alhena), μ (Tejat Posterior), ν, η (Tejat Prior), ξ (Alzirr)

93.4

June 22 (173)

85

52

5

Al Dhirā'

Forearm

α Gemini (Castor), β (Pollux)

113.4

July 12 (193)

105

72

6

Al Nathrah

Gap

ε Cancri (Beehive)

130.4

July 29 (210)

123

90

7

Al Tarf

End

ξ Cancri, λ Leonis (Alterf)

143.4

Aug 11 (223)

135

102

8

Al Jabhah

Forehead

η Leonis (Al Jabhah), α (Regulus), ζ (Adhafera), γ (Algieba)

152.4

Aug 20 (232)

144

111

9

Al Zubrah

Mane

δ Leonis (Zosma), θ (Coxa)

169.4

Sept 6 (249)

161

128

10

Al Sarfah

Turn

β Leonis (Denebola)

178.3

Sept 15 (258)

170

137

11

Al Áwwā'

Barker

β (Alaraph), η (Zaniah), γ (Porrima), δ (Minelauva), ε Virginis (Vindemiatrix)

191.5

Sept 28 (271)

183

150

Musca Borealis is here not listed but only inferred, because the above are Sun stations carrying 150 days of summer. Insects are normally not present in winter time.