Cetus constellation
Timi mandala – Ketos – The whale, also known as Kumar, Ceti, Kaitos, Pistris and Kumaru. Cetus constellation.
Alpha – Menkar – nostril.
Beta – Diphda – the frog. Deneb Kaitos, tail of the whale.
Zeta – Baten Kaitos, belly of the whale.
Omicron – Mira – Wondrous star. Pradyumana. Also known as Akh-na(worm and the eclipse). Also known as Mara, the Indian cupid. The Kāmadeva-tara.
Gamma – Kaffaljidhmah, cut short hand(reaching from Pleiades)
Iota – Schemali, Northern(part of tail)
Other Asterisms in Cetus
Eta, Theta, Tau, Zeta in the belly – El Naamat – the ostriches.
Fixed Stars at Sidereal Zodiac Degree
Deneb Kaitos
7°03’ Pisces
– Beta Cetus. The tail of the whale. Also called Diphra, the frog. In China it was Too Sze Kung, “Superintendent of Earthworks”.
Baten Kaitos
28°05’ Pisces
– Zeta Cetus. The belly of the Whale. Although the star is located a little higher on the body. Separately also part of a smaller asterism of the ostritches, El Naamat.
Mira
7°40’ Aries
– Omicron Cetus – The Wondrous star. Pradyumana. Kāmadeva. A version of Cupid.
Kaffaljidhma
15°34’ Cetus
– Gamma Cetus. – Part of a Hand (Cut short). In reference to the Pleiades.
Menkar
20°27’ – Alpha Cetus – The Nostril. or the Beak of the Whale.
Fornax constellation
Yajna-kunda mandala – The Furnace or the Altar.
Eriadne constellation
Yami mandala – Euphrates, the river, also known as Pur-e-din(Strong of the plain), Potamas, Eridānus, Fluvius, Amnis and Yamuna.
Alpha – Achernar, the end of the river. Nadi Mukha. Also known as Akhir-e-Nahr.
Beta – Kursi, Footstool.
Gamma – Zaurac – ship’s boat.
Tau – Anchal an Nahr, bend of the river. Nahar, the stream. Angetenar, curve of river.
Upsilon – Thamin, the eighth.
Delta – Rana – frog
Eta – Azha – hatching place
Theta – Acamar, original end of river
Omicron 1 – Beid, Ostrict egg
Omicron 2 Keid, broken eggshell
Other Asterisms in Eriadne
The stellar head – Vipra Munda – Visvarupa. Made up of the stars Alpha, Beta, Delta, Epilson, Zeta, Eta and 3 others.
Achernar
21°26’ Aquarius
– Alpha Eridanus. Mouth of the River. Eriadne is called Yami mandala, and this, Nadi Mukha. Bright star marking the end of river.
Acamar
29°24’ Pisces
– Theta Eridanus. The furrow. The original end of the river, Yami or the river of death. Later associated with an embankment.
Angetenar
8°46’ Aries
– Tau Eridanus – Curve of river. The River-Bend. Inayat. The accommodating flexibility.
Azha
14°53’ Aries
Eta Eridanus. – The hatching-place. The Sufi’s space. Aja Ekapad.
Zibal
19°58’ Aries
– Zeta Eridanus – The Ostrict. Part of the Sufi hatching place.
Rana
27°00’ Aries
– Delta Eridanus – The frog made prince.
Zaurak
0°00’ Taurus
– Gamma Eridanus – Bright Star of the Boat. The last messenger’s boat.
Theemin
6°02’ Taurus
– Upsilon 1/2 Eridanus – The twins. From the water.
Keid
6°20 Taurus
– Omicron Eridanus. Quaid. Broken egg-shells. Destroyer of nations.
Sceptrum
11°24’ Taurus
– 53 Eridanus. The sceptre abandoned by the river.
Cursa
21°25’ Taurus
Beta Eridanus. The chair or the footstool, near the Ostrich nest, by the river. Used in Orion in his story.
A coat of quotes and passing poetry
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Why thus longing, thus forever sighing
For the far off, unattained, and dim,
While the beautiful, all round thee lying,
Offers up its low perpetual hymn?
Wouldst thou listen to its gentle teaching, All thy restless yearnings it would still; Leaf and flower and laden bee are preaching.
Thine own sphere, though humble, first to fill.
Poor indeed thou must be, if around thee
Thou no ray of light and joy canst throw,
If no silken cord of love hath bound thee.
To some little world through weal and woe;
If no dear eyes thy fond love can brighten, — No fond voices answer to thine own;
If no brother's sorrow thou canst lighten
By daily sympathy and gentle tone.
Not by deeds that win the crowd's applauses, Not by works that gain thee world-renown,
Not by martyrdom or vaunted crosses, Canst thou win and wear the immortal crown.
Daily struggling, though unloved and lonely,
Every day a rich reward will give;
Thou wilt find, by hearty striving only,
And truly loving, thou canst truly live.
Dost thou revel in the rosy morning,
When all nature hails the Lord of light,
And his smile, the mountain-tops adorning,
Robes yon fragrant fields in radiance bright?
Other hands may grasp the field and forest,
Proud proprietors in pomp may shine;
But with fervent love if thou adorest, Thou art wealthier,—all the world is thine.
Yet if through earth's wide domains thou rovest,
Sighing that they are not thine alone.
Not those fair fields, but thyself thou lovest,
And their beauty and thy wealth are gone.
Nature wears the color of the spirit;
Sweetly to her worshipper she sings;
All the glow, the grace she doth inherit,
Round her trusting child she fondly flings.
"Why thus longing | Harriet Winslow Sewall