Camelopardalis Constellation
Chitra Kramela mandala. The constellation of the giraffe. And the Camel.
Auriga constellation
Brahma mandala – Charioteer. Hēniochus – rein holder. Mūmsik al ainna. Also known as Rathitama Pushan, the best of charioteers, Margidda, Rakhov, Mar-urbi(chariot), Heniochos(bridle-holder) and Waggoner.
Alpha – Capella, a little goat. Brahma-Hridaya, heart of Brahma. Also known as Askar(the goat), Aiz, Iqu(the gate star) and Aix. The goat star.
Beta – Menkalinam, Menkib dzul innam – shoulder of rein holder. Also called Urah, the breast star.
Delta – Prajapati
Kappa – Brahma-hrit
Epsilon – Maaz, he-goat
Zeta – Sadatoni, two young goats
Iota – Kabdhilinan, anklebone of rein-holder – Achilles heel
Other Asterisms in Auriga
Eta/Zeta – Haedi – the kids. Rama-vana, the arrow of Rama. Also known as Ara, the saw and the stellar arrow.
Abhaiot/Alhajoth. Goat. Alatod, kids. Alanāt – the goats. Pushan is also called Ajasva, the one with goats for steeds.
The celestial bow, connected to the rainbow or Indra-Dhanusha, or RamaDhanush is in this constellation, with Eta/Zeta, (Haedi) and Epilson, Auriga pointing to Iqu, the gate star at Capella(Alpha) make the Arrow head, and the bow itself one with Perseus or Parsuram taken away by Rama to eventually offer to Varuna(in Ursa Minor, the consort star of the Milky Way stream in the Galaxy)
Fixed Stars at Sidereal Zodiac Degree
Hasseleh
22°47’ Taurus
– Iota Auriga – The ankle or heel of the rein-holder or charioteer.
Hoedus I
24°46’ Taurus
– Zeta Auriga. Haedi, one of the kids, or kid-goats in the hands of Auriga. In Indian pantheon, Rama’s son Luv.
Hoedus II
25°35’ Taurus
– Eta Auriga. One of the rainy kids, or kid-goats in the hands of Auriga. In Indian pantheon, Rama’s son Kush. Auriga is Brahma.
Capella
28°00’ Taurus
– Alpha Auriga. – The heart of Brahma in the Indian pantheon. Seen as the female goat in the arms of the charioteer Auriga. Also known as Colca, the shepherd star, the horn of plenty, and the singing star.
Menkalinan
6°03’ Gemini
– Beta Auriga. Shoulder of the charioteer or rein-holder. Priyavrata in the Indian pantheon.
A coat of quotes and passing poetry
"
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