The Giant will play a large part in our mythic history. His journey through the sky is just outside the zodiac circle. In a calendar used by astronomers in ancient Egypt, 36 bright stars traveling the same path as Orion were identified. Known as Decan stars, they appeared in the morning sky for 10 days. After disappearing into the light of the sun, they finally reappear to set in the west.
After 70 days they are born into the night sky. Orion and his faithful star Sirius were important markers of Egypt's calendars and their measurements. Closely connected with alphabet symbols and the measurements of heaven, some of Orion's many names include Algebra; Saturn (Ruler of the Rings of Time); Bull of Heaven; Frigga spinning stars with her spindle; Lao Tsu returning order to a corrupt world; Tammuz dying after fertilizing his Lady of the Dates; and Osiris, both Bull and (dying-rising) Barley of Egypt,
Orion is also known as El. Among early Semites, the son of this Ancient of Days was Baal. Early protean gods became more concrete, more static, as our world aged. The Bull of Heaven as Baal ('lord') and the supreme El may originally have represented the same being. Ancient gods once changed aspects with the seasons. Harvested in their time, they returned young, reemerging as the Virgin Springtime of each new world.