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Ba4.7

In the C text there is a coconut tree (niu),

depicted where the Sun reached May 1, which might have implied that once upon a time there had been a balanced state between Libra at the Full Moon in the west and the Sun child at Beltane in the east:

Ba4-23 (227 - 80 = 221 - 74) Ba4-24 (148) Ba4-25 (40 + 109 = 149)
kua rere ki te toki e tagata - hakahunu kua tupu te kihikihi i te henua
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ρ Lupi (221.0), TOLIMAN = α Centauri (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9) 31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN (South Gate) = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA (Foot of the Barker) = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) IZAR (Girdle) = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3), μ Librae (223.8)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 28 (118 = 4 * 29½) 29 30 (120 = 80 + *40)
ν Arietis (38.5), δ, ε Ceti (38.8)

μ Arietis (39.4), HEAD OF THE FLY = 35 Arietis (39.6), KAFFALJIDHMA (Part of a Hand) = γ Ceti, θ Persei (39.8)

 *363.0 = *39.4 - *41.4
π Ceti, ο Arietis (40.0), ANGETENAR (Bend in the River) = τ¹ Eridani, μ Ceti (40.2), RIGHT WING = 39 Arietis (40.9)
→  TERMINALIA FEBR 24 (365 + 55 = 420) 25 (120 - 64 = 56 = 165 - 109)
Cb1-12 (404 = 392 + 12) Cb1-13 Cb1-14
manu rere - kua rere ga manu - ki te ragi eaha te nuku erua koia kua huki
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ρ Lupi (221.0), TOLIMAN = α Centauri (221.2), π Bootis (221.8), ζ Bootis (221.9) 31 Bootis (222.0), YANG MUN (South Gate) = α Lupi (222.1), RIJL AL AWWA (Foot of the Barker) = μ Virginis (222.5), ο Bootis (222.9) IZAR (Girdle) = ε Bootis (223.0), 109 Virginis, α Apodis (223.3), μ Librae (223.8)
Oct 28 (301 = 118 + 183) 29 (420 - 118 = 302) 30 (80 + 223 = 303)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
April 28 (118 = 4 * 29½) 29 (420 + 64 = 484 = 365 + 119) 30 (120 = 80 + 40)
ν Arietis (38.5), δ, ε Ceti (38.8)

μ Arietis (39.4), HEAD OF THE FLY = 35 Arietis (39.6), KAFFALJIDHMA (Part of a Hand) = γ Ceti, θ Persei (39.8)

 *363.0 = *39.4 - *41.4
π Ceti, ο Arietis (40.0), ANGETENAR (Bend in the River) = τ¹ Eridani, μ Ceti (40.2), RIGHT WING = 39 Arietis (40.9)
→  TERMINALIA FEBR 24 (365 + 55 = 420) 25 (120 - 64 = 56 = 165 - 109)
Ba4-26 (150) Ba4-27 Ba4-28
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Al Zubānā-14a (Claws) / Visakha-16 (Forked) / Root-3 (Badger)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (Southern Claw) = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
KOCHAB (Kakkab) = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7) KE KWAN (Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi (226.3), KE KWAN = κ Centauri (226.4), ZUBEN ELAKRIBI (Claw of the Scorpion) = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9)

*185.0 = *226.4 - *41.4 = "Sept 22 (265) = equinox

Oct 31 (304) Nov 1 (487 - 182) 2 (265 + 41)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 1 (Beltane) 2 (487 = 423 + 64) 3 (123 = 488 - 365)

Bharani-2 (Yoni) / Stomach-17 (Pheasant)

π Arietis (41.2), MIRAM (Next to the Pleiades) = η Persei (41.3), BHARANI = 41 Arietis (41.4), τ² Eridani, σ Arietis (41.7)

 *0.0 = *41.4 - *41.4

TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4)

 *1.0 = *42.4 - *41.4

ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR (End of the River) = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9)

DENEBOLA (β Leonis)
FEBR 26 (57) 27 28 (424 = 365 + 59)
Cb1-15 Cb1-16 (408) Cb1-17
e niu tu ki te ariki - e ka hua ra tona rima koia kua iri i ruga o te rima - e o to vaha mea
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:

Al Zubānā-14a (Claws) / Visakha-16 (Forked) / Root-3 (Badger)

ZUBEN ELGENUBI (Southern Claw) = α Librae (224.2), ξ Bootis, ο Lupi (224.5)
KOCHAB (Kakkab) = β Ursae Min. (225.0), ξ Librae (225.7) KE KWAN (Cavalry Officer) = β Lupi (226.3), KE KWAN = κ Centauri (226.4), ZUBEN ELAKRIBI (Claw of the Scorpion) = δ Librae (226.8), π¹ Oct. (226.9)

*185.0 = *226.4 - *41.4 = "Sept 22 (265) = equinox

Oct 31 (304) Nov 1 (487 - 182) 2 (265 + 41)
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 1 (Beltane) 2 (487 = 423 + 64) 3 (123 = 488 - 365)

Bharani-2 (Yoni) / Stomach-17 (Pheasant)

π Arietis (41.2), MIRAM (Next to the Pleiades) = η Persei (41.3), BHARANI = 41 Arietis (41.4), τ² Eridani, σ Arietis (41.7)

 *0.0 = *41.4 - *41.4

TA LING (Great Mound) = τ Persei (42.4)

 *1.0 = *42.4 - *41.4

ρ Arietis (43.0), GORGONEA SECUNDA = π Persei (43.5), ACAMAR (End of the River) = θ Eridani (43.6), ε Arietis (43.7), λ Ceti (43.9)

DENEBOLA (β Leonis)
FEBR 26 (57) 27 (122 - 64 = 2 * 29) 28 (424 = 365 + 59)

The dormant (moe) baby bird with his navel string still hanging down in front (Cb1-18) could refer to the position of the Sun rather than to the place of the Face of the Full Moon. And when the Sun reached the Demon star (Algol) another cardinal point seems to have been indicated in the text, viz. one with 125 nights down in the past and 240 days up in front:

Cb1-18 → 4 * 29½ Cb1-19 (411) Cb1-20
manu moe ra ki to mata e nuku mata
CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
ω Bootis (227.2), NEKKAR (Herdsman) = β Bootis (227.3), σ Librae (227.5), π² Oct. (227.7), NADLAT (Mean Little Ones) = ψ Bootis (227.8), π Lupi (227.9)

15h (228.3)

ZUBEN HAKRABIM = ν Librae (228.3), λ Lupi (228.9)
ω Oct. (229.3), ι Librae (229.6), κ Lupi (229.7), ζ Lupi (229.8)
Nov 3 4 (308) 5
CLOSE TO THE SUN:
May 4

5 (125 = 5 * 5 * 5)

6
MENKAR (The Nose) = α Ceti (44.7)

3h (45.7)

GORGONEA TERTIA = ρ Persei (45.1), ALGOL (The Demon) = β Persei (45.9)
ι Persei (46.1), MISAM (Next to the Pleiades) = κ Persei (46.2), GORGONEA QUARTA = ω Persei (46.7), BOTEIN (Pair of Bellies) = δ Arietis (46.9)
MARCH 1 (425 = 365 + 31 + 29) 2 (125 - 64 = 61) 3

The maitaki type of glyph is usually drawn with 3 equally great 'balls' on top of each other, but at heliacal Algol the balance is broken, presumably due to the interference from Rijl al Awwa (μ Virginis, the Foot of the Barker):

maitaki

May 5 (*45)