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The cardinal points mark where the order is broken (as the legs of the daughters of Amalivaca). Disorder threatens and the Rei glyphs illustrate the wished for new kind of stability:

24

new year starts

Eb5-32 Eb5-33
24

1st quarter starts

Eb6-4 Eb6-5
5

spring equinox

Eb3-4 Eb3-5
7

2nd quarter starts

Eb3-20 Eb3-21
17-18

autumn equinox

Eb5-7 Eb5-8

We immediately recognize the symbol for spring - a running man (Eb3-5) - the season which the preceding Rei will secure. In Eb5-8 the harvest season (autumn) is illustrated by a fist like a fruit.

In Eb5-33 we have a kind of bird representing the moon. Before the spring season - in the dark first quarter - it is the moon (not the sun) who rules.