Here, however, there is a reversal. The haga rave sign is at right instead of at left and the pau leg at left instead of at right. An additional sign of reversal is the 'string of feathers', which is upside down compared with their normal fashion of hanging down. Time has moved beyond Hanga Te Pau, the signs of reversal means.

Hanga Te Pau is not only the landing place of Ira and his explorers, it is first of all a location in time. Counting from the beginning of the G text we find Gb5-12 to be the 365th glyph, a very clear sign of how the old year has 'gone dry' (stopped growing):


Gb5-12	Gb5-13	Gb5-14	Gb5-15	Gb5-16
365	1	2	3	4

Beyond comes a new season 'down in the dark water' (which explains the fishes), extending during 2 * 53 = 106 glyphs according to the G calendar. 53 is one more than 52 (weeks in a year) and therefore corresponds to 29 (one more than 28 shining moon nights in a month).

In a way the season beyond Gb5-12 corresponds to Saturday, the dark day of the week. There are only 6 days for the sun in the calendar of the week:


Hb9-51	Hb9-52