The first of the mago glyphs in G is visually related to vaha mea at Te Pou - the internal mark in the head of mago in Ga2-14 is drawn as half that in Gb2-10 - and the first of the mago glyphs with open jaws (Ga7-16) is related to vaha mea in Ga1-4:
I have classified Gb2-10 as vaha mea although there is no opening (vaha). Likewise mago in Ga2-14 does not show any open jaw. The visual connections between Ga2-14 and Gb2-10 are possibly confirmed by counting. Because 2 * 14 = 28 (and 7 * 16 = 4 * 28) could mean we should count in multiples of 28, and by multiplying 8 * 28 we will reach 224:
Te Pou (Sirius) is located at 9 * 29.5 = 265.5, which in a way explains why we have to begin counting already at Ga2-13. Adding 100 to 224 we reach 324 = 9 * 36, a reasonable result for the end of the year. The distance between the two glyphs with open jaws seems to be defined by the solar year:
By adding 180 to 186 we will reach 366:
An open jaw refers to the sun, and when the tail is bent and vaha mea changes into mago it is a sign that sun has passed midsummer. Maybe the curious form of haga rave at left in Gb5-12 alludes to sun being in the past. When the jaw is closed the subject apparently is Sirius and the order may be the opposite: bent tail (mago) comes before vaha mea. Also, number 2 (a sign of the 2nd part of the year) is in a way generated by the fact that 9 * 29.5 = 265½ (two glyphs are needed); Sirius is visible only in the night. If we keep the order vaha mea - mago also for Sirius, we could possibly explain the internal mark in the head of Ga2-14 as a way to express the concept of past time as related to Te Pou:
The distance with this order between the glyphs can be counted as 472 - 224 = 248 = 8 * 31. 224 will then describe the 'day' of the year and 248 (where 48 = 2 * 24) the 'night' of the year. With the line inside the head in Ga2-14 meaning 'Sirius is in the past', the total absence of any such sign in Ga3-23 is understandable:
Indeed, we should read Ga3-23 as referring to the sun (and not only to Sirius):
The tail in Ga3-23 is drawn to be like that in Ga7-16 and not as that in Ga2-14. Counting the distances between Te Pou and Ga3-23 we will find the longer to be 286 (= 248 + 38) and the shorter to be 186 (= 224 - 38), a way to underline the change from Sirius to sun. Another way to count offers itself more directly:
Here we find the distance from Gb2-10 up to and including Ga3-23 to be 472 - 182 = 290, which certainly can be interpreted as the length of the 'night' of the year. The 'day' of the year is beginning in the 6th period:
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