A grand vision of creation as a gradual evolution by growth ('multiplication') by the powers of 2 can be perceived in H:
The end of both the full 432 day long calendar cycle and the shorter cycle of the sun is followed by the twice 29 dark nights in which everything is beginning once again. The dark (mea ke) mago at Hb9-63 stands at the very beginning of creation:
Moon will then begin to shine after a double-month in complete darkness (58 nights). Moon arrives at the beginning of side a. According to her map 118 nights is equivalent to glyph number 354 (counted from Ha1-1). Two lunar double-months with 3 glyphs per night will reach to glyph number 3 * 118 = 6 * 59 = 12 * 29.5 = 354:
The type of henua in Ha7-10 is of the kind which appears immediately after midnight according to Tahua, which probably means that a new 'day' is born also at Ha7-10:
A slight adjustment is needed for the parallel to be exact - viz. adding 1 in order to locate Ha7-10 at position 355 ('one more' than the completed 4 lunar months cycle. The last glyph on side b is, however, missing. It should be added that 355 / 5 = 71 may allude to 7-10. Sun arrives for real on the stage at the beginning of day 119 (counted from Ha1-1). But a more meaningful number is reached by counting from the dark mago at Hb9-63:
Tamaiti at 7-13 probably alludes to the kuhane station Tama where another sun child is born. Tama is defined by 14 * 29.5 = 413, and we can count 3 * 413 - 357 (at Ha7-13) = 882 glyphs = 294 days = 42 weeks. 7 * 52 = 364 and 7 * 42 = 294, both numbers ending with 4 (cfr 354), as if to say that 4 should be the last digit. There are numerous numerical clues, too many for comfort. But 42 apparently often indicates the end, e.g. in Aa1-42 (cfr above). Glyphs are more reliable. The twin pair in Ha7-12 is really only one individual - there is no real break in time when sun moves from the 1st half of the year to the 2nd. On the other hand, in the first night of the calendar cycle this twin is only imaginary (the outline is not closed). Neither moon nor sun is present at this initial stage, only the black mago is there:
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