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My idea of wave patterns in the texts allows different levels of waves:

Sun Moon Mars Mercury Jupiter
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10

Next level down would be half-months and so on, with all levels following an oscillating pattern.

There is an interesting ariga erua without 'eyes' not far beyond day 150:

glyph numbers and days are counted from Ha1-4
*Ha9-37 (483) *Ha9-38 *Ha9-39 *Ha9-40 *Ha9-41 *Ha9-42 (488)
*Ha9-43 *Ha9-44 *Ha9-45 *Ha9-46 *Ha9-47 *Ha9-48

Ua (*Ha9-43) follows, which explains why there are no 'eyes' in Ha9-42. We have entered a season which is 'down in the water', the natural consequence of the preceding 'wave crest' at day 150. Moe (Ha9-37) 'inaugurates' the 'wave trough' phase.

483 / 3 = 161, and if we add 64 to calibrate according to winter solstice, the day number will be 161 + 64 = 225 (= 15 * 15). We can say that moe is the end of the 'fire' (similar to day 15 at full moon). A moe glyph straddles the border between the old and new seasons - it belongs to the old season, yet it announces the arrival of the new season.

Furthermore, if the rule of Mars is ending here, then ariga erua without eyes will be under the rule of Mercury (a liquid). Hanau in *Ha9-40 has its left arm starting from nothing, and its right hand is empty - no 'fire' (rima), no fingers (rima). 'Fire' cannot be associated with a dip into 'water'.

My suggestion of a connection with Mercury is, however, purely a guess. But wave forms there are in the texts.