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3. In such a glyph as *Ha9-39 we can imagine a combination of moe with a koti 'star' at bottom right

Pb10-54 *Ha9-39 Hb9-50

But it cannot be Venus, because there are 6 'feathers' around the star which normally indicates Sun.

It is not obvious why the morning and evening stars in Hb9-50 have been drawn with 7 feathers (rather than the expected 5 of the Venus pentagon in the sky). But the glyph appears in a calendar for the week, and time tended to be counted in fortnights (double weeks).

The head of moe has been transformed from its normal shape into what could be an allusion to the top half (the 'cap') of koti. A new season is making itself felt (moe). Presumably the 'cap' head refers to the old season and the new season will then be the little star at bottom right - corresponding to the bottom half of the koti 'eggshell' (the 'cup'). Even we use a little '6-feathered star' (*) as a sign for the date of birth.

At first I guessed the moe head meant the 'morning star' (spring) phase of Sun and the 'star' the autumn phase. The Venus pattern of morning and evening star would be easy to use also when describing the 'orbital phases' of the sun.

"... [in] a contemporary Mopán Maya tale in which Lord K'in (the sun) goes from his home in the east to the center of the sky and then back to the east again ... it appears that he goes clear across the sky because he has placed a mirror at its center. To interpret the movements of the sun in this manner is to model it on Venus as morning star, which both rises and sets in the east." (The comments to Popol Vuh)

But a marama (moon, night) sign is at top left (in *Ha9-39). It should not be interpreted to say that the moe bird is the moon, because the marama sign is drawn as a separate sign. Rather it should mean that the moe bird is not what otherwise would be assumed - viz. the 'morning star' phase. It should instead be the 'cup' ('evening star') season.