We are now in a position to once again draw up a 'map' showing the calendar for the week according to C. This time we will insert day numbers counted from Ca1-1 (with 2 glyphs per day):
Several interesting features seem to emerge. Sun and Moon are a pair, not only in myth but also here. Sun is represented by 1 day and Moon by 2 days. A pair of quite different kiore-henua glyhs are flanking the central niu pair:
Next are Mars, Mercury, and Jupiter, representing the 3 phases of summer. Mars has 1 day, Mercury 2, and Jupiter 3 days. Venus and Saturn conclude the week by reflecting - I imagine - the pattern of Sun and Moon. Then follows winter solstice, beginning with day 36 counted from Ca1-1. Counted from Ca2-21 the solstice coincides with days 13 - 15. The kiore-henua glyphs are by the pattern which I have proposed above pushed away from their positions at the end of days to become located as first glyphs of days (or rather nights). A pattern with henua at the beginning is also what we can see in the calendar of the week in H, for instance in Saturday:
The problematical Ca3-20 will accordingly be the first glyph of winter solstice. Rei at Ca3-24 represents a.m. of day 1 of the new year. Rei at Hb9-25 perhaps has a similar position, 9 * 56 = 504 = 14 * 36 and 3 * 24 = 72 = 2 * 36. Hb9-53--55 maybe are belonging to winter solstice rather than to Saturn. The two fishes in Hb9-53 have been drawn with a sign of koti, there is an empty vertical distance between them. And then the last glyph of Saturn will be Hb9-52, an idea which gains support from the 4 glyphs which come before Sunday:
36 as the number of glyphs for the week can be interpreted as a further confirmation. 4 * 13 = 52. 13 weeks equals a quarter (91 nights) and 52 weeks a 364-day long year. Hb9-52 has a reversed pau sign because the glyph functions as a reminder (and a reversal) of Hb9-13. Hb9-14--15 exhibit the two parts of koti - beyond pau there ought to come a sign of koti, because when the last part has gone there must be a sign of end. Hau tea represents the new light, and then Sun, Moon, and the 5 true planets follow. An important lesson from the above discussion is that we should avoid trying to mechanically identify days by counting them as equal to 1, 2, or 3 glyphs. There are several interwoven patterns. |
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