The gagana glyph type is, according to the texts of G and K, associated with the dark new moon:
In addition it seems to have denoted the dark phase of midwinter sun.
Apparently the first glyph line of K was created with the structure of the week in mind, and this chart can be used for relating the glyphs to the planets:
Moon and Mars probably are 'the spring pillars in the east holding the sky roof up'. The ruling planet of the 21st day of the month is Mars (and the 20th is Moon) according to the chart. Maybe Mars was thought to be conceived at the time of gagana. Otherwise it is Saturn which is the dark planet. Anciently Saturn seems to have been associated with the solstices (cfr Ga1-18 and ordinal number 18 in the chart). The visual impression of the gagana head is a cranium (the symbol of death), where there are holes instead of eyes:
Eyes do not function in the dark and eyes are connected with light and the origin of light (fire). At the darkest of times, when 'the fire' has burnt out and only ashes remain - as for instance at winter solstice and at the end of the week - we find Saturn (which has no eyes). |
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