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If we focus on the 'son' (the reapperance of Sun after he has left his Jupiter 'garment') we must notice the details. There is a little mark where the neck would be if the 'hanging fruit' alludes to rau hei, and it is the same sign as in Gb3-23:

rau hei Gb5-3 Gb3-23

It is as if the 7th 'feather' at the lowest point of the 'fruit' in Gb5-3 has cut into the neck of the hanging body. Sun should have only 6 double-months in a year. A sickle may have been used to stop him from moving further.

In Gb3-23 (at 314 counted from Gb8-30) there should be 4 + 4 = 8 'feathers' around the upper shape and 4 around the bottom knob, I guess. A 9th 'feather' has 'broken the neck'.

23 is a Jupiter day. But the hanging 'fruit' is a prolongation of the 'arm' at left, and 8 indicates the moon rather than the sun (and the shape of the arm is formed like a moon crescent). Jupiter cannot give birth to a baby by himself, only females like Venus and Moon can give birth. Maybe we, therefore, should reckon the month as the Gilbertese and end with night number 20, in which case 23 will be 3 and a Venus day:

Gb3-17 Gb3-18 Gb3-19 Gb3-20
1 2 3 4 5 6
7 8 9 10

We can then compare with the beginning of line Gb5, and in both places hau tea comes at the beginning:

Gb5-1 Gb5-2 Gb5-3 Gb5-4 Gb5-5 Gb5-6
Gb5-7 Gb5-8 Gb5-9 Gb5-10

Also the other glyphs do fit rather well, for instance is vai as number 5 (Sun) better than as number 25 (Saturn). Number 6 becomes Moon and she has 2 phases.