Now a third perspective, equally valid as the first two:
Here are 8 glyphs which form a quartet of pairs. The common denominator is a tapa mea glyph followed by some variant of hetuu and a long feeding (kai) arm. The 'daytime calendar' is beginning with Aa1-17 and ending with Aa1-36 (20 glyphs later). But the 8 glyphs above could define a division of the 20 glyphs into 8 + 12 by force of their pattern. I think these 8 glyphs represent the 4 'corners of the earth' measured out in time by the Moon. It would not be strange if the beginning of side a first describes the months of the year (according to at least a pair of alternative models, as we have cause to believe) and then proceeds with a description of the cardinal points. Saturn (Aa1-18) should be at winter solstice and Mercury (Aa1-22) at summer solstice, according to both my colour chart and such arguments as have been presented in various places earlier in this dictionary. Number 22 at summer solstice, we have seen, can be deduced from the Odyssey (when 'one eye' is churned by the 'Tree'). We can then appreciate why Aa1-18 and Aa1-22 are drawn alike. The long neck is meant to represent the 'Tree' around which planets and sky rotate. From a Moon perspective midsummer represents a point of renewal - she will be reborn there and is not seen in her new moon dark phase because she is bathing in the rays from the sun. She is between the Sun and us. In midwinter the situation is the opposite, Sun has his lowest station and there is a full Moon. Therefore the signs of waxing and waning moon is present in Aa1-18 but not in Aa1-22. The 'feeding arm' is a Rei sign. The number of the 'quarter' is zero at winter solstice. Ir is a dark time for the Sun and he will not be counted until he arrives at Aa1-19. In Aa1-20 Moon maybe is present at the top of the glyph. She could be the one who is 'eating'. Her role is growing in importance because she represents the 1st pillar of spring. Mars is at next tapa mea (and it has been drawn extra strong). He is the 2nd pillar of spring. Mercury is the 1st pillar of autumn and Jupiter is the last pillar of the year, also his position is marked by tapa mea. With Venus at Aa1-24 the cycle has been closed, she was also at the beginning at Aa1-17. The story of Sun has been told in 6 glyphs. Moreover, the two glyphs Aa1-17--18 serve a double function. They both represent the dark 'zero quarter', before light reappears and time will begin to be counted again, and the end of the previous sequence of glyphs stretching from Aa1-1:
And, of course, they also represent the first two glyphs in the daytime calendar. That is their third function. Maybe there are more. |
