Also Ya1-3 at first glance appears to be a reversed sign, when we compare it with what we can see in the Mayan calendar:
I imagine the Mayas used the planets in the same order as in our week. The 'bar of light' in front in 3 Zip is rising, while the bar in front at Ya1-3 is sinking. This could mean the path of the sun is leading down in Ya1-3 but up in 3 Zip. However, we must not forget that the Mayan signs are drawn with time running from right to left. Let us therefore look at their calendar with their eyes:
The 'bar of light' is now sinking in 3 Zip (and also in 2 Uo), which could refer to waning moon light, because the picture in 4 Zotz has an open mouth in front - it is their vaha mea sign announcing the arrival of spring sun light. Crossing the equator at this point in time we will find autumn approaching, and the 'bar of light' sinking down will then be the sun. The 'vaha mea' mouth in 4 Zotz corresponds to the pure sign in Ya1-4, and we can therefore associate pure with an open mouth:
In 5 Tzek spring sun is returning from his visit with his winter maid down south of the equator. In Ya1-5 the Rei glyph is unusual and could very well be a moon equivalent of the normal Rei glyphs which are concentrated to the front side of the rongorongo texts. Two 'crescent signs' inside in 5 Tzek can be contrasted with two such signs outside in Ya1-5. |
