The difference between 369 and 176 is 193, which makes one think about a miscalculation - because why not 192? However, 69 in 369 is essential to indicate the point of twisting around (which the rona creature tries desparately to perform):
In Q a pure glyph instead is the first among the 4, and the pair of tagata (Qa6-16--17) corresponds to the single tagata in Aa1-71 (which incorporates also a kai sign). If we read Qa6-15 together with Qa6-16 it seems to say that the season of 'eating' (spring) is completed (tagata). If we regard Aa1-71 as standing at day 371 the signes do not fit with the day number. But if we rely on day number 177 it makes sense, because 6 * 29.5 = 177. Maybe the Tahua text makes a jump in time beyond rona in Aa1-69:
Day number 177 at pure in Aa1-70 was derived from the idea that a.m. of day 171 is represented by tagata in Qa6-8 (213) and that this glyph corresponded to hakaturou in Aa1-64. If we ignore (jump over) Aa1-69 when we are counting glyphs, tagata in Aa1-71 will be at day 177, which is the difference between 369 and 192 (= 6 * 32):
In other words, possibly we should regard Aa1-71 as the last representative of 3 lunar doublemonths (59), with - presumably - the following 192 glyphs measuring 3 sun doublemonths (64). The 5 feathers in front in Aa1-72 will be in harmony with such a thought - high summer 'fire' comes beyond spring. In Q it is instead autumn which will 'grow' - there are 4 waxing doublefeathers in Qa6-17. The 5 feathers in Aa1-72 are not double feathers, because that would imply the end of Sun. 'Double' is a character of Moon and Venus, and they belong in the 'night' (the season after high summer). There are 2 tagata in Q above. Furthermore, towards the end of the year (up to rona in day 369) also Tahua exhibits 'double' - cfr the pair flanking tagata in Aa1-62 and the pair flanking 'The Temple of Two Truths'. In autumn there are two 'truths', not only waning but also the growth of 'fruits'. If this reasoning is correct, we have two alternatives to chose from. Either the 177th day of the Moon arrives not far beyond the birth of the new 'baby' (poki) in Aa1-61 or else the Tahua text jumps ahead 6 months from Aa1-69 (or Aa1-70) to Aa1-71. The latter alternative seems improbable, while the earlier is what could be expected - the 'Queen' dies in the month One Tea after having 'given birth' to her 'baby' in the preceding month Tama. The sands (one) of time have run down and the hourglass must be turned around. I.e. at Aa1-1 it could be lunar day number 177 - 69 = 108. This number assumes we ignore Aa1-69 when counting glyphs. Possibly we should ignore also Aa1-70, because pure could be a 2nd 'zero' glyph. We have to calculate with 108 ± 1. In the two tables below my guess for the end-of-the-year series of day numbers (360 etc) is based on hakaturou in Aa1-64 standing at the end of 26 times 14, while Aa1-61 (poki) could confirm 108 at Aa1-1 if we thought it reasonable to have 168 at the beginning of a new 'rule' (168 + 24 = 192):
The shark with a closed mouth will be regarded as either the last day of the year (368) or as day number 7 * 25 = 175. Uncertainty does not come only from Aa1-69, though, because 368 - 175 = 193 (not 192). Maybe we should paint Aa1-66 black instead of Aa1-69? No, that would destroy the harmony between Aa1-68 and 368. The other alternative is to set Aa1-1 as lunar day number 109 (which gives 368 - 109 - 67 = 192). If we then count to Aa1-72 without skipping any glyphs, we will find number 180, which seems to be quite in agreement with its haga rave sign).
Pure in Aa1-70 is a 'zero' glyph in agreement with pure in Qa6-14. 6 * 14 = 84 and the force of 3.14 will unavoidably put a 'full stop' at 14. 72 (in Aa1-72) is equal to twice 36 (as the number of glyphs in the Mamari moon calendar). |
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