Where 'water' is changed into 'land' we can expect the 'tail' of a creature to be fishlike and its front part to be mammalian. Such is here the case with the Capricorn figure.

In other words, a new 'fire' must dry away the 'water'. The creator of this source of light should be standing on the 'goat-fish', and therefore it may be Saturn who rules this sign. Mars will enter 3 quarters later, at Libra, if we change to the southern perspective.

All figures are facing forward to the right (exactly as in the rongorongo texts). Irrespective of whether a sign is north or south of the celestial equator it should be drawn facing (wellcoming) the rising Sun in the east. To do otherwise would be utterly lacking in respect, you cannot show your rump to the king.

Above is depicted the winter half of the year, as defined by a backward looking Aries and a lion who also has turned his head around - their hind quarters are not facing the Sun. Aquarius is to the left of the 'goat-fish'. Pisces with a waterfilled Pegasus Square precedes Aquarius. Sagittarius (an archer) and Scorpio also belong in winter (north of the equator). South of the equator winter is ending with some unknown creature holding the tip of the tail of a backward looking lion (who is the last sign of southern winter). In contrast the tail of Leo (north of the equator) is held high up by some other person.

I at first accepted Kjellson's identification of Venus as standing between Pisces and Aquarius. My motive was that there is a round plate adjoining the standing Venus figure - Venus has two faces.

However, also Moon has two faces. Considering the obvious connection between the two faces of Moon and two fishes - and if we accept Kjellson's identification of the small plate as Moon - it is necessary to identify the other plate (thought to be Venus) with waning Moon (the fatter phase).

The standing figure which adjoins the 'fatter' plate is the one which Kjellson identified as Venus. If so, then we must - I think - recognize Venus also in the very large plate in the outer circle, immediately below Aquarius. It has 8 figures, a number which associates with Venus (with 8 Earth years corresponding to 5 Venus years).