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We can now tentatively put the one who died, Te Ohiro A Te Runu, at the end of spring (because of Mercury and because Ohiro is the 1st night in the month) and the one who lived, Nga Tavake A Te Rona, late in autumn because the opposite of quick Mercury must be slow Saturn. Maybe the 'tug-of-war' is between the quick and the slow. Or between life (Mercury) and death (Saturn).

Te Ohiro makes an association to Moon necessary and therefore we ought to put Nga Tavake in a relationship to Sun. Waxing and waning are not 'hard wired' to Sun respectively to Moon, because these aspects are general and basic and can be applied to any cycle:

 

front side

back side

Moon

Ohiro

 

Sun

 

Tavake

Moreover, Te Ohiro is not Ohiro. Maybe we should fill in the empty space of Sun's front side with Te Ohiro and the empty space of Moon's back side with Nga Tavake. In the 1st list of place names Te and Nga serve as markers to be interpreted.

We can add the 'planetary costumes' which Moon and Sun are wearing:

Moon

Mercury

Ohiro

Sun

Saturn

Tavake

Ga Vaka ('Canoes'), Alpha and Beta Centauri, according to Vanaga, is also something to keep in mind.

These stars lie in the Galaxy and south of Scorpio. Ana-mua (Antares in Scorpio) marks the beginning of summer south of the equator, and as such it is connected with the path of Sun.