2. But why should we assume that 50 dark nights are following day number 363? Would it not be more natural to think 314 (= 100π) + 50 = 364? To satisfy our curiosity, the following are the glyphs of interest. With Sun ending after 10 months - for instance with Jupiter in Gb3-9 - it indeed seems to be quite possible that a season with dark nights will come after his leaving, and Jupiter in Gb3-23, a fortnight later, is number 314:
If this is the correct interpretation, then we will expect 236 nights with Venus as evening star, to begin with vaha kai in Gb5-10. Where would such an evenening star period end and can we find 8 dark nights there? 363 + 236 = 599, 200 days beyond Jupiter in position 399. 472 - 399 = 73 and 200 - 73 = 127. It looks promising, because the expected 8-dark-night period is beginning and ending with Saturn:
51 * 8 = 408 and 52 * 5 = 260, numbers which both allude to 'final'. 260 = 13 * 20 and 408 should remind us about the time beyond Jupiter in position 399, where glyph number 408 is the last one before Rogo in Gb6-26 marks the beginning of a new solar year (5 days before tamaiti):
And here we have closed our cycle of discussion. Because the 8 glyphs from Saturn in Gb6-18 could also easily be interpreted as 8 dark nights beyond which Rogo in Gb6-26 initiates the 'morning star' season. |
