To begin with we should recognize the day difference between the synodic cycles of Venus and that of Jupiter, viz. 584 (= 8 * 73) respectively 399 (= 354 + 45), a measure which happens to be equal to 1 / 4 of the number of glyphs on the C tablet:
Then we have to acknowledge the basic signs which evidently were embedded in the compressed henua calendar - as I have interpreted it from Ga2-27 (as in 22 / 7) up to and including Ga7-10 (as in 26000 / 366 = 71):
Foremost of these signs is the number (31) of persons (kiore according to Metoro) to the left of henua with a growth of maro (dryness) in front.
Also beavers (Castor fiber) are rodents (kiore). Perhaps this 'rat' at left corresponded to the female sky (Nu-t in ancient Egypt) arching high over the dry male ground (Geb):
... A bent branch can symbolize 'change'. The 'curved' was according to the Pythagorean school a 'female' trait: 'Freeman describres the dualistic cosmology of the Pythagorean school (-5th century), embodied in a table of ten pairs of opposites. On one side there was the limited, the odd, the one, the right, the male, the good, motion, light, square and straight. On the other side there was the unlimited, the even, the many, the left, the female, the bad, rest, darkness, oblong and curved.' (Joseph Needham, Science and Civilisation in China, vol. 3.) From this it should be clear that there is a high probability for 'curved' to also imply 'darkness' in the minds of the Easter Islanders. This is one reason (among others) to interpret 'breaking the shadows' as going from the female night to the male day ... 31 * 13 (like a palindrome for Father Light) = 402 and 402 + 1 = 403 = 399 (cycle of Jupiter) + 4 (precessional days from the time of Gregory XIII). Possibly this was another reason (in addition to the Julian equinox tradition) why heliacal Aldebaran had to be put 4 day positions later in the year than at MARCH 21.
Likewise, although 399 was the synodic cycle of Father Light it could have been considered necessary to add 4 more glyphs to reach the time of rongorongo. By counting also the empty glyph space at Hyadum II we can imagine the end of the cycle of Jupiter was at Gb6-16 - where 61 * 6 = 366 suits our guess because the Sun ruled in the day and his Father in the night:
۞ I found this thought-provoking symbol suitable - a little 'sun' surrounded by pair of overlapping squares 45º apart and similar to the Mayan quincunx signs in the ecliptic band above 3 stones and a turtle:
Also in the C text, we can presume, was it necessary to count with an empty glyph space at the beginning in order to reach 399 where the 3 levels in the cycle of the Jupiter 'Tree' (rakau) seem to have broken apart:
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