The defeat of Seven Macaw was around 70 right ascension days earlier than at the time frame (epoch) of rongorongo (1842 A.D.).
(1842 + 3149) / 71 = 4991 / 71 ≈ 70.295 ≈ *70 + 108 / 365¼. There is no obvious reason to think this May 28 should be understood as referring to some other epoch (time frame) than that of Bharani. The change from heliacal Gregorian time at the beginning of side a on the G tablet to nakshatra Roman time at the beginnning of side b is completely another matter. The modern dates counted from the site of Mayan Koba have been worked out from our modern Gregorian calendar and therefore it is possible to extrapolate backwards in time accordingly:
We have concluded that the Birth of First Father in June 16 probably should be understood - when reading the G text - as equivalent to "June 16 (Maro 16, Kaulua 11):
And therefore the defeat of Seven Macaw ought to have occurred at heliacal Wasat (Middle, δ Gemini), i.e. when the Full Moon was at the Talons of the Eagle (η Lyrae and 227 days after 0h):
This was 3149 - 3122 = 27 years and 167 ("June 16) - 148 ("May 28) = 19 days earlier than the birth of First Father.
... The tradition preserved by Hyginus in his Poetic Astronomy that the constellation Capricorn ('He-goat') was Zeus's foster-brother Aegipan, the Kid of the Goat Amalthea whose horn Zeus also placed among the stars, shows that Zeus was born at mid-winter when the Sun entered the house of Capricorn ... In Roman times Gredi (the Goat = α Capricorni) rose with the Sun in 'December 26 (360), we can see, and possibly it means we should read the G text nakshatra wise from manu kake in Ga3-1. For, at some ancient time, the newborn and now climbing Father Light could have forced the astronomers to change the time of their observations 12h forward.
And in July, in rongorongo times, they would have found, as reflected in the night sky, how Gredi was close to the face of the Full Moon.
We should remember, that for instance Leo could best be observed in March at the opposite side of the year compared to September:
Thus the Goat should best be seen in July rather than in January. He would be seen climbing high in the sacred mountain up in the north.
... In astrology the Scorpion's armoured body segments and its array of weaponry predisposed it to become a creature symbolizing war and the martial prowess of the king. However a different meaning is attached to it in mythic texts such as the Gilgamesh Epic where Scorpion-men and women guard the sacred mountain through which the hero has [to] traverse on his quest for immortality. The Scorpion-people are said to guard the sun at his rising and setting and because Gilgamesh is a favourite of the sun god they allow him to travel the subterranean path that the sun travels every night under the mountain ... When the Sun reached the Tropic of Cancer he could get no higher and he should therefore be transferred to the Tropic of Capricorn to begin anew far down at that place.
... There was once an Indian who was married and the father of a boy and a girl. The Trickster, who wanted to appropriate his fine garments and his wife, persuaded him to go and fetch eaglets from the top of a high peak. The Indian took off his clothing and started to climb up the cliff, which he found quite an easy task, since the way to the nest was like a stairway. But the Trickster commanded that the peak increase in height. He made the sides completely smooth so that the Indian was unable to come back down and remained stranded at the top. The Trickster did not attempt (as in Salish mythology) to assume the outward appearance of his rival. He related what had happened but said nothing of the part he himself had played, and claimed that the hero, before disappearing, had told him to take care of his wife and children. The wife consented but it was not long before her new husband started to scold his stepchildren without cause or reason. Such is the feeling with the stepfather or stepmother for children. The woman, who loved her children and was unhappy to see them being ill-treated, decided to divulge the suspicious circumstances in which her husband had disappeared. Everybody went to the foot of the peak which was strewn with beads; these were the tears shed by the hero who had wept for days and nights. They called upon the wild geese to help: they flew to the top, put the man on their backs and landed him safely. He was at once comforted and cared for; he recovered his health and strength. He then set off to look for his wife and children; he found them again and gave them food, for his rival had deprived the children of food in the hope that they would quickly die of hunger. The hero then hid in a meat sack, jumped on the Trickster and killed him. The corpse was cut up and the pieces scattered. However, the Trickster came back to life. He went away and stopped to rest by a lake, and meditated on death: should death be final or not? On seeing that a stick, then a buffalo turd, and lastly a piece of pith remained afloat after he had thrown them into the lake, he opted for resurrection. However, when a pebble sank, he reversed his decision. It was better that people should die, he concluded, otherwise the earth would quickly become overpopulated. Since that time, people only live for a certain period and die for ever ...
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