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4. There is no other fish with double gills in the G text. But this kind of sign, when inverted, can be found ca 216 (= 432 / 2) glyphs later, at the end of the henua calendar:

40
Gb7-21 (432)
174
Ga7-5 Ga7-6 Ga7-7 (177) Ga7-8 Ga7-9 Ga7-10

8 feathers are at left and 8 at right in the henua ora glyph, and 8 * 29½ = 236. It probably refers to 8 lunar months counted from tamaiti in Gb7-3:

57 176
Gb7-1 Gb7-2 Gb7-3 (414) Gb7-4 Ga7-7 (177)
236

If we should count puo in Gb8-30 only once in order to get the star positions right, then the distance from Gb7-21 to Ga7-7 will be 40 + 176 = 216 days. Here is an opportunity to find out if this is a possible way to count. We should search for a prominent star at the position of Ga7-7, 216 days beyond Achernar:

Achernar α Eridani 0.45 57º 29' S 01h 36m 24.3 432.3

Let us add 216 * 4 = 864 right ascension minutes to Achernar's 01h 36m. 864 + 96 = 960 and this is equal to exactly 16 hours, a remarkable coincidence because 16 * 29½ = 472.

With equinox (in spring north of the equator and in autumn south of the equator) 96 minutes before Achenar it should be at glyph number 432 - 96 / 4 = 432 - 24 = 408 in the G text:

20 40
Gb6-25 (408) Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Gb7-21 (432)
24

If we should count from Ga1-1 instead, then equinox will still be at glyph number 408, but Gb7-21 will be at number 431, i.e. 1 day earlier than Achernar:

20 40
Gb6-25 (†407) Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 Gb7-21 (†431)
23

Counting Gb8-30 twice will thus put Achernar between Gb7-21 and Gb7-22, while counting it once will put Achernar between Gb7-22 and Gb7-23:

Gb7-21 (432) Gb7-22 (*25)
Achernar (?)
Gb7-22 (†432) Gb7-23
Achernar (?)

Gb7-22 is presumably where we should put the limit between the old and the new seasons because 22 / 7 was probably a way to indicate π. In the center of the complicated π glyph there is an element with 4 feathers at left and 5 at right. I guess it could mean 'Earth' (4) is giving way to 'Sky' (5).