1	Ana-mua, entrance pillar	Antares, α Scorpii	-26° 19' 16h 26
2	Ana-muri, rear pillar (at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)	Aldebaran, α Tauri	16° 25' 04h 33
3	Ana-roto, middle pillar	Spica, α Virginis	-10° 54' 13h 23
4	Ana-tipu, upper-side-pillar (where the guards stood)	Dubhe, α Ursae Majoris	62° 01' 11h 01
5	Ana-heu-heu-po, the pillar where debates were held	Alphard, α Hydrae	-08° 26' 09h 25
6	Ana-tahua-taata-metua-te-tupu-mavae, a pillar to stand by	Arcturus, α Bootis	19° 27' 14h 13
7	Ana-tahua-vahine-o-toa-te-manava, pillar for elocution	Procyon, α Canis Minoris	05° 21' 07h 37
8	Ana-varu, pillar to sit by	Betelgeuse, α Orionis	07° 24' 05h 52
9	Ana-iva, pillar of exit	Phaed, γ Ursae Majoris	53° 58' 11h 51
10	Ana-nia, pillar-to-fish-by	North Star, α Ursae Minoris	89° 02' 01h 49

Sun will reach Ana-varu after Ana-muri (Aldebaran), i.e. beyond 'the stern of the ship of Sun', accompanied by many bright stars:

He will come to the Pleiades first, an ancient sign for the beginning of a new year. We can see in the picture that Ana-muri (Aldebaran) - 'the stern of summer' - is beyond the Pleiades and when the 6 stars of Tauono are rising it should not, therefore, signify the birth of a new year.

And the Gilbertese instead used the setting of the constellation as a sign. Possibly the Polynesians used number 6 (instead of 7) in order to call attention to the fact that Tauono belonged in late autumn.

Sirius (another ancient sign for the beginning of a new year) is beyond Ana-varu. Thus the 8th star pillar will rise close to winter solstice.

... The rising Pleiades led a twinkling procession of bright stars into the sky: Aldebaran first, then the stars of Orion (called Tautoru by the Rapa Nui). Sirius (Reitanga in Rapanui), at a declination of 16º 42', is the brightest star in the sky on this and every other morning, and travels a path that takes it over the centre of Polynesian culture, Tahiti ...

The beginning of a new year is where Sun has his lowest position, at winter solstice. The end of the previous year should come earlier, but not very much so. I have earlier (cfr at Rau Hei) guessed Sirius has the position of vaha mea (the red opening) in Ga1-4:


Gb8-30 (1)	Ga1-1	Ga1-2	Ga1-3	Ga1-4 (5)	Ga1-5	Ga1-6
				Sirius (?)

From this and from the present position of Sirius, 4 days after winter solstice (south of the equator), we can count which glyph should correspond to Betelgeuze:

North of the equator		South of the equator
spring equinox	80	autumn equinox	266
summer solstice	172	winter solstice	358 = 266 +172 - 80
Sirius	80 + 103 = 183	Sirius	4 = 358 + (183 - 172) - 365
autumn equinox	266 (= 80 + 186)	spring equinox	87 = 358 + (266 - 172) - 365
winter solstice	356 (= 80 + 276)	summer solstice	177 = 87 + (356 - 266) = 6 * 29½

The right ascension of Betelgeuze is 05h 52m = 5 * 60 + 52 = 352 minutes, which should be compared to 24 * 60 = 1440 for the whole circle.

The position of Ana-varu is 352 / 1440 * 365 = 89 days counted from vernal equinox north of the equator, which means day number 266 + 89 = 355 on Easter Island, a number which happens to agree with 71 * 5 at Ga7-15:

	59
*Ga5-11 (186)**	59	Ga7-11	Ga7-12	Ga7-13	Ga7-14 (184)	*Ga7-15 (249)**
*2 32 = 64**

The 'berries' in front can hardly represent Tautoru (the 3 belt stars of Orion), and their number agrees better with Tauono (the Pleiades, the 6 'stones'). The empty-handed person is not looking at us but looking ahead, he has not come to a standstill. Maybe Ga7-15 refers to how the Pleiades will be rising together with Sun about half a year later.

Counted from vaha mea in Ga1-4 the front side of the year is in the past:

	175
Ga1-4 (5)	175	Ga7-11	Ga7-12	Ga7-13	Ga7-14	Ga7-15 (185)	*Ga7-16 (250)**
Ga1-4 (5)	180						*Ga7-16 (250)**

The shark (mago) in Ga7-16 has a curved tail, which sign probably means 'close to the end'. Counted from Rogo in Gb6-26 it is glyph number 250.

The curved tail in Ga7-16 could refer to the tail of Scorpio (with Antares). But to make it fit we have to imagine Aldebaran at Ga1-4. And then we can interpret the appearance of Ana-muri at the beginning and Ana-mua at the end of the front side as due to looking for them in the night - because Sun will then be at the 'antipodal' position in the sky. When in the night Aldebaran is in zenith, then Sun will be close to Ana-mua (the beginning of summer), and when Antares is in zenith, then Ana-muri (the end of summer) will be harbouring Sun.