3. When Sun leaves at the end of summer Moon will increase in importance. Her prime season is therefore the 2nd half of the year. The G text is basically a Moon calendar, and if side a of the tablet (including the henua calendar) contains a description of how Sun gradually grows in stature to be come a man at midsummer, then side a must also represent the back side of the great cycle of Moon (possibly corresponding to half the distance between the equator and Rigel (8º) taken twice, i.e. 16 * 29½ / 2 = 236 nights). When Sun moves across his back side (under the earth in the night) he must move in the opposite direction of his path in the day. Otherwise he would not be able to rise in the east fresh as new every morning. The contrary direction of the back side should be a rule for Moon too, i.e. when she moves on her back side (as presumably is described on side a of the tablet) she ought to begin with Aldebaran instead of Antares:
When Moon moves on her back side it should be the proper time for a description of the path of Sun (on his front side). Such a description can be made by tracking Sun with the 'antipodal' method, i.e. by looking at full moon and see what stars are in the background. This idea can explain why Aldebaran is at the beginning - it is the place which north of the equator represents the beginning of summer. With Moon associating to 'water' (the region of sky in the south) and Sun to 'fire' (the region of sky in the north) - easily represented by the sign of a cup (È) respectively of a cap (Ç) - a description of the path of Sun in a Moon calendar ought to be based on the perspective north of the equator. From a point of observation north of the equator Aldebaran announces spring and Antares the end of summer. Then, contemplating the situation on the other side of the equator, the conclusion ought to be that it is the opposite, viz. with Antares in spring and Aldebaran in autumn. Similarly - and with the use of the antipodal method - south of the equator it should be realized that instead of Antares as a sign of the arrival of summer the season when Sun is growing on the other side of the equator should have Aldebaran as a sign of beginning. Ga1-4 is located as glyph number 69 counted from Rogo in Gb6-26:
Precession does not change the distances between the stars, only their day numbers. Therefore the nice day number 250 (a Saturnus square of 'fire' times 10) for Ga7-16 could be simply a consequence of the distance from Gb6-26. However, if there should be a major star which corresponds to the position of Gb6-26, then we could avoid the obvious question of why Gb6-26 should be at the present autumn equinox when we know that the equinoxes have moved since the time when the G text was composed. 46 days before Ana-mua (Ga7-16) we ought to find Ana-roto (Spica):
At A Pillar To Stand By the possibility of finding Antares in the 21st period was discussed:
... Period 20 has 8 glyphs and in period 21 there are 5 glyphs. Also other signs do indeed suggest Moon rules in period 20 (but not in period 21). 5 should rather 'belong to' Sun, or to be more precise 21 could indicate Mars (Spring Sun). There are 5 rising maro feathers beyond the 'interregnum' and there are 4 wilting ones beyond the rise of a new 'fist' (no fingers used up - cfr at Kava) ... Maybe Ana-mua is not only a star pillar but also a stretch of 46 days from the beginning of the 21st henua period. A major break in time is described by the 'interregnum' henua in Ga5-30. Similarly, we can imagine Ana-roto to be not only the star Spica but also to stand for 8 days beginning at Ga5-22 and ending with Ga5-29. Half 266 (the day of autumn equinox) = 133 can explain why Spica was regarded to be in the middle (roto). The 4 + 4 feathers on the back side of tapa mea in Ga5-27 ought to stand for the 2 faces of Moon now in the past. It is a Monday and the ordinal number of the glyph is 138 = 6 * 23. The straight line should mean a line of measurement, cfr the vertical line at noon in e.g. Ha6-4:
Also, the eating (kai) arm in front (in Ga5-27) should represent the coming growth of the 'ebb' (without feathers because Sun is on the other side of the sky). 52 * 7 = 364 could allude to how Ana-roto closes the winter south of the equator:
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