3. Manu kake
in Ga3-1 evidently defines the
beginning of the last 4 months
of the old year:
 |
116 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ga3-1 (61) |
Ga7-8 |
Ga7-9 |
Ga7-10 (180) |
|
120 |
|
Tua haro (a7) |
Tehetu'upú (a8) |
Tarahao (b1) |
| Vaitu nui (b2) |
Vaitu potu (b3) |
He Maro (b4) |
|
He Anakena
(a1) |
Hora iti
(a2) |
Hora nui (a3) |
|
Tagaroa uri
(a4) |
Ko Ruti (a5) |
Ko Koró (a6) |
The last month of
the year was probably 'June', Ko Koró,
and the first month was probably 'July',
Tua haro. By now we can
be fairly sure of that.
Autumn equinox
is day number 266 in our own
calendar (cfr at Mago), but
it is also day number 266
south of the equator - given that we count
from winter solstice:
|
North of the
equator |
South of the
equator |
|
spring equinox |
80 (89) |
autumn equinox |
266 |
|
summer solstice |
172 (181) |
winter solstice |
358 = 266 +172 -
80 |
|
autumn equinox |
266 (275) |
spring equinox |
87 = 358 + (266
- 172) - 365 |
|
winter solstice |
356 (365) |
summer solstice |
177 = 87 + (356
- 266) = 6 * 29½ |
The first month
beyond
autumn equinox was probably
Vaitu nui ('October'),
and the stars of Aquarius (Great
One) should be in glyph line b2:
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-9 |
Gb2-10 (266) |
Gb2-11 |
Gb2-12 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Gb2-13 |
Gb2-14 |
Gb2-15 |
Gb2-16 |
|
Rehua -
α Scorpii |
85 |
Al Nā'ir - α Gruis |
 |
 |
|
 |
|
Ga7-15 (185) |
Ga7-16 (*250) |
Gb2-16 (*336) |
Gb2-17 (273) |
|
Scorpion |
Great One |
|
Scorpio |
Aquarius |
Hora iti comes before Hora nui, the 'little' Hora comes before the big one, which suggests a birth followed by quick growth. But Vaitu nui evidently comes abruptly, like torrents of water, followed by potu, the trickle at the end:
|
Potu
Small
stick (toothpick?);
extremity or remainder
of something. Vanaga.
End,
tip.
Potupotu,
cockroach. Churchill. |
Measured in 30-day long months we will arrive at Gb2-14 for autumn equinox:
|
|
116 |
|
|
|
|
Ga3-1 (61) |
Ga7-8 |
Ga7-9 |
Ga7-10 (180) |
|
120 |
 |
88 |
|
|
88 |
 |
|
Ga7-11 |
Gb2-14 (270) |
Gb2-15 |
Gb5-6 (360) |
|
90 |
90 |