2 A bird's eye view of this star structure necessitates a comparison with our own constellations. Let us once again take a look at the 10 Tahitian pillars:
10 implies a division in twice 5 (the number of fingers). Ana-heu-heu-po is a special case because it is number 5 (half 10). Its current right ascension tells us Alphard should be at Ga3-19:
Given my idea of position number 5 corresponding to the last finger, on what presumably is the left hand when counting, there ought to be signs of 'empty', cfr at Kava: ... The practice of turning down the fingers, contrary to our practice, deserves notice, as perhaps explaining why sometimes savages are reported to be unable to count above four. The European holds up one finger, which he counts, the native counts those that are down and says 'four'. Two fingers held up, the native counting those that are down, calls 'three'; and so on until the white man, holding up five fingers, gives the native none turned down to count. The native is nunplussed, and the enquirer reports that savages can not count above four ... But I cannot see any such sign here, unless we implicitly should understand a state of emptiness from the kai sign in the following tagata ragi, cfr at Vero:
However, 143 = 11 * 13 and this 'oddity' could possibly be interpreted as a sign that 'the left side' is about to be finished (143 + 1 = 12 * 12). Maybe we also should recognize a possible connection between Ga3-19 and Ga7-9, 100 days later:
31 * 9 = 279 (cfr 7-9) and 243 = 3 * 3 * 3 * 3 * 3. Had there been at least one component which was even then the products would have been even. Multiplication results in even numbers ¾ of the times - only 1 quarter of them are 'unlucky' (cfr at 8). At Sky Pillars I discussed the possibility of reading the text as a description of summer north of the equator:
At that time I could not determine if the text was a description of summer south of the equator or summer north of the equator. But now it seems rather clear that summer on Easter Island arrives with Rehua and that the stars documented on side a therefore should rather tell about summer north of the equator than summer south of the equator. Furthermore, the takaure (winter) season has not yet ended at Ga3-20 and on Easter Island spring equinox comes 87 days beyond winter solstice:
Another interpretation is to say that side a describes the sky roof and then it is irrelevant to ask where the observer is located. Basically, though, the sky roof has constellations which agree with the situation as viewed from a position north of the equator. Such a glyph as Ga3-19 has the 'climber' (a personfication of Spring Sun) at left, which probably means he is not present but 'on the back side of earth':
The 5th (as in 'fire') henua period comes in Ga3-20 and the preceding period (with Alphard) seems to represent the last period 'in the dark', before a new light is created. The curious bird couple in Ga3-18 could be a reference to midsummer, it was suggested at The Arrow of Time: ... Possibly the hole in the center between the birds illustrates the elevated sky roof apex of midsummer high above a similarly formed earth hill. 31 * 8 = 248 ... |
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