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12. To adjust the position of Saiph (86.5) to be in right ascension day 86 instead of my previous day 87 is much like adjusting the position of Theemin from day 69 to 68:


*Ka1-4 (68)**	Ka1-5	Ka1-6
Aldebaran (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
'28 (148)	'May 29	'30 (150)
Sheratan 12	Sheratan 13	14

Perhaps it means I should decrease all my star positions in K with a fraction of a day.

The distance from ariki at Theemin to atariki at Saiph is 86.5 - 68.5 = 18 days (a Saturn number). By reversing 68 it becomes 86.

	17
*Ka1-4 (68)**	17	*Ka2-3 (86)**
Aldebaran (68.2), Theemin (68.5)		γ Leporis (85.9), Saiph (86.5)
'May 28 (148)	17	'June 15 (166)
Sheratan 12	17	Albatain 3 (30)

The ariki type of glyph closely resembles the atariki type, but the ariki king looks as if he is moving ahead instead of standing still watching us:


ariki	atariki

Ariki glyphs serve in G to demarcate distance from winter solstice, for instance:

	114		123
Gb6-26		Ga2-21 (52)		Ga7-6 (176)
*116 = 4 29**			*124 = 4 31**
*240 = 8 30**

'Feathers' on the head indicate that sun is 'present' (and not away far in the north with his 'winter maid').

Ariki glyphs seem to be located as last glyphs seasons (cfr above). In Ga2-21 the top left 'limb' is ending with a vertical short line and in Ga7-6 it is the right top 'limb' which is similarly 'cut off'. The sign evidently means 'a tertial is ending here'.

A variant without headgear and looking straight ahead at us probably is indicating a more important cardinal point:

	*259 = 7 37**
Gb1-7		Ga1-24
*261 = 9 29**

If we count from ariki in Ka1-4 ('May 28) to winter solstice ('June 21) we will find the distance to be 172 - 148 = 24 days. From atariki at Saiph the distance is 24 - 18 = 6 days