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In the K text we can read how the 'Flow' (kahi) ends with Gregorian day 192:

Ka3-1 (*108) Ka3-2 Ka3-3 Ka3-4 Ka3-5 (46)
    Wasat (109.8) Aludra, Propus (111.1) Gomeisa (111.6), ρ Gemini (112.1)
'July 7 '8 '9 '10 '11 (192)
Al Tuwaibe' 12 13 Heka 1 2 3 (56)

In G the descending fish is different and the empty hands are normally oriented (forward), presumably signifying 8 or 10 - the thumb is drawn with 2 lines meeting at a point (tara) maybe here referring to 7h:

Ga2-13 Ga2-14 (*108) Ga2-15 Ga2-16 Ga2-17 Ga2-18 (49)
Wezen (107.1)     Wasat (109.8) Aludra, Propus (111.1) Gomeisa (111.6), ρ Gemini (112.1)
'7h (106.5) 'July 7 '8 '9 '10 '11 (192)
Al Tuwaibe' 11 12 13 Heka 1 (54) 2 3

Possibly the peculiar 'q Cancri' (the star at the Chinese moon station Ghost) refers to ρ Gemini at the head of  Castor. There cannot be any Cancer star in the vicinity of Gregorian day 192, because Cancer is beginning close to 8h.

The Gemini children are rising at the very beginning of the new 'land':

Ka3-6 Ka3-7 (*114) Ka3-8
Castor (113.4)   Markab (114.7), Procyon (114.9)
'July 12 '13 '14
Heka 4 5 6
Ka3-9 (50) Ka3-10
σ Gemini (115.7), Pollux (116.2) Azmidiske (117.4)
'July 15 (196) '16
Heka 7 (60) 8

The central bird in the Castor group is feeding (kai). This sign at first seems strange, because Castor died. However the pure elbow ornament makes it all quite clear - the feeding bird is the ghost of Castor who is still very much alive:

 

The pure glyphs express absence of life, and pure means cowrie, the beautiful sea shells used as currency all over the world since eternal time. Such a sea shell is without life, its inhabitant has vanished long ago.

In the beginning the mythical Tagaroa lived in absolute darkness inside a shell, Rumia. After eons he grew restless and shouted out into the dark, but nobody answered. Absence of light equals absence of life.

The absence of life expressed by pure glyphs do not exclude the presence of ghosts. The pure glyphs may signify the 'end station' in the sky. However, at the very beginning of time when Tagaroa was inside his shell, he personified the beginning. The condition of non-life (spirithood) equally well applies to the very beginning. Spirits are the souls of unborn people, they exist after death and before they are being reborn again.

The opposite of pure seems to be vai:

Cypraea Caputserpentis ['head of the serpent']

Cowries have historically been used as currency in several parts of the world, as well as being used, in the past and present, very extensively in jewelry and for other decorative and ceremonial purposes ... The shells of cowries are almost always smooth and shiny (a few species have granular shells) and more or less egg-shaped, with a long, narrow, slit-like opening (aperture) ...

Cowries (esp. Cypraea moneta) were used as a currency in Africa (Ghanaian cedi in Ghana named after cowry shells) and elsewhere, such as in China and India where the shell or copies of the shell were in theory used as a means of exchange. They are also worn as jewelry or otherwise used as ornaments or charms, as they are viewed as symbols of womanhood, fertility, birth and wealth. The symbolism of the cowry shell is associated with the appearance of its underside: the lengthwise opening makes the shell look like a vulva or an eye.

Cowry shells are sometimes used in a way similar to dice, e.g., in board games like Pachisi, or in divination (cf. Ifá and the annual customs of Dahomey). A number of shells (6 or 7 in Pachisi) are thrown, with those landing aperture upwards indicating the actual number rolled ..." (Wikipedia)