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Clearly the glyphs could have been arranged in order to visualize where the equinoxes were located around 1842 A.D.:

March 20	Equinox	22 (81)	23	61	1	119	Sept 21	Equinox
Gb6-25	Gb6-26	Gb6-27 (*1)	Gb6-28	181			Ga5-10	Ga5-11
no star listed (364)	Al Fargh al Thāni-25	Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14	χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)				Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9)	Hasta-13 / Chariot-28
	Caph, SIRRAH (0.5), ε Phoenicis (0.8)	ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)						GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9)
ºMarch 16	17	18 (77)	19	181			ºSept 17	18 (261)
'Febr 21 (52)	22	Terminalia	Bissextum (*340)				'Aug 25 (237)	26 (*158)
"Febr 7	8 (*324)	9 (40)	10				"Aug 11 (*143)	12 (224)
Tehetu'upú		185
20	21 (80)

... The ancient names of the month were: Tua haro, Tehetu'upú, Tarahao, Vaitu nui, Vaitu poru [rather Vaitu potu], He Maro, He Anakena, Hora iti, Hora nui, Tagaroa uri, Ko Ruti, Ko Koró.

The star at the beginning of the G text, γ Tauri (Hyadum II), is not represented by any glyph. Therefore I have above coloured position 1 (at ºMay 20, *64) black. To cover a cycle with 16 * 29½ nights (= 472) we have to add 1 to the number of glyphs (= 471).

The text probably illustrates the heliacal view in rongorongo times, because the distance from Rogo in Gb6-26 to viri in Ga5-11 is 185 days - summer being longer than winter north of the equator.

As to the view described by the explorers (according to Manuscript E), we have seen that Papa O Pea probably ended at Ga4-9:

Papa O Pea A Hau Maka was evidently at the last phase of the Easter Island year, ending with Hora Iti 24 (236 = 472 / 2) = ºAugust 20 (232 = 236 - 4). According to our own Gregorian calendar this was 182 days after day 50 (ºFebruary 19) - when at midnight Castor culminated. In the times of Bharani the corresponding date would have been "January 13 (378), perhaps regarded as the 'heart' of Saturn because his synodic cycle was 378 nights. Next midnight Procyon culminated.

On Easter Island they ought to have studied the stars in the background of the Full Moon in order to determine the seasons of the Sun. When in Tehetu'upú 23 the mortal of the Twins culminated at midnight it could be concluded that the Sun was at the opposite side of the sky and in the morning would rise at μ Hydrae where the Extended Net ended. In Hora Iti the Sun was on his way to the southern hemisphere and a gesture of greeting (Ga4-9) could well be appropriate. Close to the Full Moon would then be seen the stars of Tehetu'upú. As I have interpreted Manuscript E the month Hora Iti corresponded to the month which north of the equator was named March - i.e. a northern spring month, 'August' = ºAugust + 4 days. Tehetu'upú ('February') came 6 months later:

In spring the hand of Mother Nature would unfold like a flower, extend itself like a carpet:

Hora Ancient name of summer (toga-hora, winter summer). Vanaga. 1. In haste (horahorau). 2. Summer, April; hora nui, March; vaha hora, spring. 3. 'Hour', 'watch'. 4. Pau.: hora, salted, briny. Ta.: horahora, bitter. Mq.: hoáhoá, id. 5. Ta.: hora, Tephrosia piscatoria, to poison fish therewith. Ha.: hola, to poison fish. Churchill. Horahora, to spread, unfold, extend, to heave to; hohora, to come into leaf. P Pau.: hohora, to unfold, to unroll; horahora, to spread out, to unwrap. Mgv.: hohora, to spread out clothes as a carpet; mahora, to stretch out (from the smallest extension to the greatest), Mq.: hohoá, to display, to spread out, to unroll. Ta.: hohora, to open, to display; hora, to extend the hand in giving it. Churchill.

First, however, there should be nights where the old rule was finished. In Ga4-14 the uplifted hand in front is empty - the fist is at the back side (tua):