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The old year ought to have ended with nakshatra Tau-Ono, the 6 (ono) stars (tau) of the Pleiades. 6 like the number of explorers who inspected the island before their king arrived:

Ga7-2 Ga7-3 Ga7-4 Ga7-5 Ga7-6 (175)
θ Cor. Borealis (235.3), γ Lupi (235.6), Gemma, Zuben Elakrab, Qin, ε Tr. Austr. (235.7), μ Cor. Borealis (235.8)

Sirrah

φ Bootis (236.2), ω Lupi (236.3), ψ¹ Lupi (236.7), ζ Cor. Borealis (236.9)  ι Serpentis (237.4), ψ² Lupi (237.5), γ Cor. Borealis (237.7), Unuk Elhaia (237.9) π Cor. Borealis, Cor Serpentis (238.1), Chow (238.6) κ Serpentis (239.3), δ Cor. Borealis, Tiānrǔ (239.5), χ Lupi, (239.6), ω Serpentis (239.7), Ba, χ Herculis (239.8). κ Cor. Borealis, ρ Serpentis (239.9)
Ko Ruti 11 (315) 12 13 14 15
ºNov 7 (*231) 8 9 10 (314) 11
'October 15 (288) 16 17 (*210) 18 19
'Tagaroa Uri 15 16 17 18 19 (292)
"October 1 (274) 2 3 4 5 (*198)
no star listed (52) no star listed (53)

Acrux

no star listed (54) Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18
Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6) ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3)
TAU-ONO
Vaitu Potu 12 13 14 15 16 (136)
ºMay 9 (128) 10 (*49) 11 12 13
'April 15 (*25) 16 17 (107) 18 19
'Vaitu Nui 15 16 (*26) 17 (*392) 18 (108) 19
"April 1 (91) 2 3 (*13) 4 5

A new year could have begun for real 240 days after the March equinox, at Ga7-7 which is suggesting the square of 7. There are 8 feathers in the past and 8 in front, and 8 * 8 = 64 is the number of the RA day of May 24 (144 = 12 * 12), where the text on side a was beginning, where the Hyades door was in rongorongo times.

Ga7-7 Ga7-8 (177) Ga7-9 Ga7-10
 β Tr. Austr. (240.3), κ Tr. Austr. (240.4), ρ Scorpii (240.8) Iklīl al Jabhah-15 / Anuradha-17 / Room-4 ε Cor. Borealis (241.5), υ Herculis (242.3), ρ Cor. Borealis (242.4), ι Cor. Borealis (242.5), ξ Scorpii (242.7)

Schedir

16h (243.5)
ξ Lupi, λ Cor. Borealis (241.1), Zheng (241.2), VRISCHIKA (241.3), ε Cor. Borealis (241.5),  Dschubba (241.7), η Lupi (241.9) Acrab, Jabhat al Akrab (243.3), θ Lupi, Rutilicus (243.5), Marfik (243.7), φ Herculis (243.8)
Ko Ruti 16 (320) 17 18 19
ºNov 12 (*236) 13 14 (318) 15
'October 20 21 (*214) 22 (295) 23
'Tagaroa Uri 20 21 (294) 22 23
"October 6 (*199) 7 (280) 8 9
Menkhib (57.6)

Porrima

Zaurak (58.9) λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9) 4h (60.9)
no star listed (60)

Cor Caroli

Vaitu Potu 17 (137) 18 19 20 (140)
ºMay 14 15 (*54) 16 17 (136)
'April 20 (*30) 21 (111) 22 23
'Vaitu Nui 20 21 (111) 22 23
"April 6 7 8 (*18) 9 (99)
Ga7-11 Ga7-12 Ga7-13 Ga7-14 (183)
ψ Scorpii (244.6), Lesath (244.8) χ Scorpii (245.1), Yed Prior, δ Tr. Austr. (245.5) Yed Posterior, Rukbalgethi Shemali (246.6). δ Apodis (246.7), ο Scorpii (246.8) Heart-5
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7)
Ko Ruti 20 (324) 21 22 23
ºNov 16 (320) 17 18 (*242) 19
'October 24 25 26 27 (*220)
'Tagaroa Uri 24 25 26 27 (300)
"October 10 11 (*204) 12 (285) 13
no star listed (61) Beid (62.2)

Vindemiatrix

Al Dabarān-2 Hyadum II (64.2)
HYADUM I (63.4)
Vaitu Potu 21 22 23 24 (144)
ºMay 18 (*57) 19 20 21 (140)
'April 24 25 (*35) 26 (116) 27
'Vaitu Nui 24 (*34) 25 26 27
"April 10 (100) 11 12 (*22) 13

The Sun had reached the Yed 'door' (δ, Prior, and ε, Posterior) in Ophiuchus, the Serpent Carrier, where the Sun was 'swallowed' by the Hand at the horizon in the west. The Arabic Yad (Yed) means hand. This is how the Olmecs saw it:

Egyptian hand Phoenician kaph Greek kappa Κ (κ)

Kaph is thought to have been derived from a pictogram of a hand (in both modern Arabic and modern Hebrew, kaph means palm/grip) ...

... The manik, with the tzab, or serpent's rattles as prefix, runs across Madrid tz. 22 , the figures in the pictures all holding the rattle; it runs across the hunting scenes of Madrid tz. 61, 62, and finally appears in all four clauses of tz. 175, the so-called 'baptism' tzolkin. It seems impossible, with all this, to avoid assigning the value of grasping or receiving. But in the final confirmation, we have the direct evidence of the signs for East and West. For the East we have the glyph Ahau-Kin, the Lord Sun, the Lord of Day; for the West we have Manik-Kin, exactly corresponding to the term Chikin, the biting or eating of the Sun, seizing it in the mouth.

  

The pictures (from Gates) show east, north, west, and south; respectively (the lower two glyphs)  'Lord' (Ahau) and 'grasp' (Manik). Manik was the 7th day sign of the 20 and Ahau the last ...

The Phoenician alphabet had its 11th letter K (meaning the palm of a hand) very much like a reversed A (ox):

 

The state of the tree loomed large in their thoughts, because it came about at the same time the head of One Hunaphu was put in the fork. The Xibalbans said among themselves: 'No one is to pick the fruit, nor is anyone to go beneath the tree', they said. They restricted themselves, all of Xibalba held back.

It isn't clear which is the head of One Hunaphu; now it's exactly the same as the fruit of the tree. Calabash came to be its name, and much was said about it. A maiden heard about it, and here we shall tell of her arrival. And here is the account of a maiden, the daughter of a lord named Blood Gatherer.

And this is when a maiden heard of it, the daughter of a lord. Blood Gatherer is the name of her father, and Blood Moon is the name of the maiden. And when he heard the account of the fruit of the tree, her father retold it. And she was amazed at the account: I'm not acquainted with that tree they talk about. It's fruit is truly sweet! they say, I hear, she said.

Next, she went all alone and arrived where the tree stood. It stood at the Place of Ball Game Sacrifice. What? Well! What's the fruit of this tree? Shouldn't this tree bear something sweet? They shouldn't die, they shouldn't be wasted. Should I pick one? said the maiden.

And then the bone spoke; it was there in the fork of the tree: Why do you want a mere bone, a round thing in the branches of a tree? said the head of One Hunaphu when it spoke to the maiden. You don't want it, she was told.

I do want it, said the maiden. Very well. Stretch out your right hand here, so I can see it, said the bone.

Yes, said the maiden. She stretched out her right hand, up there in front of the bone. And then the bone spit out its saliva, which landed squarely in the hand of the maiden.

And then she looked in her hand, she inspected it right away, but the bone's saliva wasn't in her hand. It is just a sign I have given you, my saliva, my spittle. This, my head, has nothing on it - just bone, nothing of meat. It's just the same with the head of a great lord: it's just the flesh that makes his face look good. And when he dies, people get frightened by his bones. After that, his son is like his saliva, his spittle, in his being, whether it be the son of a lord or the son of a craftsman, an orator.

The father does not disappear, but goes on being fulfilled. Neither dimmed nor destroyed is the face of a lord, a warrior, craftsman, an orator. Rather, he will leave his daughters and sons. So it is that I have done likewise through you. Now go up there on the face of the earth; you will not die. Keep the word. So be it, said the head of One and Seven Hunaphu - they were of one mind when they did it. (Popol Vuh)

A Blood Moon is a rare event - although there was one in September 27 in this year (3 days after the mindless slaughter of the mob at Mina) - and the phenomenon is due to a close Full Moon drenched in the red longwave rays of the Sun from the back side of the Earth:

... When the new moon appeared women assembled and bewailed those who had died since the last one, uttering the following lament: 'Alas! O moon! Thou has returned to life, but our departed beloved ones have not. Thou has bathed in the waiora a Tane, and had thy life renewed, but there is no fount to restore life to our departed ones. Alas ...

But Blood Moon is, however, foremost and by tradition one of the names of the October Moon, the Full Moon after the Harvest Moon. "The 'harvest moon' is the full moon closest to the autumnal equinox (22 or 23 September), and the 'hunter's moon' is the one following it." (Wikipedia)

I suggest the harvest moon is illustrated in Ga6-5, by the full stomach, yet still eating, niu (coconut tree):

Nga Kope Ririva A Taanga
Ga6-3 Ga6-4 (144) Ga6-5
no star listed (207) τ Bootis (208.2), BENETNASH (208.5), ν Centauri (208.7), μ Centauri, υ Bootis (208.8) no star listed (209)
Tagaroa Uri 14 15 (288) 16
ºOctober 10 11 (*204) 12 (285)
'September 17 (260) 18 19 (*182)
'Hora Nui 17 18 19
"September 3 (246) 4 5 (*168)
no star listed (24) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)
Vaitu Nui 14 15 16 (472)
ºApril 11 (101) 12 13 (468)
'March 18 (78) 19 (*364) 20 (445)
'Tarahao 18 19 20 (*365)
"March 4 (64) 5 (*350) 6 (431)

Tamaiti (child) in Ga7-11 is 180 days from the beginning of the text. This is day 5 counted from Ga7-7 (7 * 7 = 49) and 'April 24 should be counted as 42 * 4 = 168 = 180 - 12 = 61 - 49:

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Ga6-27 Ga6-28 (168) Ga6-29 Ga7-1
μ Lupi, γ Tr. Austr. (231.3) ο Cor. Borealis (232.0), δ Lupi (232.1), φ¹, ν² Lupi (232.2), ν¹ Lupi (232.3), ε Lupi (232.4), φ² Lupi (232.5), Pherkad (232.6), η Cor. Borealis (232.8), υ Lupi (232.9) Alkalurops (233.1) Nusakan (234.0), κ¹ Apodis (234.3), ν Bootis (234.7)
Ko Ruti 7 8 9 10 (314)
ºNov 3 (*227) 4 5 6 (310)
'October 11 (*204) 12 (285) 13 14
'Tagaroa Uri 11 12 (285) 13 14
"September 27 28 (*191) 29 30 (273)
Zibal (48.0) τ Arietis (49.7) Algenib Persei (50.0), ο Tauri (50.2), ξ Tauri (50.8)

Gienah

no star listed (51)
Vaitu Potu 8 9 10 (130) 11
ºMay 5 (124) 6 7 (*46) 8
'April 11 12 (*22) 13 14 (104)
'Vaitu Nui 11 12 13 14 (104)
"March 28 (*7) 29 30 31 (90)