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The structure of side a of the G tablet evidently has the Sun in focus, but maybe not the Sun in rongorongo times but the Sun anciently, when Aldebaran (a name quite similar to Al Dabaran, the Follower) was close to the March equinox and when Antares was close to the September equinox.

From Rogo in Ga5-10 to glyph 183 (where the sign in front is reversed) there are 63 days, equal to the number from Rogo in Gb6-26 to the end of side b of the tablet:

no glyph 117
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga5-10 Ga5-11 (121)
Hyadum II (γ Tauri) (64.2) Net-19 no star listed (66) Pálida (184.6), Megrez (184.9) Hasta-13 / Chariot-28
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) GIENAH (185.1), ε Muscae (185.2), ζ Crucis (185.4), Zaniah (185.9)
Vaitu Potu 24 25 (145) 26 Hora Nui 21 Equinox (265)
ºMay 20 (*60) 21 (141) 22 ºSept 17 (*180) 18 (261)
'April 27 (*37) 28 (118) 29 'Aug 25 (237) 26 (*158)
'Vaitu Nui 27 28 (118) 29 (*39) 'Hora Iti 25 (*157) 26 (238)
"April 13 (*23) 14 (104) 15 "Aug 11 (*143) 12 (224)
Heart-5 ρ Ophiuchi (248.1), Kajam (248.3), χ Ophiuchi (248.5), She Low, ι Tr. Austr. (248.7), ζ Tr. Austr. (248.8) Al Kalb-16 / Jyeshtha-18 / ANA-MUA Uttara Bhādrapadā-27 / Wall-14 χ Pegasi (2.1), θ Andromedae (2.7)
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8) ALGENIB PEGASI (1.8)
Ko Ruti 23 24 25 (329) Tarahao 22 (81) 23
ºNov 19 20 (*244) 21 (325) ºMarch 19 20 (*364)
'Oct 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 'Febr 24 (54) 25 (*341)
'Tagaroa Uri 27 (300) 28 29 (*222)  'Tehetu'upú 24 (*340) 25 (55)
"Oct 13 (286) 14 15 (*208) "Febr 10 (*326) 11 (42)
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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 25 (*35) 26 (116) 27
"April 10 (100) 11 12 (*22) 13

Although a Blood Moon occurred every month due to the Sun rays working their way through much air to the Full Moon close to the horizon, the Blood Moon in October (Tagaroa Uri) was singled out as especially noteworthy. A Full Moon occurs in the middle of the month, and therefore it should have been natural to expect the arrival of Hotu Matua to occur in Tagaroa Uri 15. Hotu means a ripe Full Moon:

Hotu

Ta.: hotu, to produce fruit, Sa.: fotu, id. Mgv.: akahotu, the September season. Churchill.

H.: Hoku,  Night of the full moon. When this moon set before daylight it was called Hoku Palemo, Hoku that slips away. When it set after daylight it was called Hoku Ili, grounded Hoku. Ka mahina o Hoku, the full moon of the night Hoku. Cf. hōkū, star. Hō kū, star. (PPN fetu'u). Wehewehe.

Thus the Full Moon King should arrive when in ancient times Gemma (α Corona Borealis) rose with the Sun, which in rongorongo times 'happened to be' in day 314 + 1 (Ko Ruti 11):

Ga7-2 Ga7-3 (172) Ga7-4 Ga7-5 Ga7-6
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

After the calendar reform of Julius Caesar the month November (Ko Ruti) was number 11 ('one more') and Ko Ruti 11 therefore became 11 * 11 = 121, the square of 'one more' being a useful sign for pointing at the September equinox (viri at Ga5-11):

March 20 Equinox 22 (81) 23 61 1 119 Sept 21 Equinox
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 (0h) Gb6-27 (*1) Gb6-28 181 Ga5-10 Ga5-11 (121)
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 (*360) 18 (77) 19 181 ºSept 17 18 (261)
'Febr 21 (52) 22 Terminalia Bissextum 'Aug 25 (237) 26 (*158)
"Febr 7 8 (*324) 9 (40) 10 "Aug 11 (*143) 12 (224)
Tehetu'upú 20 21 (80) 185
CORVUS:
13 Hasta α, β, γ, δ, ε Corvi Hand or fist 185 = 178 + 7
the hand Gienah (?) Sept 22 (265)
Viri

1. To wind, to coil, to roll up; he viri i te hau, to wind, coil a string (to fasten something). 2. To fall from a height, rolling over, to hurl down, to fling down. Viriviri, round, spherical (said of small objects). Viviri te henua, to feel dizzy (also: mimiro te henua). Vanaga.

To turn in a circle, to clew up, to groom, to twist, to dive from a height, to roll (kaviri). Hakaviri, crank, to groom, to turn a wheel, to revolve, to screw, to beat down; kahu hakaviri, shroud. Viriga, rolling, danger. Viriviri, ball, round, oval, bridge, roll, summit, shroud, to twist, to wheel round, to wallow. Hakaviriviri, to roll, to round; rima hakaviriviri, stroke of the flat, fisticuff. P Pau.: viriviri, to brail, to clew up; koviriviri, twisting. Mgv.: viri, to roll, to turn, to twist; viviri, to fall to the ground again and again in a fight. Mq.: vii, to slide, to roll, to fall and roll. Ta.: viri, to roll up, to clew up. Viritopa, danger. Mgv.: Viripogi, eyes heavy with sleep. Mq.: viipoki, swooning, vertigo. Churchill.

Viti: vili, to pick up fallen fruit or leaves ... In Viti virimbai has the meaning of putting up a fence (mbai fence); viri does not appear independently in this use, but it is undoubtedly homogenetic with Samoan vili, which has a basic meaning of going around; virikoro then signifies the ring-fence-that-goes-about, sc. the moon. In the Maori, aokoro is the cloud-fence ... Churchill 2.