Mata ki te Ragi (Eyes towards Heaven)
was one of the names of Easter Island, and I think it means
they studied the stars in the night. The pair of tara
birds in line Ca10 seem to be looking upwards and together they could
represent a 2nd corner in the year
compared to when the sooty terns (manu tara) were arriving in spring.
However,
this idea seems to disagree with my guess that Heka and Sun were
together from June 12 to the solstice. Possibly the pair
of Moon birds went blind by staring at the Sun who no
longer
moved:
|
June 12 (163) |
13 |
14 |
2 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca10-10 |
Ca10-11
(266) |
Ca10-12 |
|
te
kava |
manu rere |
te mauga tuu toga |
|
Heka (83.2) |
Heavenly Gate (84.0) |
|
June 17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
solstice |
 |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca10-15 |
Ca10-16 |
Ca10-17
(272) |
Ca10-18 |
Ca10-19 |
| rima heu ki te vai |
te
moko oho mai |
te
marama |
te kava |
manu rere |
|
Wezn
(87.6), δ Leporis
(87.7),
Tze
(87.9),
Betelgeuze (88.3),
ξ
Columbae (88.5) |
σ
Columbae (88.7),
η Leporis (89.0), Praja-pāti, Menkalinan, Mahashim,
and γ Columbae (89.3) |
η
Columbae (89.7),
μ Orionis (90.3), χ² Orionis (90.5) |
ν
Orionis (91.4),
θ
Columbae (91.5) |
π
Columbae (91.6), ξ Orionis (92.5) |
The possibilities are too many to make some
definite statement.
We should therefore move on and search for Heka in the night
also on side a.
December 13 (347) - 163 (June 12) = 184 and
Ca10-10 (265) + 184 = 449 (Cb3-8). Similarly 265 (Ca10-10) -
181 = 84 (= December 13 - September 20) = the glyph number
of Ca4-8, where there is a lifeless bird (manu)
according to Metoro:
|
December 12 |
St Lucia |
14 (348) |
327 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Ca4-7 |
Ca4-8 (84) |
Ca4-9 |
|
e gagata hakaariki |
manu |
te rau hei |
|
November
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 (314) |
 |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb1-21
(413) |
Cb1-22 |
Cb1-23 |
Cb1-24 |
|
hoea |
ko
te rima |
kua
oo ki te vai |
ma te ua |
|
31 |
December 12 |
St Lucia |
14 (348) |
 |
 |
 |
|
Cb3-7 |
Cb3-8 (449) |
Cb3-9 |
|
ko te maro - ko te
tagata |
kua hua te tagata |
ko te tagata |
The
number of the glyph in the line at St Lucia is 8 both in Ca4 and Cb3. If
we should regard my label Cb3 as incorrect and instead see
the line as number 14 + 3 = 17, then we could count 17 * 8 =
136, which could allude to May 16 (136) when the Pleiades
birds
rose with the Sun. This could be a Sign of a new year - and
how a new king had to be inaugurated (haka-ariki).
On
the other hand are the
heliacal glyph numbers in the line (at June) not in agreement, with
June 12 at Ca 10-10 respectively at Cb10-8.