A rongorongo tablet has 2 sides and on each there could have been given room for a 'year'. On the C tablet, I have suggested, the front side (a) seems to describe a year with 366 days beginning with March 22. The glyph for March 22 could refer to how the preceding day (spring equinox north of the equator according to the Church authorities) had been completed. This kind of year should reasonably represent a year which corresponds to the view north of the equator. May 20 could have been a cardinal point where a pair of 'odd tail feathers' ended, 60 days after equinox. There could have been 5 extra days for creating a new 'year' with a high sky, for Tane Mahuta to push with his feet:
On the other side of the tablet there could have been room for another year reflecting the circumstances on Easter Island. Such a year could have begun with October 17 (290), when in rongorongo times the 'First Point of Aries' was seen close to the Full Moon:
April 17 was not only Gregorian day 107 but also day 366 + 107 = 473 (= 8 * 59 + 1). But then we maybe should add a pair of 'odd tail feathers' in order to reach the final of the Old Year. April + 2 months = June (He Maro). I think these extra ca 60 days could have been necessary to extend the old year, to fill up the gap created by precession from that ancient time when the structure with stars and Sun were in harmony. 60 * 71 = 4260. The quick cycle in a single day through approximately 60 stations accomplished by Makoi could refer to these additional days. 27 * 71 = 1917 should bring us back to the time when Al Sharatain was at 0h. 55 * 71 = 3905 should bring us back to the time when Tau-ono was at 0h:
When Julius Caesar inserted 2 new months in the calendar - July and August - this could have been due to a similar adjustment (with 62) days in order to push the old months ahead to the stars to which they belonged. |
