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The Chinese had Spica at the beginning of their structure, but none of their animals was a Turtle. However, also a Crocodile is normally much submerged and lays her eggs in the sandy beach.

1 Horn α Virginis (Spica) Crocodile (202.7) Oct 9 (282) 282 = 265 + 17
2 Neck κ Virginis Dragon (214.8) Oct 21 (294) 294 = 282 + 12
3 Root α Librae (Zuben Elgenubi) Badger (224.2) Oct 31 (304) 304 = 295 + 9
4 Room π Scorpii (Vrischika) Hare (241.3) Nov 17 (321) 321 = 304 + 17
5 Heart σ Scorpii Fox (247.0) Nov 23 (327) 327 = 321 + 6
6 Tail μ Scorpii (Denebakrab) Tiger (254.7) Nove 30 (334) 334 = 327 + 9
7 Winnowing Basket γ Sagittarii (Nash) Leopard (273.7) Dec 19 (353) 353 = 334 + 19

Ga5-22 Ga5-23 Ga5-24 Ga5-25 (135) Ga5-26 Ga5-27 Ga5-28
*JUNE 18 19 20 SOLSTICE 22 23 (174) ST JOHN'S EVE
JULY 31 AUGUST 1 2 3 4 (216) 5 6
δ Muscae (196.5), Vindemiatrix (196.8) 13h (197.8) Apami-Atsa, ψ Hydrae (198.5) Al Dafīrah (199.4) σ Virginis (200.4) γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1

ANA-ROTO

ξ¹ Centauri (197.1), ξ² Centauri (197.9) Mizar (202.4), SPICA, Alcor (202.7)

Sadalmelik

October 3 4 5 6 7 (280) 8 9
'September 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 (255)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*DECEMBER 18 19 20 SOLSTICE 22 23 (357) CHRISTMAS EVE
JANUARY 30 31 FEBRUARY 1 2 3 4 (400) 5 (36)
no star listed (14) 1h (15.2) Al Batn Al Hūt-26 / Revati-28 ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) no star listed (18) Adhil (19.3) Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis (15.7) MIRACH, Keun Nan Mun (16.0), Anunitum (16.5), REVATI (16.9)

Regulus

April 4 5 6 7 8 9 (464) 10 (100)
'March 8 9 10 11 (435) 12 13 (72) π
Ga5-29 Ga5-30 Ga6-1 Ga6-2 Ga6-3 Ga6-4 Ga6-5 (145)
*JUNE 25 26 27 28 29 30 *JULY 1 (182)
AUGUST 7 8 (220) 9 10 11 12 13
71 Virginis (203.6) no star listed (204) Heze (205.0), Southern Pinwheel Galaxy (205.7) ε Centauri (206.3) 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)
October 10 11 12 (285) 13 14 15 16
'September 13 14 15 16 17 (260) 18 19
NAKSHATRA DATES:
*DECEMBER 25 26 (360) 27 28 29 30 31
FEBRUARY 6 7 8 9 (40) 10 11 12 (408)
δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9) Achernar (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) no star listed (24) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)  Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
April 11 12 13 14 15 16 (471) 17 (107)
'March 15 16 (440) 17 18 19 (78) 20 0h

Vaha mea in Ga6-5 could refer to the First Point of Aries, rising with the Sun in April 17 (107) and 27 days later than in Roman times. But this suggests we should change from a heliacal to a nakshatra view of the glyphs.

The eating (kai) gesture could then refer to the northern spring and only indirectly to the southern spring in mid-October. Possibly there was a change from heliacal (Sun) reading to nakshatra (Moon) reading after Atea had changed her sex to become female.

...  Atea took a third husband, Fa'a-hotu, Make Fruitful. Then occurred a curious event. Whether Atea had wearied of bringing forth offspring we are not told, but certain it is that Atea and her husband Fa'a-hotu exchanged sexes. Then the [male] eyes of Atea glanced down at those of his wife Hotu and they begat Ru. It was this Ru who explored the whole earth and divided it into north, south, east, and west ...

(M83 Hydrae, The Southern Pinwheel Galaxy.)