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Once again. Basic for our understanding of the text are vaha mea (beginning of Land at spring equinox) and mago (end of Land at autumn equinox):

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Gb7-22 Gb7-23 (204) Gb7-24 Gb7-25
FEBRUARY 9 10 11 (42) 12 (408)
τ Ceti (24.7) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-2
χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)  Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4)
April 14 15 16 (471) 17 (107)
'March 18 19 20 0h
"March 4 5 6 (65) 7
NAKSHATRA DATES:
AUGUST 11 12 13 (*145) 14
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) Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3)
October 14 15 16 17 (290)
'September 17 (260) 18 19 20 (*183)
"September 3 (246) 4 5 (*168) 6
no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5 Ga1-6
0h (*0) MARCH 22 23 24 EQUINOX 26 27
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-5

ANA-MURI

no star listed (69) no star listed (70)
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 24 25 (145 = 5 * 29) 26 27 28 29 30
'April 27 28 (118 = 472 / 4) 29 30 'May 1 (*41) 2 3
"April 13 14 (104 = 8 * 13) 15 16 17 (*27) 18 19
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPTEMBER 20 21 (264 = 81 + 183) EQUINOX (*185) 23 24 25 26
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 γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) Han (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5) Atria (253.9)
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 23 24 (328) 25 26 27 28 29
'October 27 28 (301) 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1 2
"October 13 14 (287) 15 (*208) 16 17 18 19
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Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16 (185) Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19
SEPTEMBER 20 21 EQUINOX (265) 23 24 25
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

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) Han (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 23 24 25 (329) 26 27 28
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1
"October 13 14 15 (*208) 16 17 (290) 18
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MARCH 22 23 24 (*368) EQUINOX 26 (85) 27
Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-5

ANA-MURI

no star listed (69) no star listed (70)
θ² Tauri, AIN, θ¹ Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 25 May 26 27 28 (148) 29 30
'April 28 (118) 29 30 'May 1 (*41) 2 3
"April 14 (104) 15 16 17 (*27) 18 19

From this perception the meaning of other types of glyph can be investigated, for instance the different kinds of upraised arms. I have here below chosen the day numbers at the time of Hyades II for easier counting and because they ought to be relevant:

81 Antares 83 Aldebaran 85 86
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263 264 Antares Aldebaran 267 268

Similarly:

40 (= 81 - 41) 41 Polaris Sheratan 44 45
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222 223 Polaris Sheratan 226 227 (= 268 - 41)

Instead of a pair of stars (Aldebaran and Antares) at opposite sides of the year the pair Polaris and Sheratan were close together.

However, Polaris anyhow in a way corresponded to the precessionally earlier Antares we can see.

The figure in day 41 (FEBRUARY 10) should be connected with the pair around heliacal Antares and nakshatra Aldebaran:

221 2
41 263 264 267 268
FEBRUARY 10 222 5
*326 227 (π)
Ga7-14 Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19 (188)
SEPTEMBER 20 21 EQUINOX 23 24 25 (268)
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

γ Apodis (250.1), σ Herculis (250.3), θ Tr. Austr. (250.6), τ Scorpii (250.7) Han (251.0) ζ Herculis, η Tr. Austr. (252.1), η Herculis, β Apodis (252.5)
σ SCORPII (247.0), Hejian (247.2), ψ Ophiuchi (247.7) ANTARES (249.1), Marfik, φ Ophiuchi (249.5),  ω Ophiuchi (249.8)
November 23 24 25 (329) 26 27 28
'October 27 (300) 28 29 (*222) 30 31 'November 1
"October 13 14 15 16 17 (290) 18 (*211)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MARCH 22 23 24 (*368) EQUINOX 26 (85) 27
Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / Pidnu-sha-Shame-5

ANA-MURI

no star listed (69) no star listed (70)
θ² Tauri, AIN, θ¹ Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
May 25 May 26 27 28 29 30 (150)
'April 28 29 30 'May 1 (*41) 2 3 (123)
"April 14 (104) 15 16 17 18 19 (*29)
Ga7-20 Ga7-21 Ga7-22 Ga7-23 (384 / 2) Ga7-24 (193)
SEPTEMBER 26 27 (270) 28 29 30 (3 * 91)
Atria (253.9) Tail-6 ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), Cujam (256.9) no star listed (257)
Wei, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB (254.7)
November 29 30 December 1 2 (336) 3
'November 2 3 4 5 (*229) 6 (310)
"October 19 20 21 22 (295) 23 (*216)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
MARCH 28 29 30 (454) 31 (90) APRIL 1
Tabit (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8) π¹ Orionis (73.0),ο² Orionis (73.4), Hassaleh (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9) Almaaz (74.7), HAEDUS I (74.8) HAEDUS II (75.9)
May 31 (151) June 1 2 3 4 (520)
'May 4 5 6 (*46) 7 8 (128)
"April 20 21 22 (*32) 23 24 (114)

At the time when the heliacal Hyades Gate was at 0h the nakshatra Gate of the Goat (Haedus I and II) was at the end of SEPTEMBER. The gateway to summer was when the Sun was in the rainy Hyades and the gateway to winter was when the hairy Haedus was at the Full Moon.

*193 (Ga7-24) = *11 (APRIL 1) + 182 (not 183 because we are moving from nakshatra to heliacal view). APRIL 1 (91) was 11 days after MARCH 21 (80), but APRIL 1 (456) was also 376 (= 11 + 365 = 2 * 188) days after MARCH 21 (80).

Ga1-7 Ga1-8 Ga1-9 Ga1-10 Ga1-11
MARCH 28 29 30 31 (91)
Tabit (71.7), π² Orionis (71.9) π4 Orionis (72.1), ο¹ Orionis (72.4), π5 Orionis (72.8) π¹ Orionis (73.0),ο² Orionis (73.4), Hassaleh (73.6), π6 Orionis (73.9) Almaaz (74.7), HAEDUS I (74.8) HAEDUS II (75.9)
May 31 (151) June 1 2 3 4
'May 4 5 (125) 6 (*46) 7 8
"April 20 21 (111) 22 (*32) 23 24
NAKSHATRA DATES:
SEPT 27 (270) 28 29 30 (*193) OCTOBER 1
Tail-6 ι Ophiuchi (255.3), Grafias (255.4) κ Ophiuchi (256.2), ζ Arae (256.5), ε Arae (256.8), Cujam (256.9) no star listed (257) 17h (258.7)
Wei, η Arae (254.3), DENEBAKRAB (254.7) no star listed (258)
Nov 30 (*254) December 1 2 (336) 3 4 Hassaleh = ι Aurigae. Almaaz = ε Aurigae.
'November 3 4 (308) 5 6 (*230) 7 Haedus I = ζ Aurigae. Haedus II = η Aurigae.
"October 20 21 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24 The blue line between Haedus I and II represents the Milky Way.

Les Gemineaux (the Twins) exhibit an arrow and a sickle, a straight and a curved instrument. The straight is for the straws at the beginning, the curved for the harvest at the end.

Polaris was at the end of the Tahitian star list (curving henua) and MARCH 24 (Ga1-3) was also at the end. Likewise were Ga1-10 and the tail of mago. But vaha mea was standing straight:

... Rangitokona, prop up the heaven! // Rangitokona, prop up the morning! // The pillar stands in the empty space.

The thought [memea] stands in the earth-world - // Thought stands also in the sky.

The kahi stands in the earth-world - // Kahi stands also in the sky.

The pillar stands, the pillar - // It ever stands, the pillar of the sky.

Then for the first time was there light between the Sky and the Earth; the world existed ...

Auriga was a constellation at the beginning, not at the end. When people on Easter Island saw Capella close to the Full Moon it meant summer had arrived. The death skull (Ga1-11) was a sign of proliferation:

... Up to the present time, fertility spells for fowls have played an important role. Especially effective were the so-called 'chicken skulls' (puoko moa) - that is, the skulls of dead chiefs, often marked by incisions, that were considered a source of mana. Their task is explained as follows: 'The skulls of the chiefs are for the chicken, so that thousands may be born' (te puoko ariki mo te moa, mo topa o te piere) ...As long as the source of mana is kept in the house, the hens are impregnated (he rei te moa i te uha), they lay eggs (he ne'ine'i te uha i te mamari), and the chicks are hatched (he topa te maanga). After a period of time, the beneficial skull has to be removed, because otherwise the hens become exhausted from laying eggs.

And in front in SEPTEMBER 30 a kind of fruit was hanging:

... Stem heaped up, heaped, heaped up. // Stem gathered together, gathered, gathered together.

Heap it in the stem of the tree, // Heap it in the butt of the tree, // Heap it in the foundation of the tree.

Heap it in the fibrous roots, // Heap it in the thick root of the tree, // Heap it together, it grows; // Heap it together, it lives.

The heaven-stem lives, it is living, E!

Stem heaped up, body heaped up - // Let the heaven stand which lives.

Heap it in the flower of the tree, // Heap it in the leaf of the tree, // Heap it in the swaying of the tree!

Heap it in the spreading branches of the tree, // Heap it in the pattern of the tree, // Heap it in the finishing of the tree!

Heap it, it grows! // Heap it, it lives! // The heaven lives - E!

... His wife sang a dirge of lament, but did precisely as she was told, and in the morning she found her house surrounded by a perfect thicket of vegetation. 'Before the door,' we are told in Thomas Thrum's rendition of the legend, 'on the very spot where she had buried her husband's heart, there grew a stately tree covered over with broad, green leaves dripping with dew and shining in the early sunlight, while on the grass lay the ripe, round fruit, where it had fallen from the branches above. And this tree she called Ulu (breadfruit) in honor of her husband. 

The little spring was concealed by a succulent growth of strange plants, bearing gigantic leaves and pendant clusters of long yellow fruit, which she named bananas. The intervening space was filled with a luxuriant growth of slender stems and twining vines, of which she called the former sugar-cane and the latter yams; while all around the house were growing little shrubs and esculent roots, to each one of which she gave an appropriate name. Then summoning her little boy, she bade him gather the breadfruit and bananas, and, reserving the largest and best for the gods, roasted the remainder in the hot coals, telling him that in the future this should be his food. With the first mouthful, health returned to the body of the child, and from that time he grew in strength and stature until he attained to the fullness of perfect manhood. He became a mighty warrior in those days, and was known throughout all the island, so that when he died, his name, Mokuola, was given to the islet in the bay of Hilo where his bones were buried; by which name it is called even to the present time.

The curve was also used in Manuscript E as a Sign of final, for instance:

Unforgotten are they, these three.

kai viri kai viri.ko raua ana a totoru.

And therefore this is the (right) land lying there;

peira tokoa te kainga e moe mai era

this is Te Pito O Te Kainga, which also received its name from the dream soul.

ko te pito o te kainga i nape ai e toona kuhane.

The canoe continued its exploration and in a sweep sailed on to Hanga Te Pau.

hokoou.he rarama he oho te vaka he vari ki hanga.te pau

They went ashore and took

he tomo ki uta.he too

the food with them.

i te kai ki uta.

They pulled the canoe onto the beach and left it there.

hee totoi i te vaka ki uta he hakarere.

Ira sat down with all the other (companions)

he noho a ira anake.

Vari

1. Menstruation, period (also: tiko). 2. To tack, to veer (nautical); ku-vari-mai-á te miro, the boat arrives, have veered [around Rano Kau]. Vanaga.

About, circumference, to turn in a circle; hakavari, pliant, to bend, square; varivari, about, to go around; vavari, a garland; varikapau, circumference, to surround, a compass, to admire; hiriga varikapau, to go in a ring; pa varikapau, to close in; varitakataka (vari-taka 3) to surround. Churchill.

Pau.: Vari, marsh, mire, dirt. Ta.: vari, dirt, mud. Rar.: vari, mud. Churchill.

Mgv.: Vari, paste well diluted. Mq.: vaivai, to dilute, to thin. Ha.: waliwali, soft, pasty. Churchill.

henua vari henua vari henua vari henua vari