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
(δ¹ 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 |
ºSeptember
17 (*180) |
18 (261) |
'April 27
(*37) |
28 (118) |
29 |
'August 25
(237) |
26 (*158) |
'Vaitu Nui
27 (*37) |
28 (118) |
29 |
'Hora Iti 25
(*157) |
26 (238) |
"April 13
(*23) |
14 (104) |
15 |
"August 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 |
ºNovember 19 |
20 (*244) |
21 (325) |
ºMarch 19 |
20 (*364) |
'October 27
(300) |
28 |
29 (*222) |
'Feburary 24
(54) |
25 (*341) |
'Tagaroa Uri
27 (300) |
28 |
29 (*222) |
'Tehetu'upú
24 (*340) |
25 (55) |
"October 13
(286) |
14 |
15 (*208) |
"February 10
(*326) |
11 (42) |
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 |
ºNovember 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 |
September 21 |
Equinox (265) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Gb6-25 |
Gb6-26 (0h) |
Gb6-27 (*1) |
Gb6-28 (410) |
181 |
Ga5-10 (592) |
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 |
ºSeptember 17 |
18 (261) |
'February 21
(52) |
22 |
Terminalia |
Bissextum
(*340) |
'August 25 (237) |
26 (*158) |
"February 7 |
8 (*324) |
9 (40) |
10 |
"August 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. |
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