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Once again. May 17 evidently could have corresponded to MARCH 14 (3-14), i.e. to the 'door' to the new year which had advanced 64 days since the time of the Hyades Gate. Heliacal Menkhib (ζ Persei, at his left foot) was no longer in the early northern spring but in early summer:

Gb8-22 Gb8-23 Gb8-24 (236) Gb8-25 (466)
March 12 13 (72) π 15
May 15 16 (136) 17 18
Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18 Menkhib (57.6)

Porrima

Zaurak (58.9)
Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6) ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3)
TAU-ONO

Gb8-26 Gb8-27 Gb8-28 (240) Gb8-29 Gb8-30 (471)
March 16 (75) 17 18 19 20
May 19 20 (140) 21 22 23
λ Tauri (59.3), ν Tauri (59.9) 4h (60.9) no star listed (61) Beid (62.2)

Vindemiatrix

Al Dabarān-2
no star listed (60) HYADUM I (63.4)
no glyph
Ga1-1 Ga1-2 Ga1-3 Ga1-4 Ga1-5
0h March 22 (*1) 23 24 (448) EQUINOX 26 (85)
May 24 25 (*65 + 80 = 145) 26 (146) 27 28 (*68 = *64 + 4) 29
Hyadum II (δ¹ Tauri) (64.2) Net-19 no star listed (66) no star listed (67) Rohini-4 / ANA-MURI no star listed (69)
AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7) ALDEBARAN (68.2), Theemin (68.5)
September 20 21 (*184) EQUINOX 23 (266) 24 25
November 23 24 (145 + 183 = 328) 25 (*249 + 80 = 329) 26 (330 = 147 + 183) 27 28
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)

Possibly the 8 dark nights before the return of Venus as morning star were put in correspondence with the difference between May 16 (136) and May 24 (144 = 12 * 12) - i.e. in correspondence with the difference in time from the 3 later of the 9 Pleiades stars (Alcyone, Atlas, and Pleione) to Hyadum II.

Counting from the left foot of Perseus the glyph Ga2-26 will come 64 days later. 471 - 464 + 1 (0h) + 56 = 64 = 8 + 56:

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Gb8-22 Gb8-23 (464) Gb8-24 (236) Gb8-25 Ga1-1
March 12 13 (72) π 15 March 22
May 15 16 (136) 17 18 May 25
Al Thurayya-27 / Krittikā-3 / Hairy Head-18 Menkhib (57.6)

Porrima

Zaurak (58.9) Net-19
Atiks, Rana (55.1), CELAENO, ELECTRA, TAYGETA (55.3), MAIA, ASTEROPE, MEROPE (55.6) ALCYONE (56.1), PLEIONE, ATLAS (56.3)
TAU-ONO AIN, θ¹ Tauri, θ² Tauri (65.7)
54 263
Ga2-26 (56) Gb3-30 (320) Gb4-1 Gb4-2 Gb4-3
May 16 (136) February 4 5 (36) 6 7 (403)
ω Cancri (120.2) Adhil (19.3) Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9)
Nov 15 (319) August 6 (218) 7 (584) 8 9
τ Aquilae (303.8) γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1

ANA-ROTO

71 Virginis (203.6) no star listed (204)
Mizar (202.4), SPICA, Alcor (202.7)
Gb4-4 (324)
February 8 (404)
Achernar (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9)
August 10 (222)
Heze (205.0)
Gb4-5 (325) Gb4-6 Gb4-7 Gb4-8 (99) Gb4-9 Gb4-10 Gb4-11
February 9 (40) 10 11 12 (408) 13 14 15
no star listed (24) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2) Alrisha, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) 2h (30.4)
POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9) Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) κ Arietis (30.3), Hamal (30.5)

Alkes

August 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 (229)
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) Muphrid (210.1), ζ Centauri (210.3) φ Centauri (211.0), υ¹ Centauri (211.1), υ² Centauri (211.8), τ Virginis (211.9) Agena (212.1), θ Apodis (212.5), Thuban (212.8)
Gb4-12 Gb4-13 Gb4-14 Gb4-15 Gb4-16 (336) Gb4-17 (108)
February 16 17 (413) 18 19 (50) 20 21
η Arietis (31.9) no star listed (32) θ Arietis (33.3), Mira (33.7) no star listed (34) ξ Arietis (35.0) no star listed (36)
August 18 19 20 21 22 23 (235)
14h (213.1) Neck-2 Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE 

ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8) Asellus Primus (217.8) τ Lupi (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

Fomalhaut

χ Centauri, π Hydrae (213.0), Menkent (213.1) Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) 15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)

If there was a correspondence between the seasons of the Sun and the faces of Venus, then we ought to find some sign of those 50 dark nights after the disappearance of Venus as morning star and her return as evening star. Or the creator of the G text may have used the same pattern as the Mayas and counted to 236 (= 472 / 2) = 8 * 29½:

 phase

observed periods

periods in the Mayan 'map'

difference

evening star

263

250

- 13

black

8

8

0

morning star

263

236

- 27

black

50

90

+ 40

sum

584

584

0

263
Ga2-26 (56) Gb3-30 (91) Gb4-1 Gb4-2 Gb4-3
May 16 (136) February 4 (400) 5 (36) 6 7 (403)
ω Cancri (120.2) Adhil (19.3) Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8) δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9)
Nov 15 (319) August 6 (218) 7 (584) 8 9
τ Aquilae (303.8) γ Hydrae (201.0), ι Centauri (201.4) Al Simāk-12 / Chitra-14 / Horn-1

ANA-ROTO

71 Virginis (203.6) no star listed (204)
Mizar (202.4), SPICA, Alcor (202.7)

50 glyphs ahead from Gb3-30 will bring us to number 90 + 50 = 140 on side b, i.e. to Gb5-16:

Gb5-5 Gb5-6 Gb5-7 Gb5-8 (132)
Gb5-9 Gb5-10 Gb5-11 Gb5-12 (136)
Gb5-13 Gb5-14 Gb5-15 Gb5-16 (140)
Evening star rises ?
Gb5-17 Gb5-18 Gb5-19 Gb5-20 (144)
Gb5-21 Gb5-22 Gb5-23 Gb5-24 (148)
Gb5-25 Gb5-26 Gb5-27 Gb5-28 (152)

From the left foot of Perseus (Menkhib, close to the Pleiades) to Rigel (the left foot of the giant Orion) there were 158 (June 7) - 137 (May 17) = 3 weeks.