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8. If we then regard Ashird, η Cassiopejae, its position is at the other end of the Milky Way, where the River has its source so to say: .jpg) The River in the sky flows from north to south, not as the Nile from south to north. We remember how Moses was found in the delta of the Nile. Later he explained the era of Taurus (the Golden Calf) was over. The Milky Way flows to the southwest, but precession moves spring equinox in the other direction, following the ecliptic.
The current position of Ashird is 46m beyond the zero line, which means day number 46 / 1440 * 365¼ = 11.7 counted from spring equinox north of the equator - or, we should rather say day number 154 because we presumably ought to count from mago at glyph number 266:
We can see 3 feather signs in front and 4 at the back side of vero (Gb2-11), which seems to be signs of winter in the past and spring in front. But mago in Gb2-10 evidently has it the other way - with summer in the past and autumn in front. Furthermore in Gb2-10 these signs are in the lower half (È) whereas the corresponding signs in the following glyph are in the upper half (Ç). Counting from spring equinox south of the equator means counting from September 22-23 and Achird will rise heliacally in day number 55 counting from January 1 - or, better, in day 64 counted from winter solstice north of the equator:
February is our 2nd month and December our 12th month. From February to December there are 10 months, which explains the name December (the '10th month') and maybe also the old idea that the Sun year measured twice 5 = 10 months (equal to the number of fingers on both hands). In Gb7-8 there are 5 'flames' in the 'corona' in the northern end of puo ('hilled up'). We can see in the glyphs Gb7-8--10 that Sun is hidden as if at an eclipse (with only the corona visible), that the holes through which he normally every day goes in and out are no longer there, and that the tail of the fish does not allow any incoming light in front (reminding us of the letter η). And we can in Gb7-8 imagine the head of a rooster behind the 'little ball of dirt' (earth) - with his open beak (top) and fleshy red comb (left) and wattle (right) still visible.
Regulus is rising heliacally 154 days beyond autumn equinox and Achird 154 days beyond spring equinox. 154 days is 22 weeks, and - we should realize - a week has 7 days which means there seems to be an allusion (by Mother Nature) to the length of a cycle (because 22 / 7 = π). It is rather clear that these glyphs are describing the view from Easter Island, not the season of slowly returning Sun light experienced at the same time north of the equator. The constellations in the sky are those which were created a long time ago, north of the equator, but which nowadays are attuned to the view south of the equator. More precisely, I guess the G text primarily describes the days as experienced south of the equator, maybe up to the reversal of hau tea with day 354 as the last day in the south and 355 as the first day in the north:
Vero has 4 + 3 = 7 feather signs (symbols for Sun). In Gb7-8 north of the equator the Sun is there himself, though with his skull hidden. It is summer on Easter Island but winter north of the equator, therefore his skull is hidden and only his red 'corona' (living spirit) is still there - it does not leave the northern hemisphere. 7 refers to the southern hemisphere and 5 to the northern. Moon rules on Easter Island, not Sun. The Sun rooster north of the equator has his open beak - probably symbolizing daytime and summer - hidden, it is winter. This my tentative explanation is solving a problem which has bothered me for years: the glyph type hau tea seems to signify the white (tea) light from Moon, as if there were no daylight on Easter Island. Hina was beating white tapa cloth in the night disturbing the sleep of the gods and was therefore deported to the moon (cfr at Ure Honu): ... There was noise at night at Marioro, it was Hina beating tapa in the dark for the god Tangaroa, and the noise of her mallet was annoying that god, he could endure it no longer. He said to Pani, 'Oh Pani, is that noise the beating of tapa?' and Pani answered, 'It is Hina tutu po beating fine tapa.' Then Tangaroa said, 'You go to her and tell her to stop, the harbour of the god is noisy.' Pani therefore went to Hina's place and said to her, 'Stop it, or the harbour of the god will be noisy.' But Hina replied, 'I will not stop, I will beat out white tapa here as a wrapping for the gods Tangaroa, 'Oro, Moe, Ruanu'u, Tu, Tongahiti, Tau utu, Te Meharo, and Punua the burst of thunder'. So Pani returned and told the god that Hina would not stop. 'Then go to her again', said Tangaroa, 'and make her stop. The harbour of the god is noisy!' So Pani went again, and he went a third time also, but with no result. Then Pani too became furious with Hina, and he seized her mallet and beat her on the head. She died, but her spirit flew up into the sky, and she remained forever in the moon, beating white tapa. All may see her there. From that time on she was known as Hina nui aiai i te marama, Great-Hina-beating-in-the-Moon. |
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