5. Regulus is today rising heliacally 153.7 days beyond spring equinox north of the equator, i.e. 153.7 days beyond autumn equinox on Easter Island. 266 (autumn equinox) + 153.7 = 419.7 and 420 is its day number counted from autumn equinox. Counted from winter solstice it is 420 - 358 = 62:

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Ga4-3 (87) Ga4-4 Ga4-5 (**61) Ga4-6 (*154)
    Regulus (153.7 - 92 = 61.7)
Ga5-1 (*176) Ga5-2 Ga5-3 Ga5-4 (**87) Ga5-5 (*180)
      spring equinox (179 - 92 = 87)

The year is probably a modern amalgamation of an ancient pair of 'years', and each such 'year' should rather begin at a solstice than at an equinox (when changes are quick). To translate the measures from equinox to solstice is therefore a reasonable method for increasing our understanding. In the Achird chapter I commented:

... it is a remarkable fact that if we add 266 + 153.7 for Regulus his position will be in day number 419.7 counted from the previous winter solstice. I.e., it could very well be the body of Regulus which is depicted as hidden in Gb7-8--9.

North of the equator South of the equator
spring equinox 89 autumn equinox 266
Achird 89 + 11.7 = 100.7 Achird 266 + 11.7 = 277.7
summer solstice 181 winter solstice 358
Achir (Regulus) 89 + 153.7 = 242.7 Achir (Regulus) 266 + 153.7 - 358 = 61.7
autumn equinox 275 spring equinox 87
winter solstice 365 summer solstice 177
Day numbers for the stars counted from winter solstice.
Achird η Cassiopejae 3.46 57º 33' N 00h 46m 11.7 419.7
Regulus α Leonis 1.36 12º 13' N 10h 06m 153.7 89.7

266 + 11.7 = 277.7 for Achird is 101 days beyond summer solstice, reflecting the fact that Achird north of the equator is rising 101 days beyond winter solstice. Possibly 'one more' was a concept which once determined which stars to choose for the cardinal points. 365 = 364 + 1 and 181 = 180 + 1 ...

For a similar discussion regarding Antares cfr the Achird chapter.

There remain approximately 87 - 62 = 25 days from Regulus to spring equinox. For Achird (or for Regulus 'incarnated' in position 266 + 153.7) the glyph number is 420 and playing with the numbers we should add 25 to find a 'reflection' of spring equinox:

Gb8-1 Gb8-2 Gb8-3 (445) Gb8-4 Gb8-5
      autumn equinox (?)

North of the equator spring equinox comes 89 days after winter solstice and the reversed great manu rere is clearly telling us that this is where 'the spirit of life' ends. 447 (Gb8-5) - 116 (Ga5-5) = 331 is 65 more than 266 (autumn equinox), but if we count 447 - (64 + 116) it becomes 267. Autumn equinox is day number 266 from winter solstice south of the equator and also day number 266 from January 1, and thus it should be a rather reliable numerical sign for autumn equinox. Possibly we should reduce with 64 on side b instead of adding 64 as on side a. 447 - 64 = 383 (= 13 * 29½ - ½). There are, on the other hand, several alternatives to consider, e.g. is 446 - 266 = 180 (= 64 + 116) - i.e. the pair Gb8-4--5 is located as if in a mirror image of Ga5-4--5 (8 glyph lines earlier).

The distance 186 days (from autumn equinox to spring equinox on Easter Island) can be counted not only from glyph number 408 (our convention so far for counting days) but also from other glyphs. If we change from glyph number 408 to glyph number 408 - (122 - 116) = 402 then spring equinox will move backwards correspondingly from Ga5-11 to Ga5-5:

Gb6-17 (400) Gb6-18 Gb6-19 (*466)
Gb6-20 Gb6-21 Gb6-22 Gb6-23 Gb6-24
Gb6-25 Gb6-26 Gb6-27 Gb6-28 (**383)
Gb7-1 Gb7-2 (413) Gb7-3 (*478) Gb7-4

By reducing the glyph numbers (counted from Gb8-30) by 92 (the distance from autumn equinox to winter solstice on Easter Island) we seem to arrive at interesting results, e.g. could **383 at Gb6-28 (where 62 * 8 = 4 less than 500) be a sign of a final because it is the last whole number before 13 * 29½ (there is only a fraction of a moa in Gb7-1).

A new cycle is evidently beginning with tamaiti in Gb7-3 (where 414 = 14 * 29½ + 1), an event located 101 - 64 glyphs beyond the end of the synodic cycle of Saturn:

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Gb5-22 Gb5-23 Gb5-24 (378) Gb5-25 (*443) Gb7-3 (*478)

And kava in Gb5-25 (where we should count 52 * 5 = 260) could allude to Gb8-1, which comes 64 glyphs later (see earlier above).

Kava in Gb5-25 can serve as an example of what happens when we combine the operations we seem to encounter in the G text. First we add 64 to reach a number which coincides with the right ascension position of today: 379 + 64 = 443. Then we reduce by 92 to reach the number of days from winter solstice south of the equator: 443 - 92 = 351 = 379 - 28:

Gb5-24 (378) Gb5-25 Gb5-26 Gb5-27 Gb5-28 (**354) Gb5-29

Mauga in Gb5-28 (a day of Mars) could allude to a dark night with hope - cfr the potent rising fish in Gb7-5 at position 52 * 8 = 416 on the preceding page. Counted from winter solstice (**) the end of a synodical cycle of Saturn (378) seems to be followed by 4 nights and a fraction. But an end should come in Monday with tagata - not 360 days from moe in Ga1-20 but 354 days from Praja-pāti (Ga1-26):

Ga1-20 (492+1) Ga1-21 Ga1-22 Ga1-23 Ga1-24 Ga1-25
353
Ga1-26 (27) Gb5-27 Gb5-28 (382) Gb5-29

Instead of walking around in a hall of mirrors like this we should rather look at the glyphs, they offer more stability. It is clear that the idea of hakaariki (in Gb5-24) demands lighting a new fire, and the following kava is just what should be expected. Therefore this is indeed the place for 'creating a new king'. Likewise should tamaiti in Gb7-3 be a sign of a new season having been born.