1. The 12th hour is 6 months beyond equinox and its beginning is where Alkes (α Crateris) is rising heliacally: On the opposite side of the deep curve of Hydra is Corvus in the 13th hour. My imagination runs away with me and whispers in my ear: This must be Hanga Te Pau.
6 months beyond spring equinox north of the equator is where Easter Island will receive spring, where 'land' in the sky will arrive. Haga means a bay and thus a place suitable for a canoe to make 'landfall'. I suddenly realize a solution to a problem which has been bothering me for a long time, viz. why the glyph type moe evidently is located at the beginning of seasons, e.g. in Ga1-20, instead of at the end (where we should find sleepy persons) - see at Moe:
The reason could be a wish to describe how the 'land' is lying there dormant in front, spread out and waiting: te kainga e moe mai era.
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