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12-9. The Sun had two wives and therefore I at first guessed we should group together twice 3 days here (from Eb3-26). But then it dawned upon me that we rather should perceive the pair of Gemini twins:

Eb3-20 Eb3-21 Eb3-22 (91) Eb3-23 Eb3-24 Eb3-25 (420)
Rei tu tu te niu - e huki kua noho i te niu - kotia ku hakarava te hatu kiore - henua

Hatu. 1. Clod of earth; cultivated land; arable land (oone hatu). 2. Compact mass of other substances: hatu matá, piece of obsidian. 3. Figuratively: manava hatu, said of persons who, in adversity, stay composed and in control of their behaviour and feelings. 4. To advise, to command. He hatu i te vanaga rivariva ki te kio o poki ki ruga ki te opata, they gave the refugees the good advice not to climb the precipice; he hatu i te vanaga rakerake, to give bad advice. 5. To collude, to unite for a purpose, to concur. Mo hatu o te tia o te nua, to agree on the price of a nua cape. 6. Result, favourable outcome of an enterprise. He ká i te umu mo te hatu o te aga, to light the earth oven for the successful outcome of an enterprise. Vanaga. 1. Haatu, hahatu, mahatu. To fold, to double, to plait, to braid; noho hatu, to sit crosslegged; hoe hatu, clasp knife; hatuhatu, to deform. 2. To recommend. Churchill. In the Polynesian dialects proper, we find Patu and Patu-patu, 'stone', in New Zealand; Fatu in Tahiti and Marquesas signifying 'Lord', 'Master', also 'Stone'; Haku in the Hawaiian means 'Lord', 'Master', while with the intensitive prefix Po it becomes Pohaku, 'a stone'. Fornander.

Niu. Palm tree, coconut tree; hua niu, coconut. Vanaga. Coconut, palm, spinning top.  P Pau., Ta.: niu, coconut. Mgv.: niu, a top; niu mea, coconut. Mq.: niu, coconut, a top. Churchill. The fruit of miro. Buck. T. 1. Coconut palm. 2. Sign for peace. Henry. The sense of top lies in the fact that the bud end of a coconut shell is used for spinning, both in the sport of children and as a means of applying to island life the practical side of the doctrine of chances. Thus it may be that in New Zealand, in latitudes higher than are grateful to the coconut, the divination sense has persisted even to different implements whereby the arbitrament of fate may be declared. Churchill 2.

VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
July 4

5 (186)

6 (*107) 7 8 9 (*110)
MAY 1 (11 * 11) 2 3 4

5

6 (*66)

ω Gemini (105.4), ALZIRR (Button) = ξ Gemini (105.7), MULIPHEIN (Oaths) = γ Canis Majoris (105.8), MEKBUDA (Contracted) = ζ Gemini (105.9)

*64.0 = *105.4 - *41.4

7h (106.5)

No star listed (106)
WEZEN (Weight) = δ Canis Majoris (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) No star listed (108)

λ Gemini (109.4), WASAT (Middle) = δ Gemini (109.8)

*68.0 = *109.4 - *41.4
No star listed (110)
 

THE SUN:
Jan 3 4 (369) 5 (*290) 6 7 8

Al Na'ām-18 (Ostriches) / Uttara Ashadha-21 (Elephant tusk, small bed)

NUNKI = σ Sagittarii (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), MANUBRIUM = ο Sagittarii (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9)

*247.0 = *288.4 - *41.4

19h (289.2)

λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)

*248.0 = *289.4 - *41.4

Al Baldah-19 (City)

AL BALDAH = π Sagittarii, ALPHEKKA (Dish) MERIDIANA = α Cor. Austr. (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)
ALADFAR (The Talons) = η Lyrae (291.1), NODUS II = δ Draconis (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), τ Draconis (291.7), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) π Draconis, ARKAB PRIOR = β¹ Sagittarii (293.0), ARKAB POSTERIOR = β² Sagittarii, ALRAMI (The Archer) = α Sagittarii (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6

Eb3-26

Eb3-27 (96) Eb3-28 Eb3-29 Eb3-30 Eb3-31 (100)
tagata - e Tapamea ka pipiri to ihe te kiore - te henua e rakau tapamea  kua tua - te tino kiore - te henua

*15

kua tuo te tino

kua tua - te tino

Eb3-15 (84)

July 14 (195)

Piri. 1. To join (vi, vt); to meet someone on the road; piriga, meeting, gathering. 2. To choke: he-piri te gao. 3. Ka-piri, ka piri, exclamation: 'So many!' Ka-piri, kapiri te pipi, so many shellfish! Also used to welcome visitors: ka-piri, ka-piri! 4. Ai-ka-piri ta'a me'e ma'a, expression used to someone from whom one hopes to receive some news, like saying 'let's hear what news you bring'. 5. Kai piri, kai piri, exclamation expressing: 'such a thing had never happened to me before'. Kai piri, kai piri, ia anirá i-piri-mai-ai te me'e rakerake, such a bad thing had never happened to me before! Piripiri, a slug found on the coast, blackish, which secretes a sticky liquid. Piriu, a tattoo made on the back of the hand. Vanaga. 1. With, and. 2. A shock, blow. 3. To stick close to, to apply oneself, starch; pipiri, to stick, glue, gum; hakapiri, plaster, to solder; hakapipiri, to glue, to gum, to coat, to fasten with a seal; hakapipirihaga, glue. 4. To frequent, to join, to meet, to interview, to contribute, to unite, to be associated, neighboring; piri mai, to come, to assemble, a company, in a body, two together, in mass, indistinctly; piri ohorua, a couple; piri putuputu, to frequent; piri mai piri atu, sodomy; piri iho, to be addicted to; pipiri, to catch; hakapiri, to join together, aggregate, adjust, apply, associate, equalize, graft, vise, join, league, patch, unite. Piria; tagata piria, traitor. Piriaro (piri 3 - aro), singlet, undershirt. Pirihaga, to ally, affinity, league. Piripou (piri 3 - pou), trousers. Piriukona, tattooing on the hands. Churchill.

Rakau. Raau, medicine, remedy, drug. Ra'a'u, scratch on the skin. Rakau, a plant. Râkau, goods, property. Vanaga. 1. Wood; rakau ta, cudgel, stick. P Pau.: rakau, tree, to dress a wound. Mgv.: rakau, wood, timber, a tree; medicine, a remedy; an object. Mq.: ákau, wood, tree. Ta.: raáu, id. 2. Medicine, remedy, potion, ointment, furniture, any precious object, resources, baggage, riches, heritage, dowry, merchandise, treasure, wealth; rakau hakaneinei, purgative; rakau nui, rich, opulent; rakau kore, poor, beggar, indigent, miserable, an inferior; hakakamikami ki te rakau, to impoverish; rakau o te miro, ballast. Mq.: akau, anything in general. The medicine sense is particularized in Tonga, Nukuoro, Hawaii, Tahiti, Mangareva, Paumotu. In no other speech does wood stand so fully for wealth of possessions, but it will be recalled that Rapanui is destitute of timber and depends wholly upon driftwood. Churchill.

VISIBLE CLOSE TO THE FULL MOON:
July 10 11

12 (193)

13 14 15 (196)

ALUDRA (Virgin) = η Canis Majoris (111.1), PROPUS = ι Gemini (111.4),  GOMEISA (Water-eyed) = β Canis Minoris (111.6)

*70.0 = *111.4 - *41.4

ρ Gemini (112.1), Eskimo Nebula = NGC2392 Gemini (112.2)

ANTARES (α Scorpii)

Al Dhirā'-5 (Forearm) / Punarvasu-7 (The Two Restorers of Goods) / Mash-mashu-Mahrū-10 (Western One of the Twins)

CASTOR (Beaver) = α Gemini (113.4)

*113.4 = *41.4 + *72.0

ANA-TAHUA-VAHINE-O-TOA-TE-MANAVA-7 (Pillar for Elocution)

υ Gemini (114.0), MARKAB PUPPIS = κ Puppis (114.7), ο Gemini (114.8), PROCYON = α Canis Minoris (114.9)

α Monocerotis (115.4), σ Gemini (115.7)

*74.0 = *115.4 - *41.4

Mash-mashu-arkū-11 (Eastern One of the Twins)

κ Gemini (116.1), POLLUX = β Gemini (116.2), π Gemini (116.9)

... In Hindu legend there was a mother goddess called Aditi, who had seven offspring. She is called 'Mother of the Gods'. Aditi, whose name means 'free, unbounded, infinity' was assigned in the ancient lists of constellations as the regent of the asterism Punarvasu. Punarvasu is dual in form and means 'The Doublegood Pair'. The singular form of this noun is used to refer to the star Pollux. It is not difficult to surmise that the other member of the Doublegood Pair was Castor. Then the constellation Punarvasu is quite equivalent to our Gemini, the Twins. In far antiquity (5800 B.C.) the spring equinoctial point was predicted by the heliacal rising of the Twins ...

Procyon was one of the 4 corner stars (stones) in the Egyptian X:

... In ancient Egypt they thought Sirius was behind the yearly rise of the Nile ... the seasonal cycle, throughout the ancient world, was the foremost sign of rebirth following death, and in Egypt the chronometer of this cycle was the annual flooding of the Nile ...

And when Metoro here said e rakau tapamea it appears to have indicated a time-reversal, because the tapamea (red count or red cloth) part of the glyph came first.

tapa mea

... There seems to have been a little difficulty at first in getting the machinery of the sky into smooth running order, for some maintain that Ruddy Sun and Waxing Moon disputed in a brotherly fashion. The Sun desired the Moon to accompany him and suggested they travel in daylight, while the Moon insisted they make their rounds during the night.  So they agreed, not too amicably, to separate, the Moon saying pettishly, 'Very well! You go by day and have the servile job of drying women's washings!' And the Sun retorted, 'And you go by night and be terrified by food-ovens!' The quarrel must have been made up later, for the Moon visits the Sun for a day or two each month ...

On the other hand should in the Polynesian languages the subject matter come before the essence and the 'medicine' (rakau) here (Eb3-29) seems to emerge from the reversed tapa mea.

Schedir (*8) Night of culmination   (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 233
Nov 18 (322) March 29 (88)
365 - 235 = 130
Betelgeuze (*88) Night of culmination 138 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 225
Jan 29 (121 + 3 * 91 = 419 - 25) June 17 (168 → 88 + 80)
365 days = 20 weeks + 15 * 15 days
Castor (*113 → 88 + 25) Night of culmination 138 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 225
Febr 23 (419) → Terminalia July 12 (200 - 7)
365 days = 20 weeks + 15 * 15 days
Thuban (*212) Night of culmination 133 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 230
June 7 (168 - 10) Oct 19 (292)
135 + 230 = 365 days
Zuben Elgenubi (*224) Night of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
June 17 (168 → 204 - 36) Oct 31 (304)
137 + 228 = 365 days
Ras Algethi (*260) Night of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
July 23 (204 → 158 + 46) Dec 6 (340 → 292 + 48)
137 + 228 = 365 days
Menkar Night of culmination 133 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 230
Dec 21 (355) May 4 (124)
135 + 230 = 365 days
Atlas Night of culmination 135 (80 + RA / 24h * 365¼) 228
Dec 31 (365) May 16 (136)
365 - 136 = 229