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Looking through the text of G searching for reversed heads (indicating seasons with no future), I find only these six glyphs which may carry such a message:

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Ga6-9 Ga6-10 Ga6-11
Gb1-4 Gb1-5 Gb1-6 Gb1-7 Gb1-8
Gb1-9 Gb1-10 Gb1-11 Gb1-12 Gb1-13
Gb1-14 Gb1-15 Gb1-16 Gb1-17 Gb1-18
Gb2-17 Gb2-18 Gb2-19 Gb2-20 Gb2-21 Gb2-22
Gb2-23 Gb2-24 Gb2-25 Gb2-26 Gb2-27 Gb2-28
Gb2-29 Gb2-30 Gb2-31 Gb2-32 Gb2-33 Gb2-34
Gb7-31 Gb8-1 Gb8-2 Gb8-3 Gb8-4 Gb8-5
Gb8-6 Gb8-7 Gb8-8 Gb8-9 Gb8-10
Gb8-11 Gb8-12 Gb8-13 Gb8-14 Gb8-15
Gb8-16 Gb8-17 Gb8-18 Gb8-19 Gb8-20
Gb8-21 Gb8-22 Gb8-23 Gb8-24 Gb8-25
Gb8-26 Gb8-27 Gb8-28 Gb8-29 Gb8-30

Ga6-9--10 read together probably gives a sign which depreciates (or at least changes) the value of the observation that the person in Ga6-9 is looking backwards.

Similarly, Gb2-29--30 appears to be a pair with opposed directions.

Gb8-14 and Gb8-24, on the other hand, constitute a pair which both look backwards. Their strange heads and their numbers indicate they belong together.

Having become acquainted with these pairs, Gb8-5 shines like a beacon - there is no partner glyph to pair with.

Gb1-13 is questionable - does it pair with Gb1-18 or not?

These visual impressions need to be supplemented by numbers:

Ga6-9 Gb1-13 Gb2-30
149 242 = 2 * 11 * 11 285 = 3 * 5 * 19
Gb8-5 Gb8-14 Gb8-24
446 = 2 * 223 455 = 5 * 7 * 13 465 = 5 * 93

The pair Gb8-14 and Gb8-24 obviously carries numerical signs. 455 = 5 * 91 which can be regarded as 5 quarters in a system with 4 * 91 = 364 as cycle, while 465 = 5 * 93 gives the cycle 4 * 93 = 372 (equal to a year with 31 days in each month).

Gb2-30 possibly says 15 * 19, which could be understood as the final for both moon (15) and sun (19). 285 = 9.5 * 30 = 10 * 28.5.

Gb1-13 has no obvious strong numerical signal (unless 242 is '2nd 42'), but its position immediately beyond the 9 important 'calendar regulator' glyphs is a strong sign, strengthening its visual impact.