Moon moves from west to east (it is lagging behind the sun and the other stars which serve as reference points for a stable sky), i.e. in the opposite of the perceived direction of the sun who rises in the east and goes down in the west. Therefore, it is to be suspected that we should measure multiples of 59 from Ga1-1 instead of from Gb8-30 - moon behaves contrary to the sun.   If we count multiples of 59, beginning at Ga1-1, there is room for 8 kuhane stations. Let us try to arrange those 8 glyphs with ordinal numbers i * 59 (where i = 1, 2, 3, ... 8) in parallel with the odd numbered kuhane stations (supposing each station stands for a lunar month 29.5 nights long). First we must list the glyphs, and we can see that Ga1-1 will be counted twice, not only as number 1 but also as the final 8 * 59 = 472:   Side a Side b Ga1-1 (472) Gb1-7 (236) Ga2-29 (59) Gb3-5 (295) Ga5-8 (118) Gb5-1 (354) Ga7-8 (177) Gb7-3 (413)

If we begin reading on side a (at Ga1-1) we will not reach the kuhane stations. If we begin with side b we will do so - given that we start with Te Pei, glyph number 236, half of 472 - and then we will be forced to continue on to side a (to the lunar version of Hanga Takaure).

This should be the correct way of reading the text, because time is cyclical and should not stop. However, having taking care of imprinting the cyclical character of time (the business of the moon) by twisting together (hiro) the end of side b with the beginning of side a, the movement of the sun takes over from there.

We must read also side a from its beginning to its end, but that way the kuhane stations lying earlier than Te Pei will come in reversed order. Sun is not born at Nga Kope Ririva, but moon is. Sun dies in the west and is born in the east. Therefore Nga Kope Ririva will arrive towards the end of side a.

Hanga Takaure (Ga1-1) is open upwards - sun light can fill the 'bay' - a fitting start for the travel of the sun. Geographically speaking sun is climbing on to the island at the south coast of Poike, and he will travel upwards from there.

By comparing with Te Pei (Gb1-7) it becomes obvious that also this glyph is open upwards, but it is for the moon light to enter. Instead of the henua-like 'body' of Hanga Takaure the 'body' of Te Pei is string-like, the light from the sun is broad and spreading out, while the moon light is comparably thin. The 'spooky' ure towards right comes from the sun, we can conclude. Presumably it is the 'head of the sun' which has been used:

Ga8-16	Ga8-17	Ga8-18	Ga8-19	Ga8-20	Ga8-21
Ga8-22	Ga8-23	Ga8-24	Ga8-25	Ga8-26	Gb1-1
Gb1-2	Gb1-3	Gb1-4	Gb1-5	Gb1-6	Gb1-7

These 18 glyphs will guarantee that the reader will continue from side a to side b.

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The kuhane stations are too many for 472 glyphs, given that each glyph stands for one night, 28 * 29.5 = 826. There is room for only 16 of them. Waxing moon was probably of greater interest than waning moon, and we will therefore try to fit these names to the 8 listed glyphs:   1. Nga Kope Ririva 2. Te Pu Mahore 3. Te Poko Uri 4. Te Manavai 5. Te Kioe Uri 6. Te Piringa Aniva 7. Te Pei 8. Te Pou 9. Hua Reva 10. Akahanga 11. Hatinga Te Kohe 12. Roto Iri Are 13. Tama 14. One Tea 15. Hanga Takaure 16. Poike Te Pei is number 7 (as Saturn is the 7th in the week), and if we are lucky we will find a fitting glyph among the 8 listed. I have painted Te Pei black because Sirius (Te Pou) comes next and is the brightest star in heaven (equivalent to the sun during the day). Also - the preceding two stations in the same column, Te Poko Uri and Te Kioe Uri, are 'black' (uri). A glyph like poporo, or like henua ora, or like a reversed ika, among the 8 could have been signs of Te Pei, but none of the 8 listed glyphs have any of these signs. But one of the 8 glyphs which gives the right associations is Gb1-7 located halfway around the cycle of the text: Gb1-7 (236) An upside down 'person' possibly has a meaning similar to that of an upside down fish. Furthermore, two hanging 'strings of feathers' (maro) also indicate 'end'.

If there is a star Nga Kope connected with Nga Kope Ririva, there is a pattern where this star is the beginning, Sirius (Te Pou) the middle and the rising sun in the east the end (Hanga Takaure). This pattern can then be prolonged:

It 'proves' the beginning must be the end, and at last we can properly estimate the value of a week with 7 rather than 5 days. You will be born through a hole and you will end in a hole.