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TRANSLATIONS
With muan at the end of summer (or at the beginning of winter) there is only one possible solution for her arriving as the last of the six birds - it is not a calendar for the sun but a calendar for the moon.
The moon moves counterclockwise (north of the equator) and the Moon Goddess appears under the first two birds (macaw and quetzal). It is just to read the signs. We can then also understand why the Mayan constellations move counterclockwise:
The first Mayan bird constellation has been paired with Cancer by Kelley. He has not used the time for the astrological sign Cancer (which I have tabulated at right above). The astrological dates have not been updated with the effects of the precession. Nowadays spring equinox is not in Aries but at the end of Pisces. Next comes Aquarius, the constellation of the deluge - a fact which may have influenced the Mayans to predict the end of the world in 2012. We do not know if also the Mayans had 'locked' their constellations to a past or if they have updated their times. "This tentative identification is based on the equation of the Maya Turtle constellation with our Gemini. The day names given at right are those which would be reached with a fixed interval of 168 days from the base 12 Lamat ..." (Kelley)
It is quite reasonable to identify the Mayan 'turtle' with Gemini, because north of the equator the Crab Nebula is 'down in the water' instead of in the sky. We remember the question whether the 'turtle' was in Gemini or in Orion:  I now dare say that Mars visualizes 'sky' by holding up a 'sun eye', while Saturn visualizes 'water' by pointing downwards with is staff towards the 'turtle' below the Belt Of Orion. It is down in the 'water' the cycle is 'cut'. But the 20 day names are divided in 'earh' and 'sky', with water partaking in both halves, and it is 'dog' and 'shark' which reestablish the new cycles:
The 'immersion' comes in the 9th periods of earth and sky. 'Water' is the disintegration of structure - it is no part of the structure (in the same way as 'earth' and 'sky' are). Therefore the blue-marked parts mean 'water'. It occurs to me that Muluc should be mul-uc, where uc is a variant of oc (dog), maybe to be understood as the 'rain of the dog'. If so, then Mul without any 'dog' determinant also should be a kind of 'disintegration'. At midsummer the 1st half year 'disintegrates'. From 19 Xochitl (flower) to 0 Cipatli (alligator) the step is short. Maybe Xochitl means water-lily (which I think is a sign at the back of Saturn in the picture above). The 10th Mayan constellation is according to Kelley '(naab)', a word which needs explanation: "... It is clear that the xoc head has certain infixes not associated with the ca head. Most notable of these is the glyph T501. Thompson (1950, p. 72) has shown that this represents a water lily, Yucatec naab.
... Naab is also the word for 'ocean', and I believe that here it is merely meant to indicate that the xoc is an ocean fish and is not intended to be read." (Kelley) Once upon a time Leo was the sign of hot summer. Here the constellation appears 'upside down' at the opposite pole as the inverted sun sign Ahau:
The number of the Naab constellation is 10 - sun is 'dead'. Next comes the 'magician' (Imix) who is expected to wake up the dead sun:
"... A meaning of 'water' for the imix glyph is now widely accepted, and I have suggested (Kelley 1962a, p. 28) that naab 'water lily' is being used for nab 'lake, lagoon, sea'. The three glyphs for what Thompson has called 'jewel water' show interesting variations, two of them involving an outstretched hand. Knorozov (1955a, p. 66, no. 16; p. 90 no. 177) has suggested that naab 'palm of the hand' is here being used for nab 'ocean' ..." (Kelley) The palm of the hand is close in association - for me - to Manik ('the grasping hand' in the west), where sun is captured:
Kelley suggests the 9th locality among the '13 heavens' is naab. Here it is the Rain God who stands there:
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