Arguments have now been presented which make it plausible that the 10 first glyphs in line Aa2 are meant to represent an overview of the 'year' of the Moon: Ohoga means departure. Kohata is Mangarevan for 'the space between two boards, to be badly joined'. Aa2-1 Aa2-2 The haga rave glyph type could depict the course of the sun, first moving down towards Easter Island, then making a turn at the bottom, followed by a crack and then autumn. Badly joined it is, but there is only a single 'board' (spring), with 'winter' comes 'water' (vai). Ko te ohoga i vai ohata Nuku erua means two 'lands'. Aa2-3 Aa2-4 Maybe the two halves ('lands') of the year are depicted: The first half in form of a low flying 'hua' together with (below, later) a 'dry land head' with a single mata in front. In Aa2-4 (where 2 * 4 = 8) light has evidently left (Te Pei) and at the bottom is a 'water droplet'. If time runs downwards it ends in water. eko te nuku erua - no te tagata Vero tahi means 'first spear' and hupee mucus. Aa2-5 Aa2-6 (96) A spear is thrown in a quick movement of the arm (rima) and the king is induced to fast reaction. If he survives and reaches the state of 'fully grown' (tagata), he will no longer be as quick as the eye. vero tahi ma te hupee Pu means 'hole' and also signifies 'origin'. Ipu is the Tahitian version of hipu, calabash. Mahigo is 'offspring'. Aa2-7 Aa2-8 (13) The limbs of tagata in Aa2-7 are 'cut off' at right and there is no mata at right. It is Monday, a final day. The hakaturou sign at right in Aa2-8 begins from nothing. ka pu te ipu ka pu - i te mahigo Tai is the sea - the opposite of uta (uplands). Tamaiti is the little child. Aa2-9 Aa2-10 (15) The curious Aa2-9 shows a crack at right in the vertical 'tree', which connects it with mata at right. This mata is like the half moon of the waning phase. ka pu i te tamaiti e tai In other terms henua ora in Aa2-10 could be the 15th kuhane station One Tea, where the Queen will end her journey: 6 Te Kioe Uri 7 Te Piringa Aniva Aa2-1 Aa2-2 Ko te ohoga i vai ohata 8 Te Pei 9 Te Pou Aa2-3 Aa2-4 eko te nuku erua - no te tagata 10 Hua Reva 11 Akahanga Aa2-5 Aa2-6 (96) vero tahi ma te hupee 12 Hatinga Te Kohe 13 Roto Iri Are Aa2-7 Aa2-8 ka pu te ipu ka pu - i te mahigo 14 Tama 15 One Tea Aa2-9 Aa2-10 ka pu i te tamaiti e tai 14 Tama coincides beautifully both with the information in the glyph and with what Metoro said - the child is born. 12 Hatinga Te Kohe is also possible to understand by way of the two glyphs Aa2-7--8. There is a gap in front of the time when 'sucking' (omo) ends. In Aa2-6 there is a kind of haga rave sign at top right, which possibly can be read out as '-hanga'. I observed this sign already when I sorted glyphs by types, and it is therefore no reconstruction from aftersight. It is also possible to find arguments for Aa2-3--4 to represent Te Pei and Te Pou (which clearly belong together as a pair not only by force of their names but also by force of their qualities - deep down in the dark respectively the contrasting Sirius high up and bright). No similar arguments seem possible to use in order to put Te Kioe Uri and Te Piringa Aniva easily in agreement with Aa2-1--2. But these two stations are indeed at a time when the ruler needs support, when he is weak or maybe totally absent. Next we must try to see if the glyphs which follow Aa2-10 also could represent kuhane stations.

In the Orient man goes first, woman coming as number 2nd. The first glyph line on side a of Tahua should begin with man, which in Polynesian will be Sun, but the 2nd line can begin with woman (Moon).

I guess the normal 'planetary numbers' have been offset with 1 posítion forward in order to assign Aa2-1 (91) as a final glyph for the preceding sequence of glyphs at the end of line Aa1. Vaega in Aa2-14 will therefore be number 13: Aa2-11 Aa2-12 Aa2-13 Aa2-14 (13) Aa2-15 Aa2-16 Aa2-17 (16) Aa2-18 Aa2-19 Aa2-20 Aa2-21 Aa2-22 These 12 glyphs seem to form a structure. Aa2-13 and Aa2-20 have the same general form. Aa2-12 and Aa2-19 could belong together, and likewise Aa2-15 and Aa2-22. Saturn is represented by 'people' which have 'flowing hair' in form of kai signs at the back of their heads - growing is a situation now in the past. The two Mars glyphs (if such they are - maybe counting should begin anew with Aa2-15) are not so easily understood, but we can see that the main sign is the same. The 16th kuhane station is Hanga Takaure and then she moves upwards to Poike. Number 18 is Pua Katiki and then follows Maunga Teatea. Let us list glyphs and stations in order so as to see if there could be a parallel development: Aa2-11 Aa2-12 Aa2-13 Aa2-14 (13) 16 Hanga Takaure 17 Poike 18 Pua Katiki 19 Maunga Teatea Aa2-15 Aa2-16 Aa2-17 (16) 20 Mahatua 21 Taharoa 22 Hanga Hoonu Aa2-18 Aa2-19 Aa2-20 23 Rangi Meamea 24 Peke Tau O Hiti 25 Maunga Hau Epa Aa2-21 Aa2-22 26 Oromanga 27 Hanga Moria One There is not much which is immediately obvious. But the two last glyphs seem to be 'outside' the previous order - they are coming after the haga rave glyph in Aa2-20. And the vaero signs seem to echo each other, with teatea at left and meamea at right: 3 Aa2-14 (13) Aa2-18 (17) 19 Maunga Teatea 23 Rangi Meamea 2 * 14 = 28 which could refer to the last night with Moon in light. Moon is considered to be white (tea) and Sun as red (mea). Night number 28 maybe can be understood as the last night of Moon 'sucking' light from the Sun, which could explain the similarity in form with hipu in Aa2-7: Aa2-7 Aa2-14 (13) Not only is the form of the 'stem' beginning from nowhere very similar, but we should also notice that the signs are leaning in approximately the same way.

If counting begins anew beyond Aa2-14, then the planets could possibly also be beginning anew:

 

Aa2-11	Aa2-12	Aa2-13	Aa2-14 (13)
16 Hanga Takaure	17 Poike	18 Pua Katiki	19 Maunga Teatea
Aa2-15 (1)	Aa2-16	Aa2-17
20 Mahatua	21 Taharoa	22 Hanga Hoonu
Aa2-18	Aa2-19	Aa2-20 (6)
23 Rangi Meamea	24 Peke Tau O Hiti	25 Maunga Hau Epa
Aa2-21	Aa2-22
26 Oromanga	27 Hanga Moria One

Beyond 13 glyphs come 8 glyphs (possibly representing late autumn ruled by the Moon).

Mars will here be in his right position, as ruler of spring. For once Mars is allowed position 21. I doubt it. The creators of the system have chosen Mercury as the first planet in order to minimize the appearance of Mars during night - he represents the day.

A new 'sucking' could then appear in Aa2-18. It emerges from the tao sign at left, and we should recall Aa2-5: 12 Aa2-5 Aa2-18 (17) vero tahi te hokohuki ma te vaero Maybe vaero is a 'threat' to the Moon corresponding to vero for the Sun. The dark nights of the Moon could be the 3 glyphs (Aa2-15--17) which precede Aa2-18: Aa2-14 Aa2-15 Aa2-16 Aa2-17 Aa2-18 19 Maunga Teatea 20 Mahatua 21 Taharoa 22 Hanga Hoonu 23 Rangi Meamea In Aa2-16 a mauga glyph seems to support this interpretation. But there is a mata in front, and light will return. The fully grown tagata could represent the 'Moon Queen' having been counted in full. The rhomb insided mauga apparently is the same type of entity as the rhomb in the middle of the vaega glyph type. At right in Aa2-15 is what looks as an open gap ready to swallow both mata and the 'thread'. It could be a Moon type of 'vaha kai'. The rising fish at left has a tail formed like a waning moon, cfr the 'tail' of vaega in Aa2-14.

Saturn at Poike and at Peke confirms a continuity of the planets - the names are similar. The journey of the moon reaches an apex at Maunga Teatea and then darkness falls. But the counting of nights continues up to number 20:

 

Aa2-12	Aa2-13	Aa2-14
17 Poike	18 Pua Katiki	19 Maunga Teatea
Aa2-15	Aa2-16	Aa2-17	Aa2-18 (108)
20 Mahatua	21 Taharoa	22 Hanga Hoonu	23 Rangi Meamea
Aa2-19	Aa2-20
24 Peke Tau O Hiti	25 Maunga Hau Epa

Tagata in Aa2-12 (where 2 * 12 = 24) should represent the end of the growing season and Aa2-19 the end of next season. The 'hair' is thick in Aa2-19 and it is station number 24 which confirms the connection with Aa2-12. The mata sign is tiny and almost black in Aa2-19.

Tagata in Aa2-17 is of the same type as tagata in Aa2-12, which gives Aa2-18 (where 2 * 18 = 36) a pivotal position. 108 can be read as 10 and 8 or - more sophisticated - as 1 (Sun), zero, and 8 (Moon). If so, then tao represents the sun and vaega the moon. Sun reaches his full growth at 22 Hanga Hoonu.