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I will now give
another interpretation of the beginning of side a in Tahua, I
will read the text from another perspective. Let us begin with
niu in Aa1-13:
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Aa1-13 (260) |
Aa1-14 |
Aa1-15 (300) |
Aa1-16 |
Aa1-17 |
Aa1-18
(360) |
I
have here used my colour chart for the planets (according to the
order of the week), and Moon will then be located at Aa1-13 by force
of my chart - which I have applied from Aa1-1 as Mercury (in analogy
with how side a in K is beginning - cfr the initial model of the
colour chart in the summary at gagana).
There
is a reasonable correspondence between the signs I can perceive in
the glyphs and the number of days (within parenthesis above) - which
arise given the assumption that each glyph corresponds to 20 days.
The
gap in time between vae and tagata rere in Aa1-15, for
instance, can be understood as the place where the 10 months of the
sun are ending (if counted as 30 days in each month). It is a
Mercury day.
Venus, we have learned, should be where time will begin anew, when
next 'sun' is on his way. And, we know, glyph number 17 in a line is
the time from which the new 'year' should be counted. In Aa1-16,
therefore, the sun disc may have been used as a sign of zero. It is
Jupiter's day, and indeed he is not present (in his role as a
representative of Sun). The old Sun has left (vae at left in
Aa1-15), and the new one has not arrived yet. The picture can be
read as the Sun person upside down, with his legs in the air.
The
model with 20 days in a month is similar to the Mayan, where there
are 18 months with 20 days in each month (and an additional extra
5-day month). However, the primary reading above seems to be 15
months with 20 days in each. Sun has no more than 10 months, and
they will be 300 days if we count with 15 months à 20 days. There
seems to be two 'currencies' here - one in which each month is measured as
20 days and one in which a month measures 30 days, a Moon measure
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Now a third
perspective, equally valid as the first two:
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Aa1-17 |
Aa1-18 |
Aa1-19 |
Aa1-20 |
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Aa1-21 |
Aa1-22 |
Aa1-23 |
Aa1-24 |
Here
are 8 glyphs which form a quartet of pairs. The common denominator
is a tapa mea glyph followed by some variant of hetuu
and a long feeding (kai) arm.
The
'daytime calendar' is beginning with Aa1-17 and ending with Aa1-36
(20 glyphs later). But
the 8 glyphs above could define a division of the 20 glyphs into 8 + 12 by
force of their pattern. I think these 8 glyphs represent the 4
'corners of the earth' measured out in time by the Moon.
It
would not be strange if the beginning of side a first describes the
months of the year (according to at least a pair of alternative
models, as we have cause to believe) and then proceeds with a
description of the cardinal points.
Saturn (Aa1-18) should be at winter solstice and Mercury (Aa1-22) at
summer solstice, according to both my colour chart and such arguments
as have been
presented in various places earlier in this dictionary. Number 22
at summer solstice, we have seen, can be deduced from the Odyssey
(when 'one eye' is churned by the 'Tree').
We
can then appreciate why Aa1-18 and Aa1-22 are drawn alike. The long
neck is meant to represent the 'Tree' around which planets and sky
rotate.
From a Moon perspective midsummer represents a point of
renewal - she will be reborn there and is not seen in her new moon
dark phase because she is bathing in the rays from the sun. She is
between the Sun and us. In
midwinter the situation is the opposite, Sun has his lowest station
and there is a full Moon. Therefore the signs of waxing and waning
moon is present in Aa1-18 but not in Aa1-22. The 'feeding arm' is a
Rei sign.
The
number of the 'quarter' is zero at winter solstice. Ir is a dark
time for the Sun and he will not be counted until he arrives at
Aa1-19. In Aa1-20 Moon maybe is present at the top of the glyph. She
could be
the one who is 'eating'. Her role is growing in importance because she represents the 1st pillar
of spring.
Mars
is at next tapa mea (and it has been drawn extra strong). He
is the 2nd pillar of spring. Mercury is the 1st pillar of autumn and
Jupiter is the last pillar of the year, also his position is marked
by tapa mea.
With
Venus at Aa1-24 the cycle has been closed, she was also at the
beginning at Aa1-17. The story of Sun has been told in 6 glyphs.
Moreover, the two
glyphs Aa1-17--18 serve a double function. They both represent the
dark 'zero quarter', before light reappears and time will begin to
be counted again, and the end of the previous sequence of glyphs
stretching from Aa1-1:
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Aa1-13 (260) |
Aa1-14 |
Aa1-15 (300) |
Aa1-16 |
Aa1-17 |
Aa1-18
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And,
of course, they also represent the first two glyphs in the daytime
calendar. That is their third function. Maybe there are more. |
Saturn cannot be a 'pillar' for
the Sun, he is the opposite of the Sun. Sun himself should not be counted
either, a supporter should be somebody else. Therefore there will be 4
supporters:
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Aa1-20 |
Aa1-21 |
Aa1-22 |
Aa1-23 |
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4 pillars of
the Sun |
Because Venus comes after Sun has
'been liquidated'.
The strongly drawn tapa mea
of Mars has a division mark at right center. He has two faces, the top
triplet of feathers representing one face and the bottom triplet the other. The 'feeding arm' of Mercury is
not very stable, it has been draw slightly irregular - cfr a little above
the center.
These 4 pillars ought to be
represented also in the 4 vae kore glyphs earlier in the text:
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Aa1-5 |
Aa1-6 |
Aa1-7 |
Aa1-8 |
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4 pillars of
the Sun? |
Vae kore means 'without
legs', which ought to refer to the state of solstice. The 'leg' (vae)
has gone we can read in Aa1-15:
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Aa1-13 |
Aa1-14 |
Aa1-15 |
Aa1-16 |
The form of the 4 vae kore
glyphs seems to be saying something, but what? The bottom is not acceptable
according to my definition of vae kore, it has not been listed as
such in my catalogue. They are instead registered as hakaturou
glyphs.
Among the parallel texts Q seems
to be the only one 'in tune' with A:
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Ha5-26 |
Ha5-27 |
Ha5-28 |
Ha5-29 |
Ha5-30 |
Ha5-31 |
Ha5-32 |
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Pa5-8 |
Pa5-9 |
Pa5-10 |
Pa5-11 |
Pa5-12 |
Pa5-13 |
Pa5-14 |
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Qa5-16 |
Qa5-17 |
Qa5-18 |
Qa5-19 |
Qa5-20 |
Qa5-21 |
Qa5-22 |
We can follow the planets for
respective text, for instance in H:
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Ha5-17 |
Ha5-18 |
Ha5-19 |
Ha5-20 (236) |
Ha5-21 |
Ha5-22 |
Ha5-23 |
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Ha5-24 (240) |
Ha5-25 |
Ha5-26 |
Ha5-27 |
Ha5-28 |
Ha5-29 (245) |
Ha5-30 |
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Ha5-31 |
Ha5-32 |
Ha5-33 |
Ha5-34 (250) |
Ha5-35 |
Ha5-36 |
Ha5-37 |
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Ha5-38 |
Ha5-39 |
Ha5-40 |
Ha5-41 |
Ha5-42 |
Ha5-43 |
Ha5-44 (260) |
Glyph number 245 counted from
Ha1-1 is Mercury at Ha5-29, and 'fire' (5) combined with darkness (29) is a good
description of Mercury.
The following Ha5-30 should be a
new 'fire'. It is a Jupiter day and 5 * 30 = 150 = half 300.
These 4 vae kore glyphs are
located at the beginning of a new season. Venus and Saturn form the 2nd pair
of the two. Saturn hides the two 'eyes' of Sun behind his back.
The counting seems to continue up
to Ha5-44 in the middle of the night, where 260 is reached. The old year has
ended.
In H a new year seems to begin
from the 'back side' (cfr number 236 at Ha5-20), and a new year should have
Venus at the beginning:
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Ha5-29 |
Ha5-30 |
Ha5-31 |
Ha5-32 |
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Let us then follow also Q:
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Qa5-7 |
Qa5-8 |
Qa5-9 |
Qa5-10 (160) |
Qa5-11 |
Qa5-12 |
Qa5-13 |
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Qa5-14 (164) |
Qa5-15 |
Qa5-16 |
Qa5-17 |
Qa5-18 |
Qa5-19 (169) |
Qa5-20 |
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Qa5-21 |
Qa5-22 |
Qa5-23 |
Qa5-24 |
Qa5-25 (175) |
Qa5-26 |
Qa5-27 |
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Qa5-28 |
Qa5-29 |
Qa5-30 (180) |
Qa5-31 |
Qa5-32 |
Qa5-33 |
Qa5-34 |
Here it is Mercury who hides Sun
behind his back (significantly at Qa5-22).
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Qa5-19 |
Qa5-20 |
Qa5-21 |
Qa5-22 |
Jupiter in Qa5-23 has a waning
moon sign hanging in front, and this tagata is the first in a quartet which
exhibits ihe tau signs. Also P has such an ihe tau
quartet:
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Pa4-59 |
Pa4-60 |
Pa4-61 |
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Pa5-1 (236) |
Pa5-2 |
Pa5-3 |
Pa5-4 |
Pa5-5 (240) |
Pa5-6 |
Pa5-7 |
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Pa5-8 |
Pa5-9 |
Pa5-10 |
Pa5-11 |
Pa5-12 |
Pa5-13 |
Pa5-14 |
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Pa5-15 (250) |
Pa5-16 |
Pa5-17 |
Pa5-18 |
Pa5-19 |
Pa5-20 |
Pa5-21 |
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Pa5-22 |
Pa5-23 |
Pa5-24 |
Pa5-25 (260) |
Pa5-26 |
Like in H the number from the
beginning of side a is tuned in to 236 = 8 * 29.5, but the order of the
planets is different:
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Pa5-12 |
Pa5-13 |
Pa5-14 |
I do not like the way Saturn has
got a place at front here. Is it because he will be at his cube at 260
(Pa5-25)?
If Mars at Pa5-14 must be there in
order to show the end of his season, then Saturn automatically will be at
Pa5-11. In H Mars instead has a place
immediately before the 4 pillars:
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Ha5-26 |
Ha5-27 |
Ha5-28 |
Ha5-29 |
Ha5-30 |
Ha5-31 |
Ha5-32 |
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Pa5-8 |
Pa5-9 |
Pa5-10 |
Pa5-11 |
Pa5-12 |
Pa5-13 |
Pa5-14 |
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Qa5-16 |
Qa5-17 |
Qa5-18 |
Qa5-19 |
Qa5-20 |
Qa5-21 |
Qa5-22 |
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Aa1-2 |
Aa1-3 |
Aa1-4 |
Aa1-5 |
Aa1-6 |
Aa1-7 |
Aa1-8 |
28 = twice 14 for Mars is quite at
odds with 7 and 21 in A respectively Q.
In P the creator has hidden the
toes with ragi. Q and A are similar in structure,
yet the perspectives must be opposite - a marama at Jupiter in Q, but
a waxing crescent in A. In Aa1-3--4 the henua season seems to be
alluded to by the leg at left.
For the Moon a limit is reached at
Qa5-20. For the Sun a limit is reached at Aa1-6 (although a Moon day).