My
colour chart for the planets (the week) has here been extended (and
indeed there is no reason why it should end at any point):
number
of glyphs and planets |
Venus |
Saturn |
Sun |
Moon |
Mars |
Mercury |
Jupiter |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
15 |
16 |
17 |
18 |
19 |
20 |
21 |
22 |
23 |
24 |
25 |
26 |
27 |
28 |
29 |
30 |
31 |
32 |
33 |
34 |
35 |
36 |
37 |
38 |
39 |
40 |
41 |
42 |
43 |
44 |
The
chart shows how the ordinal number of a glyph in a line can (at
least sometimes) be correlated with the planets. The colours are
applied by me purely in order to make it easier to see which planet
will 'rule' which glyph.
Furthermore, it is important to notice that the numbers in the chart
are not related to the numbers which 'characterizes' respective
planet. The beginning of time is in the dark and only when some
light source appears does counting begin. Counting the nights of the
month, for instance, means you will begin from the time when the
moon reappears. Night number 1 means there is a minimum of one dark
night in the past.
Venus
apparently was used (at least ideally) to mark when the year was
beginning. Also she has her dark periods (8 nights long). From the
beginning of the K text it is clear that there were 2 dark nights
before Venus reappeared:
|
|
|
|
|
|
Ka1-1 |
Ka1-2 |
Ka1-3 |
Ka1-4 |
Ka1-5 |
Ka1-6 |
- |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
The 3
fingers of fire (5) suddenly becomes understandable. In Ka1-3 they
are announced by Venus.
The
numbers for the planets are not the same as the ordinal numbers for
the glyphs. We need a separate chart:
numbers and
planets |
Venus |
Saturn |
Sun |
Moon |
Mars |
Mercury |
Jupiter |
1 |
2 |
3 |
4 |
5 |
6 |
7 |
8 |
9 |
10 |
11 |
12 |
13 |
14 |
Venus
has here not only number 1 but also number 8, which is of central
importance in the rongorongo system. 8 * 29.5 = 236.
Sun
has number 3 and 10. He will end with number 10, and this happens
after 8 months. 236 + 8 * 8 = 300 = 10 * 30. |