TRANSLATIONS
The 4 pillars ought to be those 4 vae kore at the beginning of side a in Tahua:
Moon at Aa1-13 can be explained because she marks the limit of the sun. Already at Aa1-10 he is broken - the front member held high no longer is attatched to the rest of the body, and Aa1-11--12 continues the story of sun's exit. His spirit is held back in Aa1-11. Yet, already in Aa1-9 Jupiter indicates by way of the missing top of his front member that life has gone. Moving backwards from Aa1-13 there seems to be the proper order among the planets. But Mercury should be number 1 and I will therefore rework the table into:
There are now 3 'Bacabs' in spring and only one (Mercury) in autumn. That makes sense because there are 3 feathers in spring. With 3 seasons of spring it becomes e.g. 3 * 60 = 180. But then Aa1-8--10 will also, presumably, be 180 days. Venus at Ab8-80 once again associates her with 64 (e.g. with 314 - 250 = 64). In Ab8-84 the two faces of Mars possibly are visualized. Ab8-82 seems to indicate that ua emerges from that kind of ihe tau which is seen in Aa1-11--12. Jupiter has a waxing crescent in Aa1-2. Light is on its way back. If I rework the earlier table for the beginning of Tahua then the 4 at the begining remain as a special initial group, headed by Mercury:
Mercury marks the beginning of the new day in Aa1-43. Being quicksilver he should indeed indicate new life. The canoeformed Aa1-45 (toa) will be Venus (like Vakai bringing the new baby towards land). If we break at number 26, and begin counting anew with Aa1-27 as number 1, then Aa1-45 will be Sun. Mars in Aa1-42 together with Jupiter in Aa1-44 seem to personifies the two strong males which shelter the weak Mercury in their middle. Jupiter has as usual a damaged front member. Aa1-41 has at right a shape with 8 feathers, it is Moon. The first tagata glyph on side a arrives at Aa1-57. 45 + 12 = 57. Yet Metoro says tagata only when arriving at Aa1-58:
Herehua at Aa1-63 is what he said also at Aa1-9:
But in Aa1-63 the front member has cracked in the same way as in Aa1-10. Therefore, Aa1-63 maybe should be painted green, in which case Aa1-64 should be black as Saturn. Yet 64 could be Venus. If we begin counting anew with Aa1-61 = 1 (which seems to be reasonable), then we will have:
If we trust in Metoro, then Aa2-12 possibly should be green (cfr tetea at Aa1-10):
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