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The 4 pillars ought to be those 4 vae kore at the beginning of side a in Tahua:

Ab8-77 Ab8-78 Ab8-79 Ab8-80 Ab8-81 Ab8-82 Ab8-83
Ab8-84 Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa1-3 Aa1-4 Aa1-5 Aa1-6
Aa1-7 Aa1-8 Aa1-9 Aa1-10 Aa1-11 Aa1-12 Aa1-13

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:

Ab8-78 Ab8-79 Ab8-80 Ab8-81 Ab8-82 Ab8-83 Ab8-84
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa1-3 Aa1-4 Aa1-5 Aa1-6 Aa1-7
Aa1-8 Aa1-9 Aa1-10 Aa1-11 Aa1-12 Aa1-13 Aa1-14

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:

0
Aa1-1 Aa1-2 Aa1-3 Aa1-4
1
Aa1-5 Aa1-6 Aa1-7 Aa1-8 Aa1-9 Aa1-10
2
Aa1-11 Aa1-12 Aa1-13 Aa1-14
3
Aa1-15 Aa1-16 Aa1-17 Aa1-18 Aa1-19 Aa1-20
4
Aa1-21 Aa1-22 Aa1-23 Aa1-24
5
Aa1-25 Aa1-26 Aa1-27 Aa1-28 Aa1-29 Aa1-30
6
Aa1-31 Aa1-32 Aa1-33 Aa1-34 Aa1-35 Aa1-36
7
Aa1-37 Aa1-38 Aa1-39 Aa1-40 Aa1-41 Aa1-42
8
Aa1-43 Aa1-44 Aa1-45
9
Aa1-46 Aa1-47 Aa1-48 Aa1-49 Aa1-50 Aa1-51
10
Aa1-52 Aa1-53 Aa1-54 Aa1-55 Aa1-56 Aa1-57

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:

Aa1-58 Aa1-59 Aa1-60 Aa1-61 Aa1-62 Aa1-63 Aa1-64
to tagata ka uga ki te ahi i to henua - kua mau - i tona o te ahi kua tute ki tona poki - ki te mago te tagata te herehua hakaturou

Herehua at Aa1-63 is what he said also at Aa1-9:

Aa1-62 Aa1-63 Aa1-64
te tagata te herehua hakaturou
Aa1-8 Aa1-9 Aa1-10
e moa te kapakapa e moa te herehua ka hora ka tetea

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:

Aa1-57 Aa1-58 Aa1-59 Aa1-60
Aa1-61 Aa1-62 Aa1-63 Aa1-64 Aa1-65 Aa1-66 Aa1-67
Aa1-68 Aa1-69 Aa1-70 Aa1-71 Aa1-72 Aa1-73 Aa1-74
Aa1-75 Aa1-76 Aa1-77 Aa1-78 Aa1-79 Aa1-80 Aa1-81
Aa1-82 Aa1-83 Aa1-84 Aa1-85 Aa1-86
Aa1-87 Aa1-88 Aa1-89 Aa1-90
Aa2-1 Aa2-2 Aa2-3 Aa2-4 Aa2-5 Aa2-6 Aa2-7
Aa2-8 Aa2-9 Aa2-10 Aa2-11 Aa2-12 Aa2-13 Aa2-14
ka pu - i te mahigo ka pu i te tamaiti e tai ka hora ka tetea ki te rima ki te manu vaero

If we trust in Metoro, then Aa2-12 possibly should be green (cfr tetea at Aa1-10):

Aa2-1 Aa2-2 Aa2-3 Aa2-4 Aa2-5 Aa2-6 Aa2-7
Aa2-8 Aa2-9 Aa2-10 Aa2-11 Aa2-12 Aa2-13 Aa2-14