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TRANSLATIONS
Let us begin from the beginning and adjust the ordinal numbers counted from midwinter on Easter Island to a first halfyear with 183 days instead of 182:
Let us also insert one more version of Gb8-30 in order to reach 472 for the full text cycle. Gb8-30 will by these two operations be split up into 'Februrary 23' and February 24':
August has like July 31 days. June - August is a quarter with 30 + 31 + 31 = 92 days, while December - February is a quarter with 31 + 31 + 28 = 90 days. 'February 23' (the earlier appellation for Ga1-1) will first be changed into 'February 24' because of counting Gb8-30 as 2 days, and then we must count again the number of days from 'December 22': 9 + 31 = 40 days are needed for the end of 'December' (June) and for 'January' (July). Then comes 'February' (August). The first day of Gb8-30 (earlier said to be 'February 22') must be day number 63 - 40 = 23 in August. Our own calendar has 10 days from winter solstice (December 21) to the first day of the new year (January 1), a nice number equal to the number of fingers on two hands. If we move to a location south of the equator we will notice a sad change. There are 9 days from June 21 to July 1. The new year sun child will be still-born, he will not move. 9 is a number which says 'death'. An Easter Island calendar cannot begin 9 days beyond winter solstice. In G the problem has been solved in the best possible manner, by having a square of 8 between winter solstice and the beginning at Ga1-1. Instead of a stillborn sun child it will be a most lively one, 'multiplication' is his symbol: 1, 2, 8, 16, 32, 64 ... Furthermore, Ga1-1 will be August 25, a square number which could be interpreted as 'the construction of a new fire (5) is complete':
By counting Gb8-30 twice we must raise the ordinal numbers of the glyphs (counted from winter solstice) with 1 day. Ga1-26 thereby will be glyph number 90 and it is standing a quarter away from winter solstice, given that we count the year as 360 days (glyphs). In 'February' (August) there are 31 days. 6 of those 24 between Ga1-1 and Ga1-26 belong to August, the rest to 'March'. It means Ga1-26 will be 'March 18' (not as we earlier have said 'March 20'). Ga1-26 has nice numbers, it is 90 days beyond winter solstice, it has 26 'proving' it is a 'station of the sun' - and indeed we can say it is in a way the 'last residence' (Hanga Moria One). Because not only 26 but also 90 and 18 indicate the last day of a sun period. Ga1-30 will at be 'March 22', i.e. it must come beyond spring equinox. If spring sun is regarded as arriving beyond spring equinox (when it weighs even), then Rei in Ga1-30 should indicate his arrival. The ordinal numbers of the glyphs (days) counted from winter solstice will be changed upwards with 1 also at summer solstice:
Day number 183 will thereby be shifted from Ga5-10 to Ga5-9, which is quite in order because its ordinal number counted from Gb8-30 is 4 * 30 = 120. Summer solstice comes with Ga5-10, because Ga5-9 is the last glyph with any movement remaining (365.25 / 2 = 182.625 and glyph number 182 (Ga5-8) has its end at 182.000. Next we should consider glyph number 8 * 29.5 = 236 counted from Gb8-30, i.e. Te Pei. We immediately realize that it must lie some 4 months later than Ga5-7, i.e. somewhere in 'October':
Day number 116 (= 236 - 120) beyond midsummer must be 'October 16' (April 16):
The '8th month' (which also October means) lies at 8 * 29.5 = 236 days into the calendar as counted from Gb8-30. But by adding the 2 months at the beginning of the year it becomes the 10th month as counted from winter solstice. 236 + 64 = 300. Should we count from winter solstice (Gb6-26) or beyond winter solstice (Gb6-27)? The very last minute of day 299 must be used up before 300 comes, and 300 is a kind of 'zero' day, where there is a new beginning. Gb1-6 cannot be day 300. Finally, where does mago at Ga7-16 come in this structure? Day 66 beyond Ga5-9 is the very last day before another 'zero' appears, viz. 250 counted from winter solstice:
Mago is the ultimate point of spring sun. 25 in 'August 25' resembles 25 in 'February 25', and once again it could refer to a square of sun fire, this time though not the beginning but the end of the fire. |
