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Vaha mea at Ga1-4 probably is connected with mago at Ga7-16:

61
Gb6-26 (409) Gb6-27 (410) Gb8-30 (472) Gb8-30 (1)
0 1 63 64
'December 21' 'December 22' 'February 23' 'February 24'
Ga1-1 (2) Ga1-2 (3) Ga1-3 (4) Ga1-4 (5) Ga1-5 (6)
65 66 67 68 69
'February 25' 'February 26' 'February 27' 'February 28' 'February 29'

Together they cover 182 (= 13 * 14) days, half a year:

179
Ga1-4 (5) Ga7-15 Ga7-16 (186)
68 248 249
'February 28' 'August 24' 'August 25'
182

The 'red opening' (vaha mea) will after half a year come to a close. Once Antares (opposite to Aries, Mars, March) announced the coming of autumn, and the shape of mago somewhat resembles Scorpio:

The head of mago glyphs is at left and the tail at right (with only rare exceptions). The head part in Ga7-16 indicates vaha mea, which means 'the red opening', and it is in the past. The end is in front.

South of the equator Antares marks the beginning of spring, it is Ana-mua, the 'pillar up front', while Aldebaran is its opposite (Ana-muri, the 'pillar at the end').

 ... As the earth makes its annual revolution of the Sun the observer sees new constellations rising in the east after sundown from week to week, while others disappear in the west and are lost in the rays of the Sun. In the northern hemisphere we are accustomed to associate Canis Major and Orion with winter and Scorpius and Sagittarius with summer because these groups of stars dominate the evening sky in their respective seasons.

The Polynesians, on the other hand, made their observations in the early morning twilight. To the Maori Sirius in Canis Major was therefore a star of July and a harbinger of frost and cold weather in their southern latitude, so that the name Takurua became synonymous with winter. Antares in Scorpius was first seen by New Zealanders before dawn in November - December and was considered the herald of summer heat, the star which ripened fruit and enervated man. The morning star was said to rule the month during which it rose before sunrise ...

04h 33 for Aldebaran is very close to 12h earlier than 16h 26 for Antares, they are opposites:

1

Ana-mua, entrance pillar

Antares, α Scorpii

-26° 19'  16h 26

2

Ana-muri, rear pillar (at the foot of which was the place for tattooing)

Aldebaran, α Tauri

16° 25'  04h 33

Possibly vaha mea at Ga1-4 could be referring to Ana-mua and mago at Ga7-16 to Ana-muri. When the New Zealanders saw Antares before dawn in November - December, we can 'translate' that into 'May'-'June' at the beginning of summer.

Although vaha mea in Ga1-4 has been defined by me as 'February 28', a quarter earlier, that should not worry us too much. New year brings a sun baby beyond winter solstice, and he will appear in the sky when the number of days is cosmically correct, which could mean after 8 * 8 + 2 * 2 = 68 days (although the significance of 68 not yet has been understood). But the appearance of Aldebaran must be half a year later in the calendar, it is a cosmic truth which cannot be manipulated.

Although the form of Scorpio resembles that of mago it does not necessarily follows that mago cannot be Aldebaran. The sign in form of a curved tail in front carries more force - it means the end. If Aldebaran is the star which appears at the end, then mago is its proper symbol.

The beginning of 'May' is, according to my interpretation located around position 115 - 45 = 70 counted from Gb8-30, i.e. in the 85-day long interval between Rei in Ga1-30 and Rei in Ga5-6:

85
Ga1-30 (31) Ga5-6 (117)
94 180
'March 22' 'June 17'
a1 30 30 b1 26 26
a2 29 59 b2 35 61
a3 24 83 b3 30 91
a4 27 110 b4 33 124
a5 30 140 b5 29 153
a6 29 169 b6 28 181
a7 34 203 b7 31 212
a8 26 229 b8 30 242
sum 229 sum 242

Ga3-10 has number 70:

3
Ga3-10 (70) Ga3-11 Ga3-12 Ga3-13 Ga3-14 Ga3-15 Ga3-16

Possibly these glyphs indeed tell about the arrival of new fire in the sky. I doubt, though, that Ana-mua is mentioned. But maybe Ana-mua is located at Ga1-4 although it still is not visible. 70 - 5 = 65 is the same number as that at Ga1-1:

64
Ga1-1 (2) Ga1-2 (3) Ga1-3 (4) Ga1-4 (5) Ga3-10 (70)
65 66 67 68 133