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This long detour was necessary in order to be able to evaluate what this mago pair possibly could mean:

102
Ga3-23 Ga7-16
104 = 4 * 26

Mago in Ga7-16 comes beyond the 31 regular henua periods, and also beyond tamaiti at Ga7-11:

Ga7-11 Ga7-12 Ga7-13 Ga7-14
Ga7-15 Ga7-16 Ga7-17 Ga7-18 Ga7-19 Ga7-20

We can be fairly certain that it comes beyond the end of spring, at a time when autumn is beginning to take form, cfr the open hand in Ga7-15 compared with the closed fist in Ga7-20.

Counting from Gb8-30 we have the changeover from spring to autumn at Ga7-13 (day number 183). The new henua is a dark one (hatchmarks across).

Why should there by 8 * 13 days from mago in Ga3-23 up to and including mago in Ga7-16? It could be the eggformed head in Ga3-23 which has 'hatched' to become autumn (held high at right in Ga7-20). The time of incubation could be 8 * 13 days.

100 days would be more suitable, I think. If so, then ika hiku in Ga7-12 is the time of hatching. Maybe it is a picture of a shark egg.

7 * 16 (as in Ga7-16) = 112 = 4 * 28 could refer to Ga7-24, where another 'fruit' comes at right:

Ga7-21 Ga7-22 Ga7-23 Ga7-24

A 'quarter' can be counted in different ways, and we have above tried with 100 (reaching ika hiku), 104 (reaching mago), and 112 (reaching Ga7-24). And Ga7-23 has the same ordinal number in the line as Ga3-23.

Let us now look closer on Ga3-23:

6
Ga3-22 Ga3-23 Ga3-24
Ka4-13 Ka4-14 Ka4-15

The period number is 6, which suggests the sun. But 7, we have seen, is the norm for spring and 6 for autumn. The head of mago could therefore be the egg which contains the season which begins beyond midsummer.

In the parallel K text henua (Ka4-15) is shown thick as if it was pregnant. Also kiore is rather fat. And, we remember, there are 52 (= 4 * 13) glyphs from Ka4-15 to the end of the 'pregnancy':

Ka3-3 Ka3-21 Ka4-3 Ka4-7 Ka4-10 Ka4-12
Ka4-15 (82) Ka5-1 Ka5-3 Ka5-5 Ka5-7 Ka5-10
Ka5-12 Kb1-1 Kb1-3 Kb1-6 Kb1-104 Kb2-102
Kb2-106 *Kb2-15 (134) Kb2-111 Kb2-113 Kb3-4 Kb3-6
Kb3-8 Kb3-10 Kb3-13 Kb3-16 Kb4-5 Kb4-9
 
Kb4-14

The structure of the K text is not identical in its details with the G text, and we need not worry too much about the difference between 8 * 13 = 104 in G and 4 * 13 in K.

We should notice that ordinal number 82 at mago in Ka4-15 is counted from Ka1-1, and the number agrees with 82 at mago in Ga3-23 if we count from Ga1-1.

82 = 9 * 9 + 1, possibly a sign that darkness has disappeared, that spring sun has arrived.

Ga6-6 (where 6 * 6 = 36) is close to Kb2-15, and 147 = 7 * 7 * 3:

 
Ga6-5 Ga6-6 (147) Ga6-7 Ga6-8
*Kb2-12 *Kb2-13 *Kb2-14 *Kb2-15 (134)

Halfway to 104 counted from mago in Ga3-23 we have Ga5-24, where 5 * 24 = 120 and which glyph is located in the 20th henua period:

 

20
Ga5-22 Ga5-23 Ga5-24 (135) Ga5-25 Ga5-26 Ga5-27 Ga5-28 Ga5-29

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The number pattern perceived, 4 * 26 = 104, in a way seems to allude to the 7 * 52 = 364 days in a year, because 364 - 104 = 260 we have earlier found:

364 4 * 26 = 104 10 * 26 = 260 14 * 26 13 * 28
258
Ga4-21 (105) Gb5-10 (364) Gb5-11 Gb5-12
260

But while the 'rising fish' manu kake stands 'inside the threshold' to the 260 day season, mago in Ga3-23 stands 'inside the threshold' to a 104 day long period located elsewhere:

102
Ga3-22 Ga3-23 (83) Ga7-16 (186)
104 = 4 * 26

Haś in Ga3-22 (where 3 * 22 = 66 or 6 * 11) probably is to be regarded as the final glyph of a cycle, because 22 / 7 * 26 = 82 days. If we add twice 82 to 104 we will reach day number 268, a fact which seems to be significant:

sGb2-9 Gb2-10 Gb2-11 Gb2-12 (268) Gb2-13 Gb2-14
Gb2-15 Gb2-16 Gb2-17 Gb2-18 Gb2-19 Gb2-20

26 * 8 = 208 = 2 * 104 = 8 * 26.

 
 

We can conclude that Ga3-22 definitely is to be regarded as the final glyph of a cycle:

Ga3-22 (82) Ga3-23 Ga3-24

If we add twice 82 with 104 we will reach to day number 268 (where 26 * 8 = twice 104), which presumably is important because Te Pou (Sirius) arrives at 9 * 29.5 = 265.5:

Gb2-9 Gb2-10 (266) Gb2-11 Gb2-12 (268) Gb2-13 Gb2-14

Gb2-10 (with 2 * 10 = 20) invites to further speculations. Should we read 266 as 26 * 6 and search for confirmation at 26 * 12 = 312? It is a number close to 100π. Does Sirius mark the halfway station around a cycle?

Or should we count 2 * 66 = 132 and read it as 100 + 32? Or is there no design at all involving such numerical excercises? Where goes 'objectivity' over into pure speculation and 'subjectivity'?

Earlier (in the excursion at tao) Gb2-12 has been compared with the 'canoe' containing the newborn day:

Gb2-9 Gb2-10 Gb2-11 Gb2-12
Aa1-42 Aa1-43 Aa1-44 Aa1-45
Gb2-13 Gb2-14 Gb2-15 Gb2-16 Gb2-17
Aa1-46 Aa1-47 Aa1-48 Aa1-16 Aa1-17

We must keep Gb2-10 in mind when considering the possible meanings of the mago glyphs in G, and we then immediately will find a 'halfway' sign inside the head of Ga2-14:

jaws closed
Ga2-14 (45) Ga3-23 (83) Gb2-10 (266)

Counting the days between Ga3-23 and Gb2-10 we will find half a year:

182
Ga3-23 (83) Gb2-10 (266)

82 glyphs to the left of Ga3-23 and 182 to the right:

 
82 182
Ga3-23 (83) Gb2-10 (266)

What happens if we countinue by adding 282 to 266?

266 + 282 = 548 = 531 + 17 = 471 + 77 = 360 + 188. There ought to be a mago to help us, but instead we find a maitaki:

 
4
Ga3-17 (77) Ga3-18 Ga3-19

Although it is more probable that we should discard Gb8-30 when counting this time, in which case we will arrive at Ga3-18.

Possibly 222 is significant:

 
221
Ga2-14 (45) Gb2-10 (266)
222

45 + 2 * 222 = 489 = 471 + 18:

Ga1-11 Ga1-12 Ga1-13 Ga1-14 Ga1-15 Ga1-16
Ga1-17 Ga1-18 Ga1-19 Ga1-20 Ga1-21 Ga1-22

There are parallels here, which indicate its importance:

Ga1-17 Ga1-18 Ga1-19 Ga1-20 Ga1-21 Ga1-22 Ga1-23
Ka1-21 Ka1-22 Ka1-23 Ka1-24 Ka2-1 Ka2-2
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Sa4-23 Sa4-24 Sa4-25 Sa4-26 Sa4-27
Eb6-23 Eb6-24 Eb6-25 Eb6-26 Eb6-27 Eb6-28