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TRANSLATIONS
Exhausted my consciousness leans back and relaxes its grip on my mind. Immediately I hear the dark side, the unconsious side, whisper in my ear: "236 ends side a. And it is 6 more than what can be accomodated on side a. And, moreover, 63 are also 'stolen' from the end of side b, 63 + 236 = 299. 472 = 2 * 236, and 72 = 2 * 36. The Mamari moon calendar has 2 * 36 glyphs. We can add those 6 which were robbed from the beginning of side b and also return those 63 lost at the end of side b, and then the moon side will have 236 + 6 = 242 glyphs. Side a should have 200 + 36 and side b 200 + 42 glyphs. In Tahua 36 and 42 are used too. Twice 314 + 36 respectively 42." Why haven't I seen this before? I have been preoccupied. 200 + 200 = 400 is obviously a way to divide the 400 day long year in two equal parts. The method with twice 314 = 628 in Tahua is not much different. It is side a which has 42 extra and side b 36, which supports my earlier view that the 'sunny' side in Tahua is not a but b (where also Metoro began his reading). The H text apparently has 648 glyphs (216 days) on each side. But we have identified 63 'stolen days' from the end of side b. 63 + 216 = 279 (cfr 299 for G). The time from winter solstice to the arrival of light measures 8 * 8 = 64 days. In G we count Gb8-30 twice in order to change 63 to 64. In H we let the 64th black night be the first 3 glyphs on side a. 236 respectively 242 in G is another matter than the incredibly dark beginning of creation. The numbers can be understood as for instance 230 + 6 respectively 230 + 12, meaning that there are two halves with 230 days in each, and 6 respectively 12 is just a reminder of the wholeness of the year - 6 months first and then 12 accumulated to the end of the year. 2 * 230 = 460 must then be explained, and we once again should recall Tahua, where 46 was the total measure (46 * 29 = 1,334). With 22 possibly referring to the formula π = 22 / 7, number 23 will express that 'life goes on'. It would be unlucky to let a calendar end with the end of cycle. It ought to end where next cycle is securely on its way:
In Gb6-23 the ordinal number 406 can be read as 4 - zero - 6, i.e. 46 because zero is nothing, and if it is anything it is something unlucky, dark, and not determinate. 23 is reassuring, the dark 4th quarter is left, in the past, and sun (6) has begun again. We also can see what 243 really means, it is 'one more' than 242 (the 2nd half of the year). Ga6-22 is a thick one (a sign of waning), and if it is giving its life it should mean that the newborn 'fire' at Gb6-23 (just before winter solstice) should be the waxing phase of sun. In the pattern with double 8 glyphs Gb6-23 is located in the 1st sequence of 8, and the many feathers indicate the waxing first half year. The honu at Gb6-26 is located in the 2nd waning half of the year. We have passed beyond the 400 days of the maximum old year, and we are not counting further, we are waiting for tamaiti:
Tamaiti is the first glyph in the moon cycle ('one more' than 14 * 29.5), and Gb6-23 is the first glyph in another cycle ('one more' than 242):
Gb6-26, on the other hand, is not connected with 23, 46, and so on. It is based on observations of the sky, not on insight:
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