ADDENDA
222.4 We can find the earlier Ursa Minor star at the pole, viz. Kochab, in close vicinity to Bharani:
Here the star at the Pole (i.e. Kochab - as in Babylonian Kakkab = Star) comes after the point of balance established between Bharani and Zuben Elgenubi, which presumably had to do with the Sun's withershins (female) movement during the winter nights.
When the Sun had descended at the horizon in the west he had to move back to the horizon in the east again in the direction opposite to that when he went across above the surface of the earth from the east to the west during the day. We should keep this fact in mind when studying the Foot of Virgo which according to Hevelius was used both to stabilize and to disturb the balance of Libra:
According to the Arabs the name for μ Virginis should be Rijl al Awwa (the Foot of the Barker).
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