6. The emperor of China had to draw his bow at Sirius (picture from Hamlet's Mill):

He has no arrow, which I think means there are no rays from Sun. Maybe Sun is above the clouds together with Sirus. The clouds are drawn to resemble water - they are rainclouds. The curved lines below the 'celestial jackal' resemble the lines in the ua glyph type:

ua

Perhaps the first task of the emperor at the beginning of a new period of reign was to release rain.

The summer solstice seems to be followed by a period of rain, 'the dog days'.

Mebsuta, ε Gemini, is rising together with Sirus:

Ga2-6	Ga2-7 (*102)	Ga2-8
	Mebsuta, Sirius (102.2)	τ Puppis (103.2)

Epsilon (with a form similar to that of ua) is conventionally used to indicate something extraordinary small, and if Sirius is at the very beginning of a new season of Sun light, then ε could mark a star which rises heliacally together with Sirus.

"Mebsuta is from Al Mabsutāt, the Outstretched, from its marking the extended paw of the early Arabic Lion, but now it is on the hem of Castor's tunic." (Allen)