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"It is the most inconspicious figure in the zodiac, and mythology apologizes for its being there by the story that when the Crab was crushed by Hercules, for pinching his toes during his contest with the Hydra in the marsh of Lerna, Juno exalted it to the sky; whence Columella called it Lernaeus.

Yet few heavenly signs have been subjects of more attention in early days, and few better determined; for, according to Chaldaean and Platonist philosophy, it was the supposed Gate of Men through which souls descended from heaven into human bodies." (Allen)

ω Cancri is at the opposite side of the sky compared to τ Aquilae and the preceding star Drus is χ Carinae:

Greek omega Ω (ω)

Omega  ...  is the 24th and last letter of the Greek alphabet. In the Greek numeric system, it has a value of 800. The word literally means 'great O' (ō mega, mega meaning 'great'), as opposed to omicron, which means 'little O' (o mikron, micron meaning 'little') ...

The form of the uppercase letter derives from that of an omicron (Ο) broken up at the side ... with the edges subsequently turned outward

The modern lowercase shape goes back to the uncial form

a form that developed during the 3rd century BC in ancient handwriting on papyrus, from a flattened-out form of the letter ... that had its edges curved even further upward

Possibly, I think, this flattened out form alluded to the high sky 'carapace' in summer. As to the 'broken up omikron' it could have been turned at is side as an allusion to the orientation of the Gemini pair. The uncial form could reflect a pair of twins joined together (at the star ω Gemini).

To the 23 Greek lettered stars in Gemini could be added the ψ (whip) currently in Auriga. This border line case in Gemini can be compared with the border line case in Cancer, viz. ω, which in G occurred at day 200 (July 19) = the last day before 8h. A 'crab' has 8 legs plus 2 powerful arms: