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The 'gable of the house' - of Toga-nui the grandson of Tagaroa the little - could have referred to the position of the great head above the rudder of Argo Navis:

And the 'heavy fish' could have alluded to Wezen (δ at the backbone of Canis Major), which in rongorongo times was 107 days after 0h. There are 471 glyphs (days) on the G tablet and 471 - 107 = 364 (= 4 * 91).

 ... δ, 2.2, light yellow, is the modern Wezen, from Al Wezn, Weight, 'as the star seems to rise with difficulty from the horizon'; but Ideler calls this an astonishing star name ...

Adara was ε at the belly of the dog.

... Al Rescha, or Al Rischa, derived from the Arabians' Al Rishā', the Cord, is 20º south from the head of Aries, 2º.7 north of the celestial equator, and marks the knot in the united cords of the Fishes; the same title being applied to β Andromedae. This word originally may have come from the Babylonian Riksu, Cord ... β [Andromedae] appeared in very early drawings as the lucida of the northern of the two Fishes, and marked the 26th manzil Al Batn al Hūt, the Belly of the Fish, or Al Kalb al Hūt, the Heart of the Fish; and the corresponding sieu Goei, or Kwei, the Man Striding, or the Striding Legs anciently Kwet. In this location it was Al Rishā, the Band, Cord, Ribbon, or Thread, as being on the line uniting the Fishes; but this title now belongs to α Piscium ...

... In the inscriptions of Dendera, published by Dümichen, the goddess Hathor is called 'lady of every joy'. For once, Dümichen adds: Literally ... 'the lady of every heart circuit'. This is not to say that the Egyptians had discovered the circulation of the blood. But the determinative sign for 'heart' often figures as the plumb bob at the end of a plumb line coming from a well-known astronomical or surveying device, the merkhet. Evidently, 'heart' is something very specific, as it were the 'center of gravity' ... See Aeg.Wb. 2, pp. 55f. for sign of the heart (ib) as expressing generally 'the middle, the center'.

And this may lead in quite another direction. The Arabs preserved a name for Canopus - besides calling the star Kalb at-tai-man ('heart of the south') ... Suhail el-wezn, 'Canopus Ponderosus', the heavy-weighing Canopus, a name promptly declared meaningless by the experts, but which could well have belonged to an archaic system in which Canopus was the weight at the end of the plumb line, as befitted its important position as a heavy star at the South Pole of the 'waters below'. Here is a chain of inferences which might or might not be valid, but it is allowable to test it, and no inference at all would come from the 'lady of every joy'. The line seems to state that Hathor (= Hat Hor, 'House of Horus') 'rules' the revolution of a specific celestial body - whether or not Canopus is alluded to - or, if we can trust the translation 'every', the revolution of all celestial bodies. As concerns the identity of the ruling lady, the greater possibility speaks for Sirius, but Venus cannot be excluded; in Mexico, too, Venus is called 'heart of the earth'. The reader is invited to imagine for himself what many thousands of such pseudo-primitive or poetic interpretations must lead to: a disfigured interpretation of Egyptian intellectual life ...

Ga2-9 Ga2-10 (40) Ga2-11 Ga2-12
●APRIL 18 (*28) 19 20 21 (111)
APRIL 29 (*39) 30 MAY 1 (121) 2
Mash-mashu-sha-Risū-10 Adara (104.8) ω Gemini (105.4), Alzirr (105.7), MULIPHEIN (105.8), Mekbuda (105.9) 7h (106.5)
θ Gemini (103.0), ψ8 Aurigae (103.2), ALHENA (103.8), ψ9 Aurigae (103.9) no star listed (106)
July 2 3 4 (185) 5
ºJune 28 29 (*100) 30 ºJuly 1 (182)
'June 5 (156 = 12 * 13) 6 (*77) 7 8
"May 22 23 (*63) 24 (144) 25
NAKSHATRA DATES:
●OCTOBER 18 (291) 19 20 21 (*214)
OCTOBER 29 (*222) 30 31 (304) NOVEMBER 1
χ Oct. (286.0), Ain al Rami (286.2), δ Lyrae (286.3), κ Pavonis (286.5), Alya (286.6) ξ Sagittarii (287.1), ω Pavonis (287.3), ε Aquilae, ε Cor. Austr., Sulaphat (287.4), λ Lyrae (287.7), Ascella, Bered (Ant.) (287.9) Uttara Ashadha-21 19h (289.2)
NUNKI (288.4), ζ Cor. Austr. (288.5), Manubrium (288.8), ζ Aquilae (288.9) λ Aquilae (Ant.) (289.1), γ Cor. Austr (289.3), τ Sagittarii (289.4), ι Lyrae (289.5), δ Cor. Austr. (289.8)
January 1 (366) 2 3 4
ºDecember 28 29 30 (364) 31 (*285)
'December 5 6 (340) 7 (*261 = 9 * 29) 8
"November 21 (325) 22 23 24 (*248)
Ga2-13 Ga2-14 (44) Ga2-15 Ga2-16 Ga2-17
●APRIL 22 (*32) 23 24 (114) 25 26
MAY 3 4 (*44) 5 (125) 6 7
WEZEN (107.1), τ Gemini (107.7), δ Monocerotis (107.9) no star listed (108) λ Gemini (109.4), Wasat (109.8) no star listed (110) Aludra (111.1), Propus (111.4),  Gomeisa (111.6)
July 6 7 (188) 8 9 10
ºJuly 2 3 (184) 4 5 6 (*107)
'June 9 10 (161) 11 12 13 (*84)
"May 26 27 28 (*68) 29 30 (150)
NAKSHATRA DATES:
●OCTOBER 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24 25 26
NOVEMBER 2 3 (*227) 4 (308) 5 6
Al Baldah-19 / Cargo Boat-91 Aladfar (291.1), Nodus II (291.5), ψ Sagittarii (291.6), θ Lyrae (291.8) ω Aquilae (292.1), ρ Sagittarii (292.6), υ Sagittarii (292.7) Arkab Prior (293.0), Arkab Posterior, Alrami (293.2), χ Sagittarii (293.6) Deneb Okab (294.0), α Vulpeculae (294.9)
AL BALDAH, ALPHEKKA MERIDIANA (290.1), β Cor. Austr. (290.2)
January 5 6 7 (372) 8 9
ºJanuary 1 2 3 (368) 4 5 (*290)
'December 9 10 (344) 11 (*265) 12 LUCIA
"Nov 25 (329) 26 (*250) 27 28 29

Also Wasat (δ Gemini) meant 'middle' and the 10th Babylonian ecliptic station at Alhena (γ Gemini) was in the middle of their list of 20 stations. The Egyptian X had the nose of the Great Dog in the center:

... The brothers of Maui sat trembling in the middle of the canoe, fearing for their lives. For now the water was frothing and heaving, and great hot bubbles were coming up, and steam, and Maui was chanting the incantation called Hiki, which makes heavy weights light. At length there appeared beside them the gable and thatched roof of the house of Tonganui, and not only the house, but a huge piece of the land attached to it. The brothers wailed, and beat their heads, as they saw that Maui had fished up land, Te Ika a Maui, the fish of Maui. And there were houses on it, and fires burning, and people going about their daily tasks ...

However, the 'fish' was stubborn and it took some time ('at length') before he was 'landed'. 27 days ahead counted from heliacal Furud (ζ Canis Majoris at Rei in Ga1-30) was the next Rei, at Naos (ζ) in Argo Navis:

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Ga1-30 Ga2-1 Ga2-2 Ga2-3 (33) Ga2-4
●APRIL 9 (*19) 10 (100) 11 12 13
APRIL 20 (*30) 21 (111) 22 23 24
 Furud (94.9) Well-22 / Arkū-sha-pu-u-mash-mashu-9 no star listed (96) β Monocerotis, ν Gemini (97.0) no star listed (98)
δ Columbae (95.2), TEJAT POSTERIOR, Mirzam (95.4), CANOPUS (95.6), ε Monocerotis (95.7), ψ1 Aurigae (95.9)
June 23 ST JOHN'S EVE 25 26 (177) 27
ºJune 19 20 (*91) SOLSTICE 22 (173) 23
'May 27 28 (*68) 29 30 (150) 31
"May 13 14 (*54) 15 16 (136) 17
NAKSHATRA DATES:
●OCTOBER 9 10 11 (*204) 12 (285) 13
OCTOBER 20 21 22 (295) 23 (*216) 24
Purva Ashadha-20 Kaus Borealis (279.3) ν Pavonis (280.4), κ Cor. Austr. (280.9) Abhijit-22
KAUS MEDIUS, κ Lyrae (277.5), Tung Hae (277.7) φ Oct. (278.1), KAUS AUSTRALIS (278.3), ξ Pavonis (278.4), Al Athfar (278.6) θ Cor. Austr. (281.0), VEGA (281.8)
December 23 CHRISTMAS EVE 25 26 (360) 27
 ºDec 19 (*273) 20 (354 = 12 * 29½) SOLSTICE  22 23
'Nov 26 (*250) 27 28 29 (333) 30
"Nov 12 (*236) 13 14 15 16 (320)

... Furud is either from Al Furud, the Bright Single One, or, perhaps by a transcriber's error, from Al Kurūd, the Apes, referring to the surrounding small stars with some of those of Columba; Ideler thought the latter derivation more probable. Al Sufi mentioned these as Al Agribah, the Ravens. ζ marks the toe of the right hind foot ...

... Murzim, generally but less correctly Mirzam, and occasionally Mirza, is from Al Murzim, the Announcer², often combined by the Arabs with β Canis Minoris in the plural Al Mirzamāni, or as Al Mirzamā al Shi'rayain, the two Sirian Announcers; Ideler's idea of the applicability of this title being that this star announced the immediate rising of the still brighter Sirius.

² Literally the Roarer, and so another of the many words in the Arabic tongue for the lion, of which that people boasted of having four hundred.

Buttmann asserted that it also was Al Kalb, the Dog, running in front of Sirius, but this must have been from early times in the Desert. In our maps it marks the right fore foot of the Dog ...

The last of the empty-handed toga (winter) glyphs was at heliacal φ Gemini (Ga2-24) and then the northern summer would arrive:

Toga

1. Winter season. Two seasons used to be distinguished in ancient times: hora, summer, and toga, winter. 2. To lean against somehing; to hold something fast; support, post supporting the roof. 3. To throw something with a sudden movement. 4. To feed oneself, to eat enough; e-toga koe ana oho ki te aga, eat well first when you go to work. Vanaga.

1. Winter. P Pau., Mgv.: toga, south. Mq.: tuatoka, east wind. Ta.: toa, south. 2. Column, prop; togatoga, prop, stay. Togariki, northeast wind. Churchill.

Wooden platform for a dead chief: ka tuu i te toga (Bb8-42), when the wooden platform has been erected. Barthel 2.

The expressions Tonga, Kona, Toa (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the quarter of an island or of the wind, between the south and west, and Tokelau, Toerau, Koolau (Sam., Haw., Tah.), to indicate the opposite directions from north to east - expressions universal throughout Polynesia, and but little modified by subsequent local circumstances - point strongly to a former habitat in lands where the regular monsoons prevailed. Etymologically 'Tonga', 'Kona', contracted from 'To-anga' or 'Ko-ana', signifies 'the setting', seil. of the sun. 'Toke-lau', of which the other forms are merely dialectical variations, signifies 'the cold, chilly sea'. Fornander.

Ga2-24 Ga2-25 Ga2-26 Ga2-27 Ga2-28 Ga2-29 Ga3-1 (60)
●MAY 3 4 5 (125) 6 (*46) 7 8 9
MAY 14 15 16 (136) 17 (*57) 18 19 20
φ Gemini (118.4) Drus (119.9) ω Cancri (120.2) 8h (121.7) ρ Puppis (122.0), Heap of Fuel (122.1), ζ Monocerotis (122.3),  ψ Cancri (122.6), Regor (122.7) Tegmine (123.3) Al Tarf (124.3)

Ras Algethi 

χ Gemini (121.0), NAOS (121.3)
July 17 18 19 (200) 20 21 22 23
ºJuly 13 14 15 16 17 (*118) 18 19 (200)
'June 20 (*91) SOLSTICE 22 23 ST JOHN'S EVE 25 26 (177 = 6 * 29½)
"June 6 (314 / 2) 7 8 9 (*80) 10 11 12
NAKSHATRA DATES:
●NOVEMBER 2 3 4 (308) 5 (*229) 6 7 8
NOVEMBER 13 14 (318) 15 16 (*240) 17 18 (322) 19
ι Sagittarii (301.2), Terebellum, ξ Aquilae (301.3), Alshain (301.6), φ Aquilae (301.8) ε Pavonis, θ Sagittarii (302.3), γ Sagittae (302.5), μ Pavonis (302.7) τ Aquilae (303.8) 20h (304.4) Shang Wei (305.2), θ Sagittae (305.4), Tseen Foo (305.6), ξ Capricorni (305.8) Tso Ke (306.3) Gredi (307.2), σ Capricorni (307.5), Alshat (307.9)
η Sagittae (304.2), δ Pavonis (304.4)
January 16 17 18 (383) 19 20 21 22
ºJanuary 12 13 (378) 14 15 (*300) 16 17 18
'December 20 SOLSTICE 22 23 (*277) CHRISTMAS EVE 25 26
"December 6 7 8 9 10 (*264) 11 12 (346)
Egyptian bread, (-t, female determinant) Phoenician qoph Greek phi Φ(φ)

... is the 21st letter of the Greek alphabet ... Its origin is uncertain but it may be that phi originated as the letter qoppa ... In traditional Greek numerals, phi has a value of 500 or 500000 ...

Isaac Taylor, History of the Alphabet: Semitic Alphabets, Part 1, 2003: 'The old explanation, which has again been revived by Halévy, is that it denotes an 'ape,' the character Q being taken to represent an ape with its tail hanging down. It may also be referred to a Talmudic root which would signify an 'aperture' of some kind, as the 'eye of a needle,' ... Lenormant adopts the more usual explanation that the word means a 'knot' ...

... The king, wearing now a short, stiff archaic mantle, walks in a grave and stately manner to the sanctuary of the wolf-god Upwaut, the 'Opener of the Way', where he anoints the sacred standard and, preceded by this, marches to the palace chapel, into which he disappears. A period of time elapses during which the pharaoh is no longer manifest.

When he reappears he is clothed as in the Narmer palette, wearing the kilt with Hathor belt and bull's tail attatched. In his right hand he holds the flail scepter and in his left, instead of the usual crook of the Good Shepherd, an object resembling a small scroll, called the Will, the House Document, or Secret of the Two Partners, which he exhibits in triumph, proclaiming to all in attendance that it was given him by his dead father Osiris, in the presence of the earth-god Geb. 'I have run', he cries, 'holding the Secret of the Two Partners, the Will that my father has given me before Geb. I have passed through the land and touched the four sides of it. I traverse it as I desire.' ...

22 / 7 = π was at heliacal Naos.