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At Polaris the season was beginning to change, with the hand of Mother Earth (te rima) not yet eating (kai) but opening up in front:

JAN 31 (396) FEBRUARY 1 2 3 4 5 (36)
*Ca14-18 *Ca14-19 *Ca14-20 *Ca14-21 (384) *Ca14-22 *Ca14-23
te honu paka te henua honu kau te mata te honu kua heheu
1h (15.2) Al Batn Al Hūt-26 / Revati-28 / 1-iku ν Phoenicis (17.4), κ Tucanae (17.6) no star listed (18) Adhil (19.3), θ Ceti (19.7) Ksora (20.1), ω Andromedae (20.6), γ Phoenicis (20.8)
β Phoenicis (15.1), υ Phoenicis, ι Tucanae (15.6), ζ Phoenicis, η Ceti (15.7) MIRACH, Keun Nan Mun (16.0), ANUNITUM (16.5), REVATI (16.9)

Regulus

FEBRUARY 6 7 (403) 8 9 10 11 (42)
*Ca14-24 *Ca14-25 *Ca14-26 *Ca14-27 *Ca14-28 *Ca14-29 (392)
te henua te honu kau manu kake rua te henua te honu te rima
δ Phoenicis (21.5) υ Andromedae (22.9) ACHERNAR (23.3), χ Andromedae (23.6), τ Andromedae (23.9) τ Ceti (24.7) no star listed (25) ANA-NIA
χ Ceti (26.1), POLARIS, Baten Kaitos (26.6), Metallah (26.9)

4 days more were needed to reach the back of the reversed head of Ku (meaning he had no future to look forward to):

FEBRUARY 12 13 2-14 15 (46)
Cb1-1 Cb1-2 Cb1-3 Cb1-4 (396)
E tupu - ki roto o te hau tea ki te henua - te maro
Al Sharatain-1 / Ashvini-1 / Bond-16 / Mahrū-sha-rishu-ku-1 ι Arietis (28.0), λ Arietis (28.2), υ Ceti (28.8) ALRISHA, χ Phoenicis (29.2), Alamak (29.7) Arku-sha-rishu-ku-2
2h (30.4)
Segin, Mesarthim, ψ Phoenicis (27.2), SHERATAN, φ Phoenicis (27.4) κ Arietis (30.3), HAMAL (30.5)

Alkes

... the breadfruit originated from the sacrifice of the war god Ku. After deciding to live secretly among mortals as a farmer, Ku married and had children. He and his family lived happily until a famine seized their island. When he could no longer bear to watch his children suffer, Ku told his wife that he could deliver them from starvation, but to do so he would have to leave them. Reluctantly, she agreed, and at her word, Ku descended into the ground right where he had stood until only the top of his head was visible. His family waited around the spot he had last been, day and night watering it with their tears until suddenly a small green shoot appeared where Ku had stood. Quickly, the shoot grew into a tall and leafy tree that was laden with heavy breadfruits that Ku's family and neighbours gratefully ate, joyfully saved from starvation ...

This is consistent with the number of nights in the tresses of Pachamama:

Counting the tresses from right to left:

1

26

78

1

29

90

2

26

2

30

3

26

3

31

4

25

104

4

34

124

5

26

5

31

6

27

6

30

7

26

7

29

Total = 396 = 185 + 214

Metoro thought it necessary to go into detail and he may have tried to make clear there was a shift of view in the text from heliacal to nakshatra. I have assumed the right hand of Mother Earth was turned around with Asellus Tertius, because the time order from Tertius (3rd) to Primus (1st) is opposite to that of the Sun, withershins like the movement of the Moon.

rutua - te pahu - rutua te maeva - atua rerorero - atua hiko ura - hiko o tea - ka higa te ao ko te henua ra ma te hoi atua
Cb1-5 Cb1-6 Cb1-7
Neck-2 Al Ghafr-13 / Svāti-15

TAHUA-TAATA-METUA-TE-TUPU-MAVAE

ι Lupi, 18 Bootis (216.3), Khambalia (216.4), υ Virginis (216.5), ψ Centauri (216.6), ε Apodis (216.8)
Asellus Tertius, κ VIRGINIS, 14 Bootis (214.8) 15 Bootis (215.2), ARCTURUS (215.4), Asellus Secundus (215.5), SYRMA, λ Bootis (215.6), η Apodis (215.8)
Cb1-8 Cb1-9 Cb1-10 Cb1-11 (403)
Asellus Primus (217.8) τ Lupi, δ Oct. (218.1), φ Virginis (218.7)

Fomalhaut

σ Lupi (219.1), ρ Bootis (219.5), Haris (219.7) σ Bootis (220.2), η Centauri (220.4)