Changing the sex of the Leader (castrating him) had to be expressed in pictures by those who documented the cosmic order: In a way Wikipedia was right - it was the leading part of Argo Navis which was illustrated on one side of the as coin. But this Leader (the part which will rise first at the horizon in the east) was female - it was the stern of the ship and not its bow. The bow of a ship of war must have a ram for crushing its opposition:
When Argo Navis turned around - becoming female with its bow coming at its end - the stern had to aquire a ramming device (had to become male):
Since then all ships are female. The face of the Sun is at the stern of Argo Navis, not at its bow. Close by is another entity, perhaps something which illustrates 'female'. It is not the rudder, but it could be a sign indicating his wife, a flower (pua).
For instance could this flower be a water-lily:
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