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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).

Pua

Pua. 1. A zingiberacea (plant of which few specimens are left on the island). 2. Flower: pua ti, ti flower, pua taro, taro flower, pua maúku pasture flower; pua nakonako, a plant which grows on steep slopes and produce red, edible berries. 3. Pua tariga (or perhaps pu'a tariga), anciently, hoops put in earlobes. 4. The nanue fish when young and tender. Puapua, summit, top, upper part; te puapua o te maúga, the top of the mountain; te puapua kupega, the upper part of a fishing net. Vanaga.

Pu'a. 1. (Modern form of pu'o), to cover up something or oneself, to put on; ka-pu'a te ha'u, put on your hat; ka-pu'a-mai te nua, cover me up with a blanket. 2. To respond to the song of the first group of singers; to sing the antistrophe; he-pu'a te tai. 3. To help; ka-pu'a toou rima ki a Timo ite aga, help Timothy with the work. 4. Pu'a-hare, to help a relative in war or in any need; ka-oho, ka-pu'a-hare korua, ko ga kope, go, give your relative a hand, lads. 5. To speak out in someone's favour; e pu'a-mai toou re'o kia au, speak in my favour, intercede for me. Pu'apu'a, to hit, to beat. Vanaga.

1. Flower, ginger, soap; pua mouku, grass. 2. To grease, to coat with tar, to pitch; pua ei meamea, to make yellow. Puapua, a piece of cloth. Mgv.: pua, a flower, turmeric, starchy matter of the turmeric and hence soap. Mq.: pua, a flower, soap. Ta.: pua, id. Ma.: puapua, cloth wrapped about the arm. Churchill.

For instance could this flower be a water-lily: