5. The fish-hook of Maui is at the other end compared to the sting of Mother Scorpion, it seems to function as a Sign of birth (*) in contrast to the sting (†), a Sign of rising up instead of going down. A fish-hook draws fishes up and a scorpion brings a man down. Beyond the heliacal rising of Antares (the place of Mother Scorpion) comes the 'sea'. In the nights preceding the midnight culmination of Antares we can assume 'land' is on its way up again from the deep:
A fish is depicted rising in Ga2-13 and Wezen means a 'weight' far down. ... Royer cut away a portion of Canis Major, and constructed Columba Noachi therewith in 1679. The part thus usurped was called Muliphein, from al-mulipheïn, the two stars sworn by, because they were often mistaken for Soheïl, or Canopus, before which they rise: these two stars are now α and β Columbae. Muliphein is recognized as comprehending the two stars called Had'ár, ground, and al-wezn, weight ... In Egyptian X I wrote: ... I think the implication is that both Canopus and Naos are located in the region down at the 'bottom' of the southern sea. The name Muhlifaïn (in various spellings) points in the same direction. Alsuhail (λ Velorum) in the 10th hour is also a star far down 'at the bottom': 'λ, 2.5, in Vela is Al Sufi's Al Suhail al Wazn, Suhail of the Weight; and, with γ and ζ, one of the Muhlīfaīn ...' 'It [γ Canis Majoris] has the traditional name Muliphein, not to be confused with Muhlifain, which is Gamma Centauri; both names derive from the same Arabic root ... muħlifayn ...' The Centaurus constellation is also far down. Allen mentions that Naos together with γ and λ (both in Vela) 'was one of the Muhlifaïn', a statement we now can understand - there were several constellations by that name far down in the sky ... South of the equator July is the month beyond winter solstice. In late November comes the heliacal rising of Antares and with it summer. There are 6 synodic lunar months from 'June 1 to 'November 25. But the Fish-hook does not arrive until 33 days after the night when Antares reappears in the east after sunset, and Vega will rise heliacally 33 days after Antares does so:
The conclusion ought to be that Vega is reappearing in the east after sunset 33 days after Antares has done so. This suggests Vega is the star which is causing 'land' to rise, that the Fish-hook of Maui is Vega - 144 + 33 = 177 days before its heliacal rising. There are 40 + 137 nights (= 6 lunar synodic months) from the return of a star in the east at sunset to its heliacal rising. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
