Ka Lupe o Kawelo
constellations
Ka Lupe o Kawelo stars & star compass houses
Ke Kā o Makaliʻi constellations
Ke Kā o Makaliʻi stars & star compass houses
Latitude & Meridian Pairs
100
The two northernmost constellations - the King and Queen of Ethiopia.
What is Ka Mōʻī / Cepheus & Iwakeliʻi / Cassiopeia
100
1) The Hawaiian / Western name for the star in the King constellation; the Hawaiian name means "to open up"; 2) though it is circumpolar in Hawaiʻi, it lives in this house
What is 1) Māweke / Alrai 2) Haka Koʻolau
100
The Hawaiian / Western names for the hunter (whose Hawaiian name is the children string game) and the Western names of his two hunting dogs
What are Ka Heihei o nā Keiki / Orion, Canis Minor and Canis Major
100
1) Orion's belt points down to this star, called the dog star in Canis Major. It is the brightest of all stars and Tahiti's zenith star 2) The house this star rises from
What is 1) ʻAʻā / Sirius 2) ʻĀina Malanai
100
The latitude you are at when you see Hōkūpaʻa 10 degrees above the horizon.
What is 10 degrees north
200
The central constellation of the star line, the new Hawaiian name refers to the kite of this Kauaʻi aliʻi, in Greek mythology a flying horse
What is Ka Lupe o Kawelo / Pegasus
200
1) The Hawaiian / Western names for the two stars in the Queen constellation, the Hawaiian name of the first of these stars to rise means "shining red" and the last to rise is the Oʻahu goddess of childbirth, fertility and war 2) The houses these stars live in
What are 1) Poloʻula / Caph & Haumea / Segin 2) Nālani & Nāleo Koʻolau
200
The two zodiac constellations in this star line, the bull and the twins. The Hawaiian name for the twins means twins
What are Taurus & Gemini / Nāmāhoe
200
1) The Hawaiian and Western name of the star that lives on the celestial equator (Ke Alanui a...) 2) The house this star rises from
What is 1) Ke Kuʻukuʻu / Mintaka 2) Hikina
200
When you see Hānaiakamalama in the meridian and the distance between the top and bottom star is the same as the distance between the bottom star and the horizon = 6 degrees, this is the latitude you are at
What is 21 degrees north, Oʻahu, Hawaiʻi
300
The only zodiac constellation in this star line. The Hawaiian name is also a god of war
What is Aries, Kūkalaniʻehu
300
1) The Hawaiian / Western names for the four stars in the kite of Kawelo / square of Pegasus starting from the bottom left (which is the northernmost star) going clockwise around the square 2) The houses these stars rise from
What are 1) Manokalanipō / Alpheratz, Kākuhihewa / Scheat, Keawe / Markab, and Piʻilani / Algenib 2) Manokalanipō & Kākuhihewa in Noio Koʻolau, Keawe & Piʻilani in Lā Koʻolau
300
The Hawaiian name of this constellation is the same as the name of its brightest star, meaning wreath of stars
What is Hōkūlei
300
1) The two Hawaiian names and Western name of the star in Taurus 2) The house this star rises from
What is 1) Kapuahi / Hōkūʻula / Aldebaran 2) ʻĀina Koʻolau
300
The only pair of south meridian pointers in Ke Kā o Makaliʻi
What are Murzim & Ke Aliʻi o Kona i ka Lewa
400
The stars in these three constellations form a triangle in the south (Hawaiian / Western names). Starting with the whale / sea monster, Oʻahu shark akua / southern fish, and man-eating bird from Borabora / bird that resurrects itself from fire
What are Koholā / Cetus, Kaʻahupāhau / Pisic Austrinus, Halulu / Phoenix
400
1) The Hawaiian / Western names for the stars in the ram. The Hawaiian names are that of father and son, the son comes up first and stays in the luxury hotel, while the father is humble 2) The house these stars rise from
What are 1) Laʻamaikahiki / Sheratan & Mōʻīkeha / Hamal 2) ʻĀina Koʻolau
400
The Hawaiian / Western name of the star cluster (not constellation) that is the first to rise in this star line. Its rising after sunset signifies the beginning of Makahiki in the Hawaiian calendar
What is Makaliʻi / Pleiades
400
1) The Hawaiian and Western names of the stars in the twins 2) The house these stasr rise from
What are 1) Nānāmua / Castor & Nānāhope / Pollux 2) Noio Koʻolau
400
The two sets of north pointer pairs in Ke Kā o Makaliʻi
What are 1) Theta Auriga & Menkalinan 2) Puana splits Nānāmua & Nāmāhoe
500
The southernmost constellation (Hawaiian / Western name) that is a meandering river in Hawaiʻi / the celestial river
What is Nuʻuanu / Eridanus
500
1) The four southern stars in this star line, in order from northernmost to southernmost. Starting with the daughter of Piʻilani, then the site of aliʻi birthing stones, then the first Mōʻīwahine of Hawaiʻi Island, and finally the chief whose altar is made of bones 2) The houses these stars live in
What are 1) Piʻikea / Diphda, Kūkaniloko / Fomalhaut, Kaikilani / Ankaa, and Kalanikauleleaiwi / Achernar 2) ʻĀina, Noio, Manu, Nālani Malanai
500
The southernmost constellation in this star line, the keel of a ship
What is Carina
500
1) The Hawaiian / Western names for the four outer stars of Orion, his shoulder - first to rise, armpit, foot and knee - last to rise 2) The houses these stars rise from
What are 1) Makaʻala/Bellatrix, Kauluakoko/Betelgeuse, Puanakau/Rigel, Puʻuhonua/Saiph 2) upper body stars in Lā Koʻolau, leg stars in Lā Malanai
500
The 3 north pointers in Ka Lupe o Kawelo
What are: Keawe & Kākuhihewa, Manokalanipō & Poloʻula, Mothallah (Alpha Trianguli) & Haumea
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