‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch Adds One More To Ancient Moon Phases

Summary: ‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch adds one more to ancient moon phases, the former affording new, first, full, last, the latter waxing, full, waning moon phases.

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'Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch, as all other 'Imiloa sky watches, adds up to four moon phases, with some days carryovers from previous months, such as July 2024 addressing the last-, waning-quarter lunar phase from June 28, 2024. It addresses night-sky ambiances alone. Ancient sky watches contrastingly advised what their lunar phases, affected by the ancient divine quartet of sea and sea-wind god Kanaloa, supreme god Kāne, world-creating war god Kū and agriculture, fertility, music, rain god Lono, affirmed about what each day afforded for farming and fishing activities; a ceremonial reception of French Naval Officers in Hawai'i during the 1817-1820 circumnavigation by Uranie, a corvette under the command of Captain Louis de Freycinet (Aug. 7, 1779-Aug. 18 August 1841), as depicted in "Iles Sandwich -- Vue du Morai du Roi a Kayakakoua; N. Maurin, del.; Lith. Kaeppelin et Cie; d'après le croquis de J. Arago", newly drawn plate, 1838, by French engraver Nicolas-Eustache Maurin (March 15, 1798-Oct. 7, 1850), after original sketchbook, 1822, by French artist, explorer and writer Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (March 6, 1790 – Nov. 27, 1855), who had become blind: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons

‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch adds one more lunar phase to ancient moon phases, the former affording new, first, full, last moon phases and the latter affording waxing, full, waning moon phases.

July 2024 begins with last-moon days from June 28, until new-moon days July 5, first-moon days July 13, full-moon days July 21, last-moon days July 27. Ancient Hawaiians counted 30-day lunar months in three 10-day configurations (from Hawaiian ‘ekolu anahulu, “three 10-days”), of which the first ho’onui (from Hawaiian ho’onui, “to enlarge”). Hilo (“thread-like”); Hoaka (“shadow-casting”); war-god Kūkahi, Kūlua, Kūkolu, Kūpau; lacking war-god ‘Ole Kūkahi, ‘Ole Kūlua, ‘Ole Kūkolu, ‘Ole Kūpau respectively designated days 1, 2, 3-6, 7-10.

Kūkahi (“war-god first[-day]”), Kūlua (“war-god second[-day]”) and Kūkolu (“war-god third[-day]”) respectively elucidated one banana-, sweet potato-, taro-planting day, then two fishing days before Kūpau (“war-god final[-day]”).

‘Ole Kūkahi {“lacking war-god first[-day]”), ‘Ole Kūlua (“lacking war-god second[-day]”), ‘Ole Kūkolu {“lacking war-god third[-day]”), ‘Ole Kūpau (“lacking war-god final[-day]”) figured no-activity, two-day torch-fishing, one-day planting.

The second 10 days, poepoe (from Hawaiian poepoe, “full, round”), guarded Huna (“to hide”), Mōhalu (“to blossom”), Hua (“egg, fruit”) as fishing- and planting-good days 11-13. Akua (“deity”), Hoku (“star”) whether Hoku ili (“[post-sunrise-setting] moon stranded”) or Hoku palemo (“[pre-sunrise-setting] moon sunken”), Māhealani (“hazy”) heralded days 14-16 helpful for fishing and planting. The latter nā pō mahina kōnane (“nights moon [with] bright moonlight”) introduced Kulua (“to pass”), Lā’au Kūkahi, Lā’au Kūlua, Lā’au Kūpau as days 17 and 18-20.

‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch jubilates one more lunar phase than three-phase ancient moon phases that judge days as jeopardizing or jumpstarting judicious fishing and planting.

Kulua, Lā’au Kūkahi (“horned-moon war-god first[-day]”), Lā’au Kūlua (“horned-moon war-god second[-day]”), Lā’au Kūpau (“horned-moon war-god third[-day]”) respectively kindle keepsake fish, melons, potatoes; fish, herbs; farming; planting.

The third 10 days, emi (“decreasing, waning”), lodged ‘Ole Kūkahi {“lacking war-god first[-day]”), ‘Ole Kūlua (“lacking war-god second[-day]”), ‘Ole Kūpau (“lacking war-god final[-day]”) as days 21-23. ‘Ole Kūkahi mattered for banana sucker-, gourd seed- and potato slip-planting even as it meant fishing marred by minimal moonlight and by morosely, mutinously rough seas. Kāloa Kūkahi (“sea-god war-god first[-day]”), Kāloa Kūlua (“sea-god war-god second[-day]”), Kāloa Pau (“sea-god war-god last[-day”) nestled as days 24-26, whose nice fishing sea god Kanaloa nurtures.

‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch observes moon phases occupying night skies with other occurrences even as ancient Hawaiians oriented lunar phases to optimized farming and fishing.

Above-mentioned Kanaloa-pertaining, Kū-pertaining (from Hawaiian ka naloa, “the hidden”; kū, “to stand”) days promoted fishing; long-leaved, long-stemmed, long-vined plants such as bamboo, paper-mulberry, screwpine-fruit, sugarcane, yam.

Loa (from Hawaiian loa, “long”) days queued before Kāne, Lono, Mauli and Muku (from Hawaiian kāne, “man”; lono, “hurling, news, remembrance”; mauli, “ghost, spirit”; muku, “cut-off”). Day 27 realized line-fishing by adults, potato-planting and, by girls, sea urchin-diving even as day 30 rewarded crop-planting, line-fishing by children, sea urchin-diving, seaweed-gathering and squid-catching. Day 28 served planting such drinkables as coffee and such edibles as melons, oranges, potatoes and pumpkins even as day 29 supported fishing and planting schedules.

‘Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch tenders ancient moon phases one more lunar phase even as ancient and ‘Imiloa testimonies respectively team with things terrestrial and celestial.

Mauli the waning crescent intermediate phase appears Sunday, June 30, as the month's closer and reappears Monday, July 1, as July's opener: Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center, via Facebook Dec. 10, 2020

Acknowledgment

My special thanks to talented artists and photographers/concerned organizations who make their fine images available on the internet.

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'Imiloa July 2024 Sky Watch, as all other 'Imiloa sky watches, adds up to four moon phases, with some days carryovers from previous months, such as July 2024 addressing the last-, waning-quarter lunar phase from June 28, 2024. It addresses night-sky ambiances alone. Ancient sky watches contrastingly advised what their lunar phases, affected by the ancient divine quartet of sea and sea-wind god Kanaloa, supreme god Kāne, world-creating war god Kū and agriculture, fertility, music, rain god Lono, affirmed about what each day afforded for farming and fishing activities; a ceremonial reception of French Naval Officers in Hawai'i during the 1817-1820 circumnavigation by Uranie, a corvette under the command of Captain Louis de Freycinet (Aug. 7, 1779-Aug. 18 August 1841), as depicted in "Iles Sandwich -- Vue du Morai du Roi a Kayakakoua; N. Maurin, del.; Lith. Kaeppelin et Cie; d'après le croquis de J. Arago", newly drawn plate, 1838, by French engraver Nicolas-Eustache Maurin (March 15, 1798-Oct. 7, 1850), after original sketchbook, 1822, by French artist, explorer and writer Jacques Étienne Victor Arago (March 6, 1790 – Nov. 27, 1855), who had become blind: Public Domain, via Wikimedia Commons @ https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Arago_–_Iles_Sandwich_-_Vue_du_Morai_du_Roi_a_Kayakakoua.jpg; via Stanford Libraries, The Barry Lawrence Ruderman Map Collection @ https://exhibits.stanford.edu/ruderman/catalog/cc838py8055; via The New York Public Library Digital Collections @ https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47e2-cd1a-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99

Mauli the waning crescent intermediate phase appears Sunday, June 30, as the month's closer and reappears Monday, July 1, as July's opener: Kaʻiwakīloumoku Hawaiian Cultural Center, via Facebook Dec. 10, 2020, @ https://www.facebook.com/KaiwakiloumokuCenter/posts/159950675859678/; via Facebook Dec. 10, 2020, @ https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=159950675859678&set=a.102624678258945; via Facebook Dec. 10, 2020, @ https://www.facebook.com/KaiwakiloumokuCenter/photos/pb.100064421064468.-2207520000/159950675859678/

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