ALOHA STAR GAZERS, TRACE HERE -- ONCE WE WERE VOYAGERS, AND IN ORDER TO EXPLORE# THE WORLD, WE NEEDED DIRECTIONS.
ONE WAY TO FIND OUR WAY IS TO USE THE STARS - AND THIS WEEK# WE CAN FIND SOUTH USING MAUI’S FISH HOOK!
HIT THE DARKNESS AT 11PM AND LOOK SOUTH# FOR THE SIXTH BRIGHTEST STAR IN THE SKY: THE RED GIANT ANTARES.
YOU# MAY KNOW THIS AS THE HEART OF SCORPIUS THE SCORPION!
AND SCORPIUS# CONTAINS MAUI’S FISHHOOK - HERE.
SEE?
IN POLYNESIAN FOLKLORE, MAUI THREW# HIS MAGIC FISHHOOK IN THE WATER ON A FISHING EXPEDITION WITH HIS BROTHERS.# HE SUGGESTED THEY ALL PADDLE TOGETHER, AND NO MATTER WHAT THEY CAUGHT THEY# SHOULD NOT STOP OR LOOK BACK.
HOURS LATER, AN EXHAUSTED MAUI HAD PULLED THE# HAWAIIAN ISLANDS TO THE SURFACE!
THERE YOU HAVE IT.
WITH MAUI’S HOOK# IN THE SOUTH PLUS THE NORTH STAR - YOU TOO CAN GIVE THE SKY A HIGH FIVE - OR NAVIGATE.
WHAT CAN I SAY, EXCEPT MAHALO.
KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!