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== Hawaiian Starlines ==
For years, Hawaiian navigators have memorized the position of stars as they rise and set in order to know oneʻs bearing. The knowledge of Hawaiian star navigation has been passed down orally for many generations.   Much of the knowledge regarding stars and navigation were lost until the Hawaiian Renaissance in the early 1970s. Polynesian Voyage Society (PVS), founded in 1973, created Hokule’a in 1975. Hokule’a is a traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe with the mission to revive the art of way finding. A man from Satawal, Micronesia named Mau Piailug was a master navigator/wayfinder. The knowledge of wayfinding and using the sky to navigate was passed down to Mau from his ancestors. Nainoa Thompson, current President of PVS, asked Mau to teach his knowledge of navigation to him with the intention of reviving the knowledge that was once lost to the Hawaiians. With the knowledge learned from Mau, the Hawaiian star compass and star lines were created.
Each star line is a group of main stars that will be remembered by the navigators. The stars connect making constellations. Navigators remember the rising/setting houses of these stars, the stars that connect in each line, and the lines that point directly to North and South. The star lines’ position in the night sky slowly change over time, each starline being more prevalent at night according to the season. The star lines with their according season are as follows:<ref>Mau Piailug of Satawal in Stellarium; printed in appendix of Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): ''Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy.'' Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)</ref>
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!No
!Star division
!Period
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|1.
|Ke Ka o Makali‘i
|November to April
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|2.
|Ka Iwikuamo‘o
|April to July
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|3.
|Manaiakalani
|May to October
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|4.
|Ka Lupe o Kawelo
|September to February
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Revision as of 06:48, 22 June 2026

Authors: ASE Tech Team, Susanne M Hoffmann, Youla Azkarrula

Polynesian Migration period

the culture(s) , ...

Most of the content of this page is based on Clive Ruggles's edited book Nā Inoa Hōkū (3rd edition).

Sky

Milky Way

...

Solar System Names

Traditional Signs Old Norse English Commentary
Sun
Moon
Mercury
Venus
Mars
Jupiter
Saturn

notes

Here is an overview on Norse asterism names

Language Original Language Transaltion / Etymological Meaning, when possible Commentary
Marshallese Arin-majlep
Bake Eo
Elieli
Fatana-lua
Holoea
Itua ni Bure
Laya
Leepwal
Kautoki
Pipit
Ponga-ponga
Raiti ni Bure
Sangkap-sangkap
Te Yiku-o-te-kiole
Tiaki

Hawaiian Starlines

For years, Hawaiian navigators have memorized the position of stars as they rise and set in order to know oneʻs bearing. The knowledge of Hawaiian star navigation has been passed down orally for many generations.   Much of the knowledge regarding stars and navigation were lost until the Hawaiian Renaissance in the early 1970s. Polynesian Voyage Society (PVS), founded in 1973, created Hokule’a in 1975. Hokule’a is a traditional Hawaiian voyaging canoe with the mission to revive the art of way finding. A man from Satawal, Micronesia named Mau Piailug was a master navigator/wayfinder. The knowledge of wayfinding and using the sky to navigate was passed down to Mau from his ancestors. Nainoa Thompson, current President of PVS, asked Mau to teach his knowledge of navigation to him with the intention of reviving the knowledge that was once lost to the Hawaiians. With the knowledge learned from Mau, the Hawaiian star compass and star lines were created.

Each star line is a group of main stars that will be remembered by the navigators. The stars connect making constellations. Navigators remember the rising/setting houses of these stars, the stars that connect in each line, and the lines that point directly to North and South. The star lines’ position in the night sky slowly change over time, each starline being more prevalent at night according to the season. The star lines with their according season are as follows:[1]

No Star division Period
1. Ke Ka o Makali‘i November to April
2. Ka Iwikuamo‘o April to July
3. Manaiakalani May to October
4. Ka Lupe o Kawelo September to February

References

  1. ↑ Mau Piailug of Satawal in Stellarium; printed in appendix of Hoffmann and Wolfschmidt (eds.): Astronomy in Culture – Cultures of Astronomy. Featuring the Proceedings of the Splinter Meeting in the Annual Meeting of the German Astronomical Society, Sept. 14-16, 2021., Reihe: Nuncius Hamburgensis 57, tredition, Hamburg & OpenScienceTechnology Berlin (cBook)
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