Sōtiaka
Ko e sōtiaka (lea fakapilitānia: zodiac), ko e ngaahi pupunga fetuʻu tukufakaholo ʻe 12 ʻi he langi, ʻoku takai ʻi ai ʻa e laʻā lolotonga he taʻu ʻe taha.
hingoa fakalatina | hingoa fakatonga | hingoa fakapilitānia |
Aries | Sipitangata | Ram |
Taurus | Pulutau | Bull |
Gemini | Māhanga (taʻane) | Twins |
Cancer | Paka pe ʻUo | Crab or Lobster |
Leo | Laione | Lion |
Virgo | Taupoʻou | Virgin |
Libra | Meʻafua | Scales |
Scorpius | Sikopio | Scorpion |
Sagittarius | Tangatafana | Archer |
Capricornus | Kositahi | Seagoat |
Aquarius | Fineʻutuvai | Waterbearer |
Pisces | Ongo ika | Fishes |
Ko e pupunga Tangata-toʻo-ngata (Ophiuchus) ʻoku ʻikai te ne kau ki he sōtiaka, neongo he laka ʻa e laʻā ʻi ai.
ʻI he lakalaka ko Nailasikau (ko e ʻotua motuʻa ia), fatu ʻe Sālote Tupou III ʻi he 1931 pe 1932, ʻoku ʻi ai ha kiʻi hokohoko ʻo e ngaahi pupunga fetuʻu, kae ʻoku ʻikai te nau kau ʻe kinautolu kotoa ki he sōtiaka.
.... Peʻi mou laka mai ʻo mamata he teunga ʻo e loto falevaka he ʻotu pupunga e sōtiaka tuʻu tonu mālie e laʻā tuʻu kātoa mo e māhiná ʻAlotolu mo e Tuingaika Fineʻutuvai mo Sipitangata Meʻafua mo e Tangatafana ʻa Maʻafulele mo e Toloa ʻa e Humu mo e Maʻafutoka takitaha tauhi hono hala. ....
Ko e hā ʻa e ʻuhinga naʻe liliu ʻe Sālote ʻa e taʻane-ʻutuvai ki he fine-ʻutuvai? Mahalo pē ko e tauʻatāina fakapunake, fakafeangai he Sipi-tangata?
- E. Wood-Ellem, Queen Sālote of Tonga, Auckland university press, 1999
- Stars over Tonga; ʻAtenisi, Nukuʻalofa 1990