Southern Cross contains Star.
Crux is a southern constellation. A flag device and a navigator’s mark are later jobs of those stars.
contains · interpretive · documented
Southern Cross is associated with Four.
The familiar asterism is four bright arms. That is a sky-shape, not a Christian crucifix and not a Mesoamerican world-direction cross.
associated with · interpretive · culturally specific
Southern Cross is used in Calendar.
Southern Cross used in Calendar. The cruciform stars of Crux, used in southern-sky navigation and later as a flag device. A scheme for naming days. The Atlas keeps their meeting local, without dissolving either into a single meaning.
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used in · interpretive · modern interpretation