“I hoku kia kane ana.”
In the night of the full moon, the pillar of a man reveals it’s measure.

**** Ko’u mana’o = Translation of the inner meaning *****

I originally thought hoku was simply star, but found that would require a kahakou over the “o” and “u”. Hoku alone refers to the night of the full moon. If you add a descriptive, such as hoku ili, this refers to what happened this morning, when the moon is still in the sky when the sun has risen (was cool to see btw!)

Kia refers to pillar, post, or pole… hmmm, yup. You got it. But also to concentrate, as in sorcery. I think there are many connections that could be made between these two… I’ll leave it to you!

“Ana” not only means to measure, but to gauge or survey, or die (are we talking about the “little death”? (kka) If you are “ana”, you have had enough, or maybe too much. You are satiated, surfeited … Oh … you want a little more kaona (hidden meaning)? Ana also means cave or grotto.

We have pillars and grottos, in the light of a full moon. Amazing ku (masculine) and hina (feminine) imagery.