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Then the Stars of Taurus had declined Westward, and Virgo was rising heliacally.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

A Star sets heliacally, when no longer remaining visible above the Western horizon after sunset, the day arrives when they cease to be seen setting in the West.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

Stars rise and set cosmically, achronically, heliacally with the Sun,   471-m.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert

When the constellations were first designed, the Pleiades rose heliacally at the beginning of April, and were the sign of the return of spring.

From The Astronomy of the Bible An Elementary Commentary on the Astronomical References of Holy Scripture by Maunder, E. Walter (Edward Walter)

And, on the very morning after the achronical departure of the last star of the Husbandman, Aldebaran rose heliacally, and became visible in the East in the morning before day.

From Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry by Pike, Albert