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The Pleiades, a relatively youthful group of approximately 500 tightly clustered stars, are also known as The Seven Sisters, Messier 45, and M45. Although in the past they have been considered a constellation in and of themselves, today they are classified as an open, nebulous stellar group in the constellation of Taurus, the Bull. Recent data measurements indicate that the Pleiades are around 100 million years old and about 380 light years from Earth.

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Over the ages, many civilizations and nearly every culture had names, myths, and legends about the Pleiades. They represented the goddess Neith or the Divine Mother to the ancient Egyptians. The Chinese called them The Flower Stars and The Blossom Stars. The Hebrews called them Kimah. The Persians called them Soraya. The Romans called them The Spring Virgins and The Bunch of Grapes.

The Japanese called them Subaru meaning Bright Stars Getting Together, and, Hoki Boshi or Brush Stars because the Pleiades looked like daubs of bright paint. The Hindus called them The Flames of Agni. The New Zealand Maori called then Matariki and began their new year at the heliacal rising of the Pleiades around June.

Old European names for them connoted The Hen and Chicks. In Guatemala the Ujuxte and Takalik Abaj cultures used the Pleiades as a reference point when they designed their early observatories. Associated with Quartz Crystal, most ancient civilizations and cultures had relevant folklore about the Pleiades.


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In the northern hemisphere the springtime dawn rising of the Pleiades marked the beginning of both the farming and seafaring seasons; while, its setting in autumn denoted the seasons end. Andean farmers forecast rain based on their placement in the skies. When the Pleiades were conjunct the Sun in the spring, the Greeks began their summer sailing season and ended it when the Pleiades opposed the Sun.

Occultations of the Pleiades by the Moon and other planets occurred frequently and were often viewed as portentous in ancient times. For many ages, the stars of the Pleiades have charmed, fascinated, and inspired the peoples of the Earth with their haunting mystique. Visible from the Northern Hemisphere in the Winter and Southern Hemisphere in the Summer, myths, legends, and stories about the star cluster can be found in almost every civilization and culture.

Aztecs, Australian Aboriginals, Chinese, Columbian Amazons, Egyptians, Greeks, Hebrews, Hindus, Incas, Japanese, Maori, Mayans, Native Americans, Old Europeans, Persians, Romans, and South African tribal cultures all have storytelling legends about the Pleiades star cluster.

Krittika, the Pleiades, were highly revered in Hindu mythology. They were believed to be the six mothers of the Hindu god Skanda who was an Epic and Puranic spiritual warrior god. Revered in India since around 300 BCE or earlier, one of the forms of Skanda called Karttikeya was reared by the Pleiades stars. Of Pleiadian Ra Lineage, Skanda was one of nine Pleiadian brothers known as the Kumaras, Tortoise Avatars, and Nine Kurmavatars.

Pleiadian benefactor teachers and mentors of Celtic Mound Builder Heritage who have been shepherding the Earth over the millenium, the Nine Tortoise Kurmavatars (Ashtara Goibniu Kumara, Cuchulain Ahkinxoc Kumara, Diancecht Dzacab Kumara, Figol Itzamcab Kumara, Gautama Buddha Kumara, Hunab Ku Kumara, Maitreya Shangdi Kumara, Nuada Yumcaax Kumara, and Sanada Skanda Kumara) have recently returned from the Pleiades to assist the peoples of this planet once again in their evolutionary life spirals... Continue on


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