This is a transmission card, connecting you to energies and other realms. In the ancient Andes, the Pleiades were associated with abundance, because they return to the Southern Hemisphere sky each year at harvest-time. In Greek mythology, the Pleiades were seven sisters: Maia, Electra, Alcyone, Taygete, Asterope, Celaeno and Merope. In these stories, the man is called Nyiru[90] or Nirunja,[91] and the Seven Sisters songline known as Kungkarangkalpa. [92] The seven sisters story often features in the artwork of the region. The name was borrowed into Persian and Turkish as a female given name, and is in use throughout the Middle East (for example Princess Soraya of Iran and Thoraya Obaid). On a certain occasion, they danced so fast and so light they began to ascend to the skies, and thus became the constellation. Constellations Like Pleiades in the Bible. In Hinduism, the Pleiades are known as Kttik and are scripturally associated with the war-god Kartikeya but the Hindus celebrate the first day (new moon) of the month of Kartik as Diwali, a festival of abundance and lamps. [119], The Irish writer Lucinda Riley has published a series of books about The seven sisters that is based on the Pleiades of the ancient Greek mythology.[120]. [2], As noted by scholar Stith Thompson, the constellation was "nearly always imagined" as a group of seven sisters, and their myths explain why there are only six. The Pleiades were depicted in a mural on one kiva wall. THE DATA IN THIS TRANSMISSION IS DERIVED FROM DIRECT PLEIADIAN CHANNELLING, FROM NDE'S, FROM PROFESSIONAL QUANTUM HYPNOSIS SESSIONS AND CERTAIN PRE-HISTORICAL DATA COMES FROM THE LEMURIAN SCROLLS PASSED DOWN BY THE GREAT WHITE BROTHERHOOD. One sister falls in love with a man and, following his death, is so absorbed by her own grief that she tells her sisters about him. Calculations suggest that the cluster will take about 250 million years to disperse, with gravitational interactions with giant molecular clouds and the spiral arms of our galaxy also hastening its demise.[55]. In the story, the Pleiades are orphans ("Lost Boys") that were not cared for by the people, so they became stars. In "The Secret Doctrine," H. P. Blavatsky and her Adept Teachers explain: The Seven Star Sisters are goddesses of the seven-starred constellation called the Pleiades. [35], It was common among the indigenous peoples of the Americas to measure keenness of vision by the number of stars the viewer could see in the Pleiades, a practice which was also used in historical Europe, especially in Greece. Pleiades has been observing and mapping Earth's surface at a resolution of just 70 cm every day since December 2011. They refused to share these coals with anybody and were ultimately tricked into giving up their secret by Crow, who brought fire to mankind. In Quechua they are called Qullqa (storehouse). Jesus, also called Jesus Christ, Jesus of Galilee, or Jesus of Nazareth, (born c. 6-4 bce, Bethlehemdied c. 30 ce, Jerusalem), religious leader revered in Christianity, one of the world's major religions. Due to lithium's very low ignition temperature of 2.5 106 K, the highest-mass brown dwarfs will burn it eventually, and so determining the highest mass of brown dwarfs still containing lithium in the cluster can give an idea of its age. [53][54], The cluster is slowly moving in the direction of the feet of what is currently the constellation of Orion. Pleiades is the name of six or seven star constellation that both God and Job reference as an example of the Lord's power and wisdom. When they rise from the east with the sun, the cold somewhat rainy season is coming. [11] Author Kate Clark retold a Maori tale titled Matariki, or the Little Eyes. Continue moving your eyes in the same direction (usually northwest), from Orion's belt to Aldebaran and beyond. In Greek mythology, the stars of Pleiades represented the Seven Sisters.The constellation was also described as "heptaporoi", by poet Aratus.. Norse mythology. The boy suckles on his mother's breast for 7 years, becomes immensely strong and goes to kill the dragon. Brown dwarfs can retain their lithium, however. Salem Media Group. Here are this week's cards: Pleiades. Pleiades & The Bible, Gesara, Jesus, Sin, Debt, New Heaven New Earth, False Prophets:.. News video on One News Page on Monday, 23 January 2023 In Indian astrology the Pleiades were known as the nakshatra Kttik which in Sanskrit is translated as "the cutters". [74] Subaru Telescope, located in Mauna Kea Observatory on Hawaii, is also named after the Pleiades.[75]. [55], The Monache people tell of six wives who loved onions more than their husbands and now live happily in "sky country". As the cluster is relatively close to the Earth, its distance should be relatively easy to measure and has been estimated by many methods. General Editor. On the Pleiades", https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Pleiades_in_folklore_and_literature&oldid=1141854710, Articles with incomplete citations from May 2022, Wikipedia articles needing factual verification from May 2022, Wikipedia articles needing page number citations from May 2022, Articles with unsourced statements from April 2016, Articles with disputed statements from October 2011, Articles with unsourced statements from January 2008, Articles containing Classical Nahuatl-language text, Articles containing Spanish-language text, Articles with unsourced statements from May 2022, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License 3.0, This page was last edited on 27 February 2023, at 04:43. The approximate location of the Pleiades just above the Local Bubble in the middle of this map of the Orion Arm (yellow: major stellar associations; red: nebulae; grey: dark nebulae. [38] De Goeje also states that the Pleiades as the beginning of the year occurred "with all the tribes of Guiana". The cluster's modern name, however, is Greek along with the "Seven Sisters" nickname, and the names of the most prominent stars: Electra, Taygete, Maia, Celaeno, Alcyone, Sterope, and Merope. Julien D'Huy, Yuri Berezkin. The star cluster is part of the neck of Taurus the Bull, one of the twelve signs of the zodiac. KJV, ASV, DARBY, AMP, LEB, HCSB, WEB, BBE, ISV, NET, WBS, NASB, KJ2000, MKJV, ACV, more Verse Concepts Job 38:31 Tools Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? [37], Edme-Sbastien Jeaurat then drew in 1782 a map of 64 stars of the Pleiades from his observations in 1779, which he published in 1786. Another way of estimating the age of the cluster is by looking at the lowest-mass objects. Results prior to the launch of the Hipparcos satellite generally found that the Pleiades were about 135 parsecs (pc) away from Earth. Gird up now thy loins like a man: for I will demand of thee, and answer thou me . John 2:1-25 ESV / 10 helpful votesHelpfulNot Helpful. These layers may have been formed by deceleration due to radiation pressure as the dust has moved towards the stars. Stechert, New York, 1899, p.21. On this Wikipedia the language links are at the top of the page across from the article title. It was from this acronychal rising that the Pleiades became associated with tears and mourning. Their skin is whiter and smoother than ours. In mythology, the Pleiades are the seven daughters of Atlas, sisters changed first into pigeons ( peleiades) and then to stars to escape some pursuer or other, probably a god. Open cluster in the constellation of Taurus, This article is about the star cluster. 91 Star-names and their meanings It is located at the Mauna Kea Observatory on the island of Hawaii. The "Netted Stars" known as Remmirath in The Fellowship of the Ring by J. R. R. Tolkien are likely a reference to the Pleiades, given their appearance and proximity to a red star called Borgil (identified with Aldebaran) and the constellation Menelvagor of the Shining Belt (Orion). 7 Their legs were straight; their feet were like those of a calf and gleamed like burnished bronze. [38][39][40], The distance to the Pleiades can be used as a key first step to calibrate the cosmic distance ladder. Another etiological tale, from a Slavic source, is The Seven Stars: a princess is kidnapped by a dragon, so the high chamberlain seeks a "Dragon-mother" and her sons, who each possess extraordinary abilities, to rescue her. It is also observed to house the reflection nebula NGC 1432, an HII region. Summary of the astrometric, photometric, and survey properties", "The Distance to the Pleiades According to Gaia DR2", "Planets Forming In Pleiades Star Cluster, Astronomers Report". It's seen from as far north as the North Pole and farther. [58], The Pleiades (dilh) play a major role in Navajo folklore and ritual. [24][25], The earliest-known depiction of the Pleiades is likely a Northern German Bronze Age artifact known as the Nebra sky disk, dated to approximately 1600 BC. To the Vikings, the Pleiades were Freyja's hens, and their name in many old European languages such as Hungarian compares them to a hen with chicks. In: "Seven Stars". When he is ailed by an itch, they no longer like him and plan to leave him. In Swahili, the cluster is called "kilimia" (from Proto-Bantu "*ki-dimida" in Bantu areas E, F, G, J, L and S), meaning 'The Ploughing Stars'. Instead, it seems that the cluster is simply passing through a particularly dusty region of the interstellar medium. Canst thou bind the sweet influences of Pleiades, or loose the bands of Orion? Their father, wrathful at their disobedience, banishes them to another part of the sky. ASHTAR COMMAND CREW .. NOW HERE THIS!! These star goddesses are the daughters of Atlas (a Titan) and Pleione (an Oceanid). "Star-names and their meanings"by Allen, Richard Hinckley, 1838-1908, G.E. In contemporary Danish the cluster is known as Syvstjernen, "the Seven Star". [80], In Thailand the Pleiades are known as RTGS:Dao Luk Kai () or the "Chick Stars" (Thai: Dao 'stars', Luk Gai 'chick'),[81] from a Thai folk tale. Which maketh Arcturus, Orion, and Pleiades, and the chambers of the south. Although often intelligent, they tend not to rely too heavily on logic and prefer to utilize the power of instinct to judge situations more accurately. For they all contributed out of their abundance, but she out of her poverty put in all she . Some scholars of Islam suggested that the Pleiades are the "star" mentioned in Sura An-Najm ("The Star") of the Quran. As d-gmaent, ttukaye ttegmye tabruq ttelse. And Jesus said to her, "Woman, what does this have to do . [33] The cluster is now known in Japan as Subaru. Last Week in Pleiades (13-20 February 2023) Feb 21, 2023 Last Week in Pleiades (6-13 February 2023) Feb 13, 2023 Last Week in Pleiades (30 January - 6 February) Feb 06, 2023 Changelog: January 2023 Feb 02, 2023 Last Week in Pleiades (23-30 January 2023) Jan 30, 2023 More news At the end of the tale, the rescuers and the chamberlain enter a dispute on who should have the princess, but the "Dragon-mother" suggests they should treasure her as a sister, and to keep protecting her. When the Pleiades fall, I wake looking for my goatskin bag to drink. Here are the symptoms you may experience if you are a starseed. Philadelphia: American Folklore Society, 1961. pp. In this tale, two sisters, the older Sianpual'etaf, ("Girl Shining In The-Light") and the younger Sianpual'ekia ("Girl Shining In The-Sunset-Glow"), escape from their cruel husbands and become constellations: the older becomes "The Little Eyes" and the younger "The Fan". In Chinese constellations they are mao, the Hairy Head of the white tiger of the West. Charles Messier measured the position of the cluster and included it as M45 in his catalogue of comet-like objects, published in 1771. The wide spread in estimated ages is a result of uncertainties in stellar evolution models, which include factors such as convective overshoot, in which a convective zone within a star penetrates an otherwise non-convective zone, resulting in higher apparent ages. [101][102], Across the Bantu languages of Southern Africa, the Pleiades are associated with agriculture,[103][104][105][106] from a verb -lima 'cultivate',[107] e.g., Giryama kirimira,[108] Kaguru chilimia;[109] Xhosa and Zulu isilimela; Sotho and Tswana selemela; Tsonga shirimela, Venda tshilimela;[110] Karanga chirimera; Nyabungu kelemera; Nyasa lemila.[111]. Which shaketh the earth out of her place, and the pillars thereof tremble. Along with the Orion Nebula and the Praesepe cluster, Messier's inclusion of the Pleiades has been noted as curious, as most of Messier's objects were much fainter and more easily confused with cometssomething that seems scarcely possible for the Pleiades. In Japan, the Pleiades are known as Subaru which means "coming together" or "cluster" in Japanese and have given their name to the car manufacturer whose logo incorporates six stars to represent the five companies that merged into one. The third (taken in the context of following verses) stresses their ongoing nature in the night sky; God is speaking directly to Job and challenges him, asking if he can bind the chains of the Pleiades the implication being that Job cannot, but God can. They decide to transform into stars by climbing a spiderweb. may the peace and blessings of Allah be upon him, Australian Aboriginal astronomy Pleiades, https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-64606-6_11, toiles et constellations chez les nomades, Edmond Bernus & Ehya ag-Sidiyene, "inios apie dangaus viesulius Grikabdio apylinkse", "Pasaulio krimo motyvai lietuvi pasakojamojoje tautosakoje", "The Pleiades in the Belarusian Tradition: Folklore Texts and Linguistic Areal Studies", Philosophy, initiation and myths of the Indians of Guiana and adjacent countries, https://archive.org/details/starnamesandthe00allegoog/page/20/mode/2up?view=theater, "Chastest Woman Arundhati in Literature! The sermon that I now preach believes in a God of loving, kindly warning, the God of spring and winter, the God of . The Pleiades were the seven daughters of the pre-Olympian Titan Atlas, and Pleione, a nymph. Verse Concepts. [116], In Theosophy, it is believed the Seven Stars of the Pleiades focus the spiritual energy of the Seven Rays from the Galactic Logos to the Seven Stars of the Great Bear, then to Sirius, then to the Sun, then to the god of Earth (Sanat Kumara) and finally through the seven Masters of the Seven Rays to us.[117]. The seven little girls were chased by bears, and climbed a low rock. The Pleiades are called the star of fire, and their ruling deity is the fire god Agni. 34-35. [23] In this variant, six brothers travel the world to learn a trade and, with their combined help, rescue a kidnapped princess from a dwarf. David Wilcock, Steven Greer, the WHOLE BUNCH of them are BUSTED. Tgilby, after falling in love with the seven sisters, known as Yugarilya, chases them out of the sky, onto and across the earth. Veles (god).[26][27][28]. Heb. [25] Another Russian name to the constellation is Volosozhary or Volosynia, related by some scholars to the word volosy ('wool'), and to Volos a.k.a. A pine tree grew over his resting place. [56], Analyzing deep-infrared images obtained by the Spitzer Space Telescope and Gemini North telescope, astronomers discovered that one of the cluster's stars, HD 23514, which has a mass and luminosity a bit greater than that of the Sun, is surrounded by an extraordinary number of hot dust particles. Jesus was a Pleiadian, as was his father, though his mother was Lyran. Paul Goble, a British-American author who often depicted Native American stories, tells a Blackfoot legend that he says is told by other tribes as well. The Talmud (Berakhot 58b) suggests understanding as ke' me-ah (kimah), "about one hundred" stars in the Pleiades star cluster. He did away with the idolatrous priests whom the kings of Judah had appointed to burn incense in the high places in the cities of Judah and in . Their appearance is more or less Scandinavian, and it generally seems to be agreed that they are very good-looking. Milan and Dragoman marry princesses, and the first fathers seven golden-haired children. It eponymises the Thuraya satellite phone system of the United Arab Emirates. [51][52], The Kiowa of North America legend of the Seven Star Girls links the origin of the Pleiades to Devils Tower. A common legend with a modern twist is that one of the brighter stars faded since the cluster was named, leaving only six of the sister stars visible to the unaided eye. 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