The Pleiades is an open cluster of over 1000 stars, of which we see only fourteen.

The Pleiades is an open star cluster known to the inhabitants of our planet for a long time. As soon as the ancient Slavs did not call this constellation: "Stozhary", "Seven Sisters", etc. Today, both domestic and foreign astronomers know for certain that the Pleiades are not seven at all. This asterism has over a thousand stars that originated from one molecular cloud. This means that these celestial bodies are united by a common structure, composition, and are also close to each other in age. According to the theory of Hertzsprung-Russell, which allows you to determine the approximate age of stars, focusing on the stage of their evolutionary period in which they are at the moment, the age of the pleiades is approximately 75-150 million years. Such a wide spread in the age of the stars of this cluster is caused by the imperfection of the above method of its calculation.

A more accurate age of the Pleiades can be determined by analyzing one of the smallest objects of this asterism - brown dwarfs. Brown dwarfs are stars that can hold lithium in their mass for a sufficiently long period of time. In simple stars, this chemical element burns out almost immediately after their formation. Thus, having discovered the oldest brown dwarfs in the Pleiades, it is possible to determine the age of the entire star cluster, which originated from a common molecular cloud. According to the results obtained using this method, the age of the open star cluster in the Pleiades is approximately 115 million years.

Location and observation

The Pleiades is an open cluster of stars that is known in many cultures. It is not hard to guess that since many peoples of the world have heard about these stars, then, most likely, the Pleiades are very easy to observe. Indeed, the Pleiades can be observed in the Northern Hemisphere of the sky in late winter and early spring. They are especially well seen in the latitudes of Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. The ancient Slavic tribes inhabiting these territories called this asterism - "Stozhary", and associated it with the god of fertility Veles. This is supposedly due to the fact that the pleiades appear in the above latitudes at the beginning of spring, during the sowing of agricultural crops.

Open star cluster - Pleiades is located in the constellation. If you observe the galaxy with the naked eye, you can see seven bright stars. As a rule, these are Alcyone, Atlas, Electra, Maya, Merope, Taygeta and Pleione. We deliberately placed the stars here according to the decrease in the brightness they reproduce - from the brightest to the faintest stars. The magnitude of the brightest star of this asterism Alcyone is 2.865 magnitude. The magnitude of the last of the Pleion stars presented here is 5.09. By the way, Pleione is also a variable star.

Each of the stars listed above received its name in honor of one of the seven daughters of Atlanta, whose history came to us from greek mythology... According to legend, in order to save the daughters of the Atlantean, the Pleiades, from the revenge of Orion, who wanted to destroy them because they fought on the side of the titans, during the war of the latter with the gods, Zeus turned them into doves and sent them to heaven, where they are now , in the form of a constellation, which we are talking about in this article. Mythological constellations are repeatedly found in the works of Homer - "Iliad" and "Odyssey".

Structure and composition

However, it is only at first glance that the open star cluster of the Pleiades consists of seven stars. In fact, if you use field binoculars to observe this asterism, you can already find 20-40 stars there. But if you use a good amateur or semi-professional telescope to observe them, this figure will instantly grow several times.

The Pleiades star cluster occupies a fairly large area in the sky. It is 12 light years in diameter. Moreover, over 1000 stars are simultaneously located on this territory, the total mass of which is 800 times the mass of our Sun.

According to some estimates, the Pleiade system has over three thousand gravitationally bound stars. Moreover, a significant part of these objects are small celestial bodies. Usually these are white or brown dwarfs, the mass and composition of which is insufficient for radiation. a large number light that could be observed from Earth with the naked eye. Such objects can be observed only with the help of special optical and radar equipment. There is evidence that brown binary systems are quite common in the Pleiades and are extremely rare astronomical objects.

Discovery history

The Pleiades are an open cluster of stars known to mankind since time immemorial. Archaeologists find rock paintings of this amazingly beautiful asterism in almost all corners of the world. As you can imagine, these drawings were made long before the beginning of our era.

Since the Pleiades can be observed in the Northern Hemisphere in winter and in the Southern Hemisphere in summer, there is nothing surprising in the fact that they are visible on all continents of the world except Antarctica. Since in order to see the brightest objects of the Pleiades, no technique is needed, but only good vision and attentiveness are enough, references to these stars are found in ancient Greek myths, Chinese treatises and even the Bible. From this we can conclude that this constellation has been known to mankind since time immemorial.

However, the first serious observations of the star cluster were made only in the 18th century. With the help of the then optical technology, attempts were made to calculate the total number of stars included in this asterism. But, for example, a scientist and part-time priest in 1767 tried to calculate the probability of the accidental formation of such a huge number of stars in such a relatively small area of \u200b\u200bthe sky. According to his data, it was equal to 1: 500000, from which the pastor concluded that the Pleiades are gravitationally bound stars. In general, he was right.

  1. The Pleiades are distant from Earth by about 135 parsecs.
  2. Under some circumstances, a reflection nebula can be seen around the Pleiades - a cloud of cosmic dust illuminated by stars.
  3. In shape, the Pleiades resemble the Ursa Minor.
  4. The first rock carvings of the Pleiades date back to 16500 BC.
  5. About a quarter of the total number of stars inhabiting the Pleiades astronomical cluster are brown dwarfs.

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Continuing the conversation about the popular names of objects in the starry sky, we turn to the Pleiades star cluster located in the constellation Taurus. These stars are clearly distinguishable with the naked eye, so they very often attracted the attention of different peoples. In "folk astronomy" usually distinguish six or seven of the brightest stars of this cluster, astronomers have about 1000 stars in it, nine of which have their own names.

Name Pleiadesused in astronomy dates back to antiquity. Greek myths say that the Pleiades ( Πλειάδες ) are the daughters of the titan Atlanta and the oceanis Pleion ( Πληιόνη or Πλειόνη ). Seven stars in antiquity received the names of these daughters: Alcyone (Ἁλκυών), Keleno (Κελαινό), Maya (Μαϊα), Merope (Μερόπη), Asteropa or Steropa (Αστερόπή, Στερταη). Two more stars of this cluster by astronomers of modern times were named after the parents of the Pleiades: Atlanta and Pleione.

The myth of the origin of these stars is associated with the myth of Orion. Hyginus in his work “Astronomy” expounds this myth as follows: “When Pleione and her daughters were passing through Boeotia, Orion, burning with desire, wanted to converge with her against her will. She fled, and Orion pursued them unsuccessfully for seven years. But Jupiter took pity on the virgins and placed them among the constellations, and later some astronomers called them the tail of Taurus. Therefore, it seems to the eye that Orion is still pursuing them, fleeing to the west. " Ancient authors offered other versions of how the Pleiades arose. After the death of their brother Gias was killed by a lion while hunting, five of his sisters died of grief and became the star cluster of the Hyades, seven more committed suicide and turned into the Pleiades. According to another version, the seven daughters of Atlanta committed suicide out of compassion for their father, who was condemned to support the firmament.

Of the seven stars in the Pleiades, one is inferior to its neighbors in brightness. Ancient authors offered their explanations for this too. According to one version, the dim star is Merope, who is ashamed of having married a mortal. According to another, this is Electra, who grieves after the destruction of Troy, because her son Dardanus was the founder of the Trojan Kingdom. This is how Ovid expounds both versions in Fasts:

Seven of them are counted, but usually six of them are seen.
Or because only six ascended to the gods on the bed -
For Steropa was Mars's wife, they say
Maya, Electra, Taygeta was carried away by the almighty Jupiter,
As a husband, Neptune and Alcyone came to Kelena;
Well, and the seventh converged Merope with the mortal Sisyphus,
She is ashamed, and therefore she hides forever;
Or because it is so. what a Trojan devastation Electra
He is unable to see and obscures his face with his hand.

Let us now turn to the stories about the Pleiades of other peoples. Often the Pleiades are perceived as a group, a bunch of objects. This is indicated, for example, by their Slavic folk names: heaps, breasts, club(Russian), coupor, boil, jumbo(white), gromadki, kupka, kupki(floor.), crap stars(bulg.). The common Turkic name of the Pleiades (Karakhanid ülkär, tour. ülker, head. ülkär, Tatars. ölkär, Tuvin. üger) comes from the Pra-Türkic verb * ürk- / * ülk- ‘to be crowded in fear, in fear to run’. This verb is usually used in relation to a herd, therefore this name is also associated with the idea of \u200b\u200bthe Pleiades as a group of animals.

Many peoples sometimes considered the Pleiades as a nest or hen with chickens. Such names speak about it: ukr. scribble, kvoksha, hammers, white trigger, chicken, hen, floor. kura, kurki, kwozcka, kokoszki, kurchęta, bulg. kvachka from the film, kokoshka... The Bulgarians said that God warned the widow of many children about the flood so that she would be saved with her children and her only wealth - a hen and chickens. But leaving the city, the widow, like Lot's wife, violated the ban, looked around and turned to stone with her children. Only hen and chickens escaped and became stars. There is a similar idea outside the Slavic peoples. Names of the Pleiades such as "chicken", "chickens" or "chickens" are widespread in Europe, North Africa, Southeast Asia, Indonesia, for example, Ital. Gallinelle'hen', Le sette galline ‘Seven chickens’ Chioccia‘Hen’, fr. Poussinière‘Chicken cage’, La poulerie saint jacque‘St. Jacob's brood of chicken’. The Pleiades can also be considered a group of other animals. There are names in Russian dialects hiveand duck nest... The Finno-Ugric and Samoyed peoples considered this star cluster to be ducks or their nest.

The Pleiades are often featured in hunting myths as animals. The Khakases told how a hunter chased seven gray ducks for seven years. Ducks turned into stars, so the Pleiades are called Khus uyaz 'Duck's Nest'. And the hunter himself became the star of Aldebaran. The Koryaks believed that the Pleiades were a group of deer at which a shooter (Orion) was aiming. North American Kwakiutl Indians said that the Pleiades is a sea otter pursued by hunters (Orion). Sometimes the hunters are the Pleiades themselves (for example, in the myths of the South American Indians). The Hottentots said that the Pleiades were Orion's wives, who kicked him out, since he missed and did not catch the game.

The Pleiades is often compared to a sieve. Among the Slavs, the following names speak about it: rus. lattice, white sita, sieve, chick, rehata, rehatni, floor. sito, sitko... A similar name is reflected in the poem "Pan Tadeusz" by Adam Mickiewicz:

Na północ świeci okrąg gwiaździstego Sita, Circle in the north - luminous sieve
Przez które Bóg (jak mówią) przesiał ziarnka żyta, It used to be that the creator sowed grain through it,
Kiedy je z nieba zrucał dla Adama ojca, Which he threw to Adam with compassion
Wygnanego za grzechy z rozkoszy ogrojca. In the days when he punished him with exile.

In northern Italy, the Pleiades were called Crivello‘Sieve, sieve’. The peoples also called them Sith North Caucasus, Iran, Finns ( seula 'sieve', Seulaset‘Pleiades’), Lithuanians ( sietas'sieve', sietynas‘Pleiades’), Latvians, Turkic peoples, Chukchi and Koryak.

Among the most diverse peoples of the world, the Pleiades are perceived as a group of people, and among some peoples they are women (like among the ancient Greeks), and among others, men. Such Slavic names are known as baby, babki, women... In legends, they are explained by the fact that Jesus Christ placed women in heaven who refused to show him the way. Or, on the contrary, as a reward for a treat with bread, he placed a woman and her six daughters in the starry sky (a similar story was told by the Germans). And the Bulgarians had the name Hayduti and the legend that the Pleiades were robbers who attacked the traveler, pursued by his fellow tribesmen (the constellation Taurus). Poles have a name siedem braci"Seven brothers", the Pleiades and the Serbs considered seven brothers. But the Ossetians told the following story: the young men asked the seven Pleiade sisters to do the job in order to find out which of them was better; they finished sewing at the same time; said that only God knows which of them is better and worse, let them place them in heaven. The Pleiades were also considered women by many peoples of Africa, Indians, Chinese, Turks, peoples of the Far East, North American Indians.

The French had a legend about kings who wanted to worship the baby Christ. Three kings walked quickly and reached Bethlehem (they became the three stars of Orion's Belt), and seven others fell behind on the road and turned into the Pleiades.

One of the most popular names among the Slavic peoples comes from the word stozhar"Stick, post in the middle of the stack." Most likely, this name reflects the idea of \u200b\u200bthe Pleiades as the center of the sky. Among the examples are Russian. stozhars, belor. trainees, ukr. stozhars, bulg. stoves, swallowflies, lastijari, Slovenian. stožérčiči, horv. straženjčići... The Eastern Slavs have a name Stozhary refers not only to the Pleiades, but also to the constellations Ursa Major and Ursa Minor.

Common among the Slavs are the names of the Pleiades, derived from the root vlas-, vlashk- or hair-: st.-Slav. whipworm, rus. hair, visfires, hairfires, white valsazar, volosari, ukr. volosar, valajar, visazhars, Slovenian. vlastovice... The origin of these names is unclear. They are associated either with the word hair, or with the name of the people vlachs, or with the name of the pagan god Veles.

Seasonal changes are often associated with the appearance of the Pleiades in the sky. About their Latin name Hyginus writes: “These stars were called by our compatriots Vergiliae, because they rise with the onset of spring. They actually enjoy great honor, compared with other stars, because their rising marks the onset of summer, and the sunset - winter, which is not given to other constellations. " The Greeks associated their name with the verb πλεîν ‘to sail on the sea’, since the Pleiades are visible from May to early November, during the seafaring season. But in the legends of some Turkic peoples, the Pleiades bring cold to the earth. Usually the hero of such legends breaks or kidnaps several stars, leaving only six in the sky so that the cold is not so strong.

In Japanese, the Pleiades are called subaru(昴). This word is known as the name of the brand of automobiles manufactured by Fuji Heavy Industries. It was chosen due to the fact that this company arose after the merger of six smaller firms.

Sentient beings from the system of planets of the Star "Alcyone", which is located in the Pleiades - a star cluster in the constellation Taurus (Greek Pleides - seven daughters of Pleione and Atlanta) - have a body very similar to ours, perhaps more perfect, or if possible so expressed, more sophisticated, more elegant, graceful and harmonious than ours. Through light clothing it was possible to notice that their bodies were not only perfectly and proportionally folded, but also very muscular, as if they were filled with mighty strength from within.

This was even more impressive because the overwhelming majority of my Pleiadian friends, or as they call themselves - Gerrians (from the name of the planet of their main habitat - Guerra), were much taller than me - although I myself do not belong to the small ten and my height is 1m 85cm. Almost all of them, with the exception of only a few of the inhabitants, whom they called "guests", had a European type of face with the same light, but more elastic thin skin like us.

The guests were somewhat shorter than me or the same height with me, but the color of their skin varied from yellow-gray and fiery red - to dark brown, like the representatives of our Negroid human race. In one of the super-huge laboratories, which tested the processes leading up to the birth, formation and disappearance of universes (only, of course, on a much smaller scale), I was introduced to some of the guests - very high-level specialists who came from the Sirius system.

Their Star Sirius-A, which is many thousands of times brighter than our Sun, is the main of the main Stars of this system, performing the functions of a Portal or Gateway connecting some dimensions of Space-Time with others. It has a very powerful radiation and the processes taking place on it and in it greatly affect the course of events here, on Earth.

Unfortunately, I did not remember their names, but they were all from that civilization of the Sirians, whose representatives who visited us, on Earth, in different periods of our history, are usually called "gods from Sirius." Basically, these gods have a much darker skin color than true Gerrians, but, in addition, there are also many and purely external differences between them, which are explained by the fact that in their genotype there are genes belonging to non-human intelligent races, which, being mammals were more like our reptiles or insects.

It was these genetic roots that determined all those differences by which the "guests" could immediately be distinguished among any number of the Pleiadians-Guerrians dear to my heart. Outwardly, true Gerrians are really very similar to us earthlings, at least to a much greater extent than any of the representatives of other cosmic civilizations with whom I have had to communicate so far.

Of course, I do not mean our internal differences - both purely physical and spiritual - which are superimposed by the peculiarities and differences in those around us and their realities. But they also once, albeit a very long time ago, went through in their inner sensations about the same, through which we are now just trying to go through. Therefore, so much brings us closer and unites us not only externally, but also internally.

As Ora, who accompanied me on my trip around the planet, explained to me, these qualities of the current Pleiadians-Gerrians - tall and muscular - were formed due to the Life of many, many generations of this civilization on a planet with much greater gravitational forces than on Guerra. electromagnetic field... But on the other hand, their qualities such as good nature, cordiality, as well as their constant spiritual need and readiness at any moment to help someone, to give their Love, care and warmth of their Soul, or at least to be useful to someone in something. then, - they are absolutely not inferior to their external beauty and their mighty, truly "inhuman" strength.

Their superfinely structured emotional bodies were able to harmoniously form only due to their constant focus on leaving, on avoiding the invasion of their Life by negativity in any of its manifestations. By their own example, they proved to many of the other civilizations, also belonging to the star cluster of the Pleiades, that with the help of constant suppression of negative qualities in itself, any civilization can achieve the predominance of a positive process in its evolutionary growth and spiritual development.

This direction of evolutionary development is significantly different from our, earthly bias, which is based on the desire of most people on Earth to acquire inner neutrality (at best!), As one of the constituent parts of Harmony. But our problem is that in our search for this "middle" we often brush aside not only explicit negativity, but also the development of emotional positivity in ourselves. Our pathological tendency to divide everything and everything - that's true reason many of our endless problems. But back to Guerra.

The hair color of those of the inhabitants of Guerra, with whom I had to communicate during the astral journey, varied from yellow-wheat or almost white to light brown, and for some inhabitants even chestnut. But from the very first moments of our acquaintance, I was literally struck by their very expressive eyes, which, upon closer and closer examination, not only differed from human eyes in the shape, size and color of the iris, but, as I found out a little later , and by its unique ability to reflect and refract the rays of Light.

None of the physical or even astral forms of man has anything like that, which could so much emphasize our divine origin. Even the most beautiful human eyes, in comparison with theirs, would seem simply fishy and expressionless. Yes, how far we are from them and how imperfect! And they also say that we are created in their image and likeness ... Yes, we are just faded ghosts in comparison with them!

Noticing the gloom that gripped me on this occasion, the girl who accompanied me by the name of Ora smiled absolutely charmingly and, with a wave of her hand, immediately materialized in space the phantom of one of the Pleiadians, who smiled at me in a friendly way and, putting his right hand to his heart, greeted me. This Pleiadian who appeared literally out of nowhere seemed to me at once something close and very familiar. Perhaps I already communicated telepathically with him on the Beam of Contact?

Before I even had time to think about it, Ora telepatized that this beautiful Being, whom I admire so much, is the SAME Oris, whom I have never seen before, but who constantly dwells not only next to me, but also in me because, materializing at the astro-physical level of the Earth, it was he, Oris, who spiritualized the Matter of these Planes with his Consciousness, gave me Life and created me as an earthly person.

I stood dumbfounded by this unexpected meeting and did not even have time to yell when the Pleiadian Oris, coming close to me to greet, hugged me by the shoulders and immediately merged with me again. My confused and stupid look was probably a very funny sight from the side, because Ora immediately began to laugh cheerfully and jump slightly in place, clapping her thin, graceful palms, well, exactly the same way as sometimes laughing - cheerfully and from souls are our earthly girls.

In my opinion, no one, even from the representatives of the Higher Spiritual Aspects, possesses such cheerful, perky, cheerful and spiritual qualities that my "new" Gerrian friends compare favorably with all my wonderful friends on the Ray of Contact. “Just as you and he are essentially one,” she finally telepatized to me after taking a break from laughter, “so Oris is an inseparable part with our civilization.

Wherever we incarnate, no matter how distant areas of our Universe we spiritualize with our presence, we are always connected by invisible threads with our Spiritual Homeland, with our Home, which always help us survive, even in the most difficult conditions. Wherever we “die”, de-incarnating from the Matter of the Plans we have created, we always return here, to our home, where everyone knows each other, everyone loves each other and always look forward to the return of each of our Brothers or Sisters. From now on, this is your Motherland, your Home, where you will always strive, because you are one of us! "

Ora, continuing to smile charmingly, put her palm on my Heart and I immediately felt such an all-encompassing Love for everything that surrounded me, which I had never felt for anyone else. Many, very many of the hundreds and thousands of incarnations of Oris instantly flashed through my deep memory, and I literally physically, with my whole being, immediately felt my wholeness and indissolubility with the World in which, as it seemed to me, I was just visiting for the first time now, but about which, as it turned out, already knew so much.

They, that is, this civilization, obey the same Universal Laws of the Cosmos as we do, and the material forms of the expression of Spirit in the gross Matter of the Physical Plane both in our country, and they are very similar to each other. But the very measurement of their densest Plan, the vibration frequency of their "physical" Matter, and hence its properties, turned out to be completely different from those on Earth. By the way, their entire existence in terms of intensity or creative activity takes place, basically, not at the third, as in our country, but at the fourth and fifth levels of density of Matter, which also have a much larger number of temporal ordinates than the same levels of earthly Space.

Our flora and fauna, but only purely in general terms, are also very similar, if we do not take into account that they have not only every animal, but also every plant has a much greater degree, so to speak, of "intelligence" and self-expression, than we have on Earth. Several tens of millennia ago, this civilization even had its own colony on Earth. I even remember that the greeting in their telepathic language sounds like "ealaado". It occurred to me: does the Greek "Hellas" mean the same thing - "hello!" or "hello!" The names of those with whom during the trip I had the opportunity to personally communicate telepathically sounded something like this: Ora, Aalan, Adoniazis, Goara, Woodok.

Their Evolution, which began billions of years earlier than ours and took place in completely different space-time conditions, in contrast to the Evolution of earthly mankind, suffering from spiritual convulsions and numerous cataclysms, was carried out much more quickly, and the main root cause of their spiritual and intellectual ascent was the unrelenting Will to victory over degenerative and destructive forces, as well as the awareness of the need to rise above all the weaknesses caused by the forced loss of internal balance.

Their concept of Freedom, in contrast to our, perverted and selfish, earthly understanding, is completely devoid of negativity and that state of balanced bliss and harmony in which they all dwell is strengthened by their deep inner peace, harmony and that healthy certainty that is communicated to them by infinite confidence. in that AS THEY SERVE THE HIGHER, SO THE HIGHER SERVES THEM.

This is what the radiant Goara, who accompanied me on this astral journey, telepathized about this: “We are merged into one with the Almighty Will of the Creator, which, being the distributor of Love and life-giving Light, is also the balancing dynamism of all instincts that various dimensions offer on the experimental Planes of Existence.

Our science, like our Wisdom, are the fruits of our Will and the striving to possess the Knowledge and Secrets of the Primary Elements that form the basis of both Creations, as well as dominate over the corresponding antidegenerative Forces of the Cosmos and over all dynamisms that structure numerous aggregate levels of atomic and subatomic vibration frequencies used by so called by you Archangels, Cherubim, Seraphim and Thrones. "

They help us not only because they are our ancestors and ancestors at the same time, but also because they live and act according to the Law of Love for our neighbor. One should not think that they have already solved all their problems and now they are just enjoying the achieved perfection. Probably, they have not only no fewer problems, but even much more than we have, but they solve them completely differently, strictly adhering to the Seven Universal Laws of Space and avoiding open conflicts with other, more cruel and aggressive civilizations in the same Pleiades.

From communication with them, I understood that in the surrounding Space there are still some red-haired races or civilizations that are distinguished by extreme aggressiveness and rebellious unrestrained morals. The experience they gain is based on constant conflicts, eternal disagreement with everyone and a constant desire to prove to everyone and everything that they are right and their exclusive knowledge of the Truth. From the voluminous "living" pictures that were shown to me, I concluded that that type of red-haired Pleiadians is much lower and "thinner", so to speak - much worse than any of my giant friends, but their ambition and self-esteem are not less, do not borrow.

Telling me about herself, Goara also telepathized that, at one time, part of the Consciousnesses of this irrepressible and passionate race by nature, incarnated into earthly bodies, thereby giving rise to a red-haired human hybrid, which differs from other people on Earth by its characteristic assertiveness, ardor and irresistibility, capable of driving these people literally to madness, if the obstacles in their path become insurmountable.

The beautiful Goara also showed me several other types of civilizations that came from other constellations, in particular from the constellation Lyra, and now also inhabiting some planetary systems of the Pleiades, which outwardly look very similar to birds and cats, but which, nevertheless, differ much more development of intelligence in comparison with us, earthlings. Next to them, we would look like small children in the presence of adults.

If birdlike humanoids are distinguished by extreme restraint, coldness and impassivity, then humanoids-cats are more gentle and sensual by nature, although the characters of both are far from angelic. Goara noted that she showed all this to me only so that, thanks to my stories about them, the people of the Earth would understand that, just as about us, people, one cannot judge in general terms, and the Pleiadians who are in contact with earthlings cannot be brought together " one size fits all ", so wide is the range that distinguishes them in terms of spirituality, rationality and peacefulness, both in relation to their own kind and in relation to other cosmic civilizations.

Of course, our spiritual Teachers could help us in solving all our problems on a much larger scale, but according to the Cosmic Laws they have no right to forcibly interfere with the natural development and maturation of the Consciousnesses of earthly humanity within the Material Creation. We, earthlings, must ourselves find the right solutions and ways out of dead-end situations, into which we drive ourselves, not wanting to admit that driving force Evolution is not so much Reason as Love, or rather - their balanced combination.

Therefore, their civilization is limited only by invisible help, the essence of which is that the crews of their spaceships are making great efforts to constantly bring into a state of equilibrium and balance the balance of Forces that we, people, with our barbaric attitude to Nature, are more and more more globally we deduce from the norm.

Many of the people with whom they maintain constant telepathic contact were specially incarnated on Earth from the Pleiades in order to create here direct energy-information channels for connecting Consciousnesses from their civilization with humanity on Earth. Many of these people, when the time comes to actively engage in common work, in one way or another learn about their extraterrestrial origin, while others only suspect about it and, nevertheless, feel positively motivated through the realization of their belonging to a highly spiritual civilization and therefore with joyfully adhere to those that clearly know about their extraterrestrial origin, forming contact groups with them and selflessly helping each other.

No other goal is able to unite people who did not know each other so closely as the realization of their common belonging to the distant cosmic Motherland, the memory of which is kept only deep in the subconscious. Personally, I cannot, without tears of heartfelt emotion, observe the selfless devotion of the incarnate extraterrestrials, who voluntarily sacrificed themselves for the salvation of deeply fallen humanity.

In August 1997, through the Ray of Contact, I received information from my Teachers that there are quite strong groups of people-contacts with the Pleiades in Zurich and Vienna, and there is also the main part of the Consciousnesses from the Pleiades and Sirius, specially incarnated to assist in the unfolding my mission. Therefore, I was not at all surprised when, exactly from Switzerland, readers instantly and enthusiastically responded to the appearance of my first book from the Life Between Lives cycle.

Now the main part of my entire "support group" is concentrated in this country, consisting of wonderful, altruistic and infinitely good embodied Consciousnesses of the Pleiadians and Sirians. Who are they and how can they be recognized among the multi-million crowd of NON-HUMANS surrounding us? These are those who live in organic harmony with the commandments of Christ.

They are never either ministers or politicians in power, or high-ranking clergymen who ALSO control divine manifestations, because all this is an expression of justice and love only in our purely earthly understanding, poisoned by false piety and selfishness. The civilization from the Pleiades has three so-called strongholds or space stations in the Space of our planet, where they arrive at certain intervals of Time.

One of these stations is located over the territory of Russia (Ural Mountains), the second is over Switzerland (Alps), and the third is over South America (periodically this station drifts to the territory of the United States and then back). They are located approximately at an altitude of about 6-7 thousand kilometers above the solid surface of the Earth, and each of these stations is about 35-50 kilometers long and is capable of very long periods of time to lead a completely autonomous existence.

By their design, these stations are very different from each other: the one that "hangs" over Russia, slightly drifting from the Ural Mountains to the borders of Eastern Siberia, has a more elongated configuration in Space than the "Swiss" space station, consisting of four absolutely transparent spheres , each about 15 km in diameter. Three auxiliary production areas, with the help of long corridors of 5-6 km each, are connected at an obtuse angle with a central, larger sphere, in which, in addition to the command post, there are huge rooms for rest and rehabilitation of service personnel, as well as compartments garages for shuttle ships of 2-5 orders.

All this transparent structure occupies a volume of about 125,000 cubic kilometers in the fourth level of the Earth's Space! Their shuttles, controlled by the Intermediaries of the first and second orders or the biorobots created by them, we can see or photograph only when the continuously moving hyperenergy shield that surrounds, like an invisible ball, each of the spaceships is removed.

Hyperenergy has a remarkable property to significantly accelerate the movement of Matter particles, as a result of which its contours cannot be captured either by the human eye or by other means available to us. By the way, during one of the mental exits, I received information that at a distance of about 90 thousand kilometers from the Moon, in its orbit, there is another spaceship station of one of the civilizations located in the constellation Leo, in planetary system Zeta.

On board this station there are always about 80 humanoids, short in stature (from 1 to 1.5 m) and very frail in appearance, at their disposal there are 28 aircraft of the third and fourth orders, shuttle type, with crews consisting mainly of biorobots. The purpose for which they visit Earth and study people is the same: here they are trying and hoping to regain the genetic aspects that were lost a long time ago as a result of transformation, in order to try to re-integrate them into their genotype, otherwise, they are doomed to evolutionary failure.

Among earthlings, they are looking for Consciousnesses belonging to one of the civilizations of the constellation Vega, which, having passed even through hundreds of earthly incarnations, were able to preserve their original DNA in the cells of the protein-nucleic complex, although already self-improved and adapted to a new, more perfect earthly form. We, the people of Earth, who are an excellent mixture of several galactic races, carry inside ourselves, in our physical bodies, all information about our cosmic past, which for some of the aliens who have lost emotional and other aspects of their existence is the guarantee of their future.

This is a truly invaluable heritage that we got, as they say, “as a gift,” and therefore we do not realize all of its true value as for ourselves. and for the whole Universe. Therefore, we are so ruthless and cruel in relation to our own kind, and if it were not for the timely and effective invisible help to smooth out critical situations provided to mankind from outside by other Higher cosmic civilizations, we would not have been able to exist here for a long time due to strong radioactive radiation and environmental pollution.

Radioactive exposure, which has increased hundreds of times in recent years due to the uncontrollable and uncontrolled pollution of the environment, has already caused much more severe damage and destructive mutation of the cells of our physical bodies than our doctors and scientists imagine. Some dangerous processes in cells begin to pass into the stage of irreversibility.

The immune system is becoming more and more unstable, which has led to the emergence of new dangerous diseases, of which AIDS is only the first sign of the approaching ordeal of mankind. New diseases of mankind will be associated with the destabilization of the energy of the astral body, which will have a very painful effect on the state internal organs.

Environmental pollution and increased radiation background will primarily affect the skin of people. Many beneficial insects and birds will disappear, including bees, with the disappearance of which mankind will deprive itself of such valuable medicines as honey, propolis, royal jelly and bee venom. Last years the mankind, who has gone out of his mind, has the opportunity to enjoy garlic, onions, honey and many other valuable natural products-healers, which will very soon cease to exist altogether on the mortally affected Earth.

By the Pleiadians and Sirians aircrafts they are used with great care and only with the aim of obtaining from the Earth the cellular material of plants, animals and humans to determine the scale and degree of danger of our thoughtless destruction of the surrounding world. Since all their UFOs operate on hyperenergy, they also exert an additional load on the energetic balance of Space. Therefore, they interrupt the phases of their exploration on Earth for long periods.

I have already written that the very Life of this civilization, its reality and the very vibrational state of the Pleiadians exist in a completely different, different from ours, Space-Time. Therefore, it is simply impossible to describe their life from the standpoint of our understanding - they have only something in Space that is very vaguely reminiscent of our Physical Plan. While traveling in the etheric body, I saw houses of an unusual architectural form: the general impression of the synthesis of several pyramids, but not with smooth surfaces, but with various ledges, compartments, etc.

Abundant, continuously changing dark emerald green green vegetation (grass, shrubs and trees) fills the entire space between the structures. Both the outer and inner walls of buildings, as well as the floor and even a staircase connecting several floors of the house with gentle wide steps, are, as it were, composed of parallelepipeds and cubes of various sizes, resembling volumetric glass in structure, very tightly fitted to each other and having neither seams, no gaps at the joints.

There are also no metal building frames, which further strengthened the impression that all these houses were simply glued together from some very light snow-white, bluish and lilac blocks. Although the houses give the impression of being transparent, it is impossible to see from the outside what is happening or is inside the structure. From the inside, the walls are also impenetrable, although they completely let scattered sunlight (or the energy of another radiation source) through themselves, therefore there were no windows in these walls either.

In order to see something outside the building, you just had to go to any of the cells, focus on the desire to see the "street" and it immediately dissolves, providing an opportunity not only for an excellent view, but also for hearing all sounds. As soon as the need for this disappeared, the cell immediately appeared again - dense and voluminous. The luminary itself was dazzling white, without the golden hue characteristic of our sunlight, and created a slightly chilly sensation. Although it was quite low above the surface, there was no heat or any discomfort whatsoever.

Roofs, in our understanding, - gable or domed - were also nowhere to be seen: instead of a roof, the entire structure at the top ended in the same transparent-looking block-cells. Each house has several main (public) entrances and exits, about 10 m high and 5-6 m wide, located in different parts of it.

But only such an opening can be found only by approaching it at a distance of at least 5 m: one of the blocks suddenly disappears, as if dissolving in Space, and when you enter the room, it silently acquires density again. Each "apartment" also has an individual cell opening. There are no doors, bolts and locks familiar to our houses.

There is very little furniture: practically everything that does not belong to the number of permanent items is hidden in the blocks and appears at the first request in the same way as the entrance to the building: the block loses its density and opens access to its contents. Inside the building, almost all objects had the shape of either an oval, or a ball, or a parallelepiped, and the purpose of each of them was completely incomprehensible to me, only armchairs enveloping the whole body with high, comfortable backs and soft armrests, and tables made up of familiar, already smooth to the touch, parallelepipeds, vaguely resembled at least something earthly.

Unlike the wall cells, the furniture cells were not transparent, but practically weightless. The colors of the walls and objects smoothly transition from white to pleasant pastel colors. The white parallelepipeds of the tabletops were not supported by legs, as we have on Earth, but as if by volumetric arcs of the same material. Each of the chairs can react to at least 5-10 types of brain radiation and activates the mechanisms associated with the implementation of these radiation.

For example, sitting in a chair, you can instantly recreate around you a hologram of your thoughts related to landscapes, sensations, sounds, emotions. The images that appear in this case have signs so close to reality that, from habit, it simply becomes uncomfortable. But the landscapes and pictures of nature that arise in the imagination simply delight the heart: white birches, slightly swaying their green braids, quietly rustle over the cliff of a wide emerald-blue river; birds chirp cheerfully, the sun shines brightly, white lambs of clouds float smoothly ...

They live according to the Laws of the Cosmos: everyone creates for himself and at the same time - for everyone. The rules of social and interpersonal relations are also built on the same Laws. The misconduct (in their understanding) of some of the members of society is punished only in the moral or spiritual sense, leaving the stumbled one to determine the degree of perniciousness and danger for his spiritual Essence and for society as a whole of the consequences of his mistake, but the death penalty (in our understanding and execution ) They dont have. There is only a voluntary measure to intensively increase the level of spiritual vibrations. They believe that only God the Creator, who gave Life to every cosmic being, can take it back.

Religion, in our understanding of it as public organization or movement, they do not exist - power structures always arise in organizations, on the basis of which fanaticism grows very quickly - the most dangerous and most big enemy free Will and Love. We, people, have the opportunity to be convinced of this by the example of the transformation, on the basis of the blind fanaticism of believers, of the most powerful religious Egregors from the initially created, as spiritual, energy structures - into spiritually corrupting Consciousness, demonic Egregors.

I was (for the umpteenth time!) Warned that there are Forces in the Cosmos that belong to the "Dark Ring", which are interested in the spiritual seizure of humanity on Earth. Moreover, we are talking about Forces of such an intergalactic scale and power, which we cannot even imagine. Since the Earth is the weakest link in the entire chain of Worlds in our Solar System and the place of the greatest aggression of Cosmo-Evil, it is considered by the Hierarchy of Dark Forces as a springboard for their subsequent mastery of our entire Solar system, and behind it - and the whole Galaxy.

The Commonwealth of Civilizations of the "Light Ring" is constantly guarding our interests, since we ourselves, except for Love and Harmony, which we have practically no left, cannot oppose anything against this Evil. Here, the battle is not fought with nuclear or hydrogen bombs, but with the help of substances invisible to the physical senses that destroy the human brain and cells of internal organs. But a particularly dangerous weapon is considered to be the generation of waves that suppress the Will and Spirit of man and allow the host of spiritually and evolutionarily underdeveloped cosmic Consciousnesses, most often belonging to other, extraterrestrial Worlds or Antiworlds, to freely penetrate into human forms. If human madness is not curbed in time, then terrible, in terms of their cosmic proportions, consequences can occur.

During parting with the representatives of this wonderful HUMAN civilization, I was informed that we ourselves are both the authors and at the same time the executors of the cosmic program of physical and gross astral destruction of all human Consciousnesses that have lagged behind in their evolutionary development, which will certainly be put into action, if only we cannot get on the right, spiritual path of development.

Will it be in 2013 or even earlier - in 2002? .. The Apostle Peter himself warned about the approaching times: "The day of the Lord will come, as if the sky is dark, the heavens will pass by with a noise, the elements will be burnt, and the earth will also on her business will burn ... "Perhaps each of us should think deeply about HOW HE LIVED and HOW HE LIVES, and not wait for the end, trying in an insane thirst to satisfy all his crazy desires to snatch from Life everything that is You can, but try for the time remaining before the Transfiguration at least to try to make up for what was so frivolously missed in spiritual development in order to create conditions in your field shell for the sound of the highest possible energy vibrations.

I cannot say for sure how long, according to their Pleiadian concepts, I stayed at a party (or at home?), Because their Time is not measured by external, that is, objective influences that dictate, like on Earth, the course of Time, but only in accordance with their subjective, inner feelings. I was almost blinded by the splendor, beauty I saw there and that feeling of universal Riality, which literally permeated the entire atmosphere of the Space of this amazing planet and its no less amazing inhabitants. Therefore, returning to the physical body, I could not come to my senses for a long time and continued to mentally stay there until the morning, going over in my Mind all the nuances of communication with these wonderful people who managed to achieve God-likeness.

At one time, I picked up a lot of photos from the Google sky program

« Constellation pleiades - the most famous star cluster. Because Constellation pleiades can be clearly seen in the night sky, it has been known to earthlings for a long time. The first mention of Constellation pleiades found in Chinese annals dating from about 2300 BC. The earliest European sources mentioning Constellation pleiades, Is the poem of Hesiod (about 1000 BC) and Homer's Odyssey. "

In Japanese, "Subaru" means "to unite", although the same word denotes a cluster of six stars in the constellation Taurus, named by the ancient Greeks Pleiades.

In antiquity, it was believed that these stars represent the seven daughters of the characters of Greek mythology - Atlas and Plion.

But how can there be seven daughters and only six stars in the constellation Pleiades?

There are actually seven stars, but only six of them can be seen with the naked eye.

Seven daughters

The names of these seven daughters are as follows: Alcyone The queen who wards off evil. Alcyone is central and most a big star constellation Pleiades. It is often viewed as representing an entire cluster of stars. Asterope A double star in the Pleiades constellation literally translates as "lightning". Merope The only one who married a mortal, her star does not shine as brightly as the others. Maya The eldest of seven sisters. They say that she is the most beautiful. According to Greek myths, Maya was the favorite of Zeus and gave birth to Hermes. Taygeta After Zeus defiled her in an unconscious state, she went into wanderings. Keleno Was the wife of Poseidon. Translated, her name means "darkness" or "blackness." Keleno is sometimes called the lost galaxy, as this star is sometimes difficult to see with the naked eye. Electra The third brightest star in the constellation. Electra means amber, shining and bright. This sister was the wife of Coritus. She seduced Zeus and gave birth to Dardanus, who became the founder of Troy.

Pleiades

Star cluster Pleiadesalso known as Seven sisters and Messier 45, seen quite well in the night sky.

In general, there are hundreds of stars in the cluster, but only a few of them can be seen with the naked eye.

The stars in the Pleiades are believed to have formed about 100 million years ago, which means they are 50 times younger than our Sun.

These objects are located at a distance of about 130 parsecs (425 light years) from Earth.

They can be seen in the constellation Taurus, with approximate celestial coordinates 3 hours 47 minutes in right ascension and + 24 ° declination.

For residents of the northern regions cluster is located above and to the right of Orion the Hunter as it exits south, and passes, reaching its highest point in the sky, halfway between sunrise and sunset - about 4 am in September, at midnight in November and at 8 pm in January.

In very good weather conditions, some people see up to 10 stars in the cluster at night.

Thanks to binoculars and a small telescope, it is possible to see a much larger number of stars included in the constellation Pleiades, while covering approximately one degree of the sky.

At least 300 stars are members of a group that is 400 light-years from Earth.

Alien race Pleiadians

Alien race Pleiadians, have existed for a very long time, and their ancestors came generally in unthinkable ancient times from another universe that reached completion - unity.

The earth pleiadians visit to help humanity achieve such completeness while on the same planet.

The current time period is very important in this regard, and what is happening on Earth will affect the entire universe.

Completion assumes that people understand who they are and continue the experiment.

Ancestors pleiadians emerged from the universe, which realized itself as a unity, which understood that it is inseparable from the Creator, or the First Cause, and is the Creator's journey through time.

These ancestors came from the universe, the essence of which was creativity. So they realized that they themselves are creators.

These ancestors pleiadians were among those who founded different worlds, created civilizations, and did it admirably. The earth was also not ignored by their attention.

So, it turns out that the ancestors pleiadians are also the ancestors of earthlings - our very old ancestors.

They allegedly shared their DNA with those who worked on the "Primordial Plan", and it entered the human genome.

There are countless worlds in the vast cosmic space, and their inhabitants have been visiting Earth since time immemorial.

Not only pleiadians help people, this is just one group of many who want to show a person the right path of development.

Aliens come to our planet for a variety of reasons.

In most cases, highly developed aliens want to help people move to the next level of development, although there are also unfriendly aliens whose tasks are completely different.

Appearance pleiadians has a humanoid form, more reminiscent of elves and emitting light.

Their average height is taller than a human, their features are feminine.

By nature, they are friendly and peaceful, inquisitive and calm.

Some of them are able to appear before people only as a radiant form, which has a white-blue color.

People began to deify "aliens from heaven", like children who look at their parents doing what little kids can't do, and idealize them.

The three-dimensional world presents a great challenge, because in such conditions, very strict restrictions are possible that form certain structures.

The participation of people in this process is creativity for them. A person knows himself as a part of the Creator, who, in turn, receives life experience through people.

There is information that pleiadians advise people to ask questions, find out more alternative opinions on a particular serious issue.

They warn that only people, not them, are responsible for their lives, decide which path to choose.

Pleiadians they just give hints, but the final decision is still made by the person.

Aliens tell us that the answers to questions must be sought in the depths of our souls.

Questions arise in the human mind, and the answer comes from the very depths of our being.

And to get answers, the first thing you need to do is to believe that all the necessary information is actually inside us!

I reread the stories of Ivan Alekseevich Bunin at my leisure ...

"Antonov apples", Ivan Alekseevich Bunin, 1900
“Late at night, when the lights go out in the village, when the sky is already shining high diamond seven-star Stozhar, once again run into the garden. Rustling on dry foliage, like a blind man, you will get to the hut. There, in the clearing, it is a little brighter, and the Milky Way is whitening overhead ... "

I was interested in ... what kind of diamond seven-star Stozhar there is a speech. I did a little research on this issue and now ... I invite the readers of the green pages to get acquainted with some very informative interesting things ;-)

Pleiades - a cluster of stars in the constellation of Taurus

Diamond Seven Star Stozhar is the Pleiades - the most famous and effectively diffused star cluster in the constellation Taurus (astronomical designation - M45). The brightest star Alcyone (Alcyone - η Taurus / This Taurus). In space, the Pleiades star cluster covers an area about 15 light-years across and contains more than 500 very hot and blue stars, many of which are multiples. The total mass of the stars in the cluster is approximately 800 solar masses.

In the middle latitudes of Russia, the Pleiades become visible only at the end of summer - rising in the east before dawn. The best conditions for observing the Pleiades are in autumn and winter, when they rise high above the horizon. Antique russian name star cluster Pleiades - Stozhary or Hairfire (Visazhary).


Mirror of Urania (Urania "s mirror) A set of 32 star maps with illustrations of 79 constellations, created on the basis of the celestial atlas by Alexander Jameson.

In the Pleiades, the naked eye can distinguish from 6 to 9 of the brightest stars. Interestingly, in ancient Greek mythology pleiades are seven sistersascended to heaven with their parents, that is greeks numbered 9 in the Pleiades visible stars , who were given their own names. I invite readers to get to know them better :-)

Alpiona, Alcyone (Alcyone) - η Tau / This Taurus / 25 Taurus. Apparent magnitude: 2.85 m Alcyone - multiple star ... The brightest star in the Pleiades open cluster.
Electra (Electra) - 17 Taurus. Apparent magnitude: 3.70 m The third brightest star and the hottest of the 10 main stars in the Pleiades open cluster.
Mayan (Maia) - 20 Taurus. Apparent magnitude: 3.85 m
Merope (Merope) - 23 Taurus. Apparent magnitude: 4.10 m
Taygeta (Taigceta) - 19 Taurus. Apparent magnitude: 4.30 m Triple star system.
Keleno, Celeno (Celino) - 16 Taurus. Apparent Magnitude: 5.45 m
Asterope (Asterope) - 2 stars: 21 Tauri with an apparent magnitude of 5.75 m and 22 Taurus with an apparent magnitude of 6.40 m
Atlant, Atlas (Atlas) - 27 Taurus. Apparent magnitude: 3.60 m Triple star system.
Pleion (Pleione) - 28 Taurus. Apparent magnitude: 5.05 m A binary variable star.

Please note that on the map of the Mirror of Urania, star Merope "Stands" at a distance from the sisters and their parents Atlanta and Pleione, it is interesting that she was the only one who linked her fate with a mortal, having married the Corinthian king Sisyphus. All other Pleiades became lovers of the immortal gods.

Ancient Greek astronomers viewed the Pleiades as a separate constellation... The Pleiades are mentioned by Homer in his inimitable Odyssey and Iliad.


John William Waterhouse (John William Waterhouse; 04/06/1849 - 02/10/1917) - English artist, whose work is attributed to the later stage of Pre-Raphaelism.

Odyssey, Homer, VIII-VII centuries. BC e. (translated by Vasily Zhukovsky, 1849)
The description of the voyage of Odysseus from the nymph Calypso to the island of Scheria says:
“… Odysseus tense the sail happily and, with a fair wind
Trusting, I swam. Sitting at the stern and with a mighty hand
Reversing the steering wheel, he was awake; sleep did not descend on him
Eyes, and their he did not take with the Pleiades, from descending late
In the sea of \u200b\u200bVaud, from the Bear, in people there are still Chariots
The name of the one who carries and near Orion performs forever
His circle, never bathing himself in the waters of the ocean ... "

ANCIENT GREEK MYTHOLOGY: Pleiades - Seven Sisters

In ancient Greek mythology Pleiades - sisters of Hyades - seven daughters Titan Atlanta and Oceanids Pleion: Alpiona, Electra, Maya, Merope, Taygeta, Keleno, Asteropa... It is not known for what such offenses the Pleiades began to pursue the giant hunter Orion... The sisters begged the gods to save them from persecution, and they turned them first into doves, and then into stars.

In another version of the myth Zeus instructed the Pleiades to bring ambrosia to Olympus... The road to Olympus was difficult, and in each such trip, one of the sisters died. But Zeus did not allow the number of sisters to decrease. Upon his return, he replaced the deceased sister with a new one. Therefore, the number of stars in the Pleiades remained unchanged.


Elihu Vedder (Elihu Vedder; 02/26/1836 - 01/29/1923) - American Symbolist painter, book illustrator and poet.

BIBLE: Pleiades (SINODAL TRANSLATION - CHIMA)

Pleiades (in synodal translation - Khima) are mentioned in the Bible ( Job 9: 8-9, 38:31).

church Slavonic
... open the sky and walk but the sea, like on the earth:
do the pliads and espera, and the arctura and the treasures of the south:
Is it reasonable that you are sowz pliad, and did you open the fence orion?

synodal
... He alone stretches out the heavens and walks on the heights of the sea;
Created As, Kecil and Khima and the secret places of the south;
Can you tie Khim's knot and unblock the bond of Kecil?

The modern names of the constellations mentioned in the Bible:
Ace - the constellation Ursa Major.
Kecil - constellation Orion.
Khima - The Pleiades is an open star cluster.

I bring to your attention an illustration "Constellation Taurus" from the book "The witness of the stars" Doctor of Divinity and biblical scholar William Bullinger.


“… In the first mention of the heavenly bodies in the Bible, the purpose that the Creator predetermined for them is revealed to us. Genesis 1: 14-19 (synodal translation): And God said: let there be lights in the firmament of heaven to illuminate the earth and to separate day from night, and for signs, and times, and days, and years; ... " "Testimonies of the Stars" (The witness of the stars), William Bullinger, 1893.

Ethelbert William Bullinger (Ethelbert William Bullinger; 12/15/1837 - 06/06/1913) - Anglican clergyman, doctor of theology, biblical scholar.

LEGENDS OF KURSK PROVINCE: VISAZHARY - PLEADES

And finally, I invite readers to go on a short journey through the stellar mythology of the peoples of Russia with an amazing book "Under the vault of the crystal sky", Daniel Svyatsky, published back in 1913.

Star mythology of the peoples of Russia. Chapter II: The Pleiades
"It's time to get up and thresh - Visazhars are already high in the sky" say the peasants of central Russia in the fall, getting up in the morning and looking at the starry sky. "Visazhars" are the Pleiades, the second constellation after the Bear, of the popular among the people. Its Great Russian name is, apparently, a spoiled Little Russian name of the same constellation "Volosozhary" or "Stozhary". Stozhar it's a haystack; to fry means to heap, to heap. Hairfire Is a bunch, a head of hair. The Pleiades are indeed a group of closely packed stars in a small area of \u200b\u200bthe sky.

The name Pleiades Volosozharami is of very ancient origin. Russian scribes of pre-Petrine times, in those cases when it was necessary to translate the Greek name of the constellation πλειαδες, used the name whipworms, whipworms…

Russian peasants had different beliefs and legends about Visazhar. So in the Kursk province they say that the Lord created first all the stars are as frequent as the Visazhars and the view of the stars was amazing... But then one night people were driving along the road and started talking to each other: “This is how my grandfather and I planted these Visazhars,” and then during this conversation they fell into a deep ravine and were crippled, and the Lord began to beat them from the sky with a whip, saying: “Don't look across the heavens, look on the wheels. " Since then cripples have appeared in the world, and the stars have become rare, only one Visazhary left the Lord frequent for memory…

Regarding the Pleiades, there is also a belief that they are inhabited by spirits and on the last day of the new moon they have a holiday. This belief arose probably because during the new moon, in the absence of the light of the moon, weakening the brilliance of the stars, the Pleiades group is especially distinguished by a strong brilliance ... "


Afonin Alexander Pavlovich - contemporary Russian artist. Born in Kursk, in 1966. Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. Professor of the Department of Painting of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Ilya Glazunov, head of the landscape workshop.

I urge you to take into account that on a nightingale night you will not be able to admire the Pleiades :-( At night in the summer, the Pleiades (Visazhars) are not visible! They will appear in the starry sky of Kursk only at the end of summer - rising in the east on the eve of dawn. The best conditions for observing the Pleiades in Kursk fall in autumn and winter, when the Pleiades rise high above the horizon and shine in all their brilliant splendor!

Since you and I went on a spree in this article from Greece to Kursk province :-) and indulged in the delights of the Kursk nightingale night, I suggest readers to take a look at the green pages:
§ A scenic walk around Kursk (paintings by the artists of the gallery "AYa")
§ Kursk Antonovka - the symbol of the Kursk region. Antonovka ordinary, extraordinary aroma ;-)
§ Festival of children's creativity "Our Kursk: Children draw a temple" - architecture and facades of Orthodox churches in Kursk and the Kursk region.

Creative homework in astronomy


And in conclusion, three tasks dedicated to Stozharam - Pleiades, from a wonderful book "300 questions in astronomy" Vasily Fedorovich Orlov.

Problem number 1
A participant in the campaign of Alexander the Great to India (326 BC) wrote: “Rice is grown in India in beds flooded with water ... it ripens by the time when the Pleiades enter". When did rice ripen in India?

Answer: In the modern era, the Pleiades set in April. In 2290 years ago, it was about a month later, that is, in May.

Problem number 2
“Yellow specks of stars danced across the black canopy of the sky, Stozhars smoldered overhead... "Midnight," thought Efim, touching the latch ... "- says the story" The Mortal Enemy "by Mikhail Sholokhov. The story takes place in the Rostov region, the average latitude of which is 47 °. Are Stozhary (Pleiades) at their zenith in the Rostov region?

Answer: The declination of the middle part of the Pleiades is approximately + 24 °. Their highest height above the horizon in the middle part of the Rostov region is about 67 °. They cannot be at their zenith.

Problem number 3
“... On the bank of the stream, she will lay out a garden and plow it in the spring, but not then, when the Pleiades call a plowmanas the old people say, but on the proper day indicated in the calendar. " Here we are talking about the province of Natal in South Africa (about 28 ° S). Are the Pleiades visible in these places in the spring?

Answer: Spring in the southern hemisphere is in September - November. The Pleiades, located in the constellation Taurus, are visible in these months up to 66 ° S latitude.

I wish you success in your independent study of astronomy!


§ Excerpts from the works of Ivan Alekseevich Bunin, which reflect certain physical phenomena and which are a kind of conditions for the questions formulated to them in physics at