Poulia Who Has Seven Children

I saw a small cluster in the night sky as I woke up this morning and didn’t know if it was a real cluster or double vision of my just awaken eyes. I approached the window, and saw one of my favourite sky sights, the Pleiades, also known as Poulia in Greek folklore. A telescope will reveal hundreds of stars in the cluster, but the naked eye only sees six or seven bright spots, sometimes called the Seven Sisters, or in the words of a…