Rafael Jets to be made in India. Namo !
Wives of the Seven Seers – Pleiades – Karthika
Karthika, the Seven Wives ( Pleaides, the Seven Sisters )
See the Diamonds in Blue. Glorious lights in a blue background. The Full Moon occurs there during the lunar month of Karthika and we call this Festival of Lights, Deepawali !
The constellation of Karthika are the Pleiades, the Seven Sisters in the Western. In the Indian they are the seven wives of the Seven Sages or Sapta Rishies !
Their names in the Indian
Husband Wife
Marichi Kala
Atri Anasuya
Vasishta Arundhathi
Angiras Shraddha
Pulaha Havubhuh
Pulastya Gathih
Krathu Kriya
They are also the Seven Sisters of Kapila. Born to Kardama and Devahooti, they are the sisters of the Divine Incarnation, Kapila, who propounded the Natural Philosophy of Sankhya ! Incidentally, Kapila had two more sisters - Fame ( Khyathi ) and Peace ( Shanti ) !
Their names in the Western
Maia
Electra
Taygete
Alcyone
Caleano
Sterope
Merope
Astronomic Symbolism of the Pleiades or Karthika
eastrovedica, seven rishies, ursa mjor,karthika, pleiades
In Western Mythology, the Seven Sisters were loved by Orion, the Hunter. At their behest, Jupiter converted them into doves and placed them in the heavens. In the Indian, they are the wives of the Seven Rishies. Arundhathi or Alcyone is the central Star. There is a theory in Astronomy that our Sun is revolving around Alcyone, the Grand Central Sun !
Mythologically, Lord Karthikeya was born to Agni and Svaha, who impersonated the six stars of the Pleiades constellation or Karthika. Hence the name Karthikeya. While Arundhati remained devoted to Vasishta, the other six Rishies divorced their wives. Karthikeya was brought up by the Six Sisters, which became Karthika, while Alcor ( Arundhati ) remained close to Vasishta ( Mizar ).
Scientific truths are contained in Mythology, averred Bacon, in his De Sapientia Vaterum.
Karthika Njattuvela
When the Sun transits the constellation of Karthika ( from May 11th onwards ), Kerala gets relief from extreme heat ( as it lies 10.30 North of the Equator ) from the months of Sidereal Aquarius and Pisces, Kumbham and Meenam and the parched earth begins to get rainfall. Rain accelerates during the Sun's transit of Rohini ( Aldebaran, from May 25th onwards ) and then from Mriga Sira Njattuvela ( solar transit of Meissa ) onwards ( from June 8 ), Kerala gets tremendous rains !
The Seven Seers – Sapta Rishies – Ursa Major, Great Bear
The Seven Rishies ( Ursa Major )
It is the custom in all Hindu marriages, to show the stars Vasishta and Arundhati to the married couple. Vasishta and Arundhati, both mythological figures, are actually stars in the heavens ! Their harmony and devotion to each other was worthy of emulation and admiration. This tradition is now becoming extinct and here we will describe the Seven Rishies.
This pair is in the constellation of the Big Dipper or Ursa Major. Ursa in Latin means Bear . This constellation is known as Sapta Rishi Mandala. There is also another constellation called Ursa Minor.
In his Brihat Samhita, Varaha Mihira ( 550 BCE ), gives clear defintions about them. His postulates are as follows :
In the Sky North, we have the Saptha Rishies revolving around Dhruva ( Polaris ) like a necklace, according to Garga.
From East to West, the Seven Rishies, Atri, Angiras, Marichi, Pulastya, Pulaha, Kratu and Vasishta stay. Chaste Arundhati accompanies Vasishta.
At the time of death, however, one will not be able to see both Mizar and Alcor, that is Vasishta and Arundhati.
Ursa Major Cycle, Sapta Rishi Yuga
Professor Drayson wrote in " Asiatic Researches "
The Hindus thought proper to connect their Mythology with an astronomical period of a strange nature. It is that of the Seven Rishies, moving along the Zodiac in a retrograde motion in 2700 years.
They stay in a constellation for 100 years. Hence an Ursa Major Cycle = 27*100 = 2700 years.
They were in Regulus, Makha, at the start of the Maha Bharata War !
The first Astronomical Calendar was erected by the Vedic Emperor, Vaivashvata Manu in circa 8736 BCE !
Their Wives are the Pleiades or Karthika. Anasuya ( Alcyone ) is the main star, along with Arundati ( Alcor ) and five more stars !
Wheeler Wilcox wrote " India - the Land of the Vedas, the remarkable work contain not only religious ideas for a perfect life, but also facts which science has proved true. Electricity, radium, electronics, airplane, all were known to the Seers who founded the Vedas ! "
