COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - Compared to meteor showers and comets, these days, the Pleiades may be a lesser-known celestial display. The star cluster is also known as the Seven Sisters. According to Greek mythology, the Seven Sisters were the daughters of Pleione and her husband Atlas, who was condemned by Zeus to hold up the heavens or sky for eternity.

The star cluster held great significance for many ancient civilizations, often marking the end of the harvest season and beginning of winter.

More specifically, what we celebrate today as Halloween has its beginnings in a thousands-of-years old Celtic tradition. It was believed around the time of Halloween, when the star cluster reached culmination (its highest point in the night sky), the barrier between the living and the dead was at its th

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