Karthika, the Seven Wives or Pleiades, the Seven Sisters
Karthika, the Seven Wives or Pleiades, 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
More info at
eastrovedica.com/html/karthika.htm