Thanks, VViews.
I've been saying since early 2014 (yes, there's a reason for that specific date that posters might recognize) that seven stars can represent quite a few things besides Pleiades.
In medieval geomantic illustrations, the constellations (and other celestial objects) are represented/symbolized with dots that look like the patterns on domino bricks and several of them use seven dots arranged in different ways. The number seven is certainly not limited to Pleiades.
Also, as it was understood at the time, our solar system was represented with seven dots or seven stars.
Of course the seven-star grouping might be Pleiades, the seven sisters are legendary, going way back to ancient times, but not necessarily and I'm glad you created this thread.
My break is over, I have to get back to work, so I can't hunt up a medieval example, but here is a contemporary example:
![[Image: geomancy.gif]](https://cottageupstairs.files.wordpress.com/2013/04/geomancy.gif)
I've been saying since early 2014 (yes, there's a reason for that specific date that posters might recognize) that seven stars can represent quite a few things besides Pleiades.
In medieval geomantic illustrations, the constellations (and other celestial objects) are represented/symbolized with dots that look like the patterns on domino bricks and several of them use seven dots arranged in different ways. The number seven is certainly not limited to Pleiades.
Also, as it was understood at the time, our solar system was represented with seven dots or seven stars.
Of course the seven-star grouping might be Pleiades, the seven sisters are legendary, going way back to ancient times, but not necessarily and I'm glad you created this thread.
My break is over, I have to get back to work, so I can't hunt up a medieval example, but here is a contemporary example:
![[+]](https://www.voynich.ninja/images/collapse_collapsed.png)