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From: "Chris Bennett" <>
Subject: Re: Seven stars
Date: Tue, 19 Dec 2000 07:21:57 -0800


Could well be, but why more suitable than the Pleaides, which is admittedly
just a guess on my part? I have always thought, with Chico, that the
non-obvious ones were pagan survivals of some sort, probably English, but
beyond that I'm stuck. -- Chris

Serban Marin <> wrote in message
news:015b01c069c7$117bac60$...
> Dear Chris Bennett,
>
> For the moment I confine myself to number 7: I think it's more suitable
that
> "the seven stars" mean Ursa Maior than Pleiades! Take it exclusively as an
> hypothesis.
>
> Serban Marin,
> Bucharest, Romania
>
> > 7 for the 7 stars in the sky -- the Pleiades?? In a Christian song?
> >
> > Can anyone explain numbers 2 and 5-9 to me?
> >
> > Chris
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
>

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