Alcyone - myth and magic

If we look up in the night sky and direct our gaze towards Taurus the bull (right of Orion) there is a cluster of stars known as The Pleiades or The Seven Sisters. They were the daughters of Atlas (a Titan who was commanded by the god Zeus to hold up the earth - keeping the weight of the world on his shoulders) and Pleione (who was the prtectress of sailors). Their daughters were called Maia, Alcyone, Asterope, Celaeno, Taygete, Electra, and Merope.