HEY ORIONITES : TRACE HERE! ORION AND THE PLEIADES ARE ANCIENT AND FAMOUS FORMATIONS, AND NEXT WEEK THE MOON IS GOING TO JUMP INTO THIS LOVE TRIANGLE LET’S SET THE SCENE. HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND TEN PM AND LOOK SOUTHWEST FOR ORION’S NOTABLE SPARKLY BELT. USE THESE THREE STARS TO DRAW A ROUGH LINE TOWARD ALDEBARAN IN THE CONSTELLATION TAURUS. KEEP GOING AND FIND A TINY DIPPER. THAT IS THE PLEIADES! THE PLEIADES IS NAMED FOR SEVEN SISTERS. LEGEND SAYS ORION FELL FOR THEM. PINING AND CHASING THEIR AFFECTIONS BEFORE ZEUS TURNED THEM INTO THIS CLUSTER OF STARS. NOW, ORION AND THE PLEIADES MOVE ACROSS THE SKY ORION CHASING THEM STILL. NOW, NEXT WEEK A WAXING CRESCENT MOON WILL HOP RIGHT IN THE MIX PASSING THE PLEIADES IN THE SKY FROM MARCH FOURTH TO FIFTH. AND IF THAT WEREN’T ENOUGH, JUPITER IS CAUSING DRAMA TOO, HITTING IN THIS LOVE UH, LOVE TRAPEZOID? ENJOY THE SHOW AND KEEP LOOKIN’ UP!