Well, let me tell you about this here horkos constellation thing. I heard some folks talking ’bout it the other day, and it got me thinkin’. Stars and all that, you know? Up there in the big ol’ sky. Always been there, long as I can remember.
They say there’s all sorts of pictures up there, made out of stars. This horkos, I reckon it’s one of them. Like connectin’ the dots, but with stars instead of a pencil. My old eyes ain’t what they used to be, but I can still see ’em twinkling up there.
Now, this horkos constellation, I don’t know much about it. But I heard someone say somethin’ about a Northern Crown. Sounds fancy, don’t it? Like somethin’ a queen would wear. Maybe this horkos thing is part of that crown. Stars makin’ up a crown, imagine that! Sparkly and bright, I bet.
They got names for all these star pictures. One fella was talkin’ ’bout Orion. Said he was a hunter. With a belt and everything, made of three bright stars. Easy to spot, he said. Just look for them three stars in a row. I reckon that’s a good one to start with if you’re learnin’ these constellations.
- Orion, the hunter fella, with his belt of stars.
- That Big Dipper, everyone knows that one.
- And this here horkos thing, maybe part of a crown.
Then there’s another one called, uh, Taurus? Sounds like a bull. And they say there’s a big red star in it, called… Al-dee-bran? somethin’ like that. A red giant, they call it. Sounds mighty big. Bigger than anythin’ we got down here, that’s for sure. This Taurus fella, he’s got some friends up there too. The Hy-a-des and the Plee-a-des. Sounds like a whole bunch of folks up there havin’ a party in the sky. Maybe singin’ and dancin’ under that big, red giant Aldebran, whatever that is.
This Taurus the bull constellation is one of them horkos constellations, I think. These star clusters, Hyades and Pleiades, they stick close to Taurus. Like a little family up in the sky.
I remember when I was a little girl, we used to lay out in the field at night and look at the stars. Didn’t have no TV or nothin’ back then. Just the stars and the crickets. We’d make up our own stories about the stars. Didn’t know their fancy names, but we knew they were there.
Now, these young folks, they got all sorts of gadgets to look at the stars. Telescopes and what not. Back in my day, we just used our eyes. And our imaginations. And that was enough. We could see that horkos constellation, even if we didn’t know its name. It was there along with all those other star pictures.
Some folks go to special places to see the stars better. Places with no lights, far away from the city. I heard ’em talkin’ ’bout some park, Breck-on Beak-ons, or somethin’ like that. They say the stars are real bright there. Good place for star-gazin’, they call it. Like lookin’ into a whole ‘nother world, I reckon.
You know, it makes you feel kinda small, lookin’ up at all them stars. All them constellations, like horkos and Orion and Taurus. Like we’re just a tiny little speck down here. But it’s kinda comfortin’ too. Knowin’ that they’re always up there, watchin’ over us. This horkos constellation is always up there, somewhere.
I don’t know all the science stuff about stars. How far away they are, how big they are, all that. But I know they’re beautiful. And they make you think. About things bigger than yourself. Like what’s it all mean, you know? Why are we here? Where the horkos constellation come from? Maybe there ain’t no answers. Maybe it’s just somethin’ to wonder about.
So, this horkos constellation, it’s just one of many. But it’s a good one to think about, I reckon. Up there in the sky, with all the other stars. Shinin’ down on us, every night. Just like they always have, and just like they always will. Keep your eyes on the sky, you might see that horkos constellation. Or that Orion fella, or that Big Dipper. They are all up there, waitin’ for ya.
