Stellular - Vega and Altair

The seventh day of the seventh month marks the beginning of the annual event of the Tanabata - meaning "Evening of the seventh". Tanabata is a Japanese seasonal festival, to celebrate the deities Orihime and Hikoboshi.

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The legend recount Princess Orihime (representing star Vega) and Hikoboshi (representing star Altair) wish of eternal love.

She was the daughter of Sky King, and Hikoboshi was a cow herder, they fell in love and blinded by love became oblivious to their responsibility towards the court.

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The King was not pleased about their lack of concern towards their duties, he began to obstruct their love to the point of separating them, casting each on separate side of the river (the Milky Way).

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Once a year, for one day,
a bridge of Magpies forms over the river to allow the lovers to be together.

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Over the years I have found variation of the legend, some recount of a mother Queen of the Universe separating them because love between an heavenly creature and human was forbidden.

On this day, people write wishes on strips of paper called Tanzaku and hung them from bamboo stalks.

The festivities end by entrusting your wish (strip of paper) to the river, the wishes are carried on to Orihime and Hikoboshi.

What did you wish for?

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