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* Several Anime series have a character with the name Subaru. This is the Japanese name for the constellation/star cluster ''Pleiades''. The car company takes its name from this also (it's on their emblem), because it was formed from 6 smaller companies (there is usually said to be seven pleiades - whence the common appelletion "the Seven Sisters" -, but most people can only see six, while those with unsually good eyesight may discern 8+ , and telescopes reveal hundreds more).

* In [[Robert A. Heinlein]]'s novel ''[[Glory Road (novel)|Glory Road]]'', the female lead tells narrator/main character Oscar Gordon

* The various Seishi in ''[[Fushigi Yuugi]]'' are named for the constellations defined by the astrological/geomantic system described briefly in the entry on [[The Four Gods]]; of course, this is central to the plot.

** Tamahome's and Hotohori's real names, Kishuku and Seishuku respectively, mean the same thing and are written in the same way as their Seishi names. The "Ryu" in Nuriko's real name, Ryuuen, means "Willow", which is what his Seishi symbol stands for as well.