Within the Matariki star cluster are nine stars.
Around the world it is known by different names:
- Pleiades (ancient Greek)
- Seven Sisters (English)
- Freyja’s hens (Norse/Vikings)
- Subaru (Japan) "Gathered Together"
- Makali‘i (Hawaii) "Eyes of Royalty"
- Mao or Hairy Head of the White Tiger of the West (China)
- Krittika (India)
Waipuna-ā-rangi (Greek: Electra) is located in the top left of the cluster, and is connected with the weather: rain and water that pools.
Waipuna-ā-rangi (rain) and Ururangi (wind) are positioned above all the other stars in the cluster as the rain and wind come from the sky.
The image below gives the positions and name of each star specific to the southern hemisphere.
Images of this star cluster (Pleiades or Seven Sisters) from the northern hemisphere perspective, has the stars switched the other way around.
THIS IS A REVERSE WHERIGO
What is a Reverse Wherigo?
It is a type of Wherigo that tells you the bearing, but NOT the distance from the geocache.
You can start playing this reverse Wherigo from anywhere, but the final geocache is within 3.2km of the starting co-ordinates listed on this cache page.
For those that would like to attempt to play the Reverse Wherigo, you will need to download an app to your phone that can run Wherigo cartridges:
- Android: WhereYouGo – Play store
- iOS: Wherigo - Mac App store
HOW TO PLAY
Log into wherigo.com using the same name and password that you use for geocaching.
Download the Wherigo cartridge (use the PC format) to your phone.
This Wherigo uses day1976's Open Source Reverse Wherigo cartridge and can be found HERE
Play the game via the cartridge in the Wherigo app:
- Start
- Choose cartridge = day 1976's Open Source
- New Game
- Start
- Find a geocache
- Answer
- Enter XXXXX code
- Answer
- Enter XXXXX code
- This message appears: The bearing to this geocache is xxx degrees
- Move to a new location using the bearing given above
- At the new location use the button = Give me a new
- This message appears: The bearing to this geocache is xxx degrees
- Repeat the above several times, moving closer to the final co-ordinates
TIPS: once you get very close to the final geocache, the "Reverse Cache Box" will give you the final co-ordinates for the cache, you will need to go back in the Wherigo app to find this list of options.
When you start the Wherigo cartridge you will be asked for these two code numbers:
L33X5
RGFZ7
It is hoped that you will attempt to play the Wherigo, but because this is old technology and modern phones may not let you download the Wherigo app, an alternative way to play the game is to use a online solver.
The solver means you do not need to download the Reverse Wherigo cartridge to your phone, and will give the exact co-ordinates which you will then need to update on the cache page.
It uses the two code numbers above, and a link to the online solver can be found by clicking below (day1976):
Reverse Wherigo Decoder: day1976