History of the star: Atlas was the father of the Hyades and Pleiades (see Alcyone) who was condemned to support the weight of the heavens on his head and hands. Other names for Atlas were: "The Endurer", "Titan bearing up the Heavens". (In the human body, the atlas is the top or first cervical vertebra of the neck which supports the skull. ). Atlas (a star in Taurus) was believed by some mythologists to be the originator of the constellations (others say it was Chiron (Centaurus who invented them).

[Star Names, Their Lore and Meaning, Richard Hinchley Allen, 1889].

Mythologically speaking, Atlas and Pleione are not Pleiades, but rather the parents of the Seven Sisters. Atlas precessed to 0GEM00 in 1974.

See Alcyone the chief star in the Pleiades for astrological interpretations.