Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface ix
4. Introduction. Patterns 1
5. ONE. Orion’s Many Faces 7
6. TWO. One Pleiades Fits All 23
7. THREE. Zodiacs Around the World 37
8. FOUR. Milky Way Sagas 57
9. FIVE. Dark Cloud Constellations of the Milky Way 73
10. SIX. Polar Constellations 89
11. SEVEN. Star Patterns in the Tropics 103
12. EIGHT. Empire in the Sky 117
13. NINE. Star Ceilings and Mega-Constellations 133
14. TEN. Gendering the Sky 149
15. Epilogue 163
16. Bibliographic Essay 167
17. Acknowledgments 181
18. Index 183