The Pleiades constellation cluster (known as the Seven Sisters in Western astronomy) is called Qollqa in Kichwa and held profound significance for early Andean civilizations. The Pleiades helped mark new years, agricultural, and ceremonial cycles. The Qollqa's movement across the heavens served as a celestial calendar, guiding the Andean people through the ebb and flow of seasons and the cyclical nature of existence.

Qollqa's disappearance from the night sky in April marks the time-in-between, with the Pleiades reappearing in June.

During the 37 days of the Pleiades' disappearance from the sky, we enter a time of chaos, transformation, and opposing forces—dawn and dusk—as manifested in the community, people, and place. In June, the constellation's reappearance symbolizes a transition from what is past (buried or below) to the present.