A Harvest of Stars
What does Harry Potter have in common with Shakespeare’s Juliet? According to their authors, they were both born on July […]
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When “Delta” Refers to a Star
Before they were symbols that represented a particular sound, the letters of the alphabet were not so fixed. They were […]
The Room Where it Happened
The Moon has two orbital rhythms that vary by about two days: The sidereal rhythm (27.3 days) is the time […]
From Wisdom to Love in the Evening Twilight
In esoteric tradition, the mission of evolution is described as a development of the Earth from a planet of wisdom […]
Filling in the Cosmic Spaces
This week begins with an exclamation point, and I don’t mean just the fireworks. There are three exceptional celestial phenomena […]
To Hear the Mermaids Singing
Image by Michigan Sky Media, used by permission Even though summer officially begins in the northern hemisphere on the day […]
Happily Ever After in the Shadow of Eclipse
I’m assuming we’ve all heard fairy tales about what happens when you forget to invite all the fairy godmothers to […]
In the Shadow of a Flower Moon
At dawn on Wednesday, May 26, the Full Moon will step into the Earth’s shadow, inaugurating this year’s eclipse season. […]
The West Wind, Super Moon, and Witches
The West wind brings the light of the spring; Eos, mother of the West wind, brings the dawn; and this […]
The Meteors of Spring
There’s so much poetic harmony between meteor showers and the spring, falling through the sky just when the blossoms are […]