Michaelmas and the Moon
The Moon was New on Sunday, first New Moon of the new season, and by Thursday, it will have “shed […]
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Astronomical Agility at Equinox
Mercury is not visible to us at inferior conjunction with the Sun, but will soon emerge in the morning sky. […]
Mars and Dante’s Vision of Christ
This week marks the anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, 701 years ago on September 14th in 1321. And […]
The Sun’s Secret Retreat of Light
The Moon came to New Phase early Saturday morning, and this week, we’ll see it as a beautiful waxing crescent […]
The Ceremony of Our Deeper Needs at Dawn
This week it’s worth getting up for the ceremony of dawn when the crescent Moon crowns Venus as the morning […]
There is Time
This week in the sky it’s all about time, with Saturn peeking up over the eastern edge of the world […]
To Birth with the Stars
In a season when Full Moon coincides with one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year, it’s easy […]
Enchantments for the Year’s Closest Moon
Typically moonlight is described as reflected sunlight, but moonlight is the reflected light of all celestial objects, including the stars. […]
And the World Goes ‘Round
According to Johannes Kepler, the planets move in ellipses around the Sun, and what’s important in this is that the […]
For Sweet Dreams, and Health, and Quiet Breathing at Solstice
The early 20th century Austrian philosopher and esotericist Rudolf Steiner once wrote: The more abundantly the harmony of the cosmos […]