Mars - The Storyteller's Night Sky

Mary Stewart Adams–Mars, Moon, poetry, Venus–June 27, 2026June 27, 2026

This time of year can be considered a time of destiny forming, when all the ingredients are on the table […]

Venus began her rare retrograde Saturday evening, March 1st. Such a motion isn’t discernible with the naked eye, but it […]

Mars and Venus bookend this week with their alternating moves, with Mars completing its nearly 12 weeks of retrograde on […]

Mary Stewart Adams–February, Mars, Moon, poetry, Venus–February 2, 2025February 2, 2025

This week the Moon is Emily Dickinson’s stylus, inscribing the love language of the planets into the night. It started […]

This week the story in the stars is all about Mars, which came closest to the Earth on Sunday, January […]

Mary Stewart Adams–celestial updates, Mars, Moon–December 14, 2024December 18, 2024

Looking into the sky this solstice week there’s a lovely celestial set up going on that can support a mood […]

A mighty week is upon us, inaugurated on Sunday, November 3, 2024, by the opposition between Mars and Pluto that […]

Mary Stewart Adams–Mars, Moon, poetry–October 20, 2024November 1, 2024

Two hours before sunrise this week (especially October 22, 23, 24, 2024) the waning gibbous Moon shines its light on […]

Mary Stewart Adams–Mars, Moon–May 20, 2024May 20, 2024

When the Moon blocks the Sun we call it an eclipse. When the Moon blocks a planet or a star, we […]

This week Venus and Mars make their closest approach to one another, looking west Friday evening, June 30th, an hour […]