Friday the 13th, Dante, and the Eve of Harvest Moon
Whenever a month begins on a Sunday, then there will always be a Friday the 13th, and this month, that […]
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The Hero Takes the Zenith: This week on the Storyteller’s Night Sky
This season the mighty constellation of the hero Hercules sweeps across the zenith, the uppermost part of the night sky, […]
Finding Stars the Way Bo Peep Finds Sheep
Constellation-hopping is one of the ways you can find your way around the night sky, and this week it can […]
Fragaria vesca* and the mystery of the Moon
This terrific photo of the Strawberry Moon over Lake Superior was taken by Grant Johnson in 2016. You can check […]
Mercury and the Moon Make Rare Moves May 16 and 18 in 2019
At the middle of this week, Mercury comes to what I’ll call its “Full” phase, and at the end of […]
The Crescent Moon Opens a Door Through History This Week
Nearly 1000 years ago, a star went super nova in the region of the Bull’s Horns, in Taurus, and this […]
When Mars became Warrior of Compassion
Mars is the only evening sky planet this month, visited by the crescent Moon this weekend, but then returning to […]
Finding Light and Keeping the Dark Sacred
Mary Stewart Adams speaks at the 2018 World Goodwill Seminar held in November in New York City, about the importance […]
Love Notes and the Messenger Divine
The ever-smitten Hermes empty left His golden throne, bent warm on amorous theft: From high Olympus he had stolen light, […]
The Hunt for the Unicorn ~ In the Stars
We’re halfway through the Winter now, but if the cold of the season has you down, then it’s time to […]