Shepherds and Kings
The shepherd has taken the West wind gently in hand while the king stands guard over the dragon, where that […]
poetry
Michael and the Dragon
In Book I of Edmund Spencer’s epic poem “The Faerie Queene,” there’s a terrific tale of a battle between the […]
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 […]
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 […]
Hercules, Shakespeare and the Stars of June
This week the ancient constellation of the kneeler, known later as Hercules, sweeps high overhead, bearing a mystery across the […]
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 […]