The Black Moon, Three Meteor Showers, and the Summer Cross Quarter
This week there are three active meteor showers, a Black Moon, and the Summer Cross Quarter Day, which makes it […]
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The 7th Night of the 7th Moon Webinar with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams hosted by the Anthroposophical Society in America
Join us Wednesday, August 7 for a new webinar with Star Lore Historian, Mary Stewart Adams, on the star tales […]
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, […]
July 16 A Day to be Reckoned With
The Moon will be Full this week on July 16th, a rather peculiar day in history, and one to be […]
Prometheus at the Galactic Center
The planet Saturn, the Titan god of the old order, opposes the Sun this week, while standing on the opposite […]
Jupiter and Saturn Take the Evening Sky this Summer as the Pillars of Wisdom
There’s a terrific mystery being staged in the night sky this summer, where the planets Jupiter and Saturn are appearing […]
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 […]
When We’re Perpendicular to the Milky Way ~ from the archives
In the land of the “Storyteller’s Night Sky” there’s a lot of whimsy and rhyme and ‘once upon a time’, […]
Tycho and Copernicus Change the World
Did you know that in the 16th century Danish astronomer Tycho Brahe measured hundreds of stars and created a popular […]