star lore historian - The Storyteller's Night Sky

This week in the stars it’s all about poets and novelists, although really, when is it not? The poetry and […]

This week there’s a beautiful stage being set in the morning sky, where Venus, as morning star, is joined by […]

The Moon gave way on Saturday evening, when it came to its Full Phase below the celestial equator, the furthest-away […]

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

I have a favorite fairy tale for this time of year when the Sun is moving through the region of […]

The work week ends on Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14, 2025, so here are a few things to know about […]

Mary Stewart Adams–poetry, star lore historian–December 8, 2024December 8, 2024

In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued the inter gravissimas, the papal bull that reformed the calendar, which meant that 11 […]

This week’s Full Moon on Friday, November 15, 2024, occurs near the planet Uranus, which means that now we begin […]

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

The first New Moon of autumn comes on Wednesday this week, October 2, 2024. It will be on that part […]