A Council of Stars is Taking Place ~ What Will You Bring?
This week of July 13-19, 2020, in that sacred place where the dark of night surrenders to the dawn, a […]
stories in the stars
Speaking From the Heart When Venus Meets the Sun and is Square to Mars
On Wednesday this week, the planet Venus comes to a meeting with the Sun, known astronomically as inferior conjunction. And […]
Mercury Takes Venus by the Hand and Leads Her Out of the Night
There’s a New Moon on May 22, 2020, and on the same day, the planets Mercury and Venus will join […]
Saturn, Venus and Jupiter Turn Retrograde this week
Three of the five naked-eye planets begin their retrograde motions this week, beginning with Saturn on Monday, May 11, followed […]
The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth
Mercury meets the Sun at superior conjunction on Monday, May 4, 2020, on the other side of the Sun from […]
When Venus is Brightest then Beauty Wakes
Venus will be at its brightest for the year this week, which brings Alfred Tennyson to mind for the Storyteller’s […]
The Song of Eurydice for International Dark Sky Week
This week marks International Dark Sky Week, because of the New Moon on Wednesday, April 22nd, which is also the […]
When We Go Into the Dark ~ Humanity and the Dark Sky for International Dark Sky Week, April 19-26, 2020
Each year during the week of April’s New Moon, International Dark Sky Week is observed and celebrated around the world. […]
Understanding the Seasonal Star Picture in Anticipation of the Great Conjunction
At Winter Solstice 2020, the planets Jupiter and Saturn will come to their once-every-20 years Great Conjunction, a rare celestial […]
Quarantining in the Moonlight
The Moon is waning through the morning sky this week, acting like an emotional tuning fork as she moves past […]