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# The Storyteller's Night Sky

by Mary Stewart Adams

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- [To Be a True King Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/to-be-a-true-king-among-the-stars) - Rudolf Steiner first published the Calendar of the Soul for the year 1912 to 1913, to provide weekly contemplations that awaken in the soul of the user a sense of the rhythmic harmony of nature and the cosmos, and our intimate relationship with this for every week of the year. The verse for this first
- [Slumbering Toward Heaven's Gate at Moon's Midnight Eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/slumbering-toward-heavens-gate-at-moons-midnight-eclipse) - As fairy tales know full well, in the Land of the Singing Sky there is a restorative Fountain of Dew. This land is at the top of the silver ladder that hangs from the from the Full Moon. This week, the last Full Moon of the Summer will occur overnight Thursday, August 27 to Friday,
- [What's Your Role in this week's Epic Tale when Sun, Moon, Earth, and Stars Align?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/4041-2) - Twice each year, Earth, Sun and Moon come into such a relationship that one of the celestial bodies blocks the other and an eclipse ensues. This will always only ever happen when the Moon is at New Phase, standing between the Earth and the Sun and blocking our view, or at Full Phase, when the
- [Full Moon Aligned with Sun, Jupiter, and Pluto](https://storytellersnightsky.com/full-moon-when-things-are-not-what-they-seem) - Every year during the last week of July we come to a point in the annual cycle when it’s as though the mighty Being of the Year tests us to see whether we can endure the reality that things are not what they seem. This is most acutely demonstrated by Shakespeare in his tragedy Romeo
- [Venus Ascends the Throne of Kings and Asks: Is This the Path of Love?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-ascends-the-throne-of-kings-and-asks-is-this-the-path-of-love) - The current lunar cycle started with New Moon on June 14th and will complete at the next New Moon on July 14th. During this month, some intriguing events are happening overhead. Every year at this time, the Sun stands still at its solstice moment, and after this mighty pause, the Earth dips forward under starry
- [Our Destiny Forming Among the Gods at Summer's First Full Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/our-destiny-forming-among-the-gods-at-summers-first-full-moon) - This time of year can be considered a time of destiny forming, when all the ingredients are on the table and the master chef, in this case, the gods, enters the celestial kitchen to craft us as the masterpiece. The old year, 2026, has been breathed fully out. Now, 2027 begins… Together with the Earth
- [Venus and Moon Open the Cosmic Door to Love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-and-moon-open-the-cosmic-door-to-love) - When Venus is evening star and attended by the bright lights Jupiter and the Moon, it’s easy to understand why the planet is associated with love, with beauty, with poetry, and why it’s been so for ages. On Wednesday, June 17, 2026, in the late hours of the afternoon, the crescent Moon will move directly
- [Venus, Jupiter, and the Moon ~ Love Amplified!](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-jupiter-and-the-moon-love-amplified) - There are two things to know about Venus right now: The planet of love and beauty is making a spectacular pairing with Jupiter that is closest on Tuesday, June 9th in a degree of zodiac associated with “spiritual endowment,” and On Wednesday next week, June 17th, Venus will be blocked by the Moon over the
- [Blue Moon at the Sunset Gate of Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/blue-moon-at-the-sunset-gate-of-stars) - One of the best ways to understand the stars of this season, or any season, is to consider the human souls passing in and out of life at this time of year. It may seem odd to think of passing out of life in the Spring, when the northern hemisphere is heavy with blossoms and
- [An Alchemical Wedding Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/an-alchemical-wedding-among-the-stars) - In their relationship with one another, Venus and the Moon are the epitome of social grace, and they’re about to demonstrate this through one of their most beautiful encounters. And let me just say that such a sight is more than a passing gesture, it’s an invitation, and it’s being sent by the cosmos to
- [Venus, Gemini, and Our Footprints Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-gemini-and-our-footprints-among-the-stars) - This week I want to talk about feet, so as you’re driving, or walking, or even just sitting while considering this, just take a moment and think about your feet. There are 88 recognized constellations in the night sky and plenty of feet among them. But only 12 of those 88 constellations belong to the
- [Venus Pulls Jupiter Through the Straits](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-pulls-jupiter-through-the-straits) - Right now, Venus is evening star, moving up the sky through the horns of Taurus, the Bull, as though paving the way for the Pleiades, those Seven Sisters who occasionally take flight to make offering to Zeus at the star Capella in the constellation Auriga, the Charioteer. But to get there, they must make this
- [The Strange Pull of What We Love at May Day Full Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-strange-pull-of-what-we-love-at-may-day-full-moon) - After several weeks of unintended hiatus, The Storyteller’s Night Sky is back, just in time for the May Day Full Moon. I love it when the phenomena align with the calendar this way. May Day is the spring cross quarter day, known as Beltane in the Celtic tradition. It’s a time for celebrating, protecting, and
- [To Love in the Realm of Shadow](https://storytellersnightsky.com/to-love-in-the-realm-of-shadow) - On Tuesday, March 3rd, the Moon will be totally eclipsed by the shadow of the Earth ~ and some part of it will be visible for everyone throughout the US. To prepare, I recommend checking out sunset and moonrise times for Monday, March 2nd, the evening before, when the nearly-full Moon will rise in the
- [An Epic Convergence of Cultures and Cosmos](https://storytellersnightsky.com/an-epic-convergence-of-cultures-and-cosmos) - There’s a mighty cultural and celestial convergence headed our way next week, and it goes like this: It’s Lunar New Year in China and throughout Asia; it's Ramadan in the Islamic world; and it's the onset of Lent in the Christian world. All of this is aligned to the New Moon on Tuesday, February 17th
- [The Coldest Night of the Year this Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-coldest-night-of-the-year-this-week) - The first New Moon of the New Year happened on Sunday, January 18, 2026, and now we approach what is traditionally known as the coldest night of the year, the eve of St. Agnes, on January 20th. According to meteorologists, there can be arctic outbreaks that linger through March, but January is climatologically the coldest
- [Some Celestial Highlights for 2026](https://storytellersnightsky.com/some-celestial-highlights-for-2026) - The 12 days and 13 nights marked by Christmas and Epiphany in the Christian calendar are the perfect time to reflect on where we’ve been, and to prepare for where we’re going. And it’s the time of year when I like to consider the big celestial phenomena coming our way, and dream into what they
- [The Geminids, Phaethon, and the Year's Chariot of Fire](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-geminids-phaethon-and-the-years-chariot-of-fire) - One of the most prolific meteor showers of the year happens on Saturday this week, on the date referred to centuries ago by the English John Donne as the deep midnight of both the year and the day. The meteor shower is known as the Geminids, and it peaks every year overnight on December 13th
- [This Week's Cosmic Negotiations](https://storytellersnightsky.com/this-weeks-cosmic-negotiations) - It's exciting to roll out your maps and papers and see that the planets are lining up like they will this week! It’s like this: the Moon is waning toward New Phase, when it stands between Earth and Sun; Mercury is retrograde and also about to stand between Earth and Sun; and Uranus is on
- [Let the Super Moon Enkindle and Enflame Your Soul](https://storytellersnightsky.com/let-the-super-moon-enkindle-and-enflame-your-soul) - This month the Moon emphasizes its relationship to the Earth both near and far when it comes to Full Phase November 5th and New Phase November 20th. The Moon’s orbit around Earth is an ellipse, which is like a squashed oval, and because the Earth is not at the exact center of this ellipse, then
- [Moonshadow Over the Celestial Gateway at Eve of Halloween](https://storytellersnightsky.com/moonshadow-over-the-celestial-gateway-at-eve-of-halloween) - The constellation Capricorn is referred to as the “gateway of the gods” and this week the Moon casts its shadow across this gate when it occults the brightest star in Capricorn, Deneb Algedi. This happens on Thursday, October 30th, the night before Halloween, when preparations are being made to travel about imitating malignant spirits and
- [Orion's Belt of Invisibility](https://storytellersnightsky.com/orions-belt-of-invisibility) - The meteor shower of the mighty giant Orion peaks overnight Monday and Tuesday this week, and with Moon at New Phase October 21st, conditions are great for casting your wishes up to the falling stars. The parent comet of the shower is perhaps one of the most famous of all~ Halley’s. But astronomers don’t name
- [The Harvest Moon Secret](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-harvest-moon-secret) - Many will say the Harvest Moon is given its name because it is the Full Moon closest to autumn equinox, it’s big, it’s bright, so farmers can stay out later in their fields. But the real meaning is deeper and reveals an innate sense of how to live in harmony with the cycle of the
- [A Starry Script to Lead Us at Equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-starry-script-to-lead-us-at-equinox) - One of my favorite stories is unfolding in the sky right now, with the great constellation Orion rising up in the morning sky in the east while the starry crown slopes toward the west, where the Sun is setting below the celestial equator now that it’s equinox time. The story, Catherine and Her Destiny, is
- [Potent Opportunity on the Path to Equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/3914-2) - We’re approaching autumn equinox in the northern hemisphere, one of the “balance points” in the year, a time when it’s appropriate to consider, even through ceremony, what it is to keep steady in an endlessly turning world. Just prior to equinox, the moon will come to new phase, aligning with the Sun and causing a
- [A Holy Secret on September 14th](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-holy-secret-on-september-14th) - The Moon was fully eclipsed on Sunday, September 7th, and will spend this week waning through its gibbous phase, until it arrives at the last quarter of its cycle on Sunday, September 14th, when it reaches the horns of Taurus, the Bull. Here’s some fascinating stuff about about September 14th, bearing in mind that while
- [On the Way to Full Moon With an Eclipse Behind](https://storytellersnightsky.com/on-the-way-to-full-moon-with-an-eclipse-behind) - On Sunday September 7 there’s a Total Eclipse of the Moon, but it will only be visible on one side of the Earth, in Asia, not here in the US. Over here, the Moon will rise Saturday evening, September 6, the night before eclipse, 20 minutes before the Sun sets, the two great lights straddling
- [The Thickest Region of Milky Way Activates the Best Love Stories](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-thickest-region-of-milky-way-activates-the-best-love-stories) - In August, there’s a formula for finding the most romantic night of the season, and here’s how it goes: Once the Moon comes New, count seven nights while watching for the summer’s brightest star to reach the zenith. Then the conditions are right for the love story that unfolds overhead, bridging the vast expanse of
- [Venus, Jupiter, and the Perseids ~ Here a New Life Begins](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-jupiter-and-the-perseids-here-a-new-life-begins) - The Perseid Meteor Shower comes to its peak overnight Tuesday this week (August 12-13), when the Earth passes through the tail of the comet that causes the shower and the constellation Perseus reaches its highest place in the night sky. But the Moon will be a waning gibbous, 84 percent illuminated, rising in the East
- [Tennyson's Telescope](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tennysons-telescope) - As a calendarist, I love the convergence of things that takes place very year in the first week of August: August 1st is the seasonal cross quarter, or halfway point, highlighting a dynamic turning point in the cycle of the year; August 6th brings the Christian Feast of the Transfiguration, narrated in chapter 9 of
- [Cross-Quarter and Star-Crossed Love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/cross-quarter-and-star-crossed-love) - It may be that the cross-quarter time in a season is the most dynamic, because it has to do with a turn, as though at the midpoint we step away from the past and lean into the as-yet unknown future ~ and what better guide for such a turn than the stars? The compass rose
- [The True Self in this Week's Piscean Pile Up](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-true-self-in-this-weeks-piscean-pile-up) - There’s a pile up of planets in Pisces this week, when the waning gibbous Moon sweeps over Neptune early Wednesday morning, just a few degrees above Saturn. Neptune isn’t visible to the naked eye, but the Moon and Saturn are, so if you’re interested in seeing this, the best time to look is about two
- [Uranus, Saturn, and Summer's First Full Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/uranus-saturn-and-summers-first-full-moon) - There’s something of a culmination in the stars this week, with Uranus changing astrological signs on Monday, July 7th, and Saturn beginning its four-month retrograde after midnight Saturday, July 12-13, and in between, the summer’s first Full Moon, July 10th at 4:48 pm EDT, a remarkably fertile time when the Moon reflects all available light
- [Venus, Uranus, and Pleiades Meet Friday](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-uranus-and-pleiades-meet-friday) - The fact that January 1st is fixed on the calendar as the first day of the new year is due to the Calendar Reform initiated by Pope Gregory the XIII in 1582. But it took nearly 400 years for this reformed calendar to be used around the world ~ this only came about in the
- [Sun, Moon, and Jupiter all Lined Up in a Greek Myth](https://storytellersnightsky.com/sun-moon-and-jupiter-all-lined-up-in-a-greek-myth) - The most gentle of the Olympian goddesses in the classical Greek world was Leto, partner to Zeus before he joined with the goddess Hera, but Hera was deeply jealous, so though Leto got pregnant before Hera came along, Hera still hunted her over the whole world so Leto could find no place to deliver her
- [What Have We to Offer at Solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-have-we-to-offer-at-solstice) - In the midst of our days, the stars are watching, the day-blind and the night stars, and to the extent that we are willing to consider the Earth in its true nature, as a living being with something akin to a heartbeat and a rhythmic breath, then we can enter into its rhythms and strive
- [The Moon of Milk and Honey](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-moon-of-milk-and-honey) - This week on Wednesday, June 11th, the Moon will be Full after midnight (3:45 am EDT), looking south along the Milky Way river of stars. This June Moon is often called the “Honey Moon,” and given that it will be Full in front of the thickest region of the Milky Way, it’s easy to imagine
- [Our Stately Progress Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/our-stately-progress-among-the-stars) - This week in the stars it’s all about poets and novelists, although really, when is it not? The poetry and story this week is inspired by the planet Venus at its greatest elongation west of the Sun, which means the goddess of love and beauty is furthest away from the Sun, rising nearly two hours
- [Last New Moon of the Spring and Venus Swings Wide this week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/last-new-moon-of-the-spring-and-venus-swings-wide-this-week) - The cycle of the year unfolds in successive stages that are easily measured by the rhythms of the Earth, Sun, and Moon through the cosmos, and in the sequence of festival days in the various cultures around the world. Monday, May 26th, brings the last New Moon of the Spring in the northern hemisphere, followed
- [Planets Gather in a Skylark Sky](https://storytellersnightsky.com/planets-gather-in-a-skylark-sky) - This week there’s a beautiful stage being set in the morning sky, where Venus, as morning star, is joined by Saturn, Neptune, and the waning crescent Moon. We can’t see Neptune with the naked eye, and Saturn is not bright enough to withstand the light of dawn for too long, but it’s worth knowing that
- [Emily Dickinson Week Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/emil-dickinson-week-among-the-stars) - There’s an ancient Greek myth that it was the Muses who discovered the letters in the cosmos ~ the consonants among the fixed stars and the vowels among the wandering planets ~ and that the Titan Prometheus was also involved. Poets were regarded as those of highest rank in those ancient ages, followed by the
- [Meteors and Mother Goose](https://storytellersnightsky.com/meteors-and-mother-goose) - There’s a lot of history unfolding in connection with the sky this month, including the meteor shower that’s happening right now, the Eta Aquarids. This shower peaks overnight Monday to Tuesday, May 5 to 6, and is best after the gibbous Moon sets in the early morning hours, like 3:30 am, and after the constellation
- [How to Approach the Celestial Gateway This Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/how-to-approach-the-celestial-gateway-this-week) - When I was a child, my favorite nursery rhyme was this one from AA Milne: Halfway down the stairs is the stair where I sit There isn’t any other stair quite like it, I’m not at the bottom, I’m not at the top, So this is the stair where I always stop… And here we
- [In the Vast Fields of Starlight for Dark Sky Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-the-vast-fields-of-starlight-for-dark-sky-week) - On Sunday, April 27th the Moon is New, which means that the around the world people everywhere are celebrating international dark sky week, to raise awareness about light pollution and its effect on habitat, and in how we use the earth’s resources, and in its effect on human circadian rhythms, the patterns in our wake-sleep
- [A Ceremony of Dew and Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-ceremony-of-dew-and-stars) - The Moon gave way on Saturday evening, when it came to its Full Phase below the celestial equator, the furthest-away Full Moon for the year. And with Mercury and Venus now both in direct motion again, these three destiny planets support a mood of moving forward to meet the spiritual new year at last. In
- [The Resurrection  Forces of Spring](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-resurrection-forces-of-spring) - Though the Sun came to its equinox moment two weeks ago, and so unleashed spring across the Northern Terrestrial Hemisphere, the Moon has not yet yielded its position of dominance in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere. But that’s about the change, this week. After Autumn Equinox in September each year, the Moon comes to its Full
- [Neptune into Aries~Ours if Our Hearts Are Wise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/neptune-into-ariesours-if-our-hearts-are-wise) - When I was a kid my brothers and I used to do this thing where we would stand in a door frame and press the backs of your arms and hands as hard as we could against the frame, counting to 60, to get a full minute in. Then, once you had exerted all your
- [The Forces of Destiny & Our Writing Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-forces-of-destiny-our-writing-among-the-stars) - In the Christian tradition, Monday, March 24th marks the Feast Day the Archangel Gabriel, the annunciator and guardian of souls coming to birth ~ a fitting task at the dawn of Spring. And then, the kind of cosmic coincidence that I particularly like occurs when the planet Mercury, messenger of the gods, comes to a
- [Equinox, Venus, and the Sacred Marriage](https://storytellersnightsky.com/equinox-venus-and-the-sacred-marriage) - In the early 1600s, a mysterious manuscript began circulating in Europe that caused quite a sensation, and this at the same time that a supernova exploded in the region of the constellation Ophiucus. This supernova is referred to as Kepler’s Star, but there are other, hidden references made to it also, as the opening of
- [Doing Shadow Work at Eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/doing-shadow-work-at-eclipse) - There’s a Total Lunar Eclipse overnight Thursday to Friday this week, visible throughout North America. According to the Storyteller’s Night Sky, the best way to prepare for such an event is to find a place to catch moonrise and sunset the evening before it happens, and then, to do a bit of ceremony. The Moon
- [Venus Retrograde ~ When Love Speaks](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-retrograde-when-love-speaks) - Venus began her rare retrograde Saturday evening, March 1st. Such a motion isn’t discernible with the naked eye, but it is knowable, and asks of us: What’s living in your heart? In the cosmic wisdom of the ancients, it was understood that there is no secret in the human heart of which Venus, as goddess
- [The Planets are Aligning ~ Don't Go Back to Sleep](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-planets-are-aligning-dont-go-back-to-sleep) - Mars and Venus bookend this week with their alternating moves, with Mars completing its nearly 12 weeks of retrograde on Sunday the 23rd and Venus beginning its six weeks retrograde on Saturday, March 1st. And in between, the Moon comes New, and cozies up with Mercury and Saturn just after they come conjunct on Friday
- [The Moon, Spica, and the Great Treasure Hunt](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-moon-spica-and-the-great-treasure-hunt) - I have a favorite fairy tale for this time of year when the Sun is moving through the region of Aquarius stars, because all the star names there have to do with good fortune, hidden treasure, and wishes that come true! And what’s more, the Moon is augmenting this Sun position by sweeping past Spica
- [For the Love of Venus on Valentine's Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/for-the-love-of-venus-on-valentines-day) - The work week ends on Valentine’s Day, Friday, February 14, 2025, so here are a few things to know about Venus right now, the planet of love, beauty, and poetry. Venus spends the least amount of time backtracking through the starry fields overhead. But every 18 months, Venus begins her retrograde, which means the planet
- [An Emily Dickinson Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/an-emily-dickinson-moon) - This week the Moon is Emily Dickinson’s stylus, inscribing the love language of the planets into the night. It started Saturday, February 1st, when the lunar crescent had a brilliant encounter with Venus in the evening twilight, and it culminates Saturday, February 8th, when the waxing gibbous bridges the gap between the red warrior planet
- [Pure and Prepared to Leap Up to the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/pure-and-prepared-to-leap-up-to-the-stars) - This week brings the first New Moon of the New Year, Wednesday, January 29th, which marks the Year of the Snake in the Chinese festival calendar, a complex symbol, signifying death and destruction or a resurrection of life forces because snakes periodically shed their skin. Most likely it’ll be both ~ the death of an
- [Everything Old is New Again ~ Or is it?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/everything-old-is-new-again-or-is-it-2) - This week the night sky is visually stunning, and astrologically dynamic. It begins this Monday morning at sunrise, January 20, 2025, when the Sun ascends the horizon in the East in the company of the dwarf planet Pluto. Pluto will not be visible to us, but this is an interesting signature for this moment ~
- [On Miracles and Mars at Opposition](https://storytellersnightsky.com/on-miracles-and-mars-at-opposition) - This week the story in the stars is all about Mars, which came closest to the Earth on Sunday, January 12, 2025. will be blocked by the Moon just past Full Phase on Monday, January 13, and then makes its opposition with the Sun on Wednesday, January 15. Things get lively whenever Mars is involved,
- [For a Celestial New year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/for-a-celestial-new-year) - The New Year started with Mercury leading the charge as morning star, and just recently, the waxing crescent Moon swept passed Venus and Saturn, on its way to Full Phase and an occultation of Mars, where it finds Mars moving retrograde opposite the dwarf planet Pluto. So, what else is going on in the stars
- [The 12 Days of Christmas Begin with Christmas Eve](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-12-days-of-christmas-begin-with-christmas-eve) - Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the year ahead, not just for a moment, but for the full 12 days of Christmas, which begin with the birth of inner light on Christmas Eve, at midnight. In this kind of practice,
- [Solstice Week and the Inner Landscape](https://storytellersnightsky.com/solstice-week-and-the-inner-landscape) - Looking into the sky this solstice week there’s a lovely celestial set up going on that can support a mood of inner stillness, one that mimics the apparent stillness of the sun when it comes to its solstice moment in the early hours on Saturday the 21st. The set up involves the red planet Mars,
- [Christmas Meteors and Friday the 13th](https://storytellersnightsky.com/christmas-meteors-and-friday-the-13th) - In 1582 Pope Gregory XIII issued the inter gravissimas, the papal bull that reformed the calendar, which meant that 11 days were removed to accommodate the fact that the reckoning of time drifts away from the stars if we don’t account for the slow precession of Earth in relation to its celestial environment. What this
- [Signs in the Heavens](https://storytellersnightsky.com/signs-in-the-heavens) - This week December 2-8, 2024, there are six stars, two planets, and the Moon making a sign in the heavens. The six stars make a pattern referred to as the Winter Hexagon, or hexagram, a six-pointed star that is deeply symbolic in this season. The two planets are our brightest: Jupiter and Venus, straddling the
- [Moon Hides the Star of Abundance from View](https://storytellersnightsky.com/moon-hides-the-star-of-abundance-from-view) - This Thanksgiving week there’s a magical event happening in the morning sky, one that begs the question: when am I central to what occurs in the world around me? Wednesday morning, November 27th, about an hour before the Sun rises, the waning crescent Moon will sweep over the star Spica, the brightest star in the
- [The Universe Goes as Far as the Soul Goes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-universe-goes-as-far-as-the-soul-goes) - It’s kind of a slow week in the night sky, if there can ever be such a thing. The planet Saturn ended its retrograde last week, the same day that the Moon came Full near Uranus. We’re past the peak of this month’s second meteor shower, and while the world of astrology is abuzz with
- [Now Begins the Journey of a New Life with Full Moon and Uranus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/now-begins-the-journey-of-a-new-life-with-full-moon-and-uranus) - This week’s Full Moon on Friday, November 15, 2024, occurs near the planet Uranus, which means that now we begin anew the great tale of human becoming. To borrow from Homer, knowing the outcome of this new tale requires divine forces, and is best begun with an invocation to the Muse, to reveal the story
- [Spica and the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/spica-and-the-moon) - Each month the Moon meets Spica, the star of abundance in the region of Virgo stars ~ beginning with the first Full Moon of Autumn 2024, and culminating with the first Full Moon of Spring 2025, the Moon brings a particular accent mark to this star offering us all an invitation to research In this
- [The First of Three Oppositions Between Mars and Pluto](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-first-of-three-oppositions-between-mars-and-pluto) - A mighty week is upon us, inaugurated on Sunday, November 3, 2024, by the opposition between Mars and Pluto that will occur two more times in the coming months due to Mars’ impending retrograde motion. Astrologically, Pluto is given dominion over the region of Scorpio, a constellation once ruled by Mars. Given this switch, it’s
- [What Autumn Reveals at Cross Quarter Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-autumn-reveals-at-cross-quarter-day) - In the early 1900s, Austrian spiritual scientist Rudolf Steiner published a book of contemplations called The Calendar of the Soul, which was composed of three main parts: name days and feast days for each day of the year; weekly verses to support a sense of becoming in the cycle of the year; and new images of
- [Whether Life is a Stone in Me or a Star](https://storytellersnightsky.com/whether-life-is-a-stone-in-me-or-a-star) - Two hours before sunrise this week (especially October 22, 23, 24, 2024) the waning gibbous Moon shines its light on the twins Castor and Pollux as the red warrior Mars sweeps by just below. Mars will hang out in this region of the sky for the next several months, making a nice pirouette here until
- [Timekeeping with the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/timekeeping-with-the-stars) - A calendar is a brilliant mechanism formulated over centuries of sky watching that works with the magic of a time machine. Just think of it, tiny black boxes aligned in neat rows, each row divided into seven parts, each part named in accord with a classical planet and all in a particular order that reveals
- [The Heart of the Soul Weighed by the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-heart-of-the-soul-weighed-by-the-stars) - The first New Moon of autumn comes on Wednesday this week, October 2, 2024. It will be on that part of the Moon’s orbital path that takes it furthest away from us, which is called its apogee. The Moon becomes visible as a waxing crescent a few evenings later, and on Saturday, October 5, 2024
- [With the Moon We Await the Poets](https://storytellersnightsky.com/with-the-moon-we-await-the-poets) - Equinox occurred Sunday morning, September 22nd, when the Sun appeared to slip below the celestial equator and now, in the northern hemisphere, we enter the season of shorter days and longer nights. But that’s not all ~ now the Moon takes the lead in our sky, which means that from now until March next year,
- [A Harvest of Stars on Michigan's Beaver Island](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-harvest-of-stars-on-michigans-beaver-island) - Each year the Full Moon closest to Autumn Equinox enjoys the distinction of being Harvest Moon, and it happens this week on Wednesday, September 17 at 10:36 am. The Moon will rival the Sun for a few dramatic moments at the horizon both Monday and Tuesday evenings, making ready to be the dominant light in
- [The Waterman and the Sun King](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-waterman-and-the-sun-king) - A fascinating signature of the Mysteries is appearing in the sky right now, involving the planets Saturn and Mercury and the constellations Aquarius and Leo. In nearly all ancient cultures, Aquarius was described as the waterman, a mighty figure pouring the waters of life onto the earth from his celestial waterpot. Leo, on the other
- [The Lavender Moon begins 2 September 2024](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-lavender-moon-begins-2-september-2024) - Mary Stewart Adams Each year at the end of Summer, a New Moon will occur that first becomes visible to us below the Celestial Equator. To be clear, the Moon moves below the Celestial Equator every month, but once each year, it will happen for the first time that its first visibility is below the Celestial Equator, and
- [The Moon and Our Noble Nature](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-moon-and-our-noble-nature) - Each month the moon greets every planet out there among the stars, but it won’t always shed the same amount of light on these meetings from one month to the next, so it’s easy to imagine that the Moon is modulating our experience as it goes. First the waxing crescent Moon met up with Venus
- [Blue Moon, Saturn Moon, Perigee Moon All in One](https://storytellersnightsky.com/blue-moon-saturn-moon-perigee-moon-all-in-one) - The astrological omens for the coming week suggest that now is the time for sloughing off the dead weight and for moving out of stagnant situations. The week opens with a Blue Moon (August 19) that sweeps close to Saturn (August 20) and then comes closest to Earth (August 21), which means it’s rare, it
- [The Gang's All Here](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-gangs-all-here) - As far as discernible historical record goes, the first people to divide the heavens into what later became known as the zodiac were the ancient Persians, over eight thousand years ago. Their division of the stars into recognizable patterns was not just a superimposing of images on groups of stars, but was instead determined by
- [I Saw Eternity Last Night](https://storytellersnightsky.com/i-saw-eternity-last-night) - In August the Milky Way is like the brilliantly beaded belt of a sparkling garment woven out of stars and flung across the night. This week, the starry garment appears in evening array with Venus and the Moon hemming its western edge, while at dawn, Mars and Jupiter adorn the eastern edge, rising two hours
- [The Romantic Tragedy of Summer's Halfway Point](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-romantic-tragedy-of-summers-halfway-point) - This week a date of historic and literary note rolls around: “Lammas Eve,” which is the night before we’re halfway through the summer. This cross quarter day or halfway point is traditionally celebrated on August 1st, in accord with the first fruits, or, specifically, the first wheat harvest of the season. The word Lammas derives
- [Venus is a Vital Power](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-is-a-vital-power) - As one of only two planets that orbits between the Earth and the Sun, Venus holds a unique position in relation to the Earth. Sometimes called Earth’s “sister planet,” Venus completes its synodic rhythm in 584 days, which is when it comes back to the same place relative to Earth and Sun, kind of like
- [When Mars and Uranus Take the Sky](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-mars-and-uranus-take-the-sky) - This week all the talk in the world of astrology is about the great meeting between the red planet Mars and the eccentric gas giant Uranus, which seems to coincide with quick changes and reversals, sudden upsets, unforeseen events or even new insights stirred all of sudden, breaking in like revelation. This happens on Monday,
- [The Secret of the World](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-secret-of-the-world) - This week the Earth comes to its aphelion, the point on its orbital path where it is furthest away from the Sun. This happens Friday, July 5th, the same day as the first New Moon of summer. So here at the season’s beginning, what if we take the position that as inhabitants of the Earth
- [The Moon as Cosmic Window and Magic Mirror](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-moon-as-cosmic-window-and-magic-mirror) - This week while Venus walks hand-in-hand with the Sun through the field of summer stars and Mercury greets them at the west gate at the end of each day, the Moon takes up the task of checking in on all the other planets, not over the long course of a whole month, but all within
- [Witnessing the Greater Self at Solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/witnessing-the-greater-self-at-solstice) - This week it’s all about the Sun and its solstice, but it’s also about the Moon, which comes to Full Phase the day after solstice, placing an accent mark on what happens with the standing still of the Sun that marks the beginning of summer. At summer solstice the Sun is furthest north above the
- [The Aim of Waking is to Dream](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-aim-of-waking-is-to-dream) - Summer begins officially next week, but before we get there, the messenger of the gods slips into hiding beyond the Sun, while the first heaven is flung open wide by a growing Moon. This means it’s time to heed the whispers of the merry wanderer of the night. In plain speak, the planet Mercury will
- [Joan of Arc*turus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/joan-of-arc-turus) - Joan of Arc was a girl of 13 when she was first visited by the angels, who called her to the task of freeing her homeland from the ravages of war. It took a few years before she actually heeded the call, and traveled to Vaucouleurs, where she prevailed against those who doubted her to
- [A Michelangelo Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-michelangelo-moon) - When the Moon blocks the Sun we call it an eclipse. When the Moon blocks a planet or a star, we call it on occultation, from the Latin word occult which means “to hide.” And this week, the Moon is at it again, occulting the star Antares, the red giant at the heart of the Scorpion. These nights the
- [The Secret of the Center of the Universe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-secret-of-the-center-of-the-universe) - Last month the Moon performed one of its primal acts when it totally eclipsed the Sun. Then, it moved on, until overnight Sunday this week, when it returned to last month’s eclipse point. This only took 27 days, but on the Earth we don’t calculate this return as New Moon because during this same time,
- [What Rides the Wind on May Eve](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-rides-the-wind-on-may-eve) - This week the merry month of May begins, and while most people are familiar with May Day and the fact that the beginning of May marks the halfway point in the season, not many are as familiar with May Eve, a date which stands exactly opposite Halloween. May Eve is Tuesday, April 30th, and according
- [Jupiter, Uranus, and the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/jupiter-uranus-and-the-moon) - This week all the astrological attention is on the meeting of Jupiter and Uranus that happens on Saturday, April 20th. It’s the kind of meeting that only happens once every 14 years, and only recurs in the same region of zodiac every 83 years, so it’s worth paying attention to. But how? One way is
- [The Shadows Carry the Whole Story](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-shadows-carry-the-whole-story) - In 2016 the poet WS Merwin wrote: Brightness appears showing us everything it reveals the splendors it calls everything but shows it to each of us alone and only once and only to look at not to touch or hold in our shadows And though he was writing about what he called “The Wings of
- [Here Begins a New Life in Love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/here-begins-a-new-life-in-love) - The biggest astronomical event of the year is next week’s Total Solar Eclipse, and if you plan to see it, make sure you also know what else is going on in the sky. My favorite thing is the fact that as daylight fades through eclipse, Venus becomes visible, an ancient indication that a new initiation
- [The Shadow of the Future Cast at Eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-shadow-of-the-future-cast-at-eclipse) - The painting of The Annunciation by renaissance master Leonardo Da Vinci depicts a sublime moment of exchange between the human kingdom and the divine, with the archangelic being Gabriel bowing gracefully before the Virgin Mary, offering a lily, long a symbol of spiritual communication, as a question sent from God. And what’s striking about it
- [The Stars of Leo and the Higher Self](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-stars-of-leo-and-the-higher-self) - The Moon is a waxing gibbous this week, gathering more and more light unto itself until it slips through the Heaven’s Gate among the stars of Virgo on Sunday, March 24th, and then into the Earth’s shadow at Full phase next week. Along the way, equinox will occur (March 19 at 11:06 pm edt), when
- [The Price of Improbable Love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-price-of-improbable-love) - On Wednesday, March 13, 2024 the crescent Moon will appear beside Jupiter in the evening sky, two hours after sunset looking west. And so begins this week’s grand adventure, which is nothing less than the final resolution of improbable love. The Moon was New on Sunday, March 10, among the stars of Pisces. This week
- [In a Bed of Daffodil Sky](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-a-bed-of-daffodil-sky) - It’s March, and now the winter gives way to spring. This year, this is also the month when the planet Venus, as morning star, gives way to the glare of the Sun. Of course, Alfred Tennyson said this so much more poetically, but before we go there, let’s consider the set up: The Moon is
- [The Hidden Promise of Leap Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-hidden-promise-of-leap-day) - Overnight Thursday this week, the waning gibbous Moon will move from the region of Virgo stars to Libra, where, on Friday morning, it will be near the star Zubenelgenubi, one of the most amusingly-named stars in the sky. Zubenelgenubi is the brightest star in Libra, and its name means “the southern scale,” the weighted-down side
- [Forty Days with the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/forty-days-with-the-moon) - To say that the Moon will be Full on Saturday, February 24th is a simple statement of astronomical observation, and yet, it’s so much more. This Full Moon will be at apogee, as far away from us as the Moon can get. It’s like the Moon is stretching the first heaven far and wide, to
- [All Love Meets with Its Return](https://storytellersnightsky.com/all-love-meets-with-its-return) - Only once every 12 years will the Olympian King of the Gods stand beside the lead star of the zodiac with the Moon sweeping by on Valentine’s Day, and it’s happening this year. So what does it mean? As our largest planet and mythological ruler of the heavens, Jupiter has dominion over the sky. Jupiter
- [The Love From Which We Are Born](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-love-from-which-we-are-born) - The classical Athenian playwright Euripides wrote: Do you not see how mighty is the goddess Aphrodite? She sows and gives that love from which all we upon this earth are born. Aphrodite for the ancient Greeks bore the name Venus in the ancient Roman world, and in the sky, the planet of love and beauty that bears
- [The Amen of the Universe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-amen-of-the-universe) - With last week’s New Moon as the first of the New Year, it’s time to look at what everybody else is doing. This week my eye is on Venus, goddess of love and beauty, our morning star. Venus has emerged from the threshold of the Scorpion underworld and is now crossing through the Milky Way
- [The Long Night's Festival](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-long-nights-festival) - Winter Solstice arrives this week in the Northern Hemisphere (Thursday December 21, 2023 at 10:27 pm et) which draws attention to the living relationship between Earth and Sun. Solstice, which means “the standing still of the Sun,” is like the pause in human breathing, between inbreath and outbreath, outbreath to inbreath. While this takes just
- [Geminid Meteor Shower of Faith, Hope, and Love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/gemini-meteor-shower-of-faith-hope-and-love) - The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks overnight Wednesday to Thursday, December 13 to 14, and though this shower was only discovered in the 1860s, I imagine it in connection with a story that comes from much earlier in history: “The Paradise” of Dante’s Divine Comedy, written more than 700 years ago. The Geminid Meteor Shower was
- [The Moon, Venus, and the Three Kings](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-moon-venus-and-the-three-kings) - At this time of year the asterism of the Winter Hexagon rises up in the East after sunset, six bright stars that create the pattern of a six-pointed star, led by Sirius, the brightest star in our sky. This star pattern is uniquely connected to the mystery of this season, and is augmented now by
- [The Moon Rises with a Magic Tale](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-moon-rises-with-a-magic-tale) - The Moon rises in the mood of one of the English-speaking world’s most well-known fairy tales this week: Jack and the Beanstalk. The Moon reaches Full Phase on Monday morning, November 27, 2023, and then spends the next two days rising as far north as it can get, moving between the horns of Taurus the Bull
- [For Love is a Light of Heaven](https://storytellersnightsky.com/for-love-is-a-light-of-heaven) - This week when looking into the sky, we won’t see Mars, because it’s still buried in the heart of the Sun. But Saturn will be visible, a golden light riding across the southwest among the stars of Aquarius. Jupiter is a much more brilliant light, rising in the East as the Sun sets in the
- [Mars Meets the Sun, Kepler Steals the Gold](https://storytellersnightsky.com/kepler-mars-and-the-golden-vessels) - In his 1609 “Commentaries on the Motion of Mars,” German astronomer Johannes Kepler wrote, “I am stealing the golden vessels of the Egyptians to build a tabernacle to my God from them, far far away from the boundaries of Egypt.” This week, the planet Mars comes to its once-every-two-years meeting with the Sun, on Saturday. Legend
- [The Outward Shining of an Inward Light](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-outward-shining-of-an-inward-light) - The planet Venus rides across the dawn in a chariot of the Moon later this week, a spectacular sight that lends itself to easily finding the goddess of love and beauty lingering in the East even after the Sun rises. In addition to Venus and the Moon at dawn on Thursday, there’s meteor shower activity
- [To Let the Face of God Shine Through](https://storytellersnightsky.com/to-let-the-face-of-god-shine-through) - The traditional observance of All Saint’s and All Soul’s Day happens Wednesday and Thursday this week, November 1st and 2nd, which means to mark the halfway point in the fading season, when all at once we’re closer to the end than we are to the beginning. Though they are dedicated to the most sacred, these
- [When Inmost Soul Must Stay Awake](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-inmost-soul-must-stay-awake) - Oh sleep! it is a gentle thing, Beloved from pole to pole! To Mary Queen the praise be given! She sent the gentle sleep from Heaven, That slid into my soul. These are the words of the Ancient Mariner from part V of Samuel Taylor Coleridge’s poem of the same name, and I like them
- [What Giants Require](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-giants-require) - Halley’s Comet is probably the most well-known of the periodic visitors that sweep through our planetary system, and it’s also the parent of two meteor showers each year: the Eta Aquariids in early May; and the Orionids, which are active now, and come to their peak this weekend, in the predawn hours from Saturday to
- [Venus and the Flame of Love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-and-the-flame-of-love) - By this weekend, around October 8, 2023, Venus will return to the same position she held over three months ago, in early July, when the planet was visible in the evening sky near the star Regulus. Not long after coming close to this star that marks the heart of the Lion, Venus began her retrograde.
- [Full Moon at Michaelmas September 29, 2023](https://storytellersnightsky.com/full-moon-at-michaelmas-september-29-2023) - In the northern hemisphere there are five things overhead every night: a king, a queen, two bears, and a dragon. This week, the Full Moon draws attention in the Storyteller’s Night Sky to the king and the dragon.The first moon of autumn will come full on Thursday, September 29, which is celebrated as Michaelmas in
- [Autumn Bold](https://storytellersnightsky.com/autumn-bold) - Autumn Equinox occurs in the early hours this Saturday, September 23rd (at 2:50 am edt), heralding the full harvest of the year and, ideally, a sense of balance, now the high constellations of Summer have set. Looking into the sky this week, the asterism of the Summer Triangle moves just past the zenith from directly
- [Dante's Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/dantes-moon) - There’s an auspicious anniversary in the world of literature this week, and it coincides with the last New Moon of the season on Thursday, September 14: the death of Italian Poet Dante Alighieri, in 1321. Prior to his Divine Comedy, Dante wrote the La Vita Nuova, a series of poetic vignettes in which he narrates
- [Happily Ever After with Blue Moon and Venus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/happily-ever-after-with-blue-moon-and-venus) - This week brings the last full moon of summer, August 30th, and it’s a blue moon, if we abide by the definition that the second full moon in one month is blue. This presents us with a unique opportunity, because also later this week, on Sunday, September 3rd, Venus resumes direct motion, after nearly six
- [Remaining True to Our Ideals with Saturn at Opposition](https://storytellersnightsky.com/remaining-true-to-our-ideals-with-saturn-at-opposition) - At the end of this week, the planet Saturn makes its annual opposition with the sun, from among the stars of Aquarius, where it’s not too far from one of the Four Royal Stars of Ancient Persia, the star Fomalhaut. Fomalhaut marks the mouth of the Southern Fish, not to be confused with Pisces, and
- [On Meteors and Butterflies](https://storytellersnightsky.com/meteors-and-butterflies) - Once we’ve passed the halfway point in the season, it becomes obvious that sunset is arriving earlier and greater darkness is setting in, which is all the more reason to celebrate the awe and wonder of the cosmic phenomenon of meteor showers. For just as it starts to get darker outside, the night lights up
- [Brothers and Sons](https://storytellersnightsky.com/brothers-and-sons) - The spectacular show in the sky this week shines a light on the celestial lineage of Zeus and two of his children, both immortalized as constellations that are prominent this month: Perseus, the constellation of the hero that lends his name to this week’s popular meteor shower; and Hercules, the half-brother and great-grandson of Perseus,
- [As the World Turns](https://storytellersnightsky.com/as-the-world-turns) - There are several things worth drawing attention to this week, including Tuesday’s Full Moon, August 1st, which sets us up for a Blue Moon at the end of the month (on August 31st); and Cross Quarter Day is Tuesday, which is the halfway point in summer and marks the traditional celebration of “first ripened fruits”;
- [When Moon Unfurls the Rosy Petals of Pleiades](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-moon-unfurls-the-rosy-petals-of-pleiades) - There’s a sacred mystery in the summer sky this week when, on Thursday, July 13th, the crescent Moon rises just before morning twilight in the company of Pleiades, the most storied about group of stars in the sky, often referred to as the Seven Sisters, where they’re clustered at the shoulder of the bull in
- [The Voice of All the Gods ~ Jupiter, Venus, and Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-voice-of-all-the-gods-jupiter-venus-and-moon) - The first Full Moon of the Summer happens Monday, July 3rd, as though it would drop a veil of mystery over the season’s natural mood of lazy slumber. Each evening this week, the Moon will rise in the East after sunset in the West, a glorious gibbous moving across the Milky Way, through the Capricorn
- [Trust Your Heart](https://storytellersnightsky.com/trust-your-heart) - This week Venus and Mars make their closest approach to one another, looking west Friday evening, June 30th, an hour after sunset. But while Venus is brilliant as evening star, Mars is faint, and even kind of hard to spot at first. What’s going on there? Venus is the third brightest object in our sky
- [Summer Solstice and the Utterance of the Gods](https://storytellersnightsky.com/summer-solstice-and-the-utterance-of-the-gods) - Summer Solstice occurs Wednesday, June 21st at 10:57 am (eastern time). In the northern hemisphere, this marks the longest day of the year and the onset of the Summer season, when the Earth has fully breathed her flowering forces out into the cosmos. And while nature gets more vibrant in Summer’s light, the northern world
- [Stilling the Thunder ~ Trembling the Veil](https://storytellersnightsky.com/stilling-the-thunder-trembling-the-veil) - At morning twilight on Tuesday, June 13, an hour before the Sun, the waning crescent Moon will slip past Jupiter in the East, stilling the thunderer with the dawn’s light. Tuesday is also the anniversary of the birth of Irish poet William Butler Yeats in 1865, one of the most notable literary figures of the
- [Waking in the Sleeping](https://storytellersnightsky.com/waking-in-the-sleeping) - What do you do at midnight late in the spring, when the planets have set with their love story and the Moon rises brilliant into the night, its last full phase of the season? It’s a time in the year’s cycle when the blossoms give way to the fruiting, when thought becomes word, when word
- [Venus, Mars, and Gemini Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-mars-and-gemini-stars) - All through the coming month, the planets Venus and Mars will grace the evening sky looking west, albeit Mars is gradually fading, and Venus is slowing down in her chase. This week, they’re moving through the stars of Gemini, where all of the journeying planets cross through the path of the Milky Way, and though
- [A Week of Celestial and Festival Mysteries Ahead](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-week-of-celestial-and-festival-mysteries-ahead) - This week is all about hidden mysteries, in the celestial world and in the festival calendar. On Wednesday, May 17 the Moon meets Jupiter in the morning sky, and in some parts of the US, the Moon will actually occult or block Jupiter. Then, the Moon disappears into its own “dark phase,” before it comes
- [Venus Unveiled](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-unveiled) - Now comes the season of Venus’ greatest altitude, which means the opportunity is at hand for seeing the goddess of love and beauty in broad daylight, while the Sun lingers above the horizon to greet her. Even though Venus is one of the brightest objects in the sky, this is one of only two instances
- [How the Stillness Becomes the Dancing](https://storytellersnightsky.com/how-the-stillness-becomes-the-dancing) - In the woods of northern Michigan the trillium bloom is about to burst forth and everything seems to be in a state of tremulous anticipation, while overhead, the planet Mercury has just made its inferior conjunction with the Sun (Monday, May 5, 2023). At inferior conjunction Mercury is still in its retrograde motion, and slowing
- [Traveling Together Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/traveling-together-among-the-stars) - I suppose you could say that because they’re all moving around in the sky above us, the planets are always traveling together, but the history of art and literature reveals that the celestial beloveds are always Venus and Mars, and this week, the Moon builds an ever-brightening bridge of light between them, looking west after
- [A Celestial Call to the Soul](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-celestial-call-to-the-soul) - Venus is so beautiful this week, moving up the sky through the starry region of Taurus, and joining the Pleiades, known as the seven sisters, especially on Tuesday night, April 11th. There are so many things to say about this, about how the Pleiades are the most storied about group of stars around the world,
- [A Song of Celestial Pairings](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-song-of-celestial-pairings) - There are three celestial pairings this week that are worth knowing about, and even though we might not see all of them, this is The Storyteller’s Night Sky, so we can live into these events out of our vibrant imaginations. The first pairing happens on Monday, March 27th, when Mercury joins Jupiter low over the
- [Sun, Moon, Jupiter, & Venus Charting Their Happiest Course](https://storytellersnightsky.com/sun-moon-jupiter-venus-charting-their-happiest-course) - The Sun arrives at its Equinox moment Monday, March 20 at 5:24 pm in the eastern time zone, entering the cardinal sign of Aries. The word cardinal comes from the Latin “cardo” which means “hinge.” So cardinal signs in the astrology of another age referred to astrological signs that the Sun enters when it passes
- [The First Heaven Fully Illuminated](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-first-heaven-fully-illuminated) - On Tuesday, March 7, 2023, the Moon will be full, for the last time this season. If we were to talk about it as medievalists, we wouldn’t be content to just give it a name, or speak about its phase, but to say instead that in the mid-week, the first heaven will be fully illuminated.
- [Venus, Jupiter, and Chiron ~ A Love that Endures](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-jupiter-and-chiron-a-love-that-endures) - This week the astrological love omens are on high alert, given that the gracious planet Venus is catching up with expansive Jupiter in the evening sky. We could just say that their meeting on Thursday, March 2, 2023 will make for a great date night, and leave it at that, but I’m interested in the
- [Forty Early Mornings](https://storytellersnightsky.com/forty-early-mornings) - There was a New Moon on Monday, February 20 at 2 am, and by Tuesday evening, it will be a beautiful crescent, near the bright planet Venus, as though inviting this goddess to the dance. On Wednesday, growing more bold, the Moon will approach Jupiter, and so it will go, on into the evenings ahead,
- [Great Love as a Gift of the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/great-love-as-a-gift-of-the-stars) - For the rest of the month Venus and Jupiter will be spectacular in the evening sky, looking west an hour after sunset, and then they’ll come into closest conjunction with one another just over two weeks from now. What’s their story? It might seem a simple task to imagine the stories in the stars, but
- [A Lenten Study of Dante ~ February 24 to April 7, 2023](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-lenten-study-of-dante-february-24-to-april-7-2023) - Friends, Speech artist Beatrice Voigt and I will offer an enthusiast's study of Dante's Divine Comedy through the Lenten season, 2023. Our approach, rather than being an academic or exhaustive undertaking, will be more like a stroll through Dante's master work, inspired by the pilgrim's own journey of exploration, following him through the Inferno, the Purgatory, and the Paradise, beginning with a
- [Can We Speak With the Stars?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/can-we-speak-with-the-stars) - It’s really fascinating in ancient and esoteric science that the planet Mars is given dominion over the human being’s capacity for speaking, although it’s a speaking without thinking. Going further into the cosmic mystery of man, it is the region of Taurus stars that governs the larynx in the human form. So Mars is connected
- [Comet Hunting? Beware the Dragon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/comet-hunting-beware-the-dragon) - The best way to find your way through the night sky is to start with what you know, and for most of us, that’s the Big Dipper, the most popular asterism in the northern hemisphere. Once you can identify the handle and ladle, you can make your way to a lot of other night sky
- [The Love that Moves the Sun and all the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-love-that-moves-the-sun-and-all-the-stars) - From the perspective of “The Storyteller’s Night Sky,” the beautiful mystery of Dante’s Divine Comedy is that the entire journey comes to resolution in the pilgrim’s realizing the divine nature of being human, which is expressed in its highest form as finding one’s star. The Divine Comedy is presented in three parts: The Inferno, the
- [Telling Stories ~ Fact, Fiction, or Otherwise with Glen Arbor Arts Center](https://storytellersnightsky.com/telling-stories-fact-fiction-or-otherwise-with-glen-arbor-arts-center) - Once upon a star… I so enjoyed this interview with Sarah Bearup-Neal for the exhibit Telling Stories at Glen Arbor Arts Center. Take a listen here, for my work in dark sky advocacy, storytelling, Rudolf Steiner, and more!
- [When is the New Year No Longer Young?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-is-the-new-year-no-longer-young) - Recently I was asked: “When is the New Year no longer young?” to which I would reply: The New Year is no longer young when we close the door on what came before. In the ancient Roman tradition, Janus is the god of doors, gates, and transitions. He is depicted with two heads, one looking
- [Dreaming the New Year into Being](https://storytellersnightsky.com/dreaming-the-new-year-into-being) - If the skies are clear this week, we’ll see the waning gibbous Moon making a path through the stars of Leo and Virgo, rising later each night, until it gets to the eve of its last quarter on Friday the 13th; then it rises after midnight. In my world, the waning gibbous Moon gives rise
- [The 12 Days of Christmas and Mercury](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-12-days-of-christmas-and-mercury) - The seasonal carol “The 12 Days of Christmas” marks the 12 days from Christmas Day December 25th to Epiphany on January 6th, as though in a folk-ish or even nonsensical way, but a much deeper meaning is revealed if we consider that this is the darkest time of year, and since ancient pre-Christian ages it
- [The Forces of Destiny at the Year's Midnight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-forces-of-destiny-at-the-years-midnight) - Destiny has been described as the place where the deeds of gods unite with a human life. The destiny planets are those that weave between Earth and Sun, and as we approach the stillness of solstice, the festive Christmas time, and the final weeks, days, and hours of the year, these destiny planets are aligned
- [The Stars that Witness Our Becoming](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-stars-that-witness-our-becoming) - There’s a beautiful asterism that rises up in the East after sunset every year in December, described by astronomers as the Winter Hexagon. A hexagon is a six-sided geometric form, and in the starry regions it can be imagined by linking the brightest stars together: Sirius, Rigel, Aldebaran, Capella, Pollux, and Procyon. Each of these
- [Full Moon and the Hidden Nature of Mars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/full-moon-and-the-hidden-nature-of-mars) - The big news in astronomy this week is the occultation of Mars by the Full Moon on Wednesday evening, December 7 at 11:08 pm eastern time ~ visible for most of the United States. In astronomical terms, to occult a celestial object means to block or hide it, and in this case, the Full Moon
- [The Romance of Venus and Mars at Midnight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-romance-of-venus-and-mars-at-midnight) - The last month of the year begins this week, and in grand, poetic style, the planet of love and beauty, which spent most of the year as our morning star, and has of late been awash in the light of the Sun, will soon emerge in her evening gown, adorning the end of the day,
- [Lyrical Mysteries of the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/lyrical-mysteries-of-the-moon) - In ancient star wisdom, it was understood that each starry region of the zodiac is ruled by a particular planet. For instance, Aries is ruled by Mars, Leo by the Sun, and Libra, the sign of balance, is ruled by Venus, goddess of love and beauty. And here’s what’s happening there this week: The Moon
- [Kepler and the Meteors of the Lion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/kepler-and-the-meteors-of-the-lion) - At waning crescent phase, the Moon is a beautiful silver chalice, gathering up the last remaining mysteries of the night as it cascades through the dawn. This week, it gathers cosmic secrets from Leo, where a meteor shower is now underway. This activity isn’t only happening overhead, it’s also happening in the human heart, if
- [The Total Lunar Eclipse with Mars in the Terrain of the Bull](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-total-lunar-eclipse-with-mars-in-the-terrain-of-the-bull) - Tuesday, November 8, 2022 there’s a Total Lunar Eclipse, visible over all of the Americas, coming to maximum at about 6 am eastern time, and caused by the fact that the Moon, now in front of the starry region of Aries and moving up through the region of Taurus, the Bull, is sweeping through the
- [Be Still in Haste](https://storytellersnightsky.com/be-still-in-haste) - The planet Saturn has resumed direct motion after five months of journeying retrograde, or westward against the background of stars, and because Jupiter is still going westward in its motion, the two gas giants are moving slightly closer together right now. Mars is brightening as it readies to begin its 74-day retrograde at the end
- [Mercury Then and Now](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mercury-then-and-now) - I was recently asked to give a presentation for the Front Range Anthroposophical Café on my current research, which, as an anthroposophist, has been focused on the First Goetheanum, and how to build an inner sense of that sacred structure, given that New Year's Eve 2022 marks the 100th anniversary of its destruction by fire.
- [When Venus Slips Behind the Scenes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-venus-slips-behind-the-scenes) - The planet Venus is one of the brightest objects in the sky, but right now Venus is on a journey to the other side of the Sun ~ so we won’t be seeing this ancient goddess of love and beauty for awhile. What does that mean for affairs of the heart? Venus, like Mercury and
- [The Waning Gibbous and the Bull](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-waning-gibbous-and-the-bull) - The Moon was Full on Sunday, October 9the, which means that all week long, it’ll be a waning gibbous, and I just have to say that one of my favorite celestial phenomena is the waning gibbous Moon when it rises into autumn skies. On Thursday morning, October 13th, the Moon will pass by the Pleiades
- [Speaking with the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/speaking-with-the-stars) - Now it’s October, and there’s a dynamic cosmic positioning happening all month. Mercury just resumed direct motion, and soon Saturn will follow suit. In the tropical zodiac, Jupiter will slip back into the sign of Pisces, while Venus is being swept up in the light of the Sun and is now journeying to its other
- [Michaelmas and the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/michaelmas-and-the-moon) - The Moon was New on Sunday, first New Moon of the new season, and by Thursday, it will have “shed her silver seasons four upon the night,” as John Keats would say. The fourth night of this Moon arrives at an interesting place in the sky, and on the calendar. Among the stars, it can
- [Astronomical Agility at Equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/astronomical-agility-at-equinox) - Mercury is not visible to us at inferior conjunction with the Sun, but will soon emerge in the morning sky. Note that the conjunction occurs this week just a few hours after Equinox. This will be a week of our needing agility, on an astronomical scale, and here’s why: On Thursday, Earth and Sun come to
- [Mars and Dante's Vision of Christ](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mars-and-dantes-vision-of-christ) - This week marks the anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, 701 years ago on September 14th in 1321. And because the planet Mars is beautifully positioned among the stars of Taurus right now, I want to consider what happens in the Paradise of Dante’s Divine Comedy when he passes through the Mars sphere. After
- [The Sun's Secret Retreat of Light](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-suns-secret-retreat-of-light) - The Moon came to New Phase early Saturday morning, and this week, we’ll see it as a beautiful waxing crescent in the West after sunset, making its way among the stars that are below the celestial equator. The exceptional thing about the late August New Moon is that not only is it the last New
- [The Ceremony of Our Deeper Needs at Dawn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-ceremony-of-our-deeper-needs-at-dawn) - This week it’s worth getting up for the ceremony of dawn when the crescent Moon crowns Venus as the morning star. Venus is somewhat low to the horizon, among the stars of Cancer which we can’t see just now. Still, it’s worth noting that to ancient cultures, Cancer aligned to the rib cage in the
- [There is Time](https://storytellersnightsky.com/there-is-time) - This week in the sky it’s all about time, with Saturn peeking up over the eastern edge of the world just as the Sun sets. On Sunday, Saturn made its annual retrograde opposition with the Sun, tracking westward against the background of stars. And now the lazy days of summer begin, with their long shadows
- [To Birth with the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/to-birth-with-the-stars) - In a season when Full Moon coincides with one of the most prolific meteor showers of the year, it’s easy to think the potential thrill and excitement of seeing meteors is diminished, but I have a different idea. The Moon longs to intensify our experience of cosmic light, as though it would carve shining furrows
- [Pathway of the Greater Gods](https://storytellersnightsky.com/pathway-of-the-greater-gods) - Every year at the beginning of August we pass through the midpoint of the summer season, a time known as the “cross quarter.” We also pass under the thickest region of Milky Way stars, which makes this month one of the best of the year for stargazing. The word galaxy comes from the ancient Greek
- [As Above, So Below](https://storytellersnightsky.com/as-above-so-below) - Recently there’s been a lot of buzz about the James Webb Space Telescope that was launched late last year and has recently sent back images that boggle the mind when it comes to conceiving of the vast distances of space and time that it seems to reveal. As a star lore historian, what I’ve been
- [Enchantments for the Year's Closest Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/enchantments-for-the-years-closest-moon) - Typically moonlight is described as reflected sunlight, but moonlight is the reflected light of all celestial objects, including the stars. So Full Moon can be imagined as a time when all available celestial light is focused by the Moon onto the Earth. Add to this phenomena the fact that sometimes the Full Moon is closer
- [And the World Goes 'Round](https://storytellersnightsky.com/and-the-world-goes-round) - According to Johannes Kepler, the planets move in ellipses around the Sun, and what’s important in this is that the Sun doesn’t just occupy the center of the ellipse, but one of two focal points. This makes for a really interesting and lively relationship between the Sun and planets, because an ellipse is like a
- [For Sweet Dreams, and Health, and Quiet Breathing at Solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/for-sweet-dreams-and-health-and-quiet-breathing-at-solstice) - The early 20th century Austrian philosopher and esotericist Rudolf Steiner once wrote: The more abundantly the harmony of the cosmos fills the soul, the more peace and harmony there will be on the earth. This idea is quite different from one that I commonly hear, which is that the earth and, consequently, humanity as a
- [On Strawberries, Moon, and Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/on-strawberries-moon-and-stars) - Astronomers say the Moon is at perigee when it sweeps closer to the Earth than at other times, which it does regularly because of its elliptical orbit. In the world of the Storyteller’s Night Sky, a perigee Moon is imagined as a Moon that is cozying up for a better look, which is what happens
- [What the Stars Seek from Us](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-the-stars-seek-from-us) - Astronomers are predicting a meteor shower overnight May 30, maybe. But for the Storyteller’s Night Sky, this is a prime opportunity for storytelling, whether the shower happens or not, and here’s why. At the beginning of 2020 there were two phenomena that seem uniquely related to this potential shower: the star Betelgeuse in the shoulder
- [Every Soul a Celestial Venus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/every-soul-a-celestial-venus) - Wednesday, May 25, 2022 marks the 219th anniversary of the birth of the American essayist, poet, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson in 1803, and given that the Moon is waning through the dawn and approaching Venus as morning star at the same time, it’s fitting to consider Emerson’s essay on “Love.” Emerson wrote his collection
- [Love is in the Air](https://storytellersnightsky.com/love-is-in-the-air) - It’s a week full of love, not just because of the date on the calendar, but because of what’s happening in the sky! The week begins with Valentine’s Day, or the “ides of February” from the ancient Roman calendar when the month was counted from the first visibility of New Moon ~ the ides are
- [Give Me Your Hand ~ Mercury at Inferior Conjunction](https://storytellersnightsky.com/give-me-your-hand-mercury-at-inferior-conjunction) - The Moon passed through eclipse in the midnight hour Monday, and now it’s a waning gibbous for the rest of the week, rising later and later until it catches up with Saturn in the morning sky on Sunday. So first there was a partial solar eclipse, followed two weeks later by the total lunar eclipse.
- [The Super Moon Eclipse and Initiation](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-super-moon-eclipse-and-initiation) - One of the year’s biggest celestial events is upon us in the coming week: The Total Lunar Eclipse that occurs across the midnight hour Sunday, May 15 to Monday, May 16, which means that this week is the time for getting ready. I like to think of eclipses in stages, so that I can align
- [Speaking the Cosmic Word at Eclipse Season](https://storytellersnightsky.com/speaking-the-cosmic-word-at-eclipse-season) - The month of April ended with a New Moon that partially eclipsed the Sun, casting a shadow over parts of the southern hemisphere. Now we cross into May, through the mid-point of the Spring, and further into eclipse season. At solar eclipse we get to let off steam, so that was April 30. At lunar
- [For Thy Sweet Love Remembered](https://storytellersnightsky.com/for-thy-sweet-love-remembered) - The poetry of the morning sky is undeniable this week of April 25 to 30, 2022, as the Moon descends through the dawn in the spectacular company of Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter. The first poetic image is of time or memory, borne toward us by the golden light of Saturn, Father Time in the
- [Earth Laughs in Flowers Under Lyrid Meteor Showers](https://storytellersnightsky.com/earth-laughs-in-flowers-under-lyrid-meteor-shower) - The Moon holds out her apron to catch the falling stars this week when the Lyrid Meteor Shower peaks overnight Friday April 22nd. Now even though this meteor shower is not one of the year’s most prolific, it is one of the most welcome, coming as it does in the spring after several months of
- [East of the Sun and West of the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/east-of-the-sun-and-west-of-the-moon) - It’s easy to get distracted by what we can see in the sky this week, given that all the naked eye planets in our system and the Moon will be visible, but of course, it’s what we can’t see that’s got my attention. Okay so here’s the set up: In the morning sky we’ve got
- [Moving Mountains](https://storytellersnightsky.com/moving-mountains) - There’s an exciting celestial event upon us that has the astrology community all a-buzz right now: the meeting up of the planets Jupiter and Neptune next week on April 12, 2022. So let’s talk about it! Neptune was discovered in 1846 by astronomers using mathematical calculation to predict its whereabouts, based on the curious orbital
- [Smile for the James Webb Cam](https://storytellersnightsky.com/smile-for-the-james-webb-cam) - It’s not often I get insider information from NASA, but just this week I’ve received a tip from a space agency friend. Apparently the position of the Moon this week will provide an optimal moment for something never attempted before: a photograph of the people of the Earth in infrared. It’s like this: The James
- [Goldilocks and Equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/goldilocks-and-equinox) - There are a couple things I really want to talk about this week, even though one of them already happened, and the other doesn’t happen until next week. So here we go. The thing that already happened is Equinox, which occurred on Sunday, March 20, at 11:33 am edt, when the Sun crossed over the
- [Winter's Last Full Moon and the Ides of March](https://storytellersnightsky.com/winters-last-full-moon-and-the-ides-of-march) - The Full Moon that happens on Friday this week will be the last Full Moon of the Winter Season, right near the star that marks the tail of Leo, the lion. Earlier in the week, on Tuesday, we’ll see it sweep over the star at the chest of the Lion, eta leo, a place of
- [Cosmic Heads or Tails](https://storytellersnightsky.com/cosmic-heads-or-tails) - The configuration of planets and stars in the morning sky this week and this month (March 2022) suggest that we’re in a “threshold crossing” moment. The constellation Capricorn hugs the eastern horizon at dawn right now, unusually imagined as a sea-goat since ancient ages. A sea-goat has the upper body of a goat and the
- [Amassing Energies at Dawn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/amassing-energies-at-dawn) - Mythologically, Venus is goddess of love and beauty, and this week she comes to encounter with the now-dwarf-planet Pluto, named for the dread god of the underworld ~ but she doesn’t come unescorted!; she has her consort and beloved Mars in tow, known as god of action and aggression and, when provoked, as god of
- [Let the Story of the Year Begin](https://storytellersnightsky.com/let-the-story-of-the-year-begin) - In the sidereal zodiac, the Sun has just arrived among the stars of Aquarius, the Waterman, and at this point in the cycle of the season, a deep thaw begins far below the surface of the Earth, where life forces are freed from their frozen state, and they begin to stir towards wakefulness. This season
- [Hear Mary Stewart Adams on Kids Commute for Moon Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/hear-mary-stewart-adams-on-kids-commute-for-moon-week) - It was such a pleasure to join host Kate Botello at Interlochen Classical Radio recently for her award-winning program Kids Commute, during which I got to join nifty facts and stories about the Moon with Kate's finely-curated Moon music. There are five episodes, each of which can be accessed through the Interlochen Classical Radio website,
- [At the End of the Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/at-the-end-of-the-day) - Venus is making ready to slip into the arms of her beloved Mars in the morning sky, with Mercury standing by as witness, while Jupiter is slipping lower and lower into the evening twilight at the other end of the day, following Saturn out of sight. What can we make of this? Once Jupiter drops
- [It's New Year Out My Window](https://storytellersnightsky.com/its-new-year-out-my-window) - On Tuesday, February 1st, the Moon will come to New Phase, coincident with the halfway point in the winter season, which marks the Cross Quarter Day, and this year inaugurates the Chinese New Year. The observance of New Year varies from culture to culture, and although the Gregorian calendar system with its January 1st starting
- [What You See is What You Get](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-you-see-is-what-you-get) - Here’s what grabbing my attention as a Star Lore Historian this week of January 23 to 29, 2022: First, there’s the James Webb Space Telescope, which, after years of delays, was successfully launched last month. On Monday, NASA scientists will maneuver the Webb into its ultimate position, which is not in orbit around the Earth,
- [First Full Moon of the New Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/first-new-moon-of-the-new-year-2) - In the world of astrology, the now dwarf-planet Pluto is associated with deep transformation and regeneration. The Full Moon, on the other hand, has an energy that breaks up what is stuck or crystalized. If we combine the two, which is what happens on Monday this week, then the energies are just right for anyone
- [The Year Opens with a Love Story](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-year-opens-with-a-love-story) - What’s better at the dawn of a new year than an epic love story, etched across the sky in starlight? Think Aurora and Tithonus, or Sleeping Beauty and her prince, or Venus and Mars ~ each of them unfolding a dynamic tale of the trials we’re willing to endure to unite with the higher, greater
- [Musings on Venus in the New Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/musings-on-venus-in-the-new-year) - On December 4, 2021, the Sun was totally eclipsed, at which time the planets nearest the Sun, Venus and Mercury, become visible in the sky. I have always imagined such an event as an unveiling of Venus, a sacred moment referenced in initiation texts such as "The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz." In my musing,
- [Making Our Way Back to the Bright World](https://storytellersnightsky.com/making-our-way-back-to-the-bright-world) - At the end of this week, the year ends, and what better day for it to fulfill than a Friday, which is the day of Venus, goddess of love and beauty. Not only does the year end sounding the glorious note of Venus, but the celestial goddess herself is bold and beautiful in the evening
- [The Mystery of the Midnight Sun](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-mystery-of-the-midnight-sun) - Winter Solstice begins this week at 10:59 am on Tuesday, December 21st, when in the relationship between Earth and Sun, a mighty pause takes place, as though the Sun waits on Earth, who is tucking herself in beneath layers of leaves and snow and blowing cold, and there, while resting in her Winter bed, she
- [Steiner, Comets, and Our Speaking to the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/steiner-comets-and-our-speaking-to-the-stars) - Nearly 100 years ago this month, Austrian philosopher, scientist and esotericist Rudolf Steiner composed a verse regarding the changing relationship between the human being and the stars that’s an interesting backdrop for this week’s big astronomy news: Comet Leonard. The verse begins with the time in history when the stars spoke to human
- [Venus, Spica, and our speaking with the stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-spica-and-our-speaking-with-the-stars) - The sculptured Dendera zodiac is a widely known Egyptian bas-relief from the ceiling of the portico of a chapel dedicated to Osiris in the Hathor temple at Dendera, and is exhibited at the Louvre Museum, Paris since 1922. The planet Venus moves close to the star Spica this week, where the star is held in the arms of Virgo, the maiden. What can it mean?
- [Michael and the Dragon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 Red Crosse Knight and a dragon. The poem is considered Spenser’s defining work, and earned him a lifetime pension from Queen Elizabeth the 1st. The dragon-slaying Red Crosse Knight is often associated with St. George,
- [Honoring Equinox in a Time of Global Pandemic by Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/honoring-equinox-in-a-time-of-global-pandemic) - Equinox arrives on Thursday, March 19 this year, when the Sun returns North of the Celestial Equator heralding Spring for the Northern Hemisphere and Autumn in the Southern Hemisphere, at exactly 11:50 pm in the Eastern Time Zone. Equinox ushers in the season of moveable feasts that are a cultural emulation of the rhythmic relationship
- [Pearls of Wisdom](https://storytellersnightsky.com/pearls-of-wisdom) - The moving Moon goes up the western sky this week, especially December 6th through 8th, passing the evening planets as though she were running her fingers through a strand of pearls, an astonishing necklace adorning the queen of the night. On Monday December 6, the Moon meets Venus, the brilliant evening star. On Tuesday, December
- [In the Cradle of Eclipse Season](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-the-cradle-of-eclipse-season) - Every year there are two eclipse seasons, and we’re in the midst of part II right now. This year the first eclipse season came in May and June, and now we’re in the second eclipse season, here at the end of November, beginning of December. You could imagine, then, that during the two weeks from
- [The Storyteller as Stargazer ~ Under One Sky 2021](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-storyteller-as-stargazer-under-one-sky-2021) - It was an honor to share a passion for the stars with so many folks around the world Nov 12-13, 2021, for the International Dark-Sky Association's Under One Sky Annual Conference!
- [What the Stars are Whispering at Eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-the-stars-are-whispering-at-eclipse) - There’s a Lunar Eclipse overnight Thursday to Friday this week, November 18 to 19, 2021, inaugurating the second season of shadows for the year, visible over all of North and South America (and elsewhere ~ click this map for more). The eclipse happens when Moon is near its apogee, the place on its orbit that’s
- [Autumn bold, with universal tinge of sober gold](https://storytellersnightsky.com/autumn-bold-with-universal-tinge-of-sober-gold) - The waxing Crescent Moon has some spectacular encounters this week, beginning with Venus Sunday and Monday, looking west about an hour after sunset, followed by a meet up with Saturn on Wednesday and Jupiter on Thursday. Now here’s what’s so interesting about all of this from my perspective: We’ve just crossed the halfway point in
- [October Keeps Its Promise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/october-keeps-its-promise) - October keeps its promise of being one of the most dramatic months of the year for vibrant color, in bold defiance of the season’s waning mood. No wonder, then, that this is the season for celebrating the deep mystery of life in contradistinction to death, marked by the return of the constellation Orion. Even the
- [Pegasus and Scary Dead Things](https://storytellersnightsky.com/pegasus-and-scary-dead-things) - The 19th century American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow described the constellation Pegasus as a “wondrous winged steed, with mane of gold,” and right now, the glorious creature is winging to its highest place above the horizon. Here’s what’s fascinating about Pegasus in my star lore historian’s playbook: every year in the Fall, when the final
- [Saturn Turns Direct and Time Moves On](https://storytellersnightsky.com/saturn-turns-direct-and-time-moves-on) - The planets, in their orbital rhythms, are like mighty instruments of time, though each with its own mood. And this includes Sun and Moon in relation to the Earth. The Sun sets the baseline, and gives us the experience of day and night, the course of the seasons, the cycle of the year. The Moon
- [Shepherds and Kings](https://storytellersnightsky.com/shepherds-and-kings) - The shepherd has taken the West wind gently in hand while the king stands guard over the dragon, where that beast stirs in the North, its stoney sleep troubled by the princess who readies to stage a scene at this week’s ball, dressed in the most brilliant colors of the season, gifted by her fairy
- [The Stars in Human Biography ~ Four Sessions with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-stars-in-human-biography-four-sessions-with-mary-stewart-adams) - Looking at humanity's relationship with the stars through the lens of the cultural arts is an engaging process that is undertaken not in order to predict the future, but to re-enliven a sense of being an integral part of something greater than the mundane self. In these four sessions, Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams
- [The Axis of Dante in the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-axis-of-dante-in-the-stars) - Dante Alighieri’s epic poem “The Divine Comedy” is regarded as one of the most influential works of art in western civilization. He completed it 700 years ago and then died this week, September 13 or 14th, in 1321, exiled from his beloved Florence. Just as Dante produced the poem in three parts, called “canticles,” he
- [When the Harmony of the Cosmos Fills the Soul](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-the-harmony-of-the-cosmos-fills-the-soul) - Monday September 6, 2021 brings the last New Moon of the Summer, and I’m observing it by celebrating my ninth year hosting “The Storyteller’s Night Sky” on Interlochen Public Radio! It all began back in 2012, one year after we achieved designation for the Headlands as the 9th International Dark Sky Park in the world.
- [Moon at Dawn, Venus at Dusk](https://storytellersnightsky.com/moon-at-dawn-venus-at-dusk) - There’s a discernible pulse, like a heartbeat, sounding out in the star picture this week, culminating Sunday, August 5th, when the Moon meets the star Regulus at dawn, and Venus meets the star Spica at dusk. This week the Moon will be seen as a waning crescent in the morning sky, slipping through its final
- [The Truth About Blue Moons](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-truth-about-blue-moons) - There’s a True Blue Moon headed our way Sunday, August 22nd, so here’s my two cents to add to the contemporary folklore about it. A Blue Moon is not just the second Full Moon in one calendar month, historical record reveals that it’s actually the third Full Moon in a season when there are four
- [Mary Stewart Adams' recommendations included in MLive Best Tips for Stargazing in Michigan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mary-stewart-adams-recommendations-included-in-mlive-best-tips-for-stargazing-in-michigan) - I'm pleased to share this article by Emily Bingham at MLive, for all the best stargazing tips this week of the Perseid Meteor Shower! Best Tips for Stargazing in Michigan. You can also catch this week's radio segment on the Perseid's here; and read the piece I wrote for Northern Express and Drummond Islander here.
- [Full Circle with the Perseid Meteor Shower](https://storytellersnightsky.com/full-circle-with-the-perseid-meteor-shower) - At this time of year, the flowers start to go to seed. The plants that sprouted up from the earth in the spring have by now known their buds, have offered their blossoms, and have borne their fruit. All that remains is the promise of what’s to come, condensed into tiny seeds. And though we
- [A Harvest of Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 31st, which just so happens to be the eve of the Summer Cross Quarter Day, which is traditionally observed on August 1st (see more on Juliet below). In old British tradition, the Cross Quarter Day
- [When "Delta" Refers to a Star](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-delta-refers-to-a-star) - Before they were symbols that represented a particular sound, the letters of the alphabet were not so fixed. They were understood to be more like gestures that conveyed meaning based on their relationships to one another. This was also how the planets and stars were understood, in relationship to one another. The ancient greeks told
- [The Room Where it Happened](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 takes the Moon to complete one orbit around Earth; and the synodic rhythm (29.5 days), which is the time it takes for the Moon to catch up with the Sun again. These two rhythms are
- [From Wisdom to Love in the Evening Twilight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 to a planet of love, a sublime process that doesn’t happen to us as a humanity, but happens through us, as beings involved in Earth’s becoming. So consider, Earth orbits the Sun with Venus on
- [Filling in the Cosmic Spaces](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 all piled up on the same day, stirring the imagination and stoking vivid summer dreams. So here’s what to know: The orbit of the Moon and all the planets is an ellipse, rather than a
- [To Hear the Mermaids Singing](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 when the Sun comes to its solstice position furthest north of the celestial equator, tradition holds that the pause the Sun takes at this time actually lasts for three days. Solstice began near midnight Sunday
- [Hercules, Shakespeare and the Stars of June](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 sky. Hercules is not a very bright constellation, and the figure of this hero appears upside down in the night, head diving earthward. So what’s the mystery here? In esoteric tradition, the human being is
- [Happily Ever After in the Shadow of Eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/happily-ever-after-in-the-shadow-of-eclipse) - I’m assuming we’ve all heard fairy tales about what happens when you forget to invite all the fairy godmothers to the much-longed-for baby’s christening. Unbeknownst to the baby, some evil curse settles into the destiny, and the whole course of the life is then motivated by trying to navigate around the curse so the bitter
- [In the Shadow of a Flower Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-the-shadow-of-a-flower-moon) - At dawn on Wednesday, May 26, the Full Moon will step into the Earth’s shadow, inaugurating this year’s eclipse season. Not only will this be the first eclipse of the year, it’s happening when the Moon is nearly as close to the Earth as it can get, giving it the catchy distinction of being the
- [Star Lore, Anthroposophy, and Astrology](https://storytellersnightsky.com/star-lore-anthroposophy-and-astrology) - I recently had the best time chatting with Tahnee Taylor from Australia for the SuperFeast podcast, which you can check out at this link: Star Lore, Anthroposophy and Astrology Notes from their site: Astronomy compels the soul to look upwards and leads us from this world to another; A wise man named Plato once said. Mary Stewart
- [The West Wind, Super Moon, and Witches](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 week’s Full Moon brings the season’s first blossoms. On Monday, the Moon will rise 20 minutes before the Sun sets around 8:40 pm, and will come to exact Full Phase a few hours later, at
- [The Meteors of Spring](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 rushing toward the sun and the bees are rushing toward the blossoms and everything is humming along to the greater mystery of warmth and light. No wonder then, at least for the Storyteller’s Night Sky,
- [Up Next for Mary Stewart Adams and the Storyteller's Night Sky](https://storytellersnightsky.com/up-next-for-mary-stewart-adams-and-the-storytellers-night-sky) - Up next for Mary Stewart Adams and the Storyteller's Night Sky: 1. Monday, April 19 I'll be live on air with morning host Dan Wanschura for the Interlochen Public Radio spring funding drive. Tune in or log on and show your support for this terrific station, where I've been sharing stories of the stars for
- [The Soul Comes Out to Play in the Dark](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-soul-comes-out-to-play-in-the-dark) - This week’s waning Moon means it's International Dark Sky Week 2021, from April 5 to 12. Throughout this week you can see the waning crescent Moon as it passes Saturn on the morning of April 6 and Jupiter on April 7, before it sinks into the arms of the dawn to achieve New Phase on
- [Wonderful Preview of The Star Tales of Mother Goose](https://storytellersnightsky.com/wonderful-preview-of-the-star-tales-of-mother-goose) - My deepest thanks go to Emily Bingham at MLive for today's article on our forthcoming book "The Star Tales of Mother Goose." You can find it here Nursery Rhymes Get a Star-gazing Twist.
- [Star Lore with Mary Stewart Adams by Adam Sommer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/star-lore-with-mary-stewart-adams-by-adam-sommer) - At Vernal Equinox I had a terrific conversation with Adam Sommer, host of the www.holestoheaven.com podcast. Take a listen here for, well, just about everything under the stars! Adams writes: "It is clear we need a new story. Yet, sometimes it's an old story, perhaps one from our childhood we vaguely remember which can help
- [What Announces Itself with the Spring](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-announces-itself-with-the-spring) - Venus meets the Sun at superior conjunction, Thursday, March 25, the Feast of Annunciation in the Christian calendar, and the day on which Dante scholars agree The Divine Comedy begins. This years marks the 700th anniversary of Dante’s completing his masterwork, which makes March 25 “Dante Day” and allows for imagining Venus as Beatrice, come to
- [The Star Tales of Mother Goose ~ New Book by Mary Stewart Adams and artist Patricia DeLisa](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-star-tales-of-mother-goose-new-book-by-mary-stewart-adams-and-artist-patricia-delisa) - It seems like it's been ages, but at long last, my sister Patricia DeLisa and I are so very happy to announce that The Star Tales of Mother Goose is coming this Spring, 2021, and is available for pre-sale now at my sister site www.starlore.co. The book is suitable for children and designed with adults
- [When Sun Pours the Day from his Vernal Chariot](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-sun-pours-the-day-from-his-vernal-chariot) - This week culminates on Saturday when the Sun crosses the Celestial Equator, also known as the Vernal Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere, and spring breaks out in a blanket of flower buds and birdsong. In the 4th century, a man named Lactantius, who served as an advisor to Constantine, likened the return of new life
- [Master of the Still Stars and the Flaming Door](https://storytellersnightsky.com/master-of-the-still-stars-and-the-flaming-door) - Neptune passes superior conjunction with the Sun on March 11 among the stars of Aquarius, and though we can’t see it, we can certainly dream into it! In astrological tradition, Neptune is all about the dream, about softening the boundaries so we can move beyond the confining rules of reason and logic that dominate the
- [The Soul Can Split the Sky in Two](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-soul-can-split-the-sky-in-two) - The Queen of the Moon can be seen wandering through her snowflake palace this week when she dons her gibbous gown and passes through the asterism of the Winter Hexagon. There are six first-magnitude stars here setting a terrific stage for her to cast her snowflakes from on high, including among them our brightest star,
- [How to Handle Love and Beauty when the Goddess is Unveiled](https://storytellersnightsky.com/how-to-handle-love-and-beauty-when-the-goddess-is-unveiled) - Nearly 50 years ago this month, the Soviet Venera Mission approached the planet Venus and later landed there, sending back the first color images of the planet’s surface, unveiling the goddess of love and beauty for a new generation of poets and dreamers. Stories of the trials and consequences that result from unveiling the goddess
- [Star knowledge in the shadow of a flower](https://storytellersnightsky.com/star-knowledge-in-the-shadow-of-a-flower) - BACKSTORY TO THE TRILLIUM AUDIO BELOW: In May, the joyful trillium take over the hardwood forests of northern Michigan, preferring the shade of craggy stumps and fallen logs to the bright heat of direct sunlight. And if you chance upon just such a woods at the edge of a mighty lake when the sun is
- [Neomēniá and the Three-Fold Calendar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/neomenia-and-the-three-fold-calendar) - On Thursday, February 11, we arrive at the time of the New Moon, or the “Neomēniá,” which is a term used to describe both the festival of the Moon or simply the beginning of the lunar month. Neomēniá comes from the ancient Greek, and since this week’s New Moon instigates the beginning of the Chinese
- [When We're Halfway](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-were-halfway) - This week we come to Winter’s Cross Quarter Day, which means we’re halfway through the season, so does that mean the warmth is already returning? In the United States, the cross quarter day is all about the shadow, and it’s celebrated as Ground Hog’s Day. In the Christian tradition going back at least as far
- [Mars and the Miracle Star](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mars-and-the-miracle-star) - Mars meets Uranus during the first quarter Moon on Wednesday, January 20th, and though we usually describe the planets in relation to the zodiac, I want to talk about the stars lying beneath them right now, which are those of Cetus, the whale, a seemingly unremarkable patch of sky that is related by ancient astrology
- [Mysteries of the January 28 Wolf Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mysteries-of-this-weeks-wolf-moon) - The Wolf Moon occurs this week on Thursday, January 28th, so I’d like to talk about the spiritual mystery of what I’ll call a “wolf initiation” as it can be imagined through the Russian fairy tale of the Firebird. The January Full Moon is sometimes called “Wolf Moon” because when wolves are heard howling in
- [First New Moon of the New Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/first-new-moon-of-the-new-year) - The first New Moon of the New Year happens this week, overnight Tuesday January 12 to Wednesday, January 13, 2021, but not before shedding its old light into the lap of love as a way to make ready for what lies ahead. Early Monday morning January 11, the waning crescent Moon slipped past Venus, shedding the
- [Dante and the Love That Moves the Stars for 2021](https://storytellersnightsky.com/dante-and-the-love-that-moves-the-stars-for-2021) - Every New Year begins with the Earth making its closest approach to the Sun, and with a meteor shower of a now-defunct constellation. For me, this is the perfect set up for wandering into the new with the poets among the stars. And here’s why. The Quadrantid Meteor Shower is active for several weeks, but
- [Hindsight is 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/hindsight-is-2020) - By Friday this week we’ll all be able to look back with hindsight on 2020, and in the world of the Storyteller’s Night Sky, that means looking at what the planets and stars have been up to. In esoteric star knowledge, the Moon, Mercury and Venus are the destiny determining planets, while Mars, Jupiter, and
- [In the Stillness Where We Meet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-the-stillness-where-we-meet) - It’s the still time of the year. Sun and Moon have had their last meeting and it was exact, causing a total solar eclipse. Jupiter and Saturn come to their great conjunction today, December 21st, and it’ss exact, their closest approach to one another since the 1600s. Venus watches over the gate of dawn; Mars
- [Pentagram Exercise for Solstice and Holy Nights](https://storytellersnightsky.com/pentagram-exercise-for-solstice-and-holy-nights) - In the event you are still casting about for how to engage the mystery of this year's Winter Solstice Great Conjunction, I share the following five-step exercise rooted in the Foundation Stone Meditation, after which you will have a dodecahedron! Please note that this can also be done during the Holy Nights, in which case I
- [The Solstice Conjunction as a Divine Clue](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-solstice-conjunction-as-a-divine-clue) - The moment of Winter Solstice arrives Monday morning, December 21st, when the Sun seems to rest in quiet stillness, waiting for the Earth to complete its seasonal in-breath. Through every age of humanity, this has been observed as one of the most sacred moments of the year, and when we add to it the fact
- [Venus as the Secret Retreat of the Light](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-as-the-secret-retreat-of-the-light) - (image of Venus by Damia Bouic) The biggest news this month is the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn that comes at Winter Solstice, but we shouldn’t overlook next week’s Total Solar Eclipse, even though it won’t be visible to us in North America. The mystery of this eclipse at this time is still important
- [When the Morning Stars Sang Together](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-the-morning-stars-sang-together) - “In the universe, there are things that are known, and things that are unknown, and in between, there are doors.” ~William Blake, whose birthday was 263 years ago this week, and who beautifully captured the mood of Venus and Spica right now as morning stars, glorious doorkeepers between the worlds! In many traditions, this last
- [](https://storytellersnightsky.com/til-there-is-nothing-un-beautiful-in-all-the-world) - Til there is nothing un-beautiful in all the world. ~Mary
- [How to Know the Stars with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/how-to-know-the-stars-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams) - It's not too soon to include the stars in your New Year's resolutions ~ and here's a terrific way to do it! Four sessions on "How to Know the Stars with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams", every Thursday in January, from 7-8:30 pm, offered online by North Central Michigan College. Sessions are $35/each, or
- [Mars and the Quest for the Holy Grail](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mars-and-the-quest-for-the-holy-grail) - In the medieval legend of Parzival, the hero comes to be known as the Red Knight, so this week, we’ll consider him Mars. He also has several significant encounters with his cousin, Sigune, whom we’ll consider Venus. This week (November 9-14, 2020), the two of them are dramatically opposed in the starry heaven, with Venus/Sigune
- [The Seven-Year Rhythm of Biography and Saturn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-seven-year-rhythm-of-biography-and-saturn) - It has long been held that the planet Saturn bears the element of time in its orbital rhythm, and given that it takes the ringed gas giant about 28 years to complete its orbit of the Sun, this is the rhythm used by astrologers to engage the star biography of an individual. But it’s not
- [Blue Moon You Saw Me Standing Alone](https://storytellersnightsky.com/blue-moon-you-saw-me-standing-alone) - Who doesn't love a Blue Moon at All Hallow'd Eve? And though the Blue Moon this week is simply a quirk of the Gregorian calendar system, nine months from now we will have a True Blue Moon, which is a mighty and rare celestial phenomenon! The true Blue Moon comes 'round only when there are four Full Moons
- [Mary Stewart Adams Featured on Wise Cosmos](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mary-stewart-adams-featured-on-wise-cosmos) - I am pleased to share that my recent presentation for Michaelmas 2020, which was delivered at the KinderCottage in Lambertville, Michigan on September 26, 2020, is being featured on the Wise Cosmos Educational Initiative site. You can access the presentation on their site for free (although donations are always appreciated) by following this link. You
- [October Sky 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/october-sky-2020) - The moon. What can be said about it that hasn’t been said already by millennia of poets and dreamers, or even scientists and astronauts? To the Ancient Greeks, she was Selene, the Titan goddess who, casting her light into a cave one night as she glided over the sleeping world, espied the shepherd Endymion, and
- [In preparation for the unveiling of the goddess at Total Solar Eclipse ~ December 14, 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-preparation-for-the-unveiling-of-the-goddess-at-total-solar-eclipse-14-december-2020) - On December 14, 2020, a Total Solar Eclipse will occur, casting its shadow across South America and unveiling the planet Venus in broad daylight, when she would otherwise be clothed with the Sun. The following is designed to support a rhythmic preparation beginning now, in October 2020, for receiving the goddess at her unveiling in
- [The Dragon and His Meteor Shower Overnight October 7-8, 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-dragon-and-his-meteor-shower-overnight-october-7-8-2020) - The Draconid Meteor Shower, so named because the radiant from which the stars seem to fly through the sky is in the region of the circumpolar constellation Draco, reaches peak activity overnight tonight, October 7-8, 2020. The circumpolar constellations are the ones that never set below the horizon in the northern hemisphere, and they include
- [Mars Comes Close Bearing a Genius and a Demon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mars-comes-close-bearing-a-genius-and-a-demon) - On Tuesday the planet Mars will be closer to us than it will be for another 15 years, so the question is: will we be inspired by the red planet’s genius or its demon? Esoterically, Mars is understood as the planet that inspires speech in the human being. This can be considered its “genius.” But
- [Honoring Equinox in the Cosmos, Part III](https://storytellersnightsky.com/honoring-equinox-in-the-cosmos-part-iii) - Thanks for tuning in with me and Blissfest for Equinox 2020. Here is the third and final installment of our ten-minute segments! Part III: What comes after Equinox in the stars http:/
- [Honoring Equinox in Harmony with the Cosmos in three 10-minute segments!](https://storytellersnightsky.com/honoring-equinox-in-harmony-with-the-cosmos) - Thank you to BlissFest Music Organization for inviting me to share the Star Lore Historian's approach to Equinox 2020. We recorded three 10-minute segments, two of which are here, and the third is in its own post due to size constarints!: Part I: Where we've been with the stars in 2020 Part II: The Fiery
- [Equinox, Fire, and the Three-fold Mystery of Being Human](https://storytellersnightsky.com/equinox-fire-and-the-three-fold-mystery-of-being-human) - The Autumn Equinox occurs at 9:31 am in the eastern time zone on Tuesday the 22nd, but it’s what happens in the aftermath that’s drawing my attention this week, because of its relationship to the threefold mystery of being human. So what is this three-fold mystery? It is the mystery of the human being’s true
- [Preparing for Equinox and Harvest in the Mystery of the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/preparing-for-equinox-and-harvest-with-the-moon) - Really grateful for the opportunity to share my work and stories as a Star Lore Historian with my dear friends at the Starry Skies Lake Superior community, especially in this season, as the waxing Moon that was New on September 17, 2020, gathers in the sunlight, while the Sun wanes across the Equinox point, September
- [New Beginnings at New Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/new-beginnings-at-new-moon) - When the Thursday September 17 New Moon waxes to Full Phase on October 1st, it will be this year's Harvest Moon, and given the intense nature of 2020, it's a good time to align with the harmony of the cosmos, engage in spontaneous ceremony, and prepare your own elements of the harvest. Join me for
- [Mars Retrograde Whisks Away Summer's Princess](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mars-retrograde-whisks-away-summers-princess) - As we turn toward the final weeks of the season, my imagination as a star lore historian turns to the German folk tale of the mischievous gnome Rübezahl, who sought to entrap Summer’s beautiful princess and keep her in his love palace beneath the Earth forever. The gnome Rübezahl was lord over a vast under-world
- [The Lavender Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-lavender-moon) - Each year after a certain point in the Summer, a New Moon will occur that first becomes visible to us below the Celestial Equator. To be clear, the Moon moves below the Celestial Equator every month, but once each year, it will happen for the first time that its first visibility is below the Celestial
- [August 15 and the Feminine Divine](https://storytellersnightsky.com/august-15-and-the-feminine-divine) - Every year in mid-August, following the meteor shower of the hero Perseus, the star Spica sets into the twilight. Spica is the star of abundance held in the arms of Virgo, the maiden. Virgo is variously described as Astraea, goddess of justice, or as the Virgin mother, whose assumption into the heavens is observed on
- [The Divine Feminine Pillars of the Heavens](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-divine-feminine-pillars-of-the-heavens) - The Moon comes to New Phase on Tuesday and will wax through evening twilight all week while Venus is bold as morning star. What can we expect in a week when the goddesses stand as guardians of the visible horizon and bookend the opposite ends of the day? The astrological omens surrounding this week’s New
- [Angels, Dreams, and Falling Stars ~ Mysteries of the Hidden God](https://storytellersnightsky.com/angels-dreams-and-falling-stars-mysteries-of-the-hidden-god) - This week as the Perseid Meteor Shower achieves its peak, I imagine that the thrill of seeing a falling star and making wishes comes from a deep soul memory of being in the presence of the divine, which was understood in former times as the presence of the “hidden god.” The birth of Perseus, like
- [Now Breaks the Dawn of Inner Light at Summer's Cross Quarter August 1](https://storytellersnightsky.com/and-now-breaks-the-dawn-of-inner-light-at-summers-cross-quarter-august-1) - Musings on Cross Quarter Day, the halfway point that occurs in every season, when we take the sacred turn from the promise of the season's beginning toward fulfillment at its end. The first birdsong is to the day what the first wheat harvest is to the year ~ a herald of the coming light. But while the
- [On the Comets of 2020 ~ The Musings of a Spiritual Scientist](https://storytellersnightsky.com/on-the-comets-of-2020-the-musings-of-a-spiritual-scientist) - In late 2019, the star Betelgeuse, which marks the right shoulder of the giant Orion, started to dim rather quickly, and while this was not an unusual phenomenon, the rate at which it occurred took astronomers by surprise. The scientific community began speculating about, and bracing for, well, the revelation of a cosmic mystery. Around
- [Comet NEOWISE and the Underbelly of the Great Bear](https://storytellersnightsky.com/comet-neowise-and-the-underbelly-of-the-great-bear) - The big news in night sky this week was going to be Saturn’s annual opposition, but then Comet NEOWISE survived its closest approach to the Sun and trumpeted into naked-eye visibility, so now I want to talk about this unpredictable messenger from space instead. NEOWISE gets its name from the space-based telescope that discovered it
- [Upcoming Events with Mary Stewart Adams ~ Summer 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/upcoming-events-with-mary-stewart-adams-summer-2020) - The gorgeous image above was taken at Lavender Hill Farm by Libby Henderson the night of my "Giants of the Night Sky" program on July 13, 2020. I will be back at Lavender Hill Farm on August 10, just in time for the Perseid Meteor Shower. Jupiter and Saturn will grace the evening sky just
- [A Council of Stars is Taking Place ~ What Will You Bring?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 mighty council of stars is taking place, as if to say: “O, humanity, if you seek remedy to your current trials, lift up your thoughts to the stars, for the powers that wait on your
- [When Mother Nature is Your Co-Worker](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-mother-nature-is-your-co-worker) - So maybe you heard there was an eclipse the weekend of July 4th, 2020. Did you see it? Or did you go out to look at the brilliant lunar light and wonder what everybody was talking about? Sometimes it’s like that. There can be times when there is so much hype around a phenomenon that
- [Summer's First Full Moon at Eclipse this Weekend](https://storytellersnightsky.com/summers-first-full-moon-at-eclipse-this-weekend) - The Moon is building toward a mighty crescendo this week but will then perform a sleight of hand when it arrives at Full phase and slips invisibly into eclipse in the midnight hour July 4th to 5th. This penumbral eclipse of Summer’s first Full Moon will happen among the stars of Sagittarius, quite near the planet Jupiter,
- [Front Range Anthroposophical Café presents Mary Stewart Adams: "Conceiving the New Year at St. John's Tide"](https://storytellersnightsky.com/front-range-anthroposophical-cafe-presents-mary-stewart-adams-conceiving-the-new-year-at-st-johns-tide) - Through his contemplation of the Year as a Being, Karl König arrived at the sense that the new year is conceived in the sacred season of St. John's, when the Sun has reached its highest hour in the Northern Hemisphere, the Earth has come to the pause at its full out-breath, and the celestial world can witness
- [Summer Solstice in the Shadow of Eclipse with Mary Stewart Adams hosted online June 16 by Ford House](https://storytellersnightsky.com/summer-solstice-in-the-shadow-of-eclipse-with-mary-stewart-adams-hosted-online-june-16-by-ford-house) - Although there are two eclipse seasons each year, it's exceptional to have an eclipse coincident with the standing still of the Sun at its Summer Solstice time, as will occur in 2020. Though the eclipse will not be visible to us in North America, it presents us with unique history, mythology, and storytelling opportunities about
- [When Moon Meets Jupiter and Saturn on Their Way to Great Conjunction](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-moon-meets-jupiter-and-saturn-on-their-way-to-great-conjunction) - Sky watching is a lesson in learning that things take time, even though they can be fleeting once they occur. Think of Saturn and Jupiter. Because of the difference in their orbital rhythms, it takes them 20 years to come together in the same region of sky, which they’ll do this year, at Winter Solstice
- [Speaking From the Heart When Venus Meets the Sun and is Square to Mars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 while Venus is having this encounter with the Sun, the two of them will be square, or at a right angle, with the planet Mars, which greets the dawn from the stars of Aquarius. So
- [Mercury Takes Venus by the Hand and Leads Her Out of the Night](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 one another in the same region of the sky, looking west after sunset. The May 22nd meeting of Mercury and Venus at New Moon is the exact opposite configuration they had two months ago, in
- [Saturn, Venus and Jupiter Turn Retrograde this week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 by Venus on Wednesday, May 13, and Jupiter on Thursday, May 14. All of the planets make an apparent retrograde motion, when it appears that they begin to travel from east to west across the
- [What's Love Got To Do With It? Webinar Registration](https://storytellersnightsky.com/whats-love-got-to-do-with-it-webinar-registration) - The Role of Venus in the Current Cosmos Registration is by suggested donation ($10 or what works best) at the donate button here on the homepage of this website, scroll to the bottom right. This button will take you to Paypal (you do not have to sign in or be a Paypal member to donate), which
- [](https://storytellersnightsky.com/744-2) - We’re halfway through the Summer, and now the meteor showers begin! In August the daylight noticeably wanes, but as compensation, the starlight gains, and just as we turn the corner into the last full month of the season, we roll through the path of the Delta Aquarid Meteor Shower. This meteor shower takes its name
- [The Sun, the Moon, and the Truth](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 Earth, then the Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower peaks toward dawn on Tuesday, May 5, followed by Full Moon on Thursday morning, May 7, 2020. What are your plans for the week? When Mercury has this
- [When Venus is Brightest then Beauty Wakes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 Night Sky: Her constant beauty doth inform stillness with love, and day with light. This reference to Sleeping Beauty isn’t arbitrary when it comes to Venus, for, like the maiden in the tale, Venus “sleeps” for
- [The Song of Eurydice for International Dark Sky Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 50th anniversary of Earth Day, and the peak of the Lyrid Meteor Shower. International Dark Sky Week is celebrated every year during the April New Moon, which means it's not alway coincident with Earth Day
- [When We Go Into the Dark ~ Humanity and the Dark Sky for International Dark Sky Week, April 19-26, 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-we-go-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. Designed to raise awareness about the tremendous impact on our environment of the way we use artificial light at night, the week-long observance is also meant to support star gazing and to enrich cultural awareness
- [Understanding the Seasonal Star Picture in Anticipation of the Great Conjunction](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 event celebrated by artists and scientists through the ages as an auspicious hallmark of an age, heralding both karmic fulfillment and unique opportunity. The following webinar was hosted in lieu of our in-person gathering in
- [Quarantining in the Moonlight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/quarantining-in-the-moonlight) - The Moon is waning through the morning sky this week, acting like an emotional tuning fork as she moves past Pluto, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars. In astrological tradition, the ever-changing Moon is related to instinctive and reactive behavior, and, most significantly, to the feeling life of the human being. Whenever the Moon is making a
- [The Healing Impulse of Raphael's "Transfiguration" at Easter 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-healing-impulse-of-raphaels-transfiguration-at-easter-2020-2) - Friends, The unprecedented nature of the times in which we find ourselves have led to an endless number of online lectures, presentations, and video conferences aimed at helping us sort through our thoughts, attain steadiness in our feelings, and figure out what best to do as we wend our way through this new world. It
- [One of the Year's Most Exceptional Moments Arrives Tuesday, April 7, 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/one-of-the-years-most-exceptional-moments-arrives-tuesday-april-7-2020) - An exceptional moment is upon us Tuesday evening, April 7, 2020, when the nearly Full Moon rises and the Sun sets. The two great lights will hug their respective horizons, with Sun in the west and Moon in the east for about 15 minutes before the Sun sets. At such a moment, a celestial contradiction
- [The Plague as a Dragon on this 500th Anniversary of Raphael's Death](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-plague-as-a-dragon-on-this-500th-anniversary-of-raphaels-death) - On this 500th anniversary of his death on April 6 in 1520, Raphael’s image of St. Michael, the dragon-slayer. Art historians mention a popular medieval text known as “The Golden Legend,” in which the plague is rendered as a dragon come for its annual human sacrifice. Raphael painted the triumphant scene of Michael the dragon-slayer
- [The Foundation Stone of Love Among the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-foundation-stone-of-love-among-the-stars) - The brightest star among the Pleiades star cluster is Alcyone, which marked the 4th ecliptic constellation for the ancient Babylonians, making it the Foundation Stone. On Friday, April 3rd, 2020, the planet Venus will appear snuggled up just .25 degrees from Alcyone, an hour after sunset looking west, making it the perfect gesture from the
- [The Healing Impulse of Raphael's "Transfiguration" at Easter 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-healing-impulse-of-raphaels-transfiguration-at-easter-2020) - The Holy Week in 2020 includes the 500th anniversary of the death of Renaissance master artist Raffaello Sanzio da Urbino known as Raphael, on April 6 in 1520. His last painting was the Transfiguration of the Christ, which, according to the biographers of his era, stood at the foot of his bed as he died. A
- [An Imagination on the Celestial Gestures of 2020 Part I](https://storytellersnightsky.com/an-imagination-on-the-celestial-gestures-of-2020-part-i) - ...and thus having opportunity to consider better of Astronomy, I found that this present Night there would happen such a conjunction of planets, the like to which was not otherwise suddenly to be observed...~Day Five, “The Chymical Wedding of Christian Rosenkreutz” Every year there are culminating celestial rhythms that lend themselves to the mood of
- [On the 95th Anniversary of Rudolf Steiner's Death](https://storytellersnightsky.com/on-the-95th-anniversary-of-rudolf-steiners-death) - The Metonic Cycle, discovered by the ancient Athenian Meton in the 5th century BC, is a period of 19 years, or (235 lunar months) after which the New and Full Moons return to the same days of the year. It was the basis of the ancient Greek calendar and is still used for calculating movable
- [Saturn in the Personal Biography](https://storytellersnightsky.com/saturn-in-the-personal-biography) - Anybody up for a little review of Saturn in the personal biography? In astrological tradition, Saturn indicates how history conditions us for future development ~ it is all things past, and the responsibilities that come with where we have been. In nine months, Saturn will come to its once-every-20 years Great Conjunction with Jupiter (all
- [Current Events and the Current Star Picture ~ Online Webinar with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/current-events-and-the-current-star-picture-online-webinar-with-mary-stewart-adams) - Through the quick pivots required of this unusual moment in history, and in lieu of a weekend spent together in Santa Fe in close proximity with one another, the hosting committee of our conference and I have arrived at the decision to offer an online webinar, Friday evening, March 20, 2020 at 7 pm Mountain
- [All That's Hidden ~ A SKY Webinar with Mary Stewart Adams February 20, 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/all-thats-hidden-a-sky-webinar-with-mary-stewart-adams) - On February 24, 1582, Pope Gregory XIII issued the inter gravissimas, thereby reforming centuries of time keeping relative to the cosmos by abolishing the Julian calendar, removing ten days from October that year, and reinvigorating the observance of New Year’s Day as the ‘octave’ of Christmas. It took nearly four centuries for the Gregorian Calendar
- [March Winds and the Three-Fold Calendar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/march-winds-and-the-three-fold-calendar) - Until the reign of Julius Caesar in the first century BC, the month of March was considered the first month of the year, with its start date determined by the first visibility of the Moon after its Spring New Phase. The weather and the stars also played a part in helping ancient communities get ready
- [A Tale for the Dragon's Meteor Shower, October 8](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-tale-for-the-dragons-meteor-shower-october-8) - Once upon a time there lived a man who had two sons but they did not get on at all well together, for the younger was much handsomer than his elder brother who was very jealous of him. When they grew older, things became worse and worse, and at last one day as they were
- [On Sextilis Kalends Martias Leap day was Instituted](https://storytellersnightsky.com/on-sextilis-kalends-martias-leap-day-was-instituted) - Were it not for the significant 16th century event that took place on Monday of this week, then we’d be reckoning time according to a different date come Saturday, which is Leap Day, February 29th, a date that only rolls around once every four years, providing the year is divisible by 400. In 1582, after
- [The Axis of Destiny in the Stars of Auriga](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-axis-of-destiny-in-the-stars-of-auriga) - The constellation Auriga is known as the charioteer, and it mounts to the highest place in the sky these nights, bearing its brightest star Capella to the zenith, the northern-most 1st magnitude star in our sky. The imaginary chariot that Auriga travels in has two wheels representing heaven and Earth, and they are joined together
- [The Moon Wakens Mars with a Kiss on Tuesday, February 18](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-moon-wakens-mars-with-a-kiss-on-tuesday-february-18) - This week the Moon will cascade down a stair of morning planets in her silvery gown as the Titan Goddess Selene, sweeping us into the folklore of prophetic morning dreams when she meets Mars on Tuesday morning, Jupiter on Wednesday, and Saturn on Thursday, before she disappears into her dark phase below the eastern horizon
- [Beyond the Telescope ~ National Park Service Webinar by Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/beyond-the-telescope-national-park-service-webinar-by-mary-stewart-adams) - Recently I had the opportunity to present to the Night Sky Network of the National Park Service on my humanities-based approach to teaching about the night sky. The park service has made the recording available at the link below, which leads you to a registration page (no fee) for accessing. I began the presentation with
- [Weekend Workshop with Mary Stewart Adams in Santa Fe, NM ~Encountering the Celestial Goddess Anthroposophia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/weekend-workshop-with-mary-stewart-adams-in-santa-fe-nm-encountering-the-celestial-goddess-anthroposophia) - Registration is now open for this terrific event in Santa Fe, New Mexico at Spring Equinox, 2020, planned in anticipation of this year's rare conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Workshop details and registration link here! Restoring the mythic grandeur of being human and knowing the stars is a dynamic and healing way to engage with
- [Betelgeuse ~ On the Shoulders of Giants](https://storytellersnightsky.com/1636-2) - Orion with his glittering belt and sword Gilded since time has been, while time shall be... ~Lucy Larcom's "Orion" Have you been wondering about the news regarding the star Betelgeuse and how it’s inexplicably dimming? Betelgeuse defines the right shoulder of the constellation Orion, a giant in the night sky and in humanity’s cultural history,
- [The Truest Love on the Coldest Night Under a Waning Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-truest-love-on-the-coldest-night-under-a-waning-moon) - It’s the third full week of January, and though we are one month past Winter Solstice and the sunlight is growing stronger each day, statistics show that this is the time of year when we actually experience the coldest temperatures. The data from NOAA shows that the coldest temperatures in our region are usually reached
- [SKY Series I ~ The Planetary Line Up of January 2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/sky-series-i-the-planetary-line-up-of-january-2020) - The SKY webinar series (Star Knowledge for the Year) is presented each month by Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams. Participation is by donation, and a recording of each session is made available immediately following the live event for participants, and in the weeks following here on the Storyteller's Night Sky website. The first webinar
- [Summer Evening Sky Cruises with Shepler's Ferry Service Featuring Mary Stewart Adams in the News](https://storytellersnightsky.com/summer-evening-sky-cruises-with-sheplers-ferry-service-featuring-mary-stewart-adams-in-the-news) - Though the New Year has just begun, it's not too soon to make plans for summer evening's spent on the top deck under the stars, cruising the Straits of Mackinac. Check out this week's post by Emily Bingham for MLive!: MACKINAW CITY, MICH. -- A Mackinac Island ferry’s night-sky cruise offerings have a stellar line-up
- [A Titan of Astronomy and His Dying Wish](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-titan-of-astronomy-and-his-dying-wish) - This week marks the anniversary of the death of Tycho Brahe, on October 24 in 1601, the Danish astronomer whose dying wish to his assistant, Johannes Kepler, was something Kepler couldn’t fulfill. Brahe, like Copernicus before him, did his work before the invention of the telescope, which meant he spent a tremendous amount of time
- [In Harmony with the Earth's Breathing at Solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-harmony-with-the-earths-breathing-at-solstice) - The early 20th century Austrian philosopher and scientist Dr. Rudolf Steiner once likened the cycle of the Earth’s year to a breathing process, with an inhalation and exhalation happening in the same rhythmic regularity for the Earth as it does for the human being. The full-in breath he likened to the moment of Winter Solstice,
- [Paganini and the Stars of Halloween](https://storytellersnightsky.com/paganini-and-the-stars-of-halloween) - “In folklore, angels tickle harps and the Devil plays the violin. So it is hardly surprising that extraordinary musical ability in mere mortals has long been explained by way of heavenly blessings or, more frequently, dark pacts…” So begins the tale of “The Dark Fiddler ~ The Life and Legend of Nicolo Paganini”. I recently
- [Preparing for Mercury's Transit 11.11.19](https://storytellersnightsky.com/preparing-for-mercurys-transit-11-11-19) - If ever there was a time to prepare a ceremony of the stars, then this week is it! The Moon is a waxing gibbous through the midnight hour; Venus is putting on her evening gown; and Mars is keeping company with the star of abundance at dawn ~ all making ready for the rare transit
- [In the Black Pool of Midnight at Halloween](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-the-black-pool-of-midnight-at-halloween) - Sunset October 31, 2019 is 6:30 pm edt Crescent Moon will set at 9:16 pm, which means that neither of the great lights will be there to guard the skies for the mischief of this cross quarter eve. And here’s more, if you dare!: Halloween is the eve of the autumn cross quarter day, which
- [The Destiny of the Year in the Story "Catherine and Her Destiny"](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-destiny-of-the-year-in-the-story-catherine-and-her-destiny) - When the Sun steps into the Libra scales and the starry crown begins to set, then Orion marches across the sky, weighing and settling our destiny work for the year. All this and more in the fairy tale Catherine and Her Destiny, from Andrew Lang's Pink Fairy Book: Long ago there lived a rich merchant
- [Rip Van Winkle for the Gregory Days](https://storytellersnightsky.com/rip-van-winkle-for-the-gregory-days) - Every year from October 4 to 15, the Storyteller's Night Sky delights in tales of those mysterious and mischievous days that are hidden in the calendar (leap days, blue moons, black moons, and the days removed by Pope Gregory XIII in 1582 to adjust the calendar). It seems there are those who "slip through the
- [The 7th Night of the 7th Moon Webinar with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams hosted by the Anthroposophical Society in America](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 of Summer 2019 and how they can reveal and prepare us for what's ahead. When: Wednesday, August 7 Time: 4:00-5:00 pm Eastern (Can't join us live? No problem. All registrants will recieve a recording by
- [The Most Dramatic Tales Under the Most Beautiful Skies](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-most-dramatic-tales-under-the-most-beautiful-skies) - There are some dramatic stories thundering through the August night sky every year, including desperate lovers bereft of one another, the miraculous feeding of the hungry multitude, and the great mystery of transfiguration. In the Chinese tradition, this week marks the most romantic of the year, when “every lover can chance upon his love” while
- [Friday the 13th, Dante, and the Eve of Harvest Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 date falls on the eve of Harvest Moon. Harvest Moon is the Full Moon closest to Autumn Equinox, and it will happen this week overnight Friday the 13th to Saturday the 14th, at 12:34 am.
- [Sirius and the Flooding of the Nile](https://storytellersnightsky.com/sirius-and-the-flooding-of-the-nile) - Every year in August, the constellation Orion returns to northern hemisphere skies at dawn, bearing with him the brightest star in our sky after the Sun ~ the star Sirius. Sirius played a significant role in every aspect of Ancient Egyptian culture, a role that carried on well into the 20th century, because its heliacal
- [The Black Moon, Three Meteor Showers, and the Summer Cross Quarter](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 really exciting for stargazing and story telling. The set up: This month’s first New Moon on July 2 totally eclipsed the Sun~that’s the first queen from our tale The second New Moon on July 31
- [The Hero Takes the Zenith: This week on the Storyteller's Night Sky](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-hero-takes-the-zenith-this-week-on-the-storytellers-night-sky) - This season the mighty constellation of the hero Hercules sweeps across the zenith, the uppermost part of the night sky, bearing mystery in his wake. The constellation Hercules is midway between two of the summer’s brightest stars: Arcturus and Vega; his torso looks like a rhombus; and he’s upside down on bended knee, his left
- [July 16 A Day to be Reckoned With](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 reckoned with. Let’s consider: On July 16 in 1054 the Great Schism occurred that broke the Eastern Orthodox and Western Catholic churches from one another. On July 16 in 1945 the United States conducted the
- [The Mystery of the constellation Lyra as revealed in the Life of Nicolo Paganini](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-mystery-of-the-constellation-lyra-as-revealed-in-the-life-of-nicolo-paganini) - “In folklore, angels tickle harps and the Devil plays the violin. So it is hardly surprising that extraordinary musical ability in mere mortals has long been explained by way of heavenly blessings or, more frequently, dark pacts…” So begins the tale of “The Dark Fiddler ~ The Life and Legend of Nicolo Paganini”. I recently
- [In the Garden of Romance by the Light of the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-the-garden-of-romance-by-the-light-of-the-moon) - Because the first New Moon of Spring, 2017 occurred Monday evening, March 27th, it was possible to watch its beautiful crescent adorn the western horizon most of that week. At the time, the planet Venus brilliantly dominated the western horizon, casting her veil of love and beauty over the sunset world. But then Venus disappeared
- [International Dark Sky Week 2018](https://storytellersnightsky.com/international-dark-sky-week-2018) - Every year in April, during the week of the New Moon (which occurred Sunday, April 15 in 2018), night sky advocates around the world celebrate International Dark Sky Week, with the intent to create greater awareness around light pollution and what it costs us in energy use, in habitat stewardship, and in our own health
- [There's a Cow Jumping Over the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/337-2) - In the land of the Storyteller's Night Sky there's a lot of whimsy and rhyme and 'once upon a time', all meant to capture the majesty, the beauty, and the mystery of our celestial world in a way that celebrates our place within it. For several years my sister and I have been at work
- [Great Lakes, Dark Skies](https://storytellersnightsky.com/hello-world) - Seven years ago this month, on May 9 in 2011, Michigan became home to only the 9th international dark sky park in the world. The designation was awarded by the International Dark Sky Association in Tucson, AZ, and required a rigorous application process undertaken by a team of leaders and community members that demonstrated their
- [Jupiter at opposition May 8](https://storytellersnightsky.com/jupiter-at-opposition-may-8) - On May 8, 2018 at 8:39 pm edt, the gas giant Jupiter will come to its annual opposition with the Sun, meaning it will appear on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. After sunset in the west, Jupiter will rise in the east and will be our constant nighttime companion, traveling westward
- [Jupiter's opposition and destiny](https://storytellersnightsky.com/jupiters-opposition-and-destiny) - Jupiter comes to its annual opposition with the Sun this week, a king among gods, who’s appearing these nights as though he were stepping into the southern tray of the scales in the constellation Libra, where we find the bright star Zubenelgenubi. Such a set up begs for a tale, so here’s one: “Long ago
- [The Rose of Winds and Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-rose-of-winds-and-stars) - A compass rose, more poetically referred to as the "rose of winds" actually derives from the rose of stars, which was created by the nomadic peoples of the Middle Eastern desert lands, and which they used to mark the rising and setting of certain directional stars. Just as every star has a name, so too,
- [Jupiter and Venus face off across the vast horizon of stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/jupiter-and-venus-face-off-across-the-vast-horizon-of-stars) - Relief depicting Aphrodite (Venus) and Anchises, with their child Aeneas on Aphrodite's lap, from the second major temple of Aphrodisias. The only witness to this affair is Selene, the Moon, depicted in the upper left, and which will sweep into the scene on the stage of the sky this week, after New Phase on Tuesday,
- [Tales of High Resolve and Vulnerability instigated by this Week's Godiva Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tales-of-high-resolve-and-vulnerability-instigated-by-this-weeks-godiva-moon) - In 1678, the Godiva Procession was instituted in Coventry, England, to commemorate and honor Lady Godiva, who rode naked on horseback through the main street to protest her husband’s intent to raise taxes on the poor. Nearly 200 years later, in 1842, Alfred Tennyson found himself waiting on a train in Coventry, and penned his
- [What to watch now the Moon has come Full!](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-to-watch-now-the-moon-has-come-full) - Here are some of the upcoming celestial events you want to watch for, and some poetry, art, and history to help you ascend the silver ladder of the Moon to the land of the singing sky, so you'll have something to offer the Queen who holds court at the fountain of dew: Full Moon Tuesday,
- [Mars at the Midnight Gateway of the Gods](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mars-at-the-midnight-gateway-of-the-gods) - Image created by Guy Ottewell from his Astronomical Calendar 2018 Next month, the planet Mars will make one of its closest-ever approaches to the Earth, and this week, to get ready, the red planet rises at midnight in the region of Capricorn, appearing as a mighty warrior guarding the ancient gateway of the gods. At the midnight hour this
- [When Mars moved the world](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-mars-moved-the-world) - All the night sky talk this summer will be about the remarkable visibility of the planet Mars. Mars will come to its opposition with the Sun at the end of July 2018, a movement that happens only once every two years, so this is the best time in its cycle to see it. But even
- [What joins the winds and the stars? The Horai](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-joins-the-winds-and-the-stars-the-horai) - Between sunset and the evening star when the gentle west wind blows, there dance the Horai, goddesses of the hours that guide the Sun across the sky, opening and closing the Gates of Heaven, and yoking & unyoking the horses of the chariots of the gods. In the sunset hour they are led by their
- [The Subject Tonight is Love ~ Venus and Mars at Solstice this week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-subject-tonight-is-love-venus-and-mars-at-solstice-this-week) - There’s something unique happening this week just after the Sun stands still at its Solstice moment early Thursday morning: Venus and Mars will fall into position on opposite sides of the Earth, drawing our attention to the great mystery of understanding the beloved. Venus and Mars are the closest planets to Earth, and at this
- [The Wildflower for Mothers and their Children at Solstice 2018](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-wildflower-for-mothers-and-their-children-at-solstice-2018) - The wildflower cannot know the kiss of constancy borne of the gardener's measured hand. Carried aloft on the tempest's breath, she seeks to root herself in solid soil, a victim of the nature she wold defy in blossoming. No gentle spray nor nourishing earth is she guaranteed upon this journey, only the rough tyranny of
- [Misty Lyn Bergeron's 52 Portrait Project 2018: Inspiring Women](https://storytellersnightsky.com/misty-lyn-bergerons-52-portrait-project-2018-inspriring-women) - Friends of The Storyteller's Night Sky, I recently had the honor of being featured in Misty Lyn Bergeron's "52 Portrait Project for 2018", and I'm honored to be included here with some pretty amazing women from around Michigan. Misty herself is an amazing and talented woman, as photographer, musician, and seeker. I'm pleased to share
- [Venus, Mars and Neptune](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-mars-and-neptune) - So Venus was married to Vulcan, but fell in love with Mars. Vulcan crafted a steely net to capture them in their affair, and stole away to give them their chance to betray him. Mars took advantage of Vulcan’s absence to lie with his lover, but they were instead trapped in the net and ridiculed
- [A Story of the Crown for the 4th of July](https://storytellersnightsky.com/a-story-of-the-crown-for-the-4th-of-july) - Every Summer as the Sun makes its way through the high constellations of the Summer, the sky at night fid itself adorned with the "golden diadem", that starry crown, often associated with stories of Ariadne, but here connected to the tale of The Girl Fish from Andrew Lang's Orange Fairy Book. Happy summer reading! The
- [Storyteller's Night Sky Cruises on the Great Lakes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/storytellers-night-sky-cruises-on-the-great-lakes) - Every Summer, you can join Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams for a series of unique cruises along the great fresh waters of Northern Michigan during which she narrates the drama of the sunsets, moonrises and celestial phenomena with her engaging blend of observational astronomy, literature, history and mythology, bringing the stories of the night
- [Triskaidekaphobia~Extreme Fear of the Number 13](https://storytellersnightsky.com/triskaidekaphobiaextreme-fear-of-the-number-13) - The root of the word triskaidekaphobia, which first appeared in the early 20th century, helps to explain its meaning: treiskaideka from the Greek, means ‘thirteen’; and a phobia is an extreme or irrational fear. And given that today is Friday the 13th and this is The Storyteller's Night Sky, let's see how the 13th shows up in
- [10 Tips for Summer Stargazing in Michigan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/10-tips-for-summer-stargazing-in-michigan) - Photo by John McCormick, MichiganNutPhotography.com Story by Emily Bingham | MLive.com "Few summertime traditions are as sacred as stargazing. It connects us to something bigger than ourselves, it inspires a healthy dose of wonder and awe, it's accessible to just about anyone with the ability to get outside and look skyward, and -- with the exception
- [Mars and the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum Art Heist 28 years later](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mars-and-the-isabella-stewart-gardner-museum-art-heist-28-years-later) - The Concert, c. 1664, by Dutch painter Johannes Vermeer, Isabella Stewart Gardner's first major acquisition, was stolen in 1990 and remains missing. It depicts a man and two women performing music, with the man shown from the back seated in a red chair, which gives him a mood that is a bit like Mars wearing
- [The 7th Night of the 7th Moon and the Meeting of Worlds](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-7th-night-of-the-7th-moon-and-the-meeting-of-worlds) - Calendars are like mighty time machines, into which sacred mysteries are hidden. To unveil the mysteries tucked into our systems of time keeping requires bold study and rich imagination, and the willingness to dream into the cultural traditions of ages to find what endures. Just such a mystery is upon us this week, instigated by
- [The Most Romantic Night of the Year Comes August 17 ~ How Will You Prepare?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-most-romantic-night-of-the-year-comes-august-17-how-will-you-prepare) - After Saturday’s New Moon on August 11, 2018, we entered the sacred sequence of days leading up to the 7th Night of the 7th Moon in the Chinese tradition, which brings us to the portal between the worlds. The Qixi Festival is celebrated during the most romantic time of the year, when the Crescent Moon
- [Mercury and Mars turn direct and conquer love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/mercury-and-mars-turn-direct-and-conquer-love) - Mercury, messenger of gods, prince of tricksters and bringer of dreams, is in the morning sky an hour before sunrise in the east. Black crayon drawing by Francesco Albani, c. 1609, the same year Galileo first used a telescope to look into the sky On Sunday, August 19, 2018, the planet Mercury completed its retrograde
- [Equinox, When Sun Gives Way to Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/equinox-when-sun-gives-way-to-moon) - The Moon is waxing large toward its September 24th Harvest mood all week, and while on her way, Luna has cascaded up a stair of naked-eye planets, as though bearing messages from the evening star to her beloved warrior Mars. But before Moon achieves its Full Phase and becomes the dominant light in the northern
- [October 4th  and the end of time](https://storytellersnightsky.com/october-4th-and-the-end-of-time) - Every once in awhile there’s a particular line up that allows for a convergence of things historic and astronomic, and here’s how it happens this first week of October, 2018: First, this week marks the 61st anniversary of the launch of the world’s first artificial satellite, Sputnik, on October 4th in 1957. Sputnik completed 1440
- [The "first ruler of the universe" sweeps into view](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-first-ruler-of-the-universe-sweeps-into-view) - There’s a rare treat on the horizon this week when the planet Uranus makes its closest approach to Earth. This occurs simultaneous to its opposition with the Sun, and it means conditions are just right for catching a glimpse of the elusive planet with the naked eye. The reason seeing Uranus with the naked eye
- [In the Black Pool of Midnight at All Hallow'd Eve](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-the-black-pool-of-midnight-at-all-hallowd-eve) - This year the mood is just right for a true Halloween experience, but only if you’re daring. The Sun will set early October 31st, the way it does in this waning season, and after twilight fades, we’ll have four hours of true darkness before a misshapen Moon emerges in the black pool of the midnight
- [In further consideration of the Moon's Nodes ~ Portals of Human Destiny](https://storytellersnightsky.com/in-further-consideration-of-the-moons-nodes-portals-of-human-destiny) - Thou art a symbol and a sign to mortals of their fate and force like thee, man is in part divine, a troubled stream from a pure source.. ~"Prometheus", George Gordon, Lord Byron The Nodes of the Moon are a tricky thing to understand, because they are not an object that you can rest your
- [The Northern Lights and the Dragon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-northern-lights-and-the-dragon) - An image from 1533 (before Galileo coined the term “Aurora Borealis”) which depicts the “wondrous dragons” that were seen in the air coursing through the night sky over a town in Germany. Recently, a coronal hole rounded the surface of the Sun, stirring up the solar wind so that, as the wind raced earthward, scientists
- [This Year's Comets as Heralds of the Feminine Cosmic](https://storytellersnightsky.com/this-years-comets-as-heralds-of-the-feminine-cosmic) - There is a dynamic story unfolding across the sky in this season, that could be imagined a bit like this: The celestial Lion shook, loosing the royal stars from his ancient mane, signaling the sacred entrance of the Sun into the domain of the mighty healer where he is hidden there, hovering above the scorpion’s
- [Lucy and the Sky](https://storytellersnightsky.com/lucy-and-the-sky) - The Geminid Meteor Shower peaks overnight Thursday, just as Comet Wirtanen is hurtling our way, the closest comet of the last century. At the same time, the planet Saturn, ancient guardian of the past, is following the Sun over the western horizon at the end of the day; while Jupiter, who bears the promise of
- [Finding Stillness in the Extreme at Solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/finding-stillness-in-the-extreme-at-solstice) - The belt of the Zodiac embraces the Earth like a mighty circle of stars and is important to us because it’s only among this region of stars that we find the Sun, Moon and planets in their orbits. The Milky Way is also a mighty circle of stars that seems to wrap itself around the
- [Epic Love in the Stars for 2019](https://storytellersnightsky.com/epic-love-in-the-stars-for-2019) - At this great division of time between New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day, it’s comforting to know that from one year to the next, there will always be eclipses and meteor showers, and, of course, Mercury will make its several confounding retrogrades. But even with all this predictability, one year differs from the next
- [Anatomy of an Eclipse ~ A Star Knowledge Intensive with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/anatomy-of-an-eclipse-star-knowledge-intensive-with-mary-stewart-adams) - Friends, In 2019 I will launch a series of Star Knowledge Intensives, to restore the mythic grandeur of knowing the stars! The first intensive is coming up, and I have availability for a few willing participants to try this on with me ($20 fee): Anatomy of an Eclipse To assuage the super-sensation stirred by rhythmic
- [What's Up with the Moon this Week?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/whats-up-with-the-moon-this-week) - Besides the beautiful apparition of Venus and Jupiter in the morning sky this week, the thing that will undoubtedly be most talked about is the coming Total Eclipse of the Moon, which will be visible across the United States, reaching maximum totality in the midnight hour of the eastern time zone. And since you can
- [Venus, Jupiter, and the Shadow of the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/venus-jupiter-and-the-shadow-of-the-moon) - With the Lunar Eclipse only just behind us, the big celestial news this week is the coming together of the planets Venus and Jupiter in the morning sky, looking east before sunrise. There’s an old English tale of the water nixy that is the perfect fit for this configuration, and it involves a bargain made
- [We're Halfway Through the Winter at Brigid's Day, February 2nd](https://storytellersnightsky.com/were-halfway-through-the-winter-at-brigids-day-february-2nd) - The Moon will be our escort across the dawn this week, like a goddess cascading down the stair of morning planets, and only slipping out of view on Saturday, February 2nd, which is this season’s Cross Quarter Day. The sequence will go like this: on Wednesday, the Crescent Moon will be just above the planet
- [The Hunt for the Unicorn ~ In the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 lift your spirits with a hunt for the unicorn ~ in the stars! The constellation of the unicorn is known as Monoceros, and though it is made up of faint stars, you can still find
- [Finding Light in the Sacred Dark ~ World Goodwill Seminar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/finding-light-in-the-sacred-dark-world-goodwill-seminar) - In November, 2018, I was invited to speak at the World Goodwill Seminar hosted by the Lucis Trust in New York City. It was a terrific experience, and I am grateful for the opportunity it afforded me to share some of my research into what it means to know the stars through our own cultural
- [From the Archives: A Dead Man's Bones](https://storytellersnightsky.com/from-the-archives-a-dead-mans-bones) - This article appeared in the Spring/Summer 2006 edition of Lilipoh Magazine, and is reprinted this February 2019, in honor of the 546th anniversary of the birth of Nicholas Copernicus, on February 19, 1473. A Full Moon will fall on his birthday this year, in 2019. A Dead Man’s Bones It was reported in the May
- [Love Notes and the Messenger Divine](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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, On this side of Jove's clouds, to escape the sight Of his great summoner, and made retreat Into a forest on the shores of Crete. These few lines are from John Keats' poetic narrative "Lamia",
- [Quick Snapshot of the Star Lore Historian's Season Ahead](https://storytellersnightsky.com/quick-snapshot-of-the-starry-season-ahead) - Sometimes a list is more accessible than a calendar format, so here is a quick preview of upcoming events. Please note, this list is growing daily, so check back often. And thanks for being here! If you wold like to schedule a program, email mary@storytellersnightsky.com ~Mary Sunday, February 24 ~ Rudolf Steiner: A Festivals’ Life
- [Finding Light and Keeping the Dark Sacred](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 of revitalizing our relationship to the stars, discussing the adverse effects of light pollution, and our ability to connect deeply with our spiritual origins. Follow this link to Mary's presentation, which includes slide show, 40
- [Bring me my chariot of fire!: from the February archive of Fairy Tale Moons](https://storytellersnightsky.com/bring-me-my-chariot-of-fire-from-the-february-archive-of-fairy-tale-moons) - Bring me my bow of burning gold! Bring me my arrows of desire! Bring me my spear! O clouds, unfold! Bring me my chariot of fire! ~ verse and image from "Jerusalem" by William Blake The constellation Auriga the Charioteer, with its brilliant star Capella, is racing over the zenith this month ~ its imaginary
- [What Does it Mean to be a Star Lore Historian?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/what-does-it-mean-to-be-a-star-lore-historian) - In this interview with Laura Scappaticci, Program Director for the Anthroposophical Society in America, Mary Stewart Adams shares her work and joy as a Star Lore Historian, and the deep research inspired by anthroposophy that informs her work. Click here for the 35 minute interview, which also includes information on the celestial highlights of 2019
- [The Astronomical and Ecclesiastical Moons of 2019, or "What a Little Moonlight Can Do"](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-astronomical-and-ecclesiastical-moons-of-2019-or-what-a-little-moonlight-can-do) - Friends, This blog is specifically to share about the phenomena of Spring Moons in 2019, and the dating of the Easter Festival. It will not be exhaustive, but hopefully, it will be compelling! To begin with, in Spring 2019 we will have the rare occurrence of four Full Moons in one season (because we usually
- [When the Moon Refuses to Yield the Northern Celestial Stage](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-the-moon-refuses-to-yield-the-northern-celestial-stage) - A magic moment is upon us this week when the Sun appears to cross the Celestial Equator heading north, bearing greater daylight in its wake. There's also a curious thing happening with the Moon the very same day. According to the Astronomy Department of the US Naval Observatory, the Equinox moment will happen at 5:58
- [The Daughter of Heaven in the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/the-daughter-of-heaven-in-the-stars) - At midnight this week, the constellation Virgo appears high in the east, holding the star Spica in her arms, and trailing the return of seasonal light in her wake. This seasonal position of Virgo has inspired a great deal of celebration throughout history, and it may be the very thing that stands behind stories of
- [When Mars became Warrior of Compassion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 its solo journey through the stars for the rest of the month. The month of March takes its name from Mars, the Roman god of war who was likened to the Greek god Ares. Ares
- [Walking on the Moon ~ A Year of Space Anniversaries](https://storytellersnightsky.com/walking-on-the-moon-a-year-of-space-anniversaries) - July this year will mark the 50th anniversary of the Apollo 11 landing on the Moon, the first space mission to put a human being on our only natural satellite. But 60 years ago this week, the first step took place that would lead to that historic step, ten years later. On April 9 in
- [Secrets of Sun and Moon When Earth Regains the Center this Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/secrets-of-sun-and-moon-when-earth-regains-the-center-this-week) - There’s a Full Moon this week, and even though it’s not the first Full Moon of the season, it is the one that determines the Spring festivals of renewal this year, like Easter and Passover. In the world of the fairy tale, this is the Full Moon that signals the sacred time each year when
- [Walpurgisnacht (or the Witches' Sabbath) this Eve of May Day, April 30th](https://storytellersnightsky.com/walpurgisnacht-or-the-witches-sabbath-this-eve-of-may-day-april-30th) - Do you know what the date will be six months from now (before reading further!)? Tonight, April 30, we are at the eve of the Spring Cross Quarter Day, which was known by Germanic peoples in Europe as "Walpurgisnacht" ~ the night of the witches! Six months form now it will be eve of the
- [The Crescent Moon Opens a Door Through History This Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 week, the waxing crescent Moon will sweep over the very spot, opening the door on a fascinating bit of cultural and scientific history. The star at the tip of the Bull’s southern horn is known
- [Mercury and the Moon Make Rare Moves May 16 and 18 in 2019](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 week, the Moon achieves its rare Blue Moon phase. We won’t see Mercury, and the Moon won’t appear blue, but still they’re both good for story! So here’s the thing with Mercury: Later this
- [Tycho and Copernicus Change the World](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 catalog of the night sky without ever once using a telescope? And that Polish astronomer Nicholas Copernicus also never used that handy device? There’s a bit of history involving these two in the calendar this
- [When We’re Perpendicular to the Milky Way ~ from the archives](https://storytellersnightsky.com/when-were-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', all meant to capture the majesty, the beauty, and the mystery of our celestial world in a way that celebrates our place within it. For several years I have been at work on a project
- [Fragaria vesca* and the mystery of the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 out this image and his other works at Grant Johnson Photography on Facebook. Although it won’t be full until next week, the Moon will put on a dramatic show at the end of this week,
- [Finding Stars the Way Bo Peep Finds Sheep](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 help you to the radiant, or center point of an early summer meteor shower, called the Boötids. The Boötids take their name from the constellation Boötes, the herdsman, and even though the falling stars don’t
- [Jupiter and Saturn Take the Evening Sky this Summer as the Pillars of Wisdom](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 on opposite sides of the Milky Way. The art and architecture of ancient cultures reveals a sacred understanding of the relationship between the human being and the spiritual world, both before birth and after death.
- [Prometheus at the Galactic Center](https://storytellersnightsky.com/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 side of the Milky Way from the planet Jupiter, god of the Olympians. But while these two gods have their counterparts in the celestial world, there’s another player in the story who doesn’t appear; he’s

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- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise III](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-iii) - Third time’s the charm, and tonight we take full advantage of the season’s meteor shower show by setting out for our third midnight cruise. As on the first and second evenings, we depart from our Mackinaw City dock at 11 pm and cruise West along the starlit waters of Lake Michigan, over which the meteors
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise II](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-ii-2) - By far the most popular meteor shower of the year, and our most popular evening sky cruise, this year’s Perseid Meteor Shower peaks during a waxing first quarter Moon. This means that not only will we get full views of Milky Way and falling stars, but we’ll see the crescent Moon as it sets into
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise I](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-i) - By far the most popular meteor shower of the year, and Shepler’s Ferry Service’s most popular evening sky cruise, this year’s Perseid Meteor Shower peaks during a waxing first quarter Moon. This means that not only will we get full views of Milky Way and falling stars, but we’ll see the crescent Moon as it
- [The Foundation Stone and Its Celestial Rhythms](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-foundation-stone-and-its-celestial-rhythms)
- [Summer Solstice Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-solstice-cruise) - The lingering light of the Sun at its highest hour casts a beautiful glow over the western horizon, ideal for an evening with the Crescent Moon season’s brightest stars.
- [Purely Michigan Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/purely-michigan-cruise) - We’ll cruise west to Lake Michigan, into the light of the setting Sun, with the nearly-full Moon at our backs, rising in the East over Lake Huron, the elegant Mackinac Bridge draped between them. Tonight, promises to be a spectacular show of Michigan at its finest with two Great Lakes aglow with the two great
- [Summer Lovin' Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-lovin-cruise) - The brilliant evening star Venus is swept into the arms of her beloved Mars tonight, with the Crescent Moon looking on, creating a beautiful evening for romance under the stars.
- [Eve of Summer's Midpoint Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/eve-of-summers-midpoint-cruise) - Tonight’s cruise is timed to catch sunset and nearly-full moon rise, as a celebration. It is the traditional turning point in the season, known as summer’s cross quarter, a terrific time for casting your wishes to the stars!
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise) - Midnight meteor shower cruising is back, since this year the Moon is a waning gibbous and not to be seen in the midnight sky, where the hero Perseus wields his mighty gifts like stars, falling through the sky.
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise II](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-ii) - Join us for an unforgettable midnight meteor shower cruise, undiminished by the Moon, which is a waning gibbous this night, and not to be seen in the midnight sky! There are few better places to catch the hero Perseus as he wields his mighty gifts like stars, falling through the sky.
- [Introduction to a Study of the Stars as a Cultural Art](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/introduction-to-a-study-of-the-stars-as-a-cultural-art) - In this evening lecture (May 5) and weekend workshop (May 6), Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams will lead us through the practical and often magical aspects of star knowledge through the various disciplines of astronomy, astrology, and astrosophy. Friday night lecture will include the year’s celestial highlights and their meaning; workshop will include how
- [Our Own Deeds Inscribed into the Cosmic Spaces](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/our-own-deeds-inscribed-into-the-cosmic-spaces)
- [The Foundation Stone as a Cosmic Inscription](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-foundation-stone-as-a-cosmic-inscription)
- [Albertus Magnus, Johannes Kepler, Marie Steiner & the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/albertus-magnus-johannes-kepler-marie-steiner-the-stars) - On-line presentation with Front Range Anthroposophical Café.
- [The Stars Spoke Once to Man ~ Online & In-Person Program](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-stars-spoke-once-to-man-online-in-person-program) - This Christmas, December 25, 2022, marks the 100th anniversary of Rudolf Steiner’s gift to Marie Steiner of the verse The Stars Spoke Once To Man, on Christmas Day 1922. Mary will lead us through an imagination on how this verse can be experienced as a precedent for the Foundation Stone Meditation that was first spoken by Rudolf Steiner one year
- [The Holy Nights 2022-23](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-holy-nights-2022-23) - In person, Atlanta, Georgia
- [At the Turning of the Year ~ Holy Nights Program Online with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/at-the-turning-of-the-year-holy-nights-program-online-with-mary-stewart-adams) - This year my holy nights activity will focus on the stars of December, and how they indicate the sacred event that takes place in this season, which is uniquely activated one year to the next by the dominant planetary gestures. For these two online sessions, I'll provide star maps, star names, journaling ideas, and a contemplation
- [The Story in Your Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-story-in-your-stars) - Take advantage of this exceptional opportunity for a personal look at the stars of your birth with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams. In addition to over a decade of hosting the weekly public radio podcast The Storyteller's Night Sky and leading the initiative to found Michigan's first International Dark Sky Park, Mary Stewart Adams has spent nearly 30
- [Wellness Retreat at Grand Hotel, Mackinac Island, Michigan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/wellness-retreat-at-grand-hotel-mackinac-island-michigan) - Experience something new by slowing down. This Wellness Weekend Retreat at Grand Hotel will help you recharge, be present and learn how to experience a more meaningful life. Guided workshops, meditations, yoga, and astrology sessions are all led by spiritual and personal development leaders. There is no better place to disconnect to reconnect than Mackinac
- [Milky Way Moon Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/milky-way-moon-cruise) - Summer’s Moon is 7-days old tonight, which means it’s dressed in its first quarter attire and knocking at the door of the Milky Way, a setup that sparks the most romantic night of the year in Asian tradition. Tonight we’ll cruise beneath the Summer Triangle of stars, hunting the stray meteors that blaze through the summer
- [Eve of Harvest Moon Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/eve-of-harvest-moon-cruise) - Sun and Moon trade places in the celestial hemispheres in a few weeks when, at Equinox, greater darkness overtakes the daylight. But first, our two great celestial lights have a standoff on either ends of the Straits of Mackinac, with the fiery gold of the Summer Sun dominating the sky in the west over Lake Michigan, while the
- [Mysteries of the Milky Way Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/mysteries-of-the-milky-way-cruise) - We are at peak Milky Way season now, with the thickest region of our galaxy arcing over the southwest horizon, offering an invitation to the imagination to journey to the center of it all. In medieval tradition, the Milky Way marked the path of souls into the great beyond, which sets us up for a terrific night
- [Full Moon Meteor Shower Blues Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/full-moon-meteor-shower-blues-cruise) - The August Full Moon washes out the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower this year, but that doesn’t mean we can’t enjoy the beauty of moonlight dancing across Earth’s largest bodies of freshwater. History, science, story and stars will entertain us, so we’re not overcome with the meteor shower blues.
- [Wishing on the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/wishing-on-the-stars) - The Delta Aquariid Meteor Shower shyly peaks into the Northern sky at the end of July each year, falling through the sky from the region where most of the stars are named for good luck and fortune. As if we aren’t lucky enough to be cruising under the Mackinac Bridge and to the stars tonight, we may
- [Summer Stars Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-stars-cruise) - This week all the planets and even the Moon have fled into the morning sky, leaving the night to the stars. We’ll cruise toward the stars of the lion that are drifting west in the twilight, trailing Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, and the thickest region of Milky Way stars. Any sailor, boater, or captain will tell you
- [Summer's Super Moon Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summers-super-moon-cruise) - Tonight’s Thunder Moon, July 13, 2022 is this year’s official Super Moon, coming closer than any other Full Moon of the year, and what better way to experience it than when it rivals the Sun as dominant celestial body over the Straits of Mackinac, dramatically rising in the East over Lake Huron after Sun has
- [Summer's Crescent Moon Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summers-crescent-moon-cruise) - The moving Moon goes up the sky, reaching toward the heart star Regulus in the constellation Leo tonight, as we cruise into the waning sunlight at the west end of the Straits. While the Moon reaches for the heart of the lion, the Earth sweeps furthest away from the Sun on its path, all of
- [Cosmic Cycles, Earthly Rhythms at the Center for Anthroposophy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/cosmic-cycles-earthly-rhythms-at-the-center-for-anthroposophy) - I will present this session during Week II of the Center for Anthroposophy's Summer Renewal Course, which provides "professional development experiences imbued with inspirations for teaching through active engagement with Anthroposophy." And further: "Renewal courses are open to independent and public Waldorf teachers and administrators, as well as parents, trustees, artists, and thinkers seeking to
- [The Current Venus Cycle and the Foundation Stone](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-current-venus-cycle-and-the-foundation-stone) - Program happens online, by donation to the Chicago Rudolf Steiner Branch (link below) In June 2020, the planet Venus came to inferior conjunction with the Sun. It had been eight years since its rare Transit of 2012, when the planet appeared to move directly in front of the Sun. A Transit event only happens every
- [Sophia Rising ~ Unveiling the Wisdom of Being Human](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/sophia-rising-unveiling-the-wisdom-of-being-human) - Join us April 21-24, 2022 in New Mexico, the 'land of enchantment,' resonant with light ether and deep history, as we enliven Sophia. Join together in community as Sophia emerges and rises in her many facets and expressions ~ past, present, and future. You will be an active participant in this gathering that will engage
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Capricorn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-capricorn) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [Summer Solstice Evening Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-solstice-evening-sky-cruise) - The longest day of the year warrants cruising in the most beautiful of places, and for Michigan that’s on the Straits, out beyond the Mackinac Bridge, to chase the sunset into the lake and cruise home by the light of the evening’s first stars.
- [Strawberry Super Moon Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/strawberry-super-moon-cruise) - After the May 2022 eclipse, the Moon makes one of its closest approaches of the year June 14th, sweeping in like a big strawberry kiss. We’ll be out on the Straits in time to cast our cares into the lap of the setting Sun, then we’ll cruise east into the romance of the rising Strawberry
- [The Stewardship Network Conference](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-stewardship-network-conference) - So honored to be joining this dynamic conference with some highly esteemed stewardship partners, January 26 to 28, 2022. I'll be storytelling with the stars online, Wednesday January 26, 2022 from 6:30 to 7:30 pm following the sacred water ritual ~ because after all, the deeds of the stars are carried in the waters of
- [How to Know the Stars with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/how-to-know-the-stars-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams) - Session I (all sessions are held online; you may register for one $35 or all four $125 through the link below) The Star Tales of Mother GooseRather than being simple ditties meant to amuse children, the nursery rhymes of the middle ages reveal a practice of hiding the esoteric wisdom of the stars in verse,
- [The Star Picture at Michaelmas 2021](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-star-picture-at-michaelmas-2021) - At the opening of the series of five lectures he gave in 1923 on The Four Seasons and the Archangels, Rudolf Steiner proceeded by reminding his audience that "...events that take place behind the veil of appearance, outside the physical, sense-perceptible world can be described in pictorial terms," and that "the pictures correspond throughout with reality." Taking this as
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the year ~ Aries FINAL SESSION](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-aries-final-session) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Pisces](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-pisces) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Aquarius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-aquarius) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Sagittarius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-sagittarius) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Scorpio](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-scorpio) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Libra](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-libra) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Leo](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-leo) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Virgo](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/new-images-of-the-zodiac-in-the-cycle-of-the-year-virgo) - A monthly, interactive workshop on the new images of the zodiac with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Eurythmist Lynn Stull (with art by Patricia DeLisa) in which we explore the New Images fo the Zodiac created by Imma von Eckardstein under the direction of Rudolf Steiner for the original Calendar of the Soul
- [Book Signing and Starry Presentation with Mary Stewart Adams at Good Hart General Store](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/book-signing-and-starry-presentation-with-mary-stewart-adams-at-good-hart-general-store) - Join star lore historian Mary Stewart Adams for signing of her book, The Star Tales of Mother Goose! Books will be available for purchase at $29.95 during the event. In addition, we're thrilled that Mary will also be offering a short presentation during her visit. Please plan to bring a lawn chair for the presentation.
- [St. John's Festival Celebration](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/st-johns-festival-celebration) - In the Northern Hemisphere our days have grown noticeably longer, as the Sun reaches toward its highest hour at Solstice time and thoughts turn to the mystery and festival of St. John's. This year friends of the Great Lakes Branch of the Anthroposophical Society are invited to join us in enriching and deepening our community
- [The Star Tales of Mother Goose Book Signing in Good Hart, MI](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-star-tales-of-mother-goose-book-signing-in-good-hart-mi) - So excited for our 6/19 signing with star lore historian Mary Stewart Adams. No one has a more animated and interesting way of offering dark sky education! Her latest book for children, families, adults and everyone under the stars offers a beautiful presentation of traditional Mother Goose nursery rhymes combined with whimsically sketched maps, outlining
- [Front Range Anthroposophical Café](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/front-range-anthroposophical-cafe) - This online presentation with Mary Stewart Adams is free, but you must register with the Front Range folks at this link. Mary will speak about the current star picture in relations to Solstice and the festival cycle of the season.
- [The New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year ~ Registration Now Open](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/2381) - Beginning May 2021, Mary Stewart Adams will lead a once-each month online series on the New Images of the Zodiac in the Cycle of the Year for the Anthroposophical Society in America. These interactive, online sessions will take place the third Monday of every month from May 2021 to April 2022. You can register at
- [Rudolf Steiner and the Whitsun Mystery 2021](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/rudolf-steiner-and-the-whitsun-mystery-2021) - Mary Stewart Adams will present online Wednesday, May 12 on the topic "Rudolf Steiner and the Whitsun Mystery" for the Faust Branch of the Anthroposophical Society. Go to www.faustbranch.org to register.
- [Live On-Air with IPR Morning Host Dan Wanschura](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/live-on-air-with-ipr-morning-host-dan-wanschura) - Mary Stewart Adams be live on air with morning host Dan Wanschura for the Interlochen Public Radio spring funding drive. Tune in or log on and show your support for this terrific station, where I've been sharing stories of the stars for nearly 10 years! www.iprnews.og
- [By the Light of the Lavender Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/by-the-light-of-the-lavender-moon) - The waxing crescent Moon has slipped into the underworld kingdom of Scorpio, on its way to true blue Full Moon phase, but not before it passes through its Lavender stage, that in between place where we are invited to wake into dreams and experience life's deepest mysteries. Tonight join star lore historian Mary Stewart Adams
- [Romancing the Stars at Lavender Hill Farm](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/romancing-the-stars-at-lavender-hill-farm) - The Moon weaves a web of romance around the ancient lovers Venus and Mars this week, and by the time we meet, the waxing crescent will have carried their deepest secrets to the heart of the Lion at the star Regulus, where all true romance is given the light that makes it shine! Join star
- [Snowshoe Hike with Moon and Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/snowshoe-hike-with-moon-and-stars) - Join Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and Little Traverse Conservancy at the spectacular Offield Family Viewlands in Harbor Springs, MI for a snowshoe hike by the light of the waxing gibbous Moon as it meets the star Aldebaran, the Bull's Eye in the constellation Taurus the Bull. This gathering will occur as Mercury sweeps
- [Winter's Cross Quarter and the Season of Candlemas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/winters-cross-quarter-and-the-season-of-candlemas) - Halfway through each season we come to its "cross quarter," a dynamic moment when we turn away from the promise of new beginnings towards fulfillment. In winter, the cross quarter happens at the beginning of February as Orion marches through the sky with his dogs. Variously known as Ground Hog's Day, Candlemas, St. Brigid's Day, the
- [First Full Moon of the Summer Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/first-full-moon-of-the-summer-cruise) - Join Mary Stewart Adams and the Shepler's crew for this evening's cruise along the Straits of Mackinac, which is timed to catch the nearly Full Moon rising over Lake Huron as the Summer Sun sets into Lake Michigan. We’ll cruise in the evening twilight as the sunlight fades in the west, giving way to the
- [Evening Star Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/evening-star-cruise) - Prepare to make your own romantic fireworks under the summer stars with Venus, goddess of love and beauty, lending a hand. We’ll set out into the sunset with narration by Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and cruise West, following the path laid out by Venus, our evening star.
- [Moon, Venus and Mars Cruise to the Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/moon-venus-and-mars-cruise-to-the-stars) - The Moon is a beautiful waxing crescent this evening, the perfect set-up for Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams' narration of the night, and scheduled to allow us all to keep company with Venus as evening star in the West, where she is being courted by her warrior mate, Mars.
- [Wishing Stars Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/wishing-stars-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams) - The modest mid-summer meteor shower known as the Delta Aquariids fly through the night sky from the region of the star Skat in the constellation Aquarius, the Waterman. Skat means “a whisper” or a “wish,” so we’ll cruise out along the Straits of Mackinac to cast out wishes into the twilight and hear tales of
- [Moon, Venus, and Meteors Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/moon-venus-and-meteors-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams) - Please note that tonight’s cruise is designed to take advantage of the waxing crescent Moon and Venus where they adorn the western horizon, in anticipation of the Perseid Meteor Shower activity, which is most active later in the night and later in the week. This is a beautiful evening sky cruise, not a midnight cruise
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams) - As Earth cruises along in its orbit through the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower stream, we’ll cruise out to the Straits of Mackinac to get the best views of one of the season’s most beautiful displays. The Moon is a waxing crescent this week, which bodes well for meteor seekers. Join us for an
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams-2) - As Earth cruises along in its orbit through the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower stream, we’ll cruise out to the Straits of Mackinac to get the best views of one of the season’s most beautiful displays. The Moon is a waxing crescent this week, which bodes well for meteor seekers. Join us for an
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams-3) - As Earth cruises along in its orbit through the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower stream, we’ll cruise out to the Straits of Mackinac to hear tales of the hero Perseus, and to get the best views of one of the season’s most beautiful displays. The Moon is a waxing crescent this week, which bodes
- [Eve of the True Blue Moon Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/eve-of-the-true-blue-moon-cruise) - Originally defined as the third Full Moon in a season when there are four Full Moons, the true Blue Moon is a rare celestial phenomena that can only occur in February, May, August, and November, and this year we’ve got one! Our cruise with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams is timed to catch the
- [How to Know the Stars with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/how-to-know-the-stars-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams-4) - Session IV History of Star Knowledge from Astrology to Astronomy to the New Star Wisdom Astrosophy From the civilization-forming influence of the stars evidenced in ancient cultures, to the dramatic shift in humanity’s relationship to the celestial world dating from the scientific revolution in the 16th century, we arrive in contemporary culture, where light pollution diminishes views of the
- [How to Know the Stars with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/how-to-know-the-stars-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams-3) - Session III Star Lore and Ancient Mythologies From rhymes to tales to mythologies, the stories we tell through the ages reveal our understanding of, and relationship to, the world around us. Nowhere is this more evident than in the dramatic mythologies of ancient cultures which were aligned to the stars overhead. We will explore the cultural
- [How to Know the Stars with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/how-to-know-the-stars-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams-2) - Session II Once Upon a Time in the Stars Once upon a time every star had a name, and in every name was a story. In this session, we will seek the stars in cultural fairy tales from around the world, and how the practice of storytelling with the stars is used to impart moral
- [Sacred Encounter at the In-Breath of the Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/sacred-encounter-at-the-in-breath-of-the-year) - Join Mary Stewart Adams and the Sangre de Cristo Anthroposophical community for an online Winter Solstice gathering designed as an interactive yet quiet engagement with the celestial events of this day, which include the standing still of the Sun at its Solstice moment, and the once-every-20-years Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. Register for the
- [Building Narrative out of the Great Conjunction](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/building-narrative-out-of-the-great-conjunction) - In this presentation, Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams will share a narrative picture of the Winter Solstice Great Conjunction of Jupiter with Saturn as it can be understood through the rhythm of "five." Why five? As witnessed in the active, engaged, striding forward of the Representative of Humanity, and as it is geometrically expressed in the
- [The Holy Nights of December with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-holy-nights-of-december-with-mary-stewart-adams) - Thursday, December 10, 2020 The Holy Nights of December with Mary Stewart Adams hosted online by Edsel and Eleanor Ford House Program is held online. Information and registration details at this link.
- [Holy Nights Preparation 2020-21 with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/holy-nights-preparation-2020-21-with-mary-stewart-adams) - Program will be held entirely online. Familiarity with Anthroposophy will be assumed. Registration information at this link.
- [Mary Stewart Adams Presents to the Great Lakes Branch of the Anthroposophical Society](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/mary-stewart-adams-presents-to-the-great-lakes-branch-of-the-anthroposophical-society) - Here in November, 2020, we find ourselves at the eve of an auspicious celestial event which inaugurates the significant three-year rhythm of preparing for the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Conference of the Anthroposophical Society, which will occur in 2023-24. In anticipation of this celestial event next month, known as the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, we
- [Harvest Moon at Offield Family Viewlands](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/harvest-moon-at-offield-family-viewlands) - Harvest Moon is the Full Moon that occurs closest to Autumn Equinox, which means that it can happen before or after that point of balance in the waning cycle of the year. When the Harvest Moon happens after Equinox, as it will in this year, the mood of the season is quite different, evidenced even
- [Preparing for the Orionids at Offield Family Viewlands](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/preparing-for-the-orionids-at-offield-family-viewlands) - Each year from early October to early November, the meteor shower of the giant Orion lights up the sky, producing about 10-20 meteors an hour during peak activity, which occurs overnight October 20-21. Tonight's program is about the stories, literature, art and science inspired by Orion, and by the parent comet of the meteor shower,
- [Narrative of the Night Sky at Offield Family Viewlands](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/narrative-of-the-night-sky-at-offield-family-viewlands) - For ancient cultures the night sky was a mighty script that could be read and interpreted by those that had been initiated into the highest mysteries, and it was through the guidance of these initiates, especially in troubled times, that ancient cultures found the restorative and peace-inducing effect of macrocosmic rhythms, by allowing the harmony
- [Blue Moon Halloween Hike at Offield Family Viewlands](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/blue-moon-halloween-hike-at-offield-family-viewlands) - As if the events of 2020 weren't rare enough already, this year also includes a Blue Moon on Halloween, the second Full Moon of the month ~ which makes it a perfect time to get out and encounter ourselves in the dark. Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams will lead us through the night by the light
- [Storytelling with the Stars ~ An Online Primer with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/storytelling-with-the-stars-an-online-primer-with-mary-stewart-adams) - Stargazing in the merry month of May is all about whimsy and rhyme and once upon a time! And you are invited to join Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams in this online workshop hosted by the Edsel and Eleanor Ford House ~ to hear the tales, to find your way around the sky, and
- [Sacred Gateways ~ Conscious Living, Conscious Dying, and the Journey Beyond](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/sacred-gateways-conscious-living-conscious-dying-and-the-journey-beyond) - The Sacred Gateway April 16 - 19, 2020, happening online, in light of current world health issues Bring a new consciousness to your own life and death Support those who are crossing and who have crossed over Expand your practice and knowledge of working with the dying Through interactive online workshops and discussions we will
- [The Healing Impulse of Raphael's "Transiguration" ~ First Tuesday Lecture with Mary Stewart Adams at Rudolf Steiner House, Ann Arbor, MI](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-vernal-full-moon-first-tuesday-lecture-with-mary-stewart-adams-at-rudolf-steiner-house-ann-arbor-mi) - Each year at the Vernal Full Moon, the Earth resumes its central role in the great cosmic mystery of the season, which Rudolf Steiner referred to as the Mystery of Golgotha. From one year to the next, the Earth occupies this central role either for a few days or a few hours, depending on which
- [Encountering the Celestial Goddess Anthroposophia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/encountering-the-celestial-goddess-anthroposophia) - This weekend workshop will take an alternative format, the details of which will be posted soon, so stay tuned! A Weekend Workshop with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams, in preparation for the Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn, and the 100th anniversary of the Christmas Conference of the Anthroposophical Society. At Winter Solstice 2020,
- [All That's Hidden Webinar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/all-thats-hidden-webinar) - Thursday, February 20, 2020 7 pm est Online link sent after you register Information on the Storyteller's Night Sky homepage
- [Making ready for the Perseid Meteor Shower at Lavender Hill Farm](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/making-ready-for-the-perseid-meteor-shower-at-lavender-hill-farm) - Join star lore historian Mary Stewart Adams at the outer edge of the Perseid Meteor Shower peak, to cast your best wishes to the stars and hear the tales of: Perseus; the comet that causes his shower; and the drama unfolding through the night overhead in this season. Participants will receive star maps and guidance
- [Lavender Fields Forever](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/lavender-fields-forever) - Come celebrate the giants in the sky over Lavender Hill Farm with star lore historian Mary Stewart Adams. On this night, the planets Saturn and Jupiter will rise up in the east after the Sun sets low in the west, dominating the night as they march across the of thickest region Milky Way stars toward
- [Wine Moon Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/wine-moon-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams) - When the Full Moon closest to Autumn Equinox happens in October (like it will this year, 2020), then the last Full Moon of the Summer gets the name “Wine Moon.” Join us, for the romance of the evening sky where we’ll see the thickest region of the Milky Way, the planets Saturn and Jupiter, and
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise on the Straits of Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-on-the-straits-of-mackinac) - Each year from August 11 to 13 the Earth rolls through the trail of cosmic debris left in the wake of the comet Swift-Tuttle, which appears to us like stars falling through the sky, more commonly known as the Perseid Meteor Shower. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to cast your wishes to the sky from
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise on the Straits of Mackinac II](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-on-the-straits-of-mackinac-ii) - Each year from August 11 to 13 the Earth rolls through the trail of cosmic debris left in the wake of the comet Swift-Tuttle, which appears to us like stars falling through the sky, more commonly known as the Perseid Meteor Shower. Don’t miss this fantastic opportunity to cast your wishes to the sky from
- [Eve of Full Moon Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams on the Straits of Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/eve-of-full-moon-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams-on-the-straits-of-mackinac) - For a true experience of the Great Lakes State, it’s hard to beat being out on the Straits when the Sun is setting, the Moon is rising, and the Mackinac Bridge finds itself draped against the background of Summer stars. Join us for an unforgettable evening of story, stars, music, and magic! We time the
- [Cross Quarter Evening Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/cross-quarter-evening-sky-cruise) - Halfway through the season we come to the “cross quarter," a terrific time to be out on the Straits where the great lakes meet. In addition to seasonal tales connected to the sky at cross quarter, we share locally baked bread on this cruise, in honor the first wheat harvest that is celebrated in this
- [Giants in the Sky III ~ Evening Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/giants-in-the-sky-iii-evening-sky-cruise) - Saturn and Jupiter are on their way to their rare and mighty once-every-20-years Great Conjunction later in the year, and for this week, we get to catch them at their opposition with the Sun, rising up in the east as the Sun sets in the west, and starring on the evening sky stage all night
- [Giants in the Sky II ~ Evening Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/giants-in-the-sky-ii-evening-sky-cruise) - Saturn and Jupiter are on their way to their rare and mighty once-every-20-years Great Conjunction later in the year, and for this week, we get to catch them at their opposition with the Sun, rising up in the east as the Sun sets in the west, and starring on the evening sky stage all night
- [Giants in the Sky I ~ Evening Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/giants-in-the-sky-i-evening-sky-cruise) - Saturn and Jupiter are on their way to their rare and mighty once-every-20-years Great Conjunction later in the year, and for this week, we get to catch them at their opposition with the Sun, rising up in the east as the Sun sets in the west, and starring on the evening sky stage all night
- [Sunset and Moonrise on Either End of the Straits of Mackinac Evening Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/sunset-and-moonrise-on-either-end-of-the-straits-of-mackinac-evening-sky-cruise) - The Moon comes to its first Full Phase of the Summer this holiday weekend, and we’ve timed our cruise to catch it rising in the east over Lake Huron just as the Sun is setting west into Lake Michigan, with the elegant Mackinac Bridge draped between them. It is hard to find a more purely
- [Spring Stars with Mary Stewart Adams at Rogers Observatory, Traverse City](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/spring-stars-with-mary-stewart-adams-at-rogers-observatory-traverse-city)
- [In Love with the Lyrids at Eve of Earth Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/in-love-with-the-lyrids-at-eve-of-earth-day) - Every year, the spring sky lights up with the falling stars of the Lyrid Meteor Shower, named for the constellation Lyra and its romantic associations with Orpheus and his beloved Eurydice. Tonight Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams will take us on an engaging and interactive tour of the night sky and its stories, including
- [All That's Hidden ~ Leap Days, Blue Moons and More](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/all-thats-hidden-leap-days-blue-moons-and-more) - On this eve of 2020’s Leap Day, Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams will take us on a fascinating journey through the creation of the calendar, and how it is intimately woven into our relationship with starry worlds. Throughout history, calendarists, church leaders, and scientists have used mechanisms such as Leap Days, Blue Moons, precession
- [Artist in Residence ~ Rudolf Steiner House, Ann Arbor, MI](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/artist-in-residence-rudolf-steiner-house-ann-arbor-mi)
- [The Holy Nights of Christmas with the Anthroposophical Society in America](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-holy-nights-of-christmas-with-mary-stewart-adams-december-27) - The practice of reviewing the year that is fulfilling as preparation for the New Year dawning is made sacred when it is contemplated in harmony with the stars. Join Mary Stewart Adams on Friday, December 27, 2020, the Fourth Holy Night, for her webinar "The ThreeFold Mystery of Birth During the Holy Nights and Its
- [BlissFest 14th Annual Winter Solstice Celebration](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/blissfest-14th-annual-winter-solstice-celebration) - Light up the still point in the season with songs of hope and your vision for the new year. Enjoy music and entertainment from many local area artists, including: Boundarywater Trio, Dr. Good Hart and the Solstice Singers, Kirby, Robin Lee Berry, Mary Stewart Adams, Hannah Harris Bring a snack to pass and warm up
- [Winter Solstice Celebration at the Headlands International Dark Sky Park](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/winter-solstice-celebration-at-the-headlands-international-dark-sky-park) - The month of December is noted for its festive mood, all wrapped up in the joy of gift giving ~ a mood that is suited to the backdrop of shining stars that dominate the season. The Sun drifts furthest south now, leaving in its wake the brilliant stars of the Winter Sky, spiraling overhead with
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky at Rogers Observatory, Traverse City](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-at-rogers-observatory-traverse-city) - Join Traverse City Area District Library and Northern Michigan College’s Astronomy Department at J.H. Rogers Observatory for a special starry night sky viewing and storytelling presentation featuring Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams, host of the weekly radio segment “The Storyteller’s Night Sky.” This program will also be a celebration of the 38th anniversary of the J.H.
- [The Dragon-slayer as September's Story of the Month](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-dragon-slayer-as-septembers-story-of-the-month) - At Equinox time, day and night are of equal length; then darkness overtakes the light, and stories are told of dragons and serpents and creatures of the dark that seek to overtake the human being, who is now filled with Summer's light. At the onset of Spring, the sunlight grows stronger than the darkness, and the
- [Dark Skies, Beaver Island](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/dark-skies-beaver-island) - Join Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams on Beaver Island in Lake Michigan for terrific tales of the night, and the Island community's work in saving their dark skies.
- [Meeting Perseus in the Pale Moonlight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/meeting-perseus-in-the-pale-moonlight) - White Lake Library's summer reading program for adults, A UNIVERSE OF STORIES, presents Night Sky Storytelling with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams just in time for the Perseid Meteor Shower, Monday evening, August 12 from 8:00 to 10:00 pm. We'll be outside under the stars, so bring a blanket or lawn chair, and a
- [The Twelve Dancing Princesses as the Starry Story for August](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-twelve-dancing-princesses-as-the-starry-story-for-august) - In August, Summer's harvest begins to ripen, and we experience the sometimes-sweltering effects of the "dog days of summer." The dog days derive their name from the star Sirius, known as the dog star because it is the brightest star (lucida) in the constellation Canis Major ~ and it is the brightest star in our
- [The 7th Night of the 7th Moon Webinar with Mary Stewart Adams and the Anthroposophical Society in America](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-7th-night-of-the-7th-moon-webinar-with-mary-stewart-adams-and-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 of Summer 2019 and how they can reveal and prepare us for what's ahead. When: Wednesday, August 7 Time: 4:00-5:00 pm Eastern (Can't join us live? No problem. All registrants will recieve a recording by
- [Winter Solstice Workshop at Three Pines Studio](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/winter-solstice-workshop-at-three-pines-studio) - At Winter Solstice we reach the darkest time of the year, when the light of day gives way to the light of the stars, inspiring us toward the future in that way that only stars can. Join Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams for handcrafted activity in the celebratory stillness of the season!
- [If You Seek the Stars, Look U.P. ~ at Michigan's Historic Fayette State Park](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/if-you-seek-the-stars-look-u-p-at-michigans-historic-fayette-state-park) - Don’t want to miss the Fayette State Park Fall Mini-Festival on October 19th! Once a bustling industrial smelting community (1867 and 1891), Fayette State Park now offers visitors the unmatched serenity of a Lake Michigan harbor, white dolomite bluffs and lush forests, all against the background of scenic buildings and “ruins”, softened by time, though
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky at Sleeping Bear Dunes Star Party](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-at-sleeping-bear-dunes-star-party-2) - Located far from sources of urban light pollution, visitors can take advantage of the extraordinary opportunities for both close up and panoramic views of the night sky in the National Lakeshore during the astronomy events held in the park. Tonight, August 31, in addition to some terrific night sky storytelling by Star Lore Historian Mary
- [The Girl Fish and the Starry Crown ~ June's Story of the Month](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-girl-fish-and-the-starry-crown-junes-story-of-the-month) - Every year in June, the constellation Corona Borealis, the starry crown, achieves its highest place in its path across our skies. Used to be that from April to June, stars fell through the sky from a meteor shower that originated in this region of the starry crown, and while the Sun mounts higher and higher
- [The Sword Moon and the Story in the Stars for October](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-sword-moon-and-the-story-in-the-stars-for-october) - The great constellation Orion returns to evening skies in October. Orion is one of the most notable and most easily recognized star groups, both because of the three stars making up his belt, and the constellation's position on the celestial equator, which make it visible all around the world, in both northern and southern hemispheres.
- [Dark Sky Gathering in the Oregon Outback](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/dark-sky-gathering-in-the-oregon-outback) - PLAYA is hosting the first annual Dark Sky Gathering in the Oregon Outback, featuring artist in residence Mary Stewart Adams as Star Lore Historian on Saturday night, September 28, with terrific storytelling of the stars! More about the event: PLAYA staff are joining forces with experts in dark-sky gazing to host PLAYA’s first official Dark
- [Rumpelstiltskin and the New Moons of July 2019](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/rumpelstiltskin-and-the-new-moons-of-july-2019) - In July, the rolling hay fields are covered with wrapped-up bundles of hay, dotting the landscape like drowsy farm animals, awaiting the magic whizzing of fairy spinning wheels to bring them to life. The mystery of this magic is woven into the story of Rumpelstiltskin, with its lesson that our task is to realize how
- [Love Stories Under the Lavender Moon Night Sky at Lavender Hill Farm](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/love-stories-under-the-lavender-moon-night-sky-at-lavender-hill-farm) - Join us at Lavender Hill Farm for star guidance and stories just before sunset for the best views of the Lavender Moon. It will sweep over the western horizon toward the thickest part of the Milky Way, while the star lovers appear overhead. We will set the stage for a terrific evening of storytelling and
- [A Night with the Summer Stars at Lavender Hill Farm](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/a-night-with-the-summer-stars-at-lavender-hill-farm) - Join us at Lavender Hill Farm for star guidance and stories on July 8th. This event will take place immediately following a special star themed Monday Movie Night. Come for the movie and stay for the stars! Enjoy a rich evening of storytelling under the stars with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams, your engaging
- [The Star Lore Historian at University of Evansville Open Table](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-star-lore-historian-at-university-of-evansville-open-table) - Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams which join with the terrific summer staff at University of Evansville for this week of Open Table ~ a summer youth theology institute for high school students, where she will bring the wisdom and harmony of knowing the stars through the different cultures of the world, across the ages.
- [Star Lore Historian Live! on the Red Jacket Jamboree Radio Show](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/star-lore-historian-live-on-the-red-jacket-jamboree-radio-show) - Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams joins the amazing cast of the Red Jacket Jamboree Live Radio Show in the Historic Calumet Theater for the recording of their June 13th show on "From Copper Town to Motown" and "Even Women Get the Blues". Hailed as this decade's Prairie Home Companion, the Red Jacket Jamboree is performed
- [A Universe of Stories with Mary Stewart Adams & the Traverse City District Library](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/a-universe-of-stories-with-mary-stewart-adams-the-traverse-city-district-library) - Star Lore History Mary Stewart Adams joins the Traverse City District Library in celebrating the 50th anniversary of human beings walking on the surface of the Moon with the "Universe of Stories" series: Once upon a time, every star had a name, and in every name was a story... So begins a magical session of
- [The Story in Our Summer Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-story-in-our-summer-stars) - Since the most ancient ages of mankind, human beings have sought to understand and explain their place in the world by reading the stars overhead. In our current age, now more than 100 years after the introduction of the electric lightbulb, many people throughout the United States and around the world now live without access
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky at Sleeping Bear Dunes Star Party](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-at-sleeping-bear-dunes-star-party) - Located far from sources of urban light pollution, visitors can take advantage of the extraordinary opportunities for both close up and panoramic views of the night sky in the National Lakeshore during the astronomy events held in the park. Tonight, August 10, in addition to some terrific night sky storytelling by Star Lore Historian Mary
- [Let's Paint the Sky ~ on an umbrella!](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/lets-paint-the-sky-on-an-umbrella) - Let’s paint the sky overhead, on an umbrella! Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams leads us through this artistic and informative way to learn how to identify the major constellations that are overhead every night, and to experience how they move throughout the seasons. Event will include instruction as well as lively storytelling about the
- [A Universe of Stories with Mary Stewart Adams at the Petoskey Children's Library](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/a-universe-of-stories-with-mary-stewart-adams-at-the-petoskey-childrens-library) - Once upon a time, every star had a name, and in every name was a story! Today's program with Mary Stewart Adams, Star Lore Historian and weekly radio host of "The Storyteller's Night Sky" will be about the treasure trove of stories tucked into the brightest stars that shine overhead, adorning the Northern Michigan summer
- [Summer Solstice Ceremony of Stars at the Hindle Property in Cross Village](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-solstice-ceremony-of-stars-at-the-hindle-ross-property-in-cross-village) - Join Star Lore Historian and storyteller of the night sky, Mary Stewart Adams as we welcome summer at this Solstice time, June 21st, 2019. This celebration takes place at the beautiful Hindle family property in Cross Village; includes a ‘plant walk’, storytelling and lunch by a massive sun dial. A special event at a special place
- [Summer Stars and the Compass Rose](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-stars-and-the-compass-rose) - Mary Stewart Adams, Star Lore Historian, and founding member of the team that established Michigan’s only internationally-designated dark sky park, will share the celestial highlights of the coming season, with its meteor showers, twinkling planets and brilliant stars. In addition, participants will create a compass rose of wind and stars. On historical navigation maps, a
- [The Story in Our Stars 2019](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-story-in-our-stars-2019-2) - The year 2019 started with the crescent Moon waning past the planet Venus at dawn on January 1st, and it will end with the waxing crescent Moon sweeping up past Venus at dusk, where the goddess of love and beauty will then be the lone evening planet. This image of Venus in the chalice of the
- [Summer Lovin' Two-Day Milky Way Cruise Aboard Tall Ship Huron Jewel](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-lovin-two-day-meteor-shower-cruise-aboard-tall-ship-huron-jewel) - We will set sail into the thickest part of the Milky Way by night, with the waning Moon to greet us in the morning sky. We'll be cruising out past the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, but we may yet catch a stray falling star, streaking through the summer sky to join company with
- [The Spring Moon as "Festival Coordinator"](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/understanding-the-spring-moon-in-its-role-as-a-festival-coordinator) - In 2019 the astronomical Vernal Full Moon occurs March 20 at 9:44 pm, about four hours after Equinox. The ecclesiastical Vernal moon is one month later. How does this inform the mood of the festival life and is it possible to discern what's true in the relationship between the Sun and Earth in our process for celebrating the greater mysteries.
- [Vernal Equinox and the Spring Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/vernal-equinox-and-the-spring-moon) - Vernal Equinox, when Sun appears to cross over the Celestial Equator, occurs at 5:58 pm edt on Wednesday, March 20, 2019, followed 3.5 hours later by the first full Moon of the season at 9:28 pm. Technically, this should be the Moon that triggers the Spring Festivals of renewal, such as the Passover and easter,
- [Mercury begins is first retrograde of 2019](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/mercury-begins-is-first-retrograde-of-2019) - It's Mardi Gras, and the trickster god is taking a back step, to fling open the doors of mischief for all seasonal revelers! Mercury started its current cycle on January 29, 2019 with superior conjunction with the Sun Mercury begins its retrograde motion today, March 5, 2019 until March 28, 2019, with its inferior conjunction
- [2019 R. Wayne Perkins Lecture Series](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/2019-r-wayne-perkins-lecture-series) - Join Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams on the following dates and at these locations for the Perkins Lecture Series, Evansville, Indiana: Friday, March 29, UE Astronomy class, Koch Center, 2:00PM Saturday, March 30, Evansville Museum, Koch Planetarium (shown above), 2:00PM Sunday, March 31, Trinity United Methodist Church (right), 9:30AM and 10:45AM Monday, TBD Mary
- [Star Stories of the Summer Sky Aboard the Schooner Huron Jewel](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/star-stories-of-the-summer-sky-aboard-the-schooner-huron-jewel) - We'll set sail with the First Quarter Moon of the Summer, where she adorns the night in the company of Spica, the star of abundance. Not to be outdone, the star Antares will glow deep and red from the region of Scorpio stars to the south, where the giant Jupiter holds sway over the sunset
- [Stories of the Stars Four-day Windjammer Cruise on Tall Ship Manitou](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/stories-of-the-stars-four-day-windjammer-cruise-on-tall-ship-manitou) - Join Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams and the terrific crew of Tall Ship Manitou for an unforgettable experience sailing along up Michigan's Grand Traverse Bay and out into the great Lake Michigan! Anchor offshore and sleep under the deep comfort of starry skies. The Tall Ship Manitou offers a unique adventure back in time,
- [Harvest Moon Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/harvest-moon-cruise) - At Harvest Time each year, the Sun sets in the west with Spica, the star of abundance, leaving the promise of planets and stars in its wake. For tonight's final Shepler's cruise of the 2019 season, on September 14, we'll be out on the Straits in time to catch the Harvest Sun setting into Lake
- [Moonlight Cruise with Mary Stewart Adams, Star Lore Historian](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/moonlight-cruise-with-mary-stewart-adams-star-lore-historian) - Stories and superstitions abound when it comes to Friday the 13th, and tonight we'll enjoy them by the light of a dreamy, nearly-full Moon, rising in the east over Lake Huron as we cruise west into the mystery of the setting Sun. The Moon is traveling along the part of its path that takes it
- [Experience Summer's Last New Moon on the Straits of Mackinac!](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/experience-summers-last-new-moon-on-the-straits-of-mackinac) - Summer's not over until you've cruised the Straits by the light of the stars! Our August 30 evening sky cruise is scheduled in conjunction with the last New Moon of the season (though it's not our last cruise of the year!), which means that after the Sun sets, we'll get the best views of the
- [Summer's Full Moon Dream Cruise on the Straits of Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summers-full-moon-cruise) - In August the Full Moon is on dramatic display, making it easy to understand why many cultures celebrate this season as the most romantic of the year! And even though this year's August Full Moon will diminish the peak of the Perseid Meteor Shower, it creates a spectacular setting along the Straits of Mackinac. We've
- [Cruise the Straits of Mackinac by the Light of the Sturgeon Moon with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/cruise-the-straits-of-mackinac-by-the-light-of-the-sturgeon-moon-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams) - Tradition holds that Sturgeon are plentiful in the month of August, and symbolically, they're all about self-care, which is the perfect set up for the relaxing and inspiring experience of the evening sky over the Straits of Mackinac from atop a Shepler's Ferry. We'll cruise out in the moonlight just past the peak of the
- [The 7th Night of the 7th Moon with Mary Stewart Adams aboard Lady Michigan at Thunder Bay](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-7th-night-of-the-7th-moon-with-mary-stewart-adams-aboard-lady-michigan-at-thunder-bay) - Meet Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams over in Alpena on the Lake Huron side of the Great Lakes State for "The 7th Night of the 7th Moon" Cruise! In Chinese tradition, this night is regarded as the most romantic of the year because it happens when the Crescent Moon has swept across the western
- [The Black Moon Cruise Under the Starry Skies of the Straits of Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-black-moon-cruise-under-the-starry-skies-of-the-straits-of-mackinac) - You've heard of a Blue Moon (the second full moon in one calendar month), but have you heard of the Black Moon, the second New Moon in one month? Here on the Straits we find ourselves in the right geographic time zone to experience this rarity in July, 2019 ~ and though it's not something
- [Jupiter and the Moon cruise, where the Great Lakes Meet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/jupiter-and-the-moon-cruise-where-the-great-lakes-meet) - Our largest planet, Jupiter, will be brilliant in the evening sky near the bright (and passionate) star Antares throughout July, and tonight the two play host to the waxing gibbous Moon. This is the season of brilliant sky shows and rich stories, which are best experienced as they unfold over the beautiful waters of the
- [Cruise toward Sunset, Mars, and the Crescent Moon with Star Lore and Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/cruise-toward-sunset-mars-and-the-crescent-moon-with-star-lore-and-mary-stewart-adams) - Make it a Mackinac Cruise for the eve Independence Day this year, because what better way to celebrate than with nature's own fireworks~the stars! The Moon will be at barest crescent phase tonight, fresh on the heels of causing a Total Solar Eclipse not visible to us, but lending an aura of drama to the
- [Who Will Wear the Starry Crown ~ Straits of Mackinac Star Cruise with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/who-will-wear-the-starry-crown-straits-of-mackinac-star-cruise-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams) - The constellation of the starry crown, Corona Borealis, comes to its highest place in the sky every year at the end of June, and its beautiful stars adorn the onset of the summer season, while they also coax meteors to fall from the nearby constellation of Boötes, the shepherd (Corona Borealis also happens to be
- [Summer Solstice Star Cruise along the Straits with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summer-solstice-star-cruise-along-the-straits-with-star-lore-historian-mary-stewart-adams) - The Sun comes to its highest hour by day, and leaves a blazing trail of starlight in its wake after it sets on this longest day of the year. Join Mary Stewart Adams on Shepler's Ferry Friday, June 21st, as we cruise out under the Summer Triangle and the starry heroes of the summer sky,
- [The Spring Moon and Festivals of the Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-spring-moon-and-festivals-of-the-year) - Mary Stewart Adams will lead a lively discussion at the March 17, 2019 gathering of the Universalist Unitarian Congregation of Petoskey regarding the Spring Equinox, the Spring Full Moons, and the fixing of festival days like Easter in our calendar, all as we look forward to a lengthening of our days through the springtime. All
- [Strawberry Moon Cruise along the Straits of Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/strawberry-moon-cruise-along-the-straits-of-mackinac) - The Strawberry Moon in June lends itself to thinking about the fruits of the Earth, but we're inviting you to come enjoy the stars that are peaking overhead for our inaugural cruise of the season! We'll disembark just as the Moon has risen in the east over Lake Huron, and we'll cruise toward the setting
- [Rudolf Steiner ~ A Festivals Life](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/rudolf-steiner-a-festivals-life) - New Image of the Zodiac for Aquarius. The Sun moved in front of Aquarius stars at the time of Rudolf Steiner's birth. Throughout his life, Rudolf Steiner laid particular emphasis on the role the festivals play in developing a community of the spirit, stating that "humanity must now try to create vessels in which the
- [The Story in Our Stars 2019](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-story-in-our-stars-2019) - As the midwinter Moon waxes toward its first quarter, and the star Sirius resumes her position as queen of heaven for the season, we’ll gather as human beings have since the most ancient ages of mankind, out of a longing to understand our place in the world by reading the stars overhead. In our current
- [The 12 Days of the Christmastide](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-12-days-of-the-christmastide-2) - The darkest time of the year is upon us with Winter Solstice, when the Sun slips to its position furthest below the celestial equator. Throughout the ages, cultures around the world have observed the solstice as the time for the sacred ceremony of finding the inner light in this time of greatest outer darkness. This
- [The 12 Days of the Christmastide](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-12-days-of-the-christmastide) - The darkest time of the year is upon us with Winter Solstice December 21st, when the Sun slips to its position furthest below the celestial equator. Throughout the ages, cultures around the world have observed the Solstice as the time for the sacred ceremony of finding the inner light in the time of greatest outer
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on Interlochen Public Radio ~ the Dragon's Waning Gibbous Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-the-dragons-waning-gibbous-moon) - After the Full Harvest Moon Monday night, September 24th, the Moon spends the rest of the week waning through its gibbous phase. “Gibbous” is the term we use to describe the phenomena of light on the Moon’s surface, when it makes the Moon appear convex on both edges, as opposed to one edge being concave,
- [International Dark Sky Association Annual General Meeting](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/international-dark-sky-association-annual-general-meeting) - “Advocating for Dark Skies Through Storytelling” on Sunday, November 11, 2018 As a Star Lore Historian, Mary Stewart Adams has led award-winning, humanities-based programs advocating for dark skies, with particular emphasis on how the “science” of each era becomes the story and even the mythology for later generations, which provokes the question: What is the
- [World Goodwill Seminar: In Resonance with the Living Earth](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/world-goodwill-seminar-in-resonance-with-the-living-earth) - An afternoon of talks, discussion and meditation on how human consciousness is interconnected with the earth and all its lifeforms, and how we may be inspired to cooperate with evolutionary purpose.
- [Lake Superior Starry Skies Star Party Kick-Off at Oldenburg House](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/lake-superior-starry-skies-star-party-kick-off-at-oldenburg-house) - Starry Skies Lake Superior in Duluth, MN will be kicking off the second annual Celebrate the Night Sky Week with stories, food, fun and telescopes on Sunday, September 16, 2018, and you're invited to join us! The kick off is in Carlton, MN, where we will celebrate our connection to the stars on the beautiful
- [Perseid Meteor Shower with Mary Stewart Adams in Cross Village](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/perseid-meteor-shower-in-cross-village) - When Sun sets on August nights, Earth dips forward through the starry light, cutting a swath through myriad paths of falling stars and granting us all the opportunity for casting our wishes to the stars. How will you meteor shower? You're invited to join me Saturday, August 11, 2018 from 8:45 to 11 pm for
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on IPR~Let the Meteor Shower Season Begin!](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-iprlet-the-meteor-shower-season-begin) - Catch this week's audio version of The Storyteller's Night Sky about the onset of the meteor shower season at this link.
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky at the 37th Annual Bliss Fest](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-at-the-37th-annual-bliss-fest) - Mary Stewart Adams takes the midnight Main Stage at Bliss Fest Saturday, July 14 after Mary Chapin Carpenter and The Red Elvises have wowed the crowd and the stars have come out to play! Photo by P Hodges Adams from BlissFest 2015. And don't miss Mary at FolksCool at 8 pm, just ahead of sunset
- [Storyteller's Night Sky on IPR~Earth moves out, Mars leans in](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/storytellers-night-sky-on-iprearth-moves-out-mars-leans-in) - Venus in the evening sky this week, as Earth reaches its aphelion (furthest distance from Sun), and Mars comes to perihelion (closest approach to Sun). Image from Sky and Telescope. This week the Earth arrives at the place in its orbital path that is furthest away from the Sun. This is called its “aphelion” and
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on IPR ~ Saturn meets the Moon in the Dance of Time](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-ipr-saturn-meets-the-moon-in-the-dance-of-time) - Thursday, June 28, 2018, the Full Moon will rise into the night in the company of Saturn, the ringed planet and ancient Father of Time. Here's what to know, from my recent radio segment with Interlochen Public Radio: click here!
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on Interlochen Public Radio~ Venus and Mars at Solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-venus-and-mars-at-solstice) - "Daybreak" by Maxfield Parrish (1870-1966) included here as an imagination on Mars at dawn gathering the love dreams of Venus, where she set them into the night at Summer Solstice. Follow this link tot eh Interlochen Public radio website for the following segment: The Subject Tonight is Love. There’s something unique happening this week just
- [Love Conquers War when Venus overpowers Mars at Solstice 2018](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/love-conquers-war-when-venus-overpowers-mars-at-solstice-2018) - Summer Solstice occurs at 6:07 am on Thursday, June 21st, followed a few hours later by Venus opposing Mars, at 12:54 pm. This juxtaposition of the goddess of love and the god of war just as the Sun heaves its greatest outbreath into the glory of the season and takes pause (or stands still) is
- [Storyteller's Night Sky On Interlochen Public Radio ~ Last New Moon of Spring](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-last-new-moon-of-spring) - Image from Sky and Telescope. The last New Moon of the Spring happens on Wednesday, June 13 at 3:43 pm , and for the occasion, the night sky is getting decked out in its favorite jewels: the evening star and the starry crown. And in between, a beautiful imagination develops over the Western edge of
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on Interlochen Public Radio ~ Mars at the Midnight Gateway of the Gods](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-mars-at-the-midnight-gateway-of-the-gods) - Next month, the planet Mars will make one of its closest-ever approaches to the Earth, and this week, to get ready, the red planet rises at midnight in the region of Capricorn, appearing as a mighty warrior guarding the ancient gateway of the gods. Get the full transcript and audio at this link.
- [Mars at the Midnight Gateway of the Gods](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/mars-at-the-midnight-gateway-of-the-gods) - There is a terrific story unfolding in the midnight stars this week, where Mars stands at guardian at the gateway of the gods. Check it out here.
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky On Interlochen Public Radio ~ The Godiva Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-the-godiva-moon) - Follow this link for the storyteller's details on the Godiva Moon! And mark your calendar for these celestial events that trigger the story this week: Moon meets Jupiter Sunday, May 27 Moon meets Antares as it comes to Full Phase May 29 Moon sweeps by Saturn with high resolve on Thursday, May 31 Moon gets
- [* A kiss, and all was said ~ Venus embraced by the heart of the lion in the evening sky tonight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/a-kiss-and-all-was-said) - To meet this evening's mystery July 9, 2018, when Venus, goddess of love and beauty, encounters the heart of the lion in the evening sky, an hour after sunset in the west. This. "How did it happen that their lips came together? How does it happen that birds sing, that snow melts, that the rose
- [* Moon sweeps over Regulus at August 2017 eclipse spot](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/moon-sweeps-over-regulus-at-august-2017-eclipse-spot) - On May 21, 2018, we will be nine months away from the Great American Total Solar Eclipse of August, 2017 (shown above), and the Moon, which totally eclipsed the Sun near the star Regulus then will be seen tonight, May 21st, in the same spot, occulting the star Regulus at the heart of the Lion
- [* Fairy Tale Full Moon of the Firebird](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/fairy-tale-full-moon-of-the-firebird) - The age-old Russian tale of The Firebird lights up overhead this month when the constellation Cygnus the swan (our fiery-plumed bird!) returns to northern skies. Follow the link to the tale for reading by the light of the May Full Moon, which rises at 9:22 pm on Tuesday, May 29, about 11 hours after it reaches
- [* New Moon of the Starry Crown at 3:44 pm today](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/new-moon-of-the-starry-crown-at-344-pm-today) - The pure poetry of June stars is that, just as the Sun crowns the day at its Solstice moment in this month, Corona Borealis crowns the night of stars! Here's the tale of The Girl Fish to stir your imagination and feed your soul with starshine!
- [* Summer's First Full Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summers-first-full-moon) - As the high constellations of summer mount up into the night, they're swallowed up by the Full Moon, as though bursting with the light of all the starry worlds when she comes to Full Phase at 12:53 am edt on June 28 near the planet Saturn. Saturn is wandering retrograde among the stars of Sagittarius,
- [* Earth at aphelion ~ furthest away from Sun](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/earth-at-aphelion-furthest-away-from-sun) - First we start with Johannes Kepler's Laws of Planetary Ellipses!
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on Interlochen Public Radio ~ The Moon, the Lion, and Kindness 9 mnths post-eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-moon-the-lion-and-kindness-9-mnths-post-eclipse) - Image from Abrams Planetarium Sky Calendar Click on the link below to find out how Aesop's Fable of "The Mouse and the Lion" weave into the sky this week, now we are nine months from the great American Total Solar Eclipse of August 2017! The Moon, the Lion, and kindness on Interlochen Public Radio.
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on Interlochen Public Radio ~ Jupiter and Venus in a Love Game](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-jupiter-and-venus-in-a-love-game) - Every Monday morning at 6:30 and 8:30 am, tune in to Interlochen Public Radio for the week's story in the stars! After Sun and Moon, our two greatest lights are Venus and Jupiter, and this week, they face off across the great expanse of stars. Click here for the transcript, then scroll down for the
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on IPR ~ Why is Hercules Upside Down?](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-ipr-why-is-hercules-upside-down) - Did you know you can tune in online every Monday morning at 6:30 and 8:30 am and hear my weekly radio segment on Interlochen Public Radio? Follow this link for the text and scroll down for audio, and come back every week, because the stars are always telling us a story! Antaeus by Seamus Heaney
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky on Interlochen Public Radio ~ Jupiter Steps into the Scales](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-on-interlochen-public-radio-jupiter-steps-into-the-scales) - Tune in every Monday morning at 6:30 and 8:30 am to catch the story in the stars for the week ~ it's an exceptional way to engage with the harmony of the cosmos! This week, Jupiter came to its annual opposition with the Sun and triggered the beautiful fairy tale Catherine and Her Destiny. Follow
- [The Storyteller's Night Sky ~ Dark Sky Advocacy through Once Upon a Time](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/the-storytellers-night-sky-dark-sky-advocacy-through-once-upon-a-time) - This event will be live streamed. on the Magnolia Salon Facebook page, at this link. Mary Stewart Adams, a Michigan-based star lore historian and founder of one of the world's first international dark sky parks in 2011 will take us on a journey through the night sky on the wings of the poets, artists and
- [My Voice Charlevoix ~ True Stories Told Live](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/my-voice-charlevoix-true-stories-told-live) - Our theme for tonight's first live storytelling event will be "Visit", whether noun or verb. Both seasoned and neophyte storytellers will tell their own true story based on the theme of "visit." Mary Stewart Adams from Storyteller's Night Sky on Interlochen Public Radio and Karen Stein of Here: Say TC are among the featured performers.
- [Dakota Nights Astronomy Festival](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/dakota-nights-astronomy-festival) - I'm thrilled to announce my participation in the 6th Annual Dakota Nights Star Festival and invite you to join me at Theodore Roosevelt National Park September 7-9, 2018! In addition to astronomers, rangers, and historians, I'm invited to present my Storyteller's Night Sky program during their terrific three-day festival celebrating North Dakota's starry nights and
- [Spectacular Crescent Moon and Venus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/spectacular-crescent-moon-and-venus) - After New Moon on Tuesday, May 15, watch for the waxing crescent to appear in the west, where it will sweep up past Venus, goddess of love and beauty, triggering the myth of Venus and the mortal Anchises, parents of the Trojan warrior Aeneas, which begs the question from Virgil's epic poem about the the
- [New Moon at 7:48 am](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/new-moon-at-748-am) - When this Moon moves up the sky in the west after sunset this week (sunset is around 9 pm edt), it will great the goddess of love and beauty, Venus, especially Thursday, May 17, 2018. Greet it with Goethe: Beauty is everywhere a welcome guest.
- [Star Stories of the Summer Sky Cruise with Drummond Island Tall Ship Co](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/star-stories-of-the-summer-sky-cruise-with-drummond-island-tall-ship-co) - On July evenings, the thickest part of the Milky Way arcs overhead to the west, and on this two-night cruise, we'll wait for it to emerge in the company of the Crescent Moon, where it leads the way to our brilliant evening star, Venus. Star stories are best under Crescent Moon, because at crescent phase,
- [7th Night of the 7th Moon Sail Under the Stars with Drummond Island Tall Ship Co](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/7th-night-of-the-7th-moon-sail-under-the-stars-with-drummond-island-tall-ship-co) - In August the waxing crescent Moon makes a dramatic display, sweeping up from the western horizon toward the Milky Way, and with a star or two beside, it's easy to understand why many cultures celebrate this season as the most romantic of the year! This 7th Night of the 7th Moon Cruise is planned with
- [Photostock 2018](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/photostock-2018) - “Photostock” began in the summer of 2006 as a gathering of photographers who, for the most part, had never met before. It grew out of a post made by artist Bill Schwab on a popular photography forum called A.P.U.G., an invitation to photographers in the Great Lakes area looking to meet like minded people. Photostock celebrates its
- [Aurora Summit 2018](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/aurora-summit-2018) - Welcome to the 2nd annual Aurora Summit, a conference celebrating the Northern Lights in the U.S.! Visit TheAuroraSummit.com. to get the latest details. Aurora Summit: Celebrating the Art, Culture, Science, and Photography of the Aurora Borealis Featuring Keynote Speaker Mary Stewart Adams Save the Date! Aurora Summit 18 Nov. 2-4, 2018 Two Harbors, Minnesota Hosted by Mike Shaw
- [Four-Day Stories of the Stars Windjammer Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/four-day-stories-of-the-stars-windjammer-cruise) - Though this cruise is already SOLD OUT for 2018, I like to include it so you can get it on your radar for next year! We set sail from Traverse City and make our way to some of Lake Michigan's most magical bays and harbors and coves, under dreamy late summer skies!
- [Psyched for Summer Cycling & Stargazing](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/psyched-for-summer-cycling-stargazing) - Join us for the 6th Annual Pot-Luck Barbeque! Bring something to grill, condiments, salad and things to drink provided. Kids welcome! Mary Stewart Adams, star lore historian and creator of "The Storyteller's Night Sky~Dark Sky Advocacy Through Storytelling" will present at 6:30 pm!!! Brought to you by Meteek & Co. Starry Skies Lake Superior IDA
- [Jupiter in Opposition](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/jupiter-in-opposition) - https://storytellersnightsky.com/jupiter-at-opposition-may-8
- [Summer's Last New Moon Evening Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/summers-last-new-moon-evening-sky-cruise) - Join Mary Stewart Adams and Shepler's Ferry Service as we cruise west into the setting Sun where it has gathered all the moonbeams unto itself, and we'll share the stories of the stars before Summer slips away! September 9th marks the last New Moon of the season, which means the timing is right for all
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise #2](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-2) - The Perseid Meteor Shower is beautifully active every year at this time, and tonight Earth rolls into the center of the meteor shower stream, promising plenty of opportunity for making wishes on falling stars! There's no better place to catch the Summer's most prolific meteor show than the west end of the Straits of Mackinac,
- [Midnight Meteor Shower Cruise #1](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/midnight-meteor-shower-cruise-1) - Every summer the hero Perseus triumphs over the monsters in the night sky, and as though in celebration, meteor showers spark and fly and flash through the night! And every year, we head out from Mackinaw City, under the Mackinac Bridge to fantastic views from the west end of the Straits where the Milky Way
- [Thunder Moon Cruise Where Great Lakes Meet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/thunder-moon-cruise-where-great-lakes-meet) - July skies over the Straits of Mackinac will be dramatic with the red planet Mars sweeping in close to oppose the Sun, just as the Thunder Moon plunges into the shadow of a Total Eclipse. Though the eclipse won't be visible during our cruise, the mood will be terrific, since we have timed this evening's
- [Goddesses of the Night Sky Cruise](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/goddesses-of-the-night-sky-cruise) - The Crescent Moon sweeps Venus into her arms this evening, sounding out the perfect mood for storytelling under the stars along the Straits of Mackinac. Cruise departs from the Shepler's Mackinaw City dock (tickets here) and heads west into the setting sun, where Moon will lead the way to our brilliant evening star, Venus. Music,
- [First Full Moon of the Summer Cruise on the Straits of Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/first-full-moon-of-the-summer-cruise-on-the-straits-of-mackinac) - Catch a ride on the Straits as we chase the Sun over the western edge of the world where it sets into Lake Michigan, while Summer's First Full Moon rises over Lake Huron to the east. It's hard to find an experience more unique to Michigan than storytelling where the great lakes meet and are
- [Dark Sky ~ Why It Matters](https://storytellersnightsky.com/event/dark-sky-why-it-matters) - Gather with me 'round the stars over Michigan's spectacular Leelenau Peninsula and I'll share dynamic ways we can save energy, be better stewards of our natural resources, improve health and habitat, and restore the natural beauty of our environments through dark sky advocacy and storytelling. This program is hosted by the Dark Sky Committee of

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- [Lake Huron](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lake-huron)
- [compass rose](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/compass-rose)
- [rose of winds](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rose-of-winds)
- [boreas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/boreas)
- [zephyrus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/zephyrus)
- [pelorus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pelorus)
- [tower of winds](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/tower-of-winds)
- [sunset](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sunset)
- [Sun](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sun)
- [Earth](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/earth)
- [Aenaes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aenaes)
- [nchises](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nchises)
- [Greek Myth](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/greek-myth)
- [Aeneid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aeneid)
- [Virgil](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/virgil)
- [New Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/new-moon)
- [Corona Borealis](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/corona-borealis)
- [Fairy Tale Moons](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fairy-tale-moons)
- [Interlochen](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/interlochen)
- [IPR](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ipr)
- [Libra](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/libra)
- [First quarter](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/first-quarter)
- [Aesop](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aesop)
- [mouse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mouse)
- [lion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lion)
- [storyteller](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/storyteller)
- [fable](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fable)
- [galactic center](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/galactic-center)
- [summer moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/summer-moon)
- [saturn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/saturn)
- [keats](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/keats)
- [Victor Hugo](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/victor-hugo)
- [trillium](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/trillium)
- [shadows](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/shadows)
- [flowers](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/flowers)
- [secrets May](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/secrets-may)
- [Godiva](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/godiva)
- [Coventry](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/coventry)
- [celestial highlights](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/celestial-highlights)
- [solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/solstice)
- [evening sky cruises](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/evening-sky-cruises)
- [Capricorn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/capricorn)
- [Copernicus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/copernicus)
- [Horae](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/horae)
- [Hours](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/hours)
- [Crescent Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/crescent-moon)
- [Spring](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/spring)
- [Ariadne](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ariadne)
- [Horai](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/horai)
- [Dysis](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dysis)
- [Ssolstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ssolstice)
- [Botticelli](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/botticelli)
- [opposition](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/opposition)
- [Hafez](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/hafez)
- [Parrish](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/parrish)
- [mothering](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mothering)
- [parenting](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/parenting)
- [wildflower](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wildflower)
- [Misty Lyn Bergeron](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/misty-lyn-bergeron)
- [52 Portrait](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/52-portrait)
- [Star Lore Historian](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/star-lore-historian)
- [Macinaw](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/macinaw)
- [Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mackinac)
- [Straits](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/straits)
- [zenith](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/zenith)
- [starry crown](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/starry-crown)
- [Marlowe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/marlowe)
- [aphelion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aphelion)
- [perihelion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/perihelion)
- [love](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/love)
- [Blissfest](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/blissfest)
- [Friday the 13](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/friday-the-13)
- [triskaidekaphobia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/triskaidekaphobia)
- [Ophiucus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ophiucus)
- [Aesculapius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aesculapius)
- [Triptolemis](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/triptolemis)
- [Seige Perilous](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/seige-perilous)
- [Round Table](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/round-table)
- [zodiac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/zodiac)
- [coven](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/coven)
- [Apostle Paul](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/apostle-paul)
- [13 Moons](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/13-moons)
- [Stargazing](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/stargazing)
- [Isabella Stewart Gardner](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/isabella-stewart-gardner)
- [Rembrandt](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rembrandt)
- [Vermeer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/vermeer)
- [Degas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/degas)
- [meteor showers](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/meteor-showers)
- [don macholz](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/don-macholz)
- [comet 96P](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/comet-96p)
- [Swift-Tuttle](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/swift-tuttle)
- [Orion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/orion)
- [Leonids](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/leonids)
- [Gemini](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gemini)
- [Ursa Major](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ursa-major)
- [7th Night of 7th Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/7th-night-of-7th-moon)
- [Qixi](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/qixi)
- [Assumption](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/assumption)
- [Perseid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/perseid)
- [7th Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/7th-moon)
- [Altair](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/altair)
- [weaving princess](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/weaving-princess)
- [summer triangle](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/summer-triangle)
- [Mercury](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mercury)
- [Hermes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/hermes)
- [Vulcan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/vulcan)
- [Floris](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/floris)
- [retorgrade](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/retorgrade)
- [Lamia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lamia)
- [Chloris](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/chloris)
- [Autumn Equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/autumn-equinox)
- [Harvest Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/harvest-moon)
- [Celestial Equator](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/celestial-equator)
- [Rudolf Steiner](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rudolf-steiner)
- [IDA](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ida)
- [dark sky advocacy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dark-sky-advocacy)
- [anthroposophy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/anthroposophy)
- [Gregorian calendar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gregorian-calendar)
- [sputnik](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sputnik)
- [Parker Solar Probe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/parker-solar-probe)
- [World Space Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/world-space-week)
- [Uranus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/uranus)
- [Herschel](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/herschel)
- [King George](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/king-george)
- [Georgium Sidus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/georgium-sidus)
- [Gaia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gaia)
- [Holy Nights](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/holy-nights)
- [candlemaking](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/candlemaking)
- [Christmas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/christmas)
- [Halloween](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/halloween)
- [All Hallow's Eve](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/all-hallows-eve)
- [Princess](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/princess)
- [fairy tale](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fairy-tale)
- [Day of Dead](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/day-of-dead)
- [cross quarter](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cross-quarter)
- [aumtumn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aumtumn)
- [Node](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/node)
- [dragons](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dragons)
- [Draco](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/draco)
- [Shakespeare](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/shakespeare)
- [coronal hole](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/coronal-hole)
- [Scorpio](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/scorpio)
- [retrograde](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/retrograde)
- [Wirtanen](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wirtanen)
- [Porrima](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/porrima)
- [Lucy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lucy)
- [Geminid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/geminid)
- [46P](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/46p)
- [comet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/comet)
- [candle](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/candle)
- [Sagittarius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sagittarius)
- [Orpheus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/orpheus)
- [New Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/new-year)
- [2019 stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/2019-stars)
- [Blue Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/blue-moon)
- [Mercury Transit](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mercury-transit)
- [star knowledge](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/star-knowledge)
- [cosmo sapien](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cosmo-sapien)
- [nixy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nixy)
- [nixie](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nixie)
- [Matthias](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/matthias)
- [Pico della Mirandola](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pico-della-mirandola)
- [strawberry moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/strawberry-moon)
- [festivals](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/festivals)
- [equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/equinox)
- [Boötes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/bootes)
- [black moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/black-moon)
- [Thunder Bay](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/thunder-bay)
- [sturgeon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sturgeon)
- [self healing](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/self-healing)
- [Shawn Malone](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/shawn-malone)
- [summer stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/summer-stars)
- [Friday the 13th](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/friday-the-13th)
- [windjammer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/windjammer)
- [schooner](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/schooner)
- [meteor shower](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/meteor-shower)
- [cultural astronomy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cultural-astronomy)
- [petoskey](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/petoskey)
- [vernal moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/vernal-moon)
- [gabriel](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gabriel)
- [annunciation](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/annunciation)
- [Lucis Trust](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lucis-trust)
- [world goodwill](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/world-goodwill)
- [unicorn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/unicorn)
- [Mary Queen of Scots](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mary-queen-of-scots)
- [Monoceros](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/monoceros)
- [Petrus Plancius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/petrus-plancius)
- [Anne Morrow Linburgh](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/anne-morrow-linburgh)
- [Katrina](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/katrina)
- [Lilipoh](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lilipoh)
- [Valentine’s Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/valentines-day)
- [Andrew Lang](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/andrew-lang)
- [Auriga](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/auriga)
- [Pleiades](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pleiades)
- [Rubens](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rubens)
- [William Blake](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/william-blake)
- [Ezekiel](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ezekiel)
- [symplegades](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/symplegades)
- [grail mystery](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/grail-mystery)
- [astrosophy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/astrosophy)
- [Easter](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/easter)
- [Vernal Equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/vernal-equinox)
- [Easter paradox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/easter-paradox)
- [Virgo](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/virgo)
- [IDSW2019](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/idsw2019)
- [Byron](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/byron)
- [Ares](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ares)
- [Buddha](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/buddha)
- [Apollo](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/apollo)
- [NASA](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nasa)
- [Homer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/homer)
- [East of the Sun](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/east-of-the-sun)
- [West of the Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/west-of-the-moon)
- [Paschal Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/paschal-moon)
- [Walpurgis](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/walpurgis)
- [Crab Nebula](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/crab-nebula)
- [Supernova 1054](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/supernova-1054)
- [Great Schism](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/great-schism)
- [umbrella](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/umbrella)
- [three pines](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/three-pines)
- [constellatios](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/constellatios)
- [Herman Hesse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/herman-hesse)
- [Siddhartha](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/siddhartha)
- [Wesak](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wesak)
- [Tycho](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/tycho)
- [geocentrism](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/geocentrism)
- [heliocentrism](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/heliocentrism)
- [Uraniborg](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/uraniborg)
- [State Theatre](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/state-theatre)
- [Girl Fish](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/girl-fish)
- [Rumpelstiltskin](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rumpelstiltskin)
- [Brothers Grimm](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/brothers-grimm)
- [12 Dancing Princesses](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/12-dancing-princesses)
- [Sirius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sirius)
- [Canis Major](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/canis-major)
- [PLAYA](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/playa)
- [Oregon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/oregon)
- [Michaelmas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/michaelmas)
- [St. Michael](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/st-michael)
- [St. George](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/st-george)
- [dragon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dragon)
- [sword](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sword)
- [Orion nebula](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/orion-nebula)
- [sheath](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sheath)
- [Big Dipper](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/big-dipper)
- [Sleeping Bear Dunes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sleeping-bear-dunes)
- [star party](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/star-party)
- [Grant Johnson Photography](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/grant-johnson-photography)
- [fragaria vesca](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fragaria-vesca)
- [Sheplers Ferry](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sheplers-ferry)
- [Bo Peep](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/bo-peep)
- [June](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/june)
- [Pillars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pillars)
- [galaxy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/galaxy)
- [Jakim](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/jakim)
- [Boaz](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/boaz)
- [Prometheus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/prometheus)
- [Jupite](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/jupite)
- [Shoemaker-Levy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/shoemaker-levy)
- [Apollo 11](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/apollo-11)
- [Manhattan project](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/manhattan-project)
- [July 16](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/july-16)
- [Cancer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cancer)
- [the kneeler](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/the-kneeler)
- [constellation](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/constellation)
- [7th Night](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/7th-night)
- [Anthroposophical Society](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/anthroposophical-society)
- [Lammas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lammas)
- [Hibernian](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/hibernian)
- [Black Thief](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/black-thief)
- [Pegasus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pegasus)
- [Persied](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/persied)
- [August](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/august)
- [Transfiguration](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/transfiguration)
- [Aswan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aswan)
- [Nile](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nile)
- [heliacal](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/heliacal)
- [Helios](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/helios)
- [Lake Nassar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lake-nassar)
- [Wafaa el-Nil](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wafaa-el-nil)
- [Beaver Island](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/beaver-island)
- [Inferno](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/inferno)
- [Divine Comedy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/divine-comedy)
- [Dante](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dante)
- [violin](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/violin)
- [dark fiddler](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dark-fiddler)
- [Rogers Observatory](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rogers-observatory)
- [October skies](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/october-skies)
- [Rip Van Winkle](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rip-van-winkle)
- [Washington Irving. Gregory Days](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/washington-irving-gregory-days)
- [calendar reform](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/calendar-reform)
- [Catherine and Her Destiny](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/catherine-and-her-destiny)
- [Draconids](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/draconids)
- [Tycho Brahe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/tycho-brahe)
- [Johannes Kepler](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/johannes-kepler)
- [transit](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/transit)
- [breathe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/breathe)
- [Binyon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/binyon)
- [workshop](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/workshop)
- [New Mexico](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/new-mexico)
- [Anthroposophia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/anthroposophia)
- [celestial goddess](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/celestial-goddess)
- [great conjunction](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/great-conjunction)
- [Mackinaw City. Straits of Mackinac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mackinaw-city-straits-of-mackinac)
- [MLive](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mlive)
- [Ford House](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ford-house)
- [Leap Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/leap-day)
- [Leap Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/leap-year)
- [calendar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/calendar)
- [Grosse Pointe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/grosse-pointe)
- [St. Ignace](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/st-ignace)
- [Lyrid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lyrid)
- [Upper Peninsula](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/upper-peninsula)
- [Spring Equinox](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/spring-equinox)
- [Anthrosophy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/anthrosophy)
- [Earth Day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/earth-day)
- [evengin sky crusies](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/evengin-sky-crusies)
- [bread](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/bread)
- [crooked tree breadworks](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/crooked-tree-breadworks)
- [Midnight meteors](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/midnight-meteors)
- [Lavender Hill Farm](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lavender-hill-farm)
- [northern michigan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/northern-michigan)
- [little traverse bay](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/little-traverse-bay)
- [Persieds](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/persieds)
- [SKY webinar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sky-webinar)
- [Pluto](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pluto)
- [St. Agnes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/st-agnes)
- [John Keats](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/john-keats)
- [January](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/january)
- [Betelgeuse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/betelgeuse)
- [Moon's Nodes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/moons-nodes)
- [Capella](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/capella)
- [charioteer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/charioteer)
- [metonic cycle](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/metonic-cycle)
- [Calendar of the Soul](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/calendar-of-the-soul)
- [Night Sky Network](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/night-sky-network)
- [NPS](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nps)
- [webinar](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/webinar)
- [Longfellow](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/longfellow)
- [Endymion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/endymion)
- [Pope Gregory](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pope-gregory)
- [inter gravissimas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/inter-gravissimas)
- [winds](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/winds)
- [aries](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aries)
- [March](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/march)
- [sacred gateway](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sacred-gateway)
- [planetary spheres](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/planetary-spheres)
- [Holy Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/holy-week)
- [2020](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/2020)
- [pentagram](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pentagram)
- [Tetrabiblos](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/tetrabiblos)
- [astrology](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/astrology)
- [astronomy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/astronomy)
- [Nodes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nodes)
- [ceremony](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ceremony)
- [John O'Donohue](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/john-odonohue)
- [dodecahedron](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dodecahedron)
- [pentagon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pentagon)
- [foundation stone](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/foundation-stone)
- [Raphael](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/raphael)
- [Red Window](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/red-window)
- [Goetheanum](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/goetheanum)
- [Alcyone](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/alcyone)
- [Michael](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/michael)
- [Red Cross Knight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/red-cross-knight)
- [Kay Nielsen](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/kay-nielsen)
- [Latona](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/latona)
- [morning planets](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/morning-planets)
- [Italo Calvino](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/italo-calvino)
- [International Dark Sky Week](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/international-dark-sky-week)
- [the Playa](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/the-playa)
- [dark sky documentary](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dark-sky-documentary)
- [Lyrids](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lyrids)
- [Eurydice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/eurydice)
- [Venus Transit](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/venus-transit)
- [Frost](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/frost)
- [Sleeping Beauty](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sleeping-beauty)
- [Fairy Tales](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fairy-tales)
- [Nursery Rhymes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nursery-rhymes)
- [Eta Aquarid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/eta-aquarid)
- [Haley's Comet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/haleys-comet)
- [Venus pentagram](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/venus-pentagram)
- [eurythmy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/eurythmy)
- [origami](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/origami)
- [naked-eye planets](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/naked-eye-planets)
- [Rilke](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rilke)
- [Cinderella](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cinderella)
- [Rumi](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rumi)
- [inferior conjunction](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/inferior-conjunction)
- [Pentecost](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pentecost)
- [Summer Solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/summer-solstice)
- [Front Range Cafe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/front-range-cafe)
- [anthropsophy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/anthropsophy)
- [St. John's](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/st-johns)
- [Edsel Ford House](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/edsel-ford-house)
- [NEOWISE](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/neowise)
- [ATLAS](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/atlas)
- [SWAN](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/swan)
- [comets](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/comets)
- [skipping stones](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/skipping-stones)
- [Cygnus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cygnus)
- [candlemas](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/candlemas)
- [ground hog's day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ground-hogs-day)
- [may day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/may-day)
- [all saint's](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/all-saints)
- [brigit's day](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/brigits-day)
- [wheat harvest](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wheat-harvest)
- [Sappho](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sappho)
- [lyre](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lyre)
- [12 Dancimg Princesses](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/12-dancimg-princesses)
- [Dendera](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dendera)
- [Barbieri](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/barbieri)
- [Lavender Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lavender-moon)
- [Rübezahl](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/rubezahl)
- [gnome](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gnome)
- [Starr Skies Lake Superior](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/starr-skies-lake-superior)
- [Starry Skies Lake Superior](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/starry-skies-lake-superior)
- [Taurid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/taurid)
- [fire](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fire)
- [elements](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/elements)
- [trine](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/trine)
- [Autumn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/autumn)
- [apogee](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/apogee)
- [genius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/genius)
- [demon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/demon)
- [romance](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/romance)
- [gas giants](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gas-giants)
- [October](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/october)
- [Northern Express](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/northern-express)
- [Orionid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/orionid)
- [Wise Cosmos](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wise-cosmos)
- [Viewlands](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/viewlands)
- [milkweed](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/milkweed)
- [biography](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/biography)
- [Parzival](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/parzival)
- [Holy Grail](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/holy-grail)
- [Sigune](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sigune)
- [Wolfram von Eschenbach](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wolfram-von-eschenbach)
- [North Central Michigan College](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/north-central-michigan-college)
- [November](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/november)
- [roses](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/roses)
- [birch](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/birch)
- [morning star](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/morning-star)
- [Spica](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/spica)
- [door](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/door)
- [Job](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/job)
- [NCMC](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ncmc)
- [Offield Family Viewlands](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/offield-family-viewlands)
- [snowshoe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/snowshoe)
- [Little Traverse Conservancy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/little-traverse-conservancy)
- [winter solstice](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/winter-solstice)
- [cocoon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cocoon)
- [butterfly](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/butterfly)
- [John Donne](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/john-donne)
- [total solar eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/total-solar-eclipse)
- [Year in Review](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/year-in-review)
- [Quadrantids](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/quadrantids)
- [quadrans muralis](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/quadrans-muralis)
- [Eliot](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/eliot)
- [Prufrock](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/prufrock)
- [John O'Donahue](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/john-odonahue)
- [2021](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/2021)
- [Cetus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cetus)
- [MLK](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mlk)
- [Wolf Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wolf-moon)
- [Firebird](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/firebird)
- [AA Milne](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/aa-milne)
- [Neomenia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/neomenia)
- [kalends](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/kalends)
- [parapegmata](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/parapegmata)
- [Venera](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/venera)
- [Edna St. Vincent Millay](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/edna-st-vincent-millay)
- [Renascence](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/renascence)
- [Plotinus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/plotinus)
- [Ennead](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ennead)
- [Lactantius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lactantius)
- [Neptune](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/neptune)
- [WB Yeats](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wb-yeats)
- [Poseiden](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/poseiden)
- [Edvard Munch](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/edvard-munch)
- [Patrica Delisa](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/patrica-delisa)
- [Holes to Heaven](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/holes-to-heaven)
- [Adam Sommer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/adam-sommer)
- [Star Tales of Mother Goose](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/star-tales-of-mother-goose)
- [Star Tales](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/star-tales)
- [New Images](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/new-images)
- [fiddler](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fiddler)
- [king cole](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/king-cole)
- [Pink Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pink-moon)
- [Eos](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/eos)
- [Superfeast](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/superfeast)
- [shadow](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/shadow)
- [Maya Angelou](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/maya-angelou)
- [solar eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/solar-eclipse)
- [Midsummer Night's Dream](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/midsummer-nights-dream)
- [Ovid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ovid)
- [mermaids](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mermaids)
- [perigee](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/perigee)
- [elongation](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/elongation)
- [Mary Oliver](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mary-oliver)
- [Thomas à Kempis](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/thomas-a-kempis)
- [evolution](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/evolution)
- [wisdom](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wisdom)
- [synodic](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/synodic)
- [sidereal](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sidereal)
- [delta aquariid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/delta-aquariid)
- [Bayer designation](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/bayer-designation)
- [Ptolemy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ptolemy)
- [Skat](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/skat)
- [fallgin stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fallgin-stars)
- [Juliet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/juliet)
- [Romeo and Juliet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/romeo-and-juliet)
- [Harry Potter](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/harry-potter)
- [New Images of the Zodiac](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/new-images-of-the-zodiac)
- [Perseus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/perseus)
- [light pollution](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/light-pollution)
- [Michigan Dark Skies](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/michigan-dark-skies)
- [Royal Stars of Persia](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/royal-stars-of-persia)
- [Albert Schweitzer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/albert-schweitzer)
- [Hydra](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/hydra)
- [Faerie Queene](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/faerie-queene)
- [Spencer](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/spencer)
- [Cepheus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/cepheus)
- [Dschubba](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dschubba)
- [TS Eliot](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ts-eliot)
- [orbits](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/orbits)
- [Ivan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ivan)
- [Chestnut Horse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/chestnut-horse)
- [Wolf Hall](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wolf-hall)
- [Nefertiti](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nefertiti)
- [Akhenaten](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/akhenaten)
- [Lunar Eclipse](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lunar-eclipse)
- [International Dark Sy Association](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/international-dark-sy-association)
- [Dylan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dylan)
- [Odysseus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/odysseus)
- [Thanksgiving](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/thanksgiving)
- [pearls](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pearls)
- [Queen of Sheba](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/queen-of-sheba)
- [Mary Stuart](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mary-stuart)
- [Leonard](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/leonard)
- [midnight sun](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/midnight-sun)
- [celtic wonder tales](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/celtic-wonder-tales)
- [New Year's Eve](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/new-years-eve)
- [James Webb](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/james-webb)
- [Paul](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/paul)
- [Tiger](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/tiger)
- [Chinese New Year](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/chinese-new-year)
- [Li-Young Lee](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/li-young-lee)
- [ee cummings](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ee-cummings)
- [Novalis](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/novalis)
- [Sheba](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/sheba)
- [Gateway](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gateway)
- [Ides of March](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ides-of-march)
- [Goldilocks](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/goldilocks)
- [Everest](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/everest)
- [Chomolungma](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/chomolungma)
- [Emerson](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/emerson)
- [Mercury. Egypt](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/mercury-egypt)
- [Super Moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/super-moon)
- [strawberry](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/strawberry)
- [Dickinson](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dickinson)
- [Helius](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/helius)
- [dreams](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dreams)
- [LaGrange](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lagrange)
- [Milk Way](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/milk-way)
- [DH Lawrence](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/dh-lawrence)
- [Leto](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/leto)
- [wobble](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wobble)
- [Wendell Berry](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/wendell-berry)
- [Leonid](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/leonid)
- [Kepler](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/kepler)
- [Snow White Rose Red](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/snow-white-rose-red)
- [Martin Luther King](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/martin-luther-king)
- [Langston Hughes](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/langston-hughes)
- [Yeats](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/yeats)
- [Damascus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/damascus)
- [Janus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/janus)
- [Glen Arbor](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/glen-arbor)
- [ZTF](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ztf)
- [green comet](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/green-comet)
- [Chiron](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/chiron)
- [Emmylou Harris](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/emmylou-harris)
- [Merwin](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/merwin)
- [Gerard Manley Hopkins](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/gerard-manley-hopkins)
- [Ascension](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ascension)
- [WS Merwin](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ws-merwin)
- [Zeus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/zeus)
- [monarch](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/monarch)
- [meteors](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/meteors)
- [Da Vinci](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/da-vinci)
- [Michelangelo](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/michelangelo)
- [Henry Vaughn](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/henry-vaughn)
- [Fomalhaut](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/fomalhaut)
- [Royal Stars](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/royal-stars)
- [Coleridge](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/coleridge)
- [Ancient Mariner](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ancient-mariner)
- [lavender](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lavender)
- [Donne](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/donne)
- [galactic plane](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/galactic-plane)
- [Pollux](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pollux)
- [Castor](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/castor)
- [snake](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/snake)
- [Flammarion](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/flammarion)
- [Pisces](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/pisces)
- [Lazarus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/lazarus)
- [Goethe](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/goethe)
- [flashlight](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/flashlight)
- [Milne](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/milne)
- [Shelley](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/shelley)
- [skylark](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/skylark)
- [Joan of Arc](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/joan-of-arc)
- [Russell](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/russell)
- [Hardy](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/hardy)
- [honey moon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/honey-moon)
- [Iris](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/iris)
- [Delos](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/delos)
- [Astrea](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/astrea)
- [Parsifal](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/parsifal)
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- [Deneb Algedi](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/deneb-algedi)
- [3200 Phaethon](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/3200-phaethon)
- [Merlin](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/merlin)
- [MacDonald](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/macdonald)
- [Didymus](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/didymus)
- [Ramses](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/ramses)
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- [Nolan](https://storytellersnightsky.com/tag/nolan)
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