The Storyteller's Night Sky
What's going on in the night sky right now? Find out with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams, who narrates the stories written across the sky each week in order to restore the mythic grandeur of knowing the stars.
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To Be a True King Among the Stars (opens the original)
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This week's stars tell the tale of King Arthur, and how, at this point in the cycle of the year, we're called to find our true north through the damp autumnal air and hazy veils of mist.
Slumbering Toward Heaven's Gates at Moon's Midnight Eclipse (opens the original)
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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 ladder that hangs from the from the Full Moon, and this week, the last Full Moon of the Summer will occur, overnight Wednesday to Thursday. But here’s the trick, it will be eclipsed! So what to do? How do we find the ladder when it’s cast in shadow? John Keats left us an epic map.
What's Your Role in this Epic Tale when Sun, Moon, Earth, and Stars Align this week? (opens the original)
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Wednesday, August 12th Sun, Moon, and Earth align for eclipse at midday, then overnight, the Perseid Meteor Shower reaches peak activity. This is so much more than celestial coincidence ~ it's an epic moment in world becoming, to which we all belong.
Full Moon Aligned with Sun, Jupiter, and Pluto (opens the original)
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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 happens Wednesday, July 29 when Sun and Jupiter align opposite the Full Moon and Pluto.
Venus Ascends the Throne of the King and Asks "Is This the Path of Love?" (opens the original)
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We get a first glimpse of what what's in store for us each year at the eve of summer’s first New Moon, which is July 14th. Two days prior, on July 12th, the Moon enters its dark phase, and with Venus at star Regulus all week, the question is clear: Is this the path of love?
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