The Storyteller's Night Sky

Mars Meets the Sun, Kepler Steals the Gold

12 Nov 2023

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This week Mars has its biennial meeting with the Sun, just after the anniversary of Kepler's death on November 15 in 1630.

The Outward Shining of an Inward Light

06 Nov 2023

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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 o...

To Let the Face of God Shine Through

29 Oct 2023

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This week's seasonal cross quarter coincides with Jupiter's annual opposition with with Sun. What shines through between them?

When Inmost Soul Must Stay Awake

22 Oct 2023

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The Moon joins Neptune Pisces midweek, a province of dreams if ever there was one, offering a lullaby as though it would put us all to sleep with the ...

Giants in the Sky

16 Oct 2023

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The Orion Meteor Shower is active now and peaks October 21-22

Gods are Hard for Mortals to See

08 Oct 2023

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First New Moon of Autumn will cause an annular eclipse and calls to mind the greater mystery rites of Eleusis

Venus and the Flame of Love

02 Oct 2023

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By this weekend, Venus returns to the same position she held in early July, when the planet was visible in the evening sky near the star Regulus. What...

Full Moon at Michaelmas

24 Sep 2023

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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 attent...

Autumn Bold

17 Sep 2023

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Autumn Equinox occurs in the early hours this Saturday, heralding the full harvest a sense of balance.

Sweet New Style with New Moon and Venus

10 Sep 2023

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Dante's Moon this Thursday carries Venus and the love of wisdom to a striving humanity.

Venus and the Union with the Greater Self

04 Sep 2023

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Venus resumes direct motion in the next stage of the quest

Happily Ever After with Blue Moon and Venus

27 Aug 2023

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This weeks brings summer's last Full Moon, Venus' direct motion, and the season's happily ever after.

Remaining True Our Ideals with Saturn at Opposition

20 Aug 2023

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Saturn is at opposition with the sun August 27, bearing a message from our future destiny, near the star Fomalhaut.

On Meteors and Butterflies

13 Aug 2023

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In the midst of this season's meteor shower magic, the monarchs take flight, fortifying us with strength and beauty for the seasons ahead.

Brothers and Sons

07 Aug 2023

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The spectacular show in the sky this week shines a light on the celestial lineage of Zeus and two of his children

As the World Turns

30 Jul 2023

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Each one of the phenomena that happens this week, Full Moon, Cross Quarter, planetary retrograde, is one that recurs again and again, or is it?

When Moon Unfurls the Rosy Petals of Pleiades

10 Jul 2023

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There’s a sacred mystery in the summer sky this week when the crescent Moon rises just before morning twilight in the company of Pleiades.

The Voice of All the Gods ~ Venus, Jupiter, Moon

02 Jul 2023

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Each evening this week, the Moon will rise after sunset, a glorious gibbous moving across the night, while Jupiter heralds the dawn and Venus guards t...

Trust Your Heart

26 Jun 2023

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Venus has a message for her beloved Mars, as he fades from view and she steps back, sort a gesture of their eternal bond, despite appearances

Summer Solstice and the Utterance of the Gods

19 Jun 2023

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What you dream at Summer Solstice, or what the gods utter, has in it the power and majesty of celestial encounter

Stilling the Thunder~Trembling the Veil

10 Jun 2023

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The waning crescent Moon slips past Jupiter at dawn this week, stilling the thunderer on the anniversary of the birth of Irish poet William Butler Yea...

Art in the Stars with Venus&Mars

05 Jun 2023

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As painting, so is poetry ~ especially in the stars this week, where Venus and Mars strike a Botticelli pose at the beehive cluster.

Waking in the Sleeping

27 May 2023

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Last Full Moon of the spring at midnight Saturday ~ the stuff true ceremony is made of

Venus, Mars, and Gemini Stars

21 May 2023

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All through the coming month, the planets Venus and Mars will grace the evening sky looking west, though Mars is gradually fading, and Venus is slowin...

A Week of Celestial and Festival Mysteries Ahead

14 May 2023

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What to make of Moon occulting Jupiter, Ascension, and New Phase all at once?

Venus Unveiled

08 May 2023

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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...

How the Stillness Becomes the Dancing

30 Apr 2023

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Mercury at inferior conjunction says "be still" while Sun/Uranus at Full Moon call us to the dance.

Traveling Together Among the Stars

23 Apr 2023

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Old love, new chapter

A Celestial Call to the Soul

09 Apr 2023

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Venus is beautiful this week, moving up the sky through the starry region of Taurus, joining Pleiades in the evening sky.

The Sacred Sign of the Season

02 Apr 2023

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Time now for our two great lights to trade places in the celestial hemispheres and open the mystery.

A Song of Celestial Pairings

26 Mar 2023

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There are three celestial pairings this week that sing into the new season in a rousing way!

Sun, Moon, Jupiter, Venus for Spring

18 Mar 2023

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Monday is Equinox, Tuesday New Moon, Wednesday Moon meets Jupiter, Thursday Venus, the Feast of Gabriel Friday, followed by Annunciation on Saturday.

First Heaven Fully Illuminated

05 Mar 2023

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In the mid-week, the first heaven will be fully illuminated, for the last time this season.

Love that Endures

25 Feb 2023

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Venus, Jupiter, and Chiron making promises in the evening sky this week.

Forty Early Mornings

19 Feb 2023

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A new moon teaches gradualness and deliberation...

Great Love as a Gift of the Stars

12 Feb 2023

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Great love is always regarded as the gift of knowing the stars, & this week, they’re on bold display.

Can We Speak With the Stars?

05 Feb 2023

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Are comets and planets and stars merely masses of elements, speeding along within range of our telescopes?

Comet Hunting? Beware the Dragon

29 Jan 2023

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Comet ZTF is whizzing past the tail of the dragon and on into the mysteries of cross quarter.

The Love that Moves the Sun and Other Stars

22 Jan 2023

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January 27 marks the anniversary of Dante's exile from Florence, and his journey to the stars!

When is the New Year No Longer Young?

15 Jan 2023

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When we have finally stepped through the door.

Dreaming the New Year into Being

08 Jan 2023

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The waning gibbous Moon gives rise to dreams when Venus is guardian at the gateway of the gods.

Into the New with Moon and Meteors, Poetry and Stars

02 Jan 2023

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Moving into the first week of the new year with heartfelt intentions toward what’s best.

The 12 Days of Christmas and Mercury

25 Dec 2022

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The 5th Day of Christmas points to the mystery of awakening the Sun forces in the human heart, which makes of the human being a star, like the Sun, bu...

The Forces at Destiny at the Year's Midnight

18 Dec 2022

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Destiny is the place where the deeds of gods unite with a human life.

The Stars that Witness Our Becoming

10 Dec 2022

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Like the Three Kings, come to the eternal birth of our love

Full Moon and the Hidden Nature of Mars

05 Dec 2022

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When Mars is blocked by the Moon this week, will its hidden nature be revealed, or its challenging nature amplified?

The Romance of Venus and Mars at Opposition

26 Nov 2022

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The ancient celestial beloveds come to opposition in the midnight hour Wednesday to Thursday this week, strengthening the bonds of relationship.

Lyrical Mysteries of the Moon

20 Nov 2022

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In that great journey of the stars through space, about the mighty, all-directing Sun, the pallid, faithful Moon, has been the one, companion of the E...

Kepler and the Meteors of the Lion

13 Nov 2022

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This week's meteor shower comes from a cometary dust trail ejected in 1600, when Kepler was sorting out his celestial harmonies of planetary motion.

Total Lunar Eclipse with Mars in Terrain of the Bull

06 Nov 2022

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Mars between the Bull's horns during Tuesday's eclipse means we must meet the day with a deeply meditative mood.

Be Still in Haste

23 Oct 2022

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Eclipse season is upon us, which allows for asking the big questions, like what has it to do with me?

When Venus Slips Behind the Scenes

17 Oct 2022

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We won’t be seeing this ancient goddess of love and beauty for awhile. What does that mean for affairs of the heart?

The Waning Gibbous and the Bull

09 Oct 2022

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There’s something quietly spectacular unfolding in the stars this week when Moon sweeps through Taurus, meeting Pleiades and Mars.

Speaking with the Stars

02 Oct 2022

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October finds all of the naked-eye planets making remarkable moves.

Michaelmas and the Moon

24 Sep 2022

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By Thursday the Moon will have "shed her silver seasons four upon the night."

Astronomical Agility at Equionx

17 Sep 2022

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Earth and Sun align in the balance, then Mercury slips in to test us all.

Mars and Dante's Vision of Christ

11 Sep 2022

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This week marks the anniversary of the death of Dante Alighieri, 701 years ago on September 14th in 1321

Mars, Venus, and John Keats

05 Sep 2022

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Mars is closest to Aldebaran, while Venus sweeps past Regulus 

In the Secret Retreat of Light

27 Aug 2022

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Moon moves through the Sun's secret retreat of light for the next two weeks.

The Ceremony of our Deeper Needs at Dawn

20 Aug 2022

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Venus is crowned by the Moon in a deep ceremony of the morning sky

There is Time

15 Aug 2022

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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.

To Birth with the Stars

07 Aug 2022

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This week's Full Moon on August 11 will diminish an outward experience of meteors, but it bears a unique opportunity for knowing what the hero fi...

Pathway of the Greater Gods

01 Aug 2022

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As we pass through summer's cross quarter time, we pass under the thickest region fo Milky Way Stars

Our Place in Space

22 Jul 2022

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Our place in space, from astrology, to astronomy, to astrosophy.

As above, so below

13 Jul 2022

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The James Webb is orbiting at LaGrange 2, one of five points of equilibrium in Earth/Sun relationship. Can we find such points in human relationship?

Enchantments for the Year's Closest Moon

10 Jul 2022

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Moonlight is the reflected light of all celestial objects, including the stars.

And the World Goes 'Round

27 Jun 2022

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We’re moving furthest away from the Sun just now, and we’re also moving more slowly, which conjures images of lazy summer days and star-filled nig...

For Sweet Dreams, and Health, and Quiet Breathing at Solstice

19 Jun 2022

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What are we inscribing into cosmic spaces this Solstice?

On Strawberries, Moon, and Stars

11 Jun 2022

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Tuesday's perigee Moon is cozying up for a better look, offering us all a sweet strawberry kiss

What the Stars Seek from Us

27 May 2022

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Astronomers are predicting a meteor shower overnight May 30, maybe.

Every Soul a Celestial Venus

21 May 2022

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Every soul is a celestial Venus to every other soul.~RW Emerson, on Love

Give Me Your Hand ~ Mercury at Inferior Conjunction

16 May 2022

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First there was a partial solar eclipse, followed two weeks later by the total lunar eclipse, and in the midst, Mercury started its seasonal retrograd...

The Super Moon Eclipse and Initiation

08 May 2022

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Eclipses come in stages, like fairy tales, or trials of initiation

The Cosmic Word at Eclipse Season

01 May 2022

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At solar eclipse, we let off steam; at lunar eclipse, we receive further forces of destiny. And this week, we're in between.

Thy Sweet Love Remembered

25 Apr 2022

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The poetry of the morning sky is undeniable this week, as the Moon descends through the dawn in the spectacular company of Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jup...

Earth Laughs in Flowers Under Lyrid Meteor Showers

18 Apr 2022

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The Lyrid Meteor Shower kicks off International Dark Sky Week 2022. Get outside and let your soul bask in the radiant song of the stars

East of the Sun and West of the Moon

11 Apr 2022

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The planets have lined up to watch Sun and Moon trade places in the hemispheres and perform their cosmic contradiction this week.

Moving Mountains

03 Apr 2022

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The exciting celestial event that has the astrology community all a-buzz: the meet up of Jupiter and Neptune.

Smile for the James Webb Cam

27 Mar 2022

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The Moon's position this week provides an optimal moment for something never attempted before: a photograph of the people of the Earth in infrared.

Goldilocks and Equinox

19 Mar 2022

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The Sun has returned North of the Celestial Equator and the planets are hanging around to see what path we'll take, before the first Full Moon of the ...

Winter's Last Full Moon and the Ides of March

13 Mar 2022

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If we still used the Julian system, then this week’s Full Moon on March 18 would be the “ides of March” a notorious date in ancient Roman histor...

Cosmic Heads or Tails

06 Mar 2022

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The configuration of planets and stars in the morning sky this week suggest that we’re in a “threshold crossing” moment.

Amassing Energies at Dawn

25 Feb 2022

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Venus and Mars meet Pluto this week ~ what narrative in these meetings among the stars?

Let the Story of the Year Begin

20 Feb 2022

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Aquarius season each year is the opening line of a fairy tale

Love is in the Air

13 Feb 2022

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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!

At the End of the Day

06 Feb 2022

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Each of us sailing to rescue our own individual dawn.

New Year Out My Window

30 Jan 2022

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Though New year is Jan 1 in the Gregorian calendar system, cultural observances around the world vary widely

What You See is What You Get

23 Jan 2022

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Astronomers thrust Webb into position; Paul makes a miraculous turn; Mars gazes on Venus.

First Full Moon of the New Year

16 Jan 2022

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Make it a new year of setting aside time for simple ceremonies of the cosmos in the everyday, and be sure to celebrate the Moon

The New Year Opens with a Love Story

09 Jan 2022

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What’s better at the dawn of a new year than an epic love story, etched across the sky in starlight?

Making Our Way Back to the Bright World

26 Dec 2021

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What better way to end 2021 than with Dante and Venus?

Mysteries of the Midnight Sun

20 Dec 2021

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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...

Steiner, Comets and Our Speaking to the Stars

12 Dec 2021

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Rudolf Steiner's Stars Spoke Once to Humanity verse and Comet Leonard. 

Pearls of Wisdom

05 Dec 2021

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The Moon moves up the western sky passing the evening planets as though she were running her hand through a strand of pearls this week

Into the New with Love and Beauty

29 Nov 2021

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The experience Venus' unveiling at eclipse is a sacred process of initiation into a deeper understanding of the force of love in the world

In the Cradle of Eclipse Season

20 Nov 2021

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On the eternal struggle toward the higher nature of being human.

What the Stars Whisper at Eclipse

14 Nov 2021

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This week's lunar eclipse at Pleiades stirs an ancient mystery of the stars in the human form.

After Hours in the Moonlight

07 Nov 2021

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The waxing Crescent Moon has some spectacular encounters this week

Damp Drizzly November in the Soul

01 Nov 2021

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Moon, Mercury, Uranus and a whale, conspiring to offer us all an experience of the strange, new, and wonderful.

October Keeps Its Promise

24 Oct 2021

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Orion returns, and now we can be "drawn through the space between worlds, by incense and candlelight.”