Welcome to the month of Februaria whose Latin meaning “to clean” sounds appropriate since all the action of these next four weeks’ will be as a broom februming up in preparation for March, or just call it the world to come. There’s no mistake that the ancient Roman festivals of purification, cleansing and and atonement … Continued
Hello Janus, you ancient Roman god of two faces who opens doorways and closes gates. Now that’s interesting because this looks to be a month with at least 2 faces. The cosmictician may see mid month’s visage blotted with wrinkles and scars, while very late month’s countenance should appears smoother, refreshed, and even smiling. … Continued
Hello fellow sky travelers, what I’m seeing looks to be a November to remember, on planet earth, The cosmic map for the next 31 days is packed with 2 intense solar and lunar events, and a fair dose of confusion and conflict all of which will only make later month’s Mercury retrograde look like a … Continued
Our month begins with a perfect lineup of Mars, Venus and Saturn in water. So let’s take it as a nice ending to the Oktoberfest weekend’s “ein prosit” and cheers to all, because we’ll need any dregs of optimism and calmness moving forward. Well, as we’re in the Chinese Year of the Fire Dragon, whose … Continued
Labor Day’s new moon barbecue may fry some of the anxiety off for a short minute, but we’ll need to wait a couple days for some sanity to reappear. In a month with four very slow moving retrograde planets, all the big guys out there, means that their influence will be felt more strongly with … Continued
Hello to all of you Augustinians and the rest of us ordinary folk, and welcome? to a month of sudden surprises, maybe call it a different style of Olympics? Now with four players in reverse, Mercury, Neptune, Pluto and Saturn, the month’s emphasis will rely on two opposing teams of outer planets Saturn and Jupiter. … Continued
Our month of June, named for Juno, the Roman goddess of birth and fertility, shows a lot of action and ok, drama, in the first 3 weeks. Then she will have her best seed planting day very close to later month ’s full moon . Now June 3d will bring a very rare stellar event … Continued
Hello Star friends, May we joyfully celebrate these special days mid way between the Spring equinox and Summer solstice. Yes, the ancient Celtic festival of the Goddess and mother earth well revered and observed is our path onto a month that could roll out a little more calmly as compared to our previous ride on … Continued
Welcome to the most unpredictable month of the year. Fitted out with useful tools like telescope, ephemeris, and history notes, I‘ve been watching April ’s sky begin to arrange itself into a rarely seen geometry of lights and and shadows. I’m sure, with all the redundance of reporting, you’ve heard about the oncoming solar eclipse … Continued
Hello fellow sky watchers, it looks as though we’ll be marching along into a month where the adjective ”super” will be used a few times starting with March 5th’s political Tuesday and then in reference to a new moon extremely close to earth. So much is happening cosmically including the Sun’s peak in solar activity … Continued