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
With no retrogrades to slow down February’s trajectory, it’s all ready set go as we arrive at the doorway to the ancient Roman days of Februa. In present time, the month whose meaning of ritual cleansing, will attempt to provide some of the Clorox and ammonia needed for the wipe downs to the various calamities … Continued
The Year Of The Wood Dragon Midnight New Year’ s Eve in Ireland, a tradition has been to open the back door and let the old year out, while opening your front door to let the new year in. This year at midnight we might say, “Bye 2023, pick up your trash left on the … Continued
Hello all you Turkeys. Now here we are, the season of Scorpio, with several sky players all there in what I call the least understood of the 12 signs. Maybe it could be best described as the shadow side of life, unseen power, unspoken words, the mystery, not the death star, although the month ahead … Continued
Ushered in by the 4th super moon on the 29th of September, here’s hoping this harvest moon will bring more bounty and riches to the table than what the sky’s menu looks to be cooking up. Will we be celebrating Oktoberfest? or is to be an October surprise? Or just October I wish you were … Continued
The signage of the August 30 -31st most powerful super moon must be something like: have a great weekend, but we’re lighting up the sky in this tight Sun Moon syzgy (alignment of opposites) as close to earth as any full super moon has beamed. The last such lunation occurred in January 2018 and this … Continued
Oh the August sky, what a month this will be as the curtain rises with a stunning Super Moon, as close to the earthly audience as allowed. The rarites of the month will seek expression in many takes and scripts Then the second full Blue moon of the month will take a bow later month. … Continued
Hello all you Julians and the other Elevens. What does July hold for us planet earthlings now that we’ve reached the exact mid year point? Curiosity has always been the trade mark of this Gemini, maybe you as well? Well, expect some surprises as usual, a few planets moving retrograde, an early month festive full … Continued
The fires of the Beltane festival are lighting up the sky as I write this, whose early May days so dedicated to Mother Nature begins. I only wish it would remain in this ebullient flower petalled place! Except that I do feel that the cosmic shifts this month will eject some demons out and down … Continued