The Storyteller's Night Sky

The Moon was fully eclipsed last Sunday and will spend this week waning through its gibbous phase, until it arrives at the last quarter of its cycle next Sunday, September 14th, when it reaches the h…

On Sept 7 there’s a Total Eclipse of the Moon, only visible on one side of the Earth, in Asia, not in the US. The Moon will rise Saturday evening, the night before eclipse, 20 minutes before the Sun …

In August, there’s a formula for finding the most romantic night of the season: Once the Moon comes New, count seven nights while watching for the summer’s brightest star to reach the zenith. Then th…

This week's waning crescent Moon is a boat of spirit knowledge, bearing earthward all it has gathered in the celestial light throughout the month and bringing it ashore during the few days before New…

Tuesday morning, the planets Venus and Jupiter will be spectacularly close, while overnight Tuesday, the Perseids come to their peak. It is the stuff of the world's greatest love stories, and you don…

The convergence of things that takes place every year in the first week of August includes the seasonal cross quarter; the Christian Feast of the Transfiguration; and the anniversary of the birth of …

The drama of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' occurs in this season, and asks us to take care, for when we do not heed the abundance of love and harmony pouring forth from the heaven’s brink, the sta…

There's a pile up of planets in Pisces this week, calling us to wake!

There’s a culmination in the stars this week, with Uranus changing signs on Monday, and Saturn beginning its four-month retrograde after midnight Saturday. In between, the summer’s first Full Moon oc…

The stars that guide the soul to the most noble bonds of friendship this week.

The classical Greek myth of Leto and her twins, Apollo and Artemis ~ Sun and Moon ~ is unfolding overhead in the sky this week.

We are part of an incredible planetary system ~ a living breathing harmonious social organism, and we are asked to take a noble place within it, especially at Solstice, when Earth forces are breathed…

The Moon will be Full after midnight on Wednesday, looking south along the Milky Way river of stars. The June Moon is the “Honey Moon,” and since it's Full in front of the thickest region of the Milk…

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 …

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…

The Moon comes Full on Monday, then wanes through the Milky Way on the anniversary of the death of Emily Dickinson, a teller of the All-Embracing True Tales (as the ancients called poetry and myth).

The Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower peaks overnight Monday to Tuesday, while that Ole Mother Goose Cygnus the Swan takes wing over the Northeast horizon, trailing a Milky Way of stars!

Wednesday night is the eve of the season's cross quarter day, the halfway point in the Spring. At the eve, a secret portal opens, but we have to be aware, because Jupiter and Moon are standing at the…

It's the week of the April New Moon, which means it's time for celebrating international dark sky week. And don't miss Venus and Saturn, setting the stage for an exercise in contemplation during the …