The Storyteller's Night Sky

Thanksgiving week there’s a magical event happening in the morning sky, one that begs the question: when am I central to what occurs in the world around me?

3rd century Neoplatonist Plotinus wrote: The universe extends as far as the soul goes, but no further. The boundaries of its existence are determined by the degree to which, in going forth, it has th…

Friday's Full Moon occurs near Uranus, which means that now we begin anew the great tale of human becoming.

A mighty week is upon us, inaugurated 11.3.24 by the opposition between Mars and Pluto that will occur two more times in the coming months due to Mars’ impending retrograde motion.

This week is the seasonal cross quarter, or halfway point, which includes the mischievous festival of Halloween, followed by All Saints Day, then All Soul’s Day, and then the several weeks of honorin…

Moon passes by Mars among Gemini stars this week, where the red planet will soon make its biennial retrograde loop, which finds it passing through these stars several times from now until April 2025.

A calendar is a brilliant mechanism formulated over centuries of sky watching that works with the magic of a time machine~tiny black boxes aligned in neat rows, each row divided into seven parts, eac…

The Moon catches Venus in the great golden scale of Libra, where the goddess of love and beauty witnesses the measure of love abiding in the human heart.

The experience of each new age requires a new confession, and the world seems always waiting for its poet.

It's Harvest Moon Wednesday, Sept 17 which begs the question: what is my harvest this year? On Michigan's Beaver Island, they have an answer!

A fascinating signature of the Mysteries is appearing in the sky right now, involving the planets Saturn and Mercury and the constellations Aquarius and Leo.

The last New Moon of Summer on 2 September 2024 prepares for the transition from outer light to inner radiance that happens at Equinox later this month.

Each month the Moon greets every planet, modulating the mood as it goes. This week, it meets Jupiter, Mars, and Mercury.

The astrological omens this week suggest now's the time for sloughing off the dead weight and for moving out of stagnant situations.

Sun, Mercury, Earth, and Moon align at square angle to Uranus while Jupiter and Saturn engage in the same, and all of this at Blue Moon Monday, August 19, 2024

In August the Milky Way is like the brilliantly beaded belt of a sparkling garment woven out of stars and flung across the night.

This week a date of historic and literary note rolls around: “Lammas Eve,” which is the night before we’re halfway through the summer. 

Venus emerges as our evenings star very soon, and will grace the western horizon until mid-March 2025. What can it mean?

All the talk this week is about the great meeting between the red planet Mars and the eccentric gas giant Uranus, which coincides with quick changes and reversals, sudden upsets, unforeseen events or…

Earth comes to its aphelion Friday, when it's furthest away from the Sun, the same day as the first New Moon of summer, revealing the social harmony inherent in the cosmos.