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Mary Stewart Adams
Mary Stewart Adams is a Star Lore Historianand host of the weekly public radio program and podcast “The Storyteller’s Night Sky.” Mary published her first book The Star Tales of Mother Goose~For Those Who Seek the Secret Language of the Stars, in 2021, richly illustrated by her sister and long-time collaborator, artist Patricia Delisa.
As a global advocate for starry skies, Mary led the team that established the 9th International Dark Sky Park in the world in 2011, which later led to her home state of Michigan protecting 35,000 acres of state land for its natural darkness.
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As one of only two planets that orbits between the Earth and the Sun, Venus holds a unique position in relation to the Earth. Sometimes called Earth’s “sister planet.”
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This week all the talk in the world of astrology is about the great meeting between the red planet Mars and the eccentric gas giant Uranus...
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The Sun is at its furthest and The Moon enters a new phase: this week on the Storyteller's Night Skyand this is the wonder that's keeping the stars aparti carry your heart(i carry it in my heart)
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This week while Venus walks hand-in-hand with the Sun through the field of summer stars and Mercury greets them at the west gate at the end of each day.
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This week it’s all about the Sun and its solstice, but it’s also about the Moon, which comes to Full Phase the day after solstice.
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Summer begins officially next week, but before we get there, the messenger of the gods slips into hiding beyond the Sun, while the first heaven is flung open wide by a growing Moon.
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Joan of Arc was a girl of 13 when she was first visited by the angels, who called her to the task of freeing her homeland from the ravages of war.
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Then this week the Moon will make an unseen but specific meeting with Venus.
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This week the merry month of May begins, and while most people are familiar with May Day and the fact that the beginning of May marks the halfway point in the season, not many are as familiar with May Eve, a date which stands exactly opposite Halloween.
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Not to be outdone by our own star the Sun and its recent eclipse drama, a couple of stars in the constellation Corona Borealis are cooking up their own fantastic display.