Mary Stewart Adams
Mary Stewart Adams is a Star Lore Historian and 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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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 Lavender Moon begins Monday September 2, 2024, when it reaches New Phase at 9:57 P.M. EDT. First visibility of this Moon will be among the stars of Virgo, and for the naked-eye observer will most likely occur Wednesday, September 4, 2024. -
Each month the moon greets every planet out there among the stars, but it won’t always shed the same amount of light on these meetings from one month to the next, so it’s easy to imagine that the Moon is modulating our experience as it goes. -
The astrological omens for the coming week suggest that now is the time for sloughing off the dead weight and for moving out of stagnant situations. -
As far as discernible historical record goes, the first people to divide the heavens into what later became known as the zodiac were the ancient Persians, over eight thousand years ago. -
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. -
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.” -
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... -
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)
