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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Legend holds that Polish astronomer Nicolaus Copernicus was observing Mars when he was struck with the inspiration that the Earth was orbiting the sun.
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The traditional observance of All Saint’s and All Soul’s Day happens Wednesday and Thursday this week, which means to mark the halfway point in the fading season, when all at once we’re closer to the end than we are to the beginning.
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The first new moon of the season happens Saturday, Oct. 14, when the moon is at apogee, as far away from us as it can get. This moon will also eclipse the sun, but not entirely.
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Autumn Equinox occurs in the early hours this Saturday, September 23rd, heralding the full harvest of the year and, ideally, a sense of balance, now the high constellations of summer have set.
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There’s an auspicious anniversary in the world of literature this week and it coincides with the last New Moon of the season on Thursday, September 14: the death of Italian Poet Dante Alighieri, in 1321.
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In the world of the fairytale, if the hero would unite with his own higher nature, there is a symbolic moment during which he must secure the mantle of a celestial goddess.
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The last full moon of summer is a blue moon, if we abide by the definition that the second full moon in one month is blue, which presents us with a unique opportunity this week.
