Mary Stewart Adams

The planet Venus moves close to the star Spica this week, where the star is held in the arms of Virgo, the maiden. What can it mean? Let’s start with the…

On Sunday the planet Mercury completed its retrograde and resumed its direct, or eastward motion. This coming weekend, the planet Mars will do the same…

After last Saturday’s New Moon, we entered the sacred sequence of days leading up to the 7th Night of the 7th Moon in the Chinese tradition, which brings…

The Perseid Meteor Shower reaches its peak just after New Moon this weekend, which means that if the weather cooperates, the conditions are ideal for a…

We’re halfway through the Summer, and now the meteor showers begin! In August the daylight noticeably wanes, but as compensation, the starlight gains, and…

The end of July marks the halfway point in the season, known traditionally as “cross quarter day.” But before we get to that point this year, we pass…

The story I really want to tell this week is about the early 20th century American socialite and art collector Isabella Stewart Gardner, so I’m going to…

There’s so much happening in the sky this week, starting with the planet Jupiter, which changes direction after nearly four months of retrograde motion;…

This week the Earth arrives at that place in its orbital path that is furthest away from the Sun. This is called its “aphelion” and it will happen on…

The end of this week brings the end of this month, but not before the ringed planet Saturn opposes the Sun and the Moon comes to Full Phase. Saturn and…