Mary Stewart Adams

This week, Wednesday marks the 219th anniversary of the birth of the American essayist, poet, and philosopher Ralph Waldo Emerson, and given that the Moon is waning through the dawn and approaching Venus as morning star at the same time, it’s fitting to consider Emerson’s essay on “Love.”

At solar eclipse we get to let off steam, so that was April 30. At lunar eclipse, we receive further forces of destiny. That happens May 16. And what happens in between, where we are this week?

The poetry of the morning sky is undeniable this week, as the Moon descends through the dawn in the spectacular company of Saturn, Mars, Venus and Jupiter.

The Lyrid Meteor Shower is active from April 15 to the 29th, and best viewing should be overnight Friday night, April 22nd, before the Moon rises.

It’s easy to get distracted by what we can see in the sky this week, given that all the naked eye planets in our system and the Moon will be visible, but of course, it’s what we can’t see that’s got my attention.

There’s an exciting celestial event upon us that has the astrology community all a-buzz right now: the meeting up of the planets Jupiter and Neptune next week. So let’s talk about it!

Apparently the position of the Moon this week will provide an optimal moment for something never attempted before: a photograph of the people of the Earth in infrared.

The Equinox already happened, occurring on on Sunday, March 20, when the Sun crossed over the Celestial Equator heading North, and a balance was struck between day and night.

The Full Moon that happens on Friday this week will be the last Full Moon of the Winter Season, right near the star that marks the tail of Leo, the lion.

The configuration of planets and stars in the morning sky this week suggests that we’re in a “threshold crossing” moment.