The Storyteller's Night Sky

The first moon of autumn will come full on Spet. 29, which is celebrated as Michaelmas in the Christian calendar, Feast of the Archangel Michael, who defeats the dragon.

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.

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.

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.

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.

At the end of this week, the planet Saturn makes its annual opposition with the sun, from among the stars of Aquarius, where it’s not too far from one of the Four Royal Stars of Ancient Persia, the star Fomalhaut.

Once we’ve passed the halfway point in the season, it becomes obvious that sunset is arriving earlier and greater darkness is setting in, which is all the more reason to celebrate the awe and wonder of the cosmic phenomenon of meteor showers.

The spectacular show in the sky this week shines a light on the celestial lineage of Zeus and two of his children, both immortalized as constellations that are prominent this month.