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The spring equinox comes our way this week. It’s striking when the first Full Moon of the Spring is eclipsed, because this is the Moon that is used in most cultural and religious traditions of the Northern Hemisphere to determine the dates for the Spring festivals of renewal.
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On Wednesday, the crescent Moon will appear beside Jupiter in the evening sky, two hours after sunset looking west. And so begins this week’s grand adventure.
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This year, March is the month when the planet Venus, as morning star, gives way to the glare of the Sun.
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The waning gibbous Moon will move from the region of Virgo stars to Libra, where, on Friday morning, it will be near the star Zubenelgenubi.
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To say that the moon will be full on Saturday, Feb. 24, is a simple statement of astronomical observation, and yet, it’s so much more.
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Only once every 12 years will the Olympian King of the Gods stand beside the lead star of the zodiac with the Moon sweeping by on Valentine’s Day, and it’s happening this year.
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Aphrodite for the ancient Greeks bore the name Venus in the ancient Roman world, and the planet of love and beauty that bears this goddess’s name is the most brilliant object in the sky, after Sun and Moon.
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The Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli’s 15th century painting Primavera is uniquely related to this week’s morning sky scene, especially Thursday, February 1st, when the gibbous Moon wanes past the star Spica an hour before sunrise.
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There are three things that draw my attention to this week’s Full Moon, which occurs on Thursday, January 25 around noon.
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With last week’s New Moon as the first of the New Year, it’s time to look at what everybody else is doing. This week my eye is on Venus.