The Storyteller's Night Sky
Each week on The Storyteller's Night Sky, Mary Stewart Adams tells us about the stories written above us in the stars. Based in Harbor Springs, she explores ancient mythologies, poetry, astrology, astronomy, and more. Listen Mondays during Morning Edition, at 6:49 and 8:49 a.m.
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In every two-year orbital period, Mars makes one retrograde loop that takes about 80 days, which means it travels three times through one region of sky ~ in this case, it’s in the region of Gemini twins.
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The days are ordered according to the planets in an alternating rhythm of one that is between Earth and Sun to one that is beyond Earth and Sun.
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It wasn’t the soul’s claim of purity that won him over, it was the weight of the soul’s heart that mattered.
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With the equinox just passed, we enter the season of shorter days and longer nights. But that’s not all.
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On Wednesday, September 18th at 10:36 A.M. the Moon will rival the Sun for a few dramatic moments at the horizon.
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A fascinating signature of the Mysteries is appearing in the sky right now, involving the planets Saturn and Mercury and the constellations Aquarius and Leo.