The Storyteller's Night Sky
The Storyteller's Night Sky, produced and hosted by Mary Stewart Adams, tells us about the stories written above us in the stars. Adams explores ancient mythologies, poetry, astrology, astronomy, and more. The Storyteller's Night Sky ran on IPR News Radio until early 2025. Find her latest work here.
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And so it is with “The Storyteller’s Night Sky”: after over 13 years airing on Interlochen Public Radio, this will be the final episode here. -
This week the night sky is visually stunning, and astrologically dynamic. -
This week the story in the stars is all about Mars, which came closest to the Earth on Sunday, will be blocked by the Moon just past Full Phase on Monday, and then makes its opposition with the Sun on Wednesday. -
It won't be as dramatic a year, celestially, but there are still plenty of things to watch out for in the stars in 2025. -
Once the long night of the solstice has commenced, it’s appropriate to quietly reflect on the year past and to anticipate the year ahead, not just for a moment, but for the full 12 days of Christmas, which begin with the birth of inner light on Christmas Eve, at midnight. -
Looking into the sky this solstice week there’s a lovely celestial set up going on that can support a mood of inner stillness, one that mimics the apparent stillness of the sun when it comes to its solstice moment in the early hours on Saturday the 21st.
