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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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.