STAR GAZING
Autumn 2003
NUT, Egyptian sky goddess and star-walker
Greetings
lovers of the starry night...You've been drawn here thru stellar resonance, calling you, for connection...
The crisp, clear skies of fall & winter
make this a fine season to get out and stargaze...Use a sky map so you can find your way around.
Links at the bottom of the page
to printable versions of sky maps.
And try to get away from light-polluted city areas
in order to truly
resonate with & appreciate
the magnificence of our heavenly dome.Wondering just how bad light pollution is?
Well, check this out!
*earth at night********************************************************
Below you'll find:
* STARDUST: astrological timing
* Shamanistic look at the stars
General highlights:
Don't miss our sky showing off!
For perfect planet & star gazing, visit:"Sky at a Glance" page for current sky-gazing
The nights around the
Full Moon (Sept 10 - Oct 10 - Nov 9(lunar eclipse) - Dec 6)
the sky is bright with moonlight, making it a bit difficult to see the stars clearly ~ but it's a nice time to Moon Gaze...
New moon
First quarter
Full moon
Last quarter
Autumn STARDUST
astrological high moments
sept-oct-nov-dec 2003
And PLEASE NOTE:
Signs of the Zodiac are not the same as Constellations!
They matched some 2'600 years ago, but have since shifted.
Zodiac signs (your sun sign/horoscope) are based on the Earth-Sun relation; at Spring Equinox, the relation Earth-Sun is such that the forces of daylight equal those of night, and it
sets off a new cycle.
Thus this first day of Spring begins
0° Aries, the Zodiac's leading energy.But this 0° Aries Zodiac point currently falls in the constellation of Pisces, (and is gradually moving towards Aquarius, thus the famous "age of Aquarius").
Tropical astrologers (the majority)
consider this zodiacal cycle more pertinant.
Sidereal astrologers give more importance to the constellations.
Hindu or Vedic astrology is sidereal.times below given in UT (GMT)
to find your time:
EX. Chicago time (Central) = CST => UT -6.
So if the time below is marked 3pm, your local Chicago time = 9amLINKS for exploring the symbolism are provided. Use your back button to return to this page.
times below given in UT (GMT)
Sun enters LIBRA: Sept 23, 10:48am // AUTUMN EQUINOX
New moon: Sept 26, 3:10am (3° Libra)
Mars direct: Sept 27Mercury enters Libra: Oct 7
Venus enters Scorpio: Oct 9
Full moon: Oct 10, 7:29am (17° Libra-Aries)
**A Grand Square with the Saturn-Chiron oppostion at 14°Cancer-Capricorn**~
Slow down and ... Venus trine Mars --- cha-cha-cha!Neptune direct: Oct 23
Sun enters SCORPIO: Oct 23, 8:10pm
Mercury enters Scorpio: Oct 24
New moon: Oct 25, 12:51pm (2° Scorpio)
This new moon is conjunct Mercury, trining Pisces Mars ~ time to understand Deep Diving and Soul Revival, we can then act on the insights...
Saturn retrograde today (14° Cancer)- Direct on March 7 2004Saturn sextile Jupiter sextile Mercury: Nov 1
Venus enters Sagittarius: Nov 2
Uranus direct: Nov 8
(Just love Uranus stations! But then I was born on one!)
Full moon: Nov 9, 1:14am (17° Scorpio-Taurus) LUNAR ECLIPSE
Lightworkers the world over are calling this a HARMONIC CONCORDANCE
This is one powerful Full Moon, friends. A Total Eclipse of the Moon, forming a Grand Sextile, the Star of David configuration: 2 Grand Trines interweaving:
Sun-Mars-Saturn in water sextile with Moon-Jupiter-Chiron in earth
Links for info on HARMONIC CONCORDANCE:
Steve McFadden on Astrosite
Kelley Hunter
Mercury enters Sagittarius: Nov 12
Mars opposition Jupiter (16° Pisces-Virgo): Nov 20
t-square PlutoSun enters SAGITTAIRIUS: Nov 22, 5:44pm
New moon: Nov 23, 11:00pm (2° Sagittarius) SOLAR ECLIPSEMoon-Mercury-Pluto conjunct (19-20° Sag): Nov 25
(square Pisces Mars and Virgo Jupiter)Venus enters Capricorn: Nov 27
Mercury enters Capricorn: Dec 2
Full moon: Dec 8, 8:38pm (17° Sag-Gemini) Sun-Pluto opp Moon
Sun conjunct Pluto exact: Dec 12Mars enters ARIES: Dec 16 (who's happy here, fellow Aries!?)
Mercury retrograde: Dec 17Venus enters Aquarius: Dec 21
Sun enters CAPRICORN: Dec 22, 7:05am WINTER SOLSTICE
New moon: Dec 23, 9:44am (2° Capricorn) Sun-Moon square Aries MarsSun conjunct retro Mercury (5° Capricorn): Dec 27
Uranus enters Pisces: Dec 30
retro Mercury returns to Sag: Dec 30
Sun opposition Saturn: Dec 31
Shamanic Knowledge
concerning this seasons's star groups
high in the sky from west to east, at midnight, more or less.
Plus remarks from Star Shaman & astronomer Page Bryant, from her book "Starwalking: Shamanic Practices for Traveling into the Night Sky". This pioneering, informative and thought-provoking book is packed with stories, and serious, practical shamanic & astronomical info. (Her remarks repeated here often draw on Julius Staal from his "Patterns in the Sky.")
The constellations from roughly Capricorn to Gemini will be found along the Zodiacal belt throughout fall. Try to identify them with a good sky map.
THIS IS BEING UPDATEd...
SORRY, NOT FINISHED YET!
YO! Get out there & Gaze!
So, what does Star-gazing mean to you?
For newcomers, the waiting and watching in the (often cold) night can be off-putting at first, but the rewards are priceless.
For others, it's a life-long love affair with the cosmic dome, a source of high inspiration.
And some find the stars and night sky useful for shamanic activity and travelling, for penetrating deeply into other dimensions of awareness.Open yourself to Sky Spirit
and the Currents of our Cosmos
~ you will certainly discover new worlds...
Click here for a good, printable
sky map ~
Use your back button to get back here and to continue exploring...
or go to
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for a total overview
