Whether Life is a Stone in Me or a Star

The Storyteller's Night Sky

#Arts #Mary Stewart Adams

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After realizing his dreams of playing in the NHL might not happen, Troy Vollhoffer went from scrapping with the captain of the Boston Bruins to fighting to get his production company off the ground. After decades of putting on the largest country music festivals in the world, Troy Vollhoffer has no signs of slowing down. It’s a special episode of On The Bus, as Country Thunder CEO Troy Vollhoffer hands the wheel over to his good friend Nick Meinema. Growing up in an entertainment household is how Troy got bit by the showbiz bug. Troy reveals to Nick how he went from poolside milkshakes with Redd Foxx to growing up and overseeing the longest-running country music festival in North America. Nick has Troy share some of his favorite Country Thunder moments and reflect on how special it is to work with megastars like Reba McEntire, George Strait, and Taylor Swift.…

大约1年之前 1:51

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Moon passes by Mars among Gemini stars this week, where the red planet will soon make its biennial retrograde loop, which finds it passing through these stars several times from now until April 2025.

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Whether Life is a Stone in Me or a Star

The Storyteller's Night Sky

published 大约1年之前

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Moon passes by Mars among Gemini stars this week, where the red planet will soon make its biennial retrograde loop, which finds it passing through these stars several times from now until April 2025.

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#Arts #Mary Stewart Adams

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The Storyteller's Night Sky

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Potent Opportunity on the Path to Equinox 5:00

2天之前5:00

5:00

Sun and Moon get in a game of celestial teeter totter with Saturn just prior to equinox, setting the stage for dynamic encounter with the self in an endlessly turning world

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A Holy Secret on September 14 3:50

12天之前3:50

3:50

The Moon was fully eclipsed last Sunday and will spend this week waning through its gibbous phase, until it arrives at the last quarter of its cycle next Sunday, September 14th, when it reaches the horns of Taurus, the Bull, activating a "holy secret."

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On the Way to Full Moon with An Eclipse Behind 3:17

19天之前3:17

3:17

On Sept 7 there’s a Total Eclipse of the Moon, only visible on one side of the Earth, in Asia, not in the US. The Moon will rise Saturday evening, the night before eclipse, 20 minutes before the Sun sets, the two great lights straddling the horizon, “dividing the day from the night, a sign for seasons, and days, and years.”…

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The Thickest Region of Milky Way Activates the Best Love Stories 3:21

25天之前3:21

3:21

In August, there’s a formula for finding the most romantic night of the season: Once the Moon comes New, count seven nights while watching for the summer’s brightest star to reach the zenith. Then the conditions are right for the love story that unfolds overhead, bridging the vast expanse of the Milky Way river of stars, and gathering us all in its wake.…

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Crescent Moon Bears Sunlight, Starlight and Meteor Light to Earth 3:23

5 weeks之前3:23

3:23

This week's waning crescent Moon is a boat of spirit knowledge, bearing earthward all it has gathered in the celestial light throughout the month and bringing it ashore during the few days before New Phase when we don’t see it.

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Venus, Jupiter and the Perseids ~ Here Begins a New Life 4:16

6 weeks之前4:16

4:16

Tuesday morning, the planets Venus and Jupiter will be spectacularly close, while overnight Tuesday, the Perseids come to their peak. It is the stuff of the world's greatest love stories, and you don't want to miss it, any of it.

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Tennyson's Telescope 4:34

7 weeks之前4:34

4:34

The convergence of things that takes place every year in the first week of August includes the seasonal cross quarter; the Christian Feast of the Transfiguration; and the anniversary of the birth of Victorian poet Alfred Tennyson, whose love of astronomy is a celebration of this starry season.

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Cross-Quarter and Star-Crossed Love 3:58

8 weeks之前3:58

3:58

The drama of Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet' occurs in this season, and asks us to take care, for when we do not heed the abundance of love and harmony pouring forth from the heaven’s brink, the stars guiding our humanity may cross.

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The True Self in this Week's Piscean Pile Up 4:29

10 weeks之前4:29

4:29

There's a pile up of planets in Pisces this week, calling us to wake!

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Uranus, Saturn, and the Moon 4:24

11 weeks之前4:24

4:24

There’s a culmination in the stars this week, with Uranus changing signs on Monday, and Saturn beginning its four-month retrograde after midnight Saturday. In between, the summer’s first Full Moon occurs, a remarkably fertile time when all available light is reflected to us from the thickest region of Milky Way stars.…

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Venus, Uranus, and Pleiades Meet Friday 4:26

12 weeks之前4:26

4:26

The stars that guide the soul to the most noble bonds of friendship this week.

The Storyteller's Night Sky

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Sun, Jupiter, Moon all Lined Up in Gemini 3:27

13 weeks之前3:27

3:27

The classical Greek myth of Leto and her twins, Apollo and Artemis ~ Sun and Moon ~ is unfolding overhead in the sky this week.

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What Have We to Truly Offer at Solstice 3:59

14 weeks之前3:59

3:59

We are part of an incredible planetary system ~ a living breathing harmonious social organism, and we are asked to take a noble place within it, especially at Solstice, when Earth forces are breathed out to the cosmos in full offering of itself.

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The Moon of Milk and Honey 3:29

15 weeks之前3:29

3:29

The Moon will be Full after midnight on Wednesday, looking south along the Milky Way river of stars. The June Moon is the “Honey Moon,” and since it's Full in front of the thickest region of the Milky Way, this week's all about the land of milk and honey .

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Our Stately Progress Through the Stars 3:07

16 weeks之前3:07

3:07

The poetry and story this week is inspired by the planet Venus at its greatest elongation west of the Sun, which means the goddess of love and beauty is furthest away from the Sun, rising nearly two hours before sunrise.

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Last New Moon of Spring 3:15

16 weeks之前3:15

3:15

The cycle of the year unfolds in successive stages that are easily measured by the rhythms of the Earth, Sun, and Moon through the cosmos, and in the sequence of festival days in the various cultures around the world. Monday brings the last New Moon of the Spring in the northern hemisphere, followed by the planet Venus reaching its greatest elongation, or distance, from the Sun next Sunday.…

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Planets Gather in a Skylark Sky 2:46

17 weeks之前2:46

2:46

Into the morning triumph of birdsong before sunrise come Venus, Saturn, Neptune, and Moon ~ scene that only happens every 30 years or so.

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Make it Emily Dickinson Week with the Stars 2:35

18 weeks之前2:35

2:35

The Moon comes Full on Monday, then wanes through the Milky Way on the anniversary of the death of Emily Dickinson, a teller of the All-Embracing True Tales (as the ancients called poetry and myth).

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Meteors and Mother Goose 3:15

20 weeks之前3:15

3:15

The Eta Aquariid Meteor Shower peaks overnight Monday to Tuesday, while that Ole Mother Goose Cygnus the Swan takes wing over the Northeast horizon, trailing a Milky Way of stars!

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How to Approach the Celestial Gateway 3:05

20 weeks之前3:05

3:05

Wednesday night is the eve of the season's cross quarter day, the halfway point in the Spring. At the eve, a secret portal opens, but we have to be aware, because Jupiter and Moon are standing at the door as guardians, to see whether we can pass of our own, or whether we must be "butted" through!

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In the Vast Fields of Starlight for Dark Sky Week 3:07

21 weeks之前3:07

3:07

It's the week of the April New Moon, which means it's time for celebrating international dark sky week. And don't miss Venus and Saturn, setting the stage for an exercise in contemplation during the Moon's dark phase.

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A Ceremony of Dew and Stars 3:21

23 weeks之前3:21

3:21

The Moon gave way on Saturday, when it came to its Full Phase below the celestial equator, the furthest-away Full Moon for the year. And with Mercury and Venus now both in direct motion again, these three destiny planets support a mood of moving forward to meet the spiritual new year at last.

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The Resurrection Forces of Spring 3:14

23 weeks之前3:14

3:14

Though the Sun came to its equinox moment two weeks ago, the Moon only yields its position of dominance in the Northern Celestial Hemisphere this week, unleashing the year's high cosmic mystery. And this year, Venus ends its retrograde at the same moment ~ standing still to see what rises with human hearts to meet the mystery.…

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Neptune in Aries~Ours if Our Hearts Are Wise 2:49

25 weeks之前2:49

2:49

This week, the planet Neptune moves from tropical Pisces into Aries, across the vernal point out of the water and into the fire. How will we meet it?

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The Forces of Destiny & Our Writing Among the Stars 2:44

26 weeks之前2:44

2:44

The celestial bodies that weave with human destiny (Moon, Mercury, Venus) are making unique gestures right now, and with Neptune about to change signs, it's time to state your intentions and not wait on what dreams may come.

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Equinox, Venus, and the Sacred Marriage 2:32

27 weeks之前2:32

2:32

Equinox comes on Thursday like an invitation from life to celebrate our soul-spirit nature while Venus helps us know how this mystery lives in the heart.

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Doing Shadow Work at Eclipse 2:29

28 weeks之前2:29

2:29

There’s a Total Lunar Eclipse overnight Thursday to Friday this week (March 13-14), and the best way to prepare for it is to find a place to catch moonrise and sunset the evening before it happens, and then, to do a bit of ceremony.

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Venus retrograde ~ When Love Speaks 2:17

29 weeks之前2:17

2:17

In its current retrograde motion, Venus is looking into the secret in human hearts, gathering them up for carrying to the core with us, when it meets the Sun March 22nd.

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The Planets are Aligning ~ Don't Go Back to Sleep 2:34

30 weeks之前2:34

2:34

This week the line up from west to east after sunset is Mercury, Saturn, Venus, Jupiter, and Mars, with Moon joining the parade on Friday. It begs the question: What’s lining up in our own lives?

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The Moon, Spica, and the Great Treasure Hunt 2:04

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