Tag: astronomy

View Prominent Jupiter on March 8, 2016!

Earth’s closest approach to Jupiter in 2016 occurs on March 8 @18Virgo, precisely opposing the degree of the March 9, 2016 Solar Eclipse @18Pis56. Yes, that’s Jupiter you’re seeing in the morning sky but for further information on viewing the Gas Giant, don’t miss Brian Ventrudo’s An Observer’s Guide to Planet Jupiter which includes a NASA video of the Great Benefic, the largest planet in our

July 14, 2015 Pluto opposes Mars and SIRIUS for its historic New Horizons Flyby

Today’s Pluto Flyby to Give a Closer Look at the Outermost Planet

July 14, 2015: During the dark of the Moon, the shady days leading up to the July 15th *New Moon @23Cancer–which conjoins US natal Mercury Rx–at 7:49 am ET today, NASA’s New Horizons reached Pluto for its closest flyby and some sharper images sporting higher resolution than ever before seen will result of Astrology’s planet of

Summer 2015: a Starry Summer Triangle, Pluto’s historic flyby – Cosmic Pursuits (plus, astro-notes)

Cosmic Pursuits, Brian Ventrudo’s excellent astronomy website and newsletter, gives us a heads-up on the brilliant Summer Triangle of stars Vega, Altair, and Deneb (Adige) with double star Albireo twinkling colorfully in the triangle’s center.

Of course, depending on your vantage point, the trio may be called the Winter Triangle!

Now let’s consider a little astrology concerning Vega (Alpha

The Sun’s magnetic field is about to flip

Before you panic, this is an occurrence that happens approximately every eleven years at the midpoint of the solar cycle.  We are currently in a “Solar Max” period, even though this has been a mild one. As humans we depend on the light of the Sun.  The astrological Sun feeds our vitality and quality of being, and when there is a solar storm or a coronal mass ejection we are affected here on earth.  Cosmic rays disrupt the electrical systems on earth, and as humans we are surrounded by an […]

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