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Category: calendar, seasons, time

Venus Valentina

Valentine’s morning (tomorrow) will be toward the last for seeing the two inner planets together as they stoop toward the Sun.

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Author GuyPosted on 2016-02-132016-11-20Categories art, astronomy, calendar, seasons, timeTags Venus. Valentine's Day4 Comments on Venus Valentina

Fortieth day from Christmas

Tor, good afternoon, your February 2 birthday is coming around again – your eleventh! And it will also be Groundhog Day again. A year ago, Continue reading “Fortieth day from Christmas”

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Yet another definition of midwinter

A group met on the third Monday of the month, Continue reading “Yet another definition of midwinter”

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Author GuyPosted on 2016-01-222016-11-19Categories calendar, seasons, time, miscellaneousTags seasons8 Comments on Yet another definition of midwinter

Closely confined

There are two more sky events for Wednesday, though unlike Continue reading “Closely confined”

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The Twelfth Day of Christmas

I opened the front door and was confronted by a ladder. Continue reading “The Twelfth Day of Christmas”

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Author GuyPosted on 2016-01-062016-11-18Categories calendar, seasons, timeTags calendars, Christmas, seasons8 Comments on The Twelfth Day of Christmas

Does the bloodroot hear?

Today, January 5, came the latest sunrise, Continue reading “Does the bloodroot hear?”

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Sun Enters Sagittarius, or Doesn’t

The Sun progresses on November 22  from Scorpio into Sagittarius, according to the ancient system of “signs.”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-11-212016-11-17Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, timeTags astrological constellations, astronomical constellations3 Comments on Sun Enters Sagittarius, or Doesn’t

Propositions Underfoot

When the pilgrims arrived at the scene of my Astronomical Calendar 2016 cover picture, they had walked more than five hundred miles Continue reading “Propositions Underfoot”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-11-122016-11-17Categories astronomy, best?, calendar, seasons, time, history, archaeology, language, miscellaneous, places10 Comments on Propositions Underfoot

Friggatriskaidekaphobia

Here’s the news from the evening sky: Continue reading “Friggatriskaidekaphobia”

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Author GuyPosted on 2015-11-112016-11-17Categories astronomy, calendar, seasons, time, miscellaneousTags Friday, numerology, superstition2 Comments on Friggatriskaidekaphobia

The Laughter of the Stars – 1

Tomorrow, Saturday September 19, is Fall Astronomy Day.

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