Valentine's Moon: The Way Forward is Written in the Stars
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Conjunction of Crescents
... A waxing crescent Moon and a waning crescent Venus are found at opposite corners of this twilight telephoto field of view. The close conjunction of the two brightest celestial beacons in planet Earth's western evening sky was captured on February 1 from Rosario, Argentina. On that date, the slender crescent Moon was about 3 days old...
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For millennia, people believed the brilliant "star" seen in the morning sky, known as Phosphorus ("Bringer of Dawn"
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, and the equally bright "star" glowing in the evening, called Hesperus ("the star of the evening"
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, were two separate celestial bodies.
Both had been long recognized as unusual wandering stars, "planets" (wanderer), distinct from the fixed stars that maintained constant positions relative to each other.
Finally, sky-watchers realized these two apparently different "stars" were, in fact, the same celestial object: the planet Venus. They had to free themselves from the beliefs of centuries to discover this.
The moon will be Full on Valentine's Day. I think we can cheerfully call this "Valentine's Moon" rather than the traditional name for February's full moon since we all need more Light than Dark this year!
Let us take a fresh look at the dogmas of the past and do our best to not let them return in our future. Beliefs can be changed.
Even some groups of magas are waking up.
Keep talking to them when possible. I had coffee with one yesterday. Very little was said of politics--what was said was circumspect on both our parts--do not fall into the maga trap of complete disengagement.
Happy Upcoming Valentines Moon