Every Monday evening I attend a local yoga class. During the relaxation at the end of each class when we are all snuggled up beneath our blankets, the yoga teacher reads us a thought for the day.
The Big Dipper has held a significant position in the astronomy of regions as diverse as China, Central America, Europe, northern Africa, and western Asia. What makes this group of stars so important?
The other day while preparing to write this column, my fouryear- old son said he wanted to help me work. I said I was sure he'd have much more fun if he went out to play.
Planets align this month with Acubens, a star in the constellation of Cancer, to indicate a direct daily path to communication with star beings and ascended masters. By July 9, Mercury will have traversed backward through the zodiac to expand the conversation to include the Sun.
The same three stars mentioned in last month’s article will grace the early afternoon and position themselves overhead again in September — just a little later in the day. This month Dubhe, Merak, and Praecipua all fall between the Sun and Moon shortly before the new moon on September 5.
Remember Aesop’s fable about the Wind and the Sun? They were having a dispute about who was stronger, so the Sun challenged the Wind to see who could succeed in getting a man who was walking down the road to remove his coat. The Wind, being a dynamic sort of being, elected to go first.
