Another birthday.
And – the stupendous forces affecting our planetary lives.
The study of which is the science & art of astrology.
A Story today.
Driving west last night in the dark, through small towns and
fields of rolled hay, to our left the silver waxing crescent shape
of the new moon appeared. There it was all by itself.
I was able to see the dark side of the moon too.
Suspended first in the dusk, then in the dark. Just there. A crescent reflecting the light of the Sun.
It followed us through the little towns, over the river, through the parks, the abandoned places where no one lived anymore.
I wondered, did the moon rise last night or did it settle below the horizon? Later on I couldn’t find it. Maybe it was hidden in the tall trees.

Later, I found myself alone in the dark, waiting for a friend.
Way out in the middle of a woods.
Fifteen miles from any source of light.
No light from any town or city.
Just the light of the stars inviting me, seeking light, to look up.
And so I did.
I saw multiple shapes & geometries, gatherings of star clusters, triangles, squares, points of light here & there & lines made by star alignments. I didn’t know what their names were, but I felt I knew them anyway. Each one a story. Like us!
Actually I forgot till now – I saw several meteors too last night!
Thin lines of light quickly blazing through the sky. Pre-showers.
This weekend, from Scorpio’s radiant (center) is the Orion meteor shower.

Tonight, October 18th the moon’s waxing crescent will be close to Antares – the bright red star in Scorpio. About Antares, something we can know when we see Antares & the moon tonight.

Multiple streams of energy play upon & affects our planetary life, such as those coming from Antares, Betelgeuse, from other stupendous suns and solar systems related to the constellations of the zodiac & whose force reaches us daily. Major forces streaming into our planetary life produce definite effects upon individuals and upon humanity as a whole. More of these forces are: The Seven Stars in the Great Bear (Seven Rays), The Seven Stars in the Pleiades, & from the blue/white star, Sirius (a triangle of force), the 12 constellations, the 7 sacred & non sacred planets. These are but a few of what streams into our planet affecting all the kingdoms of Earth. The true study of astrology has to do with understanding these forces. This is a stupendous subject & we have so far only reached the veil that surrounds these forces in terms of understanding & thus working with them.

And so, for our night during October.
Making contact with something begins with having knowledge of them…

Here is information on the heavens and stars & the moon during October. https://earthsky.org/astronomy-essentials/visible-planets-tonight-mars-jupiter-venus-saturn-mercury/?mc_cid=0f38624427

Someone in my family has a birthday today. I send them prayers for their coming new year. And to tell them they are perfect.
love, Risa