Month: November 2021

November 30 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on November 30 has an illumination of 20%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 30 the Moon is 25.19 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 20%
Moon Age: 25.19 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 372,525.55 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,513,892.41 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

30 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Sagittarius 40
Moon:18 Libra 03
Mercury:09 Sagittarius 29
Venus:20 Capricorn 17
Mars:21 Scorpio 09
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 20
Saturn:08 Aquarius 57
Uranus:11 Taurus 46 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 02
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 43
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 11 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 59
Chiron:08 Aries 36 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 17 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 29
Juno:05 Capricorn 35
Vesta:07 Sagittarius 36
Eris:23 Aries 50 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 30, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Sagittarius 57
Moon:22 Libra 13
Mercury:09 Sagittarius 56
Venus:20 Capricorn 27
Mars:21 Scorpio 21
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 23
Saturn:08 Aquarius 58
Uranus:11 Taurus 46 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 02
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 43
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 10 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Gemini 01
Chiron:08 Aries 36 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 13 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 31
Juno:05 Capricorn 41
Vesta:07 Sagittarius 46
Eris:23 Aries 50 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2021 November 30

In Motion: Uranus and Moons

Video Credit: David Campbell (U. Hertfordshire), Bayfordbury ObservatoryExplanation: What’s that moving across the sky? A planet just a bit too faint to see with the unaided eye: Uranus. The gas giant out past Saturn was tracked earlier this month near opposition — when it was closest to Earth and at its brightest. The featured video captured by the Bayfordbury Observatory in Hertfordshire, UK is a four-hour time-lapse showing Uranus with its four largest moons in tow: Titania, Oberon, Umbriel and Ariel. Uranus’ apparent motion past background stars is really dominated by Earth’s own orbital motion around our Sun. The cross seen centered on Uranus is called a diffraction spike and is caused by light diffracting around the four arms that hold one of the telescope‘s mirrors in place. The rotation of the diffraction spikes is not caused by the rotation of Uranus but, essentially, by the rotation of the Earth. During the next few months Uranus itself will be visible with binoculars, but, as always, to see its moons will require a telescope.

30 November Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on November 30 has an illumination of 20%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 30 the Moon is 25.19 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 20%
Moon Age: 25.19 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 372,525.55 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,513,892.41 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

30 November 2021
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Sagittarius 14
Moon:12 Libra 10
Mercury:08 Sagittarius 50
Venus:20 Capricorn 02
Mars:20 Scorpio 52
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 17
Saturn:08 Aquarius 55
Uranus:11 Taurus 47 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 01
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 43
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 13 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 56
Chiron:08 Aries 37 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 23 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 26
Juno:05 Capricorn 26
Vesta:07 Sagittarius 23
Eris:23 Aries 50 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

 

Obliquity of the Nine Planets

 

Southwestern Hemisphere All Tomorrow

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

30 November 2021
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:08 Sagittarius 50
Moon:20 Libra 25
Mercury:09 Sagittarius 45
Venus:20 Capricorn 23
Mars:21 Scorpio 16
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 22
Saturn:08 Aquarius 57
Uranus:11 Taurus 46 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 02
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 43
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 11 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):15 Gemini 00

Chiron:08 Aries 36 Rx

Ceres:04 Gemini 15 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 30
Juno:05 Capricorn 38
Vesta:07 Sagittarius 42
Eris:23 Aries 50 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

November 29 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on November 29 has an illumination of 30%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 29 the Moon is 24.13 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 30%
Moon Age: 24.13 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 376,969.54 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,538,312.98 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

29 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Sagittarius 39
Moon:04 Libra 03
Mercury:07 Sagittarius 55
Venus:19 Capricorn 40
Mars:20 Scorpio 27
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 13
Saturn:08 Aquarius 52
Uranus:11 Taurus 49 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 00
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 15 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 53
Chiron:08 Aries 37 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 31 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 22
Juno:05 Capricorn 13
Vesta:07 Sagittarius 04
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 29, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Sagittarius 57
Moon:08 Libra 05
Mercury:08 Sagittarius 22
Venus:19 Capricorn 51
Mars:20 Scorpio 39
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 15
Saturn:08 Aquarius 53
Uranus:11 Taurus 48 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 01
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 43
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 14 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 55
Chiron:08 Aries 37 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 27 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 24
Juno:05 Capricorn 19
Vesta:07 Sagittarius 13
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

November 29 Today In History

Today’s Important Historical Events

  • 526 A possible date for the Antioch earthquake in present-day Syria (then the Byzantine Empire) which killed 200,000 people
  • 1745 Bonnie Prince Charlie‘s army moves into Manchester and occupies Carlisle
  • 1877 US inventor Thomas Edison demonstrates his hand-cranked phonograph for the first time
  • 1935 Physicist Erwin Schrödinger publishes his famous thought experiment “Schrödinger’s cat”, a paradox that illustrates the problem of the Copenhagen interpretation of quantum mechanics
  • 1951 1st underground atomic explosion at Frenchman Flat in Nevada

Today’s Historical Events

  • 526 A possible date for the Antioch earthquake in present-day Syria (then the Byzantine Empire) which killed 200,000 people
  • 799 Pope Leo III, aided by Charles the Great, returns to Rome
  • 1349 Jews of Augsburg, Germany massacred
  • 1516 Treaty of Freiburg: French/Swiss “eternal” peace treaty
  • 1561 Lofland subjects himself on Sigismund August II of Poland
  • 1573 Don Luis de Requesensy Zuniga succeeds duke of Alva as land guardian of Netherlands
  • 1581 Doornik (Tournai) surrenders to Duke of Parma
  • 1596 King Philip II devalues Spanish currency

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

  • 1948 Puppet TV show”Kukla, Fran, & Ollie” starring Fran Allison debuts on NBC
  • 1948 1st opera to be televised, “Othello”, broadcast from the Met (NYC)
  • 1948 KOB TV channel 4 in Albuquerque, NM (NBC) begins broadcasting
  • 1953 WSIX TV channel 8 in Nashville, TN (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1971 1st pro golf championship at Walt Disney World
  • 1989 8th Largest wrestling crowd UFW U-Cosmos (60,000-Tokyo Dome)
  • 1991 TV show “Roc” has a gay wedding episode – Can’t Help Loving that Man
  • 1995 CNNfn, a financial network by Turner Enterprises is launched
  • 2017 American TV host Matt Lauer is fired from NBC’s “Today” show after an allegation of sexual misconduct

Today’s Historical Music Events

  • 1825 1st Italian opera in US, “Barber of Seville” premieres (NYC)
  • 1921 Z Parenteau & Schuyler Green’s musical “Kiki” premieres in NYC
  • 1956 “Bells Are Ringing” opens at Shubert Theater NYC for 925 performances
  • 1959 2nd Grammy Awards: Mack The Knife, Bobby Darin wins
  • 1963 “I Want to Hold Your Hand” single released by the Beatles in the United Kingdom
  • 1965 “Anya” opens at Ziegfeld Theater NYC for 16 performances

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

  • 1894 3rd Iron Bowl: Alabama beats Auburn 18-0 in Montgomery
  • 1913 CFL Grey Cup, AAA Grounds, Hamilton: Hamilton Tigers beat Toronto Parkdale, 44-2; second-largest margin of victory in a Grey Cup final
  • 1924 CFL Grey Cup, Varsity Stadium, Toronto: Queen’s University wins 3rd straight Championship; defeat Toronto Balmy Beach, 11-3
  • 1924 NHL’s Montreal Forum opens

What kind of spells could we cast on a Monday?

What kind of spells could we cast on a Monday?

As it’s a day ruled by the Moon, which is all about feminine energy, Monday is the perfect day to cast fertility and feminine beauty spells.

It’s also a wonderful day to consecrate spiritual, magickal tools and to plant seeds for new projects and dreams.

Which planet influences Monday

The Moon influences Monday. Yes, ancient populations have always followed the lunar and solar cycles, including the Egyptians, the Sumerians, the Babylonians, and the Jews. Today we follow the solar calendar, but the Moon…

To read more about Monday’s Spellwork

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2021 November 29

The Extraordinary Spiral in LL Pegasi

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, Hubble, HLA; Processing & Copyright: Jonathan LodgeDodge

Explanation: What created the strange spiral structure on the upper left? No one is sure, although it is likely related to a star in a binary star system entering the planetary nebula phase, when its outer atmosphere is ejected. The huge spiral spans about a third of a light year across and, winding four or five complete turns, has a regularity that is without precedent. Given the expansion rate of the spiral gas, a new layer must appear about every 800 years, a close match to the time it takes for the two stars to orbit each other. The star system that created it is most commonly known as LL Pegasi, but also AFGL 3068 and IRAS 23166+1655. The featured image was taken in near-infrared light by the Hubble Space Telescope. Why the spiral glows is itself a mystery, with a leading hypothesis being illumination by light reflected from nearby stars.

November 29 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waning Crescent phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on November 29 has an illumination of 30%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 29 the Moon is 24.13 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 30%
Moon Age: 24.13 days
Moon Angle: 0.53
Moon Distance: 376,969.54 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,538,312.98 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

29 November 2021
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Sagittarius 13
Moon:28 Virgo 21
Mercury:07 Sagittarius 15
Venus:19 Capricorn 25
Mars:20 Scorpio 10
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 09
Saturn:08 Aquarius 50
Uranus:11 Taurus 49 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 00
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 16 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 50

Chiron:08 Aries 38 Rx

Ceres:04 Gemini 37 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 19
Juno:05 Capricorn 04
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 50

Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

 

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

29 November 2021
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:07 Sagittarius 49
Moon:06 Libra 21
Mercury:08 Sagittarius 10
Venus:19 Capricorn 47
Mars:20 Scorpio 34
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 14
Saturn:08 Aquarius 53
Uranus:11 Taurus 48 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:25 Capricorn 00
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 14 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 54
Chiron:08 Aries 37 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 29 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 23
Juno:05 Capricorn 17
Vesta:07 Sagittarius 09
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:4
Air:7
Water:3
Cardinal:6
Fixed:4
Mutable:9

Weekly Horoscope Sunday, November 28 to Saturday, December 4, 2021

All Signs

This week begins in a dreamy way that makes us start to wonder about future goals. “What if?” As the week progresses, many of these ideas will start to become a reality. Therefore, this is the week to be confident. Shoot for the stars! Goethe said, “There is one elementary truth the ignorance of which kills countless ideas and splendid plans: that the moment one definitely commits oneself, then Providence moves too. All sorts of things occur to help one that would never otherwise have occurred. A whole stream of events issues from the decision, raising in one’s favor all manner of unforeseen incidents … Whatever you can do, or dream you can do, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now!”

Aries (March 21-April 19)

This is a perfect time to hatch plans for future travel and opportunities to explore your world because these ideas will appeal to you now. Not only do you want to expand your world through travel, many of you also want to expand your world through further education and training. What exciting schools might you attend? Do you want to learn a new language? With Venus at the top of your chart, authority figures are receptive to your suggestions and applications. (Good to know.) Meanwhile, this is a passionate week. However, many of you will also use this energy to help others, especially those who are less fortunate. (Can’t go wrong there.)

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This is an excellent time to dream big and conjure up all kinds of future possibilities because with Jupiter at the top of your chart, this is a fortunate time for you. People see you as successful. Many things will go your way. Furthermore, Saturn at the top of your chart indicates that you are in a time of harvest, when you are reaping the benefits of the last 30 years of your life. (Certainly, the last fifteen.) How timely then, to define some goals this week or at least, to dream big! Travel for pleasure appeals. Your focus on shared property, debt and insurance issues continues to be strong. Tension with partners will ease this week because Neptune softens potential conflicts. What do you want your future to hold?

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Many planets benefit you right now. Some are supportive of you, especially in a practical way, which means gifts, goodies and favours from others will come to you. Your desire to travel and explore the world is strong, which means this is only one area where you can conjure up dreams for the future. Fiery Mars is in the part of your chart that will energize your work efforts. This is an excellent week for creativity, goalsetting and inspiration. By the end of the week, you’re ready to pull yourself up by your bootstraps. You know what you want to achieve and you believe that anything is possible. And it is! (Be patient with partners and close friends while the Sun is opposite your sign. This creates a natural polarity that encourages conflict.)

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

It’s appropriate for you to think about future goals and dream big because you are energized to work hard now. You are very hands-on with your approach to things because you want to be efficient and effective in everything you do. You want to make your actions count. Sometimes inertia holds you back from beginning. You like to cling to familiarity. Read Goethe’s comments in the All Signs section above. He points out that once you commit to a decision, amazing things will unfold – even things you never dreamed would be possible. You have been getting along with less, but you have survived. About 18 months from now, your reputation will be shining! What are you going to do to deserve this? (Apparently something.)

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

This is a playful time with increased activity with kids plus a strong interest in the arts, the entertainment world and a chance to express your creative talents. (The stuff you like.) This week is an excellent time to think about how you can achieve something that is important to you. First visualize what might seem to be impossible. That way you get a handle on how it looks. Define it. Name it. Once you can name it – you’re halfway there. As the week progresses, you can embrace a plan that can unfold in a doable way. This year your focus is on external goals – more than it’s been in the last 17 years.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Your focus on home and family continues, especially because family discussions are important at this time. In particular, they could involve home improvements and repairs. Many of you are entertaining at home as well, and some of you are able to grab a vacation. Yay! However, at the beginning of this dreamy week, you will start to visualize things that you would like to see happen in the future. These things could be related to your career or your work or they might be fun possibilities that offer escape and exciting adventure. You still have wonderful opportunities to improve your health, as well as improve your job. If you’re successful in doing this – what’s next? A marathon?

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

This is a busy active time for you due to short trips, errands, appointments plus, conversations with siblings, relatives and neighbours. Many of you are reading, writing and studying more than usual as well. Nevertheless, this week offers you chances to dream about future possibilities. Some of you will focus on money, cash flow and how to feel more financially secure. Many of you have increased responsibilities with kids or young people at this time. Many of you are also redecorating or entertaining at home and enjoying the beauty of your home. Since these areas are a strong focus, perhaps they will be sources of where you might decide to dream big? Ideas?

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

This week, Mars is in your sign dancing with dreamy Neptune, which prompts you to imagine possible futures for yourself. It makes you focus on ambitious goals. Naturally, this triggers your desire to brainstorm all kinds of possibilities for your future. As the week wears on, you will see ways that some of these dreams can become a reality. You might set about implementing certain plans in a way that they will come to fruition. This energy continues all week. By Friday, you are still enthusiastic about what is possible for your future. This is a wonderful thing! Read the quote by Goethe in All Signs above. The key is commitment to a plan!

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

This is an interesting week because you like to think about your future a lot and in particular, you like to dream big. Well, it so happens that the planetary influences this week push absolutely everyone in that direction. You will feel right at home thinking about future goals and ways to achieve them. With the Sun and Mercury in your sign, this is the perfect time to define clearly what you want for your future. Meanwhile, Venus will attract money and gifts to you this week. At this point in your life, residential moves and job changes are par for the course. Naturally, this leads to new worlds full of new possibilities. It’s exciting!

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

This week will suit you perfectly because this is one of the best times all year to think about future goals. More than most, you take a long range of view of things because you are practical, and also perhaps unconsciously, because you know you are a long-lived sign. Ideas about finances, making money and matters about your financial security are things you might think about this week. You might also see ways to help a charitable organization or those who are less fortunate. Meanwhile, with Venus in your sign, you are unusually charming and diplomatic with everyone.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

This is a fortunate time for you because lucky Jupiter is in your sign, which is something that can happen only once every 12 years. Meanwhile, this is a stage in your life when you are setting off on a new path of re-inventing yourself. What could be more timely than this particular week that encourages daydreams, visualizing goals and then suddenly, seeing that these goals are actually doable! Your ambition is aroused now because Mars is at the top of your chart. Meanwhile, you are interacting with friends and groups more than usual. Why not bounce your ideas off someone to get their feedback? (A secret affair is likely for some of you.)

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You will continue to make a fabulous impression on everyone because the Sun is at the top of your chart casting you (symbolically speaking) in a flattering spotlight. This is why bosses, parents and VIPs are so impressed with you. This is the perfect week to visualize what you want for your future. You are an imaginative sign, and you have great visionary powers. Presently, you’re letting go of many things – people, places and possessions because you’re in a state of transition. But you are obviously heading for a whole new beginning in about a year. When you open those future doors – where do you want them to lead?

November 28 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Third Quarter phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on November 28 has an illumination of 40%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 28 the Moon is 23.12 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 40%
Moon Age: 23.12 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 381,768.85 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,563,356.22 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

28 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:06 Sagittarius 38
Moon:20 Virgo 30
Mercury:06 Sagittarius 20
Venus:19 Capricorn 03
Mars:19 Scorpio 46
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 05
Saturn:08 Aquarius 47
Uranus:11 Taurus 51 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 59

True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42

Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 18 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 46
Chiron:08 Aries 38 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 45 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 15
Juno:04 Capricorn 51
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 31
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 28, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:06 Sagittarius 56
Moon:24 Virgo 24
Mercury:06 Sagittarius 48
Venus:19 Capricorn 14
Mars:19 Scorpio 58
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 07
Saturn:08 Aquarius 49
Uranus:11 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 59
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 17 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 48
Chiron:08 Aries 38 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 41 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 17
Juno:04 Capricorn 58
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 41
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

Which are the best spells to cast on a Sunday?

Which are the best spells to cast on a Sunday?

On a Sunday, you can cast the spells related to money, desires, favored friendships, obtaining the support of other people, stopping the hostility of enemies, and overcoming obstacles.

How to use Sunday’s energy?

  • Take a walk outside and soak up the sunlight (even if it’s a cloudy day, go for it! The Sun is still there!)
  • Cast a success spell
  • Create a success sigil
  • Focus on positivity to cleanse the negativity from your life

Which celestial body influences Sunday?

The Sun influences Sunday. The Sun is found in all cultures, but in Wicca, it symbolizes God…

To read more about Sunday’s Spellwork

November 28 Today In History

Today’s Important Historical Events

  • 1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean
  • 1814 The Times of London first printed by automatic, steam powered presses built by German inventors Friedrich Koenig and Andreas Friedrich Bauer – makes newspapers available to a mass audience

Today’s Historical Events

  • 587 Treaty of Andelot: King Guntram of Burgundy names cousin Childebert II as heir
  • 1291 Eleanor of Castile, wife of King Edward I of England, dies in Northamptonshire. Crosses are erected where her body rests on the way to London.
  • 1443 Albanian George Kastriotis Skanderbeg and his forces liberate Kruja in Middle Albania from the Ottomans and raise the Albanian flag.
  • 1520 Portuguese navigator Ferdinand Magellan begins crossing the Pacific Ocean
  • 1569 Duke of Alva forces bishop Nicolaas van Nieuwland of Haarlem to resign
  • 1660 The Royal Society is formed at Gresham College, London, after a lecture by Christopher Wren, Gresham Professor of Astronomy
  • 1670 Pierre Corneille’s “Tite et Berenice” premieres in Paris
  • 1717 Blackbeard attacks and captures a French merchant slave ship, which he renames as his flagship the “Queen Anne’s Revenge”

Today’s Historical Events in Film and TV

  • 1907 In Haverhill, Massachusetts, scrap-metal dealer Louis B. Mayer opens his first movie theater
  • 1932 Groucho Marx performs on radio for the first time
  • 1954 KCKT (now KSNC) TV channel 2 in Great Bend, KS (NBC) 1st broadcast
  • 1955 KMVI (now WMAU) TV channel 12 in Wailuku, HI (IND) begins broadcasting
  • 1955 KTHV TV channel 11 in Little Rock, AR (CBS) begins broadcasting
  • 1957 “Look Homeward, Angel” play based on the book by Thomas Wolfe adapted by Ketti Frings and starring Anthony Perkins premieres in NYC
  • 1958 KCOO (now KABY) TV channel 9 in Aberdeen, SD (ABC) begins broadcasting
  • 1959 KOMC (now KSNK) TV channel 8 in McCook – Oberlin, NB (NBC) begins

Today’s Historical Music Events

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  • 1901 Gustav Mahler’s 4th Symphony in G premieres
  • 1909 Sergei Rachmaninoff’s Piano Concerto No. 3, one of the genres most difficult, premieres at the New Theatre in New York City, with the composer as soloist and the New York Symphony Society conducted by Walter Damrosch
  • 1925 Grand Ole Opry premieres as WSM Barn Dance on WSM radio Nashville, Tennessee
  • 1927 J McHugh & D Fields’ musical “Delmar’s Revels” premieres in NYC
  • 1930 Howard Hanson‘s 2nd Symphony “Romantic” premieres
  • 1949 “Texas, Li’l Darlin'” opens at Mark Hellinger NYC for 293 performances
  • 1953 “Wish You Were Here” closes at Imperial Theater NYC after 597 performances
  • 1963 The Beatles “She Loves You” unusually, returns to #1 in UK record chart and reaches 1 million copies sold

Today’s Historical Events in Sports

  • 1895 America’s 1st auto race organised by the “Chicago Times-Herald” – Chicago to Evanston and back; 6 cars, 55 miles, Frank Duryea wins averaging 7 MPH
  • 1906 Canadian Tommy Burns retains his world heavyweight boxing title after being pushed to a 20-round draw by “Philadelphia” Jack O’Brien in Los Angeles, California
  • 1914 Australasian Championships Men’s Tennis, Melbourne: All-Australian final; Arthur O’Hara Wood beats Gerald Patterson 6-4, 6-3, 5-7, 6-1
  • 1925 NHL goalie Georges Vezina collapses & dies 4 months later of TB
  • 1929 Chicago fullback Ernie Nevers sets NFL record for most points scored in a single game with all 40 in the Cardinals’ 40–6 rout of Chicago Bears; Nevers has NFL record 6 touchdowns and 4 extra points
  • 1931 Australian cricket master batsman Don Bradman scores 226 in his first Test appearance v South Africa in 1st Test in Brisbane
  • 1938 4th Heisman Trophy Award: Davey O’Brien, Texas Christian (QB)
  • 1944 Detroit Tigers pitcher Hal Newhouser is named AL MVP

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2021 November 28

A High Cliff on Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko

Image Credit & Licence: ESA, Rosetta spacecraft, NAVCAM; Additional Processing: Stuart Atkinson

Explanation: This high cliff occurs not on a planet, not on a moon, but on a comet. It was discovered to be part of the dark nucleus of Comet Churyumov-Gerasimenko (CG) by Rosetta, a robotic spacecraft launched by ESA that rendezvoused with the Sun-orbiting comet in 2014. The ragged cliff, as featured here, was imaged by Rosetta in 2014. Although towering about one kilometer high, the low surface gravity of Comet CG would likely make it an accessible climb — and even a jump from the cliff survivable. At the foot of the cliff is relatively smooth terrain dotted with boulders as large as 20 meters across. Data from Rosetta indicates that the ice in Comet CG has a significantly different deuterium fraction — and hence likely a different origin — than the water in Earth’s oceans. Rosetta ended its mission with a controlled impact onto Comet CG in 2016. Comet CG has just completed another close approach to Earth and remains visible through a small telescope.

28 November Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Third Quarter phase. In this phase the Moon’s illumination is growing smaller each day until the New Moon. During this part of the Moon cycle, the Moon is getting closer to the Sun as viewed from Earth and the night side of the Moon is facing the Earth with only a small edge of the Moon being illuminated. This phase is best viewed an hour or 2 before the sunrise and can be quite beautiful if you’re willing to get up early. It can also be a great time to see the features of the Moon’s surface. Along the edge where the illuminated portion meets the dark side, the craters and mountains cast long shadows making them easier to observe with a telescope or binoculars.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waning Crescent Phase

The Waning Crescent on November 28 has an illumination of 40%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 28 the Moon is 23.12 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Crescent
Illumination: 40%
Moon Age: 23.12 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 381,768.85 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,563,356.22 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

27 November 2021
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:06 Sagittarius 13
Moon:14 Virgo 59
Mercury:05 Sagittarius 41
Venus:18 Capricorn 46
Mars:19 Scorpio 29
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 02
Saturn:08 Aquarius 45
Uranus:11 Taurus 52 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 58
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 19 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 43
Chiron:08 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 51 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 12
Juno:04 Capricorn 42
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 18
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

 

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

28 November 2021
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:06 Sagittarius 48
Moon:22 Virgo 44
Mercury:06 Sagittarius 36
Venus:19 Capricorn 09
Mars:19 Scorpio 53
Jupiter:25 Aquarius 06
Saturn:08 Aquarius 48
Uranus:11 Taurus 50 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 59
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 17 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 47

Chiron:08 Aries 38 Rx

Ceres:04 Gemini 43 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 16
Juno:04 Capricorn 55
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 37
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

November 27 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Third Quarter phase. Sometimes called a Last Quarter Moon, this phase occurs roughly 3 weeks after the New Moon when the Moon is three quarter of the way through it’s orbit around the earth. If you live in the northern hemisphere the Moons left side will be illuminated and the right side will be dark. For those of you in the southern hemisphere it will be the opposite with the right side illuminated. On the day of the Third Quarter phase the Moon will rise around midnight on the eastern horizon and set in the west around noon the next day. In the days following the Third Quarter Phase the Moon’s illumination will decrees each day until the New Moon.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Last Quarter Phase

The Last Quarter on November 27 has an illumination of 50%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 27 the Moon is 22.13 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Last Quarter
Illumination: 50%
Moon Age: 22.13 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 386,640.14 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,589,014.09 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

 

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Northeastern Hemisphere For 1700 CEST GMT 1600 Post 1000 CT

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

27 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:05 Sagittarius 37
Moon:07 Virgo 23
Mercury:04 Sagittarius 46
Venus:18 Capricorn 24
Mars:19 Scorpio 05
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 57
Saturn:08 Aquarius 43
Uranus:11 Taurus 53 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 57

True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42

Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 21 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 39
Chiron:08 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 59 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 08
Juno:04 Capricorn 30
Vesta:05 Sagittarius 59
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 27, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:05 Sagittarius 55
Moon:11 Virgo 10
Mercury:05 Sagittarius 13
Venus:18 Capricorn 35
Mars:19 Scorpio 17
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 59
Saturn:08 Aquarius 44
Uranus:11 Taurus 52 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 58
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 20 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 41
Chiron:08 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 55 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 10
Juno:04 Capricorn 36
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 08
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

Plant portraits

The illustrations in medieval herbals are beautiful and mysterious. But if you know how to read them, they also convey a wealth of knowledge about the plants they portray.

From WelcomeCollection.com

The illustrated herbal has an almost unbroken line of descent from the ancient Greeks to the Middle Ages. The tradition owes much to a work by the Greek physician Dioscorides called ‘De Materia Medica’ (50–70 CE), which describes around 1,000 medicines, largely derived from plants, along with some animals and mineral substances.

‘De Materia Medica’ was circulated throughout the European and Islamic worlds. During that time it was translated, embellished and added to in commentaries and copies for local use. In Europe, this tradition developed into the medieval herbal, created in monasteries, usually by …

 

Astronomy Picture of the Day

Discover the cosmos! Each day a different image or photograph of our fascinating universe is featured, along with a brief explanation written by a professional astronomer.

2021 November 27

Messier 101

Image Credit: NASA, ESA, CFHT, NOAO;
Acknowledgement – K.Kuntz (GSFC), F.Bresolin (U.Hawaii), J.Trauger (JPL), J.Mould (NOAO), Y.-H.Chu (U. Illinois)

Explanation: Big, beautiful spiral galaxy M101 is one of the last entries in Charles Messier’s famous catalog, but definitely not one of the least. About 170,000 light-years across, this galaxy is enormous, almost twice the size of our own Milky Way. M101 was also one of the original spiral nebulae observed by Lord Rosse’s large 19th century telescope, the Leviathan of Parsontown. Assembled from 51 exposures recorded by the Hubble Space Telescope in the 20th and 21st centuries, with additional data from ground based telescopes, this mosaic spans about 40,000 light-years across the central region of M101 in one of the highest definition spiral galaxy portraits ever released from Hubble. The sharp image shows stunning features of the galaxy’s face-on disk of stars and dust along with background galaxies, some visible right through M101 itself. Also known as the Pinwheel Galaxy, M101 lies within the boundaries of the northern constellation Ursa Major, about 25 million light-years away.

27 November Daily Correspondence Digest for the Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com 

Today and tonight the Moon will be in a Third Quarter phase. Sometimes called a Last Quarter Moon, this phase occurs roughly 3 weeks after the New Moon when the Moon is three quarter of the way through it’s orbit around the earth. If you live in the northern hemisphere the Moons left side will be illuminated and the right side will be dark. For those of you in the southern hemisphere it will be the opposite with the right side illuminated. On the day of the Third Quarter phase the Moon will rise around midnight on the eastern horizon and set in the west around noon the next day. In the days following the Third Quarter Phase the Moon’s illumination will decrees each day until the New Moon.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Last Quarter Phase

The Last Quarter on November 27 has an illumination of 50%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 27 the Moon is 22.13 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

The 8 Lunar Phases

There are 8 lunar phases the Moon goes through in its 29.53 days lunar cycle. The 4 major Moon phases are Full Moon, New Moon, First Quarter and Last Quarter. Between these major phases, there are 4 minor ones: the Waxing Crescent, Waxing Gibbous, Waning Gibbous and Waning Crescent. For more info on the Moon Cycle and on each phase check out Wikipedia Lunar Phase page.

Phase Details

Phase: Last Quarter
Illumination: 50%
Moon Age: 22.13 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 386,640.14 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,589,014.09 km

Useful Moon Resources

Check the weather before a night of Moon gazing at weather.com

For a list of all the current meteor showers visit American Meteor Society

If you need to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

To figure out GMT (Greenwich Mean Time) to your local time use this link

For Your Local Time and Date

Southeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia

27 November 2021
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:05 Sagittarius 12
Moon:02 Virgo 01
Mercury:04 Sagittarius 06
Venus:18 Capricorn 07
Mars:18 Scorpio 47
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 54
Saturn:08 Aquarius 41
Uranus:11 Taurus 54 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 57

True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42 Rx

Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 22 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 37

Chiron:08 Aries 40 Rx

Ceres:05 Gemini 05 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 05
Juno:04 Capricorn 21
Vesta:05 Sagittarius 45
Eris:23 Aries 52 Rx

Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

 

Southwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

27 November 2021
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:05 Sagittarius 47
Moon:09 Virgo 32
Mercury:05 Sagittarius 02
Venus:18 Capricorn 30
Mars:19 Scorpio 12
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 59
Saturn:08 Aquarius 44
Uranus:11 Taurus 53 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 24 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 58
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 20 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 40
Chiron:08 Aries 39 Rx
Ceres:04 Gemini 57 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 09
Juno:04 Capricorn 33
Vesta:06 Sagittarius 04
Eris:23 Aries 51 Rx
Fire:5
Earth:5
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:4
Mutable:10

November 26 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Planetary Positions

You can use this link to go forward or backward in time for Moon phase information. If you are curious you can even find out what phase the Moon was in when you or anyone else, you know was on the date the person was born.

From Moongiant.com 

Today the Moon will be in a Waning Gibbous Phase. This is the first phase after the Full Moon occurs. It lasts roughly 7 days with the Moon’s illumination growing smaller each day until the Moon becomes a Last Quarter Moon with an illumination of 50%. The average Moon rise for this phase is between 9pm and Midnight depending on the age of the phase. The moon rises later and later each night setting after sunrise in the morning. During this phase the Moon can also be seen in the early morning daylight hours on the western horizon.

Visit the November 2021 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Waning Gibbous Phase

The Waning Gibbous on November 26 has an illumination of 60%. This is the percentage of the Moon illuminated by the Sun. The illumination is constantly changing and can vary up to 10% a day. On November 26 the Moon is 21.18 days old. This refers to how many days it has been since the last New Moon. It takes 29.53 days for the Moon to orbit the Earth and go through the lunar cycle of all 8 Moon phases.

Phase Details

Phase: Waning Gibbous
Illumination: 60%
Moon Age: 21.18 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 391,317.50 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 147,615,278.36 km

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Northeastern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Frankfurt, Germany, Europe

26 November 2021
04:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Sagittarius 37
Moon:24 Leo 38
Mercury:03 Sagittarius 11
Venus:17 Capricorn 43
Mars:18 Scorpio 23
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 50
Saturn:08 Aquarius 38
Uranus:11 Taurus 55 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 24 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 33

Chiron:08 Aries 41 Rx
Ceres:05 Gemini 13 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 02
Juno:04 Capricorn 08
Vesta:05 Sagittarius 27
Eris:23 Aries 52 Rx

Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:9

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for the Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Chicago, Illinois, USA

November 26, 2021
11:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Sagittarius 54
Moon:28 Leo 19
Mercury:03 Sagittarius 39
Venus:17 Capricorn 55
Mars:18 Scorpio 35
Jupiter:24 Aquarius 52
Saturn:08 Aquarius 40
Uranus:11 Taurus 55 Rx
Neptune:20 Pisces 25 Rx
Pluto:24 Capricorn 56
True Lunar Node:01 Gemini 42 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:01 Gemini 23 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):14 Gemini 35
Chiron:08 Aries 40 Rx
Ceres:05 Gemini 09 Rx
Pallas:10 Pisces 04
Juno:04 Capricorn 14
Vesta:05 Sagittarius 36
Eris:23 Aries 52 Rx
Fire:6
Earth:4
Air:6
Water:3
Cardinal:5
Fixed:5
Mutable:9