Day: February 23, 2022

February 23 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.

2022 February 23

Orion over Green Bank

Image Credit & Copyright: Dave Green

Explanation: What will the huge Green Bank Telescope discover tonight? Pictured, the Robert C. Byrd Green Bank Telescope (GBT) on the lower right is the largest fully-pointable single-dish radio telescope in the world. With a central dish larger than a football field, the GBT is nestled in the hills of West Virginia, USA in a radio quiet zone where the use of cell phones, WiFi emitters, and even microwave ovens are limited. The GBT explores our universe not only during the night — but during the day, too, since the daytime sky is typically dark in radio waves. Taken in late January, the featured image was planned for months to get the setting location of Orion just right. The image is a composite of a foreground shot taken over a kilometer away from the GBT, and a background shot built up of long exposures during the previous night. The deep background image of Orion is fitting because the GBT is famous for, among many discoveries, mapping the unusual magnetic field in the Orion Molecular Cloud Complex.

February 23, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Daily and Birthday Horoscopes

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Moon Alert

Avoid shopping or making important decisions from 4 AM to 9 AM EST today (1 AM to 6 AM PST). After that, the Moon moves from Scorpio into Sagittarius.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Today your inner idealism is aroused. (You might be aware of this or not.) However, you might find that your ambition is softened. Yes, you want to achieve something. And yes, you want to make your actions count; but you want them to benefit others as well.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

Today you might admire a friend or the efforts of someone in a group to which you belong. It’s good to admire people you respect because your admiration will then influence your own efforts, your motivation and your future choices.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

Today others perceive you as sensitive and caring. (You must be doing something to earn this reputation.) You might use your influence to help someone in need. You might use your influence to lobby others to help those who are less fortunate.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Today your ideals are aroused. Perhaps, they are aroused because you’re aware of the challenges and suffering that people in foreign countries are undergoing. You might use your influence with someone to make a difference.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

You’re in work mode! You’re putting out energy to accomplish your goals. Today you want to help others, especially those in need. You might do fundraising or convince people to join your charitable efforts. (You are persuasive.)

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Discussions with partners and close friends will be mutually sympathetic today. It will be easy for each of you to grasp and understand what the other person is dealing with. Now you know what it’s like to walk a mile in someone else’s wedgies.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

In various ways, your ideals are aroused today. Personally, you might want to improve your health. You might come up with an exercise regime or a change to your diet so that you can improve your body and your general well-being. It’s never too late to make a positive difference!

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Today you feel sympathetic toward children. This might be about your own kids or children anywhere who are in need. (There is enormous suffering of children in the world.) Since you are a doer, if you can see a way to help kids today – you will act on it.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

There is a softening influence in the air today, which many of us can feel. This could cause you to feel particularly sympathetic toward a family member. You might want to help them. Or perhaps you feel great admiration for them? You might even want to improve your home.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Today you might spend a lot of time daydreaming or being lost in a fantasy world. That’s okay because we all need to do this. Because your ability to visualize is strong and your imagination is heightened, this can be productive time for those involved in creative projects.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

You are a modern idealist who secretly wants to save the world before bedtime. Today some kind of activity going on behind the scenes, or perhaps a private effort on your part, might generate new income. You might use this income to benefit others.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You have been inspired to benefit those in need by working with a group recently. This has been a rewarding experience for you; and today, the realization of this is more clear and more obvious to you. It feels satisfying to do something worthwhile and to make a difference in someone’s life.

If Your Birthday Is Today

Actress Kelly Macdonald (1976) shares your birthday today. You are passionate and determined about everything that you do. Personally, you are also considerate and sensitive. You are both logical and intuitive. You are also multitalented. It’s time to create some solid foundations in your life. This means some of you will physically build something this year. However, all of you will strengthen inner structures in your world as well.

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IF YOU ARE BORN ON FEBRUARY 23, you are compassionate, caring and rational people. The Pisces birthday horoscope for February 23 shows, you are sensible, quick-witted and intellectual. What more could you ask for in a friend or business associate? You are everyone’s best friend.

Your generous and kind ways influence others to be the same way. Pisces, people are drawn to you like bees to a honeycomb. You love exchanging ideas and dreams and have an optimistic outlook on life.

The February 23 birthday personality says that you have restless energy that makes you bored with the mundane matters surrounded by the predictability of routines.

Those of you who are born today on February 23 can multitask. As a career, you would prefer to wear many hats. A variety of duties makes work interesting to you Pisces. You could easily be someone who works in a field that helps people.

What your birthday astrology says about you is that you understand human nature and would make a great Human Services Manager. You are also good with money and could do well as an accountant or tax preparer.

Your birthday meaning shows that you are a generous person according to your zodiac birthday analysis, Pisces and would not spend your money on frivolous things. On the norm, you will have the means in which to live a comfortable lifestyle. You like to have fun. And you enjoy life in all possible ways.

Those born today on February 23 love to travel. While you are traveling, you want to leave the budgeting to someone else. You would rather enjoy your time away and not have to deal with money worries.

Pisces birthday people are outgoing and sometimes, unpredictable. In matters of the heart, you send mixed signals. Those with birthday February 23 can be hot one day and cold the next.

If you find that special someone, they should know about your mood swings and be willing to accept you for who you are. You could also work on this behavior as we choose how we react to and feel about circumstances.

People with Pisces birthday February 23 have an appetite for healthy eating. You love to cook up something special in the kitchen. It allows you to relax and enjoy your time alone or with others. Pisceans have this energy that if not released, could have adverse affects. For this reason, you find productive ways of releasing it.

You are an unique Piscean. You have a clear and balanced perception of life and you encourage others with your cool attitude. You also like to investigate those things that are mysterious. You, who have a February 23 birthday, are different from the other Pisceans.

You love to dress up but be comfortable at the same time. When you are lounging at home, Pisceans are probably barefoot. Your bargain sense finds you at the local consignment stores or thrift stores.

Usually, there you can find something rare and inexpensive. Whether it is for the home or your body, you know exactly how to pull it all together.

In conclusion, Pisces birthday February 23 people are ambitious. You do not like things that are predictable. Those born on this day can be happy one day and down the next.

You are born with this energy, and it has been suggested that you not keep your vigor locked away. Get some exercise or treat yourself to a spa day! You love communicating and would make a great humanitarian.

 

Famous People And Celebrities Born On February 23

Aziz Ansari, Emily Blunt, WEB DuBois, Dakota Fanning, Peter Fonda, Daymond John, Niecy Nash, Andrew Wiggins

See: Famous Celebrities Born On February 23

This Day That Year – February 23 In History

1689 – Dutch Prince William III is proclaimed the King of England
1861 – Abraham Lincoln is in Washington preparing to take office
1183 – Alabama is the first state to endorse an antitrust law
1886 – The first classified ads appear in the London Times

February 23 Meen Rashi (Vedic Moon Sign)

February 23 Chinese Zodiac RABBIT

February 23 Birthday Planet

Your ruling planet is Neptune and symbolizes idealistic views, sensuality, and spiritual consciousness.

February 23 Birthday Symbols

The Two Fishes Are The Symbol Of The Pisces Zodiac Sign

February 23 Birthday Tarot Card

Your Birthday Tarot Card is The Hierophant. This card symbolizes the urge to gain more money, wisdom, power, and reputation. The Minor Arcana cards are Eight of Cups and King of Cups.

February 23 Birthday Compatibility

You are most compatible with people born under Zodiac Sign Taurus: This is a very comfortable and dependable match.
You are not compatible with people born under Zodiac Sign Sagittarius: This relationship between the Fish and the Archer has zero understanding.

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February 23 Lucky Numbers

Number 5 – This is a daring, thrilling and optimistic number that is always on the move.
Number 7 – This number signifies an analytical mind, deep thought, and contemplation before making decisions.

Lucky Colors For February 23 Birthdays

Green: This color stands for growth, rejuvenation, respect, and balance.

Lucky Days For February 23 Birthday

Thursday – Planet Jupiter‘s day that symbolizes excellent work, travel, enthusiasm, and encouragement.
Wednesday – Planet Mercury‘s day that symbolizes exchange of ideas, swiftness, flexibility, and curiosity.

February 23 Birthstone

Aquamarine gemstone can help you get in touch with your inner self through deep meditation.

Ideal Zodiac Birthday Gift For People Born On February 23

A travel kit for the man and a relaxing foot massage for the Pisces woman. The February 23 birthday horoscope predicts that you enjoy spa and pampering yourself.

February 23, 2022 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 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 February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Last Quarter Phase

The Last Quarter on February 23 has an illumination of 55%. 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 February 23 the Moon is 21.68 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: 55%
Moon Age: 21.68 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 365,161.04 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,042,298.57 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 want to calculate the planetary positions for a specific use and time, click on this link

Currentplanetarypositions.com

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

For Your Local Time and Date

Northwestern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Los Angeles, California, USA

February 23, 2022
12:00 am GMT 4:00 PM PST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Pisces 20
Moon:22 Scorpio 11
Mercury:08 Aquarius 47
Venus:21 Capricorn 02
Mars:21 Capricorn 37
Jupiter:12 Pisces 25
Saturn:18 Aquarius 06
Uranus:11 Taurus 21
Neptune:22 Pisces 11
Pluto:27 Capricorn 37
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 43 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 20
Chiron:10 Aries 14
Ceres:02 Gemini 38
Pallas:03 Aries 09
Juno:08 Aquarius 23
Vesta:22 Capricorn 14
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5

 

Northern Hemisphere

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

February 23, 2022
10:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:05 Pisces 16
Moon:04 Sagittarius 58
Mercury:09 Aquarius 55
Venus:21 Capricorn 41
Mars:22 Capricorn 18
Jupiter:12 Pisces 38
Saturn:18 Aquarius 13
Uranus:11 Taurus 23
Neptune:22 Pisces 13
Pluto:27 Capricorn 38
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 27
Chiron:10 Aries 17
Ceres:02 Gemini 51
Pallas:03 Aries 29
Juno:08 Aquarius 45
Vesta:22 Capricorn 42
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:4
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Northeastern Hemisphere

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

23 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Pisces 58
Moon:00 Sagittarius 53
Mercury:09 Aquarius 33
Venus:21 Capricorn 29
Mars:22 Capricorn 05
Jupiter:12 Pisces 34
Saturn:18 Aquarius 11
Uranus:11 Taurus 22
Neptune:22 Pisces 12
Pluto:27 Capricorn 38
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 25
Chiron:10 Aries 16
Ceres:02 Gemini 47
Pallas:03 Aries 22
Juno:08 Aquarius 38
Vesta:22 Capricorn 33
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:4
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Wisdom Spell

Would You Have Been Called A Witch In Salem?

The Salem witch trials — a period of mass hysteria and panic that overtook colonial Massachusetts between 1692 and 1693 — are often regarded as one of the most fascinating episodes of American history. After all, the story is so dramatic and so strange that it almost reads like fiction: Young girls begin having mysterious screaming fits; they are diagnosed as having been bewitched, and soon a hunt begins for the witches. Although the Salem witch trials are now the source of scary stories and creepy TV shows, it’s important that we remember that they were real, and they were terrible: twenty people were killed for being “witches”, and many more were accused and imprisoned.

It’s fairly horrifying to consider how easy it was for a woman to be convicted and executed for witchcraft in the 17th century—and just how little power she had to prove her innocence. As Marilynne K. Roach, historian and author of Six Women of Salem: the Untold Story of the Accused and Their Accusers in the Salem Witch Trials, explains, “In 1692 anyone might have been accused of witchcraft.” There are some factors that made one more susceptible to accusations than others, however. Read on to see if you fit the parameters of these supposed “witches” and thank your lucky stars that you don’t live in the 17th century.

1. You’re a woman

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23 February 2022 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 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 February 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Last Quarter Phase

The Last Quarter on February 23 has an illumination of 55%. 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 February 23 the Moon is 21.68 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: 55%
Moon Age: 21.68 days
Moon Angle: 0.55
Moon Distance: 365,161.04 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,042,298.57 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 these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Sao Paulo, Brazil, South America

23 February 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:05 Pisces 11
Moon:03 Sagittarius 48
Mercury:09 Aquarius 49
Venus:21 Capricorn 38
Mars:22 Capricorn 14
Jupiter:12 Pisces 37
Saturn:18 Aquarius 12
Uranus:11 Taurus 23
Neptune:22 Pisces 13
Pluto:27 Capricorn 38
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 26
Chiron:10 Aries 16
Ceres:02 Gemini 49
Pallas:03 Aries 27
Juno:08 Aquarius 43
Vesta:22 Capricorn 39
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:4
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

Southern Hemisphere

The time for these Custom Planetary Positions is from the local time in Cape Town, South Africa

23 February 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Pisces 58
Moon:00 Sagittarius 53
Mercury:09 Aquarius 33
Venus:21 Capricorn 29
Mars:22 Capricorn 05
Jupiter:12 Pisces 34
Saturn:18 Aquarius 11
Uranus:11 Taurus 22
Neptune:22 Pisces 12
Pluto:27 Capricorn 38
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 41 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 25
Chiron:10 Aries 16
Ceres:02 Gemini 47
Pallas:03 Aries 22
Juno:08 Aquarius 38
Vesta:22 Capricorn 33
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:4
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:3
Cardinal:7
Fixed:6
Mutable:6

 

Southwestern Hemisphere

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

23 February 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:04 Pisces 35
Moon:25 Scorpio 39
Mercury:09 Aquarius 05
Venus:21 Capricorn 13
Mars:21 Capricorn 48
Jupiter:12 Pisces 29
Saturn:18 Aquarius 08
Uranus:11 Taurus 22
Neptune:22 Pisces 11
Pluto:27 Capricorn 37
True Lunar Node:26 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:26 Taurus 43 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):24 Gemini 22
Chiron:10 Aries 15
Ceres:02 Gemini 42
Pallas:03 Aries 14
Juno:08 Aquarius 29
Vesta:22 Capricorn 22
Eris:23 Aries 51
Fire:3
Earth:7
Air:5
Water:4
Cardinal:7
Fixed:7
Mutable:5