March 18 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 March 18

A Filament in Monoceros

Image Credit & Copyright: Giorgio Ferrari

Explanation: Bluish reflection nebulae seem to fill this dusty expanse. The sharp telescopic frame spans over 1 degree on the sky toward the faint but fanciful constellation Monoceros, the Unicorn. Seen within the Monoceros R1 cloud complex some 2,500 light-years away, bluish IC 447 is on the left, joined by a long dark filament of dust to IC 446 at lower right. Embedded in IC 447 are young, massive blue stars much hotter than the Sun, whose light is reflected by the cosmic cloud of star stuff. Observations reveal that IC 446 also contains a young stellar object, a massive star still in an early stage of evolution. The dark filament of dust and molecular gas joining the two star-forming regions is over 15 light-years long.

March 18, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom 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 Full Moon phase. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Full Moon Phase

The Full Moon on March 18 has an illumination of 100%. 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 March 18 the Moon is 14.95 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: Full Moon
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.95 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 382,254.06 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,924,377.11 km

Useful Moon Resources

18 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom 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 Full Moon phase. During a Full Moon the moon is 100% illuminated as seen from Earth and is on the opposite side of the Earth from the Sun. The Moon will be visible throughout the night sky rising at sunset in the east and setting with the sunrise the next morning. The point at which a Full Moon occurs can be measured down to a fraction of a second. The time it takes between full moons is known as a Synodic month and is 29.530587981 days long. Keep track of all the Full Moons throughout the year on the Full Moon Calendar >

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Full Moon Phase

The Full Moon on March 18 has an illumination of 100%. 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 March 18 the Moon is 14.95 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: Full Moon
Illumination: 100%
Moon Age: 14.95 days
Moon Angle: 0.52
Moon Distance: 382,254.06 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,924,377.11 km

Useful Moon Resources

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

18 March 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:28 Pisces 12
Moon:04 Libra 51
Mercury:14 Pisces 29
Venus:11 Aquarius 40
Mars:09 Aquarius 25
Jupiter:18 Pisces 10
Saturn:20 Aquarius 45
Uranus:12 Taurus 15
Neptune:23 Pisces 05
Pluto:28 Capricorn 11
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 53 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 28 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 59
Chiron:11 Aries 31
Ceres:08 Gemini 59
Pallas:12 Aries 15
Juno:17 Aquarius 45
Vesta:03 Aquarius 51
Eris:24 Aries 03
Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

 

Southern Hemisphere

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

18 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Pisces 59
Moon:02 Libra 01
Mercury:14 Pisces 07
Venus:11 Aquarius 27
Mars:09 Aquarius 15
Jupiter:18 Pisces 07
Saturn:20 Aquarius 44
Uranus:12 Taurus 15
Neptune:23 Pisces 04
Pluto:28 Capricorn 11
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 54 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 28 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 58
Chiron:11 Aries 31
Ceres:08 Gemini 56
Pallas:12 Aries 10
Juno:17 Aquarius 40
Vesta:03 Aquarius 45
Eris:24 Aries 03
Fire:3
Earth:4
Air:8
Water:4
Cardinal:5
Fixed:8
Mutable:6

 

Southwestern Hemisphere

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

18 March 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00T PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Pisces 37
Moon:26 Virgo 57
Mercury:13 Pisces 28
Venus:11 Aquarius 05
Mars:08 Aquarius 58
Jupiter:18 Pisces 02
Saturn:20 Aquarius 41
Uranus:12 Taurus 14
Neptune:23 Pisces 03
Pluto:28 Capricorn 10
True Lunar Node:23 Taurus 58 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 30 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 55
Chiron:11 Aries 29
Ceres:08 Gemini 49
Pallas:12 Aries 01
Juno:17 Aquarius 31
Vesta:03 Aquarius 34

Eris:24 Aries 03

Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

March 17, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom 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

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on March 17 has an illumination of 99%. 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 March 17 the Moon is 13.93 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 99%
Moon Age: 13.93 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 387,085.30 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,882,854.92 km

Useful Moon Resources

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

March 17, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Pisces 20
Moon:23 Virgo 02
Mercury:12 Pisces 58
Venus:10 Aquarius 48
Mars:08 Aquarius 45
Jupiter:17 Pisces 58
Saturn:20 Aquarius 40
Uranus:12 Taurus 13
Neptune:23 Pisces 03
Pluto:28 Capricorn 10
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 00 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 31 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 53
Chiron:11 Aries 28
Ceres:08 Gemini 43
Pallas:11 Aries 54
Juno:17 Aquarius 24
Vesta:03 Aquarius 26
Eris:24 Aries 03
Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

Northern Hemisphere

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

March 17, 2022
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Pisces 15
Moon:21 Virgo 55
Mercury:12 Pisces 49
Venus:10 Aquarius 43
Mars:08 Aquarius 41
Jupiter:17 Pisces 56
Saturn:20 Aquarius 39
Uranus:12 Taurus 13
Neptune:23 Pisces 02
Pluto:28 Capricorn 10
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 01 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 31 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 53
Chiron:11 Aries 28
Ceres:08 Gemini 42
Pallas:11 Aries 52
Juno:17 Aquarius 22
Vesta:03 Aquarius 23
Eris:24 Aries 03
Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

Northeastern Hemisphere

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

17 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Pisces 00
Moon:18 Virgo 34
Mercury:12 Pisces 24
Venus:10 Aquarius 29
Mars:08 Aquarius 30
Jupiter:17 Pisces 53
Saturn:20 Aquarius 37
Uranus:12 Taurus 12
Neptune:23 Pisces 02
Pluto:28 Capricorn 09
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 04 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 32 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 51
Chiron:11 Aries 27
Ceres:08 Gemini 37
Pallas:11 Aries 46
Juno:17 Aquarius 16
Vesta:03 Aquarius 16
Eris:24 Aries 03
Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

Witchcraft/Magickal Correspondence Digest for Thursday

From APaganMess.com

Planet: Jupiter
Element: Earth
Colors: Deep blue, purple green
Keywords: Expansion, Luck, Abundance, Protection, Stability, Joy, Pleasure, Employment, Leadership

Thursdays are perfect for spells for money and abundance. Anything that you are wanting to bring in more of will benefit from the expansive and abundant energy of Jupiter.

From aMagickalPath.co.uk

Planet – Jupiter

Spells/Magic – money, prosperity, holiday, travel, business, luck, growth, self improvement, generosity, health, wealth

Magical aspects: controlled optimism, energetic growth, physical well-being, material success, expansion, money/wealth, prosperity, leadership, and generosity.

Oils – lime, magnolia, strawberry, vanilla

plants and trees – sage, nutmeg,oak tree,meadowsweet, hyssop,borage,butterfly weed,clove,dandelion chestnut,maple tree, anise .

Stones – Amethyst, laptis lazuli, sapphire

Colours – blue, metallic colours, green, turquoise, white, purple.

Metal – Tin

Energy Type – Male

Dieties – dedicated to Thor, god of thunder and agricultural work. his parallels in various European Traditions include Zeus, Taranis, Perun, and Perkunas.

Thursday is the best time to deal with such matters as: Business, Gambling, Logic, Social Matters, Political Power, Material Wealth, Publishing, Collage Education, Long Distance Travel, Foreign Interests, Religion, Philosophy, Forecasting, Broadcasting, Publicity, Expansion, Luck, Growth, Sports, Horses, The Law, Doctors, Guardians, Merchants, Psychologists, Charity, Correspondence Courses, Self-improvement, Researching, Reading and Studying.

Click here for more Thursday correspondences from Spells8.com

Magick Candle

Light a blue candle to connect deeply with your spirituality today. Meditating with a blue candle creates a sense of harmony, serenity and peace. It also boosts creativity, patience and mindfulness.

Ruling Deities

Wiccan Goddess Gaia Wiccan God Osiris Wiccan God Poseidon Wiccan God Pan Wiccan God ZeusCernunnos, Gaia, Osiris, Pan, Poseidon and Zeus are rulers of Thursdays.

Crystals

Amethyst, Lapis Lazuli, Turquoise, Tiger’s Eye, and Sugilite.

Carrying these gemstones today can bring success and fulfillment of your goals. Wear them as a talisman or simply keep them close to you to harness their energy.

Potion

Drink a cup of Green Tea today to strengthen your focus. Green tea is loaded with beneficial antioxidants, and, besides caffeine, green tea contains aminoacids that help boost brain function. It has a large amount of L-theanine, an amino acid that is beneficial for memory, attention, concentration and learning.

From ask-angels.com

Angel of Thursday: Archangel Zadkiel or Archangel Sachiel

There are references which list Zadkiel and Sachiel as the same being… However, my experience is that they each have an individualized Divine I Am Core, so I’ll describe them both for you here.

Archangel Zadkiel “Righteousness of God” 

Zadkiel carries the flame of righteousness and forgiveness and will assist you in releasing any forgiveness held towards yourself or others so that you can remember the full truth of who you are. Forgiveness will assist you in releasing heavy emotions like fear and anger into the light to be transmuted back into love.  Archangel Zadkiel is happy to help you strengthen your connection with the Divine. He can also help you to transmute negative back into pure light, and positive energy, with the Violet Flame.

Archangel Sachiel “The Covering of God”

Sachiel or Sachael is an angel of wealth, water, success and prosperity. Sachiel’s energy is big, bright, soothing and incredibly uplifting. His bright loving presence brings hope, inspires health, cuts through negative emotional energy, depression and despair by reconnecting you with the true authenticity of your soul light and purpose. Sachiel supports with expansion and growth in all ways, helping those who call upon him to sync with the flow abundance, prosperity and good fortune.

March 17 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 March 17

Centaurus A

Image Credit & Copyright: David Alemazkour

Explanation: A mere 11 million light-years away, Centaurus A is the closest active galaxy to planet Earth. Spanning over 60,000 light-years, the peculiar elliptical galaxy also known as NGC 5128, is featured in this sharp telescopic view. Centaurus A is apparently the result of a collision of two otherwise normal galaxies resulting in a fantastic jumble of star clusters and imposing dark dust lanes. Near the galaxy’s center, leftover cosmic debris is steadily being consumed by a central black hole with a billion times the mass of the Sun. As in other active galaxies, that process likely generates the enormous radio, X-ray, and gamma-ray energy radiated by Centaurus A.

17 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom 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

 

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

17 March 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Pisces 12
Moon:21 Virgo 21
Mercury:12 Pisces 45
Venus:10 Aquarius 41
Mars:08 Aquarius 40
Jupiter:17 Pisces 56
Saturn:20 Aquarius 39
Uranus:12 Taurus 13
Neptune:23 Pisces 02
Pluto:28 Capricorn 10
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 02 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 31 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 53
Chiron:11 Aries 28
Ceres:08 Gemini 41
Pallas:11 Aries 51
Juno:17 Aquarius 21
Vesta:03 Aquarius 22
Eris:24 Aries 03
Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Southern Hemisphere

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

17 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:27 Pisces 00
Moon:18 Virgo 34
Mercury:12 Pisces 24
Venus:10 Aquarius 29
Mars:08 Aquarius 30
Jupiter:17 Pisces 53
Saturn:20 Aquarius 37
Uranus:12 Taurus 12
Neptune:23 Pisces 02
Pluto:28 Capricorn 09
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 04 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 32 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 51
Chiron:11 Aries 27
Ceres:08 Gemini 37
Pallas:11 Aries 46
Juno:17 Aquarius 16
Vesta:03 Aquarius 16
Eris:24 Aries 03

Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Southwestern Hemisphere

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

17 March 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Pisces 37
Moon:13 Virgo 36
Mercury:11 Pisces 45
Venus:10 Aquarius 07
Mars:08 Aquarius 13
Jupiter:17 Pisces 47
Saturn:20 Aquarius 35
Uranus:12 Taurus 11
Neptune:23 Pisces 01
Pluto:28 Capricorn 09
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 08 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 33 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 49
Chiron:11 Aries 26
Ceres:08 Gemini 31
Pallas:11 Aries 38
Juno:17 Aquarius 08
Vesta:03 Aquarius 06
Eris:24 Aries 02
Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

March 16, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase and Custom 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

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on March 16 has an illumination of 96%. 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 March 16 the Moon is 12.94 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 96%
Moon Age: 12.94 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 391,735.01 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,841,535.03 km

Useful Moon Resources

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

 March 16, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Pisces 20
Moon:09 Virgo 46
Mercury:11 Pisces 15
Venus:09 Aquarius 50
Mars:08 Aquarius 00
Jupiter:17 Pisces 43
Saturn:20 Aquarius 33
Uranus:12 Taurus 10
Neptune:23 Pisces 00
Pluto:28 Capricorn 09
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 34 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 47
Chiron:11 Aries 25
Ceres:08 Gemini 25
Pallas:11 Aries 31
Juno:17 Aquarius 01
Vesta:02 Aquarius 58
Eris:24 Aries 02
Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northern Hemisphere

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

March 16, 2022
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Pisces 15
Moon:08 Virgo 40
Mercury:11 Pisces 07
Venus:09 Aquarius 45
Mars:07 Aquarius 56
Jupiter:17 Pisces 42
Saturn:20 Aquarius 33
Uranus:12 Taurus 10
Neptune:23 Pisces 00
Pluto:28 Capricorn 09
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 11 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 34 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 46
Chiron:11 Aries 25
Ceres:08 Gemini 24
Pallas:11 Aries 29
Juno:16 Aquarius 59
Vesta:02 Aquarius 55
Eris:24 Aries 02
Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7
Obliquity of the Nine Planets

Northeastern Hemisphere

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

16 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Pisces 00
Moon:05 Virgo 25
Mercury:10 Pisces 41
Venus:09 Aquarius 31
Mars:07 Aquarius 45
Jupiter:17 Pisces 38
Saturn:20 Aquarius 31
Uranus:12 Taurus 09
Neptune:23 Pisces 00
Pluto:28 Capricorn 08
True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 14 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 35 Rx
Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 45

Chiron:11 Aries 24

Ceres:08 Gemini 19
Pallas:11 Aries 23
Juno:16 Aquarius 53
Vesta:02 Aquarius 48
Eris:24 Aries 02

Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

March 16 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 March 16

The Observable Universe

Illustration Credit & LicenceWikipediaPablo Carlos Budassi

Explanation: How far can you see? Everything you can see, and everything you could possibly see, right now, assuming your eyes could detect all types of radiations around you — is the observable universe. In light, the farthest we can see comes from the cosmic microwave background, a time 13.8 billion years ago when the universe was opaque like thick fog. Some neutrinos and gravitational waves that surround us come from even farther out, but humanity does not yet have the technology to detect them. The featured image illustrates the observable universe on an increasingly compact scale, with the Earth and Sun at the center surrounded by our Solar Systemnearby starsnearby galaxiesdistant galaxiesfilaments of early matter, and the cosmic microwave background. Cosmologists typically assume that our observable universe is just the nearby part of a greater entity known as “the universe” where the same physics applies. However, there are several lines of popular but speculative reasoning that assert that even our universe is part of a greater multiverse where either different physical constants occur, different physical laws apply, higher dimensions operate, or slightly different-by-chance versions of our standard universe exist.

 

Available: High res image version with readable annotations | Clickable annotation version

A Thought for Today

16 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase

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

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on March 16 has an illumination of 96%. 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 March 16 the Moon is 12.94 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 96%
Moon Age: 12.94 days
Moon Angle: 0.51
Moon Distance: 391,735.01 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,841,535.03 km

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16 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Custom Planetary Positions

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

16 March 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Pisces 12
Moon:08 Virgo 08
Mercury:11 Pisces 03
Venus:09 Aquarius 43
Mars:07 Aquarius 55
Jupiter:17 Pisces 41
Saturn:20 Aquarius 33
Uranus:12 Taurus 10
Neptune:23 Pisces 00
Pluto:28 Capricorn 08

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 12 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 34 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 46

Chiron:11 Aries 24
Ceres:08 Gemini 23
Pallas:11 Aries 28
Juno:16 Aquarius 58
Vesta:02 Aquarius 54

Eris:24 Aries 02

Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

 

Southern Hemisphere

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

16 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:26 Pisces 00
Moon:05 Virgo 25
Mercury:10 Pisces 41
Venus:09 Aquarius 31
Mars:07 Aquarius 45
Jupiter:17 Pisces 38
Saturn:20 Aquarius 31
Uranus:12 Taurus 09
Neptune:23 Pisces 00
Pluto:28 Capricorn 08

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 14 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 35 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 45

Chiron:11 Aries 24
Ceres:08 Gemini 19
Pallas:11 Aries 23
Juno:16 Aquarius 53
Vesta:02 Aquarius 48

Eris:24 Aries 02

Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

Southwestern Hemisphere

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

16 March 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Pisces 38
Moon:00 Virgo 33
Mercury:10 Pisces 03
Venus:09 Aquarius 09
Mars:07 Aquarius 28
Jupiter:17 Pisces 33
Saturn:20 Aquarius 29
Uranus:12 Taurus 08
Neptune:22 Pisces 59
Pluto:28 Capricorn 08

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 18 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 36 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 42

Chiron:11 Aries 22
Ceres:08 Gemini 13
Pallas:11 Aries 14
Juno:16 Aquarius 44
Vesta:02 Aquarius 37

Eris:24 Aries 02

Fire:3
Earth:5
Air:7
Water:4
Cardinal:4
Fixed:8
Mutable:7

March 15, 2022 Your Daily Horoscopes Digest

Click here for Georgia Nicols’ Daily Horoscopes 

Moon Alert

Caution! Avoid shopping or making important decisions after 6:45 AM EDT today and for the rest of the day. (3:45 AM to 10 PM PDT). The Moon is in Leo.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

There is a Moon Alert today, which means refrain from spending money, except on food and gas. However, this particular Moon Alert is in a creative part of your chart, which means your artistic energy will soar! Use this however you can. You are the artisan of the zodiac.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

You can best use today’s energy to hunker down at home and relate to family in a genuine, more open way. That’s because all today is a Moon Alert, which will encourage you to let your hair down and tell it like it is. Postpone important decisions until tomorrow.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

This is a loosey-goosey day! There is a Moon Alert all day, which might make you feel indecisive and unsure of what to do next. It’s a good day to explore new ideas as well as brainstorm thoughts with others. Wait until tomorrow to settle on anything.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Do be aware of the restrictions of today’s Moon Alert because it is taking place in your Money House. Restrict spending to food and gas. Postpone important decisions and financial matters until tomorrow.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

Today, virtually all day, there is a Moon Alert in Leo! This means your mind is freewheeling and soaring like a helium balloon cut free in the sky. You will more easily grasp creative ideas because you can think outside of the box. But wait until tomorrow to agree to anything important.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Because there is a Moon Alert today occurring in a hidden part of your chart, this is an excellent day for meditation, yoga or any quiet activity that helps to calm your mind and make you feel more grounded. Restrict spending to food and gas.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Relations with friends as well as members of groups will be friendly and possibly, more frank than usual because of today’s Moon Alert. Nevertheless, don’t volunteer for anything or agree to anything important.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

You are high viz. today, which means other people notice you more than usual, especially bosses, VIPs and the police. Because of the Moon Alert, you might make a mistake or be confused. Don’t volunteer for anything. Wait until tomorrow to make any kind of commitment.

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

Today there is a Moon Alert in effect all day, which will allow you to explore ideas you don’t normally consider. It will make it easier for you to listen to people whose views are different from yours. Nevertheless, wait until tomorrow to agree to anything important.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

The Moon Alert today, which is in effect all day, takes place in your House of Other People’s Money. This means this is a poor day to make decisions about shared property, taxes, debt or insurance issues. Do your research but wait until tomorrow to sign the dotted line.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Relations with partners and close friends will be fuzzy today because there is a Moon Alert happening all day long opposite your sign. This will promote honest and open conversations, but they might be confusing. Don’t hold anyone to anything today. All bets are off until tomorrow.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

Issues at work might be clouded and confused because of today’s Moon Alert. Expect shortages and delays. Carry on with business as usual as best you can but wait until tomorrow to make important decisions. (With four planets in your sign, you will all the cards.)

If Your Birthday Is Today

Actress Eva Longoria (1975) shares your birthday today. You are hard-working and responsible. You are also very persuasive when you want to be. You are a caring person and always helpful to others. This year there is a strong focus on personal responsibility and service to others, which is why you must take excellent care of yourself. In fact, some of you might even consider a makeover.

March 15, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase

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

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on March 15 has an illumination of 91%. 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 March 15 the Moon is 11.97 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 91%
Moon Age: 11.97 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 395,968.33 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,800,430.03 km

Useful Moon Resources

March 15, 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest for the Northern Hemisphere’s Custom Planetary Positions

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

March 15, 2022
11:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM PDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Pisces 20
Moon:26 Leo 48
Mercury:09 Pisces 34
Venus:08 Aquarius 52
Mars:07 Aquarius 15
Jupiter:17 Pisces 29
Saturn:20 Aquarius 27
Uranus:12 Taurus 08
Neptune:22 Pisces 58
Pluto:28 Capricorn 07

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 21 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 37 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 40

Chiron:11 Aries 21
Ceres:08 Gemini 07
Pallas:11 Aries 07
Juno:16 Aquarius 38
Vesta:02 Aquarius 29

Eris:24 Aries 02

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

 

Northern Hemisphere

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

March 15, 2022
09:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Pisces 15
Moon:25 Leo 44
Mercury:09 Pisces 26
Venus:08 Aquarius 48
Mars:07 Aquarius 11
Jupiter:17 Pisces 28
Saturn:20 Aquarius 26
Uranus:12 Taurus 07
Neptune:22 Pisces 58
Pluto:28 Capricorn 07

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 22 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 37 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 40

Chiron:11 Aries 21
Ceres:08 Gemini 06
Pallas:11 Aries 05
Juno:16 Aquarius 36
Vesta:02 Aquarius 27

Eris:24 Aries 02

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

Northeastern Hemisphere

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

15 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 4:00 PM CEST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Pisces 00
Moon:22 Leo 33
Mercury:09 Pisces 00
Venus:08 Aquarius 33
Mars:07 Aquarius 00
Jupiter:17 Pisces 24
Saturn:20 Aquarius 25
Uranus:12 Taurus 07
Neptune:22 Pisces 57
Pluto:28 Capricorn 07

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 25 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 38 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 38

Chiron:11 Aries 20
Ceres:08 Gemini 01
Pallas:10 Aries 59
Juno:16 Aquarius 30
Vesta:02 Aquarius 20

Eris:24 Aries 01

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

March 15 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 March 15

A Road to the Stars

Image Credit: ESOPetr Horálek (ESO Photo AmbassadorInst. of Physics in Opava)

A stunning night view, taken close to the 1.54m Danish Telescope and the 3.6m telescope on the road at La Silla, shows the Milky Way above the horizon, accompanied by the Magellanic Clouds. ESO’s 3.6m Telescope, seen here atop a hill at the centre of the image, is home to HARPS, an instrument dedicated to the discovery of planets outside the Solar System via the radial velocity method. This method enables the detection of a planet by measuring the wobbling motion of the central star caused by the gravitational pull of the planet itself.  The towers on the left are the support structures of the BlackGEM telescopes, which had not been installed yet when this image was taken. BlackGEM is an array of telescopes that will search for the light emitted by the optical counterparts of the most powerful gravitational-wave sources, namely colliding neutron stars and black holes.  On the right of the image, we see the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds, two irregular dwarf galaxies orbiting the Milky Way at a distance of approximately 160 000 and 200 000 light-years, respectively. In the Mapuche culture of south-central Chile, these neighbouring galaxies were known as lafken, labken or künchalabken (“the lagoons”) as well as rünanko (“the water wells”). [1] The red filamentary emission stretching across the sky in the horizon is called airglow, which is light naturally emitted by atoms and molecules in the atmosphere through various physical and chemical processes. Despite showing up prominently in this image, airglow is invisible to the unaided eye.   [1] Source: Wenumapu. Astronomía y Cosmología Mapuche, Gabriel Pozo Menares & Margarita Canio Llanquinao
Explanation: Pictured — a very scenic road to the stars. The road approaches La Silla Observatory in Chile, with the ESO‘s 3.6-meter telescope just up ahead. To the left are some futuristic-looking support structures for the planned BlackGEM telescopes, an array of optical telescopes that will help locate optical counterparts to gravitational waves detections by LIGO and other detectors. But there is much more. Red airglow illuminates the night sky on the right, while the central band of our Milky Way Galaxy slants across the image center. Jupiter can be seen just above the band near the image center, while Saturn is visible just above the 3.6-meter telescope dome. The two largest satellite galaxies of our Milky Way Galaxy, the LMC and SMC, are seen on the far right. The featured image panorama was built up from multiple 15-second exposures that were captured on 2019 June 30. Two days later, La Silla experienced a rare total eclipse of the Sun.

15 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Moon Phase

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

The Moon’s current phase for today and tonight is a Waxing Gibbous phase. This phase is when the moon is more than 50% illuminated but not yet a Full Moon. The phase lasts about 7 days with the moon becoming more illuminated each day until the Full Moon. During a Waxing Gibbous the moon rises in the east in mid-afternoon and is high in the eastern sky at sunset. The moon is then visible through most of the night sky setting a few hours before sunrise. The word Gibbous first appeared in the 14th century and has its roots in the Latin word “gibbosus” meaning humpbacked.

Visit the March 2022 Moon Phases Calendar to see all the daily moon phase for this month.

Today’s Waxing Gibbous Phase

The Waxing Gibbous on March 15 has an illumination of 91%. 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 March 15 the Moon is 11.97 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: Waxing Gibbous
Illumination: 91%
Moon Age: 11.97 days
Moon Angle: 0.50
Moon Distance: 395,968.33 km
Sun Angle: 0.54
Sun Distance: 148,800,430.03 km

Useful Moon Resources

15 March 2022 Daily Correspondence Digest Southern Hemisphere’s Custom Planetary Positions

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

15 March 2022
08:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM BRT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Pisces 13
Moon:25 Leo 12
Mercury:09 Pisces 21
Venus:08 Aquarius 45
Mars:07 Aquarius 10
Jupiter:17 Pisces 27
Saturn:20 Aquarius 26
Uranus:12 Taurus 07
Neptune:22 Pisces 58
Pluto:28 Capricorn 07

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 22 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 37 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 39

Chiron:11 Aries 21
Ceres:08 Gemini 05
Pallas:11 Aries 04
Juno:16 Aquarius 35
Vesta:02 Aquarius 26

Eris:24 Aries 02

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

Southern Hemisphere

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

15 March 2022
03:00 pm GMT 5:00 PM SAST
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:25 Pisces 00
Moon:22 Leo 33
Mercury:09 Pisces 00
Venus:08 Aquarius 33
Mars:07 Aquarius 00
Jupiter:17 Pisces 24
Saturn:20 Aquarius 25
Uranus:12 Taurus 07
Neptune:22 Pisces 57
Pluto:28 Capricorn 07

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 25 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 38 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 38

Chiron:11 Aries 20
Ceres:08 Gemini 01
Pallas:10 Aries 59
Juno:16 Aquarius 30
Vesta:02 Aquarius 20

Eris:24 Aries 01

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

Southwestern Hemisphere

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

15M March 2022
06:00 am GMT 5:00 PM AEDT
Zodiac: Tropical (Standard Western)

Sun:24 Pisces 38
Moon:17 Leo 48
Mercury:08 Pisces 23
Venus:08 Aquarius 12
Mars:06 Aquarius 43
Jupiter:17 Pisces 19
Saturn:20 Aquarius 22
Uranus:12 Taurus 06
Neptune:22 Pisces 56
Pluto:28 Capricorn 07

True Lunar Node:24 Taurus 28 Rx
Mean Lunar Node:25 Taurus 39 Rx

Lilith (Black Moon):26 Gemini 35

Chiron:11 Aries 19
Ceres:07 Gemini 55
Pallas:10 Aries 50
Juno:16 Aquarius 21
Vesta:02 Aquarius 09

Eris:24 Aries 01

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

March 14 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 March 14

Star Formation in the Eagle Nebula

Image Credit: NASAESAHubbleProcessing & Copyright: Ignacio Diaz Bobillo & Diego Gravinese

Explanation: Where do stars form? One place, star forming regions known as “EGGs”, are being uncovered at the end of this giant pillar of gas and dust in the Eagle Nebula (M16). Short for evaporating gaseous globules, EGGs are dense regions of mostly molecular hydrogen gas that fragment and gravitationally collapse to form stars. Light from the hottest and brightest of these new stars heats the end of the pillar and causes further evaporation of gas and dust — revealing yet more EGGs and more young stars. This featured picture was created from exposures spanning over 30 hours with the Earth-orbiting Hubble Space Telescope in 2014, and digitally processed with modern software by experienced volunteers in Argentina. Newborn stars will gradually destroy their birth pillars over the next 100,000 years or so — if a supernova doesn’t destroy them first.

March 14, 2022 Your Daily Horoscopes Digest

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Moon Alert

There are no restrictions to shopping or important decisions today. The Moon is in Leo.

Aries (March 21-April 19)

Oops! Tread carefully because this week begins on a difficult note. Aggressive and sudden interruptions that might affect your money, your possessions, your earnings or a friendship are possible. Keep your eyes open. Think before you speak. Know what’s going on.

Taurus (April 20-May 20)

This is a tricky day. Today people feel rebellious, critical and even distrustful of each other. Family members, especially females, might not agree with you. It’s hard to reach a consensus. You might feel this same resistance when dealing with authority figures. Stay cool.

Gemini (May 21-June 20)

This is the classic day for arguments about social causes – politics, religion, racial issues or any kind of disagreement. Think twice before you say anything today because people are touchy! Nevertheless, listen with respect because each person believes in their own ideas.

Cancer (June 21-July 22)

Keep an eye on your possessions today, as well as your money and your assets because something unexpected could impact your wealth or something that you own. It might affect your cash flow. Check banking details and agreements about inheritances. Don’t be casual or indifferent to these things.

Leo (July 23-Aug. 22)

“It was Monday. It was Monday all day.” Today the Moon is in your sign at odds with wild, wacky Uranus and opposing Venus. This means that you will have difficulty dealing with partners and close friends. You might also encounter difficulty dealing with authority figures – bosses, parents and the police. Stay chill.

Virgo (Aug. 23-Sept. 22)

Something going on behind the scenes might make you nervous today. You will feel restless, even jumpy, whether you know why this is the case or not. The main thing to know is that this is a brief influence, so don’t get your belly in a rash. Note: Travel plans might suddenly change.

Libra (Sept. 23-Oct. 22)

Romantic relationships are rocky today. Likewise, parents should be extra vigilant and keep an eye on their kids because this is an accident-prone day for the children. Social plans might suddenly change. Sports accidents are also likely. (Yikes!) Be alert.

Scorpio (Oct. 23-Nov. 21)

Today it might be obvious to others that you are at odds with someone, perhaps a family member or a close friend. You can be very wilful. You often come on stronger than you suspect, which is intimidating to others. Lighten up. (We love you.)

Sagittarius (Nov. 22-Dec. 21)

This is the classic day for arguments about theories, philosophies and popular beliefs. Religion, politics and racial issues might be in the mix. Unfortunately, there are none so deaf as those who are wearing headphones. Don’t try to be right.

Capricorn (Dec. 22-Jan. 19)

Disputes about money and shared property might arise today. Or they might be disputes related to sports events or the care and maintenance of children. Some of you might argue about the cost of a social occasion or vacation. Things are dicey today.

Aquarius (Jan. 20-Feb. 18)

Today the Moon is at odds with Venus in your sign as well as your ruler Uranus. This makes everyone, including you, rebellious and impulsive. A disappointment might trigger these feelings. Obviously, this is not an ideal day for socializing.

Pisces (Feb. 19-March 20)

You might find yourself at odds with someone at work today. Perhaps this dispute is about a hidden love affair? Or it might be because of a new modern take on something that throws tradition out the window. Things are changing so fast it’s hard to know where to stand. Make sure that you are fair-minded and that you act for the greater good. This way you have your self-respect.

If Your Birthday Is Today

Physicist Albert Einstein (1879-1955) shares your birthday today. You are intelligent, creative, multitalented and versatile. You have an active imagination and enjoy daydreaming. You are easy-going but sometimes moody. This is an exciting year full of change, progress and growth. It might mean letting go of something. Stay on your toes and be ready for new opportunities coming your way!