The summer triangle still in the autumn sky The Sun is in Virgo since September 16th and remains there for the whole month to spend October 31st in Libra, with all due respect for the astrologers who remained at the positions of the Sun of 2000 years ago, a century […]
Lucia Corbo
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In November the Sun crosses the whole Libra constellation moving eastwards; on the 23rd of the month he enters the Scorpio, from which he leaves the 29th to settle in Ophiuchus, the 13th constellation of the Ecliptic.In fact, there are 13 Constellations that the Sun crosses in the space of […]
Around January 3rd, the Earth is in Perieli, that is at the point closest to the Sun of the Earth’s orbit, which, evidently, does not coincide with that of the Winter Solstice; during these days there is the maximum of the meteoric swarm of the Quadrantids that take their name […]
The Sun until mid-February is in Capricorn and then go to the Aquarium. The days continue to grow and in the night sky, towards the south, we can still enjoy Orione and the summer constellations. At the Solstice on June 21st, the Sun is located halfway between Toro and Gemelli, […]
The Sun from Aquarius passes, on March 12, in Pisces. Since the winter solstice in December, the Sun has been rising on the Ecliptic and it can be seen going through the daytime arches on the horizon higher and higher and wider, with the days getting longer. At the Spring […]
The Sun from March 12 in Pisces, passes on April 19 in Aries where it will remain until mid-May. Oriented towards South in the evening, we see from the West to the East the Taurus, the Gemini, the Cancer and the Lion. the Virgin and the Libra. Virgo In the […]
The Sun that in May was in Toro passes in Gemelli on June 21st, the day of the Summer Solstice; has reached the maximum height on the horizon at noon solar and from now begins to descend along the Eclittica, the hours of light begin to decrease. Solstice from the […]
The Sun in Gemini since June 21 passes in Cancer on the 21st of the month, South facing in the evening, we see after sunset along the course of the night, from West to East, as eclittic constellations, the Lion, the Virgin, the Libra, the Scorpio, Ophiuchus, the Sagittarius, the […]
The Sun is in Ophiuchus until the 18th of the month when it passes, in Sagittarius. December 21st is the Winter Solstice, the shortest day there is for our hemisphere, because the Sun is at the lowest point of the Ecliptic; inappropriately it is said that the shortest is December […]
The Polar Star between Ursa Major and Cassiopeia The Polar Star is the most famous star because it is almost perfectly on the extension of the Earth’s axis in the sky, the celestial North Pole (less than 1 °), around which everything seems to rotate (from east to west) in […]