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| The NEW MOON cannot be
seen from the Earth. This is a Sun-Moon conjunction. Because the
Sun cannot illuminate the Moon, it appears like there is no moon.
This is a time of fresh energy, seed planting and the beginning of
new ventures and impulses.
The WAXING CRESCENT occurs when less than half the Moon is visible and looks
like a like a fine crescent that gets a little fatter every day. In the Southern
Hemisphere the waxing crescent is illuminated on its left or western side ... |
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| MOON STATISTICS | Luna to the Romans, Selene and Artemis
by the Greeks. Phoebe, Diana, Artemis, Luna, Serenity, Usagi, Serena
are the names of women connected with the moon. Known since prehistoric
times. It is the second brightest object in the sky after the Sun.
Orbits around Earth every 29.5 days (709 hours)... |
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| Aristotle & Copernicus VIEWS OF THE UNIVERSE |
Aristotle: " the natural motion of
the earth as a whole, like that of its parts, is towards the center
of
the
Universe: that is the reason why it is now lying at the center." Giethe: "Of all discoveries and opinions, none may have exerted a greater effect on the human spirit than the doctrine of Copernicus. The world had scarcely become known as round and complete in itself when it was asked to waive the tremendous privilege of being the center of the universe... |
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| CLASSIFICATION OF THE SOLAR SYSTEM |
INFERIOR PLANETS (planets inside the
orbit of Earth): Mercury and Venus. SUPERIOR PLANETS (planets
outside the Earth's orbit): Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Pluto.
INNER PLANETS (planets inside the asteroid belt): Mercury, Venus,
Earth,
Mars. OUTER PLANETS (planets outside the asteroid belt): Jupiter,
Saturn, Uranus, Neptune, Pluto. GAS GIANTS (also Jovian) (planets
within gaseous structure of Jupiter):
Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, Neptune... |
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| THE FOUR ELEMENTS ANIMATION | As the Moon moves through the Sidereal
Zodiac in its 27-day cycle, it triggers the four traditional elements
of Fire, Earth, Air and Water in turn. Each element has been shown
to encourage a certain type of plant growth, depicted by the icons
on each point of the triangles...
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| SKY VIEW CAFE | To start the Sky View Café applet simply click on one of the links below. Please be aware that if you are using a slow internet connection, the applet may take a few minutes to load. Your web browser must be Java enabled. Your web browser should also have JavaScript and cookies enabled so that the selection you make below will be automatically selected... | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| PLANET WISDOM | In his 'Agriculture' lectures, Rudolf
Steiner makes numerous references to old peasant wisdom and the influences
of planets
on humans and on plants and planting. Here is a version of a 15th century
book called ' The Book of the Seven Planets'. It is interesting to
read how planet influences were regarded in the medieval days. |
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| PLANETS | The Solar System has nine planets that
orbit the big star called the Sun. All the planets orbit the Sun
in elliptical paths.
They take different amounts of time to get all the way around the Sun.
Our Earth takes a year to make one complete orbit. This is the length
of time it takes the Earth to get all the way around the Sun. The planets
spin while they move around the Sun... |
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| HISTORY OF THE UNIVERSE | An interesting illustration from ermilab. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| VENUS TRANSIT 8th, June, 2004 |
It was something no living person had
seen before. At 3.07pm yesterday, the moment scientists calculated
long ago, a tiny black dot appeared on the edge of the sun. (Sydney
Morning Herald) |
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| SEASONS - SOLSTICE - EQUINOX |
The SUMMER SOLSTICE is the first day of the season of Summer. On this day, (December 22 in the southern hemisphere and June 21 in the northern hemisphere) the Sun is furthest north and the length of time between sunrise and sunset makes for the longest day in the year. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
