Storyteller's Night Sky 2025-07-09 (Cross-Quarter and Star-Crossed Love)
It may be that the cross-quarter time in a season is the most dynamic, because it has to do with a turn, as though at the midpoint we step away from the past and lean into the as-yet unknown future ~ and what better guide for such a turn than the stars? The compass rose used for navigating was first a rose of winds, and the winds derived their names from the directions that were first and foremost determined by the rising and setting of the stars. The summer cross-quarter day comes at the end of this week, Friday, August 1st. Traditionally known as Lammas, for ‘loaf mass,’ it is a time for…
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