Author: Cynthia Hansen Zehm

October 18 to 25, 2012  Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mercury and Mars  October is like the hour of twilight, when the brilliance of sunshine transitions into the dark of night. It is a time of transformation, when shadows lengthen, colors fade and...

October 11 to 18, 2012      Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mercury and Mars *The following is taken from the first Alacazem column of 2012. I reprint it now as a forerunner of thematic posts on the upcoming Galactic Conjunction of 12.21.12. The Mystical,...

October 4 to 11, 2012       Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mercury, Mars and Saturn October! The month of falling leaves, golden forests and the glorious days of Indian Summer. I love October. After all, it’s the month I chose to enter this world...

September 27 to October 4, 2012   Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mars and Saturn This weekend Telluride pays homage to the '70's with a "40 year Reunion" event that reminds those of us who've been here since then just how old we are....

September 20 to 27, 2012      Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mars and Saturn Autumn Equinox - September 22, 2012 - a day of celestial equilibrium and balance, a time for looking at our own lives as we live them here on Earth and...

September 13 to 20, 2012             Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mars and Saturn Last week I found myself driving through waves of memory and emotion. The road to Denver was evocative. A trip I’ve made countless times, this time, somehow deeper and more...

September 6 to 13, 2012        Visible Planets: Morning: Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mars and Saturn I’m in Denver right now, visiting family and I’m under deadline… Nothing new, deadlines happen every week. And I think I’ve mentioned that some weeks I have plenty of things to...

August 30 to September 6, 2012    Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mars and Saturn September! Wow. August flew by like a jet on its way to LA, reflecting the light of the Sun, shiny against the deep blue Colorado sky, moving fast. I...

Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus and Jupiter      Evening: Mars and Saturn We have moved from sunny, radiant, center-of-attention Leo to hard-working, analytical, am-I-good-enough Virgo. And I’m wondering, can you feel the change? The pristine purity of light, shimmering sunshine, magnificent roses and magical wildflowers shout...

August 16 to 23, 2012         Visible Planets: Morning: Mercury, Venus and Jupiter  Evening: Mars and Saturn The Sun - the central star around which all planets of our solar system orbit – and the Moon – celestial companion and satellite to our Earth – come together...