Yesterday, Venus officially appeared in the evening sky, making it’s first visible appearance in almost 90 days as it was orbiting behind the Sun. I was able to watch the dim light of ancient goddess symbol appear after about 15 to 20 minutes after the Sun had set behind the Oregon Coast Mountains. Shortly thereafter, Mars appeared in the night sky making the two planets visible at the same time. This marks what is called the Great Saga in Shamanic Astrology, which has been inspired for countless ages around the theme of mingling of the masculine and feminine deities. By the turn of the next Solstice in December, Mars and Venus will be visibly much closer, hanging around each other for months until Venus disappears in the glare of the Sun in late March of 2017. Tonight, look up in the south to see Mars and a waxing gibbous Moon go into alignment in a astrological conjunction, with the Moon above and Mars below, still quite bright. Venus will still be vulnerable and dimly lit near the horizon but the long quest is on for Mars to meet the challenges posed by Venus in order to show honor and worthiness to be with the great goddess in the night sky.
NOTE: Once Venus is visible, you can trace a line to Jupiter, Mars and Saturn – that gives us a highly easy way to see the path of the Sun (Ecliptic)
