Seen the night sky this eve? Looks like a good sign to me.

[kayakjohnny]

Just stepped out for a minute. In north central Florida. East coast on the beach. Small town. Saw a sliver of a new moon and one planety kind of thing to the west, and another planet type of entity to the east but higher up. In the southern sky. And both looking real ominous but in a very good way. The first sensation I had was, "Whoa, this is a good sign for the election". And it was a totally positive feeling. This was just a few moments ago (7:40est) Sat. eve. You can still step out and see it maybe. Something seemed very positive about it all. Just thought I'd mention.

[Jeanette in FL]

1. I am in North Florida as well and just saw the sky

Just went outside and thought that the sky looked absolutely beautiful.

So yes, I agree, A very good sign from the heavens.

[kayakjohnny]

2. Cool, thanks.

[nashville_brook]

3. east orlando here -- i was just outside in the backyard and the sky is gorgeous.

clear, but with clouds towards the east. the moon and venus are both shining bright. at least i think it's venus. the whole sky seems a little purple-y.

[kayakjohnny]

4. Seems like Venus to me as well. Or even Jupiter. Although I think Jup is even brighter.

[Poseidan]

5. religious people care not for Godly things

They only care about fake after-lives. The beautiful night sky, filled with nebulas, clusters and galaxies hold no interest for them.

I, on the other hand, fully enjoy God's beauty. The Allegory of the Cave was written thousands of years ago, when people thought the world was flat and the Earth was center of everything. Knowing more than Plato, consider this next time you view the deep-sky.

[Beregond2]

23. Thank you for flaunting your ignorance and bigotry.

[Sebastian Doyle]

6. No such luck here in the northwest

If I went out and looked up at the night sky, I'd probably drown :evilfrown:

[kayakjohnny]

7. Bummer, sorry.

[kentuck]

8. Probably Venus and Mars...

The Moon is late in Sagittarius, as is Venus. Mars is in Scorpio. Jupiter is in Capricorn, also very close. Venus is the planet of peace and Mars is the planet of war.

[TKolmsi]

9. It is Venus, according to an article in the paper today

and it was very moving for some reason.

[csziggy]

10. Venus is near the moon. Higher and to the south is Jupiter; Mars is lower to the north

http://www.wunderground.com/sky/index.asp

[NightWatcher]

11. what/where do you paddle, kayak johnny?

I've got a Necky Zoar Sport 14' that I havent taken out since Spring at the Guana (sp) Reserve near St Auggie

[kayakjohnny]

16. A little bit of everything, NightWatcher. We surf our little boats in the morning and use our long

boats in the mangroves and intracoastal. It' quite a consuming lifestyle. You can PM me for more. We've been doing this for 20 years plus now. And have learned the in's and out's, the up's and down's as it were. I'm just down the road (or river) from you it seems.

[nashville_brook]

25. omg -- you are so lucky. i lived on the indian river for a while in melbourne...

and grew up in satellite bch. a lot of my misspent youth was misspent on the banana river. we take our tandem two lights out around mosquito lagoon every now and then -- i always see the most amazing wildlife there. we like to paddle the rivers, especially around wekiva and the silver river (monkeys!).

[dkofos]

12. It's Venus and Jupiter.

[OxQQme]

13. Free software for viewing the Heavens:

http://www.stellarium.org/

[Billy Ruffian]

24. plus 1 for Stellarium

fantastic software for figuring out what it is you're looking at.

Available for Windows PCs, Mac PCs, and Linux PCs

[Mind_your_head]

14. First sensation might be, "everything is in its place - all is right with the world"

Thread-killa,
M_Y_H

Peace :-)

[kayakjohnny]

17. Funny.... back at ya!

[Mind_your_head]

21. ;-)

Let me extend a belated welcome to DU kayakjohnny! Nice to have you here....seriously!

:hi:

[morillon]

15. Jupiter and Venus, and you're absolutely right.

Venus was just to the west of the sliver moon, and Jupiter is higher up. I believe their presence in the sky is particularly favorable right now.

[thecrow]

18. When the moon is in the seventh house...

And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars

This is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius
Age of Aquarius
Aquarius! Aquarius!

Harmony and understanding
Sympathy and trust abounding
No more falsehoods or derisions
Golden living dreams of visions
Mystic crystal revelation
And the mind's true liberation
Aquarius! Aquarius!

When the moon is in the Seventh House
And Jupiter aligns with Mars
Then peace will guide the planets
And love will steer the stars


******************This post reminds me of "The Age of Aquarius" (C) by the Fifth Dimension

Let the sunshine in....!

[kayakjohnny]

19. Nice, very nice!

[GardeningGal]

22. For those that don't remember the song or have never seen it:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Up2Ln_CrO7Y

[Withywindle]

20. New moon.

A good time for positive change: an old cycle has finished and a new one is beginning.

Nov 1 is the first day of the new year to some Pagans, also.