Look to the Skies

The Days of Shooting Stars has Returned

For thousands of years, men have looked to the skies for prophecy, enlightenment, knowledge, and omens. The Old Ones built earthworks, observatories, calendars, sundials, and star maps, all to better know their relationship to their world and themselves. The Sky was a master tool with the regular motions of celestial bodies enabling  them to orient themselves through time and space.

Now we return to the time of the Ancients as the Perseid Meteor Shower peaks in mid August. We have to imagine what their dark skies were like, but getting away from the city is certainly worth the trip.

Last night I stood on our deck, hoping to catch a glimpse of a shooting star. Just as I was thinking my eyes were playing tricks on me, a huge bright jewel of the night flew over my head. It was long; it was bright. My first thought was that it was a huge white lightening bug right over me. It seemed as though I could reach out and touch it. Then the awe set in and I realized I had seen the most beautiful, most perfect shooting star imaginable. I have seen colors in some in the past, but this was a pure, dazzling white, glowing ball of light, leaving behind a long curve of tail across the entire sky. I was given a gift.

Here’s where you touch the magic. Any time an experience, a gift of deeply moving awareness or awe touches you, bring it in, integrate it, feel it. Don’t let it flit away. Recall the amazing tingle it brought, the goose bumps, the whisper from the other world, and mark it in some way. Draw it, write about it, give it meaning. Be aware of other potent signs that may come with it. All of Nature, and especially the sky, is filled with mystery, beauty, and richness. Keep watching and broaden your reality as the ancients did, tapping into the cycles of life older than man. Create a pause in time, see births in the east, and endings in the west. The sky governs everything, and is reflected in the whole world. Find your part in the mystery.