<p>The constellation Capricorn is the “gateway of the gods” and this week the Moon casts its shadow across this gate when it occults the brightest star there the night before Halloween, when preparations are being made to travel about imitating malignant spirits and fantastical creatures.</p>

The constellation Capricorn is the “gateway of the gods” and this week the Moon casts its shadow across this gate when it occults the brightest star there the night before Halloween, when preparations are being made to travel about imitating malignant spirits and fantastical creatures.

Moon Casts its Shadow Over the Celestial Gateway

What's going on in the night sky right now? Find out with Star Lore Historian Mary Stewart Adams, who narrates the stories written across the sky each week in order to restore the mythic grandeur of knowing the stars. Here, ancient mythologies are woven together with poetry, astrology, contemporary astronomy, and the new star wisdom astrosophy, to reveal the brilliant story of now.

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