Solar Eclipse, Equinox and Devils Comet

There is a wealth of planetary and cosmic action coming up in the next few weeks.

This week on March 21 is the Spring Equinox which hearkens the beginning of spring and is considered a time of rebirth.

On April 8, 2024 expect a full solar eclipse that is visible from north Maine to just south of the Baja pennisula. Astrologically, eclipses are a time of emotional thinking. Check out one of my eclipse posts here.

The Devil's Comet is an occasionally explosive yet fickle comet that will be visible in the evening sky for the first time in 71 years. Currently, it can only be seen with a telescope or binoculars, but might soon be spotted with the naked eye, and there’s even a chance it could be seen during next month’s total solar eclipse. Comet Pons-Brooks was last seen in 1954 before returning last summer. Like the famed Halley’s comet, Pons-Brooks is a “short-period” comet that periodically visits our part of the solar system. Short-period comets take less than 200 years to orbit the sun, while long-period comets can take thousands or millions of years. With an orbital period of 71 years, comet Pons-Brooks is visible from Earth only slightly more often than Halley’s comet, which appears every 76 years and was last seen in 1986