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11:51 PM: la luna
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the moon and mars rose together tonight. it was beautiful: the moon wearing her ruby star like a necklace below her shining face and dark, slender neck. it's been interesting to observe the ecliptic change as the earth spins towards the winter solstice.
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that was mars? i thought, no way, it would be washed out by the moon.
yep! and at this point, mars is rising before the moon, leading her forward. saturn is rising in cancer: you can see it in the east at about midnight, once orion is pretty high in the sky.