I told my wife this was the scope I’m getting and she thinks I’m full of it…

Seeing the Sky, One Telescope at a Time: Why a 12-Inch Dobsonian Reframes Habits of Home Astronomy Most of us learn to love the night sky in small, quiet ways: a fenced-off patch of lawn, a cardboard box of glow-in-the-dark stars, a tablet with a star-map app. For a certain cohort—parents who share an unspoken […]

Overarching Energy for the Aries New Moon on April 17th, 2026

Title: The Aries New Moon of April 17, 2026: A Moment of Reckoning, Renewal and Real-World Momentum On April 17, 2026, the sky offers us a potent astrological moment: a new moon in Aries that aligns with a complex, high-stakes planetary tapestry. This is not a soft, gentle lunar reset. It is a charging, forward-driving […]

Does anyone just *feel* a heightened, anxious energy in the air?

Title: The Subtle Signal of Energies in Our Shared Space: Reading the Air Beyond Everyday Observations We inhabit spaces that feel ordinary on the surface while quietly thrumming with significance beneath. A coffee run, a quick stop at a convenience store, a crowded street—these are not just routines. They are calibrated moments where collective mood, […]

Beginner’s Quick Guide to choosing your first telescope (Updated for 2023)

Guide last updated: October 2025 Note this guide was originally written by u/tripped144*, but with global economic conditions, pricing has rapidly gone out of date, so consider this new guide a revision to* the prior one written in 2020. Are you yearning to marvel at the heavens? Have you been wanting a telescope but have […]

This solar eruption video got me published in the Newyork post. Calcium K-line

I was the developer of the narrowest calcium filter system ever owned by an amateur in 2017, and this timelapse I recorded with the system got me published. Now dozens of people use the very filter system I released to the public. Explore scientific FirstLight 127mm x 1200mm telescope 1,5 angstrom calcium filter double stacked […]

anyone else just getting light to minimal sleep this retrograde?

Title: When Sleep Feels Like a Communal Mystery: Light Sleep, Vivid Dreams, and the Pandemic Connection In the noisy interstices of modern life, sleep has become a paradox. We crave the stillness of deep, restorative rest, yet for many, the night delivers a different narrative: light sleep punctuated by intensely vivid dreams, a restless horizon […]

The Cancer Archetype- Feminine Authority and a Mother’s Wisdom

Cancer is a sign that has suffered more from the historical subjugation of women than any other sign. It’s a feminine sign- strike one. It’s an emotive water sign- strike two. It’s ruled by the Moon, the planet of women and motherhood- strike three. The same stereotypes that were designed to break down women and […]