24 April 2017 – Astro-Weather: For those who like to observe during the quiet predawn hours, Saturn offers a treat this week. The ringed planet rises around midnight & climbs some high in the south by the time morning twilight begins. It shines against the backdrop of northwestern Sagittarius, where it appears nearly stationary relative to the background stars
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Rudolf Steiner’s Lectures on this day
“Greek philosophy beautifully compared the human soul with a bee. The world of colour and light offers the soul honey which it brings with it into the higher world. The soul must spiritualize sense experience and carry it up into higher worlds.” ~Rudolf Steiner 1906
Jackie Lanng
ON THIS DAY IN HISTORY
479 BC – Thutmose III ascends to the throne of Egypt
1184 BC – Traditional date of the fall of Troy
1915 – The arrest of 250 Armenian intellectuals & community leaders in Istanbul marks the beginning of the Armenian Genocide
1904 – Birthday of Willem de Kooning, Dutch-American painter & educator
1942 – Birthday of Barbra Streisand, American singer, actress, & producer
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POD (Poem Of the Day)
~The Earth is an apple
Ripening in space…
~hag
