May Day 2022

Today is May Day and Beltane - this month ends with a New Moon Solar Eclipse in the earth sign of Taurus - that's a whole lot going on. . . .and more. 

May Day new moon 2022

In our family wonder | wander | world have Taurus grand/father and uncle/sibling celebrating their birthdays in April. 

Today's eclipse also happens to coincide with the second new moon of the month. April started with a new moon on April 1 and ended with a second one on April 30.  

Called a Black Moon - it is a rare occurrence causing a partial solar eclipse seen in parts of South America. 

pink blue moon

This year, April’s full Moon is also connected to Easter. It’s what’s known as the Paschal Full Moon - the full Moon that determines Easter’s date. Read more about this in the Farmers Almanac. 

A whole lot of loving going on! 

First, we have the hormone-laden spring tide and the approach of Beltane.

Next, we have Love Goddess Venus exalted in No Time No Space Pisces getting ready to transition into the intense fires of Randy Ram Aries.

And, Nebulous Neptune, the higher vibration of Venus and the Divine Feminine, helps bring focus and balance in a sweet trine to the Destiny Path North Node in My Emotions Are Flowing Cancer.

So Are You Happy To See Me Or Not? Lilith is casting a knowing glance, a little smirk, as she witnesses the rebirth of the love cycle we are entering between each other and within ourselves.

Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin | revolutionary astronomer & unsung hero

wonder | wander | world kicks off Women's History Month with this homage to unsung hero, revolutionary astronomer, wonder woman - Cecilia Payne Gaposchkin.

While accepting the Henry Norris Russell Prize from the American Astronomical Society, she spoke of her lifelong passion for research.

"The reward of the young scientist is the emotional thrill of being the first person in the history of the world to see something or understand something. Nothing can compare with that experience [...] The reward of the old scientist is the sense of having seen a vague sketch grow into a masterly landscape."

Jeremy Knowles, discussing the complete lack of recognition Cecilia Payne gets, even today, for her revolutionary discovery [via aliterate].