Mars MArches Thru Taurus
Aug 2022 - MArch 2023

Mars moved into the constellation Taurus on August 9, marched through the Golden Gate of the Pleiades & Hyades in September, moved into the horns of the bull all the way to the tip, then in retrograde motion is marching backwards to revisit.  
​Activating all along the way...

2022
Aug 1 ~ Mars & Uranus Conjunction
Aug 9 ~ Mars Enters Taurus Constellation 
Aug 31 ~ Mars with Hyades Pleiades Aldebaran in the Golden Gate of Ecliptic
Sept 30 ~ Mars "in the horns" of Taurus (the Bull)
Oct 30 ~ Mars with The Crab Nebula (M1)
Oct 30 2022 - Jan 12 2023 ~ Mars Retrograde Motion
Sept 14 - Dec 14 ~ Mars "in the horns" of Taurus (the Bull)
2023
Jan 12 ~ Mars in the Golden Gate of the Ecliptic - Hyades Pleiades Aldebaran
​Jan 13  ~ Mars Stations Direct, resumes forward movement
Feb 11/12 ~ Comet C/2022 E3 (ZFT) flies by Mars spot in the sky
Feb 10 - March 12 ~ Mars "in the horns" of Taurus (the Bull)
March 10 - Mars Appulse Crab Nebula & Elnath
March 25 - Mars last day in Taurus - what a LONG March thru Taurus - 

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Mars & the Moon
Lunar Occultations

DEC 7/8 ~ Full Moon 11:09 pm EST/4:09 UTC Dec 8
​DEC 7/8 ~ Moon Occults Mars  11:13 pm EST/4:13 UTC Dec 8
Jan 3, 2023 ~ Moon Occults Mars 
Jan 31 ~ Moon Occults Mars  
Feb 28 ~ Moon Occults Mars
Moon Moves in front of Mars, obscuring our view from certain spots on earth
See maps below for viewing for each occultation event Dec 2022 - Feb 2023

DEC 7/8 

Jan 31

Jan 3

Feb 28

https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20221208_16_100

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Astro Alignments in last months of 2022

NOV 29 ~ Mercury Mars Oppostion

NOV 30 ~ VENUS MARS OPPOSTION

​DEC 1 ~ Mars Closest to Earth  2 UTC
DEC 8 ~ Mars & Sun Opposition 6:00 UTC
Earth directly between Mars and the Sun
Mars is Brightest in our sky now!

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MARS ~ MERCURY ~ VENUS ~ sun ~ Moon

OCT 22~ Sun Venus Conjunction
NOV 8 ~ Sun Mercury Conjunction
NOV 21 ~ Venus Mercury Conjunction
NOV 29 ~ Mercury Mars Oppostion
NOV 30 ~ Venus Mars Opposition 
DEC 29 ~ Venus Mercury Conjunction
JAN 7~ Sun Mercury Conjunction

NOV 30 ~ 
VEnus Ascends From the Solar World
​Venus Rises as Evening Star

Venus As Evening Star
Emerges/Ascends from the Solar World
In direct opposition to Mars​
​Visible low on western horizon again around Nov 30,
at sunset, and quickly sets. Venus visible later and longer each day after sunset as we flow through December.  Venus is an Evening Star until August 2023.

SOURCES & RESOURCE ARTICLES

https://in-the-sky.org/news.php?id=20221208_16_100

https://www.almanac.com/full-moon-december

https://www.timeanddate.com/moon/phases/usa/boston

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