HI STARFRIENDS, ASTRONOMY MIGHT SEEM PRETTY TAME, BUT THE STORIES ARE ANYTHING BUT FOR EXAMPLE HIT THE DARKNESS AROUND 6AM AND FIND BLUE SPICA IN THE SOUTHWEST.

THEN SPOT ANTARES TO THE LEFT IN THE SOUTH.

SMACK IN BETWEEN THEM ARE TWO STARS : ZUBENESCHAMALI AND ZUBENELGENUBI HERE’S THE DRAMA THREE THOUSAND YEARS AGO THEY WERE THE CLAWS OF THE SCORPION SCORPIUS!

ZUBENESCHAMALI MEANS 'THE NORTHERN CLAW' AND ZUBENELGENUBI MEANS 'THE SOUTHERN CLAW’ IN ARABIC.

LATER, JULIUS CAESAR AND HIS CRONIES CAME ALONG AND LOPPED THEM OFF AND RENAMED THEM LIBRA THE SCALES FOR THE SYMBOL OF ROMAN JUSTICE.

SPEAKING OF JUSTICE, IT WOULDN’T BE RIGHT IF I DIDN’T TELL YOU ON MARCH 25 THE MOON WILL HAVE A PUNUMBRAL ECLIPSE COVERING 95-PERCENT OF IT’S FULL FACE IT MIGHT BE TOUGH TO SPOT BECUSE IT’S JUST THE EDGE OF EARTH’S SHADOW, BUT IF YOU LIKE A CHALLENGE, GO FOR IT!

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