Venus Rising: the Morning Star

The seasons are changing. I can no longer see the sunrise on my way to work in the morning but I can see Venus. It was very bright above an orange sky over a foggy horizon. Venus is called the morning star because it's the lastt star we see on the horizon before sunrise. It's also the first star we see on the horizon after sunset. Mercury is pretty hard to spot but you can see it this month in the northern hemisphere. The next small planetary alignment takes place on January 27, 2024.

Update: The next day the same thing. this morning your could see Venus rising above an orange horizon. It was high and bright. Normally it's a bit lower on the horizon. It was all alone. Yesterday was the new moon. When the planets do align you can see them line up with Venus and the moon along an axis. So right now we can see Venus rising in the morning sky all on it's own.

I'm sure there's an astrological significance to that but it looks cool. This morning the fog was pushed down below the horizon so you could see the landscape of mountains from the freeway. When I got to work the fog was blocking the view of the mountains on the horizon but you could see them from a distance. I'm sure there's another allegory in there.



There was a bright orange horizon at sunset tonight with a red setting sun providing a backdrop to the city towers in Surrey. I'm still trying to find a nice place in Surrey to watch the sunset. It's hard to get above the trees without leaving the city. Sunrise, sunset. The morning breaks...