MARS AT OPPOSITION: Mars is approaching opposition. On March 3-5, the Red Planet will be up all night long, opposite the sun and as close to Earth as it will get in 2012. Mars shines overhead at midnight 6 times brighter than a 1st magnitude star and looks great through a backyard telescope. [sky map] [photos: #0, #1, #2, #3, #4]

END OF FEBRUARY AURORAS: February is coming to an end with a flourish of auroras. A CME impact followed by a gusty solar wind stream have combined to produce bright lights around the Arctic Circle on Feb. 26-28. Photographer Nenne Åman recorded the scene last night in Revi, Sweden:

ACSS WEEKLY CARD READING

by Galactic Love Reporter Brenda Kelly
27th Feb to 4th March

    
 *This is an interesting card to come after 2 weeks of focusing on our power centre and our individuality through having a 'non-conformist' attitude.
Now we come to the Crown chakra, almost feels like a right of passage and this week we are rewarded through our deepening connection to our spirit and our sense of one-ness and deeper connection with Pure 'Source'.

As I write these words I feel I am guided to say that we are NEVER apart from Source. It is an illusion this sense of alone-ness we may experience in our lives.