![]() ![]() The rise in interest in astrology today does not result in much actual star-gazing. But that is as far as it goes, except for the poets. We look at them, our heads flung back in awe and wonder that they can exist ![]() They simply have no place in our outlook any more. For even if we leave the sulphurous vapours of our Gomorrahs to venture into a natural landscape, the stars do not enter into any of our back-to-nature schemes. The stars only because most of us can no longer see them. He had no inkling, for instance, that the Little Bear could serve as a reliable night clock as it revolves in tight circles around the Pole Star (and acts as a celestial hour-hand at half speed - that is, it takes 24 hours rather than 12 for a single revolution). ![]() And he is no prisoner of smog-bound cities. When I discussed the stars with a well-known naturalist, I was surprised to learn that even a man such as he, who has spent his entire lifetime observing wildlife and nature, was totally unaware of the movements of the stars. ![]() This is not entirelyĭue to our living in cities ablaze with electric lights which reflect back at us from our fumes, smoke, and artificial haze. “We tend to be unaware that stars rise and set at all. ![]()
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