1. RARE NAKED-EYE NOVA: Every 20 years or so, a thermonuclear explosion occurs on the surface of RS Oph, a white dwarf in the constellation Ophiuchus. This week it happened again. On Aug. 8th, the brightness of the tiny star increased 600-fold, from magnitude +12 to +5.

Keith Geary of Ireland was the first to notice. Hours later, Italian astronomer Ernesto Guido and colleagues photographed the outburst using a remote-controlled telescope in Australia: This is called a “recurrent nova,” and it is rare. In the whole Milky Way galaxy, only 7 star systems are known to produce such explosions.

RS Oph is actually a binary star, one side is a white dwarf, the other side is a red giant. ( I feel like that somedays) There’s very little distance between the two, so the gravity of the white dwarf is able to pull gaseous material off the larger star down onto itself. Every couple of decades, enough matter accumulates to trigger an explosion. The last time this happened was back in 2006. At 5th magnitude, the current stellar outburst is visible to the naked eye, Look south after sunset. Ophiuchus hangs high in the sky just above the better known constellations Scorpius.

Ophiuchus means “serpent bearer.” This constellation is depicted as a man supporting a serpent. In Greek myth, Ophiuchus was said to depict the god Apollo wrestling the snake guarding the Oracle of Delphi. Ophuichus is all about kundalini (a Sanskrit word meaning ‘coiled up’ or ‘coiling like a snake’). Ophiuchus, as the Serpent Bearer, therefore holds the key to the importance of Kundalini, life force energy and the healing. the association of the serpent with this constellation has been linked with the miraculous powers of snake charmers, shamans and committed Healers. The head of the Serpent-Bearer is where the star Rasalhague is located, this star is filled with powerful, ageless healing wisdom.

2. 8:8 crop circle Crop Circle near Kitt’s Lane, Nr West Meon, Hampshire UK HERE!

3. Tropical storm GRACE forms as a physical manifestation of our need for the actual manifestation Grace.

4. 7.2 Earthquake in Haiti (God bless them)

5. 3 volcanoes erupt together in Alaska ring of Fire

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