The magnificent constellation Taurus dominates late-November night skies in northern latitudes. Oral traditions and recorded mythologies of various religions and cultures continue to visualize the arrangement of constellation stars as a bull.
During my late-evening excursion, I easily identify its brightest star Aldebaran as the beast’s eye and shortly spot a twinkle in plain as day approval of other heavenly bodies moving across its domain. In my mind’s eye I join and feel kinship with people, who since time immemorial stood in awe of said starlit firmament and loosed imaginations in camp fire tales and more formal explanations of their cosmos.
Tonight the planet Venus and waxing gibbous Moon move in tandem across Taurus’ starlit realm. The Taurus Moon sets wisps of clouds aglow and kindles whispered tales of mystery and intrigue among pines, tree skeletons and die-hard autumn foliage.
© Ilija Lukić 2023
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