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| Winter Hexagon, March 20, 2023 |
A hunter raises his bow to take aim. Two hunting dogs at his feet give chase. An angry bull with enormous horns and a bloodshot eye charges forward. A chariot rolls in, while a pair of twins, their hands entwined, tower above it all and keep watchful eye over the unfolding drama.
In late winter / early spring evenings this ancient tapestry of light covers a wide swath of south western sky stretching as far as the eye can see from the horizon up to the zenith. The scene in this image here is captured from my front porch on March 20, the day of the Vernal Equinox.
The Winter Hexagon
Six brightest stars in this patch of the sky, form the giant asterism known as the Winter Hexagon. Each star is part of its own constellation. For five of them, their distances in light years from the earth mirror stages of human life from childhood to old age.
