Today:
As the Big Dipper rides low in the northwest, consider the tale from the Native American people, the Haudenosaunee (known previously as the Iroquois). This bear (the “bowl” of the Dipper) is being hunted by three hunters (the three stars of the handle). When they see him and shoot, his blood falls from the sky, turning the leaves red during the fall.
Wednesday:
Cassiopeia, the Queen, is a w-shaped constellation in the north-northeast this evening. The picture of the Queen is often one of her sitting on her throne, this time of year laying on its back with the legs toward your right.
Thursday:
Low in the south as darkness is complete near 8:45 PM, sits the constellation Sagittarius, the Centaur, and more specifically, within this pattern, a figure known as the “teapot”. Its triangular lid sits atop the teapot, with a handle on the left, and a spout on the right hand side, perhaps pouring on the tail of the Scorpion.