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The photons entering your eyes right now left Capella in 1982. Two yellow giants, locked in a 104-day orbit, sent this light together from 43 light-years away. The star that never sets opens Decan 5 with the ancient question of what is worth protecting and what protection costs the guardian who provides it.
The photons entering your eyes right now left Denebola in 1989. This white star at the tail of the lion hosts a debris disk where old material is becoming new worlds, and its Delta Scuti pulsations carry information too subtle for the naked eye. Decan 12 opens with the light of the most consequential year of reform in modern history.
The photons entering your eyes right now left Spica in 1775. Two blue giants orbit each other every four days, raising tidal bulges on each other's surfaces, abandoning spherical perfection for the artistry of mutual deformation. The ear of grain in Virgo's hand represents ten thousand years of patient cultivation. July 18-27: refine, collaborate, harvest.
The photons entering your eyes right now left Zubeneschamali in 1840. At 185 light-years, this fierce blue-white star marks the northern pan of the celestial scales, and for over two millennia, reputable observers have reported seeing it as green, a color no known stellar physics can produce. Decan 15 opens with the light of abolitionism and the ancient question of what the scales reveal when you weigh honestly.