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The photons entering your eyes right now left Arcturus in 1988. This orange giant started with the Sun's mass but only a fraction of its iron, possibly born in a dwarf galaxy the Milky Way consumed. Through 7 billion years of patient burning it became 170 times more luminous, the brightest star in the Northern Hemisphere, the outsider that became the guide.
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.