Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks Taken by Jan Erik Vallestad on March 9, 2024 @ Norway (Spaceweather.com Realtime  Image Gallery)

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 03/12/2024

THE SPIRAL CORE OF COMET 12P: Around the world, astronomers are monitoring Comet 12P/Pons-Brooks as it approaches the sun for a close encounter in April. Most cameras are focused on the comet’s magnificent tail, which is growing longer every night. Norwegian astronomer Jan Erik Vallestad decided instead to take a closer look at the comet’s core–and there he found a spiral:

Comet’s spiral image in black and white

“The image has been processed in Pixinsight with moderate stretching to reveal structure in the core,” explains Vallestad. “This is doable because the core itself was not blown out (saturated) in the original data.” Other astronomers have also noticed the spiral or “yin-yang shape” of the comet’s core; it appears to be real.

Evidence is mounting that 12P is “cryovolcanic.” The comet’s surface is peppered with geysers, which spew icy plumes of dust and gas into space when fragile vents are exposed to sunlight. These exhaust plumes naturally bend themselves into spirals as the comet rotates.

Giant AR3590 coming back? Taken by Patricio Leon on March 10, 2024 @ Santiago, Chile

A SUNSPOT BIG ENOUGH TO SEE FROM MARS: Remember giant sunspot AR3950? Last month, it produced three X-class solar flares as it grew to become the largest sunspot of Solar Cycle 25. We haven’t seen it for the past two weeks because it has been crossing the farside of the sun. NASA’s Perseverance rover has been keeping track of it from Mars.

Chilean astronomer Patricio Leon assembled these images using publically-available data from NASA. “They show the sunspot traversing the farside of the sun from left to right (March 1-9th),” explains Leon. “Individual images have been rotated to give a rough E-W alignment.”

Perseverance’s observations from Mars confirm that the sunspot is alive and well, still large, and possibly active. “Based the sunspot’s motion in these images, it should reappear on the Earthside of the sun around March 14th,” says Leon. 

THE TRECENA OF ROAD/EB: The Sacred Journey of Time
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
8 Storm/CAUAC, Cherokee, Redbird/TOTSU’HWA, Destiny Kin 99, Position 19
March 12, 2024 (03/12/2024); Last Round: June 26, 2023 (06/26/2023)

THE TRECENA OF ROAD/EB: A Sacred Journey of Time

Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide for an overview of this trecena and a Count of Days that includes the aspects for each day. 

My gift for the Tzolk’in round is the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” Volume 1 covers the first two seasons of the Tzolk’in round. The “Field Guide” is available to download from a link on the 13-day Trecena Guide Page.

The Road/EB trecena is found in Season 2, Volume 1.

8 Storm/CAUAC, Cherokee, Redbird/TOTSU’HWA – Day 8 of 13 of the 1 Road/EB Trecena

Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold, 12 Sun/AHAU from MayanMajix.com

Galactic Tone 8: Justice. Harmony and balance are the intent of Eights carefully weighs all evidence to reach a balance of justice. Eight is the power of organization demonstrated in the statement ‘as above, so below,’ from simplicity to infinity, the energy of eight organizes all levels of creation, some eights are ‘neat freaks.’

Storm/Cauac: Day of the blessing of rain, giver of all life and lightening, a gift of nitrogen to Mother Earth and ozone to Father Sky. Cauac is also associated with the moon and the cycles of the moon, which are the meter of the feminine aspect of creation. The essence of Storm is the feeling of unity, security and warmth experienced in the home while the tempest of trouble rages in the world outside. Perpetually youthful, Storms exist to experience the ecstasy of freedom. They have the great capacity to both learn and teach. Their constant quest for novel experiences often leads to difficult tests and storms of emotion. Looking at these difficulties for the lessons they indeed are, will enrich our lives rather than destroy. Cauac individuals teach much through their electricity of being. Lightning energizes earth, this same energy energizes humans. Divine connections can be accessed.

A GOOD DAY TO: Count your lessons as blessings and your enemies as angels.

Scarlett Tanager

Cherokee, Redbird/TOTSU’HWA: Redbird’s symbol is Alcyone of the Pleiades Star in constellation Taurus.  Alcyone is the Central Sun of the Universe, heart of heaven. Lightning is the visible evidence of the presence of Redbird Spirit in the Sky, daughter of the Sun Spirit, sign of Fire, Sun’s alter ego on Earth. Redbird is a feminine sign; the hand that rocks the cradle. The symbol of nurturing, the lightning nurtures and energizes, with energy for zest, curiosity, imagination, and ideas. Lightning adds spiritual force to the human by way of “lightning of the blood” of a healer, directly body to body vibration. The key to spiritual communication and access to the wisdom of the Ancestors lies in the ability to bestir the blood to speak. Sacred stones such as flint, obsidian, crystal are created by lightning striking the ground.

[Text in italics was the primary source of inspiration for my journal. These are the sources that started my journey and they are the reference for interpretation each day. By providing the original text, I hope to offer a way to see what inspired my thoughts and by including all the aspects – allow for something more to inspire you. Mayan descriptions are those written by Ian Lungold. Cherokee descriptions came from multiple sources. Links to sources and other resources of study are offered on the Daykeeper Resources Page. ~Debra]