T and R Coronae Borealis (T CrB and R CrB), Taken by Bum-Suk Yeom on June 6, 2024 @ Jangsu, South Korea (Spaceweather.com Gallery)

SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: JUNE 26, 2024

THAT NOVA YOU’VE HEARD ABOUT IS ABOUT TO EXPLODE: By the time you finish reading this story, there could be a new star in the night sky. Recurrent nova T CrB (pronounced “tee-core-bore”) is poised on the knife edge of a once-in-a-lifetime explosion.

“Our best estimate for the time of eruption is close to now,” says Brad Schaefer, Professor Emeritus of Astronomy at Louisiana State University.

Schaefer is a leading expert on T CrB. He’s been studying the star since he was a teenager. “When I was 18 year old, I calculated when T CrB should erupt again. The answer was ‘around 2026’ — and I’ve been waiting for this moment ever since,” he says.

When it blows, T CrB will burst forth as an extra jewel in the “Northern Crown” (the constellation Corona Borealis)

T CrB is a “recurrent nova.” That means it erupts not just once, but over and over again. Its explosion in 1866 was the first nova anyone had ever seen in detail. “No one knew what caused it,” says Schaefer. Another blast in 1946 established its period (79 or 80 years) and led astronomers to the modern interpretation:

T CrB is a binary star system consisting of an ancient red giant circled by a hot white dwarf. Hydrogen from the red giant spills onto the surface of the white dwarf. It takes about 80 years to accumulate a critical mass, then–BOOM–a thermonuclear explosion occurs. “It’s an H-bomb that blows up on an incredibly large scale,” says Schaefer.

After an explosion, the process resets and repeats. Looking at old light curves, Schaefer realized that T CrB tells us when it’s about to explode. Approximately 1.1 years before each blow-up, there’s a “pre-eruption dip” in brightness. This dip foretells the next blast.

Start the clock! “T CrB started its pre-eruption dip in March 2023. If the star behaves in 2023-2024 as it did in 1945-1946, then the next eruption should take place in 2024.4+-0.3,” says Schaefer. “That’s May 2024 plus or minus a few months.”

The explosion will be visible to the naked eye. Schafer expects it to be about as bright as the North Star. When it blows, T CrB will burst forth as an extra jewel in the “Northern Crown” (the constellation Corona Borealis), easy to find high in the summer night sky between Hercules and Bootes.

“T CrB will be the brightest nova for generations,” says Schaefer. “It’s a chance for everyone in the world to step outside, look up, and see the hellfire.”

Observing tips: (1) Go out tonight to see what Corona Borealis normally looks like: sky map. Then, when the nova explodes, you’ll be able to see the difference. (2) Sign up for Space Weather Alerts. All subscribers (Basic and Pro) will receive an immediate text message when the nova explodes.

GEOMAGNETIC STORM WATCH (G1): Minor G1-class geomagnetic storms are possible on June 28th when a CME is expected to graze Earth’s magnetic field. It was launched into space during the early hours of June 25th by an erupting filament of magnetism in the sun’s southern hemisphere. 

THE TRECENA OF WISDOM/CIB: AN ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS
MAYAN CALENDAR DAYKEEPER’S JOURNAL
10 Serpent/CHICCHAN (Cherokee, Serpent/DO’TSI), Destiny Kin 205, Position 5
June 26, 2024, 06/26/2024; Last Round: October 10, 2023, 10/10/2023

THE TRECENA OF WISDOM/CIB: AN ILLUMINATION OF CONSCIOUSNESS

Visit the 13-Day Trecena Guide Page for the “Tzolk’in Field Guide: A Daily Practice for Personal Discernment.” My gift for the Tzolk’in round offers an overview for each 13-day trecena and the aspects of each day of the Tzolk’in round. The page also offers a link to resources for your own practice of counting the days to conceive your own discernment of the Meaning of Time.

4TH SEASON: 1 Wisdom/CIB begins the 4th Season of the Tzolk’in – VOLUME 2: Tzolk’in Seasons 3 and 4 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 20, 2020)

NOTE: You can also look at dates from a different direction. You may find your story written on the calendar. If you don’t have a daily journal, you can calculate the Mayan dates for major events you can remember. Use the Kin Calculator offered on the Daykeeper’s Resource Page for a date six years before or after. Check to see when your next Mayan birthday will be, a Day Ordered to see the Truth of Cause and Effect, for every Dream you carried in Faith to the end of a Human orbit of creation.

10 Serpent/CHICCHAN (Cherokee, Serpent/DO’TSI) – Day 10 of 13 of the 1 Wisdom/CIB trecena

Ian Xel Lungold, 12 Sun/AHAU. Ian’s last Dream was to be of service from the otherside, among the Legion of Light. We can claim his Dream came true.

Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and Tzolk’in calculator preserved on MayanMajix.com

Galactic Tone 10: Manifestation. What were once intentions or ideas, hopes or fears become physically present with the energy of Ten. What is focused upon with attention and intention becomes real with Ten. Ten is a powerful energy that carries a great responsibility.

Serpent/CHICCHAN: Movement and the creation of time. Sensual and dramatic, this sun sign embodies intense instinctual wisdom and creates a connection from Earth bound, to Heavenly aspirations. By sincere service to others, Serpent opens and expands its heart. Serpent aligns authority and the truth to bring justice that is quick and sure. Serpents are very adaptable, even fluid until trapped in a corner, and then they explode. Serpents, venomous temper poisons itself as well as others by creating resentful, suppressive and even destructive attitudes.

A GOOD DAY TO: Ask for fluidity and flexibility.

Cherokee, Serpent/DO’TSI: Serpent’s symbol is Constellation Serpens. Serpent people are Sky people who come to earth periodically as Educators. As above-So below, on Earth the Serpent is the roots of the tree of knowledge. Serpent power is vital energy, the moving force, the instinct and desire for creativity, the trigger that sets off the action. It lights the fuse that magnifies and explodes the life force itself. Knowledge, combining science, technology and psychology, plus spirituality are seeded on the planet.

[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]