Aurora + Comet C/2025 A6 (Lemmon), Taken by Alan C Tough on October 18, 2025 @ Elgin, Moray, Scotland, UK
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SPACEWEATHER.COM NEWS: 10/20/2025
COMET LEMMON AND THE GEOMAGNETIC STORM: An overdue CME passed near Earth during the late hours of Oct. 17th. The near-miss produced an unexpected photo-op. Auroras swallowed Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6):
Alan C. Tough captured the event from Elgin, Moray, Scotland. “I set up a star tracker with a DSLR and 150mm lens in my back garden to photograph Comet Lemmon when the auroras erupted,” he says.
The CME was expected to reach Earth two days earlier. Better late than never. It sparked a G1/G2-class storm with auroras sighted in the USA as far south as New York and Utah.
In the Czech Republic, Petr Horálek observed the effect of the solar wind on the comet itself:
“This was a truly unusual view,” Horálek says. “During the storm, the comet over Seč Lake was surrounded by red auroras. When I zoomed in on the comet, I could see its ion tail was twisted by the buffeting of the solar wind.”
The storm is over, but the comet is still there. In fact, it’s about to make its closest approach to Earth, only 0.6 AU away on Oct. 21st. Shining at 4th magnitude, it will be visible to the naked eye and even cell phones (with night-sky photo settings) should be able to catch it. Point your optics low in the northwestern sky after sunset. Sky maps: Oct. 19, 20, 21.
more images: from Lauri Kangas of Amethyst Bay, Lake Superior, Ontario; from P-M Hedén of Norrtälje, Sweden; from Patrick Lecureuil of Mauroux, France
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Comet C/2025 R2 (SWAN) and M16, Taken by Daniele Gasparri on October 17, 2025 @ Atacama region, Chile
The Eagle Nebula (M16) is a young star cluster located 5,700 light-years away in the constellation Serpens. It is home to the famous “Pillars of Creation.”
“At 6th magnitude, Comet SWAN is visible to the naked eye under the pristine skies of the Atacama Desert,” adds Gasparri. “It was also an amazing sight through the eyepiece, with its characteristic green coma drifting across one of the most observed nebulae in the sky.”
Coincidentally, Comet SWAN is making a close approach to Earth on Oct. 20th, only one day before Comet Lemmon does the same thing. This gives photographers a double photo-op this week. Look for Comet SWAN near the constellation Sagittarius after sunset. Sky maps: Oct. 19, 20, 21.
more images: from Chris Schur of Payson, Arizona; from Jeremy Perez at Robinson Crater, Arizona; from Rolando Ligustri using a remote telescope in Namibia
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Mayan Calendar Time and Synchronicity
Chaos is the Sign of a major life change in progress. Chaos is “the unfamiliar.” 10 Transformer/CIMI is Time to Manifest the Truth by Faith in the One that runs the Universe. Everything that is, happens by Divine Design in God’s Order of Time.
This is a Day to let go, and let God do his job. He doesn’t need our help when we are going through major transitions on a scale of life or death. God’s most beautiful promise is a Divine Provision for every Human limitation.
Signs are for the future. Time will tell “what the Truth means.”
CIMI represents the Comforter, the Holy Spirit that’s in charge when we leave everything in God’s Hands. He’s capable and his greatest pleasure is knowing, we know he’s with us for All Time.
Psalm 103 KJV
103 Bless the Lord, O my soul: and all that is within me, bless his holy name.
Mark 13:33 KJV
33 Take ye heed, watch and pray: for ye know not when the time is.
There’s always more Light on the way.
TRECENA OF EARTH/CABAN: THE CLARION CALL TO LIVE WITH ALL OUR HEART
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.
NEW SEASON – VOLUME 2: Tzolk’in Seasons 3 and 4 (PUBLISHED SEPTEMBER 20, 2020)
NOTE: If you haven’t kept a Journal of your Count of Days, you can look for the Synchronicity of Time by the dates of experiences you will never forget.
10 Transformer/CIMI, Cherokee Twins/TAKATO’KA – Day 10 of 13 in the 1 Earth/CABAN trecena
Descriptions by Ian Xel Lungold (12 Sun/AHAU), wisdom and FREE 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.
Transformer/CIMI: Cycle of life, death, and rebirth. Transformer persons achieve goals and emotional wealth. Transformer people can become highly respected business persons. They have the ability to help others through any and all transitions with tranquility due to their spiritual strength and guidance. Communities often benefit from Transformers discipline and organization skills. They strengthen the life of pregnant women and guide them through the transitions of maternity. Establishing contact with the ancestors activates innate psychic abilities, gifts to be used as tools to assist others. Transformers can have the ability to send evil intentions telepathically, this is their undoing. From these acts they lose power, easily fall into a victim role and begin to manipulate with a vengeance. A good day to tie all loose ends.
A GOOD DAY TO: Tie all loose ends.
Cherokee, Twins/ TAKATO’KA: Twins symbolize the Female Sun and Male Moon, whose union keeps the world going round. Cherokee myth has the Morning Star heralding the Sun, Venus, also being the Evening Star as representing the TWINS. The energy brings major changes all throughout life, riding the tsunamis of earthquake and upheaval, making their own waves wherever they go. They undergo powerful transformations, alternating like a flashing neon sign. The challenge is to master Balance while experiencing Chaos leading to re-birth and abundance through infinity.
[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]
