Sirius is our guiding star for the dog days
Jul 22, 2022 6:21 pm
Some say the world will end in fire
I think the entire northern hemisphere is having a hot flash this week. I'm suffering from a little bit of schadenfreude. I frequently find myself glad that I'm not in Arizona anymore, but especially on days in which the southwest of the US turns into a convection oven. I do feel bad for those of you in Europe though. You didn't sign up for this.
I imagine the "dog days of summer" as an overheated dog trying to find shade and panting, but the etymology of the term has nothing to do with the heat of summer. These days are called the dog days because the period from July 3 through Aug. 11 is when Sirius, the brightest star in the constellation Canis Major (Latin for "the greater dog") rises in conjunction with the sun, according to Space.com.
I think I like astrology better than astronomy because in astrology you can pretend that the stars have an impact on your life whereas with astronomy it's mostly theoretical physics and gas chromatography mass spectrometry to learn about places I'll never go that will never affect me because they're too far away. All the beautiful images from the James Webb telescope make me wish that I liked astronomy more. But I already like astrology. In fact, while I'm trapped indoors by the heat, I plan on painting one of my rooms to look like the night sky, with ornate gold constellations.
I hope everyone makes it through the dog days of summer sitting under your umbrella at the beach or on your porch under a ceiling fan drinking lemonade, ereader in hand, (ready to write stunning reviews of my books.) Unless you're in the southern hemisphere, in which case you're probably bundled up against the chill, you lucky dog, you.
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