Orionids & Two Comets Night ✨

The Orionids are born from trails of ice and cosmic dust left behind by Halley’s Comet (1P/Halley). This meteor shower is swift and radiant — producing up to 20 meteors per hour, each traveling at an astonishing speed of 66 kilometers per second.

For comparison, the famous Perseids we admire every August move slightly slower, at around 59 kilometers per second — making the Orionids one of the fastest celestial displays of the year.

Although the Orionids are extremely fast, some of these meteors leave behind radiant trails of heated particles, visible for several seconds or even up to a minute.

The swift Orionid meteors may also appear as bolides — the brightest and most intense meteors lighting up the night sky.

The Orionids will reach their peak between midnight and dawn on October 21.

The radiant of the Orionids is located in the constellation Orion, just north of the bright star Betelgeuse. However, the meteors can appear anywhere across the sky.

The Orionids are visible in both the Northern and Southern Hemispheres.

For the best view, watch from a dark location away from city lights — a forest, an open field, or any place with a clear horizon. The Orionid meteors can be seen with the naked eye, no telescope or binoculars needed.

Practices for the New Moon in Libra

From an astrological perspective, the combination of a New Moon and a meteor shower marks a powerful moment for transformation and the beginning of a new chapter.

Since ancient times, people have watched meteors with awe — and made wishes upon the falling “stars.”

This time, the Universe offers a beautiful gift: a chance to amplify the power of our intentions during the New Moon in Libra, standing on the threshold of the Sun’s transition from Libra into Scorpio on October 23.

Focus on intentions that resonate with the themes of Libra and Scorpio:

• emotional and psychological balance,
• harmony between work, rest, and personal life,
• peace and understanding in relationships,
• successful collaboration and partnership,
• reconciliation and release of conflicts,
• strengthening trust and mutual understanding,
• success in shared financial projects,
• creative growth and self-expression,
• gentle respect for personal boundaries — your own and others’,
• developing intuition and inner vision.

The same night, skywatchers will also be able to spot two visiting comets — C/2025 A6 Lemmon and C/2025 R2 SWAN.

✨ Comet C/2025 A6 Lemmon

Discovered in January 2025, this rare comet circles the Sun only once every 1,350 years — making this a once-in-a-lifetime chance to see it. It’s visible to the naked eye: look toward the west, slightly north, just above the horizon.

There you’ll find a bright red star — Arcturus, your perfect guide. Gently raise your gaze a bit above and to the right of Arcturus. What you’ll notice might look like a tiny wisp of cotton hanging in the sky. Through binoculars, it becomes a faint greenish glow with a delicate tail.

If you capture it with a camera on a tripod, using a 5–20 second exposure, you’ll see a stunning image revealing the full beauty of the comet — its tail even appears to brush the Big Dipper.

🌠 Comet C/2025 R2 SWAN

The second visitor, Comet SWAN, is fainter and harder to spot with the naked eye — but visible through binoculars. To find it, look southward, toward the Summer Triangle, formed by three bright stars. The lowest of the three is Altair.

From Altair, move slightly right and downward, and you’ll find the faint glow of the comet. Like Lemmon, SWAN won’t return anytime soon — it takes around 650 years to complete one orbit around the Sun.

✨ May this New Moon beneath the glow of the Orionids and the light of two comets — Lemmon and SWAN — mark the beginning of a harmonious and inspiring new cycle.