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00:00You
00:30You
00:47Somewhere in the world right now
00:52Someone is looking up at the stars
00:56Searching for constellations
01:00Gemini
01:10Taurus
01:17Orion
01:30In the distant past you connected stars to one another
01:42Imagining the shapes of animals and people in the heavens
01:48Today you name 88 constellations in all
02:01You
02:07We the stars are indeed connected but not as you once imagined
02:17We are joined to each other and to you in a great cycle of cosmic life and death
02:26Is that why you are so drawn to observe us
02:42Spring
02:45Summer
02:48Autumn
02:50Winter
02:55Fall
03:02If we could stop Earth's rotation and accelerate time
03:07You would see how we become the backdrop for a great celestial dance
03:14The moon waxes and wanes its sunlit and dark sides facing us in ever-changing
03:21fractions
03:24Long ago you saw that the Sun
03:27and planets
03:29move against our fixed constellation patterns and
03:34Imagine them to be gods
03:38In one of your ancient cultures Artemis was goddess of the moon
03:43Every
03:52Year the earth orbits the Sun making the Sun seem to slowly pass in front of the stars
04:02The Sun God was Apollo
04:04You
04:11Planets wander among us seemingly with minds of their own
04:15That's because your world the earth is moving to
04:20The combined motions sometimes make planets seem to change direction
04:25Even as they steadily orbit the Sun
04:29Shining close to the Sun as the planet Venus a beacon at dawn
04:34and dusk
04:35She was the goddess of beauty
04:38Aphrodite
04:45The planet Jupiter makes its way with calm serenity
04:50along our starry backdrop
04:53Circling once in almost 12 years
04:56You called him Zeus
04:59King of the gods
05:02Zeus was often said by the ancient Greeks to take the form of an eagle when appearing among men
05:13If you could see the orbits of the planets in the sky a ribbon of stars would form their backdrop
05:23You invented the twelve constellations of the zodiac a
05:28Celestial zoo to mark their paths
05:32Only one Libra the scales is not a living creature
05:37These constellations were part of the tapestry of myth by which you once explained. Not only the sky
05:45but also the human condition
05:55a
05:57Greek poet named of it
06:00Connected the sky to the world of men in a great story that described human history in four ages
06:15In your golden age gods and humans live together
06:27I
06:50The earth bore fruit in abundance and you had no need for laws
06:56For you were naturally just and true
07:01Joyous creatures such as Pegasus the flying horse were free to explore
07:25You
07:34Your silver age
07:55You
08:22The gods still spoke with you there on earth
08:26you
08:33One of those deities was astray
08:37the goddess of justice
08:40With her scales she could weigh virtuous hearts and evil hearts
08:56You
09:02Your bronze age
09:07You invented weapons and
09:11Sought them out
09:13For the first time a shadow fell upon the world
09:25You
09:35Your iron age
09:42You lost the heart of truth
09:56You
10:00Violence and war gave rise to yet more evil deeds and
10:06Justice was eclipsed
10:26You
10:46The gods disgusted with your wickedness
10:53Abandoned you
10:55Ascending to the heavens
11:07Yet Astraea still deeply loved the earth and humankind
11:13She stayed behind to teach you
11:18justice
11:26But your hearts would not listen Astraea and her justice were forgotten
11:40Astraea yes Lord Seuss
11:45Why do you keep reaching out to these appalling humans who have so clearly lost their way?
11:52I
11:54Want to believe that they will find justice in their hearts
12:11They have already forgotten you dear daughter
12:21You
12:46Virtuous hearts evil hearts
12:51You
13:21You
13:51I
14:03Still believe I believe the light of justice still shines in the human heart
14:13I believe that someday they will find their way back
14:19To the Golden Age
14:22You
14:37The earth's last goddess
14:39Astraea finally ascended to heaven
14:43her scales still watch over the human race as
14:47the constellation Libra
14:51You
15:21You
15:51You
16:01Since the dawn of your cultures you have used the sky as a canvas
16:09Painting it with expressions of awe and respect for nature
16:21You
16:51Oh
17:21You
17:41Thousands of years have elapsed from the time ancient Greek stardales were first told to the present day
17:48Waxing and waning the moon has passed before us tens of thousands of times
17:55Your seasons have come and gone each year as the Sun and planets traverse the twelve constellations of the zodiac
18:09Occasionally a comet an
18:11Evaporating mass of dusty ice arrives from the outer reaches of the solar system
18:41Oh
19:11Oh
19:14Occasionally the star in our galaxy explodes a supernova
19:22Earth's axis slowly wobbles shifting your view of us
19:30But our constellation shapes
19:41You
19:58Human generations come and go in mere decades
20:03But we the stars
20:05endure for millions even billions of years
20:08Each of us orbits the galaxy independently
20:13But our arrangement in the sky looks much the same to you today as it did to your ancestors millennia ago
20:22The images you see in us have endured for hundreds of generations
20:28For human thoughts and aspirations are nearly as unchanging as we
20:34Our constellations are an inheritance that you will carry forward to future generations
20:42You have received them virtually unchanged and they will endure for millennia to come
20:52For we the stars are so far away that your eyes cannot perceive
20:58Our individual motions even across thousands of years
21:11So take our constellations and the stories they tell into the future
21:17So take our constellations and the stories they tell into the future
21:47So
22:17So
22:47So
23:18The constellations carry messages that transcend time
23:24Constellations connect you to people of ancient times and to generations yet unborn
23:47You
23:53Will your descendants gaze upon us as you do today
23:59Will they remember the stories our constellations embody?
24:04the hard-won lessons of justice and peace
24:11We
24:13the seemingly unchanging
24:15Stars will be with you always
24:45You
25:15Oh
25:45Oh
26:15Oh
26:45Oh
27:15You