There’s magic in the air – Perseids bringing Meteor Showers and wishes for all

Aug. 12, 2010 - PRLog -- Better known as The Night of St. Lawrence – Each falling star  is believed to grant one wish to the observer. This year the peak will be reached between 10 pm of Thursday the 12th and 5am of the 13th of August, and with a crescent moon at 8% the visibility will peak provided the clouds decide to move along. But just in case tonight for one reason or the other does not work for you, remember that the August sky is filled with meteor showers from the 10th through the 20th and Friday the 13th may turn out to be your lucky day after all.

And if you happen to join WINEDINEGUIDE – http://www.meetup.com/winedineguide/  or you’re already a member, tomorrow night at Oakland Beach, you will have a chance to enjoy a picnic, fireworks and falling stars all in one night especially since there are no clouds in the forecast.

Legend teaches us that that the shooting stars we see are the sparkles of the bonfire where San Lorenzo was killed. August 10th is Saint Lawrence day in Italian calendars, date which through the years has served as a reminder of the Swift-Turtle, the mother of all the Perseidi’s rainfall. The Transfiguration celebrated on August 6th, counted by the Church as one of the “Twelve Great Feasts,” also marks the beginning of this fantastic event and finally Ramadan, starts on August 11th, the ninth month in the Islamic Calendar, a month during which he month in which the first verses of the Qur’an were revealed to the Islamic Prophet Muhammad.

If you like movies instead, the 1982 Italian war drama film “The Night of the Shooting Stars”, based around the partisan struggle against fascism and the dreams of a young girl, actually wishes. So if you are a homebody, watch the movie and have a cozy time at home, and regardless of what you do or believe in just peek at the sky up to the 20th and make a wish, “just in case” what can you loose! It is not by chance that so many races and creeds are simultaneously celebrating this occurrence and worst case scenario, nothing will happen, which is also a good thing.

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