No Kings Protest Scheduled for October 18, 2025
WASHINGTON — The record-breaking No Kings protests that swept the United States in June are making a powerful return this weekend—with several Pagan groups planning to join.
On June 14, more than five million people across all 50 states participated in No Kings, marking the largest single-day protest yet against President Trump’s growing authoritarianism. Organizers say the upcoming October 18 “Day of Action” will build on that momentum, transforming outrage into another coordinated wave of peaceful, grassroots mobilization.
“In June, we did what many thought was impossible: we peacefully mobilized millions to declare with one voice that America has no kings—and it mattered,” wrote Indivisible Guide. “The world saw the power of the people. Trump’s birthday parade was drowned out by protests in every state and across the globe. His attempt to turn June 14 into a coronation failed, and instead sparked a movement.”
According to organizers, No Kings is a national day of action against what they describe as “the increasing authoritarian excesses and corruption” of the Trump administration. Since the summer protests, they say, the administration has doubled down—targeting immigrant families, detaining people without warrants, undermining elections, cutting health and environmental protections, and handing out tax breaks to billionaire allies while families struggle.
“President Trump is eroding checks and balances through raw executive power,” a No Kings statement reads. “We will not stand by while this happens. Americans across the country will not cower in response to his authoritarian takeover—we reject strongman politics and corruption, and we will fight for the democracy we deserve.”
More than 2,500 rallies and marches are planned nationwide, including major events in Washington, D.C., Boston, New York, Atlanta, Kansas City, San Francisco, Chicago, and New Orleans.
“This will be the single biggest day of protest in American history,” said Lisa Gilbert, co-president of Public Citizen, one of the coordinating organizations. “Since June, people have become far more aware of what’s going wrong with this administration.”
At local events, participants will receive Know Your Rights cards and materials on how to stay safe and informed during protests.
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Many groups. including interfaith and Pagan coalitions, will also focus on mutual care and community resilience as the movement continues to grow. Notably, Heathens Against Hate will join the protest, with the organization focusing on Philadelphia. Pagan networks across the country are also mobilizing from Sonoma County in California to Chicago to Pittsburgh to Miami. Check your local group for details.
A complete map of all events is available from NoKings.org
Comet Lemmon Could Be the Brightest Comet of 2025 — and It’s Not Alone
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. – Comets have long inspired awe as symbols of cosmic cycles, rebirth, and the weaving of fate across the heavens. Whether seen as messengers, omens, or wonders of nature, they often invite us to pause beneath the night sky and remember our place within the vast, ever-changing universe. Two visitors will help us with that reminder.
Astronomers using the 60-inch telescope at Mount Lemmon Observatory in Arizona discovered Comet Lemmon (C/2025 A6) on January 3, 2025. Later, “precovery” images, that is, photographs taken before its official discovery, were found in data from November 12, 2024, allowing scientists to calculate its orbit. Lemmon circles the Sun roughly once every 1,350 years and is now brightening as it races toward its closest approach.
Through October, the comet has traced a path beneath the Big Dipper in Ursa Major, visible in the northern pre-dawn sky. It will pass closest to Earth on October 21, then continue to brighten until reaching perihelion on November 8, when it may glow between magnitude +4 and +2.5—potentially visible to the naked eye from dark-sky sites. On October 16, Lemmon will pass near Cor Caroli in Canes Venatici, a useful guide star for observers. By late October and early November, the comet will drift through Ophiuchus, glowing low in the west after sunset. But, it should be underscored that comet visibility forecasts are notoriously unpredictable.
While Lemmon may become 2025’s most photogenic comet, it shares the sky this autumn with something even rarer: 3I/ATLAS, only the third interstellar object ever detected passing through our Solar System. The icy visitor made its closest approach to Mars on October 3, 2025, coming within about 29 million km (18 million miles) of the planet. It will reach its own perihelion on October 29, just inside Mars’s orbit, before continuing back into interstellar space.
Though 3I/ATLAS is too faint for unaided viewing, spacecraft, including a European Space Agency mission, will study it through November, offering a rare chance to analyze material from beyond our Solar System. The two cosmic travelers, Comet Lemmon and 3I/ATLAS may make the next three weeks of 2025 an exceptional autumn for skywatchers.
Rewilding the Soul Ecospirituality Certificate now taking applications
The new ReWilding the Soul EcoSpirituality Certificate at Cherry Hill Seminary guides participants in rediscovering their sacred connection with the living Earth and developing earth-based spiritual practices that transform both personal life and community engagement. Through four seasonal modules aligned with nature’s rhythms, participants cultivate deep ecological relationships, embody earth wisdom, and emerge as grounded spiritual practitioners capable of guiding others into reverent relationships with the more-than-human world. This transformative journey moves participants from disconnection to deep belonging, from spiritual seeking to embodied earth practice, and from personal healing to community service—all while honoring the ancient wisdom that we are not separate from nature, but intimately woven into the sacred web of all life. More info on the Cherry Hill Site.
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Deck: Tarot of the Witches, by Stuart R. Kaplan, Paintings by Fergus Hall, published by U.S. Games Systems, Inc.
Card: Three (3) of Coins
The week ahead is apt to offer opportunities for collaboration that draw on the expertise and mastery of individuals willing to work together on a significant project. While recognition of one’s own unique skills and their value is also highlighted, there is likely to be an emphasis on what can be achieved when working together with others.
In contrast, trying to be the lone ranger and go it alone is unlikely to yield the desired results fully. Disharmony, disagreement, and a failure to truly value the abilities of others has the potential to delay or even derail projects or plans. There may be signs that it’s time to seek a more harmonious environment, particularly in the workplace.
A Rare Desert Bloom Transforms Chile’s Atacama
SANTIAGO, Chile – It is spring in the Southern Hemisphere, and something extraordinary is unfolding across the southern reaches of South America. The Atacama Desert in Chile—stretching long and narrow between the Andes Mountains and the Pacific Ocean—is one of the driest places on Earth. Its extreme aridity makes it one of the best locations anywhere for stargazing, and it is home to the world’s largest radio telescope.
But this season, the usually barren landscape has burst into color. Following unusually heavy rainfall during the southern winter, a stunning carpet of wildflowers has emerged, turning the desert into a sea of pinks, purples, and yellows.
This rare phenomenon, known as the desierto florido or “flowering desert,” occurs only in years when rainfall far exceeds the norm, awakening seeds that have lain dormant for years beneath the sand. More than 200 species of wildflowers bloom during this event—some of them found nowhere else on Earth. The spectacle typically appears between late August and November.
Although the desierto florido is often described as rare, it last occurred as recently as 2024 after similar downpours. According to Chile’s National Forest Corporation (CONAF), this year’s display is expected to remain at its peak for several more weeks—an ephemeral reminder of nature’s resilience and beauty in one of the world’s harshest landscapes.
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