10/08/2026
✨ The Universe Has a Few Bonus Wishes for You Tonight… Don’t Miss Them! ☄️
If you happen to be outside over the next few nights, take a moment and look up. You might just see a shooting star… or several.
Right now, Earth is travelling through a huge trail of dust and tiny pieces of debris left behind by Comet 109P/Swift–Tuttle.
(I always read this as Swift-Turtle, aka Tortoise and the Hare story. Hence the confusion on peoples face about the animal race in the sky… until I was corrected 🙃)
I digress…. 🤗
So every year, as Earth travels around the Sun, our planet passes through this same ancient debris trail. When those tiny particles — many only about the size of a grain of sand — slam into Earth’s atmosphere at around 59 km (37 miles) per SECOND, they heat up and create those brilliant streaks of light we call shooting stars. ☄️
This is the Perseid Meteor Shower, one of the best-known meteor showers of the year.
Although we’re already travelling through the debris field and Perseid meteors can be seen from around mid-July through late August, the peak for 2026 is the night of August 12–13, when Earth passes through a particularly dense part of the debris stream.
And this year there is another bonus…
🌑 The peak coincides with a New Moon.
That means very little moonlight interfering with the darkness of the night sky, creating particularly good conditions for seeing the fainter meteors.
And knowing the science behind a shooting star doesn’t mean we have to take away the magic. ✨
For thousands of years we’ve looked into the night sky with wonder, made wishes upon stars and imagined possibilities beyond what we could see.
So whether you call it intention, manifestation, the power of the mind, the Universe listening… or simply a good old-fashioned consciousness placebo effect — when you see one, make a wish! 😁
Wowzers 😳 with a meteor shower happening, the Universe is practically handing out unlimited wishes. ☄️✨☄️✨☄️
You don’t need a telescope or any special equipment. Find somewhere away from bright lights, give your eyes some time to adjust to the darkness, get comfortable and look up.
The Perseids are actually better viewed from the Northern Hemisphere, so those of us down here in Australia shouldn’t expect the spectacular numbers sometimes quoted in overseas reports. Yet they can still be seen from here.
I saw two last night, and we’re not even at the peak yet. 😁☄️
There’s something pretty amazing about realizing that you’re standing on a planet travelling through space, right now, passing through a trail of material left behind by a comet.
So over the next few nights…
Put the phone down for a few minutes.
Look up.
Make a wish.
Set an intention.
Dream something bigger.
And see what the Universe has to show you. 🌎✨☄️
After all… it’s giving you plenty of chances to wish upon a star. 😉
