Dear Stargazers,

Humans have long looked up at the night sky and drawn creatures between the stars. And we got so good at it that we started to believe that those stars might control our destinies. That being born under certain stars might shape our lives.

But, of course, those stars are actually far, far apart, and they don’t have anything to do with each other; they only appear that way on Earth. 

So while those constellations don’t say much about the broader universe and don’t determine our individual fates, they do power our imaginations. And they do help us steer our ships. And they do connect us to our fellow stargazers in the past and those to come in the future.

Sincerely,

Mr. Curt