Solar System:

Planetary: Of the known astronomers on Jade, few know how many planets are in the current solar system. Some do however know that there are at least three visible from the various observation points on the planet. A rich blue planet, named Mordena, is the furthest out and just within view. It rarely shows itself and local astronomers of elven decent believe it shows itself once ever twelve years. A dusty red planet, named Perdonus, sits second furthest. This is guessed to be the largest visible planet out in the system. It is so enormous that many view it with an eye closed and place there thumb tip over it and still can see a sliver of its light. However, this planet is also a rare sight and shows roughly every seven years. Finally, a planet of greenish hue, named Numenous, is the closest viewed planet to Jade. It shows once a year and in early spring. Many societies use it as a sign for the spring celebrations.

Stars: The stars are viewed mostly as the eyes of guardians watching the planet. However, the more scientific races on Jade, like the gnomes and elves, view them as great directional devices. A gnome, called Gnumenous Jurvious Felaxin, is said to have spent many years laying upon his back and mapping out the star systems above. It is this system that humans stole to use as a sailing guide. The elves on the other hand used it as a guide to get around their forests late at night and thus a secret of their ranger typed abilities was revealed. The major star systems that were used by Gnumenous were quite ingenious. His father used to be a biology recorder at the First World Library before the cataclysm. From this book of recordings did Gnumenous make the system. First he used a list of mammals and created pictures of a bull, a ram, a moose, and a mastiff. Then he created a similar sampling of reptiles in a dragon, a crocodile, a snake, and a tortoise. Finally, he did the same with a fish group and created a trout, a whale, an eel, and a clam. These all are used as guides to various parts of the ocean at certain times of the year. The gnome liked the dragon so much that it covers the two thirds of the sky even to this date. Of course, this is only if standing in one place.

Moons: Jade has two moons. One is a milky white one that is called Palis Nimbus. The other moon is a light blue and called Palis Azurian. However, most often they are referred to as the blue and the white. The white moon is the first to rise, while the blue follows once the white is one fourth into the sky. Rarely, do they ever align to the human eye. To the elven eye, they align once every three hundred and thirty three years. It is said that this is how elves track the cycles of their own lives.

Alignment: Jade has an unusual alignment. Its place in the planetary alignment, forces it to be hot in the north pole and cold in the south pole. This is because the planet sits almost directly below the sun and is slightly offset so that it catches the equator. It also has a reverse affect on how the sun rises and sets. It rises in the west and sets in the east. This format is highly unusual in planetary systems, but because it is on the sun’s opposing poles it reverses the way the planet spins. Also to be noted is the way the day will progress on the planet in different poles. On the north end of the planet, the days even out throughout the year because of the tilt the planet does during the summer months. They are long no doubt, but they are also the same throughout the north. No real subtle change. In the south, however, the changes are heavy. The darkness in the winter, on the south pole, is heavy. Daylight lasts for four hours. In the summer months the days are longer. They can be as long as fourteen hours in these areas. The further north one gets the more likely the daylight hours are longer or more consistent with the rest of the areas in the north poles.