Celestial Good Karma, As Solstice Approaches -- Look To The Southwestern Skies -- After Sunset, These Next Few Nights...

I'll try to post a picture or video, from the night skies above the Sonoran desert, near the White Tank mountain range, on Sunday or Monday -- but this is a once in 800 year opportunity.

So drive out of the artificial-light tainted cities, into the countryside -- near beaches, deserts or mountains. . . and. . . look up, an hour or two after sunset:

. . .What makes this year’s spectacle so rare, then? It’s been nearly 400 years since the planets passed this close to each other in the sky, and nearly 800 years since the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter occurred at night, as it will for 2020, allowing nearly everyone around the world to witness this “great conjunction.”

The closest alignment will appear just a tenth of a degree apart and last for a few days. On the 21st, they will appear so close that a pinkie finger at arm’s length will easily cover both planets in the sky. The planets will be easy to see with the unaided eye by looking toward the southwest just after sunset.

From our vantage point on Earth the huge gas giants will appear very close together, but they will remain hundreds of millions of miles apart in space. And while the conjunction is happening on the same day as the winter solstice, the timing is merely a coincidence, based on the orbits of the planets and the tilt of the Earth. . . .

Until our paths cross, again then -- be excellent to one another. Solstice approaches, grinning. . . .

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