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Old 01-March-2008, 09:57 PM
JohnD JohnD is offline
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Rekisha,
No question is silly!
As long as you ask it in good faith (not intending to make trouble) and I think you do.

Planetary 'conjunctions' happen all the time. They have far more importance for astrologers than astronomers!
See the Wikipedia entry for conjunction: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conjunc..._and_astrology)
And the NASA page that is linked to from there, that shows how rthe planets lined up on this last Christmas Day, 2007! http://space.jpl.nasa.gov/cgi-bin/ws...ov=100&porbs=1
No religious significance or untoward physical effects at all, despite Mars and Earth on one side of the Sun, and Mercury, Jupiter and the Galatcic Centre on the other, all in a line.

John
PS Wow! You see how much help you get here, Rekisha! I read your post, I compose the answer taking a few minutes to find some links - 01101110 must have flying fingers! - and four other people have got in first!
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