Originally Posted by Jigsaw

Richard, I would also point out that sometimes on "alternative" boards, when they start talking about planetary "alignments", they don't necessarily mean "in an astronomical context"--sometimes they're talking about an astrological context, which is a whole 'nother ball game. In astrology, apparently, you can refer to planets as being in "alignment" without its having anything to do with "being lined up" like the rest of the world uses the term, judging by the number of excited "alternative" threads about "planetary alignment" I've clicked on, only to find some kind of deeply esoteric astrological discussion going on that had nothing to do with the planets in question actually "lining up".