Biblical Astronomy
 

July 2005
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THE CONJUNCTION OF THE MOON AND PLANET FACTOR – by Robert Scott Wadsworth November 2001

"The facts reported in this article may be purely coincidental, but they are interesting nonetheless.

During its orbit around the earth, the moon passes all the planets at least once every month. There are certain times that the moon passes particularly close to the planets as seen from the earth. Such was the case of the occultation of Venus on July 17, 2001 and the occultation of Saturn on September 10, 2001 (See the Sept/Oct issue of Biblical Astronomy). There was also a very close approach of the moon to Jupiter on September 12, 2001 as shown on Chart 233. This occurred in the constellation Gemini. As seen from Alaska, the ! moon occulted Jupiter at this time.

Of course both of the recent occultations of September 10, and 12 occurred one day before and one day after September 11, 2001, when the World Trade Center was attacked and destroyed by terrorists from radical Muslim factions.

The crescent moon and star is a special emblem to Muslim nations. It is seen in the flag of some Muslim nations, such as Turkey, Algeria and Pakistan. The closeness of the moon and star on these flags suggests such an astronomical event as an occultation. The brightest "stars" as seen from earth are the planets Venus and Jupiter. The planets Mars, Mercury and Saturn are also very bright when at their maximum magnitude.

I read some years ago that certain Muslim factions see the sign of the moon and star as a sign for successful aggression against their enemies and that they plan special events around that sign. (I cannot find the article and have so far found nothing else to substantiate this. If an! y of the readers of this article know about such information, please send it to me). Again, this is when the moon passes particularly close to a planet.

I find this interesting in light of the fact that a bright crescent moon passed the very brilliant planet Venus on February 25, 1993 in the constellation Pisces. The first bombing of the World Trade Center took place one day later, on February 26, 1993.

If there is some connection between the lunar-planet occultations and when certain Muslim factions plan attacks on their enemies, it doesn’t mean that such attacks will be successful or actually carried out every time this celestial event occurs."
 
 

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There is another website that is making the statement that certain celestial events occurring in August are "astounding." The celestial events that the article mentions are occurring, but there is nothing "astounding" ab! out them. They are normal events that occur all of the time. For instance one event is that Jupiter is in a certain position in Virgo or Bethulah. There is nothing rare or astounding about this since Jupiter is in that same spot at least once every twelve years, with the other planets of Venus and Mars in that constellation at the same time with it as well. I will not go into the name of the person who wrote the article, nor the website that it is on. The only reason that I am mentioning it here is because I am also getting a number of e-mails inquiring about this as well and hope to curtail more of them by writing about it here. There are no foreseeable rare or "astounding" celestial events occurring in August. Though the Perseids Meteor Shower may be fun to watch around August 12.
 

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