The last time Jupiter and Saturn aligned this closely, Genghis Khan was implementing his Great Reset across much of Eurasia. There will soon be another grand conjunction of the two giant planets, best seen after sunset on 21 December; which portends more for current politics than we realise.
This conjunction has been called the Christmas Star since the astronomer Kepler observed a less precise alignment on Christmas Day 1603 and calculated that a similar event in 7 BC might have been the Magi’s star of Bethlehem.
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