posted January 19, 2016 06:03 PM            

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Originally posted by blindpainter:
So tonight mercury, Venus, mars, Jupiter and Saturn align and are visible in the night sky. Does anyone know the effects of this alignment?

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I think you need to clarify your announcement.
1) tonight in what time zone and viewing from where? maybe a time.
If by night you mean tomorrow AM before the Sun rises maybe.
This evening when the sun sets or if you are in Europe and the sun has set already all
5 of those planets will be BELOW the horizon, as in not Visible.
Now where ever you may happen to be in the morning less than an hour before Sunrise when Mercury rises all 5 you mention will then be above the horizon./ visible or not is a different issue of course.
You might also explain what you mean by the words > this alignment <

do you mean?

Merc 03 n 25' 42"
Venu 01 n 14' 22"
Mars 01 n 29' 22"
Jupi 01 n 19' 49"
Satu 01 n 38' 39"
as in parallel in latitude of Ecliptic Coordinates.In declination some are south and some are north >
Merc 18 s 56' 59"
Venu 22 s 07' 58"
Mars 13 s 07' 05"
Jupi 04 n 00' 11"
Satu 20 s 44' 17"

Now we could possibly allow the extra wide orbs in declination with Venus and Saturn, Because they
Venu 01 n 14' 22"
Satu 01 n 38' 39"
are so close in LATITUDE,
They arenot aligned in zodiacal longitude
Merc 17 01' 03" Capricorn R
Venu 25 55' 47" Sagittarius
Mars 09 06' 52" Scorpio
Jupi 22 59' 31" Virgo R
Satu 13 07' 42" Sagittarius

now a person could also look at
Prime Vertical Coordinates and see that
Moon 41 n 34' 42"
Merc 28 s 26' 55"
Venu 41 s 38' 44"
Mars 43 s 09' 05"
Jupi 15 s 54' 04"
Satu 45 s 37' 27"

or look at perihelia/aphelia and see mercury >Merc 16 35' 37" Capricorn , so Mercury is within degree of apogee.

Perhaps if you made this post after reading
it somewhere on the net it might be cool if you posted the link.