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**romalama** · 12-20-2007, 12:20 AM

it was a conjunction of venus and mercury that occurred on 25th december 7bc both were at over 95% of the brightest they ever appear. this particular conjunction appears regularly every 480 years. it was supposed, by some, to herald great events. hence the, sometimes speculated, passover date of 1447 bc and the, sometimes speculated, date of the building of king solomon's temple of 967 bc. it has also been speculated that this is the 'divine shekinah'. thats an awful lot of speculation!

12-20-2007, 12:20 AM	#2
romalama Join Date Oct 2005 Posts 400 Senior Member	it was a conjunction of venus and mercury that occurred on 25th december 7bc both were at over 95% of the brightest they ever appear. this particular conjunction appears regularly every 480 years. it was supposed, by some, to herald great events. hence the, sometimes speculated, passover date of 1447 bc and the, sometimes speculated, date of the building of king solomon's temple of 967 bc. it has also been speculated that this is the 'divine shekinah'. thats an awful lot of speculation!
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