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A parade of planets ‘seen as an omen from the gods’ will be visible in the night sky… here’s how to see it

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This cosmic miracle, scheduled for January 21, will see Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus line up from Earth's perspective.

A parade of planets will soon be visible in the night sky, a phenomenon once considered “an omen from the gods” that heralded important events on Earth.

The cosmic miracle, scheduled for January 21, will see it Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus appear in a line from Earth’s perspective.

The parade of planets should be visible in the US, Canada and Mexico.

The best time to view it from the Northern Hemisphere is around 8:30 PM ET.

People should look to the southeastern sky, where Mars, Venus, Jupiter and Saturn will be visible to the naked eye, but a telescope will be needed to see Neptune and Uranus.

Planetary alignments have fascinated humanity for millennia, with recorded evidence found in ancient Egyptian temples, Babylonian tablets and Chinese calendars.

But the cosmic miracle has happened famously associated with the ancient Mayan civilization who interpreted it as a warning from the gods that would result in tragedy on Earth.

But for this parade of planets astrologers predict a period of enlightenment, transformation, purification and strengthening of spiritual energy.

This cosmic miracle, scheduled for January 21, will see Venus, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Neptune and Uranus line up from Earth’s perspective.

Planetary alignments occur when several planets appear on the same side of the sun.

From Earth, it appears that all the planets are arranged in a long diagonal line stretching from east to south across the night sky.

The six planets will slowly come into formation leading up to January 21 and will then be visible for about four weeks.

Preston Dyches, public engagement specialist at the NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, shared ABC News Venus and Saturn will be in conjunction, meaning they will appear closest to each other.

Jupiter will shine brightest in the southern part of the sky, while Mars will have a reddish glow in the east.

And Saturn is predicted to appear with a yellow hue.

“Uranus and Neptune, two very distant ice giant planets in our solar system, are also in the sky,” Dyches said. “But they are very weak.”

Planetary alignments have fascinated humanity for millennia with recorded evidence found in ancient Egyptian temples, Babylonian tablets and Chinese calendars

Planetary alignments have fascinated humanity for millennia with recorded evidence found in ancient Egyptian temples, Babylonian tablets and Chinese calendars

Mercury will join in to make it a parade in March, with the same alignment last seen in June 2024.

However, Mercury, Saturn and Neptune will eventually drift away shortly afterwards.

Once dark, Venus, Saturn and Neptune are only visible for a few hours before appearing on the horizon in the evening.

For those who want to see the whole show: astronomers have stated that a telescope with an aperture of at least 20 cm and a magnification of 50 times is needed to see Uranus and its rings.

To see Neptune, keep the same aperture but increase the magnification to 150.

But some apps help improve vision without a telescope, such as Stellarium.

Using your location, the app identifies stars, connects constellations, planets and other objects in the outer atmosphere and provides the user with information about what is above them.

The app Star walk 2 works the same way and is free and available to download from the iOS app store.

As a bonus, these apps both work in real time, detecting things like satellites, comets, and other objects deep in space as they pass overhead.

While the parade of planets may appear horizontally aligned, it is merely an illusion based on our perspective from Earth.

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