Joy to the World, The Christmas Star returns after 800 years!!
THE CHRISTMAS STAR When my son asked me about the Christmas Star that is coming this December I realized that I had “forsaken my first love” for some time. He knew that I am passionately interested in the stars and planets and have always been aware of the unusual, beautiful, and amazing things we can see in the sky. But this coming event slipped me! On December 4, 2020 CBN News reported that a rare event would take place on December 21. The “ Christmas Star ” or the “ Star of Bethlehem ” would appear in the sky. The “ Star ” had not been seen in almost eight centuries - not since the Middle Ages, not since July 16, 1623. On the day that marks the beginning of the Winter Solstice, Monday December 21, 2020, Jupiter and Saturn the two largest planets in our Solar system “will align. They will appear to form a double planet. It is a rare event.” Jamie Carter , Senior Contributor, Science, Forbes.com, writes (November 2, 2020) that a spectacularly rare “ Christmas star ” i...