reply to post by serbsta
Here is a little geometry in the planetary orbits. I have spent a lot of time researching this for other reasons but here is some of what I found.
First off the planetary alignments are verifiable and I have checked and double checked them and these figures are correct.
These alignments are in no way arbitrary and I will clarify some of the terms so there is no confusion. Keep in mind these illustrations are crude
approximations and the numbers given are rounded off, actual orbital mechanics are nothing short of beautiful.
- Planetary Alignment; When two planets align with the Sun so a straight line can be drawn through all three.
- Inferior Orbit; Mercury and Venus have an inferior orbit or an orbit that is between Earth's orbit and the Sun. This is the Underworld of
Astronomy.
- Inferior Conjunction; This is an alignment with a planet that has an inferior orbit, e.g. Earth-Venus alignment.
- Superior conjunction; This is when an inferior orbiting planet is in alignment with Earth behind the Sun, only Mercury and Venus do this.
- Superior Orbit; All planets with orbits outside that of Earth's.
- Opposition; Alignment with Earth and a superior orbiting planet.
Now I have collected a ton of data on orbital perimeters, distances, alignment times and such from several good sources. In the interest of being
succinct I won't flood this thread with all of that stuff.
Inferior conjunctions with Mercury is every 116 days happening 3 times a year making a triangle
Superior conjunctions with Mercury also happen every 116 days and there are also 3 making an inverted triangle.
Both of these alignments happen throughout the coarse of a single Earth year making two triangles or what is called the Star of David.
Venus aligns with Earth every 584 days and in the coarse of 8 Earth years Venus makes 13 orbits (8:13 ratio) which is 5 synodic periods or alignments
after which time the two planets align back at the same spot (off by 2.44 days).
The 5 alignments with Venus make a pentagram.
The motions of Venus were of particular interest of the ancients, especially the Maya, and this was my link to understanding all of this and a whole
lot more.
Earth is a circle with a cross inside, the cross represent the four seasons (equinox and solstice alignments) among other things.
The alignments of Mars I have not done yet because I didn't see any relevance to the previous work I was doing and there are other factors that make
it more complicated. If I were to guess I would say that oppositions with Mars makes a square, perhaps even two squares that are off by 45 degrees
making eight points or an octagon.
Jupiter's opposition is every 399 days or 1 year 34 days so Jupiter describes our clock or a twelve pointed star. Jupiter is also describing the
twelve signs on the Zodiac and twelve months in a year since the King of the planets advances 1 month ever time Earth make 1 orbit and completes the
Zodiac in just under 12 years.
These orbital alignments are off a little but remember that all of this was originally done before the great cataclysms that caused our calendar to
change wiping out the people that knew all of this stuff.
still practice line perfect renditions of ancient handed down knowledge and demand.....
replication ....to the Word Perfect! 
