Several times a century, from our Earthly perspective, the planets array themselves in a line like a string of pearls. If you live in Woodstock, New York, as I do, or in any other New Age hot spot, you know what that means: trouble.
In occultist literature, planetary clustering usually portends the end of the world. The planetary configuration that took place in 1987 was even given its own catchy name--harmonic convergence. The anticipated cataclysm was less drastic, however, than total Armageddon. California was merely supposed to fall into the ocean. The newest calamity worrying astrological circles is 5-5-2000. On May 5 in the year 2000, five planets and the moon will confine themselves to a 26-degree swath behind the sun, with ensuing worldwide destruction. Perhaps. Probably not.
True believers suffer a collective memory defect that prevents them from recalling the countless previous predictions of doom that failed to materialize. ...
