Editing Harmonic Convergence (section)

==Astrological alignment== 
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According to the astrologer Neil Michelsen's "The American Ephemeris," on 24 August 1987 there was an exceptional alignment of planets in the Solar System. Eight primary celestial bodies were aligned in an unusual configuration called a [[grand trine]].{{Citation needed|reason=This claim needs mathematical verification.|date=May 2018}}

The Sun, Moon and six out of nine planets (note: Astrology continues to consider Pluto as a “planet.”) formed part of the grand trine, that is, they were aligned at the apexes of an [[equilateral triangle]] when viewed from the Earth.

The Sun, Moon, Mars, and Venus were in exact alignment, astrologically called a [[Conjunction (astronomy and astrology)|conjunction]] at the first degree of [[Virgo (astrology)|Virgo]] in [[Tropical Astrology]]. Mercury was in the  fourth degree of Virgo which most astrologers count as part of the same conjunction being within the "orb" of influence.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73840709.html?dids=73840709:73840709&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+22%2C+1987&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Harmonic+Convergence%3A+Why+Report+It+With+Such+Disrespect%3F&pqatl=google|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121020101938/http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/washingtonpost/access/73840709.html?dids=73840709:73840709&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&type=current&date=Aug+22,+1987&author=&pub=The+Washington+Post+(pre-1997+Fulltext)&desc=Harmonic+Convergence:+Why+Report+It+With+Such+Disrespect%3F&pqatl=google|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 20, 2012|title=Harmonic Convergence: Why Report It With Such Disrespect?|date=Aug 22, 1987|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2009-04-28}}</ref> Jupiter was in Aries, and Saturn and Uranus in Sagittarius completing the grand trine.  However some believe that this is an Earth grand trine with Sun/Moon/Mars/Venus/Mercury in the initial degrees of Virgo, Neptune at 5 degrees of Capricorn, and Jupiter in the last degree of Aries ([[anaretic degree]]), on the cusp of Taurus. Uranus, and especially Saturn are on the edge of this trine.

There is disagreement regarding this occurrence being a unique event. Grand trines, where planets share 120 degree positions forming an equilateral triangle, are not uncommon or particularly noteworthy. Traditional astrology does not consider trines to be action points, and would not regard such an occurrence to be significant.