We are just getting out of the heady Republic Day feel. On January 26, there were grand parades everywhere. "Attention, Parade/Platoon" rang out loud and clear in all the corners of India.
Most probably, the echo reached the vast universe. Why this flight of fancy? Is that your question? Well, tonight there is a celestial parade up there in the sky. The bright Venus, the gorgeous Jupiter, the vermilion Mars, the grand and mysterious Saturn, and the faraway Neptune and Uranus have formed a beautiful arc above our earth, aligned as they are all on the same side of the sun.
As it is the no-moon day on Wednesday, they would be visible to the naked eye, only if one were not to live in a busy, bustling metro. Like Mumbai, Pune, too, is growing to be a city that never sleeps. Given such glares, the far-away fare of the planets would not be visible here, unless, may be, you live on the topmost floor of a huge high rise.
Yet sure I have imagined this wonder in my mind. Well, given the vast universe, there is no knowing when it would recur. Why, the very Maha Kumbh, organised as per the unique orchestration of Jupiter with the sun and the moon, would now happen after hundred and forty-four years.
I do not know enough to talk about the biological/zoonotic influence of such a celestial concurrence. It fills my mind with awe and gratitude though. Sure deepens my resolve to make life better in my own small way, given the gorgeous birth granted to me in a 'good' family every which way!
Pratima@ Often I look at the NASA kind of pictures of the universe. Thus is filled my mind with a grandeur that the view of the brilliant milky way had ignited in me. Such vistas, like a lonely ship sailing the huge, not-fully-known oceans, fills your mind with respect for human creativity, and an awe, respect and wonder for the vast universe.
Sure it makes the rationalist you an agnostic who believes that there has to be a power, beyond gravity and all the electromagnetic explanations, which listens to and grants your genuine, fervent prayers.
March on, oh, parade of planets! The very thought of you has enriched me in multiple modes.
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