This weekend Mercury, Venus and Saturn are going to crowd together

[bananas]

"This weekend Mercury, Venus and Saturn are going to crowd together in a patch of sky no bigger than your thumb."
http://science.nasa.gov/headlines/y2005/22jun_spectacular.htm?list63966

"on Sunday and Monday June 26th and 27th they'll be so close, only one tenth of one degree apart, that the Old Farmer's Almanac claims they may even appear to merge into one star"
http://www.siennasoft.com/stargazer/1434.shtml

[MnFats]

1. and what does this portend?

just curious...not that I believe, you understand...

[bananas]

2. A quickie with a stranger?

From my recollection of astrology,
Mercury represents things which happen quickly,
Venus is the goddess of love,
and Saturn means strange or unusual,
so it would portend quick love-making in a strange place,
or with a stranger.
I could be wrong about Saturn.

[peace frog]

3. Actually, Uranus means strange or unusual

Saturn represents structure and how we handle the duties and responsibilities of our lives... Saturn is the Lord of Karma.

Carry on.

[bananas]

4. How did the Buddha handle it?

When some quick love-making resulted in "duties and responsibilities",
how did the Buddha handle it?
He left town!
"Not my problem!"

[whyverne]

5. Thanks for the info.

I pointed out the three planets to my 9 year old boy last night, saying "Wow,look how close those planets are getting", but couldn't identify them for certain.