Mars, Venus, Jupiter, and Saturn can be spotted without special equipment, with Uranus and Neptune requiring a telescope.

The planetary alignment of 2025, particularly the rare event on February 28, when seven planets will be visible simultaneously, promises not only an astronomical spectacle but also significant astrological effects.

However, while no such events took place on that date, nor on his revised date of Dec. 25, 1919, the seeds of anxiety and fear of planetary alignments were already planted in the collective human psyche, only to sprout again and again in the decades that followed.