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1. Planets line up, not stars.

Reply to TexasTowelie (Original post)

Mon May 24, 2021, 02:12 AM

May 2021

Unless we're talking on the red carpet or at the nbc commissary, the stars don't generally line up. They're so far away and effectively fixed in the sky, it nearly so.

The planets, on the other hand, move quite a bit from our vantage point and so, on occasion, line up.

The expression is about planets lining up, not stars.

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Gayle Manchin: 'The Stars Have Just Lined Up' for West Virginia, Appalachia [View all] TexasTowelie May 2021 OP

Planets line up, not stars. unblock May 2021 #1

Or... when the stars align, which is a more common phrase, really soothsayer May 2021 #2

Yikes. 2naSalit May 2021 #3