From PNW:
The headlines and the heavens appear to be speaking at the same time. In a single stretch of days, the world is watching escalating tension between Iran, Israel, and the United States, while the night sky stages a rare celestial display: a six-planet alignment followed almost immediately by a total lunar eclipse–the so-called “blood moon”–falling on the Jewish feast of Purim. For students of Scripture and watchers of world events, the convergence is difficult to ignore.
According to NASA, a rare planetary alignment is visible this week, with Mercury, Venus, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune appearing together across the night sky. Astronomers sometimes call this a “planetary parade,” a phenomenon that occurs only occasionally when multiple planets line up from Earth’s vantage point. Reports highlighted by Space.com note that while two or three visible planets are common, six at once is unusual enough to draw global attention from skywatchers. Then comes the eclipse.
