Planetary alignment is a term referred to a rare positioning of planets in the solar system. The planets are aligned in such a way that all of them appear to come in a straight line. It is worth mentioning, that the planetary aligment is more of an illusion than an actual event.

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According to NASA, planetary alignment takes place when two more more planets come close together int the sky to form a conjunction, which is called as ‘alignment’. The alignment is formed by six planets: Mercury, Mars, Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and Neptune.