Facilitating Paradox

Sinko de Mayo?

A fellow student recently suggested that the harmonic convergence was coming May 5, 2005, not, as I had believed, on May 5, 2000. I tried Googling this expected phenomenon and here’s what I found:

• I first used “harmonic convergence 5/5/2005” as my search criteria:
• The ever-expanding list of the synchronous occurrence of the number Twenty-Three (23) with application to the Law of Fives (2+3=5), part of Unity of Multi, says that December 21, 2012 is "the date the Mayans believed the world will end. (Terence McKenna thinks the Eschaton will Immanetize.) Other theories suggest the ice caps, having become wobbly from the gravitational pull exerted by the alignment of FIVE planets directly opposing the earth on 5-5-2005, will cause the crust of the earth to slip over the soggy innards, causing the ice caps to melt, and new ones to form."
• the reason why room_23 at hells.org (or at least that’s what it says at the top of the page...) says the same as above.
• With at least one other site with a duplicate of the above, I knew I had to change my search criteria. I tried “planets 5/5/2005”...
• Rapture = Ascension = Power = 555, Part 1 of: I recently received an e-mail from a brother in Christ. He stated: on Prophetic secret thoughts from the Lord God Almighty!!!!!!! ... "the rapture is when the Bride of Christ ascends into heaven and Jesus Christ meets us in the air. And that the only Christian Holy day commemorating Christ's ascension and specifically pointing to our future ascension is Ascension Day. The next Ascension Day is May 5, 2005, as marked on many calendars for even non-believers to see." It goes on to say, "I personally started more closely watching May 5, 2005 soon after May 5, 2000. There was a sign on that date involving the sun, and the moon, and the stars as specified in Luke 21:25 above, (planets are among the brightest of the stars as they are the closest heavenly bodies. Sometimes they are referred to as wandering stars as they "wander" against the backdrop of the other stars that make up the constellations.)
  On May 5, 2000 the planets Mercury, Venus, Earth, Mars, Jupiter, and Saturn will be more or less positioned in a line with the Sun. Additionally, the Moon will be almost lined up between the Earth and Sun.
  Note 5 planets as seen from Earth, on 5/5/00, hence 555. This seemed to point to 5 years to the date from then, or 5/5/5. All 5 visible planets were then situated in the constellation Taurus. From the God given "gospel in the stars" (see Joseph Seiss's book and others), Taurus stands for the Lord coming in great Power as in the Rapture/Ascension. The next constellation is Gemini which is of "two human figures closely united, and seated in endeared affection" as in the uniting of the Bridegroom and the Bride, the Body of Christ directly following the Rapture/Ascension." (Note, though, that the post quoted was dated April 1, 2005...)
• I changed my search parameters again, this time to simply “planetary alignment” and I started getting astronomy papers and articles. Finally, something reputable...
• An article entitled "Planetary Alignments in 2000" by John Mosley of the Griffith Observatory, (extracted from "Cosmic Doom in 2000!" by John Mosley, a feature article which appeared in the Planetarian, the journal of the International Planetarium Society, March 1996,) has a nice explanation of the alignment of May 5, 2000, but states that the next close convergence will not take place until April 22, 2438.
• None of the other astronomy sites or articles had any mention of anything significant happening in 2005, but one of the sites I visited was called Bad Astronomy, with an article entitled Harmonic Con(game)vergence: “Bad Astronomy: Planetary alignments will cause earthquakes. Good astronomy: Planetary alignments have relatively little to do with earthquakes.”

It's interesting that the ancient Mayans (or at least modern interpreters of the ancient Mayans) and present-day funamentalist rapture-seekers are aligned in expectation on May 5, 2005, but the scientific community sees no expected alignment in the stars on that date. ...That’s my indulgent research for the day. I’ve got to get back to work. If you have any other info on a harmonic convergence or planetary alignment happening on Cinco de Mayo 2005, let me know.