You don't know all the reasons why; I am going to share something with you that I just found out yesterday.
As you know, there will be a partial lunar eclipse on June 4 followed by the Venus Transit the next day.
The partial eclipse - which I first thought wasn't _that_ big of a deal, was something I had simply not even looked at in my astronomy program until yesterday.
Here's what I found:
Within minutes of the eclipse being over, a comet (Comet Borrelly) comes into view on the astronomy program. At magnitude 17, it would not be visible with the naked eye. It then is eclipsed by the moon - which has just been eclipsed itself.
This has to be a rare event but I can find nothing about it on the internet.
According to Wikipedia, Deep Space 1 did a flyby of Comet Borrelly (p19) in 2001.
Notice the umbrella on the Deep Space logo.
In ancient days, comets were known as "sweepers" - to sweep away royalty. As I mentioned though, this comet cannot seen with the naked eye.
Still, three big astronomical events in 2 days? Seems to me like more than a "sign."
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