Synopsis

The celestial phenomenon that, according to the Gospel of Matthew, led the Magi to the infant Jesus has long captivated inquiry. For nearly two millennia, a multitude of theories have been proposed – meteors, novae, supernovae, comets – yet the true nature of this star remains elusive. Recent hypotheses propose a more complex explanation, suggesting the "star" was a series of planetary conjunctions involving Jupiter, other celestial bodies, and constellations. These alignments, it is argued, wer