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Originally Posted by Rob_K
Stars twinkling and planets not should not be taken as an immutable law of the Universe, and depends a lot on local seeing conditions. From my location, Saturn, Jupiter and Mars (and of course Venus and Mercury) are often seen twinkling, and not just at low altitudes. Fortunately the horrendous seeing is more often than not compensated for by brilliant transparency! 
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I am glad I'm not the only one to see this! I see Venus twinkle every night currently after sundown. Says it all about Melbourne seeing (which has been pure crap this year)
Subtle, but it does actually twinkle. If seeing is poor and the planets are close to the horizon, they do twinkle. This whole planets "not twinkling" thing is a myth.