I finally watched it tonight, and yes, I have to agree, there seems to be many plausible theories. They talked about the possibility of it being Jupiter and Saturn together in the sky. I don't see how it can be this though, as these are clearly two "stars" - not one. I researched this topic further and came across this interesting link
http://www.btinternet.com/~prgreetham/Wisemen/theory1.html. This article suggests that the Madgi (both the programme & the website have concluded that the three wise men are likely to be Madgi as they new the sky well. However, the programme suggests the Madgi, as educated as they are with the sky, would have known about this event, but the link given here suggests otherwise.
The other theories were a comet or the one I'm going with- a Supernova. They also picked the eyes out of everything, right down to camels vs horses, to saying just because there were three gifts, doesn't mean there were only three men, and then of course, lots of possibilities of who the men are. It did give a lot to think about. But, alas, at the end of the day, still leaves us totally clueless as to what the "star" may have been! What do you think it may have been, Andrew?
I could have missed other theories in this programme as I dozed off because I am not well at the moment, and this is why I am up at 3.30am doing this post. Coughing so hard and then waking up choking several times not being able to get my breath, I gave up on sleep!
Sipping a hot cup of licorice tea to soothe the dry tickly cough. Found out by accident today that this worked and gave me relief for a few hours. When I couldn't sleep before I googled for some remedies and sure enough, anacide is recommended!
http://www.consultation.ayurvediccur...ickling-cough/
I am feeling better, so I am going to give sleep
another go
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