"Conjunction Junction, What's Your Function" has been playing on loop through my head for a week leading up to last night's Great Conjunction of Jupiter and Saturn. In astronomical terms, a conjunction is the alignment of two planets, celestial objects or spacecraft as seen from a line of sight from Earth. When we use "Great Conjunction" we are specifically talking about the alignment of Saturn and Jupiter. Jupiter orbits the Sun every 11.86 years and Saturn has a 29.36 year