In ancient Egyptian tradition Horus had an alter ego in Mars ('Horus the Red'), the very planet that was so brilliant in the night sky around August 2003. As if this weren't enough, there was an amazing celestial alignment on Aug. 23 involving the Sun, Regulus, Jupiter, Venus, Earth, and Mars. The Sun-Regulus conjunction ('Regulus Day') traditionally signifies the birth of Horus - but this particular 'Regulus Day' in 2003 was extra special because of the additional major planets joining the conjunction. [Click image for animation.]