In this article the thesis is concretely defended that Heidegger's works and philosophy (but also Hoelderlin's one and Nietzsche's one and the whole Seinsgeschichte) can be better understood, probably definitively understood, if interpreted at the light of the phenomenology and the temporality of a particular astronomical phenomenon which takes place at time intervals of a little while less than twenty years (19.859 years), precisely the conjunctions between the planets Jupiter and Saturn, both visible from Earth by the naked eye. XX century recurrences of this phenomenon during Heidegger's adult life happened in 1921, 1940-41 and 1961. Previous occurrences (very meaningful for Hoelderlin and respectively for Nietzsche) took place in 1801-02 and in the spring 1881.Startpoint of the interest in Heidegger's philosophy and basis for the present study have been the works and writings of G. De Cesaris (1), whose theses on the historical and philosophical hermeneutical relevance of these planetary events begin to be known also in university faculties and academic circles.
Curious (but until now not at all considered) is the fact that the central section of Sein und Zeit (section # 42 out of 83) can be interpreted as a sign left by Heidegger on his thought path to allow a future reconstruction of it just in the direction of this lecture. There, in section #42, a Roman fable from Hyginus is reported, where nature, condition and belonging, the whole Dasein of the man, are derived from decisions taken in a fourfold meeting and talk among Cura, Jupiter, Saturn and Earth (Tellus).
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(1) The first and fundamental G. De Cesaris' work was Congiunzioni Giove-Saturno e storia giudaico-cristiana, Keybooks, Guidonia Montecelio (RM), Italy. A copy of the manuscript of this book is also at the US Copyright Office and can be found in the online manuscript catalog of the Library of Congress (Registration Number/Date: TXu000977054/2000-08-31).
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