Watching the “Dance of the Planets”
Go out on successive nights over a period of days, weeks, or even months and note the positions of the planets relative to the stars.
Imagine yourself being an astronomer in ancient Greece, Babylon, China, India, Mexico, ...
In our modern society, few people will devote even ten minutes to observing the night sky, much less ten days or weeks (or even years). Naked-eye observing can take you back to a time when life was lived at a slower pace.