Astrological dating

Some mails have been going around saying Mars is going to look as big as the Moon about 25th August 2006 as it is in the sky in the same place as the Moon. Err... that was last year. No way can one physically see it at or around this date this year. With a new moon just gone, you can't even see the Moon as it is obscured by the Sun until about 27th August.