Comet Elenin will be close to Venus around mid September, precisely when Venus will have re-emerged from behind the Sun

Quatrain IV-28
Lors que Venus du Sol sera couuert,
Soubs l'esplendeur sera forme occulte:
Mercure au feu les aura descouuert,
Par bruit bellique sera mis l'insulte.
When Venus will be covered by the Sun,
Under the splendor will be a hidden form:
Mercury will have exposed them to the fire,
Through warlike noise it will be insulted.
- Nostradamus

Line 1: "When Venus will be covered by the Sun"

This line is straightforward enough and describes an Earth-Sun-Venus or Earth-Venus-Sun alignment. In other words, superior or inferior conjunction of Venus, like the one we are going to see around August 16, 2011 (Venus superior conjunction).

Line 2: "Under the splendor will be a hidden form"

A mysterious "hidden form"? Comet Elenin will be close to Venus around mid September, precisely when Venus will have re-emerged from behind the Sun as the Evening Star. For those in the ~0-40 deg. N. latitude zone (covering all of US), the Venusian "rebirth" (reappearance) will happen right around September 11, coinciding with Comet Elenin's perihelion (closest approach to the Sun).

Line 3: "Mercury will have exposed them to the fire"

The upcoming planetary alignment will involve not only Earth, Sun, and Venus but also Mercury (Earth-Mercury-Sun-Venus). Mercury will be "covered by the Sun" along with Venus. This makes the alignment quite rare and unique compared to mere Venus inferior/superior conjunction.

Line 4: "Through warlike noise it will be insulted"

"Warlike noise"... Disinformation? Wars and rumors of war? Some kind of negative consequences, apparently.

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So, could the mysterious "hidden form" be Comet Elenin (directly or indirectly) and could it be under intelligent control capable of unleashing "Contact"?