Friday, January 25, 2008

The Mazzaroth



The term Zodiac or Mazzaroth is mentioned only once in the king James Version of the Bible and is believed to have been given from God to Adam to show his plan of redemption for man. The term Zodiac relates to the fact constellations were personified as figures or animals and is the belt or band of constellations through which the Sun, Moon, and planets transit across the sky. The sun was personified as the unseen creator god because it’s light given quality, thus being given the name God’s Sun. (The Light of the World and The Savior of Man Kind). With the development of the western world and religions Jesus became the Sun God personified. In Egypt (3000 B.C.) HORUS was the Sun God personified. Horus was born on December 25th to the Virgin Isis. His Birth was accompanied by a star in the east. In turn three kings followed to accompany the new savior. At 12 Horus was a prodigal child teacher. At 30 he was baptized by a minister known as Annute an begin his ministry. He had 12 disciples and performed miracles like healing the sick and walking on water. After being betrayed by Trifon he was Crucified, Buried for 3 days and resurrected.

Horizon comes from the term Horus has risen. Hours comes from Horus as it is the sun tracked through out the day. Sunset also comes from Horus as his evil brother was known as Set. Every morning Horus (light) would win the battle against Set (dark) only to be beaten at the end of the day, heist the Sunset. In one myth it is said Set gouged out Horus's left eye, which represented the moon and served to explain to the ancients why the moon is less bright than the sun. The birth of Horus is celebrated on December 25th due to the winter solstice which, together with the equinoxes, are related to the seasons and occurs twice a year, whenever Earth's axis tilts the most toward or away from the Sun. It is because of this process that Horus’s birth like every solar deity before and after his time is celebrated on December 25th.

From the summer solstice to the winter solstice the days get shorter as the sun moves south. To the Ancients the shorting of the days and the death of the crops symbolized the process of death. To them it was the death of the Sun. By December 22nd, having moved south for six months the Sun makes it to it’s lowest point in the sky. At this time the sun appears to stop moving south for three days (22nd, 23rd, 24th) and at this time it resides in the area of the Crux constellation or “Southern Cross” also referred to as the “Guardians of Heaven”. After this time on December 25th the sun moves one degree but, this time north bringing longer days, warmth and spring. And thus the Sun of God was dead on a cross for three days only to be born again. However the Ancients didn’t celebrate the resurrection of the Sun until the Spring Equinox ( Easter ). It was here when the sun over powers the darkness as the days are now longer then the nights.

It is written in scripture that during the birth of Jesus there were Three Kings that came from the east to Jerusalem to worship the new born King of the Jews. According to Matthew, they navigated by following a star which came to be known as the Star of Bethlehem. The star in the east is Sirius which is the brightest star in the night sky. On December 24th it aligns with the three brightest stars in Orions belt. The three stars are called today the same as then (The Three Kings). The Three Kings and Sirius all point toward the horizon of the winter solstice. That is why the three kings followed the star. December 25th is the birth of the new born Sun.

1 comment:

lb said...

Love this blog...u mention zodiac as belt of constellations...i wonder if that belt is not somehow connected to Hyppoleta's girdle which legend says was given to this amazon queen as a gift...later arystheus sends heracles to get it ( the mystery of it ) but ends up killing hyppolita..theseus, founder of at-h-en takes hyppolitas sister captive...and so on.... Is the girdle of hyppolita the same as the mystery of the zodiac..astronomy and navigation = atlas and appolo...and so on...