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Virgo and Libra

The Garden of Eden — Images

The three actors in the Garden of Eden are Adam, Eve and the Serpent, represented by Bootes, Virgo and Serpens respectively. They do not appear on the scene in the same sequence they are on the zodiac, so I am going to treat Libra and Virgo as one unit.

1. God created the man.

⁷then the LORD God formed man of dust from the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life; and man became a living being.(Gen. 2:7)

Bootes the Herdsman represents Adam.

2. God made the tree of life in the middle of the garden, and he put the tree of knowledge of good and evil there too.

⁹And out of the ground the LORD God made to grow every tree that is pleasant to the sight and good for food, the tree of life also in the midst of the garden, and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil.(Gen. 2:9)

The middle of the garden would place the two trees at the north pole.

3. Eden had a river that divided into four rivers.

¹⁰A river flowed out of Eden to water the garden, and there it divided and became four rivers.(Gen. 2:10)

The zodiac has two rivers, the Milky Way and the constellation Eridanus. The Milky Way's size and length easily qualifies it as the main river with Eridanus a tributary. The other two were the named Tigress and Eupthrates.

4. God formed beasts and birds, and brought them to the man to be named.

⁹So out of the ground the LORD God formed every beast of the field and every bird of the air, and brought them to the man to see what he would call them; and whatever the man called every living creature, that was its name.(Gen. 2:9)

The task wasn't immense as it sounds. They were the animals of the zodiac. The word "zoo" has the same etymology.

5. God took a rib from the man and used it to create a woman.

²¹So the LORD God caused a deep sleep to fall upon the man, and while he slept took one of his ribs and closed up its place with flesh;
²²and the rib which the LORD God had taken from the man he made into a woman and brought her to the man. (Gen. 2:21)

Bootes has his arm raised towards Virgo, exposing his rib cage.

6. The serpent and the woman have a conversation.

¹Now the serpent was more subtle than any other wild creature that the LORD God had made. He said to the woman, "Did God say, 'You shall not eat of any tree of the garden'?" (Gen. 3:1)

Serpens head is facing Bootes and Virgo as if they are engaging in a conversation.

7. The woman ate the forbidden fruit and gave some to the man to eat.

⁶So when the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was a delight to the eyes, and that the tree was to be desired to make one wise, she took of its fruit and ate; and she also gave some to her husband, and he ate. (Gen. 3:6)

Virgo has in her outstretched hand what is usually interpreted as a corn stalk. It is not much of a stretch to think of it as the forbidden fruit she is offering to the man.

8. In the year 2750 BCE the star Thuban was almost exactly in the North Pole position. Two things qualify if as the tree of good and evil. One, it is located in the constellation Draco when is associated with evil. Two, from the years 2750 on, Thuban descended from its pole position to be replaced by Polaris. The plucking of the forbidden fruit represents the star's descent.

9. The serpent was cursed above all the wild animals.

¹⁴The LORD God said to the serpent, "Because you have done this, cursed are you above all cattle, and above all wild animals; (Gen. 3:14)

The statement refers to the constellation Draco which lays on the North Pole above all the other constellations.

10. "He shall bruise your head and you shall bruise his heel."

¹⁵I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; he shall bruise your head, and you shall bruise his heel."(Gen. 3:15)

One foot in the constellation Hercules lies on top of Draco's head. Over the course of a year the constellations rotate around the pole. Thus at one time the foot is on top of the head, and at another the head is on top of the foot. This is what is meant by bruising.

11. He drove out the man. At the east of the garden he placed a cherubim and a flaming sword.

²⁴He drove out the man; and at the east of the garden of Eden he placed the cherubim, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:24)

Bootes and Virgo leave the garden when they descend below the horizon. At the same time, Perseus (next to Aries) rises in the east as if to be driving them out of the garden with his sword.

When Ezekiel describes a cherub as having the face of a man, the face of a lion, the face of an ox and the face of an eagle, he is describing the four cardinal constellations in the Age of Taurus. (See the chart at the top of this page.)

¹⁰As for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an eagle at the back. (Ezek. 1:10)

¹⁴And every one had four faces: the first face was the face of the cherub, and the second face was the face of a man, and the third the face of a lion, and the fourth the face of an eagle. (Ezek. 10:14)

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TRACING THE SUN THROUGH THE ZODIAC & VIRGO...COULD THIS BE THE ORIGIN FOR THE "JESUS STORY" #10

VIRGO AND JESUS: AUGUST 22 - SEPTEMBER 21

We have been following the path of the Sun through the Constellations and we left off in the previous article with the passage of the Sun through the constellation Leo. We saw that this was the time of the Sun's greatest strength when the Sun goes to the end of the growing season to the time of the harvest. We noticed as the texts of the New Testament progressed revealing the life of "Jesus Christ" that there were abundant teachings concerning this "harvest" and much "harvest terminology" was evident at this stage of the life of Jesus in the "Jesus Story". Notice with me if you will that since the Sun passed through Cancer the Sun has crossed a major divide and darkness is beginning to increase and light is beginning to diminish ever so slowly. But be not mistaken the Ancients noticed this being expert Astronomers. We have seen the Sun "stand still" for 3 days at the Winter solstice as well as 3 days at the Summer solstice and now the Sun is moving to its soon coming death once again on the wheel of the Zodiac as it passes through all 12 houses. But before we get to this part of the solar year and the corresponding part in the "Jesus Story" we saw the Sun in all its glory typified by the "transfiguration" of Jesus as the "personified Sun" on the top of the mountain (meaning the top of the sky at the Summer solstice).

Summer is passing as we watch the Sun recede slowly in its path across the sky as it passes its zenith and as the days get shorter once again. We eventually come to the end of Summer, the month of August, and it's harvest time! We must understand that harvest time is the best time of the year not only for the farmer but for everyone. Harvest time is the time that everyone has been anxiously waiting for. In August the Sun has moved out of Leo, the strong lion of summer, and into a new constellation that represents the harvest since that food which grows out of the virgin soil of the earth. Hence the constellation for harvest time is a female virgin holding a sheath of wheat. The constellation the Sun enters in August is Virgo, the eternal celestial virgin, holding a sheath of wheat representing harvest time. Farmers who till the fields are said to be wedded to this celestial virgin for which they wait for each year. Thus they are known as "husbandmen," and their tools such as hoes and tractors are known as implements of husbandry. Harvest time comes about three quarters of the way through the year, and it is the happiest time of the year. And about three quarters of the way through the Jesus story is his triumphant entry into Jerusalem, which is the happiest part of the story (Mark 11:1-11; Matthew 21:1-11; Luke 19:28-44; John 12:12-16). Everyone knows him and is happy to see him. Jesus’ triumphant entry into Jerusalem is an allegory for the Sun’s triumphant entry into the constellation of Virgo, because that means it’s harvest time, the best time of year. Harvest time is "The Kingdom of Heaven" time which Jesus refers to in earnest as coming soon throughout the story up to here.

Virgo is the only female among the zodiacal constellations, and other than the twins, Castor and Pollux (Gemini), she is the only human figure. Virgo is depicted as a maiden, holding a palm branch or grain stalks in her right and a single ear of wheat in her left. The alpha star is named Spica, “ear of wheat” which is also known as the "star that comes out of Jacob".Virgo is one of the oldest constellations and over time has been equated with every important feminine deity, including Ishtar, Isis, Demeter, Persephone, Medusa, Artemis, and Urania. Allen says, “Those who claim very high antiquity for the zodiacal signs (15,000 years ago), assert that the idea of these titles originated when the Sun was in Virgo at the spring equinox, the time of the Egyptian harvest. Virgo is also the Greek Sophia, goddess of wisdom, and in the Gnostic tradition, she is the Black Madonna, mysterious guardian of feminine wisdom.

This is the time of the year when the harvest is turned into food. As the Sun descends below its peak at its zenith, this is also a time when troubles start to emerge for the "personified Sun" in the form of Jesus in the "Jesus Story". Let us not forget that the Sun is on the move; constantly moving as we find Jesus depicted as a peripatetic Rabbi. As the "darkness" begins to threaten the Sun likewise here we find that the very same adversity manifested by the people who welcomed Jesus in his home town of Nazareth who were suspicious of his wisdom and power.

Matt 13:54-58 54 And when he was come into his own country, he taught them in their synagogue, insomuch that they were astonished, and said, Whence hath this man this wisdom, and these mighty works? 55 Is not this the carpenter's son? is not his mother called Mary? and his brethren, James, and Joses, and Simon, and Judas? 56 And his sisters, are they not all with us? Whence then hath this man all these things? 57 And they were offended in him. But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honour, save in his own country, and in his own house. 58 And he did not many mighty works there because of their unbelief. (KJV)

Answer for yourself: Did you notice the term "carpenter" which is an Ancient term for an astronomer/astrologer as well as the reference to "in his own house"? Do you recall that the term "houses" refer to signs and constellations of the Zodiac? Recall that Jesus says "in my Father's house is many mansions" and we saw that phrase this has hidden Astronomical meanings in a previous article.

On a more literal level we are taught not the "Inner Mystery" but only the "Outer Mystery" in the form of its "literalization" as it were a real historical story. We are made to believe that those who one welcomed this Jesus and looked to him to be their Messiah are the same people in his home town of Nazareth who were now suspicious of his wisdom and power in the above verses from Matthew 13:54-58. Of course this fits right into our symbolism of the Sun and its waning power following the Summer solstice so this has to happen if we are to be true to the path of the Sun through the Heavens and the Zodiac. We are on a circle or circuit as we saw in the terms for Galilee before in an earlier article. We have just moved past the Summer solstice, when the Sun is at its zenith, and we saw that at this time the Sun is on its throne at full power. As the Sun starts to descend, the dark forces are starting to edge their way back with increasing opposition. As the days get progressively shorter, the Sun is still strong, but its strength is being sapped by all this constant tribulation and adversity. The same "conflict" and "tribulation" against the Sun is personified in the attacks against the "personified Sun" in the form of Jesus in the "Jesus Story". This explains why at one time he is "loved" and then in only a short time the same people who love him now "oppose" him. I always wondered about this in the texts and never really understood until I found the astronomical keys to the "Jesus Story". This part of the "Jesus Story" is nothing but an Astronomical allegory expressing the Sun having passed the Summer solstice and the opposition to it as it begins its downward path in the Sky on its way to its annual death at the Winter solstice. We saw earlier that Jesus, personified as the Sun, continues on his way into "Galilee". Let us not forget that "Galilee" means "circuit" and the Sun is moving full circle through the Solar year.

The Strong's Concordance for the word "Galilee":

1056 Galilaia- Galilee="Circuit" the name of a region of northern Palestine, bounded on the north by Syria, on the west by Sidon, Tyre, Ptolemais and their territories and the promontory of Carmel, on the south by Samaria and on the east by the Jordan. It was divided into Upper Galilee and Lower Galilee. The word "Galilee" literally means "circuit".

Answer for yourself: What is a "circuit"? A circuit is a closed, usually circular path. The ecliptic, as we saw for our astronomy terminology page, is the circuit the Sun travels along during the year. The ecliptic is a great circle inscribed on the celestial sphere. The ecliptic is also a circle on a planisphere. If Jesus Christ is truly the personification of the Sun then it makes perfect sense allegorically that the Sun continues on his way along the ecliptic, or "went into Galilee". We see the same thing here as the Sun moved past the Summer solstice and is descending in the Sky moving to its soon coming death at the Winter solstice.

We have just seen in the previous articles how John the Baptist’s life ends with his head being cut off. We saw that John the Baptist in the form of the rising constellation Aquarius reappears on the Eastern horizon 6 months after Aquarius moved below the Western horizon at sunset as the year went from January to February as the Sun moved from Aquarius to Pisces. We saw that after 6 months the constellation of Aquarius begins to rise on the Eastern horizon at sunset and it appears that the head of Aquarius is cut off by the horizon. This we saw was believed by the Ancients to be John the Baptist rising from the dead, the dead being those who are below the earth. This is the beheading of John the Baptist by King Herod, a personification of darkness, which reigns supreme at night. We saw that this coincides with the Sun crossing the Equinox at the Summer solstice and the rising of Aquarius without its body on the Eastern horizon.

Matt 14:1-12 1 At that time Herod (personified Darkness) the tetrarch heard of the fame of Jesus, 2 And said unto his servants, This is John the Baptist; he is risen (Aquarius on the Eastern horizon) from the dead (from the underworld beneath the western horizon); and therefore mighty works do shew forth themselves in him (resurrection from the dead). 3 For Herod had laid hold on John, and bound him, and put him in prison (personified death) for Herodias' sake, his brother Philip's wife. 4 For John said unto him, It is not lawful for thee to have her. 5 And when he would have put him to death, he feared the multitude, because they counted him as a prophet. 6 But when Herod's birthday was kept, the daughter of Herodias danced before them, and pleased Herod. 7 Whereupon he promised with an oath to give her whatsoever she would ask. 8 And she, being before instructed of her mother, said, Give me here John Baptist's head (2 stars of Aquarius) in a charger. 9 And the king was sorry: nevertheless for the oath's sake, and them which sat with him at meat, he commanded it to be given her. 10 And he sent, and beheaded John in the prison. 11 And his head was brought in a charger, and given to the damsel: and she brought it to her mother. 12 And his disciples came, and took up the body, and buried it, and went and told Jesus. (KJV)

Answer for yourself: Did you notice that once again one passage after another in sequence in our New Testament uniquely follow the course of the Sun in the Heavens and through the Zodiac when tracing the supposed life of Jesus Christ in the "Jesus Story" in the New Testament? Think on that for awhile. Is it not rather astonishing that for the most part we move from a group of passages in the New Testament to the next following group of passages and are able to maintain perfectly our "Jesus Story" in the Stars?

If that is the case then we should expect to find more Astronomical symbolism in the next passages which just happen to be Jesus feeding the five thousand with five loaves and two fish and find a connection to Virgo.

Answer for yourself: Does the following events in the "Jesus Story" follow the pattern of the path of the Sun moving into the house of Virgo? It sure does. That is exactly what we find.

Matt 14:13-21 13 When Jesus heard of it, he departed thence by ship into a desert place apart: and when the people had heard thereof, they followed him on foot out of the cities. 14 And Jesus went forth, and saw a great multitude, and was moved with compassion toward them, and he healed their sick. 15 And when it was evening, his disciples came to him, saying, This is a desert place, and the time is now past; send the multitude away, that they may go into the villages, and buy themselves victuals. 16 But Jesus said unto them, They need not depart; give ye them to eat. 17 And they say unto him, We have here but five loaves, and two fishes. 18 He said, Bring them hither to me. 19 And he commanded the multitude to sit down on the grass, and took the five loaves, and the two fishes, and looking up to heaven, he blessed, and brake, and gave the loaves to his disciples, and the disciples to the multitude. 20 And they did all eat, and were filled: and they took up of the fragments that remained twelve baskets full. 21 And they that had eaten were about five thousand men, beside women and children. (KJV)

Jesus feeds five thousand with five loaves and two fish. Its harvest time again and we must not forget it for the texts remind us repeatedly. Let us look at the bread for a second.

Answer for yourself: What is the true meaning of the word "Bethlehem"? Well if we interpret it literally it means "House of Bread." Before you go out and grab your maps to try to find this city on them know that you should be looking for a place known as the "House of Bread." This might not make sense to you yet but this is necessary if you ever hope to see the allegory behind the "literal" story we have read our whole lives. There has always been a place known as the "House of Bread," except it's not a place on Earth, it's a time of the year!

Notice we are following the path of the Sun through the constellation Virgo and it is now the month of August. So with Virgo being depicted as a woman with a shaft of wheat in her hand signifying the theme of harvest then it is not a stretch to connect the term "House of Bread" with the month of August, which is harvest time. As mentioned above this is a time of great excitement for all peoples in all civilizations for they all looked forward to gathering the foods that sustain life. The term "house" as taken from "Bethlehem-house of bread" refers to one of the 12 houses of the Zodiac, which is like a big calendar in the stars. You can tell what time of year it is by observing the stars as they come out just after sunset and then determining where the Sun is in relation to the stars. You determine which constellation or "house" the Sun is in. It's no different from looking and flipping a wall calendar to determine what month you are in. When the Sun is in the "house of bread" it's August - it's harvest time!

The Sun moves out of Leo and into the constellation Virgo. In the "house of bread" is the constellation Virgo, the virgin. Hence in Bethlehem, the House of Bread, you will find a virgin, the constellation Virgo. Jesus was made to be born in Bethlehem because in Hebrew it means “house of bread”. The house of bread is in Virgo who is pictured above with grain stalks in her arms.

Matt 2:1-2 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. (KJV)

Virgo is always depicted as holding either a sheaf of wheat or an ear of corn. She represents harvest time. As the Sun moves through the Zodiac on it's yearly journey, it eventually passes out of the House of Bread and moves on to the next house. The Sun moves out of the constellation Virgo. Virgo, the eternal Virgin, figuratively gives birth to the Sun, as the Sun passes out of Virgo the Virgin.

We have seen over these last ten or so articles abundant evidence that Jesus allegorically represents the Sun.

Remember Jesus says,

John 8:12 12 Then spake Jesus again unto them, saying, I am the light of the world: he that followeth me shall not walk in darkness, but shall have the light of life. (KJV)

John 9:5 5 As long as I am in the world, I am the light of the world. (KJV)

The last time I looked the light of the world is the Sun. This is so simple but we never see this because of being conditioned since childhood to interpret the "Jesus Story" literally instead of allegorically as did the Ancients before Rome came along and "literalized" it and gave us a book with this "literal" account inscribed within it.

We have already seen that the Synoptic Gospels teach that Jesus had a one year ministry and this makes all the more sense when you consider that Jesus said that he came only to preach one year in the first place (symbolic for the Zodiac and the passage of the Sun through the Zodiac for one complete cycle).

Luke 4:19 19 To preach the acceptable year of the Lord. (KJV)

To a "thinking believer" who has paid attention to the prior articles in this website then it appears without a doubt that the "Jesus Story" is the story of the year, of the seasons, of the Sun passing through the Zodiac. The whole story of Jesus is just an allegory of the Sun passing through the houses of the Zodiac during the year. That's why Jesus' ministry lasted One Year.

Actually if you read the Bible it says King Herod made a careful search of "Bethlehem", the House of Bread, where the Sun is in August, and didn't find him there.

Matt 2:1-11 1 Now when Jesus was born in Bethlehem of Judaea in the days of Herod the king, behold, there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem, 2 Saying, Where is he that is born King of the Jews? for we have seen his star in the east, and are come to worship him. 3 When Herod the king had heard these things, he was troubled, and all Jerusalem with him. 4 And when he had gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people together, he demanded of them where Christ should be born. 5 And they said unto him, In Bethlehem of Judaea: for thus it is written by the prophet, 6 And thou Bethlehem, in the land of Juda, art not the least among the princes of Juda: for out of thee shall come a Governor, that shall rule my people Israel. 7 Then Herod, when he had privily called the wise men, inquired of them diligently what time the star appeared. 8 And he sent them to Bethlehem, and said, Go and search diligently for the young child; and when ye have found him, bring me word again, that I may come and worship him also. (KJV)

Answer for yourself: Why did Herod look in Bethlehem? Because the Sun is in the house of Virgo and because it is harvest time. That's the time of year we all wait for with great anticipation of the harvest. But yet Jesus is born December 25 at the Winter solstice after the Sun lays dead for 3 days in the Sky. The Sun, in December, isn't in Bethlehem, the House of Bread, Virgo the Virgin. Not yet anyway. The Sun is in Capricorn - the goat, or sheep, or lamb. Jesus is born in a barn with a bunch of animals - the starry night sky is full of constellations of animals. Jesus is the "Lamb of God." Capricorn is the lamb.

Now this might be a little confusing since we began our studies in Capricorn but bear with me. Many of these Middle Eastern cultures recognized Virgo as the year’s beginning- hence the Sun was born from the Virgin, the Sun’s corona is a ‘crown’, the Sun is the “Light itself’, the Sun’s 12 helpers are the Zodiac, the Sun’s light can walk upon water, the Sunrise saves Man each day, etc. Many similarities as you can see exist from nation to nation but some nations begin the solar year with the Virgo instead of Capricorn. In ancient times the ancient calendar and the new year did not start in January, it started when the Sun was in the constellation Virgo (the virgin) and ended in Leo, therefore, the Sun was always "born of a virgin"=Jesus being born of a virgin.

In some areas, the calendar originally began in the constellation of Virgo, and the Sun would therefore be "born of a Virgin." Later when the Sun was personified as "the Son" then you have the "Son of God born of the virgin". It is all astronomical in origin.

Answer for yourself: Are you aware that the Hebrew texts have been altered concerning Isaiah 7:14 and where it says "young woman" it is later changed to say "virgin" when the Hebrew texts were translated by Essenes into Greek in the 3rd century B.C.E.? Of course this was done in Alexandria, Egypt, where we could expect the Hellenized Jews of Egypt to incorporate a synthesis of the solar aspects of the Egyptian religion with Judaism as that is exactly what we find. Thus the "Sun is born in the Virgin" and the "personified Son of the Sun" is made to do the same as we find with Jesus in the solar "Jesus Story" in the New Testament.

Since the new year and calendar of the Ancients began in Virgo and ended in Leo then this explains why the Sphinx has the head of a Virgin and the Body of a Lion. When the Sun of God was re-born to begin anew its cycle through the Heavens it was in the Constellation of Virgo, so it was said that it was "Born of a Virgin". The Sun is the "Eye of God" or "Eye of Horus". Ra was the Sun God in Egypt. His full name was Amen Ra. That is why we say "A-men" after our prayers. The Egyptians knew this and all of the Egyptian beliefs and customs are built into our society secretly and few are aware of this today. In fact the backbone of Judeo-Christianity is thoroughly Egyptian and hardly anyone knows of it today.

Throughout much of its history, the Christian Church has taught that Jesus was conceived by the Virgin Mary by the action of the Holy Spirit, without sexual intercourse. This doctrine is usually called the virgin birth, although the term virgin conception would seem to be more accurate. This has long been one of the church’s foundational beliefs, along with the indisputable truth of the Bible, the atonement, resurrection, and the second coming of Jesus. Now if we logically look at the allegories and origins of Virgin Births in all myths and religions we discover that the prototypes of Mary are the sister-wives of Sun-gods. Notice in this early depiction of Mary and Jesus not only the solar halos or nimbus but the symbols for the twelve constellations that surround her. It is in this context that we must understand much of Christian theology and symbolism as well as certain virgin goddesses such as the Egyptian Isis, and the Greek Artemis whom are both sisters of the Sun gods, Osiris and Apollo respectively.

The Virgin Mary is the Constellation of Virgo and the story of virgin births is the timeless allegory of Virgo giving birth to the Sun on the darkest night of the year, the 24th of December. If we follow the path of the Sun we discover that towards the end of August the radiant Sun enters the celestial Virgo and places the seed of the new Sun in her to germinate the embryo of the new Sun, Horus, Apollo or Christ.

This phenomenon, which takes place every year in August, gave rise to Christmas, a festival which still exists, and in which it is supposed that the Mother of Christ, disregarding her earthly life, is associated with the glory of her son, and is placed by his side in the heavens. We know that the sign of the celestial virgin rose over the horizon at the moment assigned to the birth of Jesus the Christ. Christians may be reluctant to recognize Virgo as the Blessed Virgin. Yet Virgo’s stars descend after harvest below the horizon, and the Sun of the winter rises from the same point.

Answer for yourself: What is the importance of the fact that as the stars of Virgo descend below the horizon that the Sun of the winter rises from the same point? It appears that the Sun rises in Virgo as is the case if superimposed and the Ancients understood this as the Virgin holding the baby Sun in her arms. From this we find the multiple examples from antiquity of the Virgin goddess holding the Sun from the times of Isis and Horus which we later find borrowed by Christianity for their Mary and Jesus. In Numbers 24:17, it is declared "There shall come a star out of Jacob," etc. This is a text often quoted by Christian writers as having a prophetic reference to the Christian Messiah. But the same text declares further, "It shall destroy the children of Seth," a prediction which no rational interpretation can make apply to Jesus Christ. And then we find this star of Jacob or Judah (the same) represented on astronomical maps as a prominent star in the constellation Virgo (the Virgin), fancifully termed by the Hebrew Ephraim. This star is known in the Syrian, Arabian and Persian Systems of astronomy as Messaeil (suggestive of Messiah), and was considered the ruling genius of the constellation. The "star of Jacob," then, was simply a figure borrowed from the ancient pagan systems of astronomy, in which they fancifully represent a virgin rising with an infant Messiah (Messaeil) in her arms. Messaeil is, when analyzed, Messaeh­el (Messiah­God), and is found in the constellation Virgo, which commences rising at midnight, on the 25th of December, with this "star in the east" in her arms ­­ the star which piloted "the wise men." The whole thing, then, is evidently an astronomical legend.