Page from Ilustração Portuguesa, 29 October 1917, showing the people looking at the Sun during the Fátima apparitions attributed to the Virgin Mary
The Miracle of the Sun (Portuguese: Milagre do Sol), also known as the Miracle of Fátima, is a series of events reported to have occurred miraculously on 13 October 1917, attended by a large crowd who had gathered in Fátima, Portugal in response to a prophecy made by three shepherd children, Lúcia Santos and Francisco and Jacinta Marto. The prophecy was that the Virgin Mary (referred to as Our Lady of Fátima), would appear and perform miracles on that date. Newspapers published testimony from witnesses who said that they had seen extraordinary solar activity, such as the Sun appearing to "dance" or zig-zag in the sky, advance towards the Earth, or emit multicolored light and radiant colors. According to these reports, the event lasted approximately ten minutes.
The local bishop opened a canonical investigation of the event in November 1917, to review witness accounts and assess whether the alleged private revelations from Mary were compatible with Catholic theology. The local priest conducting the investigation was particularly convinced by the concurring testimony of extraordinary solar phenomena from secular reporters, government officials, and other skeptics in attendance.[1] Bishop José da Silva declared the miracle "worthy of belief" on 13 October 1930, permitting "officially the cult of Our Lady of Fatima" within the Catholic Church.[2]
At a gathering on 13 October 1951 at Fátima, the papal legate, Cardinal Federico Tedeschini, told the million people attending that on 30 October, 31 October, 1 November, and 8 November 1950, Pope Pius XII himself witnessed the miracle of the Sun from the Vatican gardens.[3][4] The early and enduring interest in the miracle and related prophecies has had a significant impact on the devotional practices of many Catholics.[5]
There has been much analysis of the event from critical sociological and scientific perspectives. According to critics, the eyewitness testimony was actually a collection of inconsistent and contradictory accounts. Proposed alternative explanations include witnesses being deceived by their senses due to prolonged staring at the Sun and then seeing something unusual as expected.[6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Beginning in the spring of 1916, three Catholic shepherd children living near Fátima reported apparitions of an angel, and starting in May 1917, apparitions of the Virgin Mary, whom the children described as the Lady of the Rosary. The children reported a prophecy that prayer would lead to an end to the Great War, and that on 13 October of that year the Lady would reveal her identity and perform a miracle "so that all may believe."[13] Newspapers reported the prophecies, and many pilgrims began visiting the area. The children's accounts were deeply controversial, drawing intense criticism from both local secular and religious authorities. A provisional administrator briefly took the children into custody, believing the prophecies were politically motivated in opposition to the officially secular First Portuguese Republic established in 1910.[14]
The crowd at Cova da Iria looking towards the Sun on 13 October 1917
Estimates of the number of people present range from 30,000 and 40,000, by Avelino de Almeida writing for the Portuguese newspaper O Século,[15] to 100,000, estimated by lawyer José de Almeida Garrett.[16][17]
Various claims have been made as to what actually happened during the event. According to many witnesses, after a period of rain, the dark clouds broke and the Sun appeared as an opaque, spinning disc in the sky. It was said to be significantly duller than normal, and to cast multicolored lights across the landscape, the people, and the surrounding clouds. The Sun was then reported to have careered towards the Earth before zig-zagging back to its normal position.[18][19] Witnesses reported that their previously wet clothes became "suddenly and completely dry, as well as the wet and muddy ground that had been previously soaked because of the rain that had been falling".[20] Not all witnesses reported seeing the Sun "dance". Some people only saw the radiant colors. Several people saw nothing.[8][21][22]
Skeptic Brian Dunning commented on an image commonly mistaken for a photograph of the Sun taken at Fatima: "An old black and white photograph of the actual sun miracle event shows a lot of dark rain clouds behind some trees and the sun poking through. There is certainly nothing in the photograph that looks unusual, but of course a photograph is static. Whatever the crowd saw was not interesting enough to be noticeable in a photograph".[9][10] The photograph, originally published in 1951 by L'Osservatore Romano was subsequently determined to have been taken approximately eight years later in a different Portugal town of a different solar phenomenon. The misattributed image, however, continues to circulate on the internet.[23]
The three children (Lúcia dos Santos and her cousins Jacinta and Francisco Marto) who originally claimed to have seen Our Lady of Fátima also reported seeing a panorama of visions, including those of Jesus, Our Lady of Sorrows, Our Lady of Mount Carmel, and Saint Joseph blessing the people.[24] In the fourth edition of her memoirs, written in 1941, Lúcia said that on the occasion of their third visit to the Cova da Iria, on 13 July 1917, she asked the Lady to tell them who she was, and to perform a miracle so that everyone would believe. The Lady told her that they should continue to come to the Cova each month until October, when the requested miracle would occur.[18]
Descriptions of the events reported at Fátima were collected by Father John De Marchi, an Italian Catholic priest and researcher. De Marchi spent seven years in Fátima, from 1943 to 1950, conducting research and interviewing the principals at length.[25] In The Immaculate Heart (1952), De Marchi reported that, "[t]heir ranks (those present on 13 October) included believers and non-believers, pious old ladies and scoffing young men. Hundreds, from these mixed categories, have given formal testimony. Reports do vary; impressions are in minor details confused, but none to our knowledge has directly denied the visible prodigy of the sun."[26]
Part of the crowd looking at the Sun during the event
De Marchi authored several books on the subject, such as The True Story of Fátima. They include a number of witness descriptions:
"The sun, at one moment surrounded with scarlet flame, at another aureoled in yellow and deep purple, seemed to be in an exceedingly swift and whirling movement, at times appearing to be loosened from the sky and to be approaching the earth, strongly radiating heat." — Domingos Pinto Coelho, writing for the Catholic newspaper Ordem.[27]
"The silver sun, enveloped in the same gauzy grey light, was seen to whirl and turn in the circle of broken clouds[.. The light turned a beautiful blue, as if it had come through the stained-glass windows of a cathedral, and spread itself over the people who knelt with outstretched hands[...] people wept and prayed with uncovered heads, in the presence of a miracle they had awaited. The seconds seemed like hours, so vivid were they." — Reporter for the Lisbon newspaper O Dia.[26]
"The sun's disc did not remain immobile. This was not the sparkling of a heavenly body, for it spun round on itself in a mad whirl when suddenly a clamor was heard from all the people. The sun, whirling, seemed to loosen itself from the firmament and advance threateningly upon the earth as if to crush us with its huge fiery weight. The sensation during those moments was terrible." — De Marchi attributes this description to Almeida Garrett, Professor of Natural Sciences at Coimbra University.[28] Theologian Father Stanley L. Jaki wrote that it was actually given by José Almeida Garrett, a young lawyer, and is often mistakenly attributed to his father, a professor of natural sciences at the University of Coimbra,[16] named Gonçalo de Almeida Garrett.[29]
"As if like a bolt from the blue, the clouds were wrenched apart, and the sun at its zenith appeared in all its splendor. It began to revolve vertiginously on its axis, like the most magnificent firewheel that could be imagined, taking on all the colors of the rainbow and sending forth multicolored flashes of light, producing the most astounding effect. This sublime and incomparable spectacle, which was repeated three distinct times, lasted for about ten minutes. The immense multitude, overcome by the evidence of such a tremendous prodigy, threw themselves on their knees." — Manuel Formigão, a professor at the seminary at Santarém, and a priest.[28]
"I feel incapable of describing what I saw. I looked fixedly at the sun, which seemed pale and did not hurt my eyes. Looking like a ball of snow, revolving on itself, it suddenly seemed to come down in a zig-zag, menacing the earth. Terrified, I ran and hid myself among the people, who were weeping and expecting the end of the world at any moment." — Rev. Joaquim Lourenço, describing his boyhood experience in Alburitel, 18 kilometres (11 mi) from Fátima.[30]
"On that day of October 13, 1917, without remembering the predictions of the children, I was enchanted by a remarkable spectacle in the sky of a kind I had never seen before. I saw it from this veranda" — Portuguese poet Afonso Lopes Vieira.[31]
De Marchi also drew on the newspaper account written by Avelino de Almeida, a journalist sent by the newspaper O Século, who described in detail the reactions of the crowd.[32]
The event was declared of "supernatural character" by the Catholic Church in 1930. A shrine was built near the site in Fátima, which has been attended by thousands of faithful.[33]
Pope Pius XII approved the "Fatima apparitions" in 1940. Four times during the week that he declared the dogma of the Assumption of Mary (33 years after the actual event said to have occurred in Fátima), Pope Pius XII claimed to have witnessed the same "Miracle of the Sun".[34][35] At 4:00p.m. on 30 October 1950, during a walk in the Vatican gardens, he arrived at the statue of Our Lady of Lourdes and began to see the miracle. He described himself in handwritten notes as "awestruck."[34] He saw the same miracle on 31 October, again on 1 November (the date of the definition of the dogma) and then again on 8 November. He wrote that on other days at about the same time he tried to see if he could observe the Miracle of the Sun, but was unable to. He confided this information to a number of Vatican cardinals, to Sr. Pascalina Lehnert (the nun in charge of the papal apartments and his secretary) and finally to handwritten notes (discovered in 2008) that were later placed on display at the Vatican.[34]
In 2017, Pope Francis approved the recognition of a miracle involving two of the children involved in the Fátima event, Francisco and Jacinta Marto, which paved the way for their canonization.[36]
Within Catholicism, the event is seen as the fulfillment of a promise by Mary, mother of Jesus, to the shepherd children who said she appeared to them several times before 13 October 1917. According to the children's accounts, Mary, referred to as the "Lady of Fátima", promised them she would perform a miracle to show people they were telling the truth, and so caused the crowds to see the Sun make "incredible" movements in the sky.[37] Catholics have regarded Mary as a powerful "miracle worker" for centuries, and this view has continued into the present.[38] Various theologians and apologetic scientists have discussed the limits of scientific explanations for the event and proposed possible mechanisms through which divine intervention caused the solar phenomenon.[citation needed]
Fr Andrew Pinsent, research director of the Ian Ramsey Centre for Science and Religion at Oxford University, states that "a scientific perspective does not rule out miracles, and the event at Fatima is, in the view of many, particularly credible." He states that a usual prejudice involves a lack of understanding of the scope of scientific laws, which merely describe how natural systems behave isolated from free agents. Concluding that the event is "a public miracle of the most extraordinary kind and credibility", he sees the year of the event, as connected to significant historical milestones that call for Fátima's message of repentance: Protestantism in 1517, Freemasonry in 1717 and atheistic Communism in 1917.[39]
Theologian, physicist, and priest Stanley L. Jaki, concurs, concluding that by divine intervention, a coordinated interplay of natural meteorological events, an enhancement of air lens with ice crystals, was made to occur at the exact time predicted, and this is the essence of the miracle.[40]
Jaki described the phenomenon:
...a sudden temperature inversion must have taken place. The cold and warm air masses could conceivably propel that rotating air lens in an elliptical orbit first toward the earth, and then push it up, as if it were a boomerang, back to its original position. Meanwhile, the ice crystals in it acted as so many means of refraction for the sun's rays... Only one observer, a lawyer, stated three decades later that the path of descent and ascent was elliptical with small circles superimposed on it. Such an observation would make eminent sense to anyone familiar with fluid dynamics or even with the workings of a boomerang. There is indeed plenty of scientific information on hand to approach the miracle of the sun scientifically... The carefully co-ordinated interplay of so many physical factors would by itself be a miracle, even if one does not wish to see anything more in what actually happened. Clearly, the "miracle" of the sun was not a mere meteorological phenomenon, however rare. Otherwise it would have been observed before and after, regardless of the presence of devout crowds or not. I merely claim, which I did in my other writings on miracles, that in producing miracles God often makes use of a natural substratum by greatly enhancing its physical components and their interactions.[40]
According to Jaki, the faithful should believe that a miracle occurred at Fátima, and "those who stake their purpose in life on Christ as the greatest and incomparably miraculous fact of history", need to pay attention to facts that support miracles.[41]
De Marchi believed related miraculous phenomena, such as the Sun's effect on standing water from heavy rains that immediately preceded the event, to be genuine. According to De Marchi, "...engineers that have studied the case reckoned that an incredible amount of energy would have been necessary to dry up those pools of water that had formed on the field in a few minutes as it was reported by witnesses."[20] De Marchi wrote that the prediction of an unspecified "miracle", the abrupt beginning and end of the event, the varied religious backgrounds of the observers, the sheer numbers of people present, reports of sightings by people up to 18 kilometres (11 mi) away, and the lack of any known scientific causative factor make a mass hallucination or mass hysteria unlikely.[42] De Marchi concludes that "given the indubitable reference to God, and the general context of the story, it seems that we must attribute to Him alone the most obvious and colossal miracle of history."[42]
Leo Madigan, a former psychiatric nurse and local journalist at Fátima in the late 20th century, also dismisses suggestions from critics of mass hypnosis, and believes that astonishment, fear, exaltation and the spiritual nature of the phenomenon explain any inconsistency of witnesses descriptions. Madigan wrote that what people saw was "the reflection of the Lady's own light projected on the Sun itself".[43]
Philippe Dalleur, a priest and faculty philosophy at the Pontificial University of the Holy Cross in Rome, studied photographs of the crowd taken by "O Século" photographer Judah Ruah. In his analysis of shadows, Dalleur states there are two light sources, one being the "silver sun" described by witnesses – but at the wrong elevation to be the Sun. He states that testimonies of witnesses who observed the phenomenon from a distance place the "silver sun" neither at the azimuth of the real Sun, nor at any fixed azimuth – but invariably at the direction of Fatima, concluding that the "silver sun" was a real luminous object over Fatima.[44]
A parhelion in rainbow colors, photographed in 2005
Theologians, scientists and skeptics have responded to claims that conflict with established scientific knowledge regarding the behavior of the Sun.[45][8][10][46][7] Science writer Benjamin Radford points out that "The sun did not really dance in the sky. We know this because, of course, everyone on Earth is under the same sun, and if the closest dying star to us suddenly began doing celestial gymnastics a few billion other people would surely have reported it". Radford wrote that psychological factors such as the power of suggestion and pareidolia can better explain the reported events. According to Radford, "No one suggests that those who reported seeing the Miracle of the Sun—or any other miracles at Fátima or elsewhere—are lying or hoaxing. Instead, they very likely experienced what they claimed to, though that experience took place mostly in their minds."[8] Regarding claims of miraculous drying up of rain water, Radford wrote "it's not clear precisely what the weather was at the time of the miracle", and photography from the time of the event does not show that it had been raining as much or as long as was reported.[45]
In The Evidence for Visions of the Virgin Mary (1983), former editor of the ASSAP's journal, Kevin McClure, whose intention in the book was to approach Marian apparition events in a sufficiently objective format for the reader "to make an independent decision as to what the visions may mean, and whence they may have come,"[47] wrote that "these events remain confusing and mystifying," and that the phenomenon is unique when compared to other abnormal events such as UFO sightings. He wrote that one is "not to say that a miraculous, stupendous, incomprehensible event did not occur" while looking for possible explanations.[48] In reference to the accounts of the Miracle of the Sun phenomena, McClure writes that "the accounts of the miracle, of the dance of the sun', are simply not consistent”. McClure remarks that perception and memory becoming uncertain during an incomprehensible event is not surprising, but that the contradictions in the accounts must raise some doubts towards the objective nature of what was seen.[49] While McClure is often misquoted in purportedly stating that he had never seen such a collection of contradictory accounts of a case in any of the research that he had done in the previous ten years, he was specifically referring to accounts of the alleged Marian apparitions that the three children witnessed, not the accounts of the Miracle of the Sun phenomena itself, when making such a claim.[50]
According to professor of religion Lisa J. Schwebel, claims of the miracle present a number of difficulties. Schwebel states, "not only did all those present not see the phenomenon, but also there are considerable inconsistencies among witnesses as to what they did see". Schwebel also observes that there is no authentic photo of the solar phenomena claimed, "despite the presence of hundreds of reporters and photographers at the field", and one photo often presented as authentic is actually "a solar eclipse in another part of the world taken sometime before 1917".[46] There is some evidence to the effect that the miracle was expected by witnesses. The witness Joaquim Gregório Tavares, who was present at Fátima on October 13, states, "We must declare that, although we admit the possibility of some miraculous fact, we were there while having in mind conversations we had earlier with cool-headed persons who were anticipating some changes of colour in the Sun".[51] The villagers in Alburitel were preparing for a Sun miracle too. According to Maria do Carmo, "It was anticipated that the miracle would involve the stars".[52] This is likely because in the months of July, August and September people at Fátima claimed the Sun's light dimmed and the sky became dark enough for stars to become visible. This was denied too by many witnesses from the previous months. She also states that on the morning of October 13, "the people of Alburitel were darkening bits of glass by exposing them to candle-smoke so that they might watch the Sun, with no harm to their eyes."[52]
Supernatural explanations, such as those by Father Pio Scatizzi, who argues that observers in Fátima could not be collectively deceived, or that the effect was not seen by observatories in distant places because of divine intervention[53] have been dismissed by critics who say those taking part in the event could certainly be deceived by their senses, or they could have experienced a localized, natural phenomenon. According to Benjamin Radford, "It is of course dangerous to stare directly at the sun, and to avoid permanently damaging their eyesight, those at Fátima that day were looking up in the sky around the sun, which, if you do it long enough, can give the illusion of the sun moving as the eye muscles tire."[8] Others, such as professor of physics Auguste Meessen, suggest that optical effects created by the human eye can account for the reported phenomenon. Meessen presented his analysis of apparitions and "Miracles of the Sun" at the International Symposium "Science, Religion and Conscience" in 2003.[54][55] While Meessen felt those who claim to have experienced miracles were "honestly experiencing what they report", he stated Sun miracles cannot be taken at face value and that the reported observations were optical effects caused by prolonged staring at the Sun.[7] Meessen contends that retinal after-images produced after brief periods of Sun gazing are a likely cause of the observed dancing effects. Similarly, Meessen concluded that the color changes witnessed were most likely caused by the bleaching of photosensitive retinal cells.[7] Shortly after the miracle, the Catholic lawyer named Coelho said in his article that a few days later, he saw the exact same motions and colour changes in the Sun as he did on October 13. He says, "One doubt remained with us however. Was what we saw in the Sun an exceptional thing? Or could it be reproduced in analogous circumstances? Now it was precisely this analogy of circumstances that presented itself to us yesterday. We could see the Sun half overcast as on Saturday. And sincerely, we saw on that day the same succession of colors, the same rotary movement, etc."[56]
Meessen observes that Sun Miracles have been witnessed in many places where religiously charged pilgrims have been encouraged to stare at the Sun. He cites the apparitions at Heroldsbach, Germany (1949) as an example, where many people within a crowd of over 10,000 testified to witnessing similar observations as at Fátima.[7] Meessen also cites a British Journal of Ophthalmology article that discusses some modern examples of Sun Miracles.[57] Prof. Stöckl, a meteorologist from Regensburg, also proposed a similar theory and made similar observations.[58]
Critics also suggest that a combination of clouds, atmospheric effects and natural sunlight could have created the reported visual phenomena. Steuart Campbell, writing for the edition of Journal of Meteorology in 1989, postulated that a cloud of stratospheric dust changed the appearance of the Sun on 13 October, making it easy to look at, and causing it to appear to be yellow, blue, and violet, and to spin. In support of his hypothesis, Campbell reported that a blue and reddened Sun was reported in China as documented in 1983.[11] Paul Simons, in an article entitled "Weather Secrets of Miracle at Fátima", stated that it is possible that some of the optical effects at Fátima may have been caused by a cloud of dust from the Sahara.[59]
Skeptical investigator Joe Nickell wrote that the "dancing sun" effects reported at Fátima were "a combination of factors, including optical effects and meteorological phenomena, such as the sun being seen through thin clouds, causing it to appear as a silver disc. Other possibilities include an alteration in the density of the passing clouds, causing the sun's image to alternately brighten and dim and so seem to advance and recede, and dust or moisture droplets in the atmosphere refracting the sunlight and thus imparting a variety of colors". Nickell also suggests that unusual visual effects could have resulted from temporary retinal distortion caused by staring at the intense light of the Sun,[6] or have been caused by a sundog, a relatively common atmospheric optical phenomenon.[60][12] Nickell also highlights the psychological suggestibility of the witnesses, noting that devout spectators often come to locations where Marian apparitions have been reported "fully expecting some miraculous event", such as the 1988 Lubbock apparition of Mary in Texas, the Mother Cabrini Shrine near Denver, Colorado, in 1992, and Conyers, Georgia, in the early to mid-1990s.[6]
Astrology Chart October 13, 1917 MIRACLE Of The SUN Our Lady of Fatima `Sixth Apparition!
And there appeared a great wonder in heaven; a woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and upon her head a crown of twelve stars: -Revelation 12:1, Webster’s Bible Translation
Welcome to our video on Astrology Chart revelations for Our Lady of Fatima Miracle of the Sun for three Shepherd children’s Sixth Apparition of Blessed Virgin Mary in Fatima, Portugal for October 13, 1917 which originally occurred on the 13th of the month of October in 1917 where there were reported to be approximately 70,000 bystanders who were witnesses to this Sixth Appearance of Our Lady of Fatima which culminated in the famous “Miracle of the Sun” event which has been widely discussed, written about, and venerated. Indeed, when Our Lady of Fatima made the Sun “dance” for the spectators that day keep in mind that the solar disc was reported to have been dull silver in color with various flashing colored lights radiating drying effect upon the bystanders which now in our modern day can be understood more readily as possibly a visitation from an advanced extraterrestrial civilization come to earth to help mankind evolve to a new level of spiritual consciousness! Keep in mind that there were detractors of the three children seers who taunted Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco that Our Lady of Fatima was late and did not show up at the appointed time of 12:00 Noon on October 13 in 1917. They teased that the Virgin Mary was not serious about her appearance nevertheless Our Lady of Fatima did appear when the sun was at its highest point in the sky as an extraterrestrial visitor would have done bearing in mind that a being from another world would not have known about daylight savings time. In an Astrology Chart the houses can be, but are not always different when taking the hour into account although the planets and zodiac signs will remain the same. Considering this fact about the zodiac houses, what the general spectators, town’s people, officials, and reporters had thought Our Lady of Fatima was going to provide or perform on October 13, 1917 was most likely slightly different from what she actually did present and manifest for the frightened multitude. More about the appearance and behavior of the silver disc in a moment but first, let us take a look at how this event was experienced by earth people on that amazing day! October 13, 1917 in Fatima, Portugal at the agreed upon location of the Cova da Iria began as a very rainy day after a night of pouring rain of which these wet conditions were also present during much of the Visitation by Blessed Mother Mary. Similar to previous apparitions of Our Lady of Fatima in 1917 the three Shepherd children Shepherdess Lucia Santos, Shepherdess Jacinta Marto, and Shepherd Francisco Marto reported that they initially witnessed a brilliant illumination prior to the appearance of Our Lady of Fatima who then again as before hovered above the same modest holm oak tree. Please see my video entitled “Astrology Chart October 13, 2018 MIRACLE Of The SUN Fatima 101 Anniversary Sixth Apparition!” which was her sixth original appearance in 1917 to Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco.
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Our Lady appeared to the three Shepherd children for a sixth time on October 13, 1917 for the final and most profound miracle performed by Our Lady of Fatima in 1917.
According to Catholic Catechism the three children Shepherdess Lucia Santos, Shepherdess Jacinta Marto, and her brother Shepherd Francisco Marto were at the Cova da Iria which was the appointed place on the 13th of October in 1917 which was the prearranged day where the Blessed Mother had instructed them to visit for Our Lady of Fatima’s sixth visitation to these three children seers. A copious amount of eyewitnesses reported to be approximately 70,000 by many reporters and bystanders arrived at the Cova da Iria from miles around in a downpour of rain. Although some drove automobiles, others traveled on foot or drove wagons pulled by animals. Lucia, Jacinta, and Francisco had garnered much notoriety at this point in the succession of Marian apparitions and were heralded by some as great seers while others derided them as being infamous story tellers. The three Shepherd children seers stated that as previously encountered, they again observed a dazzling light which was indeed a portent to the instant appearance of Our Lady of Fatima above the same quaint holm oak tree.
Lucia’s writings about the communication between the three seers and Our Lady of Fatima is reported to have progressed thusly:
Lucia enquired of Our Lady of Fatima, “What does Your Grace want of me?”
Our Lady of Fatima responded, “I wish to tell you that I want a chapel built here in my honor. I am the Lady of the Rosary. I want you to continue praying the Rosary every day. The war is going to end soon, and the soldiers will return to their homes.”
Lucia then requested of Our Lady of Fatima, “I have many petitions to ask you from many people. Will you cure some sick persons, and would you convert some sinners?”
Our Lady of Fatima then answered, “Some yes, others no. People must amend their lives and ask pardon for their sins.” Becoming sadder, she added, “Let them offend Our Lord no more for He is already too much offended.”
Our Lady of Fatima then opened her hands facing them above to heaven and with that she radiated a luminous light from her palms up towards the cloudy gloomy firmament. At that instant Our Lady began to levitate up and a silver disk with a matte finish and colorful flashing lights appeared from behind the clouds and began to “dance” or spin as Our Lady continued to beam her light towards the disk.
It is reported that at that very second Lucia cried out, “Look at the sun!”
The disc was reported to have at one point began to spin so quickly that it appeared as a colossal ring of fire. It reportedly halted for an instant and then whirled about with the outer perimeter of its circle becoming bright red throwing off ruby flames into all directions of the heavens.
Atmospheric phenomena then ensued where hues of colorful light were seen on the skin and clothes of the spectators as well as upon the earth where they stood also shimmering glinting tinges of color onto the trees and plants. Spectators became frightened when the radiant disc “danced” through the sky twice more finally shuddering in a wobbly dive down towards the multitude in an erratic fashion as if it was going to plummet into the whole host of shocked witnesses. Just before the blazing disc dove into the eyewitnesses it climbed back up into the sky in the same manner in which it had tumbled down then taking on the appearance of the matte silver disc once again it fastened itself to the sky taking on its original appearance. After this the bystanders noticed that the radiant disc had dried their clothes. This “Miracle of the Sun” was viewed by people who were even miles away when it occurred with many newspaper reporters of the day in 1917 being among the eyewitnesses.
After that Our Lady of Fatima was reported to have then vanished into the deep vastness of the firmament at which time Lucia witnessed three visions corresponding to the first three of four mysteries of the Rosary, Joyful, Sorrowful, and Glorious. Francisco and Jacinta did not behold all three visions but only saw the first one.
First Vision/Joyful Mysteries – All three children seers saw Saint Joseph wearing white next to the sun with the Child Jesus clad in light red, and Our Lady of the Rosary clothed in white with blue mantle representing the Holy Family. Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus formed the Sign of the Cross thrice blessing the multitude of witnesses.
Second Vision/Sorrowful Mysteries – Lucia alone witnessed a second apparition of Our Lady of Sorrows though she did not witness the familiar swords piercing through Our Lady’s heart while accompanying Our Lord on his journey to Calvary weighed down with sorrow with only the upper portion of his body visible. Our Lord then formed the Sign of the Cross bestowing blessings upon the multitude as Saint Joseph and the Child Jesus had done in the first vision.
Third Vision/Glorious Mysteries – Lucia alone witnessed a third glorious apparition of Our Lady of Mount Carmel wearing a crown presented embracing the Child Jesus next to her heart as she is crowned Queen of heaven and earth.
There would be one more occasion when Lucia would see an apparition of Our Lady of Fatima at the Cova da Iria as a prelude to her attending school when the Virgin Mary instructed Lucia that it was time to seal her devotion God which happened in 1920.
Again these are teachings of Catholic Catechism instructors.
Now let’s take a look at this Astrology Chart I’ve prepared for you focused on October 13, 1917 which was Sixth Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima in the country of Portugal when three Shepherd children returned as Our Lady instructed them.
Astrology for Major Aspects of the Seven Ancient Planets on October 13, 1917 in Fatima Portugal BST, Sixth Apparition of Our Lady of Fatima are as follows:
Sun in Libra at 19 Degrees, 32’ in 10th Horoscope House of Social Standing and Fame, Planetary Archangel Michael visits dwelling of Zodiac Angel Zuriel.
Moon in Virgo at 20 Degrees, 01’ in 9th Horoscope House of Life Path Meaning, Planetary Archangel Gabriel visits habitation of Zodiac Angel Hamaliel.
Mercury in Libra at 05 Degrees, 04’ in 10th Horoscope House of Social Standing and Fame, Planetary Archangel Raphael visits abode of Zodiac Angel Zuriel.
Venus in Sagittarius at 01 Degrees, 43’ in 12th Horoscope House of Spirituality, Planetary Archangel Anael visits dwelling of Zodiac Angel Adnakhiel.
Mars in Leo at 18 Degrees, 42’ in 8th Horoscope House of Birth, Sex, Death, and Debt, Planetary Seraphim Samael visits habitation of Zodiac Angel Verchiel.
Jupiter (Rx) in Gemini at 11 Degrees, 14’ in 7th Horoscope House of Law and Commitment, Planetary Archangel Sachiel visits abode of Zodiac Angel Ambriel.
Saturn in Leo at 12 Degrees, 49’ in 8th Horoscope House of Birth, Sex, Death, and Debt, Planetary Archangel Cassiel visits abode of Zodiac Angel Verchiel.
Significant Aspects of Seven Ancient Planets on October 13, 1917 are as follows:
Hebrew Calendar Associations and Zodiac (Heb. “Mazzaroth”) placements for planets:
October 13, 1917 occurred on 27th of Tishrei in the Hebrew year 5678 on Sabbath occurring on Parashat Bereshit.
Sun – “Hammah” in Libra – “Moznayim”
Moon – “Levanah” in Virgo – “Betulah”
Mercury – “Kokhav” in Libra – “Moznayim”
Venus – “Nogah” in Sagittarius – “Kasshat”
Mars – “Ma’adim” in Leo – “Ari”
Jupiter – “Tzedeq” in Gemini – “Teomim”
Saturn – “Shabbatai” in Leo – “Ari”
Information found in this document is based on the “Oral Tradition” known as “Kabbalah” taught to me by Rosicrucian clergy when I was but a young girl the facts of which I have committed to memory.
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by Rosemary A. B. Harper G.H. Imperatrix, Hierophantia The Hermetic Order of The Alchemical Flame H.O.A.F. 6=5. Praemonstratrix The Angels Of Light Fellowship Int’l. A.O.L.F.I. 6=5, Pr., R.N.
Tema anterior
Primer 
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