This is the day today in astrologic approach, from my view as I start it at the Suns rising; that's the partially personal to me, the timing is only a matter of differences per-say, to others; the larger scope for others is location, natal chart aspect, and astrologic house differene. The sky is as it is around the world right now; for everyone is "as it is", just the people places and other things related, those are what is a spangled scatter. The South Node is diametrically opposed to the North Node, therefore it faces it (it's not drawn here, it's the same symbol but upside down). It symbolizes what has already been achieved or acquired, in a karmic sense: it's the past from which it's advised to move on in order to progress. The South Node is rather negative, of a Saturnian nature: the experience through suffering.... SATURN THEN...Interpretation of the 14° Libra symbolic degree
"An aurora borealis illuminates a sea of ice as two men ride a sledge drawn by reindeers."
ITHE NORTH NODE THEN...
....nterpretation of the 20° Sagittarius symbolic degree
"In front of two intertwined triangles surmounted by a third one, a magus wearing his sacerdotal headdress utters an incantation."
Withdrawn, contemplative, and spiritual character endowed with powerful psychic powers. One revels in solitude and avoids socialising. Success and fame can be achieved in human sciences or in research. However, one is unlikely to become very rich. If the natal chart indicates dishonesty, this degree may describe a charlatan.
PERSONALY, THE SUN is conjunct my own natal Saturn.
The Sun in the sky is closely conjunct with Venus and both of them are at opposition in the sky to Neptune and the astroid Kiron; these two objects are as conjunt together as the Sun and Venus. Four objects in the sky, two in opposite sides of the 360 degrees arround the Earth, with two more objects on that side(180 degrees) in opposition.
Saturn in the Sky is 45 degrees (square) to the PLanet Mars; ...
Mars has shared a place with two other objects arround the sky which in their rectanglular point of placement as they each stand; those planets Jupiter , PLuto have alternated a fourth object, usually the Moon(the having the quickest orbit through the 360 skyline) but another slower moving object, the astroid FORTUNE, is a longer term and often unused by astrology reports; demands me to note this Fortune important understanding with these four objects because ther are four other objects forming a grand Square eqally around thet Earth that have been noted in history as really tough times for the whole of society; therfore without going into the Grand Square of things, detailing this rectangular group for the note of historic reliablity towards the influencial likeness they describe, or as astrologers attribute likenesses common to those times. :
FORTUNE IS AT 21 DEGREES, MAKING IT TO FAR OUT OF ORBIT TO EVEN BE CONCIDERED A HIDDEN ASPECT; ITS NOT AT ALL TO THE SAME DEGREE OF LIKENESS, JUST SIMPLY MOVING AWAY NOW 16 DEGREES FARTHER OUT THAN WHEN IT WAS AT AN EXACT AS Mars is to Jupiter; but PLuto is in retrograde along with Uranus' retrograde and Uranus is the part of the Grand Square that has been periodicly defining this Pluto Uranus historic square enduring the gloom of so many; and Neptune is in a position aspect to PLuto that when Jupiter PLuto rectangle isn't helping(aspecting and as astrologers describe that rectangular aspect, then...) then Neptune and PLuto have been!...
Okay FORTUNE described..: : Interpretation of the 21° Scorpio symbolic degree
"The water of a cataract bounces from one rock to another before disappearing in the sand."
Jupiter ; interpretation of the 10° Taurus symbolic degree
"A crowned man is seated on a throne with a sceptre in his hand. Tokens of his wealth are scattered around him. Perched on a candelabra, a crow watches the man with envy."PLUTO : Interpretation of the 5° Capricorn symbolic degree
"A man with a puppy on each shoulder carries a heart crowned with flames in his stretched out hand."MARS :Interpretation of the 12° Cancer symbolic degree
"Behind shrubberies, a man carries a lamb on his shoulders. A dagger and a chopped head are half-hidden under a nearby rock."
Introverted, melancholic, and irascible character. If intelligence and willpower can overcome instincts of violence, oppression, and cruelty, then one can expect fame, honours, and wealth. If in the natal chart, the Midheaven and well-aspected planets are in conjunction with this degree, it promises a top-level government office. If it is in conjunction with the Ascendant and Mars, it portends a danger of violent death.
.FORTUNE IS ALMOST CONJUCT TO THE IC in my own chart of the day...
House IV 25°30' Scorpio
House IV (The IC)The Fourth House also called Immum Coeli is the sphere of inner emotions, family, the father, home and roots, but also the home one creates. It's Home Sweet Home, security and cocoon. It is in analogy with Cancer and the Moon. It's an angular and important house. and OPPOSITE THE IC IS THE MC (Mid Heaven , where in my chart Jupiter draws near):
Interpretation of the 25° Taurus symbolic degree
"A fair-haired woman holds a child by the hand and picks flowers in the countryside. A benevolent man lends a hand to help them cross a ford."The Tenth House still called the Midheaven, is the highest point amidst the houses, at the top of the chart, in the South, and relates to destiny in general and career (and not daily work as meant by the Sixth House). The Midheaven represents our achievements and goals in the social sphere, our social position in society, and becomes more and more important as we get older. It is in analogy with Capricorn and Saturn. The Tenth House is the most important angular house along with the Ascendant. Affectionate, peaceful and pleasant character. One is very good at smoothing out rough edges and at helping people settle their disputes in a peaceful way. One finds happiness in accomplishing ordinary duties, appreciates peace at home, and shows tolerance in all fields.
Jupiter in Taurus
The planet Jupiter symbolizes expansion, broadness and generosity. Jupiter is associated with the functions of synthesis, enthusiasm and optimism. In your natal chart, his house position is more important than his sign position because, like Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, he is a slow planet. Many people born in the same period have Jupiter in the same sign. This is the reason why the sign occupied here is less meaningful than when it is occupied by the so-called fast planets, i.e. the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars. Therefore, some caution is to be exercised as you read what follows. Jupiter in Taurus amplifies your practical sense and your capacity to improve your material life. You can experience a long-lasting fulfilment. You are often a bon viveur who likes life’s good things. You manage and develop your patrimony with a lot of luck and generosity. Your taste is very good and your loyalty is genuine.
Jupiter in House IX
Jupiter is in the 9th House(as I have chated the day as having its own chart):. The traditional "Great Benefic" is in the sector of travels, discoveries, and spirituality. This configuration endows you with a broad mind and an inclination for explorations which are more tolerant than conquering, in a word, for altruism. Expansion is a quality when it is carried out without harming other people. You fully possess this quality. The Tradition underlines that your moral sense is highly developed.
Jupiter Dominant
If Jupiter is part of your natal chart's planetary dominants, in astrology, you are said to be a Jupiterian: because this planet brings about a keen interest in social and professional success, the Tradition considers it to be beneficial. Indeed, you know how to adjust to events and to jump at the chance when it arises. The members of you entourage gladly entrust you with high responsibilities because they are often impressed by your learning skills and your adaptation abilities as you deal with new structures and new languages. What is the secret of your good star? It is your self-confidence which wins public support. Now, what is the secret of your charm? Definitely, enthusiasm, euphoria, and exaltation. Exaggeration also. When this dominant is well integrated, it is a factor of affluence and optimism, and a certain degree of joviality enables you to easily fit into various spheres. It constitutes your main asset to manage your life. However, you must at times curb your desire for integration, lest your sense of opportunity turns into extreme opportunism. Here also, the key to success lies in a correct estimate of everyone's chances and possibilities. Although management is one of your forte, and you can adjust your objectives to current realities better than other people, you lack the hindsight which enables you to avoid short-term vagaries and daily fluctuations. If you strive too much to adapt, you run a risk of betraying yourself. This is the other traditional side of the coin with "The Greater Benefic"!
JUPITER IS IN TAURUS.
In general as it is:
Jupiter represents expansion and power, benevolence, large vision and generosity. Its element is Air, it is hot and moist, and it rules Sagittarius and Pisces (along with Neptune), is in exaltation with Cancer and is in analogy with the hips and endocrinal system.
It represents the governors, magistrates, professors, religious men too; the age of Jupiter goes from 50 to 55 or even 70 years old.
Temperament : Sanguine
Characterology : Emotive, Active, Primary type; it is an extrovert Choleric. Actually the humid version of Mars, inclined to action like him.
Shrewd, greedy, and stingy character. If one is born rich, the initial wealth is increased through one's work, most probably the exploitation of raw materials or ore. If one is born poor, wealth and celebrity are obtained through cunning. In both cases, one is hated for one's cupidity and stinginess.Jupiter in Taurus
The planet Jupiter symbolizes expansion, broadness and generosity. Jupiter is associated with the functions of synthesis, enthusiasm and optimism. In your natal chart, his house position is more important than his sign position because, like Saturn, Uranus, Neptune and Pluto, he is a slow planet. Many people born in the same period have Jupiter in the same sign. This is the reason why the sign occupied here is less meaningful than when it is occupied by the so-called fast planets, i.e. the Sun, the Moon, Mercury, Venus and Mars. Therefore, some caution is to be exercised as you read what follows. Jupiter in Taurus amplifies your practical sense and your capacity to improve your material life. You can experience a long-lasting fulfilment. You are often a bon viveur who likes life’s good things. You manage and develop your patrimony with a lot of luck and generosity. Your taste is very good and your loyalty is genuine.
Tuesday, August 23, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
The Glastonbury Maltwood Labyrinth Stone Zodiac
The Glastonbury Zodiac
The Glastonbury Zodiac
Frances Howard-Gordon
extracted from the book Glastonbury - Maker of Myths by Frances Howard-Gordon, published by Gothic Image of Glastonbury.
Map adapted from the Map of the Ancient Landscape of Glastonbury by Palden Jenkins, published by Gothic Image of Glastonbury.
Many Glastonbury enthusiasts have regarded the Zodiac as the key to all the myths associated with this place. Some would go further and suggest that the Glastonbury Zodiac is a most important discovery in that it is the story of creation. Indeed, it is a fascinating, thought-provoking phenomenon but, like so much of our dim and distant past, it is wide open to interpretation.
In 1935 Katherine Maltwood announced her discovery of the Glastonbury Zodiac. She had been asked to do illustrations for the medieval romance, The High History of the Holy Grail, reputedly written at Glastonbury Abbey, and as she researched her material, she found that the castles and adventures of the knights of the Round Table corresponded to places in the Vale of Avalon. As she read about the knights' encounters with dragons, lions, giants and others, then traced on the map the places where these adventures took place, she began to notice the outline of a huge lion delineated by the river Cary and an ancient road.
Other figures slowly revealed themselves, delineated by streams, tracks and boundaries, and before long she had discovered twelve signs of the zodiac in their correct order, with the thirteenth figure – the great dog of Langport – outside the circle to the southwest, guarding the winter signs to the north and the summer signs to the south. She called her discovery the Temple of the Stars because, placing a map of the stars over the circle of effigies, the stars and their respective constellations corresponded.
Associations with the zodiac
There is a wealth of symbolism in these giant figures and, in fact, the zodiac can represent all things to all people. The word zodiac means simply the way or path which the sun appears to follow among the stars in the course of a year. However, it can also be regarded as the twelve steps in the story of creation or the twelve steps to awareness and perfection as found in The Labours of Hercules. Yet again it can mean the search for knowledge and enlightenment as told in the stories and legends of the Holy Grail. Each quest can be seen as an initiation. And indeed according to the Norman Quest for the Holy Grail, King Arthur's Round Table means 'the round world and round canopy of the planets and the elements in the firmament, where are to be seen the stars and many other things'.
The number twelve is certainly worth noting as, apart from the well-known twelve tribes of Israel, there are numerous examples of twelve-tribe societies throughout the ancient world. These nomadic twelve tribes would move around in a twelve-monthly cycle reflecting the procession of the sun through the zodiac. In Celtic societies King Arthur took on the role of the sun and as he progressed through the twelve signs of the zodiac, King Arthur's court would preside over meetings, festivals and judgements. We can well imagine this Arthurian mythic cycle taking place around the Twelve Hides of Glastonbury for there is such a wealth of Arthurian lore and legend in the landscape.
The Signs in the landscape
Immediately southwest of the zodiac circle, the figure is like the Egyptian dog Anubis, Guardian of the Underworld.
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According to Katherine Maltwood, who discovered the Glastonbury zodiac, it could have been the Sumerians (who might have given their name to Somerset) who designed it around five thousand years ago. Others see the zodiac as the magnetic action of the sun, moon and stars printed on the sensitive Glastonbury landscape long before astrology was even thought of.¶
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However we see this strange phenomenon, as we enquire into its origins, the figures and shapes give us meaning. Made up as they are of historical and cultural archetypes, they help us relate to abstract principles and cosmic harmonics, even if this is on a purely subliminal level. Without doubt we owe a tremendous debt to Katherine Maltwood for making us aware of how the ancient world related to the landscape and the stars; in rediscovering their geomantic works today, once again we find the landscape speaks to us.¶
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If your appetite has been whetted and you cannot afford to hire a helicopter or take lessons in levitation, you can experience the Glastonbury zodiac by walking around it. It will be a long trek, so be sure to take a map.¶
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The Glastonbury Zodiac
Frances Howard-Gordon
extracted from the book Glastonbury - Maker of Myths by Frances Howard-Gordon, published by Gothic Image of Glastonbury.
Map adapted from the Map of the Ancient Landscape of Glastonbury by Palden Jenkins, published by Gothic Image of Glastonbury.
Many Glastonbury enthusiasts have regarded the Zodiac as the key to all the myths associated with this place. Some would go further and suggest that the Glastonbury Zodiac is a most important discovery in that it is the story of creation. Indeed, it is a fascinating, thought-provoking phenomenon but, like so much of our dim and distant past, it is wide open to interpretation.
In 1935 Katherine Maltwood announced her discovery of the Glastonbury Zodiac. She had been asked to do illustrations for the medieval romance, The High History of the Holy Grail, reputedly written at Glastonbury Abbey, and as she researched her material, she found that the castles and adventures of the knights of the Round Table corresponded to places in the Vale of Avalon. As she read about the knights' encounters with dragons, lions, giants and others, then traced on the map the places where these adventures took place, she began to notice the outline of a huge lion delineated by the river Cary and an ancient road.
Other figures slowly revealed themselves, delineated by streams, tracks and boundaries, and before long she had discovered twelve signs of the zodiac in their correct order, with the thirteenth figure – the great dog of Langport – outside the circle to the southwest, guarding the winter signs to the north and the summer signs to the south. She called her discovery the Temple of the Stars because, placing a map of the stars over the circle of effigies, the stars and their respective constellations corresponded.
Associations with the zodiac
There is a wealth of symbolism in these giant figures and, in fact, the zodiac can represent all things to all people. The word zodiac means simply the way or path which the sun appears to follow among the stars in the course of a year. However, it can also be regarded as the twelve steps in the story of creation or the twelve steps to awareness and perfection as found in The Labours of Hercules. Yet again it can mean the search for knowledge and enlightenment as told in the stories and legends of the Holy Grail. Each quest can be seen as an initiation. And indeed according to the Norman Quest for the Holy Grail, King Arthur's Round Table means 'the round world and round canopy of the planets and the elements in the firmament, where are to be seen the stars and many other things'.
The number twelve is certainly worth noting as, apart from the well-known twelve tribes of Israel, there are numerous examples of twelve-tribe societies throughout the ancient world. These nomadic twelve tribes would move around in a twelve-monthly cycle reflecting the procession of the sun through the zodiac. In Celtic societies King Arthur took on the role of the sun and as he progressed through the twelve signs of the zodiac, King Arthur's court would preside over meetings, festivals and judgements. We can well imagine this Arthurian mythic cycle taking place around the Twelve Hides of Glastonbury for there is such a wealth of Arthurian lore and legend in the landscape.
The Signs in the landscape
Aries
This figure is two miles long. It is a hornless lamb with its head turning back and outlined by the town of Street with its feet tucked underneath. Just as Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, the sign of spring, so Gawain is the first knight in Arthurian legend. His story is that of youthful folly, being thrown out of the Grail Castle for failing to ask or understand its meaning until he is older and wiser. In The Labours of Hercules this sign sees Hercules attempting the capture of the man-eating mares. It is the first step in the circle of experience.
Taurus
Only the bull's head and forefoot are delineated here in a smaller figure a mile long. The outlines are very clearly made by ancient roads. The Pleiades constellation falls on the top of Collard Hill, the bull's collar; Hood Monument is a third horn on the bull's head, and coiled earthworks make up his ear. In Arthurian legend, Taurus could be Sir Ector, young Arthur's foster-father, for Taurus can be regarded as the solid provider of shelter. In The Labours of Hercules Taurus sees Hercules capture the Cretan Bull.
Gemini
Here the large head of a child or baby is shown, a mile and a half long, made up by the round steep fort of Dundon Hill. The figure's chest is Lollover Hill and the stars of Pollux, Castor's twin brother, fall on his upraised arm while Orion's stars fall on his body. Orion was once the most famous of giants representing the sun in the west. Here his Arthurian counterpart would be Arthur's son Lohot who had a habit of failing asleep on the bodies of giants he had slain. In The Labours of Hercules Gemini is the gathering of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.
Cancer
Unlike all the other effigies, this figure is inanimate: its outlines are completely straight and made by water dykes. It is the shape of a ship with the Gemini child rising out of it. Three miles long in all, the main mast of the ship is over a mile. Its shape comes from the constellation Argo Navis; the stars of the hare Lepus fall upon it and, interestingly, to the Ancient Egyptians, Lepus was the name of Osiris' funeral barge. In Arthurian legend the ship is King Solomon's – made to last forever until the perfect knight should come. In The Labours of Hercules Cancer is the story of the capture of the doe or hind, the doe who was sacred to Artemis, the goddess of the Moon, but who was also claimed by Diana, Huntress of the Heavens.
Leo
This is a three-mile-long heraldic lion near Somerton, ancient Saxon summer capital of Wessex. The lion's underside is outlined by the River Cary and its mane is Copley Woods. In Arthurian myth, Lancelot – the Summer Sun – symbolises Leo. The Celts called the winter solstice Alban Arthan and therefore it can be said that the Sun of Winter (Arthur) was hunting the Sun of Summer (Lancelot). Arthur imprisons Lancelot but has to let him out in due season. Because of its large size, Leo includes the whole constellation of Cancer in its neck as well as Castor and Pollux from Gemini. The head of the Hydra is within its body and Leo's Royal Star Regulus is there too. In The Labours of Hercules Leo is represented by the slaying of the Nemean Lion.
Virgo
The figure here is of an old crone four miles long, one of the aspects of the Goddess. Her profile is outlined by the River Cary and she stands on Wheathill suggesting the harvest Goddess who holds wheat in her hand. In fact, the object in her hand at Stickle Bridge is three-cornered and could be either a wheatsheaf, a broomstick or a trident. In The High History of the Holy Grail Virgo is the Damsel, Sir Perceval's sister, called Dindrain as well according to Katherine Maltwood. But to Mary Caine, author of The Glastonbury Zodiac, she is also Guinevere because of the River Cam, Camel Hill, West Camel and Queen Camel nearby, and because the figure leans towards Leo, who is Lancelot. In The Labours of Hercules Virgo sees Hercules seizing the Girdle of Hippolyte.
Libra
Here at Barton St David is the shape of a dove a mile and a half long. Unlike the Roman symbol for Libra of the scales, the dove represents mercy and pure spirit in many ancient mythologies. Libra's stars do not correspond here. Instead, the largest constellation of all, the Plough, falls on this figure. In Arthurian legend the dove flies across the hall of the Grail Castle, preceding the grail procession and lighting up the scene like a supernatural messenger. In Libra Hercules captures the Erymanthian Boar.
Scorpio
The tail is the most convincing part of this effigy with its sting at West Lydford, very close to Arthur's head at Catsham. Scorpio has four legs on either side at Four Foot Farm and Bridgefoot Bridge. Libra's stars fall on Scorpio's claw, the stars of Lupus and Serpens are within the figure, the Royal Star Antares and five other Scorpio stars mark the centre of its body along the Fosse Way. In The High History of the Holy Grail Scorpio is the dead hermit Callixtus whose wasted life is weighed against him by quarrelling demons and angels. The angels win by a hair's breadth. Scorpio could also be Mordred in Arthurian lore, for the Persians used to call the month of November Mordad. Destroying the Lernaean Hydra is the story of Scorpio in The Labours of Hercules.
Sagittarius
Here is the five-mile-long figure of King Arthur on his horse. His head is at Catsham, his outstretched arm at Baltonsborough, and his knee at Ponter's Ball. The horse is shaped by the Pennard Hills with Arthur's Bridge by its tail. Almost the whole constellation of Hercules corresponds with this effigy while all the stars of Lyra fall on his back. The figure can be seen as the archer Sagittarius with arms outstretched drawing a bow. Killing the Stymphalian Birds is the Sagittarius episode for Hercules. In Malory's Morte d'Arthur there is a description which could fit the Arthur/Sagittarius effigy, for Capricorn, Scorpio and the Whale are all threatening him: King Arthur dreamed a wonderful dream... it seemed he sat upon a chaflet in a chair... fast to a wheel, and thereupon he sat in the richest cloth of gold that might be made; and the King thought there was under him, far from him, a hideous deep black water, and therein were all manner of serpents and worms and wild beasts, foul and horrible, and suddenly the king thought the wheel turned upside down, and he fell among the serpents, and every beast took him by a limb.
Capricorn
Here are the perfect outlines of a goat three and a half miles across. The goat's back is traced by the road from Glastonbury to Shepton Mallet, and its horn is at the earthwork of Ponter's Ball (this horn is known locally as the Golden Coffin), making it more like a unicorn. The lion-and-unicorn symbolism fits well here because the unicorn's figure points southwest to the lion's paw in Leo. In The High History of the Holy Grail Capricorn is the King of Castle Mortal who makes war with King Fisherman, but the knight Perceval finally gets rid of him. In The Labours of Hercules Capricorn is the slaying of Cerberus, Guardian of Hades.
Aquarius
One and a half miles across in Glastonbury itself, Aquarius is represented by the figure of the phoenix or eagle with wings spread out. The wings, body and head are completely outlined by hills with the Tor on the bird's head. Chalice Well is at the end of its beak – perfect Aquarian symbolism for the water-carrier. In sun-worship symbolism, the phoenix represents the sun being purified by fire at sunset and rising at dawn out of the ashes of the night. The Tor's spiral maze delineates the throat of the bird, which turns towards the Chalice Spring's regenerative powers. Chalice Hill forms part of the body and Glastonbury Abbey is on its tail. Sadal Melik, Skat, and several other stars of Aquarius correspond with the wings, and Markab from Pegasus falls by its crest.
In The High History of the Holy Grail Perceval is the sun in the first quarter of the year, and his title Par-lui-fet means 'he who has made himself', which is just like the phoenix who remakes itself and is resurrected. In The Labours of Hercules Aquarius sees Hercules cleansing the Augean Stables.
Pisces
Here are the effigies of two fishes and a whale. One fish is Wearyall Hill; the other is in the town of Street. The whale extends from Hulk Moor west of Pomparles Bridge along the River Brue to close to Wallyer's Bridge. In the mythology of sun worship, a fish was supposed to swallow the sun as it sank down into the sea – an appropriate image for the lake villagers of Glastonbury and Meare.
In The High History of the Holy Grail the Castle of the Whale episode tells of the whale with a serpent's head. Perceval rows down the river, finds the snake's head (according to Katherine Maltwood, the head is in the exact centre of the zodiac at Park Wood) and, piercing the animal's throat, pulls out the key with which to release the prisoner of the Whale Castle. The stars of Pisces correspond with the tail of the whale, one of the fishes, and the road connecting them. Pisces is represented by the capture of the Red Cattle of Geryon in The Labours of Hercules.
The Thirteenth Giant
This is a five-mile-long figure of a dog standing outside the zodiac. It is larger than life and cannot be ignored. It is known as the Great Dog of Langport and is referred to in the old Somerset Wassail song:
This figure is two miles long. It is a hornless lamb with its head turning back and outlined by the town of Street with its feet tucked underneath. Just as Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, the sign of spring, so Gawain is the first knight in Arthurian legend. His story is that of youthful folly, being thrown out of the Grail Castle for failing to ask or understand its meaning until he is older and wiser. In The Labours of Hercules this sign sees Hercules attempting the capture of the man-eating mares. It is the first step in the circle of experience.
Taurus
Only the bull's head and forefoot are delineated here in a smaller figure a mile long. The outlines are very clearly made by ancient roads. The Pleiades constellation falls on the top of Collard Hill, the bull's collar; Hood Monument is a third horn on the bull's head, and coiled earthworks make up his ear. In Arthurian legend, Taurus could be Sir Ector, young Arthur's foster-father, for Taurus can be regarded as the solid provider of shelter. In The Labours of Hercules Taurus sees Hercules capture the Cretan Bull.
Gemini
Here the large head of a child or baby is shown, a mile and a half long, made up by the round steep fort of Dundon Hill. The figure's chest is Lollover Hill and the stars of Pollux, Castor's twin brother, fall on his upraised arm while Orion's stars fall on his body. Orion was once the most famous of giants representing the sun in the west. Here his Arthurian counterpart would be Arthur's son Lohot who had a habit of failing asleep on the bodies of giants he had slain. In The Labours of Hercules Gemini is the gathering of the Golden Apples of the Hesperides.
Cancer
Unlike all the other effigies, this figure is inanimate: its outlines are completely straight and made by water dykes. It is the shape of a ship with the Gemini child rising out of it. Three miles long in all, the main mast of the ship is over a mile. Its shape comes from the constellation Argo Navis; the stars of the hare Lepus fall upon it and, interestingly, to the Ancient Egyptians, Lepus was the name of Osiris' funeral barge. In Arthurian legend the ship is King Solomon's – made to last forever until the perfect knight should come. In The Labours of Hercules Cancer is the story of the capture of the doe or hind, the doe who was sacred to Artemis, the goddess of the Moon, but who was also claimed by Diana, Huntress of the Heavens.
Leo
This is a three-mile-long heraldic lion near Somerton, ancient Saxon summer capital of Wessex. The lion's underside is outlined by the River Cary and its mane is Copley Woods. In Arthurian myth, Lancelot – the Summer Sun – symbolises Leo. The Celts called the winter solstice Alban Arthan and therefore it can be said that the Sun of Winter (Arthur) was hunting the Sun of Summer (Lancelot). Arthur imprisons Lancelot but has to let him out in due season. Because of its large size, Leo includes the whole constellation of Cancer in its neck as well as Castor and Pollux from Gemini. The head of the Hydra is within its body and Leo's Royal Star Regulus is there too. In The Labours of Hercules Leo is represented by the slaying of the Nemean Lion.
Virgo
The figure here is of an old crone four miles long, one of the aspects of the Goddess. Her profile is outlined by the River Cary and she stands on Wheathill suggesting the harvest Goddess who holds wheat in her hand. In fact, the object in her hand at Stickle Bridge is three-cornered and could be either a wheatsheaf, a broomstick or a trident. In The High History of the Holy Grail Virgo is the Damsel, Sir Perceval's sister, called Dindrain as well according to Katherine Maltwood. But to Mary Caine, author of The Glastonbury Zodiac, she is also Guinevere because of the River Cam, Camel Hill, West Camel and Queen Camel nearby, and because the figure leans towards Leo, who is Lancelot. In The Labours of Hercules Virgo sees Hercules seizing the Girdle of Hippolyte.
Libra
Here at Barton St David is the shape of a dove a mile and a half long. Unlike the Roman symbol for Libra of the scales, the dove represents mercy and pure spirit in many ancient mythologies. Libra's stars do not correspond here. Instead, the largest constellation of all, the Plough, falls on this figure. In Arthurian legend the dove flies across the hall of the Grail Castle, preceding the grail procession and lighting up the scene like a supernatural messenger. In Libra Hercules captures the Erymanthian Boar.
Scorpio
The tail is the most convincing part of this effigy with its sting at West Lydford, very close to Arthur's head at Catsham. Scorpio has four legs on either side at Four Foot Farm and Bridgefoot Bridge. Libra's stars fall on Scorpio's claw, the stars of Lupus and Serpens are within the figure, the Royal Star Antares and five other Scorpio stars mark the centre of its body along the Fosse Way. In The High History of the Holy Grail Scorpio is the dead hermit Callixtus whose wasted life is weighed against him by quarrelling demons and angels. The angels win by a hair's breadth. Scorpio could also be Mordred in Arthurian lore, for the Persians used to call the month of November Mordad. Destroying the Lernaean Hydra is the story of Scorpio in The Labours of Hercules.
Sagittarius
Here is the five-mile-long figure of King Arthur on his horse. His head is at Catsham, his outstretched arm at Baltonsborough, and his knee at Ponter's Ball. The horse is shaped by the Pennard Hills with Arthur's Bridge by its tail. Almost the whole constellation of Hercules corresponds with this effigy while all the stars of Lyra fall on his back. The figure can be seen as the archer Sagittarius with arms outstretched drawing a bow. Killing the Stymphalian Birds is the Sagittarius episode for Hercules. In Malory's Morte d'Arthur there is a description which could fit the Arthur/Sagittarius effigy, for Capricorn, Scorpio and the Whale are all threatening him: King Arthur dreamed a wonderful dream... it seemed he sat upon a chaflet in a chair... fast to a wheel, and thereupon he sat in the richest cloth of gold that might be made; and the King thought there was under him, far from him, a hideous deep black water, and therein were all manner of serpents and worms and wild beasts, foul and horrible, and suddenly the king thought the wheel turned upside down, and he fell among the serpents, and every beast took him by a limb.
Capricorn
Here are the perfect outlines of a goat three and a half miles across. The goat's back is traced by the road from Glastonbury to Shepton Mallet, and its horn is at the earthwork of Ponter's Ball (this horn is known locally as the Golden Coffin), making it more like a unicorn. The lion-and-unicorn symbolism fits well here because the unicorn's figure points southwest to the lion's paw in Leo. In The High History of the Holy Grail Capricorn is the King of Castle Mortal who makes war with King Fisherman, but the knight Perceval finally gets rid of him. In The Labours of Hercules Capricorn is the slaying of Cerberus, Guardian of Hades.
Aquarius
One and a half miles across in Glastonbury itself, Aquarius is represented by the figure of the phoenix or eagle with wings spread out. The wings, body and head are completely outlined by hills with the Tor on the bird's head. Chalice Well is at the end of its beak – perfect Aquarian symbolism for the water-carrier. In sun-worship symbolism, the phoenix represents the sun being purified by fire at sunset and rising at dawn out of the ashes of the night. The Tor's spiral maze delineates the throat of the bird, which turns towards the Chalice Spring's regenerative powers. Chalice Hill forms part of the body and Glastonbury Abbey is on its tail. Sadal Melik, Skat, and several other stars of Aquarius correspond with the wings, and Markab from Pegasus falls by its crest.
In The High History of the Holy Grail Perceval is the sun in the first quarter of the year, and his title Par-lui-fet means 'he who has made himself', which is just like the phoenix who remakes itself and is resurrected. In The Labours of Hercules Aquarius sees Hercules cleansing the Augean Stables.
Pisces
Here are the effigies of two fishes and a whale. One fish is Wearyall Hill; the other is in the town of Street. The whale extends from Hulk Moor west of Pomparles Bridge along the River Brue to close to Wallyer's Bridge. In the mythology of sun worship, a fish was supposed to swallow the sun as it sank down into the sea – an appropriate image for the lake villagers of Glastonbury and Meare.
In The High History of the Holy Grail the Castle of the Whale episode tells of the whale with a serpent's head. Perceval rows down the river, finds the snake's head (according to Katherine Maltwood, the head is in the exact centre of the zodiac at Park Wood) and, piercing the animal's throat, pulls out the key with which to release the prisoner of the Whale Castle. The stars of Pisces correspond with the tail of the whale, one of the fishes, and the road connecting them. Pisces is represented by the capture of the Red Cattle of Geryon in The Labours of Hercules.
The Thirteenth Giant
This is a five-mile-long figure of a dog standing outside the zodiac. It is larger than life and cannot be ignored. It is known as the Great Dog of Langport and is referred to in the old Somerset Wassail song:
The Girt Dog of Langport has burnt his long tail
And this is the night we go singing wassail
Here the dog could be said to be guarding the zodiac.
Its tail is appropriately at a place called Wagg, and the bright Dog Star of Canis Major – Sirius – falls on the dog's nose. Just by its nose is the bill at Athelney, which is one of the line of hills making up the longest alignment of prehistoric sites in southern England.
In The High History of the Holy Grail the dog is female. She is the questing beast who gives birth to twelve hounds who tear her with their teeth 'but no power had they to devour her flesh'. Hecate, the goddess of the crossroads and of witches, was accompanied by a dog.
According to Katherine Maltwood, who discovered the Glastonbury zodiac, it could have been the Sumerians (who might have given their name to Somerset) who designed it around five thousand years ago. Others see the zodiac as the magnetic action of the sun, moon and stars printed on the sensitive Glastonbury landscape long before astrology was even thought of.
However we see this strange phenomenon, as we enquire into its origins, the figures and shapes give us meaning. Made up as they are of historical and cultural archetypes, they help us relate to abstract principles and cosmic harmonics, even if this is on a purely subliminal level. Without doubt we owe a tremendous debt to Katherine Maltwood for making us aware of how the ancient world related to the landscape and the stars; in rediscovering their geomantic works today, once again we find the landscape speaks to us.
If your appetite has been whetted and you cannot afford to hire a helicopter or take lessons in levitation, you can experience the Glastonbury zodiac by walking around it. It will be a long trek, so be sure to take a map.
Links
www.labyrinthina.com/zodiac.htm
Isle of Avalon
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However we see this strange phenomenon, as we enquire into its origins, the figures and shapes give us meaning. Made up as they are of historical and cultural archetypes, they help us relate to abstract principles and cosmic harmonics, even if this is on a purely subliminal level. Without doubt we owe a tremendous debt to Katherine Maltwood for making us aware of how the ancient world related to the landscape and the stars; in rediscovering their geomantic works today, once again we find the landscape speaks to us.
If your appetite has been whetted and you cannot afford to hire a helicopter or take lessons in levitation, you can experience the Glastonbury zodiac by walking around it. It will be a long trek, so be sure to take a map.
Links
www.labyrinthina.com/zodiac.htm
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Wednesday, December 8, 2010
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(YOUR HERE NOW BECAUSE THE REST OF THE ABOVE
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JUST TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE Zodiac sign for this month is,
still.... AND, ABOUT THE EAGLE, was one of the search engine results(See Link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=EAGLE+ZODIAK&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1g-v1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= )
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For many Native American Indians, the majestic eagle reflects the power of their all powerful Great Spirit and that of humanity's connection to the Divine. She reflects the unique ability to live within the realm of the spirit, and yet remain connected and balanced within realm of the earth.
The Native American Indian concept of balancing spirit with matter, connecte to Scorpio, is an archetypal (universal) theme that has continually reverberated throughout the vast halls of human history.
By way of small example... the 3rd century AD Christian theologian, Origen, spoke of this balance between spirit and matter.
Origen felt that this was the highest good and example as shown through Jesus Christ: the ability to simultaneously place one foot firmly in the heavens and the other foot solidly on the earth...
The Eagle - Experiencing The Fullness Of Life Among virtually all of the many Native American Indian tribes, the feathers of the majestic eagle are considered to be among the most sacred of all healing tools. It's said that the eagle represents a state of grace achieved through hard work, understanding, and a completion of the tests of initiation.
Applying this to Scorpio, it's only through the trial of experiencing the extreme lows in life, as well as the extreme highs, and through the trial of trusting one's connection to the Great Spirit, that the right to use the essence of Eagle medicine is earned.
The eagle is able to soar high above the earth and, thereby, sees the broader tapestry of life.
As a living and powerful archetypal symbol of Scorpio, the eagle is a vivid reminder for Scorpio to take heart and gather courage in their fierce battle of personal fears. The image of the eagle teaches Scorpio to broaden their personal sense of self, and the eagle encourages Scorpio to go beyond the limited horizon of what is visible from the ground.
Short Boring and Mind Numbing History Lesson Regarding Scorpio's historical association with the symbolism of the eagle, it's impossible to say just how far back in time this particular connection goes... everyone writing about it just glibly claims that it goes back to antiquity and then quickly moves on...
For example, Rabbi Joel C Dobin, DD in his fascinating book, Kabblistic Astrology, simply informs the reader that in ancient times, Scorpios were (personality-wise) depicted as being either eagles or serpents.
If I had any good sense, then I'd simply follow course by telling you that the Scorpio connection to the Eagle goes back to antiquity and then move on. Chances are that you'd "buy it" and be more than satisfied.
Ezekiel's Wheel Within the Middle of the Wheel (circa 593 BC) Granted, this is just my (wild) guess... but Rabbi Dobin may likely have been referring to the well known vision of 6th century BC Old Testament prophet Ezekiel - the "wheel within the wheel":
"As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually, and in the middle of the fire, something like gleaming amber. In the middle of it was something like four living creatures. This was their appearance: they were of human form. Each had four faces, and each of them had four wings... As for the appearance of their faces: the four had the face of a human being, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle...
As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them. As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of beryl; and the four had the same form, their construction being something like a wheel within a wheel. When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved.
Their rims were tall and awesome, for the rims of all four were full of eyes all round. When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When they moved, the others moved; when they stopped, the others stopped; and when they rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. (Ezekiel 1:4-10, 15-21)
Jewish scholars have historically tended to interpret Ezekiel's wheels in a grand cosmological sense, with some rabbinical traditions teaching that Ezekiel was referring to the wheel of the Zodiac. The four astrological elements of the Zodiac form a cross represented by the four creatures: Lion (Leo - fire), Eagle (Scorpio - water), Man (Aquarius - air), and Ox (Taurus - earth).
Several modern Old Testament scholars however believe that the referrals to wheels in Ezekiel were much later insertions. This is in part because the wheels indeed appeared to smack of the much later cosmology of the Greeks.
However, what these modern Old Testament scholars didn't appear to take into consideration was that Ezekiel had his grand vision while living in Babylonian exile. The Babylonians (and possibly the Hebrews influenced by the Babylonians) already, by the time of Ezekiel, had a fairly well developed Zodiacal cosmology.
I should note that many UFO fans believe that Ezekiel's "wheel within a wheel" vision was actually a UFO sighting. But even if it was a UFO sighting, then he would have been using images to describe it with which he was familiar.
St. Irenaeus If you can't buy into that version, then the connection of Scorpio with the eagle may have its roots going back to the late 2nd century AD when St. Irenaeus (circa 120-202 AD) first associated the four living creatures found in Ezekiel (see above) and the Book of Revelation — a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle — to the four Gospel writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
"Around the throne, and on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with a face like a human face, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle. And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing, 'Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the Almighty, who was and is and is to come.'" (Revelation 4:6-8)
As pointed out at Sacred Destinations (great catch on their part): Other early Christian theologians making this early association included St Jerome (circa 347-420 AD) and St Augustine of Hippo (circa 354-430 AD). However, all three writers applied the symbols to different evangelists, based on their various interpretations.
St Jerome's version, however, was the one to finally stick: Matthew (man), Mark (lion), Luke (ox), and John (eagle).
Very early Christian art (9th century AD depicted here) shows this continuing association of St John and his unique Gospel with the eagle, symbolizing the spiritual heights to which St John rises in his Gospel. St Matthew (man - top left), St Mark (lion - top right), St Luke (ox - bottom left), and St John (eagle - bottom right).
A man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle... do you perhaps perceive a potential pattern appearing at this point?
Best Guess This is just my best guess... but it's most likely that at some later time astrologers (many of which throughout the past 2,000 years have themselves been Christian) naturally appropriated this rich symbolism for themselves.
Notice here in this traditional Renaissance Tarot of Marseilles Trump card of "The World" that the four astrological elements are depicted. They are represented by the four fixed Zodiac signs: Leo - fire (bottom right), Scorpio - water (top right), Aquarius - air (top left), and Taurus - earth (bottom right).
End of the boring history lesson...
Back To Scorpio and the Eagle - What Are the Odds Need I say - that not all (or maybe many) Sun Sign Scorpios are able to fully, faithfully, and consistently access this noble and healing energy of the archetypal eagle?
In fact... having my own Sun in the sign of Scorpio, I suppose I have to grudgingly admit that if you've ever been on the receiving end of a typically Eagle type Scorpio during a brief and/or momentary "lapse"... then it's probably easy to feel that the archetypal concept of a healing Eagle Scorpio is nothing more than wishful thinking... it's not...
The Eagle
"He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
"The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls."
Tennyson (Mars, Uranus, Vertex conjunction in Scorpio in the 5th house)
back to the Eagle's Nest and Scorpio
Scorpio and The Eagle's Nest
This section of Dr Z's Astrology Planetarium is devoted solely to material regarding the ancient, dark, mysterious, and often misunderstood 8th sign of the Zodiac, Scorpio (with affinities to the 8th House and Pluto)
Did you know that Scorpio is the only Zodiac Sign traditionally associated with more than one symbolic image:
the Scorpion
the Eagle
and the Phoenix
In modern times astrologer Linda Goodman imaginatively added in the non-traditional grey lizard, astrologer Alice O Howell added in (believe it or not) the dove, and multiple sources point to the serpent being the most ancient Scorpio association. Of course... none of these serpent advocates ever provide verifying documentation of this ancient association. And since a 12 sector Babylonian Zodiac - that included Scorpio as a Scorpion in a starring role (via the star Antares: alpha Scorpii) - appeared no later than 5th century BC, they must be talking really ancient.
Scorpio, a fixed water sign, is co-ruled by the planets Pluto (modern ruler) and Mars (ancient ruler).
As one of the archetypal shadow Signs of the Zodiac, Scorpio often gets more than its share of "bad press" - so it is my desire that all members of the Zodiac circle will come and explore the paradoxical heights and depths of energy contained within the ancient, mysterious, and dark sign named Scorpio.
Scorpio and Sex What's the real deal about Scorpio's association with sex?
Scorpio and Pegasus Read all about the hidden connection between Scorpio and Pegasus at Dr Z's Sun Sign site. Tell all your friends that you were born under the sign of Pegasus.
Yes, my friends... each and every Zodical energy, including Scorpio, has its own unique and honored place within the circle of experience and life.
Elsewhere on the Web: (YOUR HERE NOW BECAUSE THE REST OF THE ABOVE IS THE FROM ELSEWHERE AS AN EXCERT )
TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE Zodiac sign for this month is, still....
AND ABOUT THE EAGLE
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=EAGLE+ZODIAK&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1g-v1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
No! This post is not about a deck of cards.
Popular categories: Ancient Mysteries, Biblical Sites, Cathedrals, Catholic Shrines, Footsteps of Jesus, Luther Sites
http://www.sacred-destinations.com/reference/four-evangelists.htm
The excert is found Elsewhere on the Web:
(YOUR HERE NOW BECAUSE THE REST OF THE ABOVE
IS also from THE "FROM ELSEWHERE" AS AN EXCERT )
JUST TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE Zodiac sign for this month is,
still.... AND, ABOUT THE EAGLE, was one of the search engine results(See Link: http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=EAGLE+ZODIAK&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1g-v1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai= )
(Excert contiues... in Georgia font)(and,...linking source to web home source location soon; when Located....)
For many Native American Indians, the majestic eagle reflects the power of their all powerful Great Spirit and that of humanity's connection to the Divine. She reflects the unique ability to live within the realm of the spirit, and yet remain connected and balanced within realm of the earth.
The Native American Indian concept of balancing spirit with matter, connecte to Scorpio, is an archetypal (universal) theme that has continually reverberated throughout the vast halls of human history.
By way of small example... the 3rd century AD Christian theologian, Origen, spoke of this balance between spirit and matter.
Origen felt that this was the highest good and example as shown through Jesus Christ: the ability to simultaneously place one foot firmly in the heavens and the other foot solidly on the earth...
The Eagle - Experiencing The Fullness Of Life Among virtually all of the many Native American Indian tribes, the feathers of the majestic eagle are considered to be among the most sacred of all healing tools. It's said that the eagle represents a state of grace achieved through hard work, understanding, and a completion of the tests of initiation.
Applying this to Scorpio, it's only through the trial of experiencing the extreme lows in life, as well as the extreme highs, and through the trial of trusting one's connection to the Great Spirit, that the right to use the essence of Eagle medicine is earned.
The eagle is able to soar high above the earth and, thereby, sees the broader tapestry of life.
As a living and powerful archetypal symbol of Scorpio, the eagle is a vivid reminder for Scorpio to take heart and gather courage in their fierce battle of personal fears. The image of the eagle teaches Scorpio to broaden their personal sense of self, and the eagle encourages Scorpio to go beyond the limited horizon of what is visible from the ground.
Short Boring and Mind Numbing History Lesson Regarding Scorpio's historical association with the symbolism of the eagle, it's impossible to say just how far back in time this particular connection goes... everyone writing about it just glibly claims that it goes back to antiquity and then quickly moves on...
For example, Rabbi Joel C Dobin, DD in his fascinating book, Kabblistic Astrology, simply informs the reader that in ancient times, Scorpios were (personality-wise) depicted as being either eagles or serpents.
If I had any good sense, then I'd simply follow course by telling you that the Scorpio connection to the Eagle goes back to antiquity and then move on. Chances are that you'd "buy it" and be more than satisfied.
Ezekiel's Wheel Within the Middle of the Wheel (circa 593 BC) Granted, this is just my (wild) guess... but Rabbi Dobin may likely have been referring to the well known vision of 6th century BC Old Testament prophet Ezekiel - the "wheel within the wheel":
"As I looked, a stormy wind came out of the north: a great cloud with brightness around it and fire flashing forth continually, and in the middle of the fire, something like gleaming amber. In the middle of it was something like four living creatures. This was their appearance: they were of human form. Each had four faces, and each of them had four wings... As for the appearance of their faces: the four had the face of a human being, the face of a lion on the right side, the face of an ox on the left side, and the face of an eagle...
As I looked at the living creatures, I saw a wheel on the earth beside the living creatures, one for each of the four of them. As for the appearance of the wheels and their construction: their appearance was like the gleaming of beryl; and the four had the same form, their construction being something like a wheel within a wheel. When they moved, they moved in any of the four directions without veering as they moved.
Their rims were tall and awesome, for the rims of all four were full of eyes all round. When the living creatures moved, the wheels moved beside them; and when the living creatures rose from the earth, the wheels rose. Wherever the spirit would go, they went, and the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. When they moved, the others moved; when they stopped, the others stopped; and when they rose from the earth, the wheels rose along with them; for the spirit of the living creatures was in the wheels. (Ezekiel 1:4-10, 15-21)
Jewish scholars have historically tended to interpret Ezekiel's wheels in a grand cosmological sense, with some rabbinical traditions teaching that Ezekiel was referring to the wheel of the Zodiac. The four astrological elements of the Zodiac form a cross represented by the four creatures: Lion (Leo - fire), Eagle (Scorpio - water), Man (Aquarius - air), and Ox (Taurus - earth).
Several modern Old Testament scholars however believe that the referrals to wheels in Ezekiel were much later insertions. This is in part because the wheels indeed appeared to smack of the much later cosmology of the Greeks.
However, what these modern Old Testament scholars didn't appear to take into consideration was that Ezekiel had his grand vision while living in Babylonian exile. The Babylonians (and possibly the Hebrews influenced by the Babylonians) already, by the time of Ezekiel, had a fairly well developed Zodiacal cosmology.
I should note that many UFO fans believe that Ezekiel's "wheel within a wheel" vision was actually a UFO sighting. But even if it was a UFO sighting, then he would have been using images to describe it with which he was familiar.
St. Irenaeus If you can't buy into that version, then the connection of Scorpio with the eagle may have its roots going back to the late 2nd century AD when St. Irenaeus (circa 120-202 AD) first associated the four living creatures found in Ezekiel (see above) and the Book of Revelation — a man, a lion, an ox and an eagle — to the four Gospel writers: Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John.
"Around the throne, and on each side of the throne, are four living creatures, full of eyes in front and behind: the first living creature like a lion, the second living creature like an ox, the third living creature with a face like a human face, and the fourth living creature like a flying eagle. And the four living creatures, each of them with six wings, are full of eyes all around and inside. Day and night without ceasing they sing, 'Holy, holy, holy, the Lord God the Almighty, who was and is and is to come.'" (Revelation 4:6-8)
As pointed out at Sacred Destinations (great catch on their part): Other early Christian theologians making this early association included St Jerome (circa 347-420 AD) and St Augustine of Hippo (circa 354-430 AD). However, all three writers applied the symbols to different evangelists, based on their various interpretations.
St Jerome's version, however, was the one to finally stick: Matthew (man), Mark (lion), Luke (ox), and John (eagle).
Very early Christian art (9th century AD depicted here) shows this continuing association of St John and his unique Gospel with the eagle, symbolizing the spiritual heights to which St John rises in his Gospel. St Matthew (man - top left), St Mark (lion - top right), St Luke (ox - bottom left), and St John (eagle - bottom right).
A man, a lion, an ox, and an eagle... do you perhaps perceive a potential pattern appearing at this point?
Best Guess This is just my best guess... but it's most likely that at some later time astrologers (many of which throughout the past 2,000 years have themselves been Christian) naturally appropriated this rich symbolism for themselves.
Notice here in this traditional Renaissance Tarot of Marseilles Trump card of "The World" that the four astrological elements are depicted. They are represented by the four fixed Zodiac signs: Leo - fire (bottom right), Scorpio - water (top right), Aquarius - air (top left), and Taurus - earth (bottom right).
End of the boring history lesson...
Back To Scorpio and the Eagle - What Are the Odds Need I say - that not all (or maybe many) Sun Sign Scorpios are able to fully, faithfully, and consistently access this noble and healing energy of the archetypal eagle?
In fact... having my own Sun in the sign of Scorpio, I suppose I have to grudgingly admit that if you've ever been on the receiving end of a typically Eagle type Scorpio during a brief and/or momentary "lapse"... then it's probably easy to feel that the archetypal concept of a healing Eagle Scorpio is nothing more than wishful thinking... it's not...
The Eagle
"He clasps the crag with crooked hands; Close to the sun in lonely lands, Ringed with the azure world, he stands.
"The wrinkled sea beneath him crawls; He watches from his mountain walls, And like a thunderbolt he falls."
Tennyson (Mars, Uranus, Vertex conjunction in Scorpio in the 5th house)
back to the Eagle's Nest and Scorpio
Scorpio and The Eagle's Nest
This section of Dr Z's Astrology Planetarium is devoted solely to material regarding the ancient, dark, mysterious, and often misunderstood 8th sign of the Zodiac, Scorpio (with affinities to the 8th House and Pluto)
Did you know that Scorpio is the only Zodiac Sign traditionally associated with more than one symbolic image:
the Scorpion
the Eagle
and the Phoenix
In modern times astrologer Linda Goodman imaginatively added in the non-traditional grey lizard, astrologer Alice O Howell added in (believe it or not) the dove, and multiple sources point to the serpent being the most ancient Scorpio association. Of course... none of these serpent advocates ever provide verifying documentation of this ancient association. And since a 12 sector Babylonian Zodiac - that included Scorpio as a Scorpion in a starring role (via the star Antares: alpha Scorpii) - appeared no later than 5th century BC, they must be talking really ancient.
Scorpio, a fixed water sign, is co-ruled by the planets Pluto (modern ruler) and Mars (ancient ruler).
As one of the archetypal shadow Signs of the Zodiac, Scorpio often gets more than its share of "bad press" - so it is my desire that all members of the Zodiac circle will come and explore the paradoxical heights and depths of energy contained within the ancient, mysterious, and dark sign named Scorpio.
Scorpio and Sex What's the real deal about Scorpio's association with sex?
Scorpio and Pegasus Read all about the hidden connection between Scorpio and Pegasus at Dr Z's Sun Sign site. Tell all your friends that you were born under the sign of Pegasus.
Yes, my friends... each and every Zodical energy, including Scorpio, has its own unique and honored place within the circle of experience and life.
Elsewhere on the Web: (YOUR HERE NOW BECAUSE THE REST OF THE ABOVE IS THE FROM ELSEWHERE AS AN EXCERT )
TRYING TO FIND WHAT THE Zodiac sign for this month is, still....
AND ABOUT THE EAGLE
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&source=hp&q=EAGLE+ZODIAK&aq=f&aqi=g1g-m1g-v1&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=
Sunday, March 7, 2010
CATADIA-SIDEREAL CATADIA-TROPIC ISG1
I SG1 SEEKING KNOWLEDGE PROMOTING SOMETHING USEFUL
USEFUL, DEFINING
DEFINING KNOWLEDGE WITH KJV
CATADIA-SIDEREAL
ISG1
http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofamer07amer/proceedingsofamer07amer_djvu.txt
CATADIA-TROPIC
I SG1
4/5 RESULTS IN VIEW
The fifth result is unrelated "PostEdt" in context of authors.
Subject -topic is Science Fiction
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010_02.html
OMITTED RESULTS INCLUDED
I SG1
THE FIFTH RESULT; NOT USEFUL HERE...
...YET IT IS HERE; EXCEPT THAT IT IS HERE AS A RESULT UNRELATED AND HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY THIS AUTHOR, AND POSSIBLY SHOULD NOT BE HERE.
1SG1
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=PostEdt+1SG1&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
Conversion System(Original may have moved, or deleted) -
Google the verb
USEFUL, DEFINING
DEFINING KNOWLEDGE WITH KJV
CATADIA-SIDEREAL
ISG1
http://www.archive.org/stream/proceedingsofamer07amer/proceedingsofamer07amer_djvu.txt
CATADIA-TROPIC
I SG1
4/5 RESULTS IN VIEW
The fifth result is unrelated "PostEdt" in context of authors.
Subject -topic is Science Fiction
http://www.sfsignal.com/archives/2010_02.html
OMITTED RESULTS INCLUDED
I SG1
THE FIFTH RESULT; NOT USEFUL HERE...
...YET IT IS HERE; EXCEPT THAT IT IS HERE AS A RESULT UNRELATED AND HAS NOT BEEN REVIEWED BY THIS AUTHOR, AND POSSIBLY SHOULD NOT BE HERE.
1SG1
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&q=PostEdt+1SG1&btnG=Search&aq=f&aqi=&aql=&oq=
Conversion System(Original may have moved, or deleted) -
Google the verb
Thursday, December 31, 2009
CATADIOPTIC
"THE MEANING" "IN A VARIABLE OF VISABILITY" TO SEE "WHAT IS" caught up in inertia of validation OR "THE WHETHER", AND beyond; BASED ON THE VARIABLE TYPE AND WHAT IS BEING MADE OF IT THAT IS SPECULATIVE TO PENDING, OR PROBABILITY OF COMING event/s. ; With [INVOLVING RANDOM REASONINGS to RATIONAL of ALL or ANY] or with [ the granted and the given, or what is given in a notion and granted of the given, all to(in mind or care of) "THE TRUE, PRISTEEN, AND/OR INNOCENSE", of the natural LANDSCAPE or ENVIRONMENT and BEAUTY, with or without risks; that are only risks if chated as being so; all before/about COMMANDS], either "(of the enclosed"[--] as An "On WACH" maintains "ON COURSE" the LOOKOUT~and~THE VIEW are ENTWINED to ASPECT AND CONTRAST for an eliquence(late 14c., from O.Fr. eloquence, from L. eloquentia, from eloquentem (nom. eloquens), prp. of eloqui "speak out," from ex- "out" + loqui "speak.")(Greek... another thing to have the commandment reinforced by the thunders of eloquence and lightnings of wit. The Nation - Google Books Result
1886 - HistoryPrinciples of Greek Etymology. By Georg Cur- tius. ...books.google.com/books?id=P4jlAAAAMAAJ...se.htm)
IN/OF~OUT OF navigation http://www.greatdreams.com/eclip
The 1st element is the 5th, take my word; respect contexts, to whether "in" or "out of" the context; with you, the need is shared, the context may include one, two three or many... WarsTycho was the best star watcher and recorder of star positions of that time. ...... Sennacherib's astrologers, close to the throne, had advised him that the Assyrian army .... Isaiah's precognition was shades of Noah's, precognition,
The 3 Wise Men.
King Arthur and Guenivere and Merlin and
King Arthur (A ROMANCE)
King Arthur marries Lady Guinevere
Guinevere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthur's chief ... Lady of the Lake · King Lot · King Mark · Merlin · Mordred ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinevere · Enhanced view (ironic)
Merlin tests grounds and compatabilities and trusts
who?
PostEdt.
1886 - HistoryPrinciples of Greek Etymology. By Georg Cur- tius. ...books.google.com/books?id=P4jlAAAAMAAJ...se.htm)
IN/OF~OUT OF navigation http://www.greatdreams.com/eclip
The 1st element is the 5th, take my word; respect contexts, to whether "in" or "out of" the context; with you, the need is shared, the context may include one, two three or many... WarsTycho was the best star watcher and recorder of star positions of that time. ...... Sennacherib's astrologers, close to the throne, had advised him that the Assyrian army .... Isaiah's precognition was shades of Noah's, precognition,
The 3 Wise Men.
King Arthur and Guenivere and Merlin and
King Arthur (A ROMANCE)
King Arthur marries Lady Guinevere
Guinevere - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Guinevere was the legendary queen consort of King Arthur. She was most famous for her love affair with Arthur's chief ... Lady of the Lake · King Lot · King Mark · Merlin · Mordred ...
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guinevere · Enhanced view (ironic)
Merlin tests grounds and compatabilities and trusts
who?
PostEdt.
Friday, December 18, 2009
CATADIATROPIC CATADYATROPIC OR CATADYOTROPIC CATADIOTROPIC
The blog posts are reserved for further study in reference to the use and spelling of the word in question; in wait of the recovery of the transcript or manuscript, the topic as well as the blog title may change to the proper written accord.
These search terms are highlighted: cata latin These terms only appear in links pointing to this page: dya
Of the many possibilities, then also the categories in mind, what would be the areas of interest in our world today?
To see the world, or to view the world, more powerfuly to express the world as in a state of one of two descriptions; i.e. the world is upsidedown; i.e, The world is in utter chaos.
Translations pair in use with further interests in use and etymolgy of "reedificauit"(?) and "herecius" (a boar? ; and quite possibly one of the following
herecius: a stag hunting...
heredipeta: the next heir.
hereditamentum: hereditament, all property that may be inherited.
hereditare: to cause to inherit.
hereditas: an inheritance.);
both words are paired in the same manuscript.
Bing - reedificauit herecius
Bing (1 i.e.) (Bung) Heir unto vast estates, of which he was basely defrauded, Still bore the family arms
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
RECENT ACTIVITY, AND SAVED; AND SOME PART
CATADIATROPIC or CATADIOPTRIC ? Sounds good to me.Like what Oral Roberts could see.The grammer or grammar in "A DUST OF SNOW" -Robert FrostSubscript - There is more here than the expectations of the message>
These search terms are highlighted: cata latin These terms only appear in links pointing to this page: dya
Of the many possibilities, then also the categories in mind, what would be the areas of interest in our world today?
To see the world, or to view the world, more powerfuly to express the world as in a state of one of two descriptions; i.e. the world is upsidedown; i.e, The world is in utter chaos.
Translations pair in use with further interests in use and etymolgy of "reedificauit"(?) and "herecius" (a boar? ; and quite possibly one of the following
herecius: a stag hunting...
heredipeta: the next heir.
hereditamentum: hereditament, all property that may be inherited.
hereditare: to cause to inherit.
hereditas: an inheritance.);
both words are paired in the same manuscript.
Bing - reedificauit herecius
Bing (1 i.e.) (Bung) Heir unto vast estates, of which he was basely defrauded, Still bore the family arms
Wednesday, December 16, 2009
RECENT ACTIVITY, AND SAVED; AND SOME PART
CATADIATROPIC or CATADIOPTRIC ? Sounds good to me.Like what Oral Roberts could see.The grammer or grammar in "A DUST OF SNOW" -Robert FrostSubscript - There is more here than the expectations of the message>
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