The Sun of Man, The Savior, and Messiah: The Story of Jesus Is the Story of the Sun

Each year, the Virgin Mother Earth gives birth to the Sun on December 25th. The Sun that Lights the World, who sits in the Heavens, reflects on water.

Capricorn

Jesus/The Sun, born on December 25th in the constellation Capricorn, the Goat, “the scapegoat of Israel”, as he took on the sins of the world. The Sun who lights the world, and all vegetation grows from its light. All of life flourishes in abundance from the light of the Sun. It’s fair to say the contrast of all the elements is important, but without the Sun, the fuel for balance and growth would not exist, so life would cease to exist. When the Sun begins to rise north again every year after its six-month descent, we should be humbled and celebrate, no doubt.

Aquarius

Years are days in the Bible. 30 days/years after Jesus is born is when his story really begins. Jesus meets John the Baptist and was “Baptized” as the Sun moves into Aquarius, the Water Bearer. Aquarius rains the waters down from the heavens to the earth. The snow falls in the northern hemisphere, as it is the rainy season in the Southern hemisphere. The rain can be talked about as the semen of the Gods impregnating the Earth, which gives birth to vegetation.

Pisces

John the Baptist is then put into prison as Jesus continues to Galilee as the Sun leaves Aquarius and enters Pisces (the two fish), where Jesus meets the Two Fisherman brothers, Simon and Andrew. 

The Bible mentions Jesus on his path to “Galilee” 71 different times.

Galilee translates to “Circle or Circuit,” which is a closed loop or circular path for a current to flow. The Sun is in a closed loop circuit that follows the same circular path each year.

John 3:30, John the Baptist is speaking about Jesus: “He must increase, but I must decrease.” As Jesus, the Sun, moves out of Aquarius, the sign itself becomes less visible in the night sky. The light of the days increases as John the Baptist/Aquarius the Water Bearer decreases. Six months later, when the Sun starts its descent on its southward journey, we begin to see the sign Aquarius increase in size as the days decrease in length.

Aries

“Pass Over” and Easter are celebrated as the Sun then passes “Over” the equator into Aries, as we start the first days of Spring with more light in the Northern Hemisphere. Our days continue to get longer and the nights shorter. Aries is the Ram and “Head” of the zodiac, which is about our relationship with ourselves, our brain and body, and our relationship with God. Rabbits mate, ducks lay eggs, animals are born, and we celebrate the movement of the Sun. “The Lion lies with the Lamb”, and the “Burnt Offering” are symbolic of the Sun traveling in Aries.

Taurus

Taurus is about our relationship with the earth, fertility, carpentry, and plowing the fields to prepare to plant crops. Jesus plowed the fields and became a carpenter. 

Gemini

Between the constellations Taurus and Gemini lies a portion of the Milky Way galaxy that looks like a lake or river running between them. Jesus talks about crossing “the lake”. In the book of Acts 28:11, “After three months we put out to sea in a ship that had wintered in the island. It was an Alexandrian ship with the figurehead of the twin gods Castor and Pollux.” Castor and Pollux are the two brightest stars in the constellation Gemini. Three months/third house. 

Gemini is about language, communication, information, and teaching. At the age of 30, Jesus became a teacher. This is just an allegory for the Sun moving into the constellation Gemini, the 3rd house of the zodiac. 30 is also a Saturnian number, as it takes 28-30 years for Saturn to return to the same spot and move around the Zodiac. This “Saturn Return” is known as a time of “becoming an adult”, as Saturn is applying pressure and “testing” oneself while offering tough love lessons as an individual matures into adulthood. 

Cancer

At the height of Jesus’ teachings is the height of the Summer Solstice, where the Sun has reached its highest point in the Northern hemisphere in the constellation Cancer.

The Sun walks sideways like a crab for three days before heading South for its six-month journey down through Sagittarius. The two bright stars in the constellation Cancer are Asellus Borealis and Asellus Australis, also known as the Northern Donkey and Southern Donkey. Mathew quoted Jesus as riding a donkey and a colt, the two donkeys of the Old Testament as well, on their way to the land of Milk and Honey; The “Milky Way galaxy” and “Beehive cluster” can be seen clearly this time of year. 

Leo

Leo season is the dry heat and high Sun with long nights in the Summer. While the Sun is in Leo, its opposite is Aquarius, “John the Baptist”, who pokes his head up in this part of the story after he was imprisoned. Six months after Aquarius season in February, it is Leo season in August, and we start to see just the “head” of John the “Water Bearer” Baptist in the constellation Aquarius, on the Eastern horizon during sunset this time of year. 

Mathew 14:2 “and he said to his attendants, “This is John the Baptist; he has risen from the dead! That is why miraculous powers are at work in him.” 

Jesus, the Sun, travels to the top of a high mountain and shines brightly. 

Mathew 17:1-2 “The Transfiguration.”

“1 After six days, Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John, the brother of James, and led them up a high mountain by themselves.

2 There he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became as white as the light.”

Virgo

Farmers tend to the earth, till the soil, and plant the seeds during the Taurus season, give it water, nutrients, and protect it, look after it, preparing their crops for harvest in Virgo. They work the soil of the Virgin Mother Earth in preparation for when she is ready to blossom and give birth; they will take her bearings during harvest season. A “Husbandman” is a person or farmer who cultivates the land. Virgo, the “Virgin”, represents the Goddess of grain. In Hebrew, Bethlehem/Beit-Lechem, two words, meaning “House of Bread”. Goddess of grain, house of bread, this is all the constellation Virgo, harvest season. Everyone is fat and happy during harvest season, so when Jesus the Sun enters Virgo, the house of bread, it is a cheerful time of celebration of the abundance of crops. 

Virgin also means one who is free to make their own decisions.

Libra

Libra is the balancing scales of the Zodiac, and scales are used to weigh out Virgo’s harvest and decisions. It’s the judgment season; if we put in the work through the first nine months of the year, it will be weighed before us. A good harvest means more food or funds through the winter months into the next season.

Wine is in season, and it’s the end of fig season when Jesus curses the fig tree. 

Jesus Curses a Fig Tree and Clears the Temple Courts

Mathew 21:19 “And when he saw a fig tree in the way, he came to it, and found nothing thereon, but leaves only, and said unto it, Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward forever. And presently the fig tree withered away.”

Jesus represents the Sun here during its transit in the sign of Libra. Fig fruit is simply out of season toward the end of Libra/October as the Sun moves further South and the trees will undoubtedly lose their fruit, their leaves, and wither up as they begin to hibernate for the winter months ahead.

Jesus also represents the “Age of Pisces”, the 2,160-year cycle that follows the 2,160-year “Age of Aries”. Aries, represented by the Ram, and its shadow/opposite is Libra, which was recognized by many references in the Bible as wine and figs. Fig leaves represent the Old Testament, while Jesus is a personified allegory for the Sun, representing the new age of Pisces. Jesus proclaiming “this tree shall bare no fruit again”, is a powerful statement that is declaring the end of the age of the Aries/Libra axis and moving forward into the age of Pisces, with the Pisces/Virgo axis “He fed everyone with a loaf of bread and two fish”. Virgo is bread, and Pisces is the fish. 

In the highly misinterpreted passage of Mathew 21:12-13, 12 “Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the benches of those selling doves. 13 “It is written,” he said to them, “‘My house will be called a house of prayer, but you are making it a den of robbers.” 

If you have a fresh pop-up farmers market in your town, the merchants start to disappear around October during Libra season, when the Sun starts moving below the Equator. It gets colder, and there’s no longer fresh produce. It’s also a great message to be an honest business person; fair, reasonable, ethical, and authentic. 

Scorpio

The Sun descends downward as Jesus is sold out and betrayed for 30 pieces of silver, representing the 30 nights of Scorpio. Gold is the Sun and Silver is the Moon, something that goes hiding and only reflects part of its illumination, or “intention”, in this case, the story of Judah. It’s also a clue that the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. “The Kiss of Judah” is the kiss of Scorpio. A scorpion sting looks like a pair of lips, opposed to a bug bite, which is circular.

Sagittarius

The Sun descends into Sagittarius as Jesus is received by Pontius Pilate. Pontius Pilate translates as “of the great waters armed with a spear.” Scorpio is the great water sign that comes before the fire sign Sagittarius. Sagittarius is represented as a Centaur with a spear in its hand or a bow and arrow, signifying hunting Season.

Pontius Pilate washed his hands with water as they crucified Jesus, in the center of three crosses. There are three crosses in the Zodiac (Cardinal, Fixed, & Mutable), and the Sun “dies” at the center, Cardinal, cross on December 21st, at the Winter Solstice. 

We know the Sun has reached the Southernmost point on its journey when it is “pierced in its side” by the arrow or spear of the Sagittarius Centaur. The Sun doesn’t move South or North for three days, December 22nd, 23rd, and 24th, until December 25th, when the Sun rises North one degree in the sign of Capricorn. Beginning its new journey North for six months until the Summer Solstice, the goat strives to get to the top of the mountain. 

Jesus and his 12 disciples, Joseph and his 12 brothers, Hercules and his 12 Legions, all representations of the Sun moving through the 12 signs of the Zodiac. The four gospels are the four seasons.

On December 25th, each and every calculable year, the Sun rises one degree North, beginning its new cycle again. Showing humanity that the Sun that lights our world, that gives us the ability to grow food, is coming back to save us from the dark, cold depths of winter. We have to follow the Sun to survive. Our Savior. Our Solar Messiah has returned. Following the Sun is how we know when to plant seeds, harvest crops, hunt, and prepare for winter. 

Now, we follow our phones and technology, the clocks and calendars over our natural world, slowly losing this information over time.

Whatever we are celebrating this holiday Season, give thanks to the Sun that unconditionally shines for us all, showering us with its gifts each year and every day. 

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