samedi 12 juillet 2008

Aries 10


"The stars in the head of Aries possess an influence similar in its effect to that of Mars and Saturn; those in the mouth act similarly to Mercury and to some degree Saturn; those in the hind foot, to Mars and those in the tail to Venus".- - Ptolemy"The first image is Aries,and it's stars are thirteenwhich includes the horn and the belly."- - Ibn EzraJust east of the great square called Pegasus lays the constellation of Aries. Most visible in the autumn sky, we can locate easiest the 3 main stars, which make up Aries, the brightest of which is Hamal. The stars which form the horns and nose lies just west of Pleiades and is about 6 degrees of celestial latitude north of the eclipticThe ancients characterized in art the Ram looking back, depicting him watching Taurus and the other ten signs that follow him.


"Except a corn of wheat fall into the ground and die, it abideth alone: but if it die, it bringeth forth much fruit."--the Bible

Throughout history, has come to us in a multitude of forms, the stories of supreme effort and sacrifice leading to resurrection and atonement. In Genesis chapter 22, is told the story of Abraham's' test of faith. He had been promised to be the father of a great nation and his wife Sarah had given birth to her only child, Isaac, at an age well past that of a bearing woman. God then called upon Abraham to offer up Isaac as a sacrifice. In obedience Abraham took the son of promise and laid him upon the alter ready for sacrifice, when the Lord stays Abraham's hand and in Isaacs place gives a ram to be sacrificed instead. (Genesis 22)In the book of Exodus we can read the story of how the Israelites on the eve of their departure from the land of Egypt, were protected from the angel of Death that was sent by God to plague the Egyptians by painting the door posts of their homes with the blood of a sacrificial lamb. The Angel of Death would see the blood of the sacrifice and therefore Passover them and their household.In the Laws that followed from Moses, we see in the book of Leviticus, that if a man in ignorance sinned against the law, atonement could be made through the sacrifice of a ram "without blemish". As a matter of fact the ram was to become the most preferred sacrifice to God.Aries had Athena-Minerva as its guardian goddess.

She was the goddess of wisdom. At her birth, we're told she sprang from the head of Zeus clad in her armour, brandishing her lance, and giving her war cry. Although a martial goddess, her most characteristic attribute is her practical intelligence and she is the patroness, inspirer and teacher of all specialized workers and artists. Her chief traits are prudence and valour. She never goes to war unless forced and when she fights, always wins. Her emblem is the owl.Later, in Greek/Roman mythology, comes to us the story of the Golden Fleece. There we can read the story of Phrixus, the son of Athama and Nepheles, who was threatened with death as a sacrifice to the gods by his evil stepmother Ino. Hermes (Mercury) sent Phrixus a sacred ram that possessed Golden Fleece. He and his sister Helle escaped by flying through the air on the ram. On their way to their sanctuary in the city of Colchis, Helle fell off the ram and was drowned. Phrixus arrived safely, sacrificed the ram, and hung the fleece in the grove of Ares. The Golden Fleece was later to be carried off by Jason and the Argonauts.Still later in the Christian tradition, Christ was to be known as the "lamb of God". The ultimate sacrifice of God sending His Son to be given as a living sacrifice for mankind's atonement. Thus the crucifixion and subsequent resurrection symbolising the death to self and this world bringing to us salvation and resurrection.

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