As about 9:00 pm this week the two brightest stars in the heavens will be visible to most observers in the Northern Hemisphere. The brightest star of them all is Sirius, whose name means “The Prince”. Sirius is part of the constellation now known as Canis Major, or the Big Dog, but which was Read More …
The New Age people have tried to promote the idea that we are entering a New Age of Peace and Brotherhood – The Age of Aquarius. The real Age of Aquarius is represented in the Zodiac constellation of Aquarius (The Water Pourer), which slips behind the Sun on February 18. Aquarius is the Read More …
Tonight at about 8:00 PM the constellation Auriga (“The Shepherd”) will be directly overhead. Auriga is one of the constellations associated with Taurus (“The Bull”) which tell of the second coming of Christ. In the ancient world the bull symbolized great power, reminding us that Christ will return in power to conquer Read More …
On February 8, as the New Moon begins a new month on the Lunar Calendar, the Chinese and many Asian people will celebrate the beginning of a New Year. For the Chinese, the movements of the Moon across the sky also define their Zodiac. Thus, instead of the dividing the Read More …
This week we have an unusual opportunity to see all five visible planets and the moon in the sky before dawn. You can count down the planets and review their symbolic meanings. Saturn, namesake of the seventh day of the week, can be found in the constellation Scorpio (The Scorpion). The most prominent feature of Read More …
On January 19 the constellation Capricorn (The Goat) moved behind the sun. Capricorn is the fifth chapter of the Star Bible, a very peculiar picture of a dying goat with the tail of a fish. The constellation and its three associated constellations of Aquila (The Eagle), Sagitta (The Arrow), and Delphinus (The Read More …
Tonight the Apostle John’s vision of a Beast with seven heads (Rev 13:1 and 17:3) becomes visible to us in the constellation Cetus (The Sea Monster), which rises high in the southern sky in the mid evening hours. The Beast in John’s vision represents the nations of the world, and the Read More …
The New Year is a good time for most of us to look ahead. The stars of the Zodiacal constellation Aries (The Ram), which are visible overhead in the evening, give use a roadmap to the future. Aries itself is a picture of a slain lamb, as attested by the name Read More …
In the spring of 5BC Chinese Skywatchers recorded a Nova along the meridian of the Bright Star Altair. Another group of Skywathers saw the Nova rising in the East and followed it to Bethlehem, where it stood directly overhead. Thus the Wise Men used the Star of Bethlehem to find the Christ Child. Finding the Read More …
A new Comet has appeared in the Eastern sky just before dawn. The Comet, known to astronomers as Catalina, will be a fifth magnitude object in December and January as it moves through the Heavens. It will only appear once, being sent into interstellar space by the gravitonal pulls of the planets. The Comet will Read More …
