On March 20, the first day of Spring, the Sun will enter the constellation Pisces (The Fish). Pisces (The Fish) is the seventh chapter of The Star Bible, picturing two fish tied together in unity, and representing the joining of the Jewish and Gentile believers to form the Church. The other constellations associated with Pisces Read More …
This week at about 9:00 pm the stars of the constellation Gemini (The United) will be directly overhead at the Zenith point in the Southern U.S. Gemini is one of the Zodiacal constellations and is the Tenth Chapter of the Star Bible. The name means “The Twins” in Greek but in the ancient Hebrew Read More …
Just three weeks after the near Earth asteroid and Russian meteor strike of February 15, 2013 (See our Blogs of 2/20/13 “Meteor Mania” and 2/13/13 “A Celestial Warning Shot”), Comet Panstarrs will emerge from the glare of the Sun to become visible after Sunset. The two Celestial Messengers of February 15 brought a Read More …
Amidst all of the excitement and noise of the recent celestial visitations (See our Blogs of 2/13/13 “A Celestial Warning Shot” and 2/20/13 “Meteor Mania”) the Zodiac constellation of Aquarius (The Water Pourer) quietly slipped behind the Sun on February 18. Aquarius is the sixth chapter of the Star Bible, a picture of Read More …
Last week was a very busy time for Skywatchers. In our last Blog (2/13/13 “A Celestial Warning Shot”) we reported on asteroid 2012 DA 14 which passed within 18,000 miles of earth on February 15. We reminded our readers that a similar object destroyed thousands of square miles of forest in Siberia in Read More …
During the evening hours on February 15 over Eurasia a small asteroid will pass within 18,000 miles of the earth. While only the size of a small church building, a similar sized object hit Siberia in 1908 and flattened trees over thousands of square miles. The secret of the explosive power of these small objects Read More …
On February 10, 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 sky into 12 sections Read More …
At about 10:00 pm this week the two brightest stars in the heavens will be visible to most observersin 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 known in Read More …
This week the bright constellation Orion (Coming Forth as Light) reaches its highest and most visible point in the early evening around 9:00. Orion is the brightest of all of the constellations, and is one of the constellations associated with Taurus (“The Bull”) which tells of the Second Coming of Christ. Orion, which means Read More …
On January 20 the constellation Capricorn (The Goat) moves 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 Dolphin) tell the Read More …
