Psalm 19:1-6 "The heavens declare the glory of God; and the firmament sheweth his handy work. Day unto day uttereth speech, and night unto night sheweth knowledge. There is no speech nor language, where their voice is not heard. Their line is gone out through all the earth, and their words to the end of the world. In them hath he set a tabernacle for the sun, Which is as a bridegroom coming out of his chamber, and rejoiceth as a strong man to run a race. His going forth is from the end of the heaven, and his circuit unto the ends of it: and there is nothing hid from the heat thereof."
Psalm 147:1-5 "Praise ye the LORD: for it is good to sing praises unto our God; for it is pleasant; and praise is comely. The LORD doth build up Jerusalem: he gathereth together the outcasts of Israel. He healeth the broken in heart, and bindeth up their wounds. He telleth the number of the stars; he calleth them all by their names. Great is our Lord, and of great power: his understanding is infinite."
The Hebrew word for what we now call the Zodiac is Mazzeroth (meaning "12 signs). When we look to the pre-Babylonian definitions given to the "pictures" of the Mazzeroth, we see that God had indeed written His Gospel in the stars as a sign for mankind. It was only in the time of the Tower of Babel, and of the following Babylonian, pagan based and re-interpreted astronomy that the pictures were re-defined to have pagan meanings. The original meanings assigned to the 12 major signs (each with 3 minor signs accompanying them were as follows:
VIRGO - The Virgin
COMA - "The Desired" - a woman with child
CENTAURUS - "The Pierced Victim"
BOOTES - "He Comes"
LIBRA - The deficient price weighed against the price that covers.
CRUX - The Cross
LUPUS - The Slain Victim
CORONA - The Crown Bestowed
SCORPIO - Seeking to wound, but crushed underfoot
SERPENS - The serpent struggling with the man
O-PHI-U-CHUS - The man grasping the serpent
HERCULES - The mighty man vanquishing the serpent
SAGITTARIUS - The 2 natured man going forth conquering and to conquer
LYRA - Praise for the conqueror
ARA - The altar of consuming fire
DRACO - The Old Serpent coming down from heaven
CAPRICORNUS - The goat of atonement slain for the redeemed
SAGITTA - The arrow of God sent forth
AQUILA - The smitten one falling
DELPHINUS - The dead one rising again
AQUARIUS - The living waters of blessing poured forth
PISCIS AUSTRALIS - the blessings bestowed
PEGASUS - The blessings quickly coming
CYGNUS - The blesser surely returning
PISCES - The redeemed blessed, though bound
THE BAND - bound, but binding their enemy
ANDROMEDA - The redeemed in bondage and affliction
CEPHUS - The redeemer coming to rule
ARIES - The lamb that was slain, prepared for victory
CASSIOPEIA - The captive delivered, preparing for her husband, the redeemer
CETUS - The great enemy bound
PERSEUS - Delivering his redeemed
TAURUS - The messiah coming to rule
ORION - Light coming in the Redeemer
ERIDANUS - Wrath breaking forth on his enemies
AURIGA - Safety for the redeemed in the day of wrath
GEMINI - The two-fold nature of the king
LEPUS - The enemy trodden underfoot
CANIS MAJOR - The coming glorious Prince of Princes
CANIS MINOR - The Exalted Redeemer
CANCER - The possessions held fast
URSA MINOR - The lesser sheepfold
URSA MAJOR - The fold and the flock
ARGO - The redeemed pilgrims safe at home
LEO - The Lion of the tribe of Judah aroused for the rending of the enemy
HYDRA - The old serpent destroyed
CRATER - The cup of divine wrath poured out
CORVUS - Birds of prey devouring the enemy
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