Manilus writes: ”. Trans. the Fool is youth personified: optimistic for no particular reason and most of all, unaware of the potency he carries and is about to walk off a cliff while sniffing a flower. It formed one of the four royal stars of Persia as "Watcher of the East". The constellation of Taurus holds the red eye of Aldebaran (Tascheter) the Watcher of the East. Change ), You are commenting using your Twitter account. That we have such a clear a Neolithic representation of the constellation is a testimony to how long the heavens have held particular meaning for us and also that there has been far less changing in our interpretations than we might reasonably expect. Aldebaran seems to have gained the better reputation than his opposite number. For complete details about this image, see Pleiades (M45). He is almost universally considered to the be the Watcher of the Pleiades. The Pleiades (M45) as imaged with the Takahashi E-180 Astrograph from Bifrost Observatory. He is best known as something of an Avenging Angel but is more properly known as a protecting Angel. ( Log Out /  You can also see the belt of Orion. He is almost universally considered to the be the Watcher of the Pleiades. Its sons have the love of unsung excellence: their hearts and bodies derive strength from a massiveness that is slow to move, whilst in their faces dwells the boy-god Love (Cupido).” [Astronomica, Manilius, 1st century AD, book 4, p.233]. The constellation of Taurus holds the red eye of Aldebaran (Tascheter) the Watcher of the East. Fixed star Aldebaran is found at 9º 47’ Gemini in the right eye of the bull in Taurus. Photo copyright 2012 by Fred Es[panak of NASAIn the image of the Bull from the Lascaux caves, we find that the astronomical detail is stunning. Learn how your comment data is processed. It bows its neck amid the stars and of itself demands a yoke for its shoulders. The East is the place of the Sunrise and the beginning of things. His sword is always ready. This is what Vivian Robson says about Alderaban: “It gives honor, intelligence, eloquence, steadfastness, integrity, popularity, courage, ferocity, a tendency to sedition, a responsible position, public honors and gain of power and wealth through others, but its benefits seldom prove lasting and there is also danger of violence and sickness. The Angel of the East is Michael the Archangel. The Pleiades are associated with rain and even tears. Of course, this begs the question. Create a website or blog at WordPress.com. The name aleph is originally derived from the West Semitic word for “ox”, and the shape of the letter derives from a Proto-Sinaitic glyph. Change ), You are commenting using your Google account. p.120.] To suffer a dry Spring was considered a bad omen indeed, as crops would fail. The Pleiades are associated with rain and even tears. The great "red giant", war-like Aldebaran is one of the four "Guardians of Heaven" - sentinels watching over other stars. The International Astrology Research Center, ChronosXP – Free Planetary Hours Software for Windows, Esoterica : The Hermetic Perspective on Islamic Traditions, FIVE MILLENNIUM CATALOG OF SOLAR ECLIPSES- NASA, History of Philosophy Without Any Gaps – King's College London, Project Ptolemaeus Arabus et Latinus (PAL), Sefaria: A Living Library of Jewish Texts, The Astrological Association of Great Britain. from Sanskrit by Pundit Bapu Feva Sastri – 1861, The 48 Ptolemæic constellations found in the Almagest (Al-Majisṭī), Thomas Digges – A Perfit Description of the Celestiall Orbs (1576), Astrology of Aswin Balaji Subramanyan – Vedic, Hellenistic and Medieval Astrology, Astrologium Astrología Tradicional y Predictiva – Pablo Ianiszewski, C.U.R.A. Icon of Archangel Michael (detail), Yaroslavl, 1216. ( Log Out /  Please log in using one of these methods to post your comment: You are commenting using your WordPress.com account. The asterism is also revered in  Hindu mythology. The association is with the Spring Equinox when the system was conceived. There are references to the Pleiades in Hesiod, The Odyssey, The Bible, and the Quran. These were also called archangel stars; this star Aldebaran was Michael - Military Commander of the Heavenly Host. Change ). [Fixed Stars & Constellations in Astrology. The Pleiades aka The Seven Sisters is probably among the best-known star clusters in the heavens. Change ), You are commenting using your Facebook account. The tarot card that embodies this quite consciously is The Fool. The Pleiades have always been one of the most studied asterism in our history. Reblogged this on Die Goldene Landschaft. It is easily visible with the naked eye on a clear night in the winters of the Northern Hemisphere. Aldebaran is one of the 15 Behenian Fixed Stars. Aldebaran (Tascheter) the Watcher of the East. Many of these attributes are the blessings and shortfalls of youth. 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Agrippa’s Occult Philosophy, 1533, Mansions of the Moon according to Ibn Arabi, Mongolian Manual of Astrology and Divination, Nature of Signs & Planets in Classical Astrology, Parapegma – Stellar, Planetary & Luminary Phases, Phases of the Moon & the Vegetative Cycle, Sirius – Heliacal Rising & Setting – 800 BC – 2000 AD, Surya Siddhanta & the Siddhanta Siromani. The Bull is enmeshed in the Hyades, with the Pleiades clearly articulated just above him. This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. It has also been of particular interest since antiquity and to a variety of cultures. In mosy decks, the Fool is shown with a staff with a sack over his shoulder, which is undeniably associated with virility. ( Log Out /  It is thought that this glyph was in turn based on Egyptian hieroglyph, however, I find insufficient evidence of the last claim. ( Log Out /  We can’t forget that this is the element of Earth or that the Hebrew meanings are oxen in the sense of the yoked power of the Bull, Aleph is the first letter of the Hebrew alphabets and speaks to powerful potential. The sign of the Bull has produced a Serranus and a Curius, has carried the rods of office through the fields, and has left its plough to become a dictator [eque suo dictator venit aratro]. DABAR = WORD (Hebrew, a Semitic language) …yofclassicalastrologers.wordpress.com/2020/10/07/ast…, SIRIUS – HELIACAL RISING & SETTING – 800 BC – 2000 AD, PARAPEGMA – STELLAR, PLANETARY & LUMINARY PHASES, Full Thunder Moon : Appulse Lunar Eclipse July 04/05 2020, RAHU KETU & NAKSHATRAS POUR L’ASTROLOGUE HELLÉNISTIQUE. Wellcome Collection – Horoscopes & Medical Charts from 15th- 18th C. Zodiacal Aphesis 1.48 (Zodiacal Releasing Software – Hellenistic Astrology). The Fool is in a sense outside of the system and has the value of zero and perfect potential. July 4-5 Penumbral Lunar Eclipse – Burning down the house. Its image is the likeness of God, or of a flying man. We are facing the origins of creation. [2] This is one of the four key stars in the heavens, also called Archangel stars, Michael in this case – military commander of the Heavenly Host. AL = THE (Semitic & Latin based linguistics) When it carries the sun’s orb on its horns, it bids battle with the soil begin and rouses the fallow land to its former cultivation, itself leading the work, for it neither pauses in the furrows nor relaxes its breast in the dust. Rules carbuncle, ruby, milky thistle, and “matry-silva”. AN = GOD/HEAVEN (Sumerian, a Proto Arabic {Semitic} language)…. “The Bull will dower the countryside with honest farmers and will come as a source of toil into their peaceful lives; it will bestow, not gifts of glory, but the fruits of the earth. Centre Universitaire de Recherche en Astrologie, C.U.R.A. Aldebaran is known as the Eye of God but also associated with blindness. The association is with the Spring Equinox when the system was conceived. Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email. God’s military commander and opposite his nemesis Antares in the Scorpion. It is probably the most famous of the four Archangel stars representing St Michael.

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