I recently read that we just came to the end of the Great Year in the Precession of the Equinoxes. People that follow astrology debate whether or not we are still in the Age of Pisces or if we're in the Age of Aquarius.

The Precession of the Equinoxes is is a long astronomical cycle of about 25,900 years. It is calculated by how long it takes for the earth's axis to wobble in one full circle. Its wobble means that the axis of the earth points to a different sign of the zodiac about every 2160 years.

Hipparchus was one of the earliest to study this and later Sir Isaac Newton did.

It's interesting because a lot of people debate the meaning of an Astrological Age.

Quote:
Marcia Moore and Mark Douglas promoted the view that, although no one knows when the Aquarian Age begins, the American Revolution, the Industrial Revolution, and the discovery of electricity are all attributable to the Aquarian Age.[12] Moore and Douglas make a number of predictions about the trends that they believe will develop in the Aquarian Age. These include people becoming more impersonal (detached), yet more altruistic and humane. Developments involving flight and space travel will result in decentralization. Inner cities will shrink and burgeoning outer suburbs and industrial areas will reduce congestion. -end quote

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Age_of_Aquarius

Other religious people think it coincides with the coming of the Kingdom of God.

It's interesting to study the Astrological Ages. Adam was in the Age of Taurus, Moses was in the Age of Aries, the Christian Age was in the Age of Pisces and now we're in the cusp of the Age of Aquarius.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astrological_age

I have nothing really to debate here. It's just interesting to think about whether or not the stars are indicators of changes in human history or not.

Posted for the interesting diagrams and more background:
http://www.crystalinks.com/precession.html

I remember the age of Aquarius from when I was a little kid in the 60's. I think the song was by the 5th dimension. I used to have a glow in the dark age of Aquarius poster when I was a little kid and thought my room was the coolest because of it. This era reminds me of the teenage hippies I used to see hanging out in the park while riding my bike to little league games. I thought they were cool too and wanted to be one when I got older. But I thought I missed out on this era that ended before I became a teen. You mean I still could have been a hippie?

Lol...no but the hippies are a pretty good example of people trying to get in touch with their inner child and getting some things wrong and some things right.

I'm an aquarist. I currently have a clown loach, 8 cardinal tetras, 2 gouramis, 4 serpentine loaches, and a plecostomus. I also have a fancy goldfish in another tank.

A link to Biblical Astronomy:

Quote:

Biblical Astronomy is not related to predictive astrology. Biblical Astronomy is about YHWH and what He is doing, not about us and our selfish hopes and desires. Like all natural things that have succumbed to pagan influences, the constellations are part of God’s creation. He set the stars in the sky, and they were put there for a purpose.


http://www.gospelinthestars.com/

I don't quite understand Christians who believe in astrology. Isn't one entirely unsubstantiated theory enough?

I was in Venice a little while ago and was surprised to see lots of churches with gryphons in the beautiful facades. But it is like, is making up more mythical creatures which don't exist really helping your case about the mythical creatures you do think exist?

Not too interesting, really, considering astrology is meaningless and hasn't been demonstrated to predict anything.

They're not.

Aren't we clever making posts off assumptions without reading the links.

Many people have believed for thousands of years that the Gospel is written in the stars.

The constellations are arranged in the sky in such a way that they produce multiple depictions of prophetic scenarios found in the Bible.

The constellation/signs here:
http://www.gospelinthestars.com/the-signs/

Quote:

Genesis 3: 15 And I will put enmity between you and the woman, and between your seed and her seed; He shall bruise you on the head, and you shall bruise him on the heel.” New American Standard Bible : 1995 update. (Ge 3:15).



In various representations, this image of the Messiah bruising the head of the adversary or being bruised on the heel is depicted at least half-a-dozen times in the Mazzaarohtth.

The stars actually tell a story. The Gospel story.

Of course it does. And I can connect the dots in a different pattern and tell a story of my dog taking a dump in the yard.

I doubt that. Isn't there a methodology based on the prominence of the stars in determining the diagramming of the constellations?

Sure you could do some random connections but the constellations aren't random.

They're like numbers and they've been set for ages.

I love what the lecturer on this topic writes about prophetic symbolism:

Prophetic symbolism is a popular topic…one that in most cases is driven by faulty premises and therefore results in faulty conclusions. Part of this confusion comes as a result of people misunderstanding certain Biblical verses, such as 2 Cor. 11:3 (particularly as it reads in the KJV, the oft-repeated concern about believers’ minds being “corrupted from the simplicity that is in Christ”). This verse has often been construed to insist that God wrote the Bible so that it can be understood by practically anyone–and the less education one has, the better.

Of course, that conclusion disagrees with Prov. 1:22…and prophetically speaking, it is sheer nonsense. The truth is, there are multiple prophecies that speak of God’s intention to hide things in plain sight. In fact, the use of prophecy is precisely one of the ways in which He accomplishes this. If prophecy were easy to understand, YHWH would be guilty of throwing His pearls before swine (Mt. 7:6). Yeishuu`a (Jesus) Himself said the very reason He spoke in parables (the NT version of prophecies) was so that people in general would NOT understand what He was saying (Mt. 13:10-15).