The constellation, Ophiuchus by Betty Rhodes

[Rev. Allen M. Drago ~ Traveler]

The constellation, Ophiuchus, has been known since ancient times, and is better known as Serpentarius, the Serpent Holder. It  is included in the list of 48 constellations described by Ptolemy. Ophiuchus is depicted as a man handling a serpent; his body dividing the large snake into two parts, giving way to the symbol used today as an Asclepius - the medical staff. Astrologers have not included Ophiuchus in the wheel of Astrological signs because the Sun spends only about nineteen days in this 13th sign of the Mazzaroth. Not that there wasn't a 13th sign in the Heavens, but as far as Astrologers were concerned, the Sun traveled from the constellation 'Scorpius' and then proceeded directly into the sign of Sagittarius. In reality, this was not the case. The Sun, for 19 days of the year, travels through the star constellation 'Ophiuchus' before entering Sagittarius from Scorpius - see chart below. thus  The sign of Ophiuchus is patterned after the original 'Serpent Holder', Enki, a Sumerian god.

The signs of the Zodiac are for the most part, the highway, or path on which the Sun takes it's yearly journey across the heavens -  as it would appear to Earthlings. These signs are actually star constellations occupying space in which the Sun appears to travels in an earth year. The original twelve signs/constellations: Aries, Taurus, Gemini, Cancer, Leo, Virgo, Libra, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Capricorn, Aquarius, and Pisces are quite familiar to everyone, however, the thirteenth sign and constellation, [Ophiuchus], is in fact, not well known.  To acknowledge a 13th sign now would seem awkward for astrologers, who like the tidiness of 12 signs that rule over the 12 houses of the Zodiac. The heavens are alive and they do change after a few thousand years and the astrologer who wants to maintain accuracy must change along with the signs in the heavens.

The constellation of Ophiuchus is the only sign of the Zodiac which is linked to a real man. This man lived in ancient Egypt around the 27th century BCE, and his name was Imhotep [again patterned after Enki]. Many of the same attributes of Imhotep can also be found in the Biblical Hebrew man Joseph, son of Jacob - [see comparison chart for these two men in separate article].  Imhotep is credited with many accomplishments including the knowledge and use of medicine.  It is said of Imhotep that he brought the art of healing to mankind. The symbol of a serpent [or snake], which is still widely used today to represent the medical profession, was used to represent Imhotep.  Imhotep was also known as 'Aesclepius' to the ancient Greeks, but by any name the attributes are still all the same. The attributes listed below describe the Serpent Holder, Imhotep, i.e. the Hebrew Joseph, and Aesclepius. The keyword descriptions seen below, originated with Betty Rhodes, and are the attributes for the 13th sign of the Zodiac - Ophiuchus:

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LIST OF KEY WORDS DESCRIBING THE SIGN OF OPHIUCHUS interpreter of dreams, vivid premonitions, attracts good luck and fruitful blessings, serpent holder, lofty ideals, a seeker of peace and harmony, doctor of medicine or science, natural-pathic, adds, increases, joins, or gathers together poetical, inventive nature, expanding qualities, seeks higher education and wisdom, overseer, supervisor of work, fame - either grand, or completely misunderstood, longevity, aspirations of healing the ills of man, architect, builder, reaches for the stars, figuratively and literally, tax assessor, or levys taxes, astrological talents, intuitive, large family indicated, but apt to be separated from them when young, the number twelve holds great significance,  foresight and good fortune to benefit from hard times, has secret enemies in family or close associations, many jealous of this subject, notable father, apple of father's eye when young, high position in life expected [depending on aspects] highest fame and legend comes after death feelings of granular, wise, genius mentality, likes to wear clothing of vibrant colors, and plaids in particular, receives the favor of those in authority.

ACTUAL TRUE ZODIAC ARIES = APRIL 19 - MAY 13 TAURUS = MAY 14 - JUNE 19 GEMINI = JUNE 20 - JULY 20 CANCER = JULY 21 - AUG 9 LEO = AUGUST 10 - SEPTEMBER 15 VIRGO = SEPTEMBER 16 - OCTOBER  30 LIBRA = OCTOBER 31 - NOVEMBER  22 SCORPIO = NOVEMBER 23 - NOVEMBER  29 OPHIUCHUS = NOVEMBER 30 - DECEMBER 17 SAGITTARIUS = DECEMBER 18 - JANUARY 18 CAPRICORN = JANUARY 19 - FEBRUARY 15 AQUARIUS = FEBRUARY 16 - MARCH 11 PISCES = MARCH 12 - APRIL 18

 
Of the sign Ophiuchus:

"Thou shalt be over my house, and according unto thy word shall all my people be ruled: only in the throne will I be greater than thou. And he made him to ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried before him, Bow the knee: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt. And Pharaoh said unto Joseph, I am Pharaoh, and without thee shall no man lift up his hand or foot in all the land of Egypt."   GEN 41:40-44

http://the-red-thread.net/ophiuchus2.html

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RANDOM RESPONSES FOUND UPON THIS ARTICLE

 

 

In an article titled Here We Go Again with the "Zodiac Is Wrong" Scam, astrologer Rob Brezsny explains how this isn't the first time panic has set in about zodiac changes, and why it's ridiculous.

"News Flash: The zodiac isn't wrong. Your sign isn't changing. Ignore the misinformation."

http://thestir.cafemom.com/entertainment/114994/bre…

 

There have always been 13 signs of the zodiac... the LUNAR zodiac. Solar zodiac has 12.

Lunar year is 13 full moons, 13 zodiacs, 13 menses/months, matriarchal. Solar year is 12 months of varying days, roughly 13 moons, get a leap year day, 12 zodiac signs, patriarchal.

Regardless of the scare snare this decade the solar zodiac is not changing since it is older than recorded time, same for the lunar zodiac. The only thing worst than astrologers and science buffs freaking people out is a bunch of "pagans" who do not realize there have always been 2 separate zodiacs as they fixate on holding to only the solar

 

Sidereal vs. tropical astrology. So not news there's a huge Wikipedia article. ;) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidereal_astrology

 

Brezsney explains it fairly clearly: http://freewillastrology.com/guest_astros.html

It's not "Lunar" vs. "Solar" (at least not in this case), it's Sidereal vs. Tropical. The current use of the Western sign system doesn't depend on the stellar sphere, only the solar system. The signs have not directly connected with the actual constellations from which they take their names in quite some time - and don't need to. Technically, "Astrology" is a misnomer, in that "Astr-", like "Stellar" refers to the stars, specifically. But that's beside the point. Language drift happens all the time. And as @ladywiththemeadcup pointed out, procession has been happening all along, and isn't a surprise, nor is it news. It's not news to Astronomers either, who have been pointing out the discrepancy for decades at least. I know I first learned it in my astronomy classes in college, and it was old news then. I figured - correctly - that modern astrology simply doesn't depend on the placement of the constellations themselves, so much as the calendar.

 

Technically, the Moon doesn't have 13 signs. It has28 Mansions. They're thought to be Arabic in origin, and reflect (to me) one of the high points of astrological innovation. As near as I can tell, they have little to do with your birth chart, and a lot to do with circumstances of the current moment. For example, as I write this, the Moon is in the fourth mansion — the begetter or discord, the emptier of gold-mines and wells, and the thrower-down of towers. YMMV, of course.

 

modern astrologers rely on calendrical dates, not on the motion of the stars — except for about 1% of the astrological community, who actually go and observe where the planets are. The 1%, though, tend to be magicians who care about the process of making observations and understanding the relationships of the stars in the sky. For example, yesterday I was working on something that required it to be a Thursday, at the first hour of the day, when Jupiter was in the constellation of Pisces. I did my work, but I'm not entirely happy with it. Pisces was below the southeastern horizon at the time, and Jupiter didn't rise into the sky until three hours later.

Managing the deep-time calculations necessary for Precession of the Equinoxes, and accounting for them in astrology, is a bit like building an atomic bomb and then using it to kill off the mosquitoes in your back yard. The astronomical signs shift 1° every 72 years... It takes around 2,160 years for a star at the start of the sign to move to the end of the sign, thus defining the Great Months or Ages, like "this is the dawning of the Age of Aquarius..." But it's not a precise thing.

In 17 AD, guests on a party boat off the island of Capri at the Summer Solstice heard a man shouting on the shore to them, asking if a particular navigator was on board. They inquired, and learned he was on board, and brought him up. The two men, one on sea and one on shore, exchanged greetings with each other and the man on land reported that "The Great God Pan is dead." The navigator shredded his clothes and cried aloud, and asked if the man on land was sure. The landlubber agreed that it was, and there was more wailing and crying, and the navigator reported it in the taverns when they returned to land.

Eventually the guests reported this strange conversation to Tiberius the new emperor, who sent envoys through the empire to "enquire of those who know" if this tale was true, that the Great God Pan was dead. Eventually the news came back that yes, indeed, it was true, and there was a funeral procession for the god through the streets of Rome. As near as anyone can tell, Pan was associated with the star Sirius, which used to rise just before the Sun on the Summer Solstice — and hasn't since around 20 AD, give or take five years. Precession of the Equinoxes at work! Today, Sirius rises on July 23, just before the Sun does.

All of this winds up being a long-and-roundabout way of saying, "yes the signs are moving. Yes, in another couple of 2160-year cycles, the astrological signs are going to be so completely unrelated to the star patterns on which they're based. Yes, if you want to get really technical about it, most of us were born under different stars than our astrology charts would suggest.

"But all of that ignores the cultural paradigms into which we were brought up. If the next cultural paradigm chooses to return to sidereal astrology, that's their business. We have other things to worry about besides fixing astrology, after all, because we live in the Age of Aquarius — ruled by Saturn, the planet of limitations, boundaries, endings and the inexorability of justice — on a planet with finite resources. And that age is just beginning.

 

All ancient Pagans (and those who seek the deepest past truths) know about the serpent goddess, Opheucus, that was removed from the 13th moon cycle (NATURAL) by xenophobic christian popes who have something to hide. The "war in the heavens" continues to this day under another name - it all depends where our current paradigm is at. Serpents of truth are feared and edited out by "angels" many times throughout history by the very people they control the most, "the church". The serpents speak too much truth about who made us and what we are here for and in doing so have liberated (SOME OF) us and freed god's little pets, according to the "angels". Someone getting jealous out there about telling the humans about why they were created perhaps and ruining their grand illusion of being all alone in the universe and to worship only "one true god"? The Elohim are not what they seem - mere gold-diggers who were too lazy and ill-equipped to do their own manual labour so they created hybrids, chimera, to do their bidding. Ancient Sumerians and Lloyd Pye's research combined have the best examples I can think of off hand... besides PERSONAL encounters that I refuse to get into here on FetLife. 13th sign? Yeah, I know her all too well... personally.

Refs:
1. http://www.google.ca/images?hl=en&source=imghp&…
2. http://all.gloria.tv/?media=59063
3. Keyword: COHRA (amazing when all data compiled and compared).