I saw the discussion about Zodiac signs in the other tread, so, i open this thread.
My zodiac sign is Pisces, but they told me that 20 March for some hours could have been Aries. A cusp, Pisces and Aries (last sign-first sign).
My ascendant is Virgo.
There are some things about the Zodiac that i find curious and appealing
My zodiac sign is Pisces, but they told me that 20 March for some hours could have been Aries. A cusp, Pisces and Aries (last sign-first sign).
My ascendant is Virgo.
There are some things about the Zodiac that i find curious and appealing
I don't really believe in astrology, too many different ideologies about it, also there aren't coherent or factual elements to understand and support it, but i'm open to different view.
It's interesting that the Western Zodiac, as a concept, was invented in Babylonia, during the time of the Achaemenid Empire, but its earliest visual representations are from the Hellenistic period and in ancient times, there were an entity or god inside the Zodiac wheel, mainly related to the Sun since the Zodiac signs are based on the revolution of the Earth around the Sun (sun signs).
Helios/Sol and the Zodiac
Mithras and the Zodiac
Aion, the god of eternity; inside a celestial sphere decorated with zodiac signs (in the wheel as the Mobius strip)
Phanes (protogonos) of Orphic cosmogony, often equated with Mithra and Eros. He was the first-born deity, he emerged from the abyss and gave birth to the universe. (in the wheel as the Mobius strip)
After the development of Christianity, Aion (and/or Phanes), Mithra and Helios/Sol were supplanted by Jesus Christ at the center of the Zodiac to represent the infinity, God incarnated, the Absolute, Alpha and Omega similarly to Aion that was the god of eternity or Helios and Mithra in the role of the Sun.
Jesus/the sun (sun-day and 25 December: Christmas based on the Roman Sol invictus) with 12 apostles, like the revolution of Earth around the Sun (12 months) and 12 Zodiac signs.
The representation of the Zodiac wheel with Aion and Phanes predate both the Mobius strip and the infinity symbol:
Moebius stip:
The Mobius strip is a non-orientable surface, where an observer can't distinguish clockwise from counterclockwise turns.
The Mobius strip as a mathematical object was discovered in 19th century, but it had already appeared in Roman mosaics from the third century CE in relation to the Zodiac wheel and the god Aion and in ancient manuscripts with Phanes and the Zodiac wheel.
Infinity Symbol:
The Infinity symbol was used mathematically for the first time by John Wallis's De Sectionibus Conicis in the 17th century, but, even in this case, the symbol was already used in ancient cultures, mythologies and religions mainly as the ouroboros (a serpent or dragon biting its own tail)
A Roman mosaic “infinity” symbol
"Infinity" symbol at the abbey of San Vittore alle Chiuse, an abbey already known in 11th century
In short: i find interesting that the ancient depiction of the Zodiac wheel (with Jesus and Aion, etc.) of the ancients' religions and mythologies are similar and/or predated both the Mobius strip and the symbol of infinity.
It's interesting that the Western Zodiac, as a concept, was invented in Babylonia, during the time of the Achaemenid Empire, but its earliest visual representations are from the Hellenistic period and in ancient times, there were an entity or god inside the Zodiac wheel, mainly related to the Sun since the Zodiac signs are based on the revolution of the Earth around the Sun (sun signs).
Helios/Sol and the Zodiac
Mithras and the Zodiac
Aion, the god of eternity; inside a celestial sphere decorated with zodiac signs (in the wheel as the Mobius strip)
Phanes (protogonos) of Orphic cosmogony, often equated with Mithra and Eros. He was the first-born deity, he emerged from the abyss and gave birth to the universe. (in the wheel as the Mobius strip)
After the development of Christianity, Aion (and/or Phanes), Mithra and Helios/Sol were supplanted by Jesus Christ at the center of the Zodiac to represent the infinity, God incarnated, the Absolute, Alpha and Omega similarly to Aion that was the god of eternity or Helios and Mithra in the role of the Sun.
Jesus/the sun (sun-day and 25 December: Christmas based on the Roman Sol invictus) with 12 apostles, like the revolution of Earth around the Sun (12 months) and 12 Zodiac signs.
The representation of the Zodiac wheel with Aion and Phanes predate both the Mobius strip and the infinity symbol:
Moebius stip:
The Mobius strip is a non-orientable surface, where an observer can't distinguish clockwise from counterclockwise turns.
The Mobius strip as a mathematical object was discovered in 19th century, but it had already appeared in Roman mosaics from the third century CE in relation to the Zodiac wheel and the god Aion and in ancient manuscripts with Phanes and the Zodiac wheel.
Infinity Symbol:
The Infinity symbol was used mathematically for the first time by John Wallis's De Sectionibus Conicis in the 17th century, but, even in this case, the symbol was already used in ancient cultures, mythologies and religions mainly as the ouroboros (a serpent or dragon biting its own tail)
A Roman mosaic “infinity” symbol
"Infinity" symbol at the abbey of San Vittore alle Chiuse, an abbey already known in 11th century
In short: i find interesting that the ancient depiction of the Zodiac wheel (with Jesus and Aion, etc.) of the ancients' religions and mythologies are similar and/or predated both the Mobius strip and the symbol of infinity.
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