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he
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.
he
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.
he constellation of
Ophiuchus is the only sign of the Zodiac which is linked to a real man.
This
man lived in ancient
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
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TRUE ZODIAC AS OF 2000 AD
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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
TO LEARN MORE ABOUT THE 'SNAKE' IN THE GARDEN OF EDEN, THE 'SNAKES' OF IRELAND, AND THE ASSOCIATION WITH THE MEDICAL PROFESSION, READ:
"Keeper of the Celtic Secrets" by Betty Rhodes - see http://the-red-thread.net for info.
The Caduceus [left]
depicts two entwined snakes set upon a rod, and was the ancient symbol
of Hermes, the Greek god of merchants. Today it is a common and
popular
symbol of the medical and allied professions. If you have ever sat in waiting room chairs of a doctor's reading a medical journal, then you have come across the Caduceus.Asclepius (an ancient greek physician who was deified as the god of medicine) is traditionally depicted as a bearded man wearing a robe that leaves his chest uncovered and holding a staff with his sacred single serpent coiled around it
symbolizing renewal of youth as the serpent casts off
its skin. The single serpent staff also appears on a Sumerian vase of
c.
2000 B.C. representing the healing god Ningishita, the prototype of the
Greek
Asklepios.The probable medical origin of the single serpent around a rod: In ancient times infection by parasitic worms was common. The filarial worm Dracunculus medinensis aka "the fiery serpent", aka "the dragon of Medina" aka "the guinea worm" crawled around the victim's body, just under the skin. Physicians treated this infection by cutting a slit in the patient's skin, just in front of the worm's path. As the worm crawled out the cut, the physician carefully wound the pest around a stick until the entire animal had been removed. It is believed that because this type of infection was so common, physicians advertised their services by displaying a sign with the worm on a stick.
see: Imhotep as Joseph for additional Ophiuchus description
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