ASTRONOMICAL ASPECTS OF THE BIRTH OF
JESUS CHRIST (SUPPLEMENT THREE)
Figure 5. First conjunction of Jupiter with Regulus in the constellation Leo. Jupiter eclipsed (ekleipsei, see Figure 1) Regulus. At the upper left we can see the name
of a constellation related to Virgo, now called Coma Berenices,
but that in old times was called “Comah” in Hebrew,
“The desired of the nations”, which was represented as a mother with a child
in her lap. Here, the child’s name represents Jesus Christ. At the
bottom right we can see the name of a constellation called Hydra, which represents
Satan as the old serpent, which has its head smashed by the feet of Leo.
Figure 6. The full moon (phase 1) is here represented by the
transparent circle slightly over the ecliptic, and is covering (ekleipsei, Figure 1) Regulus.
Jupiter is seen ascending in retrograde motion, to be in conjunction with Regulus for the second time (of three).