It was the original inhabitants of Egypt that named the Zodiac. They
did it by careful observation of the stars, which was possible because
they attained a much greater age than we currently do. Also by the fact that they could always see them in the pure
atmosphere rather than through clouded and polluted skies. Most of them would sleep during the heat of the day and only
venture outside in the coolness of the evening to do their work. They had the constellation constantly in their vision, which gave
them to opportunity to memorize the configuration of the stars. They observed the Zodiac as an immense circle which was divided
into twelve nearly equal parts, each segment having an individual
constellation within it. But the Zodiac also moves in such a way that after 30 days the sun
came to be under a different sign. Their New Year began during the period of the shortest days, which in
Egypt were always accompanied by rain.1)
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The stellar constellation present at this time was seen in
the simile of a shepherd emptying his bucket of water into a
trough meant for watering the animals.
The Ancients called such a man an Aquarius (Uodan) and gave
the same name to the constellation of the rainy period.
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During the rainy period fish were swept onto the banks of the
now flooded Nile and had to be caught before the water sank and they
would be on dry land and soon decay and the foul air would be all over
the land.
The fish were partly eaten on the spot and partly salted and dried in
the wind as a supply for the rest of the year.
The constellation under which the sun came to be in at that time of
the fish was therefore called the sign of the fish.
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After the sign of the fish the original inhabitants had to
care for their sheep which were shorn and mated.
This work took about thirty days and since the sun was under a new
sign they named this time period the ram.
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As the sun got stronger and the warm air of the south
collided with the cold air of the north it created storms.
They had the expression MAOR TZA, which means, "warm the sea,"
and symbolically it shows a warrior in full regalia. Later the
Roman term for the month of march –mars derived from the very ancient
MARIZA or MAOR IZA to warm the sea. The changing to the war god
Mars did not happen until later, and then only gradually.
After the sheep had been cared for, the ancient pastoral tribes used
this time period to look mainly after their cattle.
During this time the cows were usually in heat and
therefore the healthy ones were separated from the weak ones to ensure a
good strong breed.
The bull, which was very important to the Egyptians, lent his
name to the constellation under which the sun now came especially as it
loosely showed the outline of a bull on his hind legs.
Even the Roman Taurus originates from the very ancient "T A OUR SAT"
or TI A OUR SAT, meaning as much as "the bull’s time.
Also the coinciding Roman term for the month of April
(Aprilis) DATES BACK TO THE ANCIENT Egyptian tongue, namely to " A UPERI
LIZ" i.e. "bull opens gate to the pasture."
Some parts of this information has been paraphrased
from the out of Jakob Lorber and Franz Bardon. As the
above listed Zodiacal Signs are not complete you will find the remainder
of the Signs of the Zodiac and their origins in The Great Gospel of
John by Jakob Lorber.
