Accadeic goddess, worshipped in Mesopatamia. One of the most important gates to Babylonia (Babel = Gate of the God) was the Isjtar gate. Her name means 'star' or 'womb'. She is a fighter, the goddess of war and of wisdom, destroyer of the land. She is an accadaic goddess, mostly known in Babylonia. She is also called 'Irninitum', meaning raging lion, as well as 'Iabattu' (Lyoness) and complainer.
Isjtar is the wargoddess as the morning star 'Dilbah' and goddess of love as the evening star 'Zib' (=Venus). The Zodiak and the rainbow are here symbols. Her title is Erua, also known as Inanna. She chose the king for her sacred marriage and took care of babies being born.
She is often mentioned as daughter of Anu, the god of the heavens. Her beloved dies and resurrects every year in the sheperd god Tammoetz or Adon Tammoetz, Adon meaning 'Lord'. The priestesses of Enheduanna, daughter of king Sargon, the founder of the city of Accad, made her equal to the Sumerian Inanna.

Her texts date back to 2,300 BCE, they are the oldest known texts with an autobiograhpichal character. Isjtar is the goddess of het fertile fields and herds, she is the mistress of the souverain land.
Her titles are 'Lady of Birth', 'Lady of the Bright Moon', 'Lady of the Morning and Evening Star', 'Goddess of Battle', 'Bringer of Justice and Law', 'Protector of the weak', 'Mother of fertile breasts', 'Happy Looking Lady of Passion and Desire'. She is also called Sharrat Shame (Queen of the Heavens). She is the goddess of war and blessing, compared with the Hindu goddess Durga. She is virgin and mother, goddess of love and sex.

Isjtar is identified as the star Sirius. On a Assyrian role dating back to 700 BCE she is pictured standing on a lion, with bow and arrow in her hands. She is surrounded by stars. The position of Sirius in conjuncion with the constellation of Lion in the monthe of July was the sign that the dry and hot season was coming. With her bow and arrow Inanna (Isjtar) destroyed the earth and the people. The month was named after Isjtars dead lover: Tammoetz.

To her the lions, dragons, griffins and the bull of heaven belong. She wore a eight pointed star on her shield. Her vulva is symbolized by objects made by lapis lazuli and gold. She wore the water, representing the rain she would send again after the dry season. As the planet Venus she represents a triade with the moon (Sin) and the sun (Sjamasj).

Isjtars' father is the god of heaven Anu. She was the patroness of Uruk, her anual marriage with the Lord of Uruk was meant to keep feritility safe. The ritual was held on newyears day with the following text: "My parts are well wetted lands. Who will drive the oxes?" Her story and that of Inanna are not completely similar. According to some versions the king is to be offered at the ending of his rule, just like in the story of Gilgamesj, who refuses to marry Isjtar.

Los ciclos del año de 360 días y del año de 260 días se combinan aun con otro ciclo, el de Venus, que dura 384 días. Este ciclo empieza con la salida helíaca de Venus, en el Este, como la Estrella Matutina. La Estrella Matutina sale durante unos 240 días, elevándose cada mañana más temprano y menguando su brillo a medida que se aleja cada vez más del sol. Si bien desaparece frente al sol durante unos 90 días, vuelve a aparecer como Estrella Vespertina durante otro lapso de unos 240 días, aumentando constantemente su brillo, y luego desaparece una vez más en el sol durante unos 14 días, cuando reaparece, elevándose helíacamente y comenzando el ciclo siguiente. El ciclo completo consiste en dos prolongados períodos: en el primero, la Estrella aparece sobre el sol matutino en el Este, y en el segundo aparece en el crepúsculo vespertino en el Oeste. Estos dos períodos de aparición están separados por períodos de invisibilidad. A diferencia de los demás planetas, Venus no parece moverse independientemente por la bóveda celeste sino que se desplaza como si el sol lo atara con una invisible cuerda elástica. Su relación solar concuerda con el mito que lo identifica con el dios que resucita de las cenizas del sol.

El ciclo de Venus se combina con otros ciclos en intervalos periódicos. Después de cinco años de Venus, su ciclo coincide con el ciclo solar, puesto que 5 x 584 es igual a 8 x 365 = 2.290 días. O sea, que 5 años sinódicos de Venus equivalen a 8 años solares.El mismo día-signo y el mismo número sólo ocurren nuevamente cada 65 ciclos de Venus, o sea, 65 x 584 = 37.960 días, la cantidad de días de 104 años solares, lo cual equivale a dos "atados" (o haces) de 52 años. El ciclo solar de 365 días, el ciclo sagrado de 260 días y el ciclo de Venus coinciden después de haber transcurrido dos "siglos" de 52 años.

Las desapariciones y reapariciones de Venus son las analogías estelares del mito de Quetzalcóatl-Kukulcan. El planeta Venus es Quetzalcóatl, "La Serpiente-quetzal" o "La Serpiente Emplumada", denominación cuyo significado puede también interpretarse como "los gemelos preciosos", con referencia a las dos apariciones del planeta que semejan estrellas gemelas. La Estrella Matutina es Quetzal, "La Preciosa". Una versión del mito de Quetzalcóatl cuenta cómo él se arrojó a una pira funeraria compungido por haber roto con su estado de castidad estando ebrio. Su corazón se elevó desde las cenizas, remontándose hacia el cielo hasta convertirse en la Estrella Matutina. Otra versión cuenta que, después de morir y antes de resucitar y ascender a su trono en el cielo, en el que reina como el planeta Venus, Quetzalcóatl permaneció invisible durante varios días mientras vagó por el averno. Venus, la Estrella Matutina que nace en el Este y después desaparece antes de reaparecer en el oeste como la Estrella Vespertina, cruza el universo tal como lo hace una nave por el agua. El paso a través del cosmos significa el paso de la muerte hacia el renacimiento. La salida helíaca de la Estrella Matutina en el Este es de mal augurio. Por ello, cuando Quetzalcóatl reaparece después de estar en el averno, arroja al cielo sus lanzas y sus rayos luminosos. Si atraviesa con sus lanzas a un dios, los dones que éste confiera se perderán por ese año; si atraviesa con ellas a la Diosa de las Aguas, habrá sequía; y si hiende al Dios de los Laberintos, entonces fracasarán las cosechas. Cada víctima significa algún aspecto de la vida diaria.Esto se halla ilustrado en la Tabla de Venus del Códex de Dresden, en cuyas páginas hay imágenes en las que Venus desaparece antes de su salida helíaca y en las que Quetzalcóatl atraviesa víctimas con las lanzas de sus rayos luminosos en el cielo del amanecer, y que tal como se lo presenta son de mal augurio.  Adrian Snodgrass. Traducción: Héctor V. Morel

Venus and Earth reveal a phi relationship

Venus and the Earth are linked in an unusual relationship involving phi.  Start by letting Mercury represent the basic unit of orbital distance and period in the solar system:

 Curiously enough we find:

Ö Period of Venus * Phi = Distance of the Earth 

Ö 2.5490 * 1.6180339 = 1.5966 * 1.6180339 = 2.5833

In addition, Venus orbits the Sun in 224.695 days while Earth orbits the Sun in 365.242 days, creating a ratio of 8/13 (both Fibonacci numbers) or 0.615 (roughly phi.)  Thus 5 conjunctions of Earth and Venus occur every 8 orbits of the Earth around the Sun and every 13 orbits of Venus.

Mercury, on the other hand, orbits the Sun in 87.968 Earth days, creating a conjunction with the Earth every 115.88 days.  Thus there are 365.24/115.88 conjunctions in a year, or 22 conjunctions in 7 years, which is very close to Pi!

See more relationships at the Solar Geometry site.

http://www.goldennumber.net/solarsys.htm

Phi and the Solar System

The dimensions of the Earth and Moon are in Phi relationship, forming a Golden Triangle

The illustration above shows the relative sizes of the Earth and the Moon to scale.

• Draw a radius of the Earth (1)
• Draw a line from the center point of the Earth to the center point of the Moon (square root of Phi)
• Draw a line to connect the two lines to form a Golden Triangle (Phi).

Using dimensions from Wikipedia and geometry's classic Pythagorean Theorem, this is expressed mathematically as follows:

This geometric construction is the same as that which appears to have been used in the construction of the Great Pyramid of Egypt.

Source:  Hidden Nature by Alick Bartholomew.  Thanks to Sathimantha Malalasekera for bringing this to my attention.

Certain solar system orbital periods are related to phi

Saturn reveals a phi relationship in several of its dimensions

The diameter of Saturn is in a phi relationship with the diameter of its rings, as illustrated by the green lines. The inner ring division is in a phi relationship with the diameter of the rings outside the sphere of the planet, as illustrated by the blue lines. The Cassini division in the rings of Saturn falls at the Golden Section of the width of the lighter outside section of the rings. Note:  Phi grid showing Golden Ratio lines provided by PhiMatrix software.

A closer look at Saturn's rings reveals a darker inner ring which exhibits the same  golden section proportion as the brighter outer ring.

Venus and Earth reveal a phi relationship

Venus and the Earth are linked in an unusual relationship involving phi.  Start by letting Mercury represent the basic unit of orbital distance and period in the solar system:

 Curiously enough we find:

Ö Period of Venus * Phi = Distance of the Earth 

Ö 2.5490 * 1.6180339 = 1.5966 * 1.6180339 = 2.5833

In addition, Venus orbits the Sun in 224.695 days while Earth orbits the Sun in 365.242 days, creating a ratio of 8/13 (both Fibonacci numbers) or 0.615 (roughly phi.)  Thus 5 conjunctions of Earth and Venus occur every 8 orbits of the Earth around the Sun and every 13 orbits of Venus.

Mercury, on the other hand, orbits the Sun in 87.968 Earth days, creating a conjunction with the Earth every 115.88 days.  Thus there are 365.24/115.88 conjunctions in a year, or 22 conjunctions in 7 years, which is very close to Pi!

See more relationships at the Solar Geometry site.

Relative planetary distances average to Phi

The average of the mean orbital distances of each successive planet in relation to the one before it approximates phi:

Note:  We sometimes forget about the asteroids when thinking of the planets in our solar system.  Ceres, the largest asteroid, is nearly spherical, comprises over one-third the total mass of all the asteroids and is thus the best of these minor planets to represent the asteroid belt.  (Insight on mean orbital distances contributed by Robert Bartlett.)

2005 unveiled the discovery of a 10th planet called 2003UB313.  It was found at a distance of 97 times that of the Earth from the Sun.  Its ratio to Pluto would thus be 2.47224, much higher than any previous planet to planet orbital distance ratio.  Could it be that this is actually the 11th planet and the 10th planet will be found at an orbit whose ratio is 1.52793 times that of Pluto, preserving the phi average?  Time will only tell, but if it happens remember that you heard it here first.

The shape of the Universe itself is a dodecahedron based on Phi

New findings in 2003 based on the study of data from NASA's Wilkinson Microwave Anisotropy Probe (WMAP) on cosmic background radiation reveal that the universe is finite and shaped like a dodecahedron, a geometric shape based on pentagons, which are based on phi.   The the Universe page for more.
 

A Heavenly Annuniciation?

I recently received an email asking if I thought the recent conjunction between Venus and Jupiter, together with the crescent Moon and the Pleiades (perhaps better known as the "seven sisters") on the feast of the Annunciation on 25th March held any significance. I remember reading an interesting blog article on this subject which Spirit Daily linked to around the time of this event, but hadn't really given it much thought until I was asked about it (hence the lateness of this post in relation to event in question). The full article can be found on Daniel O'Connor's blog here, and I'll quote some of the relevant content below:

On March 25, 2012, millions of Christians (Catholic and Orthodox) will celebrate the “Annunciation” – which commemorates the conception of Jesus. This March 25, there will be a neat astronomical arrangement in the sky, that seems to mesh nicely. See the description below:

 

The sky will be spectacular in the west after sunset on March 25, 2012, with the waxing crescent moon and the planet Jupiter very close to each other in the evening twilight sky. Plus Venus is nearby – the sky’s brightest planet. You’ll see Jupiter and the moon below Venus in the west after sunset. The famous Pleiades star cluster is above Venus.

( Image and text from http://earthsky.org/tonight/moon-and-jupiter-closest-in-west-after-sunset-march-25-2012 )

 

For centuries Mary has been referred to as the “Morning Star”, the popular name of the Planet Venus. In this configuration, the Morning Star appears with the moon at her feet. The Pleiades (from “peleiades” the Greek word for doves) overshadows the Morning Star. Jupiter, the “King Planet” approaches the configuration. The symbolism is striking. This is a interesting arrangement for the mystery of the Annunciation which heralds Christ’s coming through Mary.

We should first note that while the practise of astrology (attempting to discern future events through an elaborate system of occult interpretation) is condemned by the Church, the Bible clearly teaches that important events are often heralded by symbolic astronomical and geophysical phenomena. For example the birth of Christ was accompanied by the appearance of the Star of Bethlehem. And during his eschatological discourse on Mount Olivet, Jesus explicitly states that great signs would appear in the heavens before His Second Coming:

There will be great earthquakes, and in various places famines and pestilences. And there will be terrors and great signs from heaven.(Luke 21:11)

 “And there will be signs in sun and moon and stars, and on the earth distress of nations in perplexity because of the roaring of the sea and the waves, people fainting with fear and with foreboding of what is coming on the world. For the powers of the heavens will be shaken. And then they will see the Son of Man coming in a cloud with power and great glory. Now when these things begin to take place, straighten up and raise your heads, because your redemption is drawing near.”(Luke 21:25-28)

This is followed by Peter's eschatological sermon during the descent of the Holy Spirit at Pentecost:

And I will show wonders in the heavens above and signs on the earth below, blood, and fire, and vapor of smoke; the sun shall be turned to darkness and the moon to blood, before the day of the Lord comes, the great and magnificent day.(Acts 2:19-20)

The Book of Revelation also foretold that the unbinding of Satan's chains "for a little while" (which I argue corresponds to the "100" years given to Satan in the Prophecy of Pope Leo XIII) would be signified by a star fallen to earth:

Then I saw an angel coming down from heaven, holding in his hand the key to the bottomless pit and a great chain. And he seized the dragon, that ancient serpent, who is the devil and Satan, and bound him for a thousand years, and threw him into the pit, and shut it and sealed it over him, so that he might not deceive the nations any longer, until the thousand years were ended. After that he must be released for a little while.
 (Rev 20:1-3)

And the fifth angel blew his trumpet, and I saw a star fallen from heaven to earth, and he was given the key to the shaft of the bottomless pit. He opened the shaft of the bottomless pit, and from the shaft rose smoke like the smoke of a great furnace, and the sun and the air were darkened with the smoke from the shaft. Then from the smoke came locusts on the earth...
(Rev 9:1-3)

(See the earlier post Tunguska, Pope Leo XIII, and the Opening of the Abyss, where I equate this "fallen star" to the Tunguska event of 1908)

And the sounding of the third trumpet in Rev 8 was predicted to be accompanied by the sign of a great star falling from heaven "blazing like a torch" (which I equate with the last appearance of Halley's Comet and its timing in relation to the Chernobyl disaster in the post Chernobyl, Wormwood, and the Hrushiv Apparitions).

Perhaps most importantly, the opening of the sixth seal in the Book of Revelation was foretold to be accompanied by a combination of an earthquake, a total solar eclipse, a total lunar eclipse and a major meteor shower (which in the post Signs in the Sky, I point out all occurred at the turn of the millennium centred on modern Turkey - the location of Pergamum in Asia Minor, which the Apocalypse identifies as "the throne of Satan" in Rev 2:13).
As I argue in Unveiling the Apocalypse, the eschatological astronomical phenomena described at the opening of the sixth seal in Rev 6, is once again recapitulated in Rev 12. The Woman Adorned with the Sun with the Moon at her feet represents a total solar eclipse - which corresponds to the Sun turning "black as sackcloth" in Rev 6:12. The Moon at the Woman's feet represents the Dragon intent on devouring her Child, and the red colour of the Dragon represents the reddish hue typical of a total lunar eclipse, which in turn corresponds to the Moon becoming blood-red at the opening of the sixth seal. And the Dragon sweeping a third of the stars from the sky in Rev 12:4, directly refers to the stars falling from the sky in Rev 6:13 (which is also recapitulated again at the sounding of the fourth trumpet in Rev 8:12, when a third of the Sun, Moon and stars are struck).
The twelve stars around the Woman's head are traditionally associated with the Twelve Apostles; but they also represent the twelve tribes of Israel, as is shown by the allusion of this verse to Joseph's dream in Gen 37:


Then he dreamed another dream and told it to his brothers and said, “Behold, I have dreamed another dream. Behold, the sun, the moon, and eleven stars were bowing down to me.”(Gen 37:9)

The eleven stars symbolise the sons of Jacob who make up the tribes of Israel, with the tribe of Joseph being divided between his two sons - Mannaseh and Ephraim, bringing the number up to twelve.
So the twelve stars around the Woman's head in Rev 12 is a further allusion to the opening of the sixth seal, which includes the sealing of the 144,000 from the twelve tribes of Israel in Rev 7.

The manifold similarities between the opening of the sixth seal in Rev 6 and the sealing of the saints in Rev 7, held in juxtaposition with the unfolding of the Divine Drama of Rev 12 and marking of the inhabitants of the earth with the mark of the Beast in Rev 13, further confirms that the bestowing of the saints with the Seal of God is an antithetical parallelism to those who are marked with the number of the Beast. Chapters 6 and 7 of the Apocalypse are therefore directly connected with chapters 12-13, and forms a theological diptych which deliberately contrasts these portions of the Book of Revelation.

Since they both describe the same events, the astronomical signs at the opening of the sixth seal thus herald the eschatological casting of Satan to earth described in Rev 12 (which must be distinguished from his primordial fall from grace), and the subsequent rise of the Beast from the sea to mark the inhabitants of the earth in Rev 13 should be considered to be a direct inversion of the sealing of the saints in Rev 7 - events which logically would coincide at the same moment in real-time.

Now that we have determined that astrology should be clearly distinguished from the Bible's admonition to regard certain astronomical signs as portentous of contemporary and future world events, we can safely discuss whether the particular planetary conjunction on the 25th March may be imbued with any religious significance.
Since it took place on the feast of the Annunciation, it would follow that any particular event this may signify would only be revealed nine months later - the gestation period of an unborn child. So we could safely assert that we would know exactly if it does indeed herald any future event during the Christmas period - close to the rather ominous date of 21st December 2012. We will only know that it was truly a sign if anything of historical or religious importance occurs around this time period.
As exactly to what event it could herald can only be guessed at. We can be almost certain that it is not the Second Coming of Christ, since the Catechism of the Catholic Church states that this pivotal moment in salvation history is delayed until the future conversion of the Jews - an event which is synonymous with the Second Pentecost and the preaching of the Gospel to the ends of the earth:

"The glorious Messiah's coming is suspended at every moment of history until his recognition by "all Israel", for "a hardening has come upon part of Israel" in their "unbelief" toward Jesus. St. Peter says to the Jews of Jerusalem after Pentecost: "Repent therefore, and turn again, that your sins may be blotted out, that times of refreshing may come from the presence of the Lord, and that he may send the Christ appointed for you, Jesus, whom heaven must receive until the time for establishing all that God spoke by the mouth of his holy prophets from of old." St. Paul echoes him: "For if their rejection means the reconciliation of the world, what will their acceptance mean but life from the dead?" The "full inclusion" of the Jews in the Messiah's salvation, in the wake of "the full number of the Gentiles", will enable the People of God to achieve "the measure of the stature of the fullness of Christ", in which "God may be all in all".
(CCC 674 See full text here)

We have clearly not reached the stage of the conversion of the Jews at the Second Pentecost just yet, but there are other prophesied events that it may concern. The promised religious revival to take place at the Second Pentecost is almost certainly the next major prophesied event that is to take place - at least according to any provisional schedule which may be determined from analysing the eschatological events foretold in Scripture.
So could it herald the coming of the Second Pentecost itself? This event seems to be intimately related to the prophecies of the ministry of the Two Witnesses and the martyrdom of a future pontiff. And in turn these events also appear to be connected to the "great sign" promised in various prophecies, including those of St. Fautina and Our Lady of Akita. Therefore any of these events are the most likely prophetic occurrences yet to unfold at the highly significant schedule relating to the date of 21st December 2012.
Yet foremostly it has to be admitted that the most likely explanation is that this particular date bears no significance at all to the date of the end-time (especially not to Christianity), and that like every other prophesied date purporting to pinpoint the end of the world, it will come to nought. We can only be left guessing until nearer the time. Either way, it is extremely unwise to tie ourselves to an exact date - especially when we know that the coming of the Lord will be as a "thief in the night" (Rev 16:15), and that we should always be prepared for the arrival of the Groom. Attempting to to preempt this crescendo of salvation history through the process of logic is all but impossible.
We can only conclude with the same prayer as the apostle himself and subject ourselves to the immanent glory of Christ  - Maranatha! "Come, Lord Jesus!" (Rev 22:20).

martes, 9 de noviembre de 2010

9 de Noviembre: el día de la Libertad. La caída del Muro de Berlín.

 

El 9 de noviembre de 1989 caía el Muro de Berlín, un muro de unos 50 kilómetros de largo y 4 de alto que durante 28 años dividió a Berlín Occidental de la República Democrática Alemana (RDA). Su eliminación significó el fin del régimen de la RDA y de los regímenes comunistas en Europa Oriental. El muro comenzó a construirse el 13 de agosto de 1961.

http://vozdelalibertad.blogspot.com.ar/2010/11/9-de-noviembre-el-dia-de-la-libertad-la.html

 

13 DE AGOSTO ES EL DIA DEL COMIENZO DEL CALENDARIO MAYA. El dia 13/8 es el dia numero 225, numero interrelacionado con el CICLO DE VENUS. Esto tambien nos da un nexo con el 13/8.

 

APOCALIPSIS 22:16 (NUMERO PI)/VENUS, EL LUCERO DE LA

 

13 de octubre fue la caida de los templarios-Misterio del 13/8

 

MISTERIO DEL 9 DE NOVIEMBRE (OTRO 911)

 

¿CALENDARIO MAYA TERMINA EN JANUKAH?

The definition of a Venus "inferior conjunction" is Venus being positioned between the Sun and Earth or in other words the formation of a Sun-Venus-Earth alignment. When it's so precise that Venus passes right in front of the Sun as seen from the Earth, it's called the "Transit of Venus" which occurs very rarely and in pairs. We are currently in the middle of a "Mayan Venus transit pair" in 2004/2012.

Something magical happens when you trace a series of successive Venus inferior conjunctions. By the time you reach the 6th conjunction, you will have drawn a near-perfect pentagram inscribed inside the Earth orbit. A Venus Transit pair - separated by 8 years - has four inferior conjunction between them, six in total, neatly completing one pentagram in that time span.

For the current transit pair, October 29, 2010 was the last conjunction before the pentagram is complete, back at the starting position. Venus was "reborn" there as the "Morning Star." In fact, Every Venus inferior conjunction entails Venus first becoming "invisible" for a few days: During daytime Venus is too close to the Sun for observation, during nighttime Venus is hidden below the horizon with the Sun. Then as Venus progresses forward along its orbit and increasingly farther away from the alignment or the Sun, Venus begins to make a brief reappearance just before sunrise. Each morning Venus will be visible for a longer period of time and higher in the sky. This is a phase of Venus when it's called the "Morning Star" also known as "Lucifer" (literally meaning "light bearer").

Chile's pentagrammic signature couldn't be more obvious, even magically reflected in its timing via "pentachronometry":

The phoenix, it suggested, was coming out of the Underworld...

["Phoenix" capsule used in dramatic Chile mine rescue]

...stressing the notion of "resurrection" in effect reiterating the narrative of Lucifer escaping the chthonic prison or the astronomical event of Venus's rebirth as the Morning Star. Then by way of pentachronometry it was subsequently implied that there is another, if not the main phoenix/Morning Star/Lucifer figure, in the form of William/Kate...

And from May 14:

May happens to be the traditional Mary's month in many cultures. It's associated with an old tradition called Tricesimum, or 'Thirty Day Devotion to Mary', originally held from August 15 to September 14 (closely overlapping the period of the Athens Olympic Games this summer). 

It was almost certainly no coincidence that the Games began on August 13, exactly 225 days after January 1, 2004, which matches Venus' orbital period around the Sun... 225 earth-days!