Jesus was not Born in September

Revelation was written before 70 AD, since it describes John measuring the Temple. The Temple was destroyed during the Sagittariun ingress of the Galactic Center. It was written during the reign of Emperor Galba in 68 AD.

Revelation 12 is the basis of the September birth of Jesus.

1 And a great sign appeared in heaven: A woman clothed with the sun, and the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars: 2 And being with child, she cried travailing in birth, and was in pain to be delivered. 3 And there was seen another sign in heaven: and behold a great red dragon, having seven heads, and ten horns: and on his heads seven diadems: 4 And his tail drew the third part of the stars of heaven, and cast them to the earth: and the dragon stood before the woman who was ready to be delivered; that, when she should be delivered, he might devour her son. 5 And she brought forth a man child, who was to rule all nations with an iron rod: and her son was taken up to God, and to his throne.

The academics read this as an astrology passage. They see “woman clothed with the Sun” as Sun in Virgo. “Moon at her feet” they read as the Moon being positioned at the feet of the Virgo constellation. They also read the passage as being about the birth of Jesus, and thus this passage giving a natal horoscope of when Jesus was born. This interpretation is a contemporary read. It is proposed by Dr. Michael Heiser, which prevents me from being condescending in attacking it. I like Heiser. However, this is a fashionable academic take. Academics get the fun of decoding a puzzle using a mysterius magical system (astrology) and then get to play with Stellarium until they find the moon underneath Virgo.

The September birthdate is so minority that it is not even mentioned by Finegan and other Biblical chronologists. There is a good reason for this. Ancient, First Century people knew the constellations and astrology better than professors of religious studies. If the Bible said the Sun was in Virgo when Jesus was born, there would be no tradition of a December birth date. The December 25th birth date is named by early Christians (St. John Chrystothem, and others earlier).

The passage is not an astrological passage. The imagery is apocalyptic and draws from more ancient visions and prophecies in the Old Testament. The woman is the Church. This draws from Genesis 3 where there is enmity between the Serpent’s seed and the woman’s children. These are not always literal, but a more spiritual lineage. The end of Chapter 12 spells this out: The seed of the woman are those who keep the commandments of God and follow Jesus. The seed of the woman is the Church. “Clothed with the Sun” is an image of glory, immortality, and God. The Church is protected by the glory of God. “The Moon at her feet” is saying she is over darkness. The Sun is her clothing, the Moon is beneath her. This is not astrology language. Astrology was already an ancient discipline in 68AD. Many prominent astrologers we still follow and read have already written their books. Ptolemy wrote his book in the BC…Manilus was writing in the 1st Century…..Astrology, complete with houses and charts, was already around. None of these astrologers cared about the Moon being positioned in a particular spot of a constellation. This is not astrology. And it’s not a celestial omen (an occultion would be more proper for lunar omen).

The Christmas birthdate is attested to early and often. The only other proposed month and day is January 6th. I go with the Christmas chart as its validated through transits and synastry. The synastry can be seen in my articles on St. Rose of Lima and Catherine of Sienna. Further proof will be given in my future articles on the crucifixion and resurrection. For now, you can see the synastry between these saints married to Jesus no longer exists. For St. Rose, it was a Juno-Juno conjunct. That does not exist anymore.

For Catherine of Sienna, she also loses the conjunct:

For St. Gemma, she has a 30 degree aspect between her Juno and Jesus’ Juno. In the September chart, she loses that aspect for what is a loose conjunct at best:

So, I find the September chart to be unvalidated.