Tuesday, October 9, 2012

Jupiter between the Horns

Taurus just above the treetops last night, was the brightest I've ever seen him—The Pleiades carried on his shoulder, his face aglow with The Hyades, that burning orange eye Aldebaran, and those mighty horns.

More impressive yet, Jupiter blazed between his horns. Jupiter the king planet, Messiah's star, leading the charge of that great bull.

"In majesty he is like a firstborn bull; his horns are the horns of a wild ox. With them he will gore the nations, even those at the ends of the earth," Deuteronomy 33:17.

War is coming to this earth. The nations will be gored. But God's people, pictured in The Pleiades and the Hyades, though suffering the outrage of violent men, are securely attached to Messiah and will someday share in his reign.

I wish I could share a photo of Taurus last night, but this is the best I could find. If you're not familiar with Taurus, click on PHOTO below, which will open in another window (you'll have to scroll down a bit to see it) and follow the description below.

PHOTO 

Taurus is just rising in the east, and so he's standing on his head. (Later in the night, due south,  he'll be  upright; later still he'll set in the west, shoulder down.) The bright cluster at the top is The Pleiades (Taurus's shoulder). The brightest object near the bottom is Venus (not presently there). Half way between those two objects is Jupiter. From Jupiter, move your eyes to the right along that line of stars and then back to the left along the lower line of stars, forming a V. (If you squint your eyes it may stand out better.) The V is the face, made up of the loose cluster the Hyades. The brightest star of the V is Aldebaran, Taurus's eye. Jupiter is just where the upper horn begins, and it ends at El Nath, that brightest star near the top right of the tallest tree.

Let me know if my explanation helped you!




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