Perseus Constellation Symbolism and Ancient Babylonian Astronomy

responsible for the decapitation of Medusa. Algol "The demon star, the Devil, the Head of Medusa" which was significator of hanging, decapitation.

4 Andromeda

Still Perseus, while returning home, sees a maiden chained to a cliff. This is Andromeda, daughter of Cassiopeia and Cepheus. The classical story tells that Cassiopeia had boasted of her daughter's beauty and that this surpassed in beauty all the nymphs of Poseidon, who complained to Poseidon, who then unleashed a tsunami and subsequently a sea monster that was raging. To appease the divinity, Cepheus had to sacrifice his daughter by chaining her and feeding her to the monster, if it had not been for Perseus's providential intervention who, after securing from the Father that he could make her his wife, freed her by killing the sea monster. The constellation was interpreted as the origin of "Boundary, Imprisonment". Andromeda corresponds to the reunion of the masculine principle with the feminine. It is the symbol of the soul reunited with the spirit. Indeed, in ancient Chaldea there was a star called Rainbow, precisely to confirm this union between heaven and earth. Alferat: the head of the woman in chains, means independence and freedom and was considered very favorable for love, wealth and prosperity.

Whale

To win and marry Andromeda, however, Perseus had to overcome the most telluric and atavistic aspects of the human soul, the strongest instincts represented by the monster synthesized by the constellation of the Whale. Beta Difda: Destruction by brute force; diseases and misfortunes, accidents.

Entry to the Underworld: Hydra, Crow, Cup

Generally, there is always this state of disintegration or dissolution that precedes every realization of the hero. This phase of the Work of descent into the individual's interiority and dissolution of the individual's psychic functions is represented by three constellations united together: The Crow, the Hydra and the Crater. Crow Algorab: destruction, dissolution, dissolution rules the black, the night, the Black Work.

Hydra

In the time of the ancient Babylonians these 3 constellations were closely linked together. The Hydra was a very long serpent that even encompassed part of Cancer. It was called by the Chaldeans Ningizzida, the Serpent of the Afterlife. In the sky there are 3 fundamental serpents: 1. The constellation of the Dragon that guards the Celestial Pole and that of the Ecliptic 2. The constellation of Ophiuchus that has the serpent whose head indicates the Crown 3. The Hydra that carries the Cup and the Crow on its back. Later it was considered the serpent affiliated with evil. Al Fard: The heart of the Hydra gives knowledge of human nature, strong passions, lack of self-control, rebellious actions, risk of death by suffocation. It represents the passage to the underworld to other states of consciousness, the passage into the world of the dead, before being able to ascend to the celestial temple.

5 The Celestial Temple

The head of the Hydra indeed leads directly into the constellation of Cancer also called the Gate of Men, and immediately followed by Gemini or the two Columns of the Temple. Gemini: Entry, the two Columns. They were called by the Chaldeans the Great Twins and the Small Twins: Strength and Grace, they refer us again to two qualities that are divine, but that man must simultaneously reconcile and develop in himself. Capella in Auriga having the mission of leading beings toward their first knowledge toward God.

The Orient

Orion: The true shepherd of Anu; the messenger of the gods. In Babylonian depictions behind him was present a rooster, symbol of the rising of the Sun and which was placed immediately behind Orion. It gives "living genius, courage, overcoming obstacles", Betelgeuse or right shoulder of the giant "Martial honors advancement and wealth". Triangle Alpha Triangle rules architecture, cunning, spirit and intelligence. Cross Acrux or "Star of Salvation" was one of "The Lords of the Exit Gates", having as mission to affirm the salvation of all those who trust in God.

The Crown

Corona Borealis: in the Chaldean tradition of Mul.Apin it was called the Star of Dignity and was called the "Messenger of the lord of hosts".

Altar

Where the sacrifice takes place "Those Destined for the holy Mysteries": gives Priestly Power, aptitude for Science, honors for ecclesiastical things.

The Pleiades the 7 divinities

Always on the altar there is a candlestick, a seven-branched candlestick that represents the Seven Spirits that are continually in the Presence of God, these Lights are represented in the sky by the Constellation of the Pleiades. They were called since the time of the Chaldeans: The Chaldeans called them the 7 Gods, the great Gods, they were the Amesha Spenta: the seven Archangels or eyes of God. They represent the Light of God that illuminates the believer with the help of his seven great Spirits. In the Apocalypse of John we read about these stars: "This is the hidden meaning of the seven stars you saw in my right hand and of the seven golden candlesticks, here it is: the seven stars are the angels of the seven Churches and the seven lamps are the seven Churches".

6 Cup

The Sacrifice is contained and takes place in the cup symbol of the regenerated heart which is the first receptacle of divine grace from which depart the rays that regenerate the knights of the Grail. The Holy Grail as you know contains the drink of immortality. Alkes or Cup: Labrum, the Holy Grail, Psychic Power, riches and honors, intelligence of divine mysteries.

Capricorn

There is finally the Exit Gate from the Cosmos which is that of Capricorn. After that of entry by which one enters time and the temple, there is that of exit from which one exits. These two constellations and two symbols are very important and we will speak of them because they correspond to the summer and winter solstices and to the two Saint Johns, the Baptist of summer and the evangelist of Winter 7