Hi Everyone,
I put on thread details of today in Baghdad, by B.B.C. report, i must admit i dreaded today, as it is in line with an exact year as valued by the Muslim calendar, with the upsurge of aggression that started on 22 Feb. 2006, when at 7:00am. the al Askariya "Golden Mosque Dome" was blown off. (CNN report)
It was the start of a higher level of hate...Juno was just over a degree away from I.C. in Samarra' Iraq.
B.B.C. report....More than 70 people have been killed in 3 bomb attacks in market areas of Baghdad.
Two bombs went off in quick succession at the Shorga market, killing at least 59 people and wounding about 150.
The blasts came either side of a 15 minute pause to commemorate the sectarian bombing of an important Shia Muslim shrine in Samarra one year ago.
Shorga market was once Baghdad's main shopping area, but amid the violent division of Iraq's religious communities it is now mostly a Shia muslim area, and a target for Sunni extremist groups.
The Shorga blast almost coincided with the end of a quarter of a hour's pause, starting at midday, when Iraqis had been urged by prime Minister Nuri Maliki to stop work to mark the Samarra attack.
(Second bomb approx. 12:15pm).
Mr Maliki at the same time ordered thousands of extra securty forces onto the streets as part of a much- heraulded joint Iraqi and U.S. securty plan.
The Bab al-Sharqi market blast in Baghdad happened half an hour earlier
(Approx. 11:45am.)
The two markets are a little over one kilometre apart on the east side of the River Tigres.
As you can see there were others that were concerned about today, thus i put out a warning during this period over Juno.
As Juno was aggressive during the lead up to this date, i felt the need to give out a warning, which we can now see didnt lead to an attack outside the Middle East...yet i dont apologies for the warning, as many feared the worse!
Yet as i value the four Persian Royal Stars, as well as Sirius it may lead to understanding if we look at 11:45am. and 12:45pm in Baghdad today!
At 11:45am. in Baghdad we find the Persian Royal Star Antares conjunct the Descendant.
If we look at 12:15pm we find the Sun at 23*16' Aquarius, Neptune at 19*38' Aquarius and the M.C. at 22*51' Aquarius.
We also find Jupiter at 15*45' Sag., Moon at 15*45' Sag. and Descendant at 12*18' Sag.
We also find Saturn 21*31' Leo, and the I.C. 22*51' Leo.
Lets look at the whole day with parans....Uranus is connected with Formalhaut at M.C.....The Moon rises with Sirius on this day, and the Moon is conjunct the Desc. during this attack.
During the day's parans we find Mercury rising when Aldebaran is on the nadir, Mercury culminating when El Nath is rising, El Nath comes up a great deal during suffering and bomb attacks.
Further we find Mars culminating when Algol is rising,....ok Juno didnt hit, but i think that is enough to think about!

Hi Tumbling Sphinx,
Sorry i've been away, but needed my computer repaired.
Before starting this thread section, i would like to say i dont find it conspiratorial to align Sirius to a birth time of a country or a calendar, yet as all powerful stars have a nemesis if not followed correctly, i find myself examining the evidence for events being synchronous or by human interaction.
Over the years there has been interesting speculation that the dog star, Sirius- as part of the astrological sky- played a significant role in the timing of the birth of the United States of America, as well as in the laying of the Washington Monument cornerstone in Washington D.C.
According to Author/Astrologer, David Ovason, these and other important events were purposely, with intent, scheduled for precise moments when the dog star, Sirius was located in various auspicious positions in the sky.
(The secret architecture of our nations capitol: David Ovason).
With this in mind, i wish to go back to the events of the birth of the Julian Calendar.
There is no doubt that Cleopatra was involved with a great deal of political intrigue, during her watch as the last ruler in a dynasty founded by Ptolemy 1st.
In fact in trying to put her son on the throne of the Emperors of Rome, she played a very dangerous game, as she developed relationships with Julius Caesar, as well as Mark Antony, two of the greatest Roman leaders of the Era, plus had children by both of them.
Cleopatra gave birth to a son, Caesarion, who she claimed was Caesar's, who was assassinated in 0044 B.C......which seems un-connected.
Mark Antony invited Cleopatra to Tarsus in 0041 B.C. in an effort to get some sort of aid from her in his quest to be sole ruler of Rome, and again she worked her magic, as she gave birth to his twins!
Antony lost the major battle of Actim, and committed suicide, as did Cleopatra by intentionally being bitten by a snake.
Caesarion was executed, the politician's of Rome didnt want a half Egyptian with a claim to to throne of Rome.
We can only wonder what political intrigue was developing at the time, in trying to fuse the might of Rome with the wisdom of the priest/astronomers of Egypt.....yet one thing survived, being the Julian Calendar.
We know that Sosigenes started the Julian Calendar on 1st Jan 0045 B.C., but we must wonder when 1st Jan 0045 B.C. started!
The 1st Jan has no connection to the Equinox's so the only reason that this date was chosen was probably that the Consuls of Rome started taking office, on 1st Jan in 0153 B.C., yet there was an alignment with Sirius on Asc. while the Sun set in Thebes that had been taking place since Sunset, time 17:19pm 31st Dec 0290 B.C. (Every four years). Thebes was a magnet for astrologers during this time, so we can be sure this crucial aspect was noticed!
As this aspect had been taking place before the Consuls of Rome had been taking office we can only wonder if this is significant.
We all know of calendars that started the day at sunset of the previous day....one to look up would be "The Florentine Calendar" that existed in the middle ages, so it wouldnt be a problem to stretch 1st Jan 0045 B.C. to Sunset 17:19pm in Thebes (ancient capitol of Egypt, now known as Luxor.) on 31st Dec. 0046 B.C.
So if we were to look at 17:19pm on 31st Dec. 0046 B.C. we will find that perhaps Sosigenes started the calendar when it aligned every three years, and may cause a bit of a think tank if i said that because of procession, that in the year 0325, when the Council of Nicea took place, it is aligned exactly when Sirius changed to fading from every two years to only one!
Sosigenes probably had knowledge of a great deal of other calendars, some of which started the day at "Sunset", there is evidence of this from Chaldean and Babylonian astrology.
So Sosigenes may have used Thebes to close the Egyptian calendar at "sunset", yet this also could be valued as the start of the Julian Calendar on 31st Dec. 0046 B.C. in Thebes/Luxor.
He could have used various methods from a number of sources.....the debate between electional astrology against synchronous, actually gives me a headache....can any help?

To get to the truth on the world wide web does present a number of problems, it can make your head spin, especially if you look for dates relating to the Coptic calendar New Year celebrating the rising of Sirius, there are some dates of interest that can be found in my thread "Juno, Calendars, and 20th century History".
Another factor with the world wide web and the Palestine problem, can lead into a brick wall, yet i have patience, and can lead to a web-site that you may find interesting....attached to the U.N. documents and 11th September.
This one is identified as a "report of the Mandatory to the League of Nations"......obviously i'm not an international lawyer, and i wouldnt describe "taking oath of office as signed, sealed, and delivered", yet i'm always finding 11th September buried somewhere if i hunt long enough!
Firstly use a search engine on "transjordan british mandate unispal".
The meaning of "unispal" is United nations information system on the question of Palestine.
Look for web-site heading "mandate for palestine- report of the manditory to the lon-u.k.........web-site will be "domino un org/unispal
This is the official document that states "The oath of office were administered at Jerusalem on September 11th by the Chief Justice.

Sorry just tap in " report palestine administration 1922 unispal"
This should lead to the document, 11th Sept. mentioned in paragraph two.

Hey Monk, a little off topic but since Juno is rather close to your heart i thought I'd ask what you know of Juno at 25 Tau 24, in 8th house natal.

I may regret asking, but hey! gotta learn... Granny

Hi Granny,
As with a lot of interpretation, i think Juno has a much milder influence in natal charts, than it may have in mundane astrology, so i wouldnt worry!
It does crop up as being conjunct Sirius during the period from 4th to 15th Oct. 1582, so i'm interested in juno with calendars.
I have a great interest in archeoastronomy, and as i write on religious matters, can get myself in hot water, so im not going to say there might be a connection to Allah and the Mesopotamia/Babylonian Moon god.
Although the Islamic calendar is Moon based, i find it interesting that on Friday 16th July 0622, if we view it from Babylon/Baghdad, as the Sun rises at 05:00am, i'm sure you will guess that Juno is right on the M.C....obviously we should look to Saudi Arabia....but i'm always looking in a direction that is opposite to everyone else...its my nature as an observer or watcher of the skies!
I was always strange even as a boy, for as many boys were reading comics, i was saving to buy my first book from a musty smelling second hand book shop.....i still have it, a second edition Budge, on the Egyptian "Book of the dead".
I often wonder about Moses and the Ten Commandments, as most of the Ten Commandments can be found in the earlier Book of the Dead!

That's right Monk - the Ten Commandments can be found, albeit written slightly differently, in Spell number 125 in The Book of the Dead. Moses was obviously an initiate in the Egyptian Mysteries.

Sisi

Moses was not a name but a title, it is the egyption word for Priest.

reference Greenberg the aftrican origins of the jewish peoples.

Granny

Many thanks to Sissi and Granny for your comments.
England adopted the Gregorian Calendar in 1752, the 2nd of Sept. was followed by by 14th September.
All astrology progammes only show the calendar reform by Pope Gregory XIII, so 2nd Sept doesnt count, as it is already 14th September 1752.
So if we tap in this date, time 00:00 we find that Alnilam is in paran with the Asc.
There are three stars that form the centre of the Orion being Alnitak, Alnilam and Mintaka, obviously Alnilam is in the centre.
There is a lot of crap on the internet regarding secret faiths, some of which only want to knock America.
Yet i feel that most here have read books by Robert Bauval, who i would consider moderate without an axe to grind, and is very informative on secret faiths.....the book that comes to mind is Graham Hancock & Robert Bauval called Talisman (Sacred Cities, Secret Faith).
Alnilam is a star that he has done a great deal of research on regarding the ancient Egyptian religion, and he claims that this star is connected to Osiris.
It is interesting that the Consuls of Rome took office when Sirius was the Heliacal Setting Star, on the other hand when the High Commisioner and Commander in Chief for Palestine took his oath of office, was in Jerusalem on 11th September 1922, valued as the day the Copts celebrate Sirius as the Heliacal Rising Star.....I truly wonder about 11th Sept. 2001, and could the attack be on Esoteric Christian Copts?
I really am fascinated by the secrets of Egypt, but i wouldnt want wizards conducting "Star Wars", when the common people have no knowledge of exactly what is going on!

The Rosetta Stone, had the same passage of writing in 3 language scripts, Hieroglyphic, Demotic and classical Greek, before i was disabled i often went to the British Museum to look at this fascinating stone.
It was created in 196 B.C. and discovered by the French in 1799 at Rosetta, a harbour on the Mediterranean coast in Egypt.
A Frenchman, Jean-Francois Champollion, with his knowledge of Coptic, translated it in 1822, it is from this point that we were able to understand Egyptian Hieroglyphics, thus gain a great deal of extra information about the Egyptian religion.
It is of great sadness to myself that we have only found one grave of the great leaders of Egypt that has remained undisturbed by grave robbers, thus so much has been lost.
I have no idea of the secret knowledge that may be held by esoteric religious orders, but i find George Washington fascinating, and am beginning to wonder if the 4th of July Independence Day has any special significance?
During 1776, it would be a matter of speculation on how old the Coptic Calendar was, today speculation with the Sothic Cycle is still raging!
Indeed finding the Heliacal rising star can be a very fuzzy affair, it involves exact location, and how exact you need to be!
Yet Bernadette Brady has opened up fixed stars like no other astrologer, so i will give two locations that may have been of interest to George Washington, from Brady's Starlight programme, although today we think the Coptic Calendar started on an earlier date.
If i was to look at 4th July 3001 B.C. in Thebes/Luxor, on Brady's Programme it notes Sirius as the Heliacal rising star, but 20 mins 48 secs before Sunrise, but if i want to be exact i would go to Cairo/Pyramids, where i can fix Sirius on the Asc. at exact Sunrise orb 1 minute 26 secs. (Time 04:50am.)....Both these locations were of interest to esoteric orders.
I have only chosen 3001 B.C. without looking backwards to see how long this was taking place at Sunrise on 4th July....i will look into this at a later date.
I am also fascinated by the power of Sirius, when aligned to the first day of the calendar and the Sun, i need to do more research on this and will deliver a report soon.

I try to look into archaeoastronomy in a constructive way, the only way to do this is by the Sothic (Sirius) cycle which is 1461 Egyptian Years, or 1460 Julian years, while staying very close to the Nile in Upper and Lower Egypt.
Obviously historians argue and debate when the Egyptian calendar started, yet most agree that 2781 B.C. is a credible date.
With that in mind, on 4th July 2781 B.C. in Cairo, Egypt, (Pyramids) at 05:00am, Sirius was the Heliacal rising star, very tight on Asc. rising 37 secs. before Sunrise.
I would have thought that the pyramids were the spot that any ceremony took place to usher in the New Sirius calendar.

There is another area to think about, which i have long thought to be the case, that astrologers could of mixed and matched the rules of the Egyptian paran and applied it to the projected measurement.
We know that Pope Gregory XIII may have applied the paran at 23:59pm on 4th Oct 1582 in Rome as we find Sirius rising, Yet on 1st Jan 1583 at 00:00am we find Sirius on the M.C. by projected.
In ancient Egypt they waited for Sirius to rise just before the Sun by paran...so if we look at the Declaration of Independence and value the same principle but by projected measurement, i think you will see what i mean.
Lets look at just before Sunrise on Thursday 4th July 1776 at 04:37am, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. (39*N59', 75*W08').
Sirius sits at 10*59* Cancer, and the Asc. is 11*57' Cancer, so Sirius is visible just above the Asc., yet the Sun is 12*49' Cancer, so the Sunrise light is just appearing.
In fact we only have to go back two days when the Sun, Asc and Sirius would be conjunct, yet the Egyptians rules were to see Sirius just before the dawn.
It is possible that 4th July was chosen for this fact!