CosmosZodiac and the Twelve Disciples
Zodiac and the Twelve Disciples
Also called: Zodiac Wheel
A system dividing the sun's yearly path across the sky into 12 sections.In this narrative those 12 sections are transcribed onto the 12 disciples, and the four seasons onto the four Gospels.
Established facts
The zodiac divides the sun's yearly path across the sky into 12 sections.Each section is named, running from Aries to Pisces.This system was formalized in ancient Babylonian astronomy.It passed through Greece and Rome to become the basic framework of Western astrology.The New Testament states that Jesus had 12 disciples.Leonardo da Vinci painted the mural "The Last Supper" between 1495 and 1498.
The sun that halts at the winter solstice and rises again is said to be the skeleton of the Jesus story.
In this narrativeThe zodiac inside the Last Supper
This picture reads Da Vinci's "The Last Supper" as a zodiac chart.The 12 disciples seated on either side of Jesus are arranged in order, from Aries to Pisces1.The disciples split into four groups of three, symbolizing spring, summer, autumn, and winter1.The disciple assigned to Gemini is drawn with both hands raised1.Virgo corresponds to the one clearly feminine figure in the painting1.Jesus alone symbolizes the sun, seated at the center1.A table maps the four Gospels onto the four seasons, and each of the 12 signs onto a body part1.
In this narrativeA correspondence table between the 12 disciples and the 12 signs
This picture starts from the observation that the number 12 recurs across several religions.The Mithraic tradition of 12 disciples is said to have carried over into Christianity's 12 apostles1.A table is built mapping Aries to Peter and Pisces to Judas2.This picture holds that this reading is not historical fact but a system concealed through astrology2.Saturn's 2020 entry into Aquarius is also read as the start of the "Age of Aquarius"2.The claim extends as far as saying the entire New Testament is written in coded zodiac symbolism2.
In this narrativeJudas and Scorpio
This picture maps the betrayer Judas onto Scorpio1.The shape of the Scorpio constellation is said to resemble the letter J1.The sun enters Scorpio in autumn, after the equinox1.The weather turns cold at this time and nature begins to wither1.This picture transcribes that seasonal death into the story of "Judas's betrayal"1.The round bread eaten at communion is also held to symbolize the sun1.
In this narrativeThe four Gospel authors and the equinoxes
This picture places the four Gospel authors at the zodiac's four cardinal points: the spring equinox, summer solstice, autumn equinox, and winter solstice1.It places John at the March 21st spring equinox and Matthew at the June 21st summer solstice1.It places Mark at the September 21st autumn equinox and Luke at the December 21st winter solstice1.Libra is drawn as scales because it is the point where the sun crosses from summer into winter in balance1.Another table goes further, assigning a needed mineral to the body for every sign2.It also includes a method of counting backward 9 months of pregnancy from the birth sign to find the deficient mineral2.
Connected concepts
- Jesus as the Sun →Jesus becomes the sun through the same framework that turns the 12 disciples into the 12 signs.
- Horus →Like the Eye of Horus, the sign-correspondence table is also a tool linking body and sky.The method is the same.
- The Number 33 →The zodiac tissue-salt calculation also repeats the same number-matching of 9 months and 33.
- Days of the Week →The seven planets that rule the signs become, unchanged, the names of the weekdays.
Leads here fromFour EvangelistsThe MoonWinter SolsticeZodiac Man