THE MAGIS STAR FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF ANCIENT ASTROLOGICAL PRACTICES

The Magi's star is proposed to have been a pair of auspicious lunar oc culations of Jupiter that signified to ancient astrologers the birth o f a king. These events occurred in the zodiacal sign of Aries that sym bolized Herod's kingdom during this era. The birth of Christ probably corresponded to the first lunar occultation on 6 BC March 20, that exh ibited astrological attributes found in imperial horoscopes. One month later, a second lunar occultation of Jupiter in Aries coincided with the heliacal rising of Jupiter. This time the occultation took place i n the general direction of Bethlehem with respect from Jerusalem which agrees with the Biblical account that the star ''in the east'' (helia cal rising) reoccurred and ''stood over where the young child was''.