Zodiac and the Bible

When we observe the heavens we see pictures. The ancients devised a coded representation of the constellations we now call "the Zodiac." Pasting these pictures over the Bible we come up with something like this:

1. VIRGO, the Virgin: Revelation 12: 1 A great and wondrous sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet and a crown of twelve stars on her head. 2 She was pregnant and cried out in pain as she was about to give birth.

The virgin is an important symbol in the Bible, as is the "virgin birth." This oxymoron describes both the birth of the Savior and the "bride" that He is seeking.

2. LIBRA, the Scales: Psalm 89: 14 Righteousness and justice are the foundation of your throne; love and faithfulness go before you.

God is just. He wields the scales of justice.


3. SCORPIO, the Scorpion: 1 Cor. 15: 55"Where, O death, is your victory? Where, O death, is your sting?"[b] 56The sting of death is sin, and the power of sin is the law. 57But thanks be to God! He gives us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.

The Lord has removed the sting of death. In Revelation 9: 5, 6 there is a description of the sting of the scorpion related to death. Jesus removes that sting when we place our faith in him.

4. SAGITTARIUS, the Archer: Rev. 19: 11 I saw heaven standing open and there before me was a white horse, whose rider is called Faithful and True. With justice he judges and makes war. 12 His eyes are like blazing fire, and on his head are many crowns. He has a name written on him that no one knows but he himself. 13 He is dressed in a robe dipped in blood, and his name is the Word of God. 14 The armies of heaven were following him, riding on white horses and dressed in fine linen, white and clean. 15 Out of his mouth comes a sharp sword with which to strike down the nations. "He will rule them with an iron scepter." He treads the winepress of the fury of the wrath of God Almighty. 16 On his robe and on his thigh he has this name written: KING OF KINGS AND LORD OF LORDS.

This constellation features a man-horse firing arrows. It reminds me of this picture of Jesus as a warrior.


5. CAPRICORNUS, the Goat: Matthew 25: 31"When the Son of Man comes in his glory, and all the angels with him, he will sit on his throne in heavenly glory. 32All the nations will be gathered before him, and he will separate the people one from another as a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats. 33He will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

The goat constellation is a picture of a goat with a fish tail. The goat is often a picture of the unbeliever or the wicked. The fish is a picture of the redeemed. The combination speaks of the redemptive power of faith on the unredeemed, to transform us from death to life.


6. AQUARIUS, the Water-bearer: Joel 2: 28 "And afterward, I will pour out my Spirit on all people. Your sons and daughters will prophesy, your old men will dream dreams, your young men will see visions. 29 Even on my servants, both men and women, I will pour out my Spirit in those days."

The picture of a man pouring out an urn into the sky. It reminds me of the Holy Spirit pouring himself into mankind.


7- PISCES, the Fishes: Mark 6: He also divided the two fish among them all. 42 They all ate and were satisfied, 43 and the disciples picked up twelve basketfuls of broken pieces of bread and fish. 44 The number of the men who had eaten was five thousand.

Two fish reminds me of the multiplication of the fish. This is what Jesus came to do.

8. ARIES, the Ram or Lamb: Revelation 5: 6 Then I saw a Lamb, looking as if it had been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders.

There is the Lamb figure here, but I am reminded of the ram in the thicket, which also represents the sacrifice on the cross. He is the Lamb that takes away the sins of the world.

9. TAURUS, the Bull: 1 Timothy 5: 18For the Scripture says, "Do not muzzle the ox while it is treading out the grain..."

This is the picture of a rushing bull. The church is a bull ox, treading the grain of the harvest.

10. GEMINI, the Twins: Ephesians 2: 14 For he himself is our peace, who has made the two one and has destroyed the barrier, the dividing wall of hostility, 15 by abolishing in his flesh the law with its commandments and regulations. His purpose was to create in himself one new man out of the two, thus making peace, 16 and in this one body to reconcile both of them to God through the cross, by which he put to death their hostility.

The twins are united, suggesting unity. This speaks of the power of the cross to unite mankind in God. It is a symbol of peace.


11. CANCER, the Crab: Hebrews 13: 5 Let your conversation be without covetousness; and be content with such things as ye have: for he hath said, I will never leave thee, nor forsake thee.

The crab is a tenacious critter, holding on with its claw. Jesus is tenacious with his inheritance, the human race. He never leaves us or forsakes us.

12. LEO, the Lion: Revelation 5: 5 Then one of the elders said to me, "Do not weep! See, the Lion of the tribe of Judah, the Root of David, has triumphed. He is able to open the scroll and its seven seals."

The lion is king and Jesus is that lion, the King of kings. There is no beast that can stand before the king of beasts. He will best them all.