John, one theory I've heard is that Jesus was born with Sun in Pisces. Thus the fish symbol for Christianity and a bunch of other stuff which I no longer remember. I do think Jesus embodied that universal love that can be associated with Pisces.
On Saturday, November 2, 2013 11:51 AM, "authfri...@yahoo.com" <authfri...@yahoo.com> wrote: Furthermore, Jesus couldn't have been born any later than September anyway, or the flocks of sheep wouldn't still have been out in the fields (Luke 2:8, "And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night"). It's pretty well established that by the 4th century CE, the presumptive date of Christ's birth had been moved to December 25 in an attempt to co-opt (or compete with) the Roman solstice festival. Seraphita wrote: > Why was it written that Jesus was born in a manger? > Pedant's Corner: it's not written. It says instead "And she brought forth her > firstborn son, and > wrapped him in swaddling clothes, and laid him in a manger." Imagine Mary > straddling a > feeding trough to give birth. ---In fairfieldlife@yahoogroups.com, <jr_esq@...> wrote: Why was it written that Jesus was born in a manger? Because he was born on December 25 which astrologically lies between the signs of Sagittarius, a horse, and Capricorn, the goat. Interesting? Bill Donohue explains more of his observations as follows: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4M6j6DwBWBg&list=PL4HZ228v9duPReHJuT6prrAUc9BzFEo_t
