Astrology: A Lunar Approach
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Assyrian Manzarru (mansions) and other Lunar aspects of Sabian Astrology |
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WHO
WERE THE SABIANS?
The word sabian has been much bandied about but ask anyone who the Sabians were, and if you get an answer at all, you will get various answers like these; Chaldean astrologers a group named in the Koran as being a class unto themselves that are allowed into heaven even though they are not Muslim a reconstructive society of astrologers that are based in CA. and more recently the practitioners of planetary worship that based themselves in the temples of Haran in Syria It is this last notion that concerns us here. One of aspects of the datu's path, is that they were at times forced underground Certain places like Haran and Septimia were havens for the datu and for other nonchristian faith that were ducking persecution.These faiths had a fierce love of their teachings and so many pieces of knowledge were held on to in secrets a means insuring survival of traditions. Occasionally information will be lost to others but remain intact within a secret tradition. That is the case here in reguards to the Sabians. With out further ado let the truth be known. The word Sabian comes from the akkadian 'sha bitum' meaning 'of the Tablet', the Word Sabian is a Aramaic adaptation of these words (based on sound not definition) these priests worshiped the celestial bodies of the heavens and held on to their ways until the sack of Haran by the Turks. The Sabian priests were the devotees of the path of enlightenment and salvation through the traditional planets and most importantly through the moon god SIn / Zuen. The association of Haran with the God Sin was very ancient at the time of the Datus birth. Haran was a crossroads for the many lands and it had been the home of the temple of Sin for ages. How is it that this Sabian tradition, the way of the Sha Bitim has endured through the Datu tradition? It is because Haran and SIN / Zuen were very important to the roots of the Datu tradition. Why? Well that is an answer that involves Sharrukin himself and his mother. When sharrukin took the name sharrukin he was taking on the name of a legend, Sargon of Akkad. Sargon the first had been a devotee of Sin and set his daughter edhunnuna (the first known named author) as the preistess of the temple of Sin, at this time Haran just as important to Sin as it was in Sharrukins time. His mother, already a fierce devotee to the moon and all that it represented, took refuge at the temple of sin when deposed by her husband (sharrukin's father) Just as Sargon came to his throne by taking it back from an usurper, sharrukin did as well. Just as Sargon was helped in this quest by a priestess of the moon, so was Sharrukin. And just as Sargon, Sharrukin was dependant on the cooperation of the priests of Sin in Haran for continued assistance. The great god Sin was the all encompassing connection point for nearly every institution there was in Sharrukin's time. Time keeping and seasonal changes were tracked by the moon's Manzarru or Mansions, these 28 segments of the sky were the places that the moon resided in eatch night as a month went by. These positions were noted by the stars that made a back drop to the night sky. it was known what time passes because the moon moved about one full width of the moon in an hour, the new moon rose at dawn, the first quarter at noon etc. In order to track the moons location, the stars were grouped into Asterisms, groups of stars that are distinct from each other. these asterisms were built into constellations. In order to describe the locations of the stars (for they moved in a rotation as well) the sky was divided into three great bands or ways. the way of enki in the south, anu in the arc from east to est directly up, and the way of enlil in the north. the day was based on the moon and it's mansion the mansion was bases on the location of the stars the stars were located in the various bands. all this was devided into eight segments or 'spheres' each attributed to an astral (planetary) diety. the menstral cycle: The year was a feminine year composed of 13 menstrual months, each menstrual month of a full cycle through the mansions and the moons eight phases (again one attributed to each of the astral dieties) the dropping of the thirteenth month and the constellation 'ophicus' as its portion of the sky, came in the later dodecad system of twelve houses. these houses being of a solar origin are not as fully in sync with the woman's menstrus. inana (venus): venus is a planet that displays crescent horns just like the moon, it is the brightest object in the sky after sun and moon. In the ancient days of physical (observational) astronomy, the air was so clean that you could see the crecent of venus with the naked eye. it was quite obvious that 'she' was the daughter or consort of the moon. The number fifteen (her number by tradition) was based on the full-moon, the fifteenth Manzarru. This is important because fifteen is 3 X 5. 3 is of course the great gods Enki, Enlil, and Anu. 5 is the mystery number of venus because when men did not know that the morning and evening appearances of venus were the same 'star'. the morning star had a cycle of fifths and so did the evening star.eventually it was seen that venus actually functioned in a cycle of eighths, thus again linking the eight 2X5=15 3X15=45 (the number of degrees in one of the celestial eighths. Justice, protection and truth: Sin / nanna / zuen was the god of justice and truth, he was the compassionate one that sent forth the heat of the day in favor of the cool night. He was but a stones throw away in the sky and so like the sun was of vast daily impact. Sin was said to be capable of driving away any night creature that asailed you. in all Sin wrapped together the land, the people, the king and his responsibilities as one. MORE SOON |