Biblical Astronomy
February 2007
Editor – Robert Scott Wadsworth <> P.O. Box 2272, Oregon City, OR 97045
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NEW MOON REPORT
Nehemia Gordon from Jerusalem, Israel compiled the
following New Moon Reports for January 2007, the Eleventh Biblical Month; and
February 2007, the Twelfth Biblical Month.
January - “On Saturday January 20, 2007 the moon was not sighted from Israel. Observers across Israel
reported heavy clouds and rain. With
2.85% illumination and 88 minutes lag time, visibility would have been certain
had there not been clouds. Therefore,
for those who observe based on “potential visibility” the new month begins this
evening (Saturday evening).”
February – “Moon Not Seen, Heavy Clouds - On
Sunday February 18, 2007
observers across Israel
searched for the new moon but it was not sighted. Heavy cloud coverage was reported across the
Land.”
The next new moon (most likely the New Moon of the Abib)
should be sighted near sunset on March
20, 2007. The March/April
issue of Biblical Astronomy will be published and mailed at that time (March
21) to coincide with the Spring feasts. Notable celestial events occurring before
March 20 will be covered in this issue (February 2007) of Biblical
Astronomy. There’s a whole lot of shaken
goin on.
COMET MCNAUGHT
UPDDATE
Comet McNaught put on a great show before leaving the
Northern Hemisphere around January 12,
2007, as it reached a peak brightness of –5.2, which was about 2.5
times brighter than Venus and over 15 times brighter than Comet
Hale-Bopp was at its brightest in the Spring of 1997.
Comet McNaught went on to put a spectacular show for the
Southern Hemisphere. The comet was still
a naked eye object at magnitude 5.0 as of February 20, 2007.
After leaving Sagittarius in late January, the comet passed through
constellations in the Southern Hemisphere that are not of the original 48
constellations of the Mazzaroth and have no known Biblical meanings.
The below photograph of Comet McNaught was taken by Rob
Dridan from Naracoorte, South Australia at 9:03 pm on January 24, 2007.
SATURN AT
OPPOSITION
The planet Saturn
came into opposition on February 10,
2007. When an outer planet
reaches opposition it is on the opposite side of the earth than the sun, or 180
degrees from the sun and very near its closest approach to the earth for the
year. The planet is also seen at its
brightest for the year at that time.
The chart below shows the position of Saturn above
the feet of the Lion (Arieh) at the time of its opposition.
The lion represents the Lion of the Tribe of Judah, and Saturn
represents Satan in the war between the woman and the woman’s seed against the
serpent and the serpent’s seed. The
lion’s feet are over the head of the serpent Hydra about to descend upon
it and crush it.
On this same date of Saturn’s opposition, Mercury
and Venus were high in the evening sky and shining brightly in the
constellation Aquarius (Deli), which represents God’s blessings being
poured forth on His people. Mercury (Gabriel) was in the water urn and Venus (the Bright and Morning
Star) in the water flow representing the blessings of Yahweh being poured forth
to His people through His Son the bright and morning star Y’shua. Zedek (Jupiter) was in Scorpio, which represents
the war between the woman’s seed and the serpent’s seed. Mars (represents Michael or War) was in Sagittarius, the conqueror going forth
conquering and to conquer. This is the constellation that the
super-bright Comet McNaught passed through in January (see last month’s issue
of Biblical Astronomy for more details)
TOTAL LUNAR
ECLIPSE
There will be a total eclipse of the moon on the evening
of March 3/4, 2007 that will be visible in Europe, Africa and the eastern
through mid-west United States and North America. The eclipse will be seen in its entirety in Europe
and Africa. The moon will rise in the
eastern U.S. with the eclipse already underway.
The total eclipse runs from 5:44 to 6:58 p.m. Eastern Standard Time on
the evening of March 3, as seen from the United States.
This eclipse is very similar to the Blood Red Passover
Eclipse as seen from Jerusalem and as a dark eclipse from the eastern through
Midwestern U.S. on April 3/4, 1997.
This eclipse should also be a red eclipse as seen from Jerusalem and
will occur on Purim.
Chart 430 shows the position of the moon in the
constellation Leo (Arieh) around the time of mid eclipse at 1:30
a.m. as seen from Jerusalem. The moon is oversized on this chart.
Chart 430 – Total
Lunar Eclipse in Arieh, the Lion of the Tribe of Judah on March
3/4, 2007
Again, Arieh represents the Lion of the Tribe of Judah
or Messiah, or the Tribe of Judah. The
Lion is making war with the water serpent Hydra, or a beast from the
sea. In ancient times, Hydra had seven heads.
A Blood Red
Eclipse represents the atoning blood of Messiah and also blood and war on His
enemies. Considering the signs in the
Sign Scorpio since this past December, this most likely
represents Messiah making war on His enemies.
This eclipse
also occurs on Purim, which is the time that the people of Judah who lived in
the land of Persia were to be destroyed by Haman’s deceitfulness, but instead,
the armies that came up against the Jews in the land if Persia were
destroyed. Read the book of Esther for
all the info. It is far more accurate
and detailed than the movie “One Night With The King.” At any rate, there was war against the
enemies of Yahweh’s people at that time, and those enemies were destroyed. Haman was hanged.
I believe this
Blood Red Eclipse to represent blood and war against the enemies of Yahweh’s
people with the enemy being utterly destroyed.
Whether this starts to take place at this time remains to be seen, but
the heavenly signs are strong, as you will understand as you read on.
PARTIAL SOLAR ECLIPSE
There will be a
partial solar eclipse that will be visible from China on March 19, 2007. This eclipse will not be visible from Israel.
Chart 431 shows the position of the sun and moon
in the constellation Pisces at the
time of the eclipse. The eclipse will
end over an hour before the sun rises above the eastern horizon in Israel.
Chart 431 – Positions of Sun and Moon in
Pisces during Solar Eclipse on March 19, 2007
The
constellation Pisces represents the nation of Israel as a whole
or the Two Houses of Israel. The fish
going up to the north represents the House of Ephraim or Israel and the
horizontal fish represents the House of Judah.
This eclipse, though not seen from Eretz Israel, occurs under the fish
representing the House of Judah. Pisces represents Israel going into bondage, in bondage, or coming out of
bondage or conflict.
The solar eclipse on March 19 (Astronomical New Moon)
will occur one day before the sighting of the New Moon of the Abib (Biblical
New Moon), or the beginning of the New Biblical Year.
NAKED EYE NOVA APPEARS IN SCORPIO
On February 4, 2007 two
Japanese nova hunters discovered a 9th magnitude nova in the
constellation Scorpio. The
nova soon brightened to a magnitude of 3.8 as of Saturday February 17th. This is well within the naked eye range of
brightness. The chart below shows the
position of the Nova Sco 2007 in Scorpio with Jupiter (Zedek) burning
brightly above it. Again, Scorpio is the
Sign representing war or conflict between the woman’s seed and the serpent’s
seed.
.
A naked eye nova
is rare. To the ancients this would be
known as a “New Star.” They would have
played close attention to it along with any surrounding celestial signs.
A nova is an
exploding star.
In the December
2006/January 2007 issue of Biblical
Astronomy I mentioned that when
Jupiter was seen in the heliacal rising of the sun that in ancient times it
would be watched to see what would follow.
In early December there were no foreseeable events of great
interest. What was unforeseeable at that
time was a very bright surprise comet that was in Scorpio (though dim at that
time) when the massing of the planets Jupiter, Mars and Mercury occurred on
December 10. The comet later became
exceedingly bright. Now there is a “new
star” appearing in the scorpion. And
there is more yet to come.
The following
Sky & Telescope news release was written by Alan MacRobert
concerning the newly discovered nova in Scorpio.
“Nova Scorpii 2007 wasn't a big deal when
two Japanese nova hunters, Yuji Nakamura and Yukio Sakurai, independently
discovered it at 9th magnitude on February 4th. But that was then and this is
now. The nova has brightened all the way to about magnitude 4.0 as of Saturday
the 17h.
That puts it in fairly easy naked-eye
view if you don't have a too-badly light-polluted sky. Binoculars will show it
very well from anywhere. On the morning of the 17th I spotted it immediately
with binoculars through tree branches and a closed bathroom window.
Scorpius is up in the south-southeast
just before the first light of dawn. You can't miss brilliant Jupiter shining
near it, as shown here. The nova (which has also been named V1280 Scorpii) is
9° southeast of Antares and a couple degrees northeast of Epsilon Scorpii; at
declination –32° 21', right ascension 16h 57.7m. Epsilon Sco, by comparison, is
magnitude 2.3.
Be out and looking just before morning
twilight begins at your site. To find when this occurs, make sure you've
entered your location and correct time zone into our online almanac. Bundle up, and make it an early-morning
adventure! “
There is more. There is now a second newly discovered nova
in Scorpio and it may also become a naked eye object. This is just totally unreal!!! (figure of
speech).
The following article by Alan MacRobert
is an update on the first discovered nova and also info on the second nova.
Second Naked-Eye Nova in Scorpius?!
“Nova Scorpii 2007 wasn't a big deal when
two Japanese nova hunters, Yuji Nakamura and Yukio Sakurai, independently
discovered it at 9th magnitude on February 4th. But it brightened and
brightened, peaking at magnitude 3.8 on Friday the 16th. As of Wednesday
morning the 21st, it had faded to about 4.9. It has also changed from white to
orange-red, typical behavior for classical novae.
That still puts it in naked-eye range if
you don't have a too-badly light-polluted sky. Binoculars show it well from
anywhere.”
Now,
a second nova right nearby!
“On Wednesday, February 21st, came
remarkable news: another nova has apparently gone off in Scorpius, and
it's a mere 3° due south of the first!
Yuji Nakamura, codiscoverer of the first
one, found the likely nova at magnitude 9.3 on two CCD images taken at February
19.86 Universal Time. A day later, at February 20.85 UT, K. Itagaki confirmed
the new star; it's at right ascension 16h 56m 59s, declination –35° 21.8'
(2000.0 coordinates). He judged it to be magnitude 8.8. What's likely to be named "Nova Scorpii 2007
Number 2" was also independently discovered by Hideo Nishimura on the
morning of the 20th Japanese time; he called it magnitude 9.2. Stay tuned.”
Chart 432 shows the positions of both novae in the
constellation Scorpio. It still remains
to be seen if the second nova will become a naked eye object. I cannot wait any longer to find out. I need to get this news to you now.
Chart 432 – Location of the two novae in the
constellation Scorpio
All of the signs seem to be pointing to a
major war to be waged against the adversary and his forces or against the
enemies of Yahweh and Israel. Again, it
remains to be seen if this will occur in the very near future, but the signs
are strong. If this is spiritual or both
spiritual and physical also remains to be seen.
It was in October of 1604 when there was
a massing of Jupiter, Mars and Saturn in Scorpio followed
a few weeks later by a supernova that went off in the constellation Ophiuchus,
which is a decan constellation in the Sign Scorpio. That supernova exploded between the planets Jupiter
and Saturn, or between Zedek, THE LORD OUR RIGHTEOUSNESS
and Satan. It was brighter than Jupiter
and was visible for one year and three months to the naked eye.
I believe that event along with the
massing of the planets, was portraying heavy spiritual warfare that was going
on at the time. It was in 1604 that the
King James Bible was “commissioned” to be written (the best English translation
of the time) and it was not long after that, that Pilgrims settled in a new
land called America. The combination of
the English translation of the Scriptures and new settlements being made in a
new land for the sake of religious freedom was just an awesome
combination. This was a great blow to
the adversary.
The founding and development of the
United States was and is under the guiding hands of Providence.
Just think of what the world would be
like if it the United States under the guidance of the Almighty did not
exist. Would there be religious
freedom? What would have happened in
World War I or II? Just to name a few
things. Y’shua gave us internal liberty
and that liberty became external on July 4, 1776.
There is a good book available written on
the subject of America’s Providential history titled America’s Providential
History by Mark A Beliles and Stephen K McDowell. If you are interested in reading this book,
you can write or call:
Providence Foundation
P.O. Box 6759
Charlottesville, VA 22906
434-978-4535
I believe the book sells for $17.95 plus
$4.00 shipping.
BIBLICAL ASTRONOMY FINANCES
Three words – in bad shape. The Biblical Astronomy bank account is down
to $500.00 and the ministry is in debt $14,000.
This debt has accrued over the years.
There does not seem to be much interest throughout the body of Messiah
in Biblical Astronomy – not nearly as much as I wrongly anticipated. There are a total of 35 paid subscribers for
the postal version of the newsletter.
The money from these subscriptions along with the few donations I get
from those who get the newsletter via the Internet comes to less than $1,000
per year. That does not cover the full
amount for mailing costs, printing costs and internet fees.
I made $1,600 for seminars last year
along with about $700.00 in gross sales of products. I spent $1,200 on the products, which comes
to a net loss of $500.00. I also had to
repair my laptop and purchase a desktop computer, together costing about
$1,400. And there was another $1,400
spent in the purchase of a video projector.
I anticipated that I would be doing more seminars than I ended up
doing. The total of those purchases came
to another $2,800 loss, and added to the $500 loss from the purchase of raw
materials comes to a total loss of at least $3,300 for this past year.
I based many of these purchases on what
people said they were going to donate to Biblical Astronomy but didn’t come
through. I cannot continue to shoulder
most of the financial burden for this ministry.
I will continue to publish the newsletters through the end of the
subscription year, but will need to come up with something for the coming year
if it is to continue. I may need to
charge $10.00 per year for the 1,000 or so people who get the newsletter from
the Biblical Astronomy Website.
Donations are welcomed.
YAHWEH bless you and keep you.