By both Liaf and Morfessa
We come to the last two constellations of the decan of Sagittarius. The constellations we want to talk about in this message are Ara (the altar) and Draco (the Dragon). Draco in and of itself is a constellation worthy of much discussion, and perhaps a subject matter by itself! However, we will just touch on it a little more than the other constellations without excessive detail.
Ara is under the tail of Scorpio, and from the middle Northern latitudes cannot be seen. The constellation shows the altar ominously upside-down with its fires pointing toward the "nether region" of the South. This is a fitting portrayal of something that cannot be seen, but indeed is in the "nether world"! These lower regions are called "Tartarus", i.e., "abyss" or "outer darkness".
In the Zodiac of Denderah, this constellation is associated with an enthroned man with a flail. The theme is the same: judgment. This man's name is Bau, which means, "he comes". We saw this same name when dealing with the constellation Bootes.
In Arabic it is called Al Mugamra, which means "the completing" or "finishing". In the Greek, Ara oftentimes denoted cursing. The burning fire points to the completion of the judgment and curse--- as the Bible says about such a place "prepared for the devil and his angels". This brings us to the last constellation:
Draco the dragon is a circumpolar constellation here in the middle latitudes. It's tail end starts somewhere between Ursa Major and Ursa Minor (Big and Little Dippers) and wraps around 1/3 of the hour angles with its head ending near the constellation Lyra. For those of you more versed in understanding the coordinate systems in Astronomy, this constellation lays between the 12th and 20th hour angle lines of Right Ascension. That's 8 of the 24 hours. Needless to say, those of us who know our scriptures know the significance of 1/3! Revelation 12:4 says, And his tail drew the third part of the starts of heaven, and did cast them to the earth. This is in reference to Satan and his angels, 1/3 of them, in the end times.
Earlier we mentioned that each Zodiac represents chapters, but in addition they are often grouped in chapters of fours making them into three books of subjects. Thus, we are in the last chapter in this book which concludes with Draco. The other two (Aries and Leo) end with similar Dragon themes in the constellations Cetus and Hydra. In this "book" we have Draco, Satan cast down. The fires of Ara were prepared for the great Deceiver and his angels as they are cast down. Oftentimes the Scripture where Jesus said he saw Satan fall or cast down is confused with Revelation 12. They are two separate events (one past and one future), but the purpose is the same!
Before we show the meanings in the names, we want to take a quick side road here regarding the importance of this constellation. The star Thuban in the dragon's tail was once the pole star about 2100 B.C. It is this star, as any serious authority will agree, that was used in the alignment of the Great Pyramid's descending passageway. Those of you who believe in the supposed prophetic chronology of the Great Pyramid know that the descending passageway represents man's downward trend (to the pit) under the influence of the Dragon. In 2141 B.C., this star had its best alignment with the descending passageway angle while at the same time the Pleiades aligned with "scored lines" etched in the side of the passageway. It is from these stellar alignments that the basis of the chronograph could be established. Using the "pyramid inch" as a representation of the year, we arrive at "coincidental" dates of the dispensation of the Law of Moses, the birth and death date of Jesus Christ, and various pivotal historic events as we measure down and up the pyramid's various passageways. Of course due to the precession of the equinoxes, we have since then come to the star Polaris, which means as the name suggests, i.e., "turned" or "ridden upon". By the way, we now know that all the stars "turn about" Polaris. However, this star was named long before it became our polar star. How did these primitive "cavemen" know that back then (if indeed we 'evolved' as science teaches us)? Either they were a lot brighter than we took them for, or these names were inspired.
When we look at the names and their meanings, the Greek for Draco means "trodden upon". Or, as Psalm 91:13 says, The dragon shalt thou trample under feet. The Zodiac of Denderah shows it as a serpent under the feet of Sagittarius--- it's named Her-fent, which means "the serpent accursed". We are not sure what to make of this zodiac since Draco is not really "under" Sagittarius since they are quite a distance apart. The point seems to be the connection with a serpent and cursing. The brightest star in the tail, Thuman (or Alpha Draconis as already discussed) means "subtle". The Bible teaches that Satan is "god of this world" and clearly influences people under his subtle influence as the Bible teaches and as the descending passageway in the pyramid depicts.
Other star names are Rastaban, which means "head of the subtle". In Arabic we have Al Waid, i.e., "who is to be destroyed". The star Gamma is called Ethanin which means a long serpent or dragon.
Hebrew names include Grumian and Giansar, which mean "subtle" and "punished enemy" respectively. In addition, other star names have similar themes and meanings. One can tie all this together to see a picture of a subtle serpent that is cursed and punished.
This completes our first "book" of the stars, from Virgo to Sagittarius. The overall topic was the Coming and Victorious Christ, His work, and the defeat of the serpent Satan. As we start our next book with Capricorn, the theme is about the fruits of Christ's work and how that relates in the deliverance of His people.