Rise of the Wadjet Witch - By Juliet C. Obodo Page 0,29

the loose, the rest of Memphis’s first week at work went well. She turned in her first set of horoscopes and they ran that Wednesday. They were very well received by the readers. She decided to break her predictions into two parts: the first twelve for the old-fashioned, and then she added Orion and Ophiuchus as bonuses.

Sagittarius 12/18 – 1/18

Capricorn 1/19 – 2/15

Aquarius 2/16 – 3/11

Pisces 3/12 – 4/18

Aries 4/19 – 5/13

Taurus 5/14 – 6/17

Orion 6/18 – 6/23

Gemini 6/24 – 7/20

Cancer 7/21 – 8/9

Leo 8/10 – 9/15

Virgo 9/16 – 10/30

Libra 10/31 – 11/22

Scorpio 11/23 – 11/29

Ophiuchus 11/30 – 12/17

She referenced data from Virgil’s research to explain their presence:

Six thousand years of history is encoded within the stars, and a true astrologer can peek into the stars and foretell the future. In astrology, the position of a star—even of an entire constellation—is irrelevant. All that matters to western astrologers is the position of the Sun, the Moon, and planets along the ecliptic. Only the longitude, the latitude of a celestial body, doesn’t matter and is often overlooked. Other aspects and constellations below and above the elliptic plane were hardly ever considered. The real important aspect is the ecliptic plane, and the astronomical background may have value only when speaking of Astrological Ages.

There are at least thirteen constellations traced by the ecliptic—the thirteenth constellation being Ophiuchus—and the constellation of Orion practically touches the ecliptic. The Sun enters the constellation of Orion between the eighteenth and twentieth of June, and Ophiuchus on the twenty-ninth of November under the Egyptian sign of Wadjet.

The Greeks needed to remove one of the original fourteen constellations from the zodiac—the constellations on the elliptic and through which the Sun passes in the course of a year—in order to accomplish their desire to have each sign rule for an even thirty degrees of sky.

Orion is opposite to Ophiuchus, making the transition from twelve-sign astrology to fourteen-sign astrology easier and more straightforward.

The true Astrological Zodiac begins with Aries, but includes some celestial bodies other than the Sun, the Moon, and the planets, and these inclusions are quite rational from an astrological standpoint. True Astrology eliminates the dual rule of Venus in Taurus and Mercury in Virgo and makes the asteroids of Ceres and Vesta the new rulers of Taurus and Virgo. Orion and Ophiuchus have unique rulers in Pallas and Chiron. They are the gates to the higher world. This makes more sense and is a true reflection of the heavens.

Memphis created a chart to better see the differences between the two zodiacs.

Zodiac Sign

Planetary Ruler

Capricorn

Saturn

Aquarius

Uranus

Pisces

Neptune

Aries

Mars

Taurus

Ceres

Orion

Pallas

Gemini

Mercury

Cancer

Moon

Leo

Sun

Virgo

Vesta

Libra

Venus

Scorpio

Pluto

Ophiuchus

Chiron

Sagittarius

Jupiter

As the Earth slowly wobbles, its tilt changes and affects our view of the constellation the Sun is in at a given time. With time, as the Earth tilts, the constellation Ophiuchus seems to hit the elliptical path. The Sun spends more than half a month’s time in Ophiuchus. The sign opposite Ophiuchus is Orion. Now the Earth is tilting to the other side of the sky. Orion is on the side that Earth is now tilting toward. Today, our Sun actually rides the cusp of Orion two to three days out of the year and the Sun is just a couple degrees away from entering Orion.

Ophiuchus sits in the general direction toward the center of our galaxy, The Gate of the Gods. Orion sits in the opposite direction in the anti-galactic center, The Gate of Man.

The Gate of Man; The Gate of The Gods. The phrases struck a chord. She’d heard or seen them before but she couldn’t remember where.

Memphis saw the ties to Egypt in Virgil’s research and began to delve deeper into the country’s history for more answers. There was a great deal of material on the subject.

According to Egyptologists, the most important constellations in ancient cosmology that were used in certain cults and religions revolved around four important figures in Egyptian mythology: Isis, Osiris, Horus, and Seth. Osiris was the Egyptian god of enlightenment and wisdom who helped the Egyptians evolved from barbarism to a civilized society. Isis was the sister and wife of Osiris, and represented motherhood and education. Seth was the evil brother of Isis and Osiris who schemed and succeeded in killing Osiris and taking control of ancient Egypt. Horus, conceived by Isis from the deceased Osiris, would grow up to defeat Seth and restore ancient Egypt to its rightful rulers.

The constellations, planets, and stars that correspond to the ancient Egyptian gods and goddesses are as follows:

Osiris-Orion-Moon

Isis-Sirius-Earth

Seth-Taurus-Mars

Horus-Leo-Sun

Mars is a god of war and truly fits the image of Seth