Babylonian Zodiac: more on Rabbinic Jewish month names

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The lunar Babylonian calendar was adopted by the Judaites from the time of the deportation to Babylon of the Judah Kingdom (586 B.C.). Pharisaic Talmudists to this day have adopted the Babylonian calendar and the pagan names of the months, with rites to match. These month names coincide roughly with the signs of the Zodiac as follows: Nisan (Babylonian month) corresponds with Aries; Iyyar with Taurus; Siwan with Gemini; Tammuz with Cancer; Ab with Leo; Elul with Virgo; Tishri with Libra; Heshwan with Scorpio; Kislev with Sagitarius; Tebet with Capricorn; Shebat with Aquarius; Adar with Pisces.

Supposedly, the sun enters the section called: Aries about March 21; Taurus, about April 21; Gemini, about May 22; Cancer, about June 22; Leo, about July 23; Virgo, about August 24; Libra, about September 24, Scorpio, about October 24, Sagitarius, about November 23; Capricorn, about December 22, Aquarius about January 20; Pices, about February 19.

During the Exile the Babylonian system was adopted, the names of the months being derived from the common Babylonian calendar … Thus Tammuz is the month dedicated to the worship of the fertility spirit of that name [page 43] [Note: the male sex-god] Elul is the month when he was bewailed [Here, ‘alal’ is given as the Hebrew for ‘wail’].”

“Tebeth is the month he sank into the Netherworld, and so forth … The following list gives the names of the Jewish months.

“Tishri (Sept.-Oct.) … The New Moon of Tishri is not blessed, as are those of other months … The zodiacal sign of Tishri is the Scales …”

“Marheshwan or Heshvan (Oct.-Nov) …New Moon is reckoned as two days … . The zodiacal sign is Scorpion …”

“Kislev (Nov -Dec.) … New Moon is irregular, being either one or two days … The zodiacal sign is the Archer …”

‘‘Tebeth (Dec.-Jan.) … It is customary to refrain from slaughtering geese during Tebeth … The zodiacal sign is Capricorn …”

“Shebat (Jan.-Feb.) … Thirty days. New Moon is reckoned as one day. 15: ‘New Year For Trees.’ It is believed that demons are abroad in this month. The zodiacal sign is the Waterman (Aquarius) …”

“Adar (Feb-Mar ) …The Zodiacal sign is Pisces (The Fishes).”

“Second Adar … Occurs only in leap year …”

“Nisan (March-April) … The entire month is regarded as a prolonged festival and one in which it is blessed to die. Every twenty-five years the sun is especially blessed in Nisan. The zodiacal sign is the Ram …”

“Iyar (April-May) … The zodiacal sign is the Bull …”

“Sivan (May-June) … The zodiacal sign is the Twins …”

“Tammuz … New Moon is two days. 17: Fast of Tammuz.”

Here Isaiah 44:24-5; Jeremiah 10:2; and Isaiah 47:13 are quoted, the latter quotation being attributed to an imaginary “Deutero-Isaiah.” All Scriptures with Messianic prophecies which Christ fulfilled, thus hard to explain away, are attributed to some nebulous late-comer.

All of the tributes to the Moon, monthly, and to the Sun, are specifically forbidden by the Bible. Veneration of the Sun, Moon and Stars is the oldest idolatry.

That the ancients were condemned for the same things wrapped up in Judaism today, and practiced now, is seen in the Bible; Duet. 4:19; II Kings 17:16; 21:3, 5; II Chron. 33:3, 5; Punishments: Deut. 17:2-5; II Chron. 28:23; Job 31:26-8; Jer. 7:17-20; 8:2; Ezek. 8:15-6; Zeph. 1:4-5, Acts 7:42. For Warnings Against and Punishments: Deut. 17:2-5; II Chron. 28:23; Isa. 2:6-12; Jer. 8:12, 19; 19:13 (On star-worship and drink offerings, see “Habdalah”); Eze. 8:14-16; Micah 5:12 (on soothsayers, or astrologists, and witchcraft) — Plus the Bible from beginning to end — Zephaniah on the host of heaven, and so on. Jewish Encyclopedias will tell you that Astrology or star-worship, was so well entrenched in Talmudism that only Maimonides, of their “sages” ever opposed it.

“Other gods” is veritably the middle name of this Jewish religion based upon a non-anthropomorphic “god” and a pantheistic world of spirits. These are invoked virtually from the time of awakening to sleep at night.

Guests are people we invite, but uninvited, [we do not have to allow them to stay]. The same of the dark spirits in Talmudism

from the Universal Jewish Encyclopedia, under “Astrology.”
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