the sky over the course of the year. If one places the
rotated tracing board next to the Zodiac, the Sun’s
intensity is represented in both images with the
topmost position as the peak, and the point of least
intensity at the bottom:
• The top pillar is depicted by the Sun,
representing the longest day of the year,
on June 21st.
• The middle pillar is depicted as the
Eye of Horus, representing the days of
the equinoxes (balance or harmony),
on March 21st and September 21st.
• The bottom pillar is depicted by the
Moon surrounded by stars, representing
the longest night of the year, on
December 21st.
Both the Zodiac and the Masonic tracing board
represent the Principle of Rhythm or cycle, one of
the seven Hermetic Natural Laws. In mathematics,
one can plot the intensity of the Sun as a sine wave
if the year begins on an equinox, or a cosine if the
year begins on a solstice.
In the following image, the Season of Life is represented by the curve above the x-axis and the Season
of Death is represented by the curve below the
x-axis. Notice how the solstices are at the maximum
and minimum points of the sine wave; Summer is
at the peak of the wave and Winter is at the base of
the wave.
THE SUN RISES FROM THE GRAVE
March 22nd is a day of special importance because
it marks the 3rd day after the Sun begins its rise out
of the Southern hemisphere on March 19th. It is
symbolic of resurrection from death, which is an
astrotheological theme of a great many world
religions reaching back into antiquity. In Christianity for example, Jesus is said to have died on
the cross, and rose from the grave after three days,
described as: the risen Christ, the light of the world,
the savior of the world, bringing the life of spring to
places ravaged by the death of winter.
When the Sun crosses the equator on or around
March 19th it is said to be rising from the grave, or
out of its tomb in the Southern hemisphere. The
third day after this process begins, the resurrection
is complete, marked by the 22nd of March. The
number 22 also symbolizes rebirth in Kabbalistic
tradition.
To further underscore the three-day resurrection
allegory, the 12 houses of the Zodiac can also be
considered 12 great days of the calendar year.
When the Sun dies on the cross, on December 21st,
it spends three days in the tomb of death, three
months after the Winter Solstice. The sunrise on
22nd of March is the first day after three great days
of the Zodiacal calendar, symbolically depicting the
time when the Christ rises from the tomb of death
or the Season of Death.
MARCH 22ND AND THE
SEASON OF SACRIFICE
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The exact day for the beginning of the Season of
Sacrifice is contested amongst occult researchers.
Some contend that since the Sun begins its rise on
the 19th of March that this is the beginning of the
season, whereas others assert that since the resurrection requires three days, then it must begin on
March 22nd. Using this latter interpretation, if one
adds the nine remaining days in March to the 30
days of April and adds the first day of May, a 40-day
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