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Canst thou bring forth Mazzaroth* in his season?
or canst thou guide Arcturus with his sons? Job 38:32 (KJV)

The Zodiac information in this web site is based on "Mazzaroth: the Constellations" by Frances Rolleston; 1862.  In the Preface, pages 1 & 2,  Ms. Rolleston writes:

Most persons have been taught the names and figures of the signs of the zodiac. Many have been repelled by the explanations usually given of these ...

Instead, explore the heavens against the backdrop of the only true wisdom given to man (Scripture). The agreement of the figures will be shown, with the types used by the "holy prophets who have been since the world began," in their predictions of Him, first promised to Adam as the seed of the woman and the conqueror of the serpent; ...

The names and ideas conveyed by the figures (constellations) are traced in the mythology of the nations; ... from the confused and incongruous use these made of them; [it can be shown] that the fables were invented from the constellations, and not the constellations from the fables.

It is therefore evident that the distinction of the starry heavens into constellations, like the division of the earth into districts, is the work of man's imagination for his own purposes. In this case the purpose was to declare the Glory of God.

*The word "Mazzaroth" appears in the KJV of the Bible. It is a noun applied to separate chambers
or divisions, such as the constellations. Mazaloth, a similar word, means a way through which any
thing goes, as the sun through the zodiac ...

Additional Sources

  1. Fleming, Kenneth C., God's Voice in the Stars: Zodiac Signs and Bible Truth, Loizeaux Brothers, Neptune, New Jersey, 1981. Many of the graphics on this site are from his book.

  2. Capt, Raymond, E., The Glory of the Stars: A Study of the Zodiac, Artisan Sales, Thousand Oaks, California, 1976.

  3. Seiss, Joseph A., The Gospel in the Stars, Kregal Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1972.

  4. Bullinger, E. W., The Witness of the Stars, Kregal Publications, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1967.

  5. Bauvan, Robert and Gilbert, Adrian, The Orion Mystery, Crown Publishers, Inc., New York, 1994, p. 215.