Ram, Scales, PeSaCh and SuKKoT
IaHU-NaTaN
Found this at: http://americaspropheticdestiny.com/THEHEBREWCALENDARindex.htm
The following is just a small excerpt and I comment below:
Theological Aspects of the Hebrew Calendar
Having established the astronomical aspects of the original calendar of the Jews, i.e. they intercalated in order to keep the feasts AT the time of the equinoxes, we are now ready to show that Yahweh designed the Zodiac to coincide beautifully with the equinox in such a way that the Zodiac lent extremely relevant meaning to the feasts as they were occurring. In other words, Yahweh wanted Passover to be kept near the spring equinox because it was by His design that the sun was in the sign of Aries during the equinox. Aries the Ram is drenched with Passover meaning. These relationships were well-understood in Yahshua’s day, as we are about to see.
The great 19th century Jewish historian, Emil Schurer said this about the calendar:
The Passover festival, to be celebrated at full moon in the month of Nisan (Nisan 14), should in any case fall after the vernal equinox when the Sun stood in the sign Aries (see n. 2 below). This explanation is characterized by Anatolius, in a fragment of decided importance in relation to the history of the Jewish calendar… as the unanimous view of all the Jewish authorities…With this also agree the statements of Philo and Josephus. If one therefore toward the close of the year noticed that the Passover would fall before the vernal equinox, the intercalation of a month before Nisan would have to be resorted to.[23]
Anatolius (died ca. 282), Bishop of Laodicea, is cited in Eusebius’ Church History 7.32.16-19, as follows:
We can learn…from the statements of Philo, Josephus, and Musaeus, and not them only, but still earlier writers, the two Agathobuli, famous as teachers of Aristobulus the Great…These authors, in explaining the problems of the Exodus state that the Passover ought invariably to be sacrificed after the spring equinox, at the middle of the first month; and that this occurs when the sun is passing through the first sign…of the Zodiacal cycle [i.e. Aries]. Aristobulus adds that it is necessary at the Passover festival that not only the sun but the moon as well should be passing through an equinoctial sign [a reference to Libra]. There are two of these signs, one in the spring, and one in the autumn, diametrically opposite each other. On the day of the Passover--14th of the month after sunset-- the moon will occupy the position diametrically opposite the sun, as we can see when the moon is full; the sun will be in the sign of the spring equinox, the moon inevitably in that of the autumnal [Libra, which Philo calls the Scales].
How Equinoxes, Aries and Libra Work Together to Fix the Seasons for the Festivals
There can be no doubt that the “first sign of the Zodiacal cycle,” referred to by Anatolius and Philo, was the sign of Aries the ram. This lines up with the meaning of Passover, since Isaac’s life was spared in Genesis 22 when Yahweh provided a ram out of the thicket at the point when Abraham was willing to sacrifice his son. The Jewish sages believed that this story took place around Passover. Fred Coulter in his book The Christian Passover presents strong evidence that the Abrahamic Covenant was ratified on Passover in Genesis 15. In a very real sense, Genesis 22 is the original Passover story, which is the story of a sacrificial ram sparing the life of the promised seed, or should we say the Promised Seed giving His Life in order to spare everyone else’s. YHWH designed the heavens for signs and seasons in a marvelous fashion which not one of us fully comprehends; but two things are certain, 1) from Abraham to Yahshua the sun dwelt in Aries during the month of March and early April, and 2) Yahweh with forethought placed Aries there during that epoch to picture the great type and antitype that played themselves out from Mt. Moriah to Goshen and finally Calvary.
The only way to link the season of the Paschal Lamb—which is by far the most important theological concept in the Bible--with any time scheme involving the heavenly bodies, must necessarily involve the sun in relation to the stars behind it, as viewed from the earth. The sun represents Yahweh’s Messiah, His intermediary for bringing the Light of Truth to His chosen people all through history. When the sun did not shine from noon until 3 PM during our Savior’s crucifixion, the constellation Aries became visible in the blackened sky behind the sun.[24] The sign of the Ram (Aries’ Hebrew name is taleh, the lamb), represents His role as the Father’s sacrificial Lamb, demonstrating Yahweh’s willingness to give His only-begotten Son for the sins of the world. This overarching theme of the Scriptures dictated the start of the year. No doubt even the ancient Egyptians derived their practice of sacrificing a lamb at the spring equinox from this heavenly reality. The Arabic name for the constellation Aries is Al Hamal, the sheep, gentle and merciful.[25] The Aramaic-speaking eastern cultures referred to the sign of the Ram by amroo, the same word used in the Peshitta (the Aramaic NT) in John 1:29 by John the Baptist: “Behold the Lamb of God which takes away the sin of the world.” Therefore, Aries is a picture of the Messiah’s first coming, whose atoning mission was capped on a torture stake on Passover day, March 27, 31 AD, when the sun was still in Aries. Many in the holyday-keeping movement neglect or reject these kinds of typological and theological criteria for intercalation, despite the fact that both Philo and Josephus plainly state that Passover must fall when the sun is in the sign of the Ram!
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I just rechecked the Calendar using LunarPhasePro and AstroViewer online and found that beginning of first month newmoon was in the Ram.. full moon was in the Scales..
On the Seventh month even though the new moon is in the Virgin on the 10/9 when we start the month it is in the Scales.
Full moon is in the Ram... So we must be on track...
I also rechecked TeQUPhaH timings and found that Indeed first month started first new moon after... and seventh month first new moon after... those that are now starting their fourth month will be starting their Seventh month before TeQUPhaH.