In the Torah’s account of these events, Joseph went down into Egypt and became both the Prime Minister of Egypt (the Vizier) and the High Priest of Heliopolis. Remember that the Hyksos were known as the Shepherd Pharaohs, and it will be a frequent assertion in this and later articles that these Hyksos peoples were related to or allied to the Israelites, which is why the Israelite patriarchs were known as ‘shepherds’. The period in question is just after the historically attested Exodus of the Hyksos Pharaohs of Egypt, who were kicked out of Egypt in about 1570 BC. So what further evidence do we find in the Bible, that the early Judaic priesthood venerated the precessional zodiac? Surprising as it may seem, we may well have a verbatim description of this change in the Great Month, from Taurus to Aries, in the Torah story of Joseph (the patriarch who wore the coat of many colours). Continuing Ralph Ellis’s look at Astrology in the Bible in ASTROLOGY IN THE BIBLE: ARIES connections involving Aries were examined, and here the focus turns to Taurus and Pisces …
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