Why do we believe that Dan Brown will touch on the subject of the Precession of the Equinoxes and the esoteric knowledge embedded within Christianity? Firstly, the ancient Egyptian hieroglyph of the Sun is depicted on the cover of the US version of ‘The Lost Symbol’. This symbol is a dot within a circle and represents the solar deity ‘Ra’.  This is a well-known symbol within Freemasonry.  The dot within a circle can be found in the letter ‘O’ of DA VINCI CODE.

Secondly, the angle of the tilted Earth Axis, 23.5 degrees was encoded on the cover of the US edition.  The title contains italic text and it so happens that the slant angle of this text is exactly 23.5 degrees.  This also holds true for the slant angles of some of the capital letters of the title, such as the letter ‘V’ and ‘A’ in DA VINCI CODE.

These clues released in the US book cover makes us strongly suspect that Dan Brown may have been inspired by the work of Gary Osborn and will touch on the ancient esoteric and astronomical knowledge about the ‘Precession of the Equinoxes’ embedded within Christianity.

The phenomenon of ‘Precession’ is made possible by the tilt of the Earth’s Axis at 23.5 degrees from the Ecliptic Plane.  Because of this axial tilt, the Earth has a slow ‘wobble’ (like a top winding down) that takes about 26,000 years to complete.  This movement causes the equinox and solstice points to move along the path of the Sun, or Ecliptic.  The repetition of this very specific angle on the cover of ‘The Lost Symbol’ seems to be hinting about Precession. 

All lines are slanted 23.5 degrees from horizontal or vertical

The slanted lines are measured at 23.5 degrees.  The words ‘a novel’ and ‘author of’ are tilted 23.5 degrees.  This same angle is also found in ‘A’ and ‘V’ of ‘DA VINCI CODE’.  The latter may explain why ‘DA VINCI CODE’ was done in capitals.  Circle with a dot in the word ‘CODE’ represents the Egyptian solar deity Ra.

‘The Lost Symbol’ will most likely be ‘The Key of Solomon’ since this was the initial working title for the book.  We have extensively researched the entire Key of Solomon on this website, and you can find our more-detailed interpretation of its significance here .

Although speculative, we postulate that the most important ‘Lost Symbol’ is not only the Key of Solomon, but the eight-pointed cross encoded within the Key of Solomon. We propose that the eight-pointed cross is a symbol of the Great Celestial Conjunction occurring at the End of Times in era-2012. In Christian tradition, this astronomical event has become known as the End of Times …

The aforementioned ‘lost symbol’, the eight-pointed cross, can be found in Churches around the world in great abundance. Just recently, we discovered new compelling evidence to suggest this ‘lost symbol’ ties in with the Christian End Times doctrine as will be explained in this article.

We suggest that the release date of Dan Brown’s latest novel was not randomly chosen, but that the date itself is a very important clue that ties in with the subject of the book.  In the modern Gregorian calendar, September 15th happens to be the the day of the ‘Exaltation of the Holy Cross’ (13, 14 and 15 of September).  Earlier, we wrote on the significance of the day of the .Exaltation of the Holy Cross’ or the day of the ‘True Cross. In Latin, this day was called ‘Exaltatio Sanctae Crucis’ (literally, ‘Raising Aloft of the Holy Cross’).  Later, we will demonstrate later what this raising of the Holy Cross means in astronomical terms. Officially the day of the 'Exaltation of the Holy Cross' starts at september 14th, but it it celebrated for three days. September 15th is officially the feast of ‘Our Lady of Sorrows’.

The ‘true cross’ on which Jesus died was supposedly recovered by Helena Augusta, the mother of Emperor Constantine the Great.  She built the ‘Church of the Holy Sepulchre’ in Jerusalem to store the remains of the (wooden) cross she recovered. The day of the ‘True Cross’ was henceforth associated with the consecration date of the Church of Holy Sepulchre; September 13, 335 AD.  The 13th,  14th  and 15th of September are still being used today to celebrate the day of the ‘raising of the cross’ and to venerate the ‘true cross’ of Christ.

Both the ‘raising of the cross’ and the ‘true cross’ have profound astronomical connotations as we will demonstrate. We speculated before that, in reality, Helena (the mother of Constantine the Great) did not recover the original wooden cross Christ was crucified on, but instead found the pagan astronomical origins of the cross, including the origins of Christianity itself.  Seeking to unite the crumbling Roman Empire under one religion, Her son Constantine then went on to establish and found the Catholic Church at the Nicean Council in 325 AD.  Next, he systematically destroyed all pagan roots that could reveal the true origins of Christianity. Although the exoteric and tangible roots were destroyed, the esoteric roots of Christianity were preserved.  Catholic churches still contain the secret, esoteric and occult information revealing the religion’s secret origins.

The truth is that Christianity originated from the pagan Sun-worshipping cults that it has vehemently been trying to destroy from the earliest founding. These pagan cults venerated Sun gods and were keepers of time (tracing the Sun’s movement along the 12 signs of the Zodiac caused by a phenomenon called the ‘Precession of the Equinoxes’).  Central in these pagan religions were Sun gods, all born from virgin mothers on the Winter Solstice, or around December 25th.  Like Jesus, these Sun gods died on the cross at the Vernal Equinox, around March 21st.  The authors Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy have revealed the striking similarities of the pre-cursor ‘Saviours’ (Osiris, Dionysis, Attis, Adonis, Mithras and many others) of Christianity in their book ‘The Jesus Mysteries, was the original Jesus a pagan God?’.

What the authors have found in their research supports the thesis put forward by Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy;  Christianity rose from the ashes of the pagan Sun worshipping religions, the pagan roots were destroyed such that a ‘new’ religion on the dawn of the Age of Pisces could emerge. Christianity far from original; it has borrowed almost every aspect of the Jesus stories in the New Testament from much older pagan myths as Timothy Freke and Peter Gandy convincingly prove in their book.

The authors therefore put forward the suggestion that the ‘true cross’ venerated on September 15th  is not the cross that Jesus was crucified on, but is nothing less than the cross of the Zodiac formed by the four fixed signs Leo, Taurus, Aquarius and Scorpio.  Proof exists for this thesis since this ancient pagan knowledge is still displayed in churches today.

 
‘True Cross’ Cathedral Lisieux, France

‘True Cross’, Baselique Notre Dame d’Ouvres La Delivrande, France

In churches, the four signs of the Zodiac often reoccur and are associated with ‘Judgment Day’ and the ‘End of Times’

Jesus portrayed at the Last Judgment can often be found in the Tympanium above the entrance of churches and cathedrals. Notice, the lion (Leo) on the left, the bull on the right (Taurus), the angel on the left (Aquarius) and the eagle on the right ( Scorpio).

The four evangelists Luke, John, Mathew and Mark likewise have been associated with these four Zodiac signs as well:

Mark = Scropio (Eagle),          Luke = Taurus,                  John = Leo,              Matthew = Aquarius

There can be no doubt that the cross is associated with sun worship, since it’s been associated with the Sun in many Christian occult symbols:

 
‘Cross in the Sun’, symbolizing that the Christian Cross is a zodiacal cross

Emperor Constantine the Great, who played such a fundamental role and basically shaped the modern Catholic Church, saw in a dream a ‘cross in the Sun’ and this symbol became Chi-Rho symbol in Christianity.

Jesus at ‘Judgment Day’ inside a Vesica Pisces (Age of Pisces) and surrounded by the four signs Leo, Taurus, Aquarius and Scrorpio (Eagle) with the Chi-Rho on top.  Cathedral Lisieux, France.

The four fixed signs of the Zodiac found in Christian art form a four-pointed cross in the 12 signs of the Zodiac. We have postulated before that this cross is actually one of two crosses that merge around era-2012 to mark the ‘End of Times’ in the Precession cycle.

We have called the four-pointed cross formed by Leo, Taurus, Aquarius and Scorpio the ancient understanding of the ‘Galactic Cross’. These four signs rise before the Sun during moments of Great Celestial Conjunctions. To be more precise, the Galactic Cross is formed by the intersection of the Ecliptic and the Galactic Equator.  (for a clear explanation, see earlier writings on the subject see  and http://www.keyofsolomon.org/part1.php). 

In short, a Great Celestial Conjunction is the merger of two crosses in the Zodiac; the first cross is the aforementioned Galactic Cross (in ancient times denoted by the Leo-Taurus-Aquarius-Scorpio cross) and the second cross is the Equinox-Solstitium cross.  Around era-2012, both crosses merge to become a single four-pointed cross.

Although we have extensively written about the significance of the eight-pointed cross occurring in Christian occult symbolism, we have found new convincing proof to suggest that the eight-pointed cross is a symbol of the ‘End of Times’, or Great Celestial Conjunction, that occurs when the two Zodiac crosses merge.  Currently, we live in a time of a Great Celestial Conjunction and refer to it as era-2012 for it occurs between the years 1978-2017.

This latter fact is commonly misunderstood. It is termed ‘era-2012’ since this Great Celestial Conjunction corresponds with the ending of the Maya calendar on the Winter Solstice of 2012.  Galactic Alignment is simply another perspective of the Great Celestial Conjunction.

In a small Baselique near the coast of France in d’Ouvres Delivrande, we discovered a very intriguing mosaic on the ground; it was in front of the alter.  The four signs of the Zodiac forming the Galactic Cross were depicted at the corners of the mosaic. In the center, the Sun with its rays was depicted. Inside the Sun, there was what appears to be a   Benu bird or phoenix.. The Benu bird represented the soul of the Sun God Ra in ancient Egypt and was associated with rebirth and renewal.  Symbolically, it encodes the death and rebirth of the Sun in the Precession cycle at the ‘End of Times’.  Whether the bird is a Benu bird or not, the bird in the mosaic can certainly be associated with self sacrifice, death, and rebirth.  This symbolism is obvious since it feeds it’s offshoot with its own blood by killing itself (beak enters the heart of the bird) such that the offshoot may live.  It is therefore beyond any doubt that this symbol represents the dead and rebirth of the Sun.

Baselique, d’Ouvres Delivrande, Benu bird inside the Sun sacrifices itself such that it’s offshoot can live.  Iit represents the dead and rebirth of the Sun.

What we have been demonstrating in our work is that at the ‘End of Times’ when the Sun has completed a full precession cycle of 26,000 years, it will die only to be reborn in a new cycle as such was the belief system of the ancients.

What makes this imagery so fascinating is that the Sun is enclosed in an eight-pointed cross! The first cross is a blue cross with a kind of flowers-type trefoils; the second cross is a red cross in the form of a tree with leaves and branches.  We suggest that the ‘tree cross’ represents the Galactic Cross since this cross aligns with the four ‘white-in-yellow’ crosses at the corners of the motif.  The four Zodiac signs outside this motif next correspond with these four ‘white-in-yellow’ crosses (identical orientation on the floor, see picture below)

 
Four fixed signs of the Zodiac (Leo, Taurus, Aquarius and Scorpio (eagle)) at the outer rim and edges, with central Sun and Benu bird.  The text on the rim around the eight-pointed cross reads: ‘Redemisti nos domine in sanguine tuo’ and translates ‘Thou hast redeemed us, O Lord, in Thy Blood.’  It is a text that appears in the (‘Litany of the Most Precious Blood of Our Lord Jesus Christ’)

There is a far more compelling reason to associate the ‘tree cross’ with the Galactic Cross.  There is a striking correspondence with the tree-like cross and the ‘World Tree’ or Yggdrassil in Norse mythology.  Scholars in the past have associated the World Tree, appearing in several mythologies around the world, with the Milky Way.  In our work and theory, the Galactic Cross has been defined as the cross formed by the crossing of the Ecliptic and Milky Way.

We therefore suggest that the Yggdrasil Cross, or tree cross, represents the Galactic Cross, since the World Tree can therefore be regarded to be symbolic of the Galactic Cross.  As we have demonstrated consistently throughout our work, the eight-pointed cross is the combined cross of two four-pointed crosses, the Galactic Cross and the Earth or (Equinox-Solstitium) Cross that around era-2012 will merge to herald a New Age (End of Times).

We were not surprised to find Christian esoteric symbolism in the the Basilique de Notre Dame of Delivrande, since the church contained a statue of a black Madonna (black version of Mary).  Several researchers have pointed to the fact that the Black Madonna esoterically stands for the Egyptian mythological figure Isis, the mother of the Sun god Horus.  Christianity copied the concept of the virgin birth and conception of the Son of God from the Isis mythology.  In the Baselique in Delivrande, we discovered a stained glass window containing the twelve signs of the Zodiac.  Central in the window ‘Mary’ was depicted; however, she’s not Mary but the black Madonna Isis since she’s been adorned with the horns of Isis.  In ancient Egypt Isis was depicted with two horns with the Sun in between.  In Freemasonry Isis esoterically represents the Sun in Taurus.

Isis represents the crossing of the ecliptic and the Milky Way in Gemini

What we have added to this observation is that in-between the horns of Taurus the crossing of the Ecliptic and Milky Way occurs in the Zodiac sign of Gemini.  This happens to be the place where the Sun resides at the End of Times at the Summer Solstice in era-2012 at the time of a Galactic Alignment (Sun on the Galactic Equator of the Milky Way.   This is the place of the Sun’s rebirth in the 26,000 year Precession cycle.  So, Isis may esoterically represent the Sun at the crossing of Ecliptic and Milky Way at the Summer Solstice in Gemini at the End of Times.

We were not surprised to discover that in stained glass window the Sun was depicted in the sign of Gemini!

Rose window Notre Dame Douvres La Delivrande,
Mary with horns (Isis) in the center, Sun in Gemini,
Place of the rebirth of the Sun at the Summer Solstice era-2012.

We surmise that Dan Brown will be revealing a lot of new things about the origins of Christianity and the Sun cult adoration upon which it was founded.  We would be surprised if Dan Brown also touched the End Times doctrine of Christianity and the ancient belief system of the ending of a Precession cycle it is based on; however, he will most likely touch on the phenomenon of precession and how it played a key role in the religious system of the ancient Egyptian civilization. 

Knowledge that secretly and esoterically entered into the domain of religion because the ancient Egyptian priests were not only the keepers of time but were in fact astute astronomers, a fact not recognized by most scholars today.  This ‘secret’ science was only available to the initiated and not to the mundane.  This is why the roots of secret societies such as Freemasonry trace back to Egypt.

The authors also support the work of Gary Osborn  who in his research has revealed that a lot of Christian artwork secretly encodes the 23.5 degree tilt of the Earth Axis. We have since discovered quite a rich collection of examples of Christian artwork ourselves that secretly encode this 23.5 degree angle.

Left:  Zagreb cathedral, arms and head of Christ are tilted 23.5 degrees.  Notice the cross itself is an eight-pointed cross.   Right:  Christ depicted as the Pantocrator, all white lines make angles of 23.5 degrees with respect to the Ecliptic.  Notice how the eight-pointed cross on the bible is perfectly tilted to 23.5 degrees.

 The tilt of the Earth axis with respect to the Plane of the Ecliptic is, in the first place, responsible for the four seasons and secondly responsible for the Precession of the Equinoxes (along with the wobbling of the Earth axis in a 26.000 year cycle)

 
Cathedral Bayeux

The cathedral in Bayeux contains an interesting statue of an angel on a globe holding a tilted cross, similar to the tilting of the Earth Axis.  Since the cross she holds could esoterically encode a Zodiac cross as we have demonstrated before, we surmise that occult knowledge is conveyed through this statue about the Precession of the Equinoxes.

Remember that the same esoteric symbolism of the slanted 23,5 degree angles that can be found in Christian art was also used by Dan Brown on his book cover.

As we have mentioned before, the day of the ‘Raising Aloft of the Holy Cross’ most probably has an astronomical esoteric meaning. On the day of the ‘Raising Aloft of the Holy Cross’ or ‘Exaltation of the Cross’ (September 14th), the bishop stands in the center of the church, or cathedral, which is at the crossing of nave and the transept. He takes the holy cross and raises it above his head while the choir sings Kyrie Eleison.  He then makes the sign of the cross three times with the cross in hands.  Slowly, he bows down to the ground and stands to raise the cross again above his head.  This is why the ceremony is called the ‘Raising Aloft of the Holy Cross’. The cross is erected from its horizontal to its vertical position similar to the erection of the cross on which Christ died before the crucifixion.  This ceremony is repeated four times to all four cardinal directions.

The ‘Raising Aloft of the Cross’ under the eight-pointed cross intersection of the nave and transcept exoterically symbolizes the raising of the ‘True Cross’ of the crucifixion, while esoterically it may have an astronomical connotation.  The exoteric meaning of the raising of the cross corresponds with the 12th Station of the Cross when the cross of the crucifixion is raised (erected) and Jesus is finally nailed to the cross.  Is it a coincidence then that the 12th station of the Cross and the ensuing death of Christ on the cross echoes the death of the Sun in the Precession Cycle when it has passed through all of the twelve signs of the Zodiac?  (the 12 stations so to speak)  Is he to be reborn and resurrected for the next Precession Cycle after his death on the Zodiac, or true, Cross? 
Yes.

Most churches and cathedrals have nave and transept both forming one huge four-pointed cross.  At the crossing the legs of this cross, the ceiling contains an eight-pointed cross.  So churches and cathedrals are built of a four-pointed cross with an eight pointed cross at the intersection.  This consistent symbolism. Cathedral Bayeux France.

During Great Celestial Conjunctions when the two crosses merge, either the Equinox or Solstice Axisstands perfectly erect with respect to the Galactic Equator. The astronomer Nick Fiorenza has termed this astronomical event that only occurs four times during a precession cycle of 26,000 years ( ‘The Erection of the Holy Cross’). It occurs again in era-2012 (in between 1978-2017).

The raising of the cross by the bishop under the eight-pointed cross on the ceiling may therefore esoterically encode the raising of the true cross (Zodiac Equinox-Solstitium Axis) at the ‘End of Times’ when the Equinox or Solistitium Axis also stands perpendicular to the Galactic Equator.

The Maya Scholar Linda Schele interpreted the Maya Creation myth as the myth that encodes the movement of the Milky Way across the skies of August 13 690 AD, the date of the dedication of the Cross at Palenque.  Central in the Maya Creation myth is the raising of the sky or Wakah Chan (raised up sky).  The Wakah Chan depicted in the ‘Tablet of the Cross’ at Palenque represents the World Tree and, according to Schele, it must not only be associated with eight partitions of the sky but also with the intersection of the Milky Way and the Ecliptic. At dawn on the morning of August 13, 690 AD; according to Maya myth, Creation was finally established when the Milky Way stood fully erect with respect to the horizon.  The ‘raised up sky’ had dawned.

 Coincidence or not, but the 15th of September is the only date that the Milky Way stands perfectly erect in Washington D.C. at dawn in our era! The day of the ‘Exaltation of the Cross’ coincides with the ‘raising of the sky’ that plays such an important role in the Maya creation myth.

Galactic Equator perfectly erect at dawn on September 15th in Washington D.C.  The perpendicular axis is the Galactic Equator, the white line is the horizon (Starry Night Pro version 6)

There has been much debate about just how the Key of Solomon ties into Dan Brown’s latest novel.  Though we have extensively written on the information found in this ancient text we will now provide a brief synopsis for those wishing a quick summary.  It was our decoding of the following cipher within the Key of Solomon manuscript that initially affirmed our work being presented.

There are numerous symbols at play here, so we will simply list them for brevity.  (It is again strongly recommended that the reader read the full analysis found at http://keyofsolomon.org/part2.php in order to fully understand the interpretation we offer.)

• The central star represents our Sun.
• The ‘beam of light’ beneath it is the Milky Way.  (i.e. Sun on the Milky Way) 
• The partial circle between slopes on the left and right sides is the Egyptian ‘akhet’ hieroglyph.  It translates ‘horizon’.  There are two of these, hence eastern and western horizons.
• The stars around the rim are actually a sequential puzzle, and when properly joined, form the Pleiades star cluster.
• The small cross-like symbol appears to be the final clue and relates to the astronomy of Precession.

So the clues thus far are, Sun on the Milky Way, eastern and western horizon, the Pleiades constellation, and the final small ‘cross’ symbol.  When combined, the conclusion is quite clear.

There are four Great Celestial Conjunctions that occur during one Precession Cycle.  Two occur when the Equinox Sun is on the Galactic Equator (Milky Way) and the other two when the Solstice occurs at the same nexus.  Due to the Earth’s wobble, these only occur about every 6,700 years.  The place of the Sun crossing has been referred to as the ‘Silver Gate.’ 

During the last Great Celestial Conjunction around 4,500 BC, the Vernal Equinox Sun (central star, akhet glyphs, eastern and western horizon) was on the Milky Way (pillar beneath central Sun) and the Pleiades (rim stars) were used to point to the place where the Sun would both rise and cross the Galactic Equator, a pointer.

The diagram below shows both the sequence for decoding the outer rim stars and the function of the Pleiades cluster to point the Sun on the Milky Way.

(Taken From)  http://keyofsolomon.org/Pleiades%20starmap.php

Further evidence of the Pleiades being used for this purpose can be found at Stonehenge   

The decoding of the final ‘cross’ symbol is as follows:

• The small cross symbol appears to be a code for the axial tilt of the Earth itself.  Notice the following important points:
• The central star or Sun falls on the Ecliptic Plane exactly where it should be.  This would confirm our suspicion that this star is really our Sun.
• The symbol lines with the small ‘cross hatches’ line up perfectly with the Ecliptic Pole Meridian.  (Perhaps the cross hatches themselves were alluding to the Poles . . . .)
• The symbol’s remaining two diagonal lines match up surprisingly well with the axial tilt (23.5 degrees) and the ‘Precessional Cone’ of the Earth.

If our interpretation is correct, then every symbol discussed points to and reinforces our overall thesis.  This piece of the Key of Solomon parchment appears to be communicating knowledge of not only the last great Celestial Conjunction around 4,500 BC, but also to the cyclical nature of this phenomenon.

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