Astrology and the four horsemen of Revelations

Jennifer Reynolds
August 23, 2012; Revision 8/7/13

The story of the four horsemen is found in the Revelation of John,

which scholars believe was written in 95 AD. They did not carbon date it. It
is given this date because the author alludes to a numbers of kings who
had come and gone. It was more likely written during the period of the
compilation of the bible around 325AD.
There is something very strange and unique about Revelations that
needs closer examination.
The ancients imagined the sun as riding through the heavens in a
chariot. The Greek sun god Helios rode his chariot across the heavens
drawn by four horses, as did the sun god Apollo. It was once common
knowledge that the four horses represented the four seasons and this is
what they represent in Revelations.
Each season bursts forward in a certain zodiac sign at cardinal
points. The cardinal points once occurred in Taurus for spring, Leo for
summer, Scorpio for fall and Aquarius for winter (one zodiac sign back due
to the precession of the equinox). The cardinal points are also the two

equinoxes (spring & fall) and two solstices (summer & winter).These
cardinal points is the origin of the symbol of the cross.
If the compilers of the bible had understood that what they had in
Revelations was really astrology sweetly wrapped in Christian salutation, it
probably would never have seen the light of day.
They did not recognize that the author prophesied the churches
corruption and downfall. They did not recognize themselves as the Great
Whore of Babylon who rides the Beast.
In creating the Roman-Catholic Church, they joined government with
religion and created a Church-State. This conglomerate entity is not the US
as some have supposed because the US was purposefully founded on
separation of church and state to avoid this very prophecy.
The church officials were very picky about what they included in the
final compilation of writings that makes up the bible we have today. They
rejected many articles, especially those that did not conform to their
doctrine. For example, the Book of Enoch (written in Aramaic and Hebrew
in 300 BC) was considered blasphemous because it describes the fall of the
Watchers; angels who came unto women and fathered the Nephilim
(giants). Yet they left 1 Samuel 17:41 where David killed the giant Goliath.
Not knowing how to interpret Revelations, but concluding that the
visions must be from a prophet of God, possibly even the disciple John, the
compliers stuck it in the back in the 11th hour, much to our delight today.
Being the last book of the bible, Revelations is a beautiful finale of
astrotheology and it undeniably unmasks (much like a Rosetta stone) the
presence of astrology in our established religion. It starts by the writer
identifying himself as John, with the implication that he is the disciple John
(a Jew, yet written in Greek?). He gives a Christian salutation then
acknowledges the churches, as did the earlier Christian writer, Paul. It then
switches into a beautiful astrotheological thesis and ends with another
Christian salutation. What we have is a message written in the language of
astrology for those who can understand. It also carries a warning for those
living in perilous end-times due to the astrological phenomena of the
24,000 year -Great Year- of the precession of the vernal (spring) equinox.
The first indication that we have entered the realm of Astrology is
that while Paul wrote to 10 or more churches, the author of Revelations
mentions only 7. The numbers 7 and 12 are significant to astrology

because there are 7 planets and 12 constellations. Planets are considered

the hosts of heaven.
So, lets look at the beautiful piece of astrotheology that has come to
us today, so carefully and unwittingly preserved by the Catholic Church.

Revelation 4:6-8
And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the
midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of
eyes before and behind. And the first beast was like a lion (Leo) and the
second beast like a calf (Taurus) and the third beast had a face as a man
(Aquarius) and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle (Scorpio).
Scorpio is the only constellation that has three signs, the scorpion,
the eagle and the phoenix, the symbol of transformation and spiritual
rebirth. The eagle more likely represents the sign of Aquila, which means
eagle and is also in that region.
These 4 beasts are the four fixed signs of the Zodiac. At these points
the season is fixed. Spring is fixed in Taurus. Summer is fixed in Leo. Fall is
fixed in Scorpio and winter is fixed in Aquarius. Seasons occurs in three
phases. Each season has a startup phase called cardinal, its middle is called
fixed, and its decline is called mutable. This cycling has been compared to
an airplane. A lot of energy is required for a plane to take off (cardinal,)
the plane coasts along (fixed,) and then the plane declines (mutable).
Ancients used the analogy of horses.
After we are introduced to this strange creature, the Lamb appears
and opens a seal. The Lamb is the zodiac sign of Aries; which for many
ancients actually began the new year. Then, each of these four beasts
announces one of the four horsemen in turn.
The horses represent each of the four cardinal months or
start of the seasons. The riders represents the four fixed months
of the season. Together they are the four horse-men.
The four beasts also represent the four Ages of man called Veda
Yugas that are equivalent to the Golden age, Silver age, Bronze age, and
Iron age. The Satya Yuga is mans Golden age. Tetra Yuga the Silver age.
Dvapar Yuga the Bronze age and Kali Yuga the Dark age.

Due to cosmic influences, based upon our location in the universe as

our sun drags us though the cosmos upon its elliptical path, man suffers
long periods of intellectual and spiritual deficiency during the Dark ages,
where his capacity for comprehension slowly diminishes. Yet, at other
times based upon location and beneficial energy, during the Golden ages
mans intellectual and spiritual capacity increases. Some believe that we
are leaving the dark ages and that entering Aquarius turns us back towards
a Golden age. I dont agree with this. It is my contention that we are
moving below the galactic plane, not above it. Aquarius is a winter month
and is ruled by Saturn; a malevolent planet of fear and control. We are
already seeing the effects of Saturn with the militarization of our police
force and the hammering on our head of the word terror.

Rev, 6:1 And I saw when the Lamb (Aries) opened one of the seals,
and I heard, as it were the noise of thunder, one of the four beasts saying,
Come and see. 6:2 And I saw, and behold a white horse: and he that sat
on him had a bow; and a crown was given unto him: and he went forth
conquering, and to conquer.
The first horseman sounds almost regal. He is unique in that he
represents both the season of spring and a savior-hero, hence the white
horse and crown. The word Herod, as in King Herod, translates as Heros
song. The heros song is the story of triumph and struggles as our hero
(the sun) transverses the wheel of the zodiac.
The first horseman rides a white horse, always associated with the
good guy. He wears a crown and carries a bow. He rode out as a
conqueror bent on conquest. The word crown is from the Latin root word
corona. A crown originally meant to represent the golden rays of the sun
and associated the ruler with the power of the sun and authority to rule.
The rider wears the crown because the sun is exalted in Aries and in this
house he is called the conquering sun. He arose from the dead, the dead
of winter, to save us. He is after all, the light of the world.
The first horse is cardinal spring in Aries, and the rider is
fixed spring in Taurus. Our hero, the sun, has conquered the dark
and cold of winter with its warmth and life giving energy in
spring. The world is renewed.

The rider has borrowed the bow from Sagittarius the centaur, a half
horse, half man creature. In the constellations, Sagittarius follows after
Scorpio. The centaur has turned around and points his arrow at a star
called Antares, which is at the "heart" of the scorpion that gives the sun
the kiss of death. A scorpions sting is in the shape of a pair of lips. This
is where Judas (Scorpio) betrays Jesus, the sun, with a kiss before he goes
to his death during the winter solstice in Capricorn (the goat). The bow
symbolizes that he plans to conquer death. He will be resurrected.
The artist painted the rider with feet of clay. The reference of clay
feet comes from the book of Daniel. The king had a dream which Daniel
interpreted. The dream was of a statue that represented the four Ages of
man; the Golden age, the Silver age, the Bronze age, the Iron or Dark age.
Daniel 2:32:The head of the statue was made of pure gold, its chest

and arms of silver, its belly and thighs of bronze, its legs of iron, its feet
partly of iron and partly of baked clay.
The rider in the painting presented here wears a golden crown, a suit
of silver and bronze, with feet of clay. The artist again alludes to the four
horsemen being in reference to the Ages of man, in case you missed it.

Rev 6:3 And when he had opened the second seal, I heard the second
beast say, Come and see. 6:4 And there went out another horse that was
red: and power was given to him that sat thereon to take peace from the
earth, and that they should kill one another: and there was given unto him
a great sword.
The second horseman rides the face of the earth on a fiery red horse
carrying a sword to take peace from the earth. The Greek word that was
used for red is purros or pyros, meaning the color of fire. The normal
Greek word for red is eruthros so the word chosen (purros) is a more
specialized term to suggest fiery flickering of reds, oranges, and yellows of
a flame.
The second horse is the cardinal summer in Cancer, and the
rider is the fixed summer in Leo. The fiery color of the horse

represents the heat of summer where emotions run high and if

unbridled leads to war and strife (the sword) and takes peace
from the earth.
The summer solstice occurs in Cancer June 21st when the sun is
straight overhead during the longest day of the year. But the sun still rules
the sign of Leo and always will. For our ancestors, the heat of the sun in
summer became like a devouring lion. The lion may be courageous and
brave and the king of the jungle, and all, but this sign's negative aspects
are the heat of passions and emotions. All signs have positive and negative
aspects.

Rev 6:5 And when he had opened the third seal, I heard the third beast
say, Come and see. And I beheld, and lo a black horse; and he that sat on
him had a pair of balances in his hand. 6:6 And I heard a voice in the midst
of the four beasts say, A measure of wheat for a penny, and three
measures of barley for a penny; see thou hurt not the oil and the wine.
The third horse is cardinal fall in Libra, and the rider is fixed
fall in Scorpio. While Aries represents 6am and daylight (white
horse) on the zodiac clock, Libra represent after 6pm and night
(black horse). The scales represent Libra and the suns fall below
the equator as it heads towards its death at the winter solstice.
Scales represent the fall equinox where there is equal length of day
and night. There are 6 months above the equator and 6 months below.
One pan of the scales represents the 6 months above (positive & life
affirming) and the other pan represent the 6 months below (negative & life
effacing). In this painting there is really only one scale; a serious lacking, a
famine, which this horseman is said to represent. This horseman is told to
measure the wheat and barley and hurt not the oil and wine; meaning be
very judicious with your food storage. If ancients had not reserved enough
food by this time of the year, they could easily starve to death in the winter
months ahead.
Next comes the forth horsemen of Death followed closely behind by
Hades. The word Hades has mistakenly become synonymous with the
relatively new concept of a Christian fiery hell. The Greek word Hades

means the cold, dark underworld; a shadowy, gloomy Netherworld cut off
from God. Hades is the lower, outer regions of heaven where Saturn is.

Rev 6:7 And when he had opened the fourth seal, I heard the voice of the
fourth beast say, Come and see. 6:8 And I looked, and behold a pale
horse: and his name that sat on him was Death, and Hades followed with
him. And power was given unto him over the fourth part of the earth, to
kill with sword (second horseman), and with hunger (third horseman), and
with death (fourth horseman), and with the beasts of the field.
The fourth horse is the cardinal winter in Capricorn, and the
rider is the fixed winter in Aquarius. The sun hypothetically dies
on the cross every year during the winter solstice December 21st.
The sun rises from the dead on December 24th. The sun is born at
the spring equinox March 21.
The fourth horseman of Death kills with all the negative aspects of
three of the preceding horsemen. He kills with the sword given to the
second horseman representing Leo with his unrestrained passions and
emotions. He destroys with hunger, which represents Libra, the third
horseman. And he destroys with the beasts of the field. He does not kill
with the more positive (spring) first horseman on the white horse.
The constellations have been called the beasts of the field, save for
Aquarius the Divine man. The word zoo and zodiac comes from the Latin
Zodiacus, or Greek Zoidiakos, and means little animals. This is to say that
not only is man destroyed by the negative aspects of Leo with uncontrolled
passions, and with Libra whose scales tip us below the equator in a type of
spiritual deficiency, but man is destroyed by all the beasts of the field, by
all the negative aspects of each of the zodiac signs.
The next image helps explain the cardinal and fixed signs of spring,
summer, fall, and winter that represents the horse and rider of Revelations.
To help visualize the description, the face of a bull, lion, eagle, and man
has been placed on the rider.

Notice that the forth horseman (Age of Aquarius), where

originally occurred the winter solstice, is below the galactic plane in a
region considered the underworld. This is hades where Saturn fell or
was cast down and where this planet rules. The sun dies in this
region during the longest night of the year. Remember, with Ages we
move counterclockwise through the zodiac. In other words, the Age of
Pisces, which we are leaving as we move though the galactic plane,
is followed by the Age of Aquarius, and the Age of Aquarius is
followed by the Age of Capricorn.

In the painting, the first horsemen is actually turned back to

shoot his arrow at the heart (star Antares) of the rider of the black
horse (Scorpio) across the way. The scorpion plans to betray the sun
with a kiss. During the winter solstice (marking the longest night of
the year) the sun does not appear to move in the heavens for 3 days.
The ancients took this to mean that the sun had died. Then, the sun
begins to move across the horizon again and the days begin to get
longer. Our hero has conquered death.

Each of the 4 beasts has 4 faces upon their body. Each body
represents a Great Year (approx. 24,000 years). The 4 faces
represent the 4 Ages within that Great Year, which are the 4 fixed
signs of the zodiac (without turning). They are called fixed
because these signs do not appear to move. The idea of four prior
world creations agrees with other ancient peoples who say that the
world has been destroyed and recreated many times. The Aztec and
Navajo say we are in the fifth world and it could be true for them.
The Maya agrees with Revelations in that we are in the fourth world
and headed for the fifth. As you know, in Revelations this world is
destroyed and a new heaven and a new earth appear in the heavens;
all astrological.

The scroll in Ezekiel, Daniel and Revelations is Revelations itself!

The theme of Revelations is a carry-through of the visions and
prophesies of Ezekiel and Daniel. They share a common thread of the four
beasts and each was given a prophetic scroll. Ezekiel was told to eat the
scroll, which was sweet as honey in his mouth, and to go prophesy to the
house of Israel. Daniel was told to seal up his scroll till the time of the end
when knowledge would be increased and people ran to and fro.
In Revelations 10:10 the writer is instructed to take a little book
and eat it. It is sweet as honey in his mouth but turns bitter in the
stomach. But it is Revelations 22:10 that demonstrates that this is indeed
the same scroll of Ezekiel and Daniel; Then he told me, "Do not seal up

the words of the prophecy of this scroll, because the time is near.
Ezekiel 2:9 Then I looked, and I saw a hand stretched out to me. In it was a scroll,
which he unrolled before me. On both sides of it were written words of lament and
mourning and woe.
Ezekiel 3:1 Then He said to me, "Son of man, eat what you find; eat this scroll,
and go, speak to the house of Israel." 2 So I opened my mouth, and He fed me this scroll.
3 He said to me, "Son of man, feed your stomach and fill your body with this scroll which
I am giving you." Then I ate it, and it was sweet as honey in my mouth. 4 Then He said to
me, "Son of man, go to the house of Israel and speak with My words to them.
Daniel 12:4 But thou, o Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book (scroll,) even
to the time of the end; many shall
run to and fro, and knowledge shall
be increased. Daniel 12:9 He
replied, "Go your way, Daniel,
because the words are closed up
and sealed until the time of the
end.
Revelations 10:10 I (John) took the
little book from the angel's hand and ate
it. It tasted as sweet as honey in my
mouth, but when I had eaten it, my
stomach turned sour. Then I was told,
"You must prophesy again before many
peoples, nations, languages and kings."
22:10 Then he told me, "Do not seal up the
words of the prophecy of this scroll, because
the time is near.

Ages move counterclockwise though the zodiac

The following scripture shows the similarity of Ezekiels vision and that of
Revelations.
Ezekiel 1:5 And from the midst of it came the likeness of four living creatures. And this
was their appearance: they had the form of men, 6: but each had four faces, and each of them
had four wings. 7: they went every one straight forward, without turning as they went. 10: As
for the likeness of their faces, each had the face of a man in front; the four had the face of a lion
on the right side, the four had the face of an ox on the left side, and the four had the face of an
eagle at the back.

In the painting provided, the first horseman stomps a king, a bishop,

and a Jewish scribe underfoot as buildings representing great societies fall
in ruin around them.
Collapse of governments, the fall of the Catholic Church and weather
related catastrophes are depicted in Revelations as signs of the end times.
Geological records show that periodic global destruction has come upon
the earth. These happen at galactic crossings.
It is certain that the writer of Revelations, versed in ancient
astrology, knew exactly what events would portend the end of the Age (of
Pisces). The writer would have known about the 24,000 year, Great Year
that marches out the rise and fall of man from the dark ages to the golden
ages and back again. He knew that the destruction of the world was cyclic
and just like it had happened before it was destined to happen again.
Revelations is a time capsule of astrotheology that has survived
under the most extraordinary circumstances. Whoever wrote and
successfully orchestrated its inclusion into the holy bible was absolutely
brilliant.
What about the zombies!!!
I was as surprised as anyone to see
that an artist painting in the 1880s
would add what we today are calling
zombies. A crazed man gnaws on the
arm of another man, literally eating
him. So what does scripture say
about the walking dead? As we all
know, there is a fad today about
Zombies. It makes you wonder just
how this movement got started.

Revelation 20:13 The sea gave up the dead that were in it, and death
and Hades gave up the dead that were in them, and each person was
judged according to what he had done.
Ephesians 5:14 for it is light that makes everything visible. This is why it
is said: "Wake up, O sleeper, rise from the dead, and Christ will shine on
you."
Daniel 12:2 Multitudes who sleep in the dust of the earth will awake:
some to everlasting life, others to shame and everlasting contempt.
Isaiah 26:19 Your dead will live. Their corpses will rise. Those who lie
dead in the dust will wake up and shout for joy, because your dew is
refreshing dew, and the earth will revive the spirits of the dead.
John 5:28 Do not be amazed at this, for a time is coming when all who
are in their graves will hear his voice
John 5:29 and come out--those who have done good will rise to live, and
those who have done evil will rise to be condemned.
Obviously, more research needs to be done regarding the biblical
subject of the dead rising. But suffice it to say that many people who are
spiritually dead walk among us already. These people are scary because
they are capable of doing anything and they are the ones to worry about
during trying times. They, the Zombies, the walking dead, are the ones
who will rape, pillage, and plunder. They will riot, murder, and loot. The
spiritually dead are pretty scary folks. Even our government and military
are preparing for what they openly call, the Zombie Apocalypse. These
military exercises are to prepare for coming civil unrest, with citizens
viewed as the Zombies.
Sometimes the writings sound like they are talking about a great
spiritual awakening where those who were spiritually dead awaken and
walk among them, with the word them being the spiritually dead.
You might have looked around at society today and felt that a lot of
people are indeed spiritually dead so the idea of them awakening to some
form of enlightenment would be a good thing.

But, maybe there is something more to the idea of the dead actually
rising that we dont understand. It could even be those that have
destroyed their brain with drugs yet still live, for example the meth
epidemic sweeping across America.
For more on the Great Year see article Tarot Wheel of Fortune
and Astrology http://www.scribd.com/doc/130103168/Tarot-Wheelof-Fortune-and-Astrology

Helios, the Greek god of the Sun, rides his chariot drawn by four horses in
a relief sculpture from the
ancient city of Troy. Helios
was believed to ride his
chariot from east to west each
day accounting for the path of
the sun. Notice the 4 horses
representing the seasons. The
rays behind his head
represent the sun.

Constellation Aquila, the Eagle