David and Goliath
A massive gate unearthed in Israel may have marked
the entrance to a biblical city that, at its heyday, was the biggest metropolis
in the region. The town, called Gath, was occupied until the ninth century B.C.
In biblical accounts, the Philistines — the mortal enemies of the Israelites —
ruled the city. The Old Testament also describes Gath as the home of Goliath,
the giant warrior whom the Israelite King David felled with a slingshot. The
new findings reveal just how impressive the ancient Philistine city once was,
said lead archaeologist of the current excavation, Aren Maeir, of Bar-Ilan
University in Israel. "We knew that Philistine Gath in the 10th to
ninth century [B.C.] was a large city, perhaps the largest in the land at that
time," Maeir told Live Science in an email. "These monumental
fortifications stress how large and mighty this city was." Aug.4
Star charts of
archaeological discoveries connected with
historical events invariably reflect the original story as we
shall see here. A chart for the Disseminating Moon of August 3 drawn for Tell es-Safi, where the
discovery of the Philistine city was made, is shown here.
Hercules – the Strong Man
Here Saturn is
conjunct the MC and square a Venus-Jupiter-Mercury conjunction. On the MC are
the stars Cujam, omega Herculis, in the the legendary giant’s club, Yed Prior, delta Ophiuchis also referred to as
the Euphratean Mulu-Bat, “Man of
Death” and Dschubba, delta Scorpi in the
forehead of the Scorpion. In turn Venus-Jupiter are conjunct the star Omicron
(ο) Leo Minor, Praecipua, in the Lesser Lion (Lion Cub).
The Lion Cub
On the IC of
the chart is Mrirfak, alpha Perseus, the hero who kills Cetus, the Monster and
delivers Andromeda from its jaws.
Perseus kills Cetus – the Monster
The biblical story
of David and Goliath is well documented [1]. David was just a young teenager but a brave
one (Leo Minor) at the time he slew Goliath (Herculis) whom he first felled
with a sling shot to his head (Dschubba). Through this courageous act, it is
said, that he freed the Israelites from fear of Goliath
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