Gemini
Duzu (Month of Tammuz) – June/July (Midsummer) – Cancer
Abu (Month of torches) – July/August – Leo
Ululu (Month of purification) – August/September – Virgo
Tashritu (Month of beginnings) – September/October (Autumn equinox) – Libra
Arahsamnu (Eighth month) – October/November – Scorpio
Kislimu – November/December – Sagittarius
Tebetu (Month of violent rains) – December/January (Midwinter) – Capricornus
Shabatu (Month of rain) – January/February – Aquarius
Addaru (Month of threshing) – February/March – Pisces
Below is the Wheel of Zodiac, as it was found in a Byzantine synagogue floor in the ancient site of Beth Alpha in Israel. The names of the signs are written in Hebrew.
Another stellar influence appears in the Mayan counting of time (s. sites). It is commented on that site that “The Mayan’s comprehension of time, seasons, and cycles has proven itself to be vast and sophisticated. The Maya developed 17 different calendars, some of them claiming to chart time accurately over a span of more than ten million years.” One of these calendars is based on the cycle of the Pleiades and is held sacred. Another site, which refers to the wisdom humans can draw from the Mayan calendars, claims that “The calendar systems left by the Mayas… is different from all other calendars around the world… The Mayas were very knowledgeable in astronomy, they had a very accurate calculation for the orbit of earth circulating the Sun. In their calendar system, they recorded the period of earth movement and lunar eclipse, as well as the orbital superimposition and synchronization of other planets. In fact,