What about Jesus? Computing His birth chart

By Romy Solina 

According to John Stott in his book The Incomparable Christ, "Since Jesus was a human being, however, he was also a historical figure, who lived at a particular time in a particular place and within a particular culture. These particularities were all part of his historical reality. To deny them would be to reject some essential aspects of his destiny."

Thus, I am going to write about my researches regarding the humanness of Jesus and not deal with theology. I am to restrict myself to being an amateur astrologer and consider Jesus as a human person who is also subjected to planetary influences.

In astrology, the most basic and important data to work on are the date, time and place of birth of the subject.

In the case of Jesus, I can only depend on what the Bible gave as information regarding His life. Everybody knows He was born in Bethlehem. But as to the date and time, I shall have to depend on some historical tidbits that are related to His existence.

For instance, according to history Herod the Great died at the end of March or early April in 4 BCE after the lunar eclipse on March 13. Since he was the one who commanded the massacre of boys aged two and below in Bethlehem, according to the Bible (history has no mention of it), then Jesus must have been born earlier than 4 BCE.

Tradition also says that certain wise men or astrologers or magi (no mention of their number) interpreted the appearance of a star as to signal the birth of a King in Judea.

Some say the Star may have been a nova, but novae are supposed to be noticed even during the day, so how can Herod the Great still ask when the Star appeared. I can't remember where I got the information that the Star of Bethlehem is actually the conjunction of the planets Jupiter (symbol of the King) and Saturn (sign of the Jews - thus we have Saturday as the Sabbath) in the constellation of Pisces.

Clues
Thus, I now have clues on what date to look for as the birthday of Jesus, the Man - namely, the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, and the reign or end of Herod the Great.

Due to the planetary orbits of the bodies around the Sun, as seen from the Earth, there were three conjunctions of Jupiter and Saturn in the year 7 BCE.

On May 29 Jupiter conjoined Saturn in its direct motion. However, by retrograding or moving backwards, it joined Saturn again on September 29. Then in the final direct motion of Jupiter, the conjunction occurred on December 5.

(By the way, as viewed from the Sun, there will only be one Jupiter-Saturn conjunction since all planets in the system travel in only one direction. This occurred at 12:40 p.m., Bethlehem time, on September 1, 7 BCE (18 Pi 16'11"). I was tempted to accept this date, but then the birth was not on the Sun but on the Earth.)

Which date?
Which of these dates was interpreted by the Magi as the birth of the King of Judea? Most likely, the May 29 date because the Star seemed to disappear (or the planets separated) after that. And possibly that was when the Magi began to travel to Judea to pay homage, and the last date, December 5, was the "second" time they saw the conjunction as they reached Bethlehem. This was after they had met Herod the Great and the scribes of Jerusalem told them that Bethlehem is the promised place of birth.

I am placed in a quandary. The promised King of the Jews was supposed to be born during the Jupiter-Saturn conjunction in 7 BCE, but what date?

I am also reminded that John the Baptist must also have been born about five months earlier within the same year since he is related to Jesus, their mothers being cousins (Luke 1:36). In those times there were some who thought John the Baptist to be the promised Messiah

I computed the horoscopes for the three Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions and their respective day-for-a year Progressions. The progressions gave me pictures of how the life of the Jesus proceeded - the busy years and the difficulties experienced. I also researched on the possible date of the Crucifixion and computed the planetary transits affecting Jesus during that fateful day.

Comparing the results of the three Jupiter-Saturn conjunctions related to the Crucifixion day transits helped me in deciding on the appropriate date of birth.

At this point I shall not belabor the reader, but immediately present my conclusions.

Conclusions
Jesus the Son of Man was born during the last Jupiter-Saturn conjunction, on December 5, 7 BCE.

He got lost in the Temple in 5 CE at the age of 12 and baptized in 23 CE at the age of 30 (Luke 2:41-51).

I shall also conclude that the Crucifixion occurred on 3 April 33 CE at the onset of a lunar eclipse during the Passover, so He must have been crucified at the age of 40.

I computed the horoscope of Jesus the Man and its day-for-a year Progressions from 18 CE up to 33 CE below:

Having presented my version of the birth date of Jesus, I am not insisting any change in the calendar. I still accept December 25 as Christmas. The date is already etched in history and in the psyche of humanity. I submit.