Aries, the Ram

Hebrew name: Taleh, “the Lamb.”

Arabic name: All Hamal, “the sheep, the merciful, the gentle.”

Syriac name: Amroo, “the Lamb.”

Accadian name: Baraziggar, “altar, or sacrifice of righteousness.”

Description: The figure of a ram or lamb. The Egyptians portrayed Aries as Amon, the supreme Sun-god, a man having the head of a ram. In mythology, the two children, Phrixus and Helle, were to be sacrificed to Jupiter by their mortal stepmother, Ino. Their mother, Nephele, gave them a mysterious lamb, who helped them escape death. The lamb was sacrificed in their place.

Biblical Meaning: Aries pictured the work of Christ, who was the Lamb of God that came to take our place, so that we would not have to die for our own sins. On April 3, 33 A.D., at 3:01 p.m., when Jesus died on the Cross, the star directly overhead was El Nath in Aries. (See The Laws of the Second Coming, ch. 1.)

Stars in Aries:

1. El Nath, “the wounded,” or “the slain.”
2. Al Sheratan, “the bruised,” or “the wounded.”

Exodus 12:3 (Passover)

“Speak to all the congregation of Israel, saying, “On the tenth of this month they are each one to take a lamb for themselves. . . And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of the same month, then the whole assembly of the congregation of Israel is to kill it at twilight [between the two evenings, i.e., mid-afternoon].

John 1:29

“The next day he [John the Baptist] saw Jesus coming to him, and said, Behold the Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.”

1 Cor. 5:7

“Clean out the old leaven, that you may be a new lump, just as you are in fact, unleavened. For Christ our Passover also has been sacrificed.

Decans (lesser constellations) associated with Aries:

1. Cassiopeia, the enthroned woman.
2. Cetus, the Sea Monster.
3. Perseus, the Breaker.