iameye wrote:www.constellationsofwords.com/stars/Polaris.htmlfrom that link, we have this quote:
"A good essay on Polaris by Lance Carlyle Carter can be read on this website": www.aquarian-age.net/goddess.html And so from the Lance Carter link, we have the following excerpts:
AGE OF THE GODDESS
© 1999
by Lance Carlyle CarterThis is the Age of the Goddess. The North Celestial Pole now resides in the constellation Ursa Minor near the star Polaris. Many legends and myths associated with the star Polaris and Ursa Minor are about women and spiritual principles. This great age could be referred to as the Age of Polaris, the Age of Ursa Minor, the Age of the Little Bear, the Age of Women, the Age of the Priestess or the Age of the Goddess.
Ursa Minor is a small constellation with a great importance in stellar lore. In very ancient times the stars in the northern sky was revered as a kind of heaven where the god's resided in luxury. Ursa Minor was seen as a leopard in ancient Babylon and the Egyptians saw these stars as the Jackel of Set. Today we fondly call these stars as the Little Dipper while we refer to them as the Little Bear.
The Phoenician sailors noticed that the North Star Polaris could be used for celestial navigation and soon Ursa Minor gained in recognition from about 600 BC. The box-like body and tail of the smaller bear pointed to the North Star, making those stars a welcome sight on a foggy night out at sea. The constellation Ursa Minor would speak to the sailors and guide them on their voyages. The constellation Ursa Minor resembles
a mountaintop that is at the top of the world.
That mountain was a place of meditation and calm. It was the relief of knowing you are headed in the right direction. It is the end of fear and indecision. The pole star gave hope to the sailors who wanted to see their native lands again. The pole star was the message that told that all was well. The polar region was the entrance to heaven, the other world where souls go after death of the physical body. It was a place of gladness and rejoicing as opposed to the everyday drudgery that most endured. It was a place of eternal youth and beauty and of joy and pleasure and good times. It was a place where men and women came to meet with the gods and where they shared the waters of life.
These stars are soothing to the sailor's soul for the polar stars are a guide back to the real world that the seaman abandoned when he threw his destiny into the sea. Like the promise of spiritual rebirth at the end of time, these stars point the way back to reality and are therefore adored and blessed above the rest. If any sailor had a favorite star, it was usually the bright Polaris that remains in place while the other stars dizzied you with their spinning pace.
The stars of Ursa Minor are a
stairway to heaven. These stars are said to represent the Great Tree of Life,
the World Tree that lies at the pivotal axis of the world.
Some saw the stars of the little bear as
a car or chariot of various designs, and the box like shape of the bears body would certainly make a fine beginning for the design of a cart's chassis if Polaris could somehow be roped to pull it.
Drive My Car-The Beatles www.youtube.com/watch?v=8Ts2U1mkfz4It is believed that the Greek god Zeus honored
his nurse Cynosura with a place in the stars of Ursa Minor because she nursed him in a cave on the top of Mount Ida.
Polaris is like your guardian angel that guides and protects you when you need it. Polaris is the jewel in the crown of the northern sky and its brightness can make hearts glad and rejoice....
. It is also said that Santa Claus and Mary Christmas Claus live up there with some elves. The northern sky is known as the throne of the heavens and is where the holy woman lives.
The Christian saint Jerome called the Virgin Mary by the title of
Stella Maris which means: 'The star of the sea', referring to the starring role that Polaris has for sailors. The Hebrew name Miriam also was associated with Polaris.
Sean Lennon - Julia (Beatles cover) www.youtube.com/watch?v=HHsdvMfvkWYAnother celestial consideration is the alphabet. The Major Arcana cards of the Tarot deck may have a close correspondence to the ancient Hebrew alphabet. Let's look at the letter B and its connection to Ursa Minor. Figures 1 and 2 illustrate how the
letter B can be derived from the stars of Ursa Minor.
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Paul McCartney - Pretty Little Headwww.youtube.com/watch?v=e2yX8woDEDQ
