Guess What Readers?
One day Tutee B and I were in the library renewing books for our session, and I found out that he was a palm reader ( specializing in horoscopes ). My interest pique, I asked him about his experience, and he was quick to point out that horoscope reading is a sin ( The Vatican already made a law concerning it? ), nonetheless Filipinos' pagan past was inseparable from it.
I wanted to hear his take on horoscopes, so I proffered an alternative viewpoint about horoscope and sin: "Horoscopes are just guides that don't determine our destiny, and we can use our free will given to us by God to consider them when making decision, diba?." Still hesitant, he added, "Adam and Eve had free will ( and look what happened to them )." Nonetheless, he narrated the Christian mythology through the reappropriation of horoscopes.
Virgo was the sign of the Virgin, very pure. Angel Gabriel told Mary that she'd get pregnant with God's child, without committing sin ( sex before marriage ) hence, the Immaculate Conception ( conception of a pure vessel ). Libra was about Balance (Scales) but lately the world had been out of balance; Jesus' coming would restore balance. Scorpio's (Scorpion's) poison represented the evil in the world, and Sagittarius was the sign of the protector (Half Archer and Half Horse). Joseph received a message from God to accept Mary and his stepson Jesus, and to protect them.
Jesus was born during the month of the Capricorn represented by the Goat-Fish symbolic of Jesus' dual nature: human and divine. Then it skipped Jesus' childhood and resumed with Jesus' ministry. Aquarius and the pouring of Water was paralleled with the miracle of the wedding feast of Cana. Pisces and its Fish symbol correlated with the miracle of the fish and loaves. Aries foreshadowed Jesus' death as sacrificial lamb (Ram).
Jesus had the strength and courage like the Taurus/Bull to face his ordeal. Gemini representing the fickle Twins illustrated Judas' betrayal. Cancer represented close-minded people (Crabby people) crucifying Jesus. Nonetheless, Jesus resurrected and was triumphant proving to be the Leo [Lion] King of us all.
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