Masonic Celestial Mysteries.

the Zodiacal signs , these entrances however have nothing to do with modern astronomy , bat relate to another system purely Masonical , and Avhich cannot here be explained . For instance the Kalendars make the sun enter Aries on the 14 th March . The sun now enter Aries about the 22 nd

March , the differences in precessional time will certainly not tally Avith the year 1540 to Avhich period the Kalendars are supposed to be adjusted . According to these Kalendars the sun enters Cancer on the loth June , say mid-summer , and then

again the sun enters Cancer on the 12 th December or say mid-winter . Such entrance of the sun to the same sign during one year is utterly impossible , but the sun could enter the Egyptian beetle or scarabasus at mid-winter in Capricornus , and then aa'ain the sun could enter the exalted scarabruns

in Cancer at mid-summer . But how could the creeping- beetle make the ascent ? In order to allow it to do so they gave it wings , and so is it represented when denoting- heaven . Bat the scarabasus with its extended wings ascended far ,

far above the very heaven of heavens , and became the type of the ineffable supreme 1 Kings , viii ., 27 , and so ascending the water symbol remained behind as the Zodiacal sign , the crab represented as proceeding side-ways to the ocean at the

autumnal equinox * Many heavenly objects were redeemed from Egypt and ascended with Scarabasus . Apis , which is indifferently a calf , heifer , or bull , had the neck struck off in Egypt

( Jer . xlvi ., 20 , and Deut . xxi ., 4 ) , and the fore parts ascending became Taurus Apis . There are two pillars or posts known to Masons . The nillars of Hercules or Hiram are very celebrated , and so are the posts of Samson , Avhose name

means " Sun . " These posts were taken up from Gaza , meaning " strong or goat . " The sun then took up these pillars from the goat Capricornus to the astronomical sign Cancer , and there they are with Hiram Ab eph to this day in all celestial

charts , excepting those sanctioned by Royal Astronomers . As the Egyptian Scarabceus was the royal ark arch j"QtO Tebeth , of course , when the Scaraba 3 us ascended so did the ark arch , and

under Cancer is the ark Argo and Noah ' s dove , with the olive sprig at a little distance Hying to the ark . He that can understand Pslm . cxiv ., 4 , can place Argo on the mountains of Ararat . The Assyrian chariot of the sun always started from

below , and the Greek mythology tells us that stupid driver , Pluston , made a sad mess of it Avhen he swamped the sun's chariot in the Po , which river the Masonic implements place at the autumnal equinox at the very point of time a

night waggon starts for the south . Star gazers ( excepting- royal astronomers ) call this night waggon Charles's wain . One more exaltation . Crux Ansater , of Egypt is a common symbol . It is formed by the

winter colnre in Capricornus and a segment of a circle , / V ^ Tebeth , already fully explained . s This figure reveals too much , and

was at times represented by a circle , ' the sun and the colure , * s ~~ \ j but the usual formation * S—/ I as seen in the hands of Egyptian figures , is the circle or ball and cross . There is another fio-ure /" ^

2 which by some means has been V p > confounded with the circle and cross . It 1 is usually seen on slabs and denotes , among other things , the new or virgin moon . Moderns have dispensed with this figure , and have adhered to

the sun , or circle and cross , and consequently now % is the type of Venus , or Die-anna or Diana , the celebrated goddess AVIIO , AvithNimrod . in his scarlet cloak , goes hunting the deer ( capricornus ) , and destroys the animal in Aries , on Easter moon day

St . Paul ' s Cathedral in Lune-dayn ( London ) was built on the foundation of a temple of Diana , and Paul's cross was formerly in the east or easier , but the circle , or ball , and southern cross have been exalted to heaven , and every cockney knows

where J may be seen ( Matt , x ., 38 . ) If Her Majesty was properly decorated by the Masonic heralds at her coronation , she held in her hand Crux Ansater , the ball and cross , the cross erect or upright . There is another lovely interpretation of this symbol , which had it been known to Her