Ed Kohout and the Third Rail of Astro-Politics: Zionism and Astrology, Part VIII

Ed Kohout and the Third Rail of Astro-Politics: Zionism and Astrology, Part VIII

Ahhh, the seven sacred foods of The Promised Land, as told in the Torah. Wheat is first, with barley – the two grains of civilization. Wheat as an agricultural product cannot be understated when it comes to dietary survival. A ready source of carbohydrates, wheat is versatile, traveled well, and kept armies fed.

The wheat sheaf was so important that it was given a star in the heavens: Spica, a Latin word that comes from the “spike” of wheat, harvested in the fall, after it matured while being consumed by the Sun, and then emerging as a morning star.

Well, more or less. The “virgin wheat” was the freshly cut whole grain, the flower, which was then processed as flour and baked into bread.

It is the so-called “body of Christ.” Jesus was “born of a virgin,” just as the bread comes from the processing of the wheat. Should it come as no surprise that Spica is prominent in the astrology of the State of Israel?

The Spica is included in the early graphic for End The Occupation, before it became the US Campaign for Palestinian Rights.

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