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points of the heavens. (See , Fig. 2). If we look into the sky in the vicinity of these four points we can find no
stars of any considerable brightness and we perhaps may be inclined to doubt the accuracy of this ancient
literature or to wonder whether the four bright stars have faded considerably during the intervening years.
However, we must recall that, because of the westward precession of the equinoxes, the Four Cardinal points
do not have the same location with reference to the stars as they had ages ago for the constellations of the
Zodiac are continually slipping in an easterly direction with reference to the Vernal Equinox. Therefore, we
must study the Zodiac as the Persians and other ancients saw it! Suppose we turn the Zodiac back (westward)
through sixty degrees (60°). Imagine our surprise at finding four bright stars: Aldebaran, Antares, Regulus,
and Fomalhaut--almost exactly in the places assigned to them by the Persians. Since the Zodiac has slipped
through sixty degrees in about five-thousand years we can tell approximately when the observations of these
ancient peoples were made. Of the four bright stars that the Persians and Chinese said were in the Four
Cardinal points of the Zodiac, Aldebaran is in the constellation Taurus (the Bull), Antares is in Scorpio (which
Abraham and his followers called the Eagle), Regulus is in Leo (the Lion), and Fomalhaut is in the outskirts
of the constellation Aquarius (which was usually represented by a man pouring water out of a vessel). It was,
therefore, natural for early peoples to think of four living creatures--the Bull, the Eagle, the Lion, and the
Man--as being situated in the four principle points of the Zodiac--the Vernal Equinox, the Autumnal Equinox,
the Winter Solstice and the Summer Solstice. Although the Persians and Chinese seem to have been more
interested in the four stars than in the constellations with which they were associated, the early Hebrew writer
called special attention to the Four Living Creatures. An interesting bit of evidence that the constellations of
the Zodiac have been slipping around the Celestial Sphere since the very dawn of history is to be found in the
Book of Ezekiel and in Revelation. It is obvious from the descriptions of the "wheels" made by the Prophet
Ezekiel that here was a landing of four Saucers and their respective pilots or occupants.
However, this is discussed in detail in this book under The Prophets in the section called: Other Flesh. We see
in Ezekiel 1:10: "As for the likeness of their faces, the cherubim, they had the face of a man; and they four
had the face of a lion on the right side; and they four had also the face of an ox (bull) on the left side; they four
also had the face of an eagle." In Revelation 4:6-7, we read: "And round about the throne, four living creatures
full of eyes before and behind. And the first creature was like a lion, and the second creature like a calf (bull),
and the third creature had the face of a man, and the fourth creature was like a flying eagle." It is obvious that
the writers of the above passages were referring to the symbols of the constellations or four bright stars as
they appeared in the Zodiac about five thousand years ago. The four bright stars associated with the Bull, the
Eagle, the Lion, and the Man were situated at the Vernal Equinox, the Autumnal Equinox, the Winter Solstice
and the Summer Solstice, and, according to Chinese legends, kept watch over all the others. Therefore, we
can get a fairly accurate interpretation of the four symbols drawn between the four arms of the swastika in the
Right _heel_: First of all, for simplicity, let us look at the symbol drawn in the upper right hand section of the
swastika. It looks like: This symbol is V-shaped and very closely resembles the V-shaped constellation or star
group known as Taurus (the Bull). (See Plate VIII, Fig. 2). In the lower right hand section we see: This
symbol closely resembles the star grouping in the constellation of Leo (the Lion). (See Plate IX, Fig. 1). In the
lower left hand section we see: This symbol closely resembles the fishhook-shape of the star group in Scorpio
(the Eagle). (See Plate IX, Fig. 2). In the upper left hand section we see: This symbol resembles the main star
grouping in Aquarius (the Man). (See Plate VIII, Fig. 1). Therefore, we can see why the four symbols have
been drawn between the four arms of the swastika instead of at the four points. It is because now these four
constellations of the Zodiac have slipped into a more Easterly direction. So, the swastika in the heel is
definitely the Universal Time Piece or Clock. Its position indicates where those constellations are today. The
diagram on Plate X, Fig. 1 shows the four symbols from the heel representing the four constellations and their
relative positions five-thousand years ago. The drawing on the heel itself shows their relative positions today.
(See Plate X, Fig. 2). We can see that the four arms of the swastika have moved clockwise
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PLATE IX. Fig. 1. Leo. Fig. 2. Scorpio