> A long time ago it had occured to me that in the standard Christmas
> story, the claim that the magi from the east knew that the messiah
was
> going to be born (if taken literally) strongly suggests that some
form
> of astrology has some validity.
Dear Gilberto,
The Magi story may well have its roots in Zoroastrian prophecy. I
don't know that there were any astrological predictions associated
with the coming of the Sayoshants [there is supposed to be a series of
three, each coming in thousand year intervals] but it was believed
they would all be born of virgins miraculously impregnated with the
seed of Zoroaster. There was no expectation that the Jewish Messiah
would be born of a virgin. The reference to a virgin in Isaiah is a
mistranslation from the Greek. The original merely said, 'young
woman.'
warmest, Susan
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