August 12, 3 BC, at 5:06 a.m.

The first celestial event to grab the Magi’s attention was seen in the Persian month of Gorpiseus, looking East from Ctesiphon (Madain, Iraq: 20 miles Southeast of Bagdad, Iraq).

Early in the morning, you would have seen Regulus (the heart of the Lion — the “King Star” — where the English word “Regal” is derived) and Jupiter (the “King Planet”) in conjunction with the constellation of Leo (“the Lion”).

This sign alone would have been a once-in-a-500-year event. It would have made the Magi very excited and been a wake-up call that something important was occurring.

September 11, 3 BC

The birthdate of Jesus took place provincially on the same day many other very important events took place over Jewish history.

Every year, Rosh Hashanah, Feast of the Trumpets, and the Hebrew New Year’s Day would be celebrated. Other historical events that were known for happening on that day:
– Adam was created
– Day the dove did not return to the ark, finding dry land
– The Patriarchs were born
– The Patriarchs died
– Sarah, Rachel, and Hannah were remembered by God and conceived
– Joseph came out from prison
– Slavery in Egypt ceased

September 11, 3 BC, at 5:33 am

If you were in Ctesiphon in 2 BC, looking east before sunrise, you would have seen the second celestial sign, and if alarms existed, they would be going off!

You would have seen Jupiter (the “King Planet”) in conjunction with the Lion Constellation (specifically Regulus, the heart of the lion known as the “King Star”).

Now, Mercury and Venus (the Morning Star) are being added to the sky and will be seen rising into the constellation Virgo (the Virgin).

January 2 BC

Phraates IV, King of kings of the Parthian Empire, was believed to have been poisoned by his wife, Queen Musa, and died sometime during this month.

Musa was a Roman slave and concubine who was gifted by Augustus, Rome’s Caesar, in 20 BC.

Interestingly enough, Musa convinced Phraates IV to send his four first-born sons to Rome about seven years before this date.

February 17, 2 BC, at 4:58 a.m.

Now the Moon and Jupiter are on top of Regulus looking to the naked eye as one bright large star.

The third time in six months. The repetition of these similar celestial signs moves from a once-in-a-500-year event to a once-in-a-millenia event.

May 8, 2 BC, at 10:04 p.m.

The first evening display, the King Planet (Jupiter), is in conjunction with the King Star (Regulus) in the constellation of The Lion (Leo) as it is setting toward the horizon right after sunset.

Seeing this similar message in the night sky now four times takes this to a level never seen before.

June 17, 2 BC, at 7:28 p.m.

The second evening sign would be seen looking west just after sunset. It adds the Morning Star (Venus) and The King Planet (Jupiter) to Regulus.

The Hebrew word for Jupiter is “Tzedeq,” meaning “righteousness.”

Along with the conjunction with Leo, a syzygy (when three or more celestial bodies align in a straight line) was taking place at the same time — Jupiter, Venus, Mercury, Mars, & Regulus.

August 27, 2 BC, at 5:15 a.m.

Exactly one year after the first sign appeared, the Magi’s hair was on fire as they witnessed a massing of planets — Jupiter, Mars, Mercury, Venus, & the Moon gather in the Constellation of Leo.

December 24, 2 BC, at 5:22 a.m.

As the Magi headed out of Jerusalem, they went south to Bethlehem to meet Jesus. “And behold, His star (Jupiter, the King Planet) that they had seen when it rose went before them until it came to rest over the place where the child was.” Matthew 2:9

“A great sign appeared in heaven: a woman clothed with the sun, with the moon under her feet, and on her head a crown of twelve stars.” Revelation 12:1