Western and Eastern Astrology are branches of Astrology that simply describe different archetypal forces in operation in different time frames.

Chinese Astrology

Yearly cycles, 13 (esoterically) archetypal symbolic creatures.

Western Astrology

Monthly cycles, (esoterically) 13 archetypal symbolic creatures.

Both exoterically teach 12, but esoterically teach 13


Cultural differences

The Chinese calendar has 13 perfect months in their Lunar calendar. The Western Calendar forcefully , and non symetrically fits the days of the year into 12 months.

The only way for a child to grasp the Western system is rote memorisation (as opposed to intuitive conceptualisation) of the trope ’30 days hath September, April June and November, all the rest have 31, except for February with 29, and 28 in each leap year’.

Quite the concept for a child to learn, when the reality is a beautiful, simple, symmetrical, omnipresent natural reality. By being out of touch with Lunar cycles, it means the Western civilisation is out of touch with Nature and unable to realise astrological influences. It is also implies an antipathy or lack of partnership between the Sun and the Moon.

It is no coincidence that the 13 Lunar cycles corresponds perfectly to the Solar year.

How can this disconnect manifest?

Everyone I’ve ever met, has felt many times this universal intuitive phenomenon. It is ‘New Year’ or ones ‘Birthday’. This should be the happiet pertiods/celebrations of the year. However, if you ask them, they feel a deep unhappiness and ‘feeling’ that something is ‘not quite right’. This ‘feeling’ is not based of specific factors such as interpersonal conflict, intrapersonal depression, fear of the event etc. But a profound feeling that something is out of alignment in celebrating this ‘birthday’ or ‘new year’. Indeed, everything external(media, friends, family) is telling you you must be exuberant, joyous, festive, but your emotions wont allow you to be.

Are your emotions right?

The true New Year and ones true Birthday (and conception) are absolutely out of alignment with the Lunar and Solar cycles.

The very idea of ones Birthday reflecting their age is invalid. For 10 months prior you were conceived and very much alive prior to your entrance into the white light of the world. To reflect this, the Eastern system describes ones age as being time after conception. They also celebrate the birthday too, but the birthday does not reflect ones age.

Would aligning with nature make my life better?

It’s currently the final day of the Lunar year and indeed, far more than December 31s, I feel as if we’re ending a grand cycle. It’s no coincidence yet again, thatthe Lunar currents influence intuition, feeling, insrinct.

Here’s a question: How many more New Years resolutions would be successful if they were made in alignment and harmony with the Universal cycles?

Thus, this is a Universal cycle, not a culturally specific, man made and created monstrosity.

But hang on, 13 and not 12?

One may (smartly) think that ‘but isn’t 12 a sacred number, omnipresent in all the sacred writing in key allegories’. Yes. Jesus had 12 disciples, there were 12 tribes of Israel, etc.

However, in Da Vincis ‘The Last Supper;, how m,any people are present at the table? Jesus is not the Sun going around the 12 zodiac signs bc fundamentally, this occues in a single Solar year, and Jesus’s lifespan was 33, and then immortality. In total, there are 13, not 12, people in this painting. Interestingly, if you search for this painting, notice that some have 12 some have 13. Yes, there has been some editing, so the solution i to check the original painting by Da Vinci himself (also possible by simple gogle search). Jesus on that table is represented by Pisces.

Why Pisces

We’re inn the ‘Age’ of Pisces and Jesus was born at the exact date of this New ages onset, and thus, he was the great Messiah, transitioning from the old system (Judaism) to the new system (Christianity). Don’t believe me, reflected in many jewish customs and traditions and replete through the old testament is symbols of the former age in which their Religion was created, and their Messiah (Moses) reigned. For example. Jews today, blow the ‘Rams horn’ in customs/traditions (Aries symbol being the Ram), Moses himself was depicted with Horns on the top of his head,. What happened when Moses came down Mount Sinai? He saw his people worshipping the Golden Calf (Bull). Prior to the Age of Aries, there was the Age of Taurus )Ages progress anti clockwise), and so he, the Messiah ushering in the new age of the new relgion worked to promote this transition.

Pisces symbol is that of the fish

The New testament is replete with fish symbolism. Indeed, the symbol for Jesus himself, seeing in millions of homes , cars, offices, around the world is the fish with the word ‘Jesus’ inside. How, you might ask, can the universal symbol of Christianity be represented by a Fish with ‘Jesus’ (not God) written inside? Jesus is the Avatar and sacrifice to ushr in the Age of Pisces

Michael Neil Rotondo
2023