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JUPITER. The name of the greatest god of Roman Search

mythology. And the name of the largest planet of our
solar system. Jupiter has been known from ages-old to
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the present as the King Planet. This greatest of planets
is a “gas giant,” approximately eleven times the size of
Earth and over 300 times more massive. It circles the
Sun far beyond Earth, in an orbit of about twelve years
duration. In ancient times, planets like Jupiter were
considered “wandering stars.” Since humans have
assigned kingly qualities to this giant wanderer for
dozens of centuries, might it have something to do
with our Star announcing the birth of a king? That will
be our working theory.

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course. To be Matthew’s Star, Jupiter as viewed from
Earth would have to do peculiar things. More There are no events to show.
precisely, as considered by a magus viewing from the
Middle East during the years 3 and 2 BC, Jupiter’s
movements would have to satisfy all nine identifying Order the DVD
characteristics of the Star. In September of 3 BC at the
time of the Jewish New Year, Rosh ha-Shanah, Jupiter
began to do just that.

A magus watching Jupiter that September saw two

objects moving so close that they appeared to touch.
This close approach of celestial bodies is sometimes
called a ‘conjunction.’ Our Middle Eastern viewer saw
Jupiter coming into a close conjunction with the star,
Regulus. Regulus takes its name from the word root
which yields our word ‘regal.’ The Babylonians called Purchase this remarkable,
Regulus Sharu, which means ‘king.’ The Romans called stunning-quality DVD to
Regulus Rex, which means ‘king.’ So to start things, at explore this subject in more
the beginning of the new Jewish year, the Planet of detail and share it with your
Kings met the Star of Kings. friends. Several options to
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This conjunction may have indicated kingship in a
forceful way to a Babylonian magus (satisfying one
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quali cation for the Star), but would it have startled
him? Probably not.

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Jupiter glides slowly past Regulus about every 12
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years. Let’s assume our magus enjoyed a 50-year
career, say from age 20 to age 70. We don’t know how
old the Magi were, but if our man was in the second Donate
half of his career, he might have seen such a pass two
or three times before. Jupiter’s orbit wobbles relative
to Regulus, so not every conjunction is as close as the
one he saw in 3 BC. Perhaps our magus recorded this
event with some interest, but it is hard to imagine
great excitement. Not from this alone. But, of course,
there is more.

The planets move against the eld of xed stars. From

Earth, they appear to be “active.” For example, were
you to watch Jupiter each night for several weeks, you
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would see that it moves eastward through the starry
 eld. Each night Jupiter rises in the east (satisfying a
second Star quali cation). Each night it appears to be
slightly farther east in the eld of xed stars. All of the
planets move like this.

But the wandering stars exhibit another, stranger

motion. Periodically, they appear to reverse course
and move backward through the other stars. This may
seem odd, but the reason is simple enough: we watch
the planets from a moving platform—Earth—hurtling
around the Sun in its own orbit. When you pass a car
on the freeway, it appears to go backward as it drops
behind. For similar reasons, when the Earth in its orbit
swings past another planet, that planet appears to
move backward against the starry eld. Astronomers
call this optical e ect retrograde motion.

In 3/2 BC, Jupiter’s retrograde wandering would have

called for our magus’ full attention. After Jupiter and
Regulus had their kingly encounter, Jupiter continued
on its path through the star eld. But then it entered
retrograde. It “changed its mind” and headed back to
Regulus for a second conjunction. After this second
pass it reversed course again for yet a third
rendezvous with Regulus, a triple conjunction. A triple
pass like this is more rare. Over a period of months,
our watching magus would have seen the Planet of
Kings dance out a halo above the Star of Kings. A
coronation.

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22 Comments

Jolene Gri th
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November 15, 2012 at 3:50 pm

The CD captured my complete attention, as I write

devotions for the website, posted 2 times each week. I
want to write a Christmas story using your terri c CD
details, but need the pics to display the narrative.
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Although I do not plagerize your work, Mr. Larson, is
there any way that I might use several clips of night
sky to show this dramatic starry dance announcing the
King of kings to my readers? WITH Jupiter’s retrograde
dance in red?

I will happily send you a completed story, (before

publication), if you like, to see how I used your
information–credited as such. Please let me know if
this is possible, and thank you for your time and
attention.

Sincerely,
Jolene Gri th

FA Larson
Reply
November 15, 2012 at 5:00
pm

Jolene: you may use brief clips.

Christine McDonald
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November 22, 2012 at 4:41 pm

Hi Mr Larsen

I was stunned when I rst watched you DVD a couple

of years ago. I have watched it several times since as
well as frequently visiting the website. (All of your
information is so detailed I can’t take it all in in one
go.)

Thank you so much for your painstakingly detailed

work – and thank God for leading and inspiring you.

I am now preparing some sessions for our children’s

church leading up to Christmas based on your work
and wonder if I too could use a few short clips. The
children I am working with are 10-13 so I need to pare
down the wealth of information into far simpler and
shorter bite sized pieces for them.

Blessings
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Christine McDonald
 FA Larson
Reply
November 30, 2012 at 11:49
am

Yes, you may use short clips. And, thank you for
your kind encouragement!

Amy Chapman
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December 5, 2012 at 9:09 pm

We watched you video in Church tonight and I was so

in to it very neat stu I recommend everyone to watch
it thank you Mr Larson..

Pastor Chris Smeda (Australia)

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December 6, 2012 at 7:18 pm

Greetings Mr Larson, In presenting some of your

researched material to the congregation I need to
quote where I got it and how those interested can
access more data. May I please use some of your
information (in very simpli ed format) in two
christmas sermons ? May I have permission to do this
? I will acknowledge you as my source. Respectfully,
P.C.

FA Larson
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December 8, 2012 at 12:42 am

You have my permission to use my material as you

have described. My only requirements are that you
tell people that you are using the material with
permission (so that they know you are not violating
copyright), and that you tell them how they can
access the website and/or obtain their own copies
of the DVD. Blessings!

rebekah cooper
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December 6, 2012 at 9:25 pm

Our group watched your video tonight and I’m

fascinated. Do you have a timeline anywhere that
Sexplains
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hard time tracking our linear time with the 3/2 BC
parts that you refer to. Thanks

FA Larson
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December 8, 2012 at 12:39 am

Don’t have a timeline. But this site pretty much lays

it all out.

Victoria Cordero
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December 15, 2012 at 6:54 am

Mr. Larson,
I was watching your video in bible class and me and
my class were absolutely fascinated at your
discoveries. May God bless you and your work!
Sincerely,
VC

mariam douce
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December 21, 2012 at 9:34 am

Peace & Grace to you Mr. Larsen,

I’m from Egypt, i rst heard your study on youtube

while preparing for our Christmass festival & was
astonished. I didn’t hear something like before, so
GOD bless u.

I’m thinking to give a shortcut about this study for my

children that i serve in my church they are about 11 to
15 years old. And you know that here in Egypt we
don’t know much about astrology, so can you suggest
what shall i do????

I really want them to know that our LORD’s birth

wasn’t something ordinary or ok to happen, but it was
something declaring GOD’s power & greatness. Plz
help me simplifying this to them. thank u.

FA Larson
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December 21, 2012 at 11:25
am

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Mariam,
 I collaborated with Billy Tucci on a children’s
graphic novel called A Child is Born. You can see it
here: http://www.amazon.com/Billy-Tuccis-Child-Is-
Born/dp/0983835241/ref=sr_1_1?
ie=UTF8&qid=1356110435&sr=8-
1&keywords=a+child+is+born+billy+tucci

The book presents the information about the star

in a much simpli ed form. It is a completely
beautiful book. Perhaps you can order one from
Amazon.

Kathy Murry
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December 30, 2012 at 6:27 pm

What amazing symbolism the celestia king, Reulus

Sharu, meets and crowns the solar king, Jupiter,
perfect symbolism of the celestial King Jehova,
comming panetary earth and taking on mortal esh to
prefom the atonement and become the Jesus Christ
the Eternal Father

Learned Foot
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January 21, 2013 at 11:40 am

Mr. Larson,
I have encountered a data point that I do not recall
having been referenced in your presentation but that
may corroborate further your theory of the Star of
Bethlehem. According to early church tradition, the
Annunciation took place around Rosh Hashanah, the
Jewish New Year. For example, in the rst complete
biography of Jesus’ mother, “The Life of the Virgin,”
Maximus the Confessor, a seventh-century Greek
Father of the Church, wrote of the Annunciation: “It
was in the rst month, when God also created the
whole world, in order to show us that now he renews
the old world again. It was the rst day of the week,
which is Sunday, on which day he dispelled the
primeval darkness and created the primordial light…”
(translation by Shoemaker, Stephen). I would be very
curious to hear the extent to which these details are
consistent with your theory and available evidence
from the Starry Night software.
Jouney On,
Learned Foot
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 FA Larson
Reply
January 22, 2013 at 10:41 am

This would be consistent with the chronology I use.

Daniel
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February 25, 2013 at 6:50 pm

I was just wondering on what the program was that

you used to make these discoveries. I have some basic
astronomy programs and I was hoping to get my
hands on the same one you used to do some of my
own research. Thanks for your time, I really enjoyed
the dvd and look forward to any other videos that you
release.

FA Larson
Reply
February 27, 2013 at 4:22 pm

Concerning the software, please see the FAQ. To

help with my new project, please visit
christquake.com Help me make the new lm!

wpjo
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May 4, 2013 at 5:01 pm

Some remarks. 2000 years ago, existed already a 1500

years old recorded history of conjunctions which
are/were extremely common and well known.
However, Matthew doesn’t write anything about a
conjunction of TWO stars, but he was writing only
about ONE star. Also, you make the retrograde
movement of Jupiter coincide with the major parts of
the trip of the Magi but how could they have known
this in ADVANCE ? Or why do you stick an occidental
point of view to the magi from the Orient? How can
the name of Jupiter ‘King of the Stars’ be a reason to
go to Jerusalem? And why only on this very occasion in
2/3 BC and not before or after? Why did the church
never consider Jupiter as the Bethlehem star? Why do
not you pay any attention to the very close
resemblances of Zoroastrianism and the story as
related by Matthew? Why the Magi came from the East
and not from somewhere else? Why did they ‘see’ the
Sstar and
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Just too many questions you do not answer for you do
not HAVE an answer.

For these reasons I just think your explanation is NOT

right. I propose another one –Spica being the
Bethlehem star– and all these issues examined from
many other points of view (including Bible, history,
iconography, literature, astronomy, comparing
religions, linguistics, culture, mathematics, physics, ….)

FA Larson
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May 4, 2013 at 6:39 pm

I worried about accepting your post. Your

aggressive tone and scattershot criticism do not
seem to advance discussion of the Star. However, I
have a strong preference for free expression. So, I
decided to accept your post. I hope that as you
study more, your questions and criticisms will
resolve.

Sometimes those who run low-tra c sites post on

high-tra c sites to attract an audience they have
not earned with their own work. For this reason, I
have removed links to your site from your post. If
your site has merit, visitors will come.

Pastor Douglas
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September 16, 2013 at 4:32 pm

Fabulous work! Other works have also identi ed the

start in 3bc “Michael Rood”, but almost all church
fathers prior to 300 AD -pointed to 3bc also con rming
your research. I highly recommend your video when I
teach on the real birth of Christ. Although I do let them
know at the end of your video you didn’t do the same
diligent research for Christ’s death on the cross as you
did for his birth. You counted on traditions of believing
Yeshua had a 3 1/2 ministry, and placing Christ on the
cross in 33ad on a Friday. According to your
calculations you have Christ dying on the cross at the
age of 35. All church fathers prior to 300 ad had
Yeshua with a 1 year ministry (matching the
requirement of the Jews sacri cing a 1 year old lamb)
placing Christ on the cross on a Wednesday night and
3 days and 3 nights would have him raising from the
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dead Saturday night at Sundown which to the Jews is
“early on the rst day of the week”. So his ministry
started in 27 ad and ended in 28 ad making his birth
exactly how you set it for Tabernacles 3bc.

FA Larson
Reply
September 28, 2013 at 3:04
pm

Pastor: Thank you for your kind encouragement! I

am quite familiar with the matters you raise. You’ll
nd multiple interesting entries in the FAQ when
you get a chance to read it.

FA Larson
Reply
April 24, 2014 at 9:47 pm

Several of your statements of what I teach are

pretty far o the mark. But, I don’t do much editing
of posts. I like to let people have their say as much
as possible. You might want to check the FAQ, as
there are several entries relevant to your
statements.

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