*ast* Cygnus cross alignment

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.........pluto will align with the central white star of the cygnus cross in december, coinciding with close alignment of uranus to the pleiades..heading for a positive change of consciousness..revolutionary

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The Cygnus Mystery and Early Christian Literature
In "The Cygnus Mystery" Andrew Collins briefly discusses the possibility of an early Christian identification of the constellation Cygnus with the cross of Christ (2006:32-34). Collins has found a positive reference to Cygnus as the cross from 592 C.E. in "De cursu stellarum" of Gregory of Tours, who also identifies stars from Delphinus and Lyra either side of Cygnus as the Greek letters Alpha and Omega. Much later than this there are planispheres from the seventeenth-century that show Cygnus as the cross, and Plate 12 in the book shows a detail from the astronomical map of William Schickhard which curiously depicts Cygnus as a swan bearing the crucifix. Other than this there is some interesting speculation that Christians borrowed from the iconography of the hero Orpheus (referencing the crucified "Orpheus Bakkikos" on a third-century magical gem), who was translated to heaven as a swan and identified as Cygnus.
......in ancient pre christian times CYGNUS was believed to be a bridge to the afterlife...............strong beliefs persist through the ages..nothing new, just a change of stories and label..