When our ancestors gazed upon the skies thousands of years ago they
looked up into the center of Creation and saw a mighty Dragon, a great
celestial serpent with wings circling ceaselessly above them, night
after night, century after century. When the Dragon Wore the Crown is
a ground breaking book that covers a period of over six thousand years,
focusing on what astrologers would call the Ages of Gemini, Taurus and
Aries and taking us through the period of classical astronomy with the
Greeks and Romans (approx. 7000 BC-200 AD).
When the Dragon Wore the Crown opens and closes with the Chinese
mythological tradition and touches on Sumerian, Babylonian, Phoenician,
Hindu, Norse, Native American and even Mayan myths, weaving together
many of their celestial serpentine similarities. It focuses primarily on
the role of the constellation Draco, the astronomical marker of the
North Celestial Pole for literally thousands of years. The importance of
this simple astronomical observation helped facilitate the study of the
calendar, navigation, farming and social organization. The circuit of
the seasons was marked by this cadence with the moving center guarding
the position of the zodiacal circle for literally thousands of years.
The secret of the circle was hidden in its center. The one had to be
determined before the other. If the true center was not accurately
observed and determined, the entire circle was off.
This is a beautiful and informative book of discovery, following the
mythology of various cultures as it evolved into modern astronomy.
