The Astrology of Christmas, Part 1: Historical and Astrological Origins (3 B.C.E. – 336 A.D.)
Modern church historians are in agreement that Christ began his ministry during the month of October in 29 A.D.—“Repent, for the Kingdom of Heaven is Near”—during the 15th year of Emperor Tiberius’ reign. Second-century Christian scholars such as Irenaeus stated that Jesus “was beginning to be about thirty years of age” (Against Heresies, II, xxii,









