2006-10-24 04:21:19 · 19 answers · asked by ? 3 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
"Just" - no. But I have read that symbols of the 12 tribes can be found in the stars. Remember that the OT is full of symbolism.
2006-10-24 04:47:51 · answer #1 · answered by Tonya in TX - Duck 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Actually, no. Zodiac signs are made by Greeks and they represent different constellations and months.
The 12 tribes are Jacob's 12 sons and I think they're Hebrew.
*And the 12 tribes are Biblical. The zodiac signs are not.*
2006-10-24 11:25:54 · answer #2 · answered by - twiLa - 2 · 0⤊ 1⤋
These 12 tribes you are talking about are the tribes moses led out of egypt, Not zodiac signs.
2006-10-24 13:24:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Or, can the 12 zodiac signs represent the twelve tribes?
2006-10-24 11:23:04 · answer #4 · answered by sister steph 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
There are all kinds of traditional "twelves," from the Zodiac to the Tribes of Israel to the Apostles to the Olympians to the Imams of Shi'a Islam to the Days of Christmas...lol. And more or less arbitrary correspondences have probably been drawn between all of them, just like the famous sets of mystic "sevens." I'd be wary of taking any of these comparisons very seriously.
2006-10-24 11:26:30 · answer #5 · answered by jonjon418 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The study of ASTROLOGY was going on before the 12 tribes were formed. The Zoroastrian priests, the magi, were used to reading the stars for their religion. This is why three of them travelled to Bethelehem by following a star.
2006-10-24 11:27:50 · answer #6 · answered by Buffy 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The 12 tribes of Israel (Jacob) are named for his 12 sons.
2006-10-27 21:55:25 · answer #7 · answered by nursesr4evr 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The twelve tribes mentioned in Revelation 7 refer to spiritual Israel for several valid reasons.The listing does not match that of natural Israel at Numbers Chapter 1.Also Jerusalem's temple and priesthood and all the tribal records of natural Israel were permanently destroyed,lost forever,long before John had his vision in 96CE.But more important John received his vision upon a background of the developments from and after Pentecost 33CE.In the light of such events,Johns vision of those standing on the heavenly Mount Zion with the Lamb(whom natural Israel had rejected)revealed the number of this spiritual Israel of God to be,144,000 "bought from among mankind"-Rev.7:4;14:1,4
2006-10-27 01:16:13 · answer #8 · answered by lillie 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Are you speaking of the 12 tribes of Israel?
2006-10-24 11:23:19 · answer #9 · answered by ckrug 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Nah they were supposedly started by the 12 sons of Jacob includeing that Joseph guy with the cool coat. FYI
2006-10-24 11:26:29 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋