Herein lies the reason for the 'Solar Seals' in use before the time of Christ as amulets to ward off any evil that might come from the 36 decans.” (Vance, pp. The seven planets or the 7-headed astrological dragon ruled over the 36 decans and over them all, as we have noted, ruled the sun, 'the father of the gods.' It was natural and inevitable that since the summary number of the numbers from 1-36 is 666, this number (called the Grand Number of the Sun), should have been assigned to the sun-god as the cosmic god who not only ruled over all the other gods but also was their heavenly parent. The 36 gods were called decans because each ruled over 10 degrees of the zodiacal circle and over 10 days of the 360-day year. Since the spirits of the departed were believed to go to and dwell in the stars - a teaching still much alive today, there was therefore not a spirit in the heavens, not a star in the sky which was not represented in the 36 rooms of the zodiac, and to swear by the number 36 was to swear by every god in the heavens above, as well as by all the spirits of the departed. They then divided the entire remainder of the sky into 36 constellations, and appointed the ruling god of each constellation to rule over one of the 36 rooms of the zodiac.

The Babylonians divided each of the 12 houses in the zodiac into three rooms, making 36 in all. Going deeply back into Babylonian astrology we find the real reason for the sanctity for the number 36. These numbers indicated the god's place and power among the astrological gods. “ In the astrological religion of Babylon, every god had his sacred number or numbers which were often used in place of the god's name. Scholar and Secret Society expert Murl Vance commented the following in his book “Trail of the Serpent.” I am sure that you have already guessed by now that the sum of the numbers from 1 to 36 totals 666, which they also assigned to the god associated with the sun as being the father of all their gods. The gods numbered from 3 through 36 were considered the children of the sun and the moon god, which included the various stars and constellations that these gods were associated with. The moon god was assigned number 2 and of course was the female deity. The sun god was assigned number 1 as it was the father of all gods and thus was also the male deity. They did this by counting their gods and assigning a consecutive number to each of the 36 lesser supreme gods, and then added up these numbers ( from 1 to 36) and assigned the sum to the sun god. The Babylonians believed that numbers had power over their gods they worshiped so they assigned numbers to their gods so that they could have power over them. In this system of worship, they had 36 supreme gods, which included the sun god, which they believed to be the father of all the other gods and so was supreme over all. See also the origin of Babylon and sun worship. Babylonians were also the principle developers of astrology as we know it today and it is because of this that the pagan priests wore amulets called “ Sigilla Solis” or “ Sun Seal” which symbolized 36 constellations. The Babylonians worshiped gods that were associated with the sun, moon, planets and stars involved with astrology. It is from this that this mysterious number 666 being the number of the beast came from, which was directly linked with the worship practices of ancient Babylon from around the time of Daniel. 360 divided by 10 = 36 (more on this number soon) and 6 * 6 = 36. Before getting into this fascinating topic, it is important to look at the significance of the Babylonians using the sexagesimal (base-60) number system from which comes 60 minutes in an hour, 60 seconds in a minute, 360 (60×6) degrees in a circle and 60 degrees in each angle of an equilateral triangle etc.

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