The bible story is a personification of the astrological map.  The stars were obviously very important to early man for millions of generations.  Without electrical lighting,  the night sky was much more evident and intertwined in one’s personal life.  People studied the stars for many different reasons and became familiar with the positions of the stars and visible planets, and the patterns related to the seasons, nature,  the movement of the earth.   The “Magi” in the Christmas Story (it does not give a number of how many of them there were in the bible) were astrologers. 

The idea that there were 3 of them is from a 16th century fresco,  or something…  Thanks  to the Catholics for giving us this myth.

There are indications that the astrological map  can be correlated to to the biblical story;   the constellation Virgo hovering over the eastern horizon during the winter equinox when the sun seems to descend to its lowest point,  remain stable for approximatly 3 days and then begin to rise over the eastern horizon… there are many others.    “in my father’s house there are many mansions” has been interpreted to have referred to the “Houses of the Zodiac”,  which is the LONG procession of the solar system around the star map taking several thousand years.    

During the time of Moses, and the old testament religions, pagan times…  Aries,  the ram constellation was the prominent figure in the sky.  Some think that the Shofar, or ram’s horn, used in some Jewish traditions often to announce the new moon,  as well as cow/goat like idols such as Baal  related to this  “Aries” constellation and were worshipped by pagans at the time of the great change,  the shift from the house of Aries,  to the house of Pisces,  the fishes, the beginning of Christianity (think Roman Catholic)  where Chirst was symbolized with a fish.  

We are now just entering the age of Aquarius,  the Water Bearer constellation and there are biblical indications such as in the form of predictions and prophecies, it is said but I am not familiar with them.    This is how the “New Age” movement got its name and everyone remembers the 60s pop hit from the musical ‘Hair’…   This ‘age’ is associated with enlightenment, spiritual awareness,  and many other changes, according to many..

Is it any wonder that the Christian (Catholic)  church, in its early quest to to eliminate and demonize any type of non-christian “pagan” and demonize everything associated with them would create the association with Satan?  Satan itself is but a christian (catholic) creation, a conglomeration of all of the pagan ideas and traditions of the natural world. 

I think the history of humanity is so deeply rooted in astrology/astronomy… star mapping that to this day the majority of people on the planet would have some form of identification , albeit it a novelty one,  to the stars above them…    in other words,   of course I know my sign…. Virgo :/