In Psalm 19, the Bible says, "The heavens declare the glory of God… day unto day uttereth speech … their words unto the end of the world." The Hebrew word for ‘declare’ means ‘record’ and ‘words’ mean a ‘discourse’ or even ‘topic’ . In other words, the stars are a record of a specific topic for man to understand. Psalm 147 states that God has the stars numbered and named. Thus, by virtue of their names, man can understand God’s record in the stars. The stars are another witness that proclaim the word of God. Theologians are baffled as to why the subject of the heavens in Psalm 19 abruptly changes to the specific subject of the Law in verse 7. This indeed would be a mystery if one understood verses 1-6 to be only a passive revelation of God by their beauty and majesty alone. However, if we understood verses 1-6 to be a specific stellar revelation, then this makes more sense. The stars are God’s word in the heavens and the Law is God’s written word. There are two witnesses being discussed here. After all, Genesis 1:14 says, "Let them be for signs , seasons, days, and years." ‘Signs’ here mean signals or flags. Signs are not used for navigational purposes or for calendars. The "seasons, days, and years" part is for that purpose. Rather, a sign is something arbitrary. It is a symbol to represent an object or idea. Hence, the stars were created to be symbolic of something else. The names of the stars and constellations have uncertain origin antedating even Babylonian times. The book of Job, which is considered one of the oldest books of the Bible, mention star and constellation names. That shows their antiquity. In addition, the objects represented by the constellations are fairly uniform amongst societies of all times. This suggests a common origin. Adam and the generations after Adam (e.g. Enoch) no doubt had a large role in naming these stars and constellations according to inspiration. This is dealt with more in the book of Enoch. The theme was the redemptive story of Christ and victory of Christ and his people over the Enemy. Since the heavens declare the glory of God, and the book of John says that Christ is the glory of God, the heavens therefore tell of Christ. That was the "Bible" back then to witness to fallen man who continually ventured farther from God and the knowledge of God. The constellations are divided into twelve Zodiac signs and each has three associated constellations with them called decans. Thus there are 48 in all (people and astronomers named many more in recent times and thus added to these originals). Where do we start this Zodiac since it is a continuous circle? One clue is found in the ceiling portico of the temple of Esneh in ancient Egypt. On there is an ancient Zodiac shows a sphinx with the head of a woman and body of a lion. The translation is reference to the Zodiac between Virgo and Leo. Hence, the Zodiac was understood from ancient times (reflecting back on the memory when the men of God would have indicated this) to begin at Virgo and end at Leo. The word ‘sphinx’ by the way means ‘to bind closely together’. This message is meant to be an introduction to this vast topic, but two constellations (Virgo and Leo) are given as examples regarding the star names and constellation meanings. In all societies, Virgo is a prostrate virgin holding ears of corn (the ‘seed’) in her left hand and a branch in the other. Jesus is the seed of Abraham, the coming Branch. As the Bible says, "Behold a virgin shall be with child, and bring forth a son." Her prostrate position represents fallen mankind that the coming Branch would save. Even before there was a Bible, mankind could see that a coming Branch (Messiah) would come by a virgin. The brightest star "Spica" (a newer Latin name) means "an ear of corn". The Arabic name Al Zimach is derived from the older versions which indicated a branch.