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This amazing study reveals once and for all that esoteric astrology played a major role in the founding of the United States, and that the personages behind this were attempting to make ritual sites of the American cities, as had been done centuries previous. Each U.S. city is connected in some way to a star, as are all the edifices in Washington, D.C. Sirius The constellation of Canis Major, the Greater Dog, would have risen over Jenkins Heights, where the north wing of the Capitol was almost completed. Dominating this part of the skies would be the scorch- ing dog star, Sirius, a brilliant white and yellow star. (p. 4) The extraordinary truth is that the very existence of the Washington Monument is intimately linked with the Egyptian star Sirius, the Sihor, that the ancients represented in their sacred hieroglyphics as an obe- lisk as well as a star. How is it possible that this most important star of the ancient world should find itself, as it were, resurrected in the architecture of the United States. (p. 137) “*’..computations clearly show that on the day the Declaration of Independence was agreed in Philadel- phia, the Sun was on Sirius. (p. 138) July 2, 1776 Which I have argued is the true chart for the founding of the United States—the Sun was in 11°22 Can- cer, which means that it was in the same degree as Sirius. (p. 150) When found in a text, the star determined (or indicated to the reader) that the group of hieroglyphs asso- ciated with it was related to spiritual matters. It was related to the heavens, to invisible energies (which the Greeks called “aetheric”)...” (p. 242) April 3, 1791 The eclipse of 1791 was in Aries — a certain portent that the destiny of Washington, D.C., would be filled with that pioneering endeavor and excessive (not to say belligerent) enthusiasms. In fact, the augury on that morning of April 3, 1791, was remarkable. The Sun and Moon were not the only pair in Aries at that time: no fewer than five of the known planets were in that zodiacal Ram — the sign which favors brave undertakings. (p. 7) “...the leader of these mighty beings was due to take over the direction of Western civilization in 1881 caused considerable excitement in the esoteric circles of Washington, D.C., and the occult world in gen- eral. (p. 33) 243 Appendix B: Book Abstracts The Secret Architecture of Our Nation’s Capitol by David Ovason Declaration of Independence The Significance of the Star ¢ The Star of the White House is Arcturus in Taurus ¢ The Star of the Capitol is Regulus in Leo ¢ The Star of the Washington Memorial is Spica in Virgo Cosmocrates (Angelic Beings of the Creation) Atlantis, Alien Visitation, and Genetic Manipulation