Jesus Christ is the Sun in Capricorn and John the Baptist is the Sun in Cancer: Christianity as an allegory of the solstices and equinoxes

While the conclusions of studies positing that Christianity is a religion in which Jesus Christ serves as an allegory for the Sun are correct, the documentary sources employed are insufficient to scientifically demonstrate this thesis; this is because a methodology based on the comparative history of religions allows only for conjectures rather than irrefutable facts. To address this issue, the present article aims to demonstrate the solar thesis using Christian theological sources from early ecclesiastical literature (Patristics)—material that has not been sufficiently investigated within the field of astrotheology. Furthermore, this research is complemented by Roman astrological and theological literature, which provides the necessary context for interpreting the astrological symbolism found in Christian theology. Thus, this research begins with a critical introduction to the historiographical tradition of astrotheological interpretation of Christianity. The second section addresses the relationship of the four elements and the three dimensions of space to the Book of Genesis. The third section examines the astrological connection of Christ to the winter solstice, the spring equinox, and the planet Saturn. Finally, the fourth section posits the thesis that John the Baptist is also an allegory of the Sun, with the distinction that he symbolizes the Sun’s “mortal” aspect, whereas Christ represents its “divine” form.