THE ANCIENTS STUDIED CELESTIAL MOVEMENTS TO MARK THE PASSAGE OF TIME. MYTHOLOGICAL NARRATIVES CLOCKED THE SUN MOVEMENT THROUGH THE TWELVE  HOUSES OF THE ZODIAC. 

A LINEAGE OF SOLAR PERSONIFICATIONS, HORUS, MITHRA, DIONYSUS, AND JESUS EMBODY THE SAME ASTRONOMICAL CYCLE, MIRRORING THE SUN'S DESCENT, ITS WINTER PAUSE, AND ITS INEVITABLE SPRING RESURRECTION. THIS IS THE ASTRO-THEOLOGICAL ALLEGORY. 

THE SUMMER SOLSTICE MARKS THE CLIMAX OF THIS CELESTIAL TRANSIT. THE SUN ACHIEVES ITS ZENITH, DELIVERING MAXIMUM LIGHT AND LIFE-GIVING WARMTH TO THE EARTH.