153 - The Measure of the Fish

(John 21:11)

"Simon Peter climbed aboard and dragged the net ashore. It was full of large fish, 153, but even with so many the net was not torn."

The sign of the fish is widely used today as a symbol of Christianity, but originated in Pagan sacred geometry. Two circles of equal size, symbolic of spirit and matter, are brought together in a sacred marrage, with the center of each circle on the perimeter of the other. When this is done the width to height ratio of the intersecting region is

:1 which is very close to 265/153, a formula known to Archimedes in the third century BCE as the "measure of the fish."[1]

The only problem with this theory is I don't know the significance of 265,
and

is also very close to 168/97.
There is no integer fraction smaller than 168/97 that comes close to

	=	1.73205
168/97	=	1.73196
265/153	=	1.73203
361/209	=	1.72727

The fish symbolizes the astrological sign of Pisces. Jesus symbolizes the age of Pisces which began around the time of his alleged birth. The Christian fish symbol is another indication of the astrological roots of Christianity.

1. Timothy Freke & Peter Gandy The Jesus Mysteries: Was the "Original jesus" a Pagan God?

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