The opposite point of Pisces is only 40 Km from the western Atlantic coast. The axis continues to pin-point the small Atlantic island of Isle de Noirmoutiers (T).

Aries/Libra

The important feature of the Landscape zodiacs, including those of Auxerre, Vezelay and the larger French zodiac is the six axis’ of the equinoxes rather than the twelve individual houses. This feature is most obvious in the symbolism of the Virgin carrying the child Jesus; the prophecy of the birth of Jesus as the equinoctial points passed into Virgo/Pisces.

The axis Aries/Libra of the French zodiac has the point of Libra within 10 Km of the towns of Belfort (U) and Montbéliard (V). During the period of time know as the Age of Aries, from approximately 2 000BC until the start of the Age of Pisces, the ancient Gauls named their single god « Belen ». As a continued reminder of this, the antique French word for the zodiacal constellation of Aries was « Belin » which become « Beler » in 1412 and is now « Belier ». In the Age of Belen, the Gauls consecrated their places of worship to the god Belen, hence the existence in our time of a large number of towns and places with their names developed from the word Belen.

The opposing Aries point of the French zodiac pin-points precisely the Atlantic coastline and the estuary of the river Gironde (W).

Sagittarius/Gemini

The final axis of the zodiac is Sagittarius/Gemini. The Gemini point of the seal of Solomon is at the town of Albi (Y) and the Sagittarius point precisely at Soissons (X).

The two towns approach the borders of Belgium and Spain, but their relevance to the zodiac is easily found in their history.

Because of its geographical position, Soissons has a long history of wars and invasions, including the Celts, the Romans and the Germanic tribes. The Franks were a Germanic people whose tribes were permanently established in Gaul from the Vth century. The king of the Francs from 448-457 was Merovig, the first of the Merovingian dynasty. In collaboration with Theoderic 1^st, king of the Visigoths and the Roman general Aetius, he defeated Attila the Hun at the battle of the « Champs Catalauniques » (451). Merovig was the father of Childeric 1^st and grand father of Clovis 1^st, also kings of the Francs.

There is an interesting legend attributed to Clovis 1^st, whereby after defeating the Gallo-Roman general Syagrius at the battle of Soissons, one of the defeated soldiers refused to hand over the bishop’s sacred vase rightfully won by Clovis and shattered it. A year later Clovis killed the soldier saying « remember the sacred vase of Soissons ».

Metaphorically this statement could implicate an important link between Soissons and its place in the restoration of the sacred geometry of the country zodiac.

The Gallo-Roman general that he defeated, Syagrius, was the son of Egidius, the grand-son of Aetius (who fought alongside Merovig at the battle of the ‘Champs Catalauniques’) and was the final representative of Roman authority in Gaul. Clovis, therefore became King of Soissons in 486 and achieved the unification of the Frankish state throughout Gaul. He also became the first of the Merovingian dynasty to be converted to Christianity (496). The descendants of Clovis were likewise the kings of Soissons ; Clotaire Ist, Chilperic Ist, Clotaire IInd and Dagobert.

It is through Dagobert (604-639) that we find a historical link between Soissons and Albi, at the Gemini point of the French zodiac. Dagobert’s father, Clotaire IInd, was responsible for installing a period of stability in Aquitaine by bringing the communities of Cahors, Albi, Rodez and Puy under his control. The Count of Albi, a Gallo-Roman called Salvius, married Herchenfreda, a barbarian. Their children, Didier, Rustique and Syagrius were placed under