ANCIENT ROME -- seneca the younger was marcus manilius

 before you click on the above movie to hear a spanish biography of famous classic roman writer seneca the younger. look at his face shown above and then tell me his astrology alter isnt aptly named... marcus is traditionally name for a male who has a rough, or driven side to him.. marks traditionally arent 1st choice leaders, kings or rulers, and often play second fiddle, but make great generals or warriors, with some sort of william, richard, george etc. pulling the strings..

 this man not only was chief astrologer to caesar augustus (as official history tells us), dedicating to him his famous poem "astronomica", a long treatise on astrology, and the lower elements of our planet...but was actually his son. like the indian vedas or the poetry in the bible, this poem (astronomicon) i consider to be among the greatest ever written because it doesnt deal merely with interpersonal affairs, love, lust etc. but explains the whole basic functions of the world in wonderful prose...

 so lets look at these 2 people. seneca we are al familiar with, being a master illuminus of  ancient time, we all heard his name in the temples of education that honor these ancient icons. some people also call them public schools. we can see the face is the same. especially the eye gives it away.

 if you read this book CAREFULLY you dont need to spend hundreds of dollars into all the newest astrology books... i am very careful with astrology. for me to comprehend the main concept is imperative, but lets be aware of the grave warning in tanakh to stay away from becoming a worshipper of the lower elements, since this is abomination to g-d...

we can see here the two men are identical, have the same face and lived at the same time. manilius personal life holds no record, but about seneca jr. we know a great big deal...

 this is the harvard press edition, and the only one you should consider buying. dont get the yellow RECLAM edition, when you open the yellow booklet, a terrible butchery of verses broken into fragments will grin into your face...yes germans are that stupid... i emailed the publisher, advizing him to "just use slightly smaller fonts, so the versebreaks can be rendered accurately, with verse after verse in the right order"... they of course told me i had the wrong idea and their editon of manilius would be spotless... even after all these years i still marvel at the idiocy of the offspring of this incredibly stubborn, yes, demonic people. tall, proud and stupid as cattle...

 but we were talking about manilius, and lets not get carried away with the worlds woes... seneca above we see, the roman writer. and look in the picture below, thats another seneca that thousands of aspiring pilots came to know when they got their multi-engine rating...

the Piper seneca PA-34...i flew this airplane a couple of times on flightgear... its not too fast but a great aircraft to learn with, once you outgrow your cessna 172 or piper mooney...