The three companion constellations of Capricornus are all clustered together in the heavens they add to the heavenly story of our fish-goat slain for the redeemed.
The first of the three is Sagitta, the Arrow, this is the arrow sent forth from God. It is God who is responsible for the piercing of the Son, Jesus Christ. God, the Father; God the Son and the Holy Spirit have sent forth the arrow that will pierce the Son.
The Godhead is completely responsible for the death of the Son. The Father, in Psalms 22:15 where the Son says, "Th dost lay me in dust of death." And again, in Romans 8:32, where Paul wrote, "He who did not spare His own Son, but delivered Him up for us all, how will He not also with Him freely give us all things?" And who can forget the most famous of verses, John 3:16, where it says, "For God so loved the world that He gave, His only begotten Son..."
The Son takes responsibility for His piercing in John 10:17-18, where it says, "Because I lay down My life that I may take it again. No one has taken it from Me, but I lay it down on My own initiative, I have authority to lay it down, and I have authority to take it up again." Paul confirms this in his letter to Galatia where he wrote, "I live by faith in the Son of God who loved me, and delivered Himself up for me" (Galatians 2:20).
And not to be left out the Holy Spirit is also responsible for piercing the Son. The writer of Hebrews writes, "How much more will the blood of Christ (cleanse and sanctify), who through the eternal Spirit offered Himself without blemish to God, cleanse your conscience from dead works to serve the living God?" (Hebrews 9:14).
So Sagitta is the arrow God sent forth to pierce the Son. The Hebrew name is Sham which means destroying or desolate.
The second of our three constellations is Aquila, the eagle, representing the smitten one falling to death. The effect of the arrow is the piercing, wounding, and dying of our Saviour. The names of the stars of Aquilla bear this out. The Alpha star is Al Tair in the Arabic and it's name means, the wounding. The Beta star is Al shain means the bright, but the Hebrew root means scarlet colored as in the scarlet thread used in the story from Joshua 2:18. Another bright star is Tarared which menas the wounded or torn. While Alcari in the lower wing means the piercing. Finally Al Okal in the tail means wounded in the heel, just as our Genesis 3:15 prophesy reveals.
Psalms 147:4 reveals that God "counts the number of the stars; He gives names to all of them."
Our final constellation is Delphinus, the Dolphin, which means the dead one rising again. The ancient Hebrew name is Dalaph which means pouring out of water, as in the living water which saves us from death. Amazingly all three in the Godhead are responsible for the resurrection of Christ. The Father in Acts 2:24 and again in Romans 6:4; The Son in John 10:17-18; and the Holy Spirit in 1 Peter 3:18 and Romans 8:11 all take credit for the raising of Christ.
Capricornus is the dying goat, while the falling eagle is also dying, all this from an arrow sent forth of God, but to complete the story we need Delphinus. For Jesus died, but rose again. The bible says, "For Jesus was buried, and that He was raised on the third day according to the scriptures" (1 Corinthians 15:4). Appearantly, it not only says it in scriptures but also in the heavens!
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