As soon as our good Elon, or Oak Tree in Yiddish, announced the name change of Twitter to X I was kind of thrown off as to why. Looking deeper into his history and admitted motivations to centralize commerce and invention, X looked more like a central node or choke point, to be easily exploited by the one in control of it.
The folklore of the crossroads goes back through antiquity, considered a place where the natural and supernatural merge, allowing spirits and demons to exist on the same plane as physical beings.
The Faustian deal was made at a crossroads, as well as Robert Johnson selling his soul in exchange for mastery of the guitar.
It represents the star of Bethlehem. There was a lunar occultation of Jupiter that was only recognised by the astrologers. It's a symbol of Islam and the Quran mentions Isa (Jesus) more than Mohammad.
Matthew reports that the Star tells the astrologers about the date, place, character, and future of the birth of a child. That is, the Star tells the astrologers about the birth of a very great king to be born in Judea on some date, and that is exactly what a natal horoscope gives. It seems to be past coincidence that the Star in Matthew tells the ancient astrologers exactly what a natal horoscope tells to ancient astrologers
Astronomical and Historical Evaluation of Molnar's Solution, Bradley E. Schaefer
