divine hymn to the four angelic living creatures under the throne of God (the H9ayyot) in Hekhalot Rabbati ß173, in which God says of them, "Blessed be the hour when I created you!Exalted be the constellation in which I formed you!"<!--[if !supportFootnotes]-->
details of the seven planets and the twelve signs of the zodiac and their possible configurations with one another, along with some guidelines for working out their astrological significance
dated sometime after c. 600 C.E.
Baraita di-Mazzalot, the External Tractate of the Constellations.
ancient Jewish astrology
Merkavah mystics
to descend to the chariot" as a description of the otherworldly journey of the Hekhalot practitioner to the celestial throne-chariot of God.
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