The three wise men followed an actual astronomical phenomenon that appeared in the east. It led them from Persia to Judea. The phenomenon travelling across the sky was a comet probably travelling southwards.
As stated in the birth narrative of the gospel of Matthew, the star, in the line of sight of the wise men setting out again from Jerusalem, stopped over Bethlehem. It stood over the town, pointing down – as only comets can do when their tails stream out vertically. It pointed to the place where the Magi found the long-awaited Messiah, born King of the Jews.
Colin Humphreys shows that a bright comet did appear in 5 BC. It was recorded in a Chinese catalogue of comets. This comet, I firmly believe, was the comet of the birth of Christ – who is known to have been born at least a year before 4 BC.
The month in which the comet of 5 BC appeared shows that Jesus must have been born just before Passover which was on the 20th April in 5 BC. He was born and circumcised eight days later as the lambs were being chosen and prepared for the Passover sacrifice. This symbolically reveals Jesus Christ’s identity as the Lamb of God.
Merry and True 