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of Mars during the first stage, and the identification was obtained
only after the computations were completed. On Figure
5.38 we skipped the symbols representing Mars on the
Petosiris zodiacs. They are of different type and we will discuss
them later in this chapter.
For Brugsch’s zodiac, there are three representations of
Mars shown of Figure 5.38 (BR). In the Demotic Horoscope,
Mars is indicated by an inscription, which was translated by
H. Brugsch as “Hor-Teser”, which according to him means
Mars 29 .
Figure 5.39: The fragment of the Round Denderah zodiac
showing the symbol of Mars (a falcon-headed figure) with a
hieroglyphic inscription above its head.
On the majority of the other horoscopes, except the Big
Esna and the Athribis zodiacs, Mars is shown as a male figure
with a falcon head. On the Big Esna zodiac, there is no figure
with a falcon head present at all. The identification of Mars
with a falcon-headed male figure was first suggested by Henry
Brugsch in the case of the Denderah zodiacs. H. Brugsch
translated a hieroglyphic inscription placed near the head of
this figure (see Figure 5.38 (DL)) as “Hor-Tos”, which means
“Red Planet” 30 . Let us point out that only Mars is called the
Red Planet because of its reddish appearance. This identi-
29 See [4], Vol. 6, p.697.
30 See [4], Vol. 6, p. 652.
5.4 Planetary Symbols of the Main Horoscope 99
fication of Mars on the Long Denderah zodiac was adopted
by Morozov and all other investigators of the Denderah zodiacs.
On the Round Denderah zodiac, there is also the same
figure of Mars (see Figures 5.38 (DR) and 5.39) placed over
Capricorn with a hieroglyphic inscription near its head. This
inscription, according to the translation of modern Egyptologist
S. Cauville, means “Red Planet”, i.e. Mars 31 .
We also used the same identifications of Mars on the Denderah
zodiacs, as well as on the Color Thebes (OU) and
Brugsch’s zodiacs (BR), where there was only one planet with
such an appearance. However, on the Big Esna zodiac, there is
no falcon-headed figure and on the Small Esna zodiacs there
are many such figures present. We used our calculations to
determine the exact location of Mars on each of two Esna
zodiacs (see Chapter 7 for details). It is remarkable that on
the Small Esna zodiac the falcon-headed figures appear in
few planetary procession, but there is only one procession
composed entirely of falcon-headed figures, and exactly this
procession turned out to symbolize Mars.
5.4.6 Venus in the Main Horoscope
On Figure 5.41, we show the representation of Venus on the
Egyptian zodiacs. As before, Venus on the Petosiris zodiacs
is not shown on Figure 5.41, and this case will be discussed
later.
Figure 5.40: The fragment of the Big Esna zodiac showing
figures of Venus and Mars.
Concerning Brugsch’s zodiac, there are three different representations
of Venus shown on Figure 5.41 (BR). An inscription
in the Demotic Horoscope, which was translated by H.
Brugsch, clearly identifies Venus. N.A. Morozov, who adopted
Brugsch’s identification of all planets in this horoscope, writes
the following: “In between Scorpio and Sagittarius, there is a
Demotic inscription bending towards Sagittarius’ head, which
reads “Pe-Neter-Tau” (i.e. Morning Planet) — Venus.” 32 On
the other horoscopes in the Brugsch’s zodiac, Venus is shown
by figures. In the case of the Horoscope in Boats, Venus is
easy to recognize as the only female figure on a boat. But,
in the Horoscope without Walking Sticks, the representation
31 See [10], p. 30.
32 See [4], V. 6, p.697.