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Let us resume that in this partial horoscope there are the
Sun and two or even three planets included. One of them is
Mars.
5.5.3 Third Example: Partial Horoscope
of Summer Solstice on the Lower
Athribis zodiac
On Figure 5.61 we show a fragment of the Lower Athribis zodiac
around the constellations of Libra, Virgo, Cancer, Gemini
and Taurus. On Figure 5.61 one can easy recognize all the
figures representing these constellations, which we colored in
red for more clarity. They form the upper row of symbols,
under which one can see two birds (in yellow) representing
planets in the main horoscope, and further below them, there
is another row of symbols (in blue), which is the partial horoscope
of summer solstice.
Figure 5.61: A fragment of the Lower Athribis zodiac with a
partial horoscope of summer solstice. We marked the constellation
figures in red, planets of the main horoscope in yellow
and the partial horoscope in blue.
Let us notice that there is no partial horoscope of autumn
equinox present on the Lower Athribis zodiac. It should be
located under Virgo, but the whole space here is occupied by
the symbols of the partial horoscope of summer solstice. In
fact this is the only (nontrivial) partial horoscope on the both
Athribis zodiacs (see Chapter 8 for more discussion).
Let us look carefully at the row of the blue figures. Many
of them are already familiar to us. Starting from the left of
the picture, we see a bull lying on a boat with a star between
his horns, then there is a male figure with a raised hand surrounded
by five birds with human faces, two on one side and
three on the other. The bull in the boat is a standard Egyptian
symbol of the summer solstice. This symbol sometimes is
shown accompanied by a female figure shooting an arrow over
its head (see for example fragments of the zodiacs (DR) and
(EM) on Figures 4.1 and 4.5). The man with a raised hand
is also a standard Egyptian symbol of the summer solstice
(see Figures 4.2 and 4.5). It symbolizes the Sun in its highest
position. These two symbols always appear in a proximity of
5.6 Boats, Snakes, and Other Objects under the Feet of Figures as Pull-Out Symbols 115
Gemini. On the Lower Athribis zodiac, the imaginary ground
line, where the man with a raised hand stands on, passes exactly
through the symbol of Gemini, so we can simply say,
that he “stands” in Gemini. Consequently, these symbols are
definitely related to the partial horoscope of the summer solstice.
Now, let us recognize the planetary symbols of this partial
horoscope. It is not hard to find them. Recall that on the
Athribis zodiacs, the planets are usually symbolized as birds,
and indeed we see here five birds with human faces. This fact
means that at the summer solstice, there were all five planets
present near Gemini around the Sun. It could be possible that
Venus or Mercury were shown here not by one but by two
birds, but it is very unlikely because in the main horoscope
Venus is represented by one bird figure (Mercury in the main
horoscope is not a bird — see Chapter 8). Let us say that
these partial horoscope indeed appears to be very precise.
The full solution computed for this zodiac ideally exhibits all
the features of this picture. In particular, it turns out that
at the summer solstice there were two planets ahead of the
Sun (visible in the morning) and three other planets behind
of it (Visible in the evening). This simply means that on the
summer solstice day there were all five planets present near
Gemini around the Sun.
5.6 Boats, Snakes, and Other Objects
under the Feet of Figures
as Pull-Out Symbols
A carefully study of the Egyptian zodiacs leads to the following
observation. Some figures appear on zodiacs without any
support under their feet, while other clearly stand on something
or even are enclosed inside other objects. Often, they
stand on boats or snakes which are sometimes shaped like
boats. On an Egyptian zodiac, the same figure may appear in
one place floating on a boat and in another place without it.
Figure 5.62: A fragment of the Long Denderah zodiac showing
Mars in the main horoscope and with a pull-out symbol
On Figure 5.62 we present a fragment of the Long Denderah
zodiac, where two identical figures with planetary walking
sticks can be identified. These are the male figures with