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Figure 5.64: Visible (marked in light-blue Color) and invisible<br />

(marked in brown Color) planets on the Long (upper picture)<br />

and Round (lower picture) Denderah <strong>zodiacs</strong>.<br />

carefully for the planetary symbols in the proximity <strong>of</strong> the<br />

Sun, where this information actually was important. In the<br />

case <strong>of</strong> the planets located far away from the Sun, where there<br />

couldn’t be any doubt about their visibility, this rule was not<br />

so rigorously applied, but still used.<br />

For the majority <strong>of</strong> the Egyptian <strong>zodiacs</strong>, the sign <strong>of</strong> visibility<br />

was a star placed above the planetary figure, similarly<br />

like it was done on the Denderah <strong>zodiacs</strong>. However, on certain<br />

<strong>zodiacs</strong> another method was used. For example on the<br />

Big Esna zodiac, instead <strong>of</strong> the visibility sign there was used<br />

the invisibility sign, which was a disk replacing the head (or<br />

sometimes on the head) <strong>of</strong> a planetary figure. This convention<br />

is logical and shows that the creators <strong>of</strong> this zodiac had<br />

a good understanding <strong>of</strong> this phenomena — a planet becomes<br />

invisible because the Sun “blazes” its face.<br />

On Figure 5.65, we show a fragment <strong>of</strong> the Big Esna zodiac<br />

with the partial horoscope <strong>of</strong> autumn equinox. We indicated<br />

with colors only the planetary figures belonging to this<br />

partial horoscope. On this zodiac, the figures <strong>of</strong> the partial<br />

horoscopes do not hold walking sticks. The invisible planets<br />

5.7 Signs <strong>of</strong> Visibility <strong>of</strong> Planets in the Main Horoscope 117<br />

Figure 5.65: The partial horoscope <strong>of</strong> autumn equinox on the<br />

Big Esna zodiac with the invisible (marked in brown) and visible<br />

(marked in light-blue) planets. The invisibility symbol (a<br />

disk) is marked in yellow.<br />

(marked in brown) have a disk (marked in yellow) placed on<br />

the head or instead <strong>of</strong> it.<br />

Let us recall that Mercury, which is a fast moving planet,<br />

was sometimes represented on the Egyptian <strong>zodiacs</strong> in two<br />

positions, one visible and another invisible. It is for example<br />

the case on the Long Denderah zodiac (see Figure 5.66).<br />

For each investigated by us Egyptian zodiac, there exists<br />

an astronomical solution for which<br />

• all the planetary locations are the same as in the main<br />

horoscope;<br />

• the order <strong>of</strong> planets is exactly the same as in the main<br />

horoscope;<br />

• all the partial horoscopes are satisfied;<br />

• the visibility/invisibility conditions are also fulfilled.<br />

Figure 5.66: A fragment <strong>of</strong> the Long Denderah zodiac with<br />

Mercury in two positions: visible and invisible.<br />

Being able to find such “perfect” solutions for all the<br />

investigated <strong>zodiacs</strong>, we can confirm that Morozov’s claim<br />

about the visibility/invisibility symbolism was indeed correct.

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