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128 5 Symbolism on Egyptian Zodiacs and New Complete Decoding
5. Right behind Venus on the head of one of two animals
sitting back to back. Here, it also wears a tall hat. According
to Morozov these two animals symbolize two twilights
(the sunrise and sunset). This symbol appears near
Venus, which is morning/evening planet, on both Denderah
zodiacs. In this case the bird-sun is a part of this
symbol.
6. On the top of a column following the constellation of
Gemini. Here, it is a part of the summer solstice symbol
(see Figure 4.2) and clearly indicates the passage of
the Sun through the summer solstice point.
One can ask a question why there is no such bird near the
spring equinox point, which is one of the main points on the
ecliptic in the ancient as well as in modern astronomy. Notice
that there is already a big circle symbolizing the Sun at this
location (see Chapter 7).
Figure 5.81: A figure of two back-to-back animals on the Long
(on the left) and Round (on the right) Denderah zodiacs.
5.9.3 Symbol of the Twilights
According to N.A. Morozov 52 , the figure of two back-to-back
animals symbolizes on Egyptian zodiacs the morning and
evening twilights. This figure appears near Venus on the main
horoscope on the both Denderah zodiacs (see Figure 5.81).
It is clear why this symbol is associated with Venus, which
was considered to be a morning and evening star so the twilight
figure seems to be a natural companion for it.
5.9.4 Beheading Scenes near Aquarius
On the both Denderah zodiacs, near the figure of Aquarius
we can see a scene of beheading. This scene, on the Long
Denderah zodiac, is located on the right from Aquarius. There
is a man grasping an animal by ears while getting ready to cut
52 See [4], Vol. 6, p.667.
Figure 5.82: A scene of beheading on the Long (on the left)
and Round (on the right) Denderah zodiacs.
its throat with a knife that he holds in another hand. Notice
a beheaded human figure standing behind that man. On the
Round Denderah zodiac, next to a similar scene, there is an
already beheaded animal (see Figure 5.82).
Probably, as we already mentioned it in subsection 5.1.11,
this scene depicts in a symbolic way the severed head of John
the Baptist.
Figure 5.83: Mars meeting Saturn on the Long Denderah zodiac.
5.9.5 Meeting of Saturn and Mars on the
Long Denderah Zodiac.
On the Long Denderah zodiac, next to the beheading scene,
there is a figure of Mars with a planetary walking stick standing
on a goose preceded by Saturn in the main horoscope —
a figure with a planetary stick and a crescent on its head (see
Figure 5.83). Clearly, the goose is here a pull-out symbol indicating
that Mars appears here not in the main horoscope.
On the other hand, a goose appears as an attribute of Mars
on several Egyptian zodiacs, so using it as a pull-out symbol
for Mars seems to be logical. It is the most probable that
this combination of symbols refers to a meeting of Mars and
Saturn that took place some time during that year. But this
information is not very useful for the dating purposes. In fact,