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ary between Aries and Taurus, was very bright (M = −4.7)
and well visible. On June 8, 1168, bright Mercury (M = 0.0)
could be still visible in Taurus, but the next day it disappeared
in the sunlight. No other planet around the Sun, except
Moon, was visible during the summer solstice days, neither
before the dawn nor at the evening.
Figure 7.19: A drawing showing planets in the proximity of the
Sun on June 8, 1168. The sky under the horizon is marked
in blue.
Let us recall that on the Long zodiac in the partial horoscope
of the summer solstice Venus was in Taurus or in its
vicinity, the exact position of Mercury was not specified, and
there were no other planets in the proximity of the Sun. Moreover,
the second figure representing Mercury, according to the
solution, doesn’t belong to the main horoscope, so it should
be an element of the partial horoscope of the summer solstice.
In this case the position of Mercury can be described as located
in between Taurus and Gemini. Indeed, the figure of the
second Mercury stands just behind Taurus preceding the first
decan of Gemini (see Figures 7.11 and 7.12). On the other
hand, Venus on the Long zodiac is represented by a couple
of female figures on a boat (see Figures 7.11 and 7.12) at the
very end of the zodiac. As it is located much further from
Gemini than Mercury (remember that this part of the Long
zodiac has reversed order), Venus was probably somewhere
around Taurus.
In the solution, Venus is located on the boundary between
Aries and Taurus. As we can see, all the details related to the
positions of the planets on the partial horoscope are in the
exact correspondence with the astronomical situation according
to the solution. The only discrepancy could be the absence
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of Moon in the partial horoscope. However, it is not unusual
even common that Moon wasn’t shown on the Egyptian zodiacs
in the partial horoscopes. Let us point out that the New
Moon in the summer solstice days appeared in Cancer on the
evening sky, but the area corresponding to Cancer was not
displayed on the partial horoscope (see subsection 7.3.3(D)),
where only the morning sector between Taurus and Aries was
included. This was possible to achieve by reversing the order
of the procession on the left from Gemini (see subsection
7.3.3(D)). In summary, we can conclude that we have a full
correspondence between the solution and the partial horoscope
of the summer solstice, thus we can again annotate the
sixth column with the plus sign. That completes the comparison
of the solution with the data provided by the partial
horoscopes. There are only supplementary scenes left.
Column 7: SUPPLEMENTARY SCENE OF THE
PASCHAL FULL MOON. We’ve already discussed in
section 5.9 that some Egyptian zodiacs have a special representation
of the Paschal Full Moon in the year related to the
main date. The first Full Moon after the spring equinox, i.e.
the Paschal Full Moon, occurred on March 26, 1168, in Libra.
On the Long zodiac, on the left side of Libra there is located
the last (fourth) circle, which still remains unexplained. This
circle almost touches Libra. There is female figure holding a
long stick in both hands. This circle ideally fits the Paschal
Full Moon and the figure inside very well agrees with the
description of Passover given in Bible: “And thus shall ye
eat it; with your loins girded, your shoes on your feet, and
your staff in your hand; and ye shall eat it in haste: it is the
Lord’s Passover.” 21 , so the person standing with a walking
stick (or stuff) is a good symbol for Passover.
As we were able to associate a reasonable explanation with
the forth circle, we can annotate this column with plus.
Column 8: OTHER SUPPLEMENTARY SCENES. The last
supplementary scene that we are considering is the figure of
Mars standing on a goose. It is located in between the first
decan of Aquarius and the third decan of Capricorn, at the
very end of the zodiac. In this scene Mars makes an impression
of approaching Saturn. However, here there is no new
information to be obtained. Saturn moves very slowly and
during the whole year its position changes so little that the
same figure on the zodiac could describe all of them. In the
same time Mars is relatively fast planet, and by knowing its
position in the main horoscope, which was in between Pisces
and Aquarius, we can be certain that at some moment during
that year it passed by Saturn.
Nevertheless, this particular information fits exceptionally
well the solution, because on April 16, 1168, when Mars was
passing Saturn the distance between them (in latitude) was
only 40 ′ (this value was calculated using Turbo-Sky). Let us
notice that this meeting took place just 6 days before the date
of the main horoscope, and possibly that’s why this scene was
included in the Long zodiac.
21 Exodus 12:11.