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174 7 The Dates Shown on the Monumental Zodiacs in the Denderah and Esna Temples
We would like to point out that the Full Moon occurred
on the night between March 19 and 20, 1185 A.D. Let us
present the exact positions of the planets on the ecliptic for
these dates March 19, 20, and 21, 1185 A.D. (see Table 7.6):
Julian day (JD) = 2153957.00
Year/Month/Day = 1185/3/19
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
377.0 o 214.3 o
178.0 o
142.1 o
318.4 o 29.2 o
352.9 o
11.76 5.97 5.08 3.94 9.60 0.11 11.16
Pisces Vir/Lib Vir/Leo Can/Leo Capric Aries Pisces
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 9.9 o
Julian day (JD) = 2153958.00(Full Moon in Libra)
Year/Month/Day= 1185/3/20
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
377.9 o 226.3 o
177.9 o
142.1 o
319.2 o 30.5 o
354.4 o
11.78 6.51 5.08 3.94 9.63 0.16 11.20
Pisces Libra Vir/Leo Can/Leo Capric Aries Pisces
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 8.5 o
Julian day (JD) = 2153959.00
Year/Month/Day = 1185/3/21
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
378.9 o 238.1 o
177.9 o
142.0 o
319.9 o 31.7 o
355.9 o
11.81 7.05 5.08 3.94 9.66 0.21 11.23
Pisces Sco/Lib Vir/Leo Can/Leo Capric Aries Pisces
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 10.5 o
Table 7.6: Complete Solution for the Round Denderah Zodiac
(Main Horoscope)
7.4.5 Checkup List for the Round Zodiac Final
Solution
Let us present the verification process applied to the final
solution of the morning on March 20, 1185 A.D., obtained
for the Round Denderah zodiac. On Figure 7.26 we show the
check-up list for this solution presented in a form of a table.
The symbol of an encircled sign plus was used to indicate that
the correspondence between the particular information on the
zodiac and the solution was confirmed (see section 6.14).
We will explain the contents of this check-up list.
Column 1: VISIBILITY OF MERCURY. In the morning
on March 20, 1185, Mercury was clearly visible in Cairo, and
even longer in Luxor. The submersion of the Sun in Cairo at
the moment when Mercury was rising was SUH=12 o and the
brightness of Mercury was M = +0.7, which means it was
equally bright as the strongest stars. These facts agree very
well with the representation of Mercury in the main horoscope
on the Round zodiac, where there is a star over its head.
Consequently, this date is confirmed and we can annotate
this column with a mark of plus.
Column 2: VISIBILITY OF VENUS. On the Round zodiac
there is no star sign over the couple of female figures representing
Venus in the main horoscope. That means, Venus was
not visible on the date of the main horoscope at the time of
observation.
Indeed, in the morning on March 20, 1185, Venus wasn’t
visible because it was under the horizon. It appeared only in
the evening. In this case we can confirm this data by assuming
that this was a morning horoscope and we can annotate this
column with the plus sign. Let us remark, that the Round
zodiac is an example of a zodiac, which seems to be based
purely on observations, rather than calculations.
Julian day (JD) = 2153767.00
Year/Month/Day = 1184/9/10
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
185.8 o
227.4 o
174.7 o
143.3 o
184.7 o
152.4 o
204.4 o
5.27 6.56 5.00 3.99 5.25 4.29 5.73
Table 7.7: Planetary Positions on September 10, 1184
Column 3: PARTIAL HOROSCOPE OF THE AUTUMN
EQUINOX. As before, we consider here the variant of the
beginning of the Egyptian year in September. The year related
to the solution started in September 1184 and ended by
September 1185. The autumn equinox day occurred in this
year on September 12, 1184 (see Appendix ??).
As we already explained, in old times the determination
of the exact equinox day wasn’t very precise and even in the
14th century mistakes up to six days were made. Therefore,
we will analyze the planetary positions during the time interval
from September 6 till September 18, 1184. Indeed, on
September 10, 1184, i.e. two days before the exact autumn
equinox day, the planets close to the Sun were arranged in a
configuration which exactly correspond to the picture of the
autumn equinox on the Round zodiac. Below, we present the
calculated longitudes of the planets on September 10, 1184
(see Table 7.7).
On Figure 7.27, we show a chart of the morning and
evening sky that was visible in Cairo on September 10, 1184.
The invisible part of the sky between the morning and evening
horizons is colored in gray-blue.
Let us list the planets that were visible on that day. In
the morning: Saturn (with M=+0.9) – the closest to the Sun
visible planet, Venus (with M = −3.6) — next to Regulus
(αLeo) on the boundary between Virgo and Leo, and Jupiter
(with M = −1.4) — in Leo. In the evening: only Mercury