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this bright astronomical event. The first date of the solution
coincide with the reappearance of Jupiter and the last one
with the New Moon, that were subsequent to the merger of
the three planets. It was exactly one week after the merger,
on March 31 when Jupiter became visible, and on April 3,
when the New Moon reappear again, which are exactly the
dates of our solution.
Consequently, our solution perfectly agrees with the situation
shown on the Big Esna zodiac.
Julian day (JD) = 2230306.00
Year/Month/Day = 1394/3/31
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
27.2 o 378.6 o 214.8 o 373.6 o 359.7 o 362.8 o 359.8 o
0.02 11.80 5.98 11.68 11.33 11.41 11.33
Ari/Pis Pisces Vir/Lib Pisces Pisces Pisces Pisces
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 14 o
Julian day (JD) = 2230307.00
Year/Month/Day = 1394/4/1
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
28.1 o
31.7 o
214.7 o 373.8 o 360.5 o 364.0 o 360.8 o
0.06 0.21 5.98 11.68 11.35 11.44 11.36
Ari/Pis Pisces Vir/Lib Pisces Pisces Pisces Pisces
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 13 o
Julian day (JD) = 2230308.00
Year/Month/Day = 1394/4/2
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
29.1 o
44.6 o
214.7 o 374.0 o 361.2 o 365.2 o 361.8 o
0.10 0.72 5.98 11.69 11.37 11.47 11.38
Ari/Pis Pisces Vir/Lib Pisces Pisces Pisces Pisces
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 11.5 o
Julian day (JD) = 2230309.00
Year/Month/Day = 1394/4/3
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
30.1 o
57.3 o
214.6 o 374.3 o 362.0 o 366.4 o 362.8 o
0.14 1.15 5.98 11.69 11.39 11.50 11.41
Ari/Pis Pisces Vir/Lib Pisces Pisces Pisces Pisces
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 11 o
Table 7.11: Planetary Positions in the Period March 31 –
April 3, 1394
In Table 7.11, we list the calculated positions of the
planets during the days from March 31 till April 3, 1394
A.D., where the dates correspond to the Julian calendar
(year/month/day). We have indicated the Julian day that was
used in the astronomical computations 37 (see section 6.4).
37 See [27], p.316.
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The locations of the planets are specified by their longitudes
in degrees on the J2000 ecliptic (in the first row) and in coordinates
on the constellation scale (in the second row — see
section 6.10). The names of constellations, in which a planet
was located on the specified date, are placed in the third row.
The astronomical New Moon took place in the days from
March 31 till April 2, 1394, i.e. during these days the Moon
wasn’t visible on the sky. Then, on April 3, the Moon reappeared
in Taurus almost at the same location as Pleiades (according
to the computations done using the program Turbo-
Sky).
The best resemblance to the situation shown on the Big
Esna zodiac was realized on April 3, 1394, when the Moon
reappeared in Pleiades inside the Taurus constellation. On
the Big zodiac, the Moon is shown on the back of Taurus. On
April 3, the mean distance from the best points was only 11 o ,
which is barely one third of the average length of a zodiacal
constellation. Let us remind, that the mean distance from the
best points of value 15 o , which is about half of the length of an
average constellation, is already considered as an indicator of
a good correspondence between the figure on the zodiac and
the astronomical picture on the sky.
7.5.7 Checkup list for the Big Esna Zodiac
Final Solution
In this subsection we present the results of the verification
of the final solution (i.e. March 31 – April 3, 1394) obtained
for the Big Esna zodiac, with respect to the additional information
shown on the zodiac, including the partial horoscopes
and the visibility/invisibility attributes. On Figure 7.37, we
present the check-up list for this solution. Let us recall that
a solution is called full or complete if a full correspondence
between the information on the zodiac and the astronomical
situation at the time indicated by the solution can be confirmed
(see subsection 6.14).
Column 1: VISIBILITY OF JUPITER. As it turned out
in the solution, all the planets were very close to the Sun,
therefore it was possible that some of them were not visible.
According to the Big zodiac, the figure representing Jupiter
has no disk on its head, thus Jupiter should be visible on the
days of the solution. Let us recall that in the case of the Esna
zodiacs, the presence of a disk on the head of a figure representing
planet indicates its invisibility (see our discussion
above). Let us recall that on the days of our solution Jupiter
was well visible. Indeed, on March 31, 1394, it raised in Cairo,
when the Sun was submerged 7 o under the horizon (in Luxor
it was 8 o ), and its brightness was at that time M = −1.5,
which was the same as the brightness of Sirius — the one of
brightest star on the sky. Such a submersion of the Sun was
already sufficient for Jupiter to become visible, so it was its
first day of visibility. In the subsequent days Jupiter the submersion
of the Sun was even larger at the moment Jupiter
was rising, so it was even better visible. In fact, on April 3,
1394, Jupiter raised in Cairo with SUH=8.5 o , while in Luxor
SUH = 10 o . Consequently, we can annotate the first column