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192 7 The Dates Shown on the Monumental Zodiacs in the Denderah and Esna Temples<br />
on the boundary between Pisces and Aquarius — almost in<br />
the opposite to the Sun location on the ecliptic.<br />
In summary, in the year <strong>of</strong> our solution (starting in<br />
September) there was Venus and three other planets in the<br />
proximity <strong>of</strong> the Sun on the day <strong>of</strong> the autumn equinox, which<br />
was on September 10, 1393, in Virgo. One <strong>of</strong> those planets<br />
was Mercury, which was at that time invisible, and two others<br />
were Saturn and Mars, which were well visible. Venus was<br />
also not visible. Moon was located in the next to Virgo constellation<br />
<strong>of</strong> Libra. There were no other planets around the<br />
Sun (see Figure ??). This situation perfectly agrees with the<br />
partial horoscope <strong>of</strong> the autumn equinox on the Big zodiac,<br />
where Venus is indicated in Virgo, and possibly was not visible<br />
(there is a disk on the head <strong>of</strong> the figure representing Venus).<br />
Moreover, Mars or Saturn was located in Virgo or Leo. That<br />
means the astronomical situation on the autumn equinox day<br />
in the year <strong>of</strong> our solution perfectly fits this description. The<br />
only discrepancy that should be pointed out is the absence<br />
<strong>of</strong> the Moon on this partial horoscope on the Big zodiac, in<br />
spite <strong>of</strong> the fact that in our solution the Moon was located in<br />
Libra — in the neighboring to Virgo constellation. However,<br />
if we carefully analyze the both Esna <strong>zodiacs</strong>, we will find out<br />
that Moon was never shown in any <strong>of</strong> the partial horoscopes<br />
present on these two <strong>zodiacs</strong>. That is an indication that in<br />
the case <strong>of</strong> the Esna <strong>zodiacs</strong>, it is possible that the Moon was<br />
not included in the partial horoscopes. On the other hand it<br />
seems to us that on the Egyptian <strong>zodiacs</strong> the fact that Moon<br />
was usually not shown in the partial horoscopes was rather<br />
a rule than exception. The only zodiac, where the Moon was<br />
shown in the partial horoscopes, is the Long Denderah zodiac<br />
with its remarkable amount <strong>of</strong> details.<br />
Consequently, we can confirm that our solution perfectly<br />
agrees with the description on the partial horoscope <strong>of</strong> the<br />
autumn equinox on the Big Esna zodiac. Therefore, in the<br />
forth column <strong>of</strong> the check-up list for our solution on Figure<br />
??, we also placed the sign plus to indicate that the required<br />
here conditions are satisfied.<br />
Column 5: PARTIAL HOROSCOPE OF THE WINTER<br />
SOLSTICE. In the year associated with the solution the winter<br />
solstice took place on December 10, 1393 (see Appendix<br />
??). In Table 7.13, we show the planetary positions on this<br />
day, which are as usual indicated in degrees the the ecliptic<br />
J2000 as well as using the coordinates on the constellation<br />
scale (see section 6.10).<br />
On the winter solstice day, on December 10, 1393, the Sun<br />
was in Sagittarius and there were the following planets which<br />
were not far from the Sun:<br />
Mars was in Sagittarius in distance <strong>of</strong> just only 2 o from the<br />
Sun, thus it was not visible.<br />
Mercury was in the next to Sagittarius constellation <strong>of</strong> Scorpio<br />
and was well visible. Its brightness was M = +0.5 and, at<br />
the moment Mercury was rising in Cairo the submersion <strong>of</strong><br />
the Sun behind the horizon was 20 o , so it still a deep night.<br />
Julian day (JD) = 2230195.00<br />
Year/Month/Day = 1393/12/10<br />
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury<br />
275.7 o 359.1 o 215.5 o<br />
349.7 o 273.3 o 229.9 o 254.7 o<br />
8.26 11.31 6.00 11.08 8.19 6.68 7.60<br />
Sagit Aquar Vir/Lib Aqu/Pis Sagit Libra Scorpio<br />
Table 7.13: Planetary Positions on December 12, 1393<br />
Venus was in Libra, even further from the Sun than Mercury,<br />
almost at the very end <strong>of</strong> the region associated with<br />
the partial horoscope <strong>of</strong> the winter solstice (see Figure 7.39).<br />
At that time Venus was exceptionally bright and spectacular.<br />
Its brightness was M = −4.4, which is was very close to its<br />
maximal value.<br />
Jupiter and Saturn were far away from Sagittarius, almost at<br />
the same locations as on the main date: Saturn was on the<br />
boundary between Virgo and Libra, while Jupiter was on the<br />
boundary between Aquarius and Pisces.<br />
Figure 7.39: A drawing showing the planetary locations near<br />
the Sun on the winter solstice day on December 10, 1393.(Astronomical<br />
computations were done using the program Turbo-<br />
Sky)<br />
Let us compare the computations with the situation shown<br />
on the partial horoscope <strong>of</strong> the winter solstice on the Big Esna<br />
zodiac. Let us recall that in this partial horoscope Mars was<br />
in Capricorn, Mercury was in Sagittarius or Scorpio, while<br />
Venus in Libra. Clearly, our results agree with it. Although,<br />
in our solution Mars was in Sagittarius, at that time it was<br />
very close to the Sun (only 2 o from the Sun), so it was clearly<br />
not visible.<br />
Consequently, again we can annotate this column with a<br />
sign plus, to signal that the required conditions are satisfied.