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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.

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