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we found out that the symbolism of the Egyptian zodiacs was
always strictly connected with a precise description of certain
astronomical events. Therefore, we expect that a full solution
should be a key to clarify the hidden astronomical meaning
of the symbolic scenes shown on the zodiac. This is clearly
not the case for this solution.
Let us now consider the solution: January 18–20, 448,
which was obtained for the Lower zodiac. We are interested in
how well this solution matches the information decoded from
the Lower zodiac. This date wasn’t consider in the previous
calculations. That means, some of the invisible on this date
planets were not in the same order as the planets shown on
the Lower zodiac. The listed on that date planetary positions
in Table 8.4 indicate that the location of Venus on the ecliptic
was on the other side of the Sun than it is indicated on
the Lower zodiac. At that time Venus was very close to the
Sun — the longitude distance between them was less than 3 o .
That means, Venus was completely invisible in the rays of the
Sun. In such a situation, it was impossible for an Earth-based
observer to determine the exact order of these two celestial
objects on the ecliptic. Therefore, in this case this is not a
sufficient reason to reject this solution. In fact, the locations
of all the other planets are exactly as they are shown on the
Lower zodiac.
As we explained it earlier, there are two possible choices
for the summer solstice date related to the solution of January
18–20, 448. The first one, is the summer solstice day in
the year 448 — corresponding to the beginning of the year
in September or January. The second choice is the summer
solstice day in the year 447 — corresponding to the beginning
of the year in March or June. Let us point out that all
the previously analyzed by us Egyptian zodiacs turned out
to be based on the beginning of the year in September, i.e.
around the autumn equinox day. Nevertheless, we should not
exclude a possibility that there are some zodiacs using a different
convention for the beginning of the year, for example,
the spring equinox day in March or the summer solstice day in
June. Consequently, we will continue to verify all the possible
variants in this respect.
The calculations done by the program Turbo-Sky, indicate
that in June of 447 as well as in June of 448, on the day
of the summer solstice, all five planets gathered around the
Sun in Gemini. This planetary configuration was very similar
to the partial horoscope of the summer solstice shown
on the Lower zodiac. In the year 448 this agreement was not
complete. However, in the year 447, the planetary positions
on the summer solstice day perfectly fit the picture on the
Lower zodiac.
Let us discuss these two cases in a more detailed manner.
On the summer solstice day in the year 448, which occured on
June 19, the planets were located in the following positions:
Saturn and Venus — in Leo; Jupiter, the Sun and Mercury —
in Gemini; Mars — in Taurus. These positions indicate that
Venus at that time could only be visible in the evening, so it
was located “under the Sun’s feet.” Nonetheless, in the partial
8.1 The Athribis Zodiacs of Flinders Petrie 221
horoscope on the Lower Athribis zodiac, Venus is shown above
“the Sun’s head” in a company of another planet. It is clear
that basically we do have an agreement between the solution
and the zodiac, but still it is not perfect.
On June 19, 447, just a day earlier before the summer
solstice day, the planetary configuration fits perfectly well the
picture of the partial horoscope of the summer solstice on
the Lower zodiac. On that day the order of the planets was
as follows (calculations were done using the program Turbo-
Sky): Mars, Saturn, Mercury appeared in the evening in Leo
and Cancer, i.e. they were “under the Sun’s feet”; the Sun
was in Gemini; Jupiter and Venus were in Taurus — visible
in the morning, i.e. “over the Sun’s head.” These planetary
locations match exactly the partial horoscope of the summer
solstice on the Lower zodiac.
Let us summarize our analysis of this pair of the solutions
for the Athribis zodiacs: May 13, 408, — for the Upper zodiac,
and January 18–20, 448, — for the Lower zodiac. Among these
two dates, only the second one completely satisfies all the requirements
expected from a full solution. For the first date,
the position of Saturn does not agree with the situation
shown on the Upper zodiac. In addition, it contradicts the
“meeting scene in Leo” on the Upper zodiac. Consequently,
this pair of solutions (the year 408 and the year 448), is not
full. In the case there is no better pair of solutions, this two
dates could be called conditional solutions for the Athribis
zodiacs. However, as we are going to see it in the next subsection,
a unique pair of full solutions indeed exists.
8.1.5 Final Solutions for the Athribis Zodiacs:
the Lower Zodiac — May 15-16,
1230 AD, the Upper Zodiac — February
9-10, 1268 AD.
It turned out that the second pair of solutions (see subsection
8.1.4 is complete. It fully satisfies all the requirement related
to the order of the visible planets and it also fulfills all the additional
information decoded from the Athribis zodiacs. This
pair of solution was:
May 15–16, 1230 AD. — for the Upper zodiac, with the mean
discrepancy from the best points was only 7 o , and
February, 1268 AD. – for the Lower zodiac, with the mean
discrepancy from the best points only 6 o . Let us point out
that such small mean discrepancy values occurs very rarely.
They can be viewed as an indication that apparently there
is an extremely good match between the solutions and the
zodiacs.
In Table 8.5 we list the exact planetary locations on the
ecliptic J2000 for these two solutions. For each of these dates,
we indicate in degrees the positions of the planets on the
ecliptic J2000. In the next row below, we show the same locations
using their coordinates on the constellation scale (see
section 6.10). Finally, for each of the listed planets we specify
its corresponding zodiacal constellation.