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228 8 The Dates Shown on the Zodiacs form Ancient Egyptian Tombs and Sarcophagi
Figure 8.7: Fragment of Brugsch’s zodiac containing the horoscope “Without Walking Sticks”.
8.2.2 Horoscope “Without Walking Sticks”
on Brugsch’s Zodiac
The horoscope “Without Walking Sticks” is located in the
sector on the left from the goddess Nut (see Figure 3.15),
right behind the zodiacal symbols annotated with Demotic
inscriptions. An enlargement of this fragment is presented on
Figure 8.7 (see also the color annotated Brugsch’s zodiac on
Figure 8.8, where it is placed on a light purple background).
All the planetary symbols in this horoscope were already discussed
section 5.4, which was devoted to the symbolism of the
main horoscope. Let us recall the results of this analysis.
In the sector of Brugsch’s zodiac occupied by the horoscope
“Without Walking Sticks” there are shown the following
scenes and symbols of the main horoscope (starting from
the far left):
1. Stabbing of a Bull — a “bullfighting”. See subsection
5.9.5;
2. Symbol of Venus — a lioness and a crocodile underneath.
See subsection 5.4.8;
3. An ape sitting on its tail, which is curved into a circle —
a supplementary symbol, probably related to Venus;
4. Symbol of the Sun — large bird. On the Egyptian zodiacs
bird was used very often as a symbol of the Sun. See
subsection 5.4.13;
5. Figure of Mercury – a man with a human head. See subsections
5.4.2, 5.4.3, and 5.4.9;
6. Figure of Jupiter – a man with monkey head. See subsections
5.4.2 and 5.4.6.
7. Figure of Saturn – a man with jackal head. See subsections
5.4.2 and 5.4.3.
8. Figure of Mars – a man with falcon head. See subsections
5.4.5 and 5.4.2.
By looking at the locations of these figures with respect to
the symbols of the zodiacal constellations shown on the right
in the central sector of the zodiac (see Figure 8.7), we obtain
the following decoding of the horoscope “Without Walking
Sticks”:
The Horoscope “Without Walking Sticks”
on Brugsch’s Zodiac
SUN — in Leo or Libra;
MOON — not shown;
SATURN — in Scorpio;
MERCURY — in Libra or Scorpio. It is in Libra, but it is
possible that the horoscope shows a cluster of the four planets:
Mercury, Jupiter, Saturn, and Mars — in this case it would
be in Scorpio;
MARS — in Sagittarius or Scorpio;
VENUS — in Leo or on the border of Leo and Virgo (a baboon);
JUPITER — in Libra or Scorpio.
The file with the exact data, that was used for the program
HOROS, is included in Appendix ??.
For this horoscope, we found only three solutions: the year
73 AD, 250 AD, and 1841 AD. Is not surprising to see here
the date 1841, which is very close to the second solution for
the Demotic horoscope.
In Table 8.8, we list the planetary positions on October
18, 1841 AD, expressed in degrees on the ecliptic J2000 and,
in the next row below, we thee same locations specified using
their coordinates on the constellation scale (see section 6.10).
Before making any conclusion about Brugsch’s zodiac, we
should look first for the solutions of the horoscope in “Boats.”
8.2.3 Horoscope in “Boats” on Brugsch’s
Zodiac
The planets belonging to the horoscope in “Boats” are located
in the sector on the right from the goddess Nut (see