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230 8 The Dates Shown on the Zodiacs form Ancient Egyptian Tombs and Sarcophagi
Figure 8.9: Fragment of the Brugsch’s zodiac containing the horoscope in “Boats.”
Horoscope without Walking Sticks
Julian day (JD) = 2393762.00
Year/Month/Day = 1841/10/6
Sun Moon Saturn Jupiter Mars Venus Mercury
207.2 o 254.1 o 270.5 o 259.4 o 271.1 o 174.5 o
229.9 o
5.80 7.58 8.11 7.76 8.13 5.00 6.69
Virgo Scorpio Sagitt Scorpio Sagitt Vir/Leo Libra
Mean Distance from the Best Points= 13.3 o
(without Moon)
Table 8.8: Planetary Positions on October 6, 1841
Figure 3.15). An enlargement of this fragment is presented
on Figure 8.9. On the color annotated Brugsch’s zodiac (see
Figure 8.8) they are marked in yellow. On Figure 8.8. the
horoscope in “Boats” is shown on a green-yellow background.
Notice that these two horoscopes: without “Walking Sticks”
and on “Boats,” are arranged symmetrically on the opposite
sites of the goddess Nut. Since their figures are clearly separated,
there is no danger of confusing them with the wrong
horoscope.
All the figures from the horoscope on “Boats” were already
discussed in Chapter 5, where we have explained the principles
for the identification of planets. Section 5.4 was devoted
to the symbolism of the main horoscope on the Egyptian zodiacs.
In this subsection we will only present the final results.
On the horoscope in “Boats” (see Figure 8.9), there are
shown the following planets from the main horoscope (starting
from the far left):
1. The first symbol in this sector is a figure of a tall bird with
a long beak. This is probably a supplementary symbol,
which does not represent any planet.
2. Mercury — a male figure with a human head standing on
a boat with a planetary walking stick;
3. Saturn — a male figure with a head of a bull, with
crescent-like horns, holding a walking stick;
4. Second figure of Mercury — it is exactly the same figure
as the one that is standing on the other side of Saturn,
which was identified as Mercury. That means, Mercury is
shown here twice around Saturn, which may imply that
Mercury was “passing” Saturn on these days.
5. Sun — a bird on a podium. A very similar bird, but without
a podium, symbolized the Sun in the horoscope without
“walking sticks,” on the other side of the goddess
Nut;
6. Mars — a male figure with a falcon head standing on a
boat and holding a planetary walking stick;
7. Venus — a female figure on a boat, holding the usual
walking stick. This figure is moved slightly away from the
other symbols. It is placed over the forearm of the goddess
Nut. The reason for this shifting could be the fact that
Venus has already “moved” to the another half of the zodiac,
which is located on the left side of the goddess Nut.
In this case, it could signify that Venus was in Sagittarius,
but we should not exclude the possibility that Venus was
still in Capricorn.
8. Jupiter — a male figure with a high hat on his head,
standing on a boat and holding a planetary walking stick.
His arm is outstretched towards Venus. It is also located
above the forearm of Nut.
By comparing the locations of these figures with respect
to the zodiacal constellations in the central sector of the zodiac
(see Figure 8.9), we get the following decoding of the
horoscope in “Boats”:
The Horoscope in “Boats”
on Brugsch’s Zodiac
SUN — in Aquarius or Capricorn;
MOON — not shown;
SATURN — in Aries;
MERCURY — is shown twice: in Pisces and Taurus. It is
“passing” Saturn;
MARS — in Capricorn;
VENUS — in Capricorn or Sagittarius, already in the another
half of the zodiac;
JUPITER — in Capricorn or Sagittarius.