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Figure 5.16: Representations of Capricorn on different Egyptian
zodiacs and in the European astronomy.
it is standing on something and has no walking stick in his
hand).
5.1.11 Aquarius
We move now to the symbol of Aquarius. On Figure 5.18 we
show the representations of Aquarius on the Egyptian zodiacs
and in the European medieval tradition. On the Egyptian
zodiacs Aquarius is shown as a male figure pouring water
from two jars in his hands.
On the Round Denderah zodiac we can see that Aquarius
pours the water over a fish. It is worthy to mention that in
Old Christian tradition the fish was a symbol of Christ 2 , so
the symbol of Aquarius pouring water over a fish strangely reminds
us a picture of John The Baptist baptizing Christ. This
remark was made by N.A. Morozov 3 . The parallel between
John The Baptist and the Egyptian symbols of Aquarius is
supported by additional elements surrounding Aquarius. On
the zodiacs DR, DL and EM, Aquarius is accompanied by
a sequence of figures suggesting beheading, which is another
parallel with the story of John The Baptist. We may think
that it is very strange to find Christian symbols on ancient
2 See [29] or Encyclopædia Britannica.
3 See [4], Vol. 6, p.679.
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Figure 5.17: Figure with tiny summer solstice attributes standing
on Capricorn on the Big Esna zodiac.
Egyptian zodiacs. However, as we will see it later, there are
in fact even more Christian symbols present on these zodiacs,
which is not so surprising when we realize their decoded
dates.
5.1.12 Pisces
The last zodiac constellation is Pisces. On Figure 2.19 we
show the representations of Pisces on the Egyptian zodiacs
and compare them with the European symbol of Pisces depicted
on the Dürer’s drawing. It is always symbolized by
a pair of fish, which are often connected by a thread. As
long as there is a figure representing Pisces, there is no difficulty
in recognizing it, or any other zodiac constellation, on
Egyptian zodiacs. However, this is not always the case. On
some Egyptian zodiacs there is no constellation figure present
or sometimes only few of them are indicated by typical figures.
We will call them the Thebes type zodiacs, because they
mostly come from Luxor that is located at the place of ancient
Thebes. On the Thebes type zodiacs the zodiacal belt
was probably divided into several parts. It is unknown to us
how these parts are related to the constellations or where
they are located on the ecliptic (see Figure ?? and its enlarged
fragment on Figure 5.20). However, it is possible to
recognize there the symbols of planets, what definitely means
that there is a horoscope encoded in such a zodiac and consequently
there is also a particular date hidden in it. Still, it is
sometimes possible to date such zodiacs, if there are at least
some constellations indicated on such zodiacs.