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88 5 Symbolism on Egyptian Zodiacs and New Complete Decoding
are male or female, even if the picture with a zodiac is unclear
or damaged. Of course this distinction is very important
for a correct decoding of an Egyptian zodiac. In the case we
are dealing with such a female figure, it could only represent
planets Venus or Moon, while the other planets are always
represented by male figures. There are also some figures to
which this rule can not be applied, because they are shown
in a standing position in profile with only one leg visible.
On Figure 5.24 there are four such symbols shown in the second
row from the bottom. There is some resemblance between
these figures and mummified bodies or bodies in Egyptian anthropomorphic
sarcophagi (see Figure 5.23). They represent
deads.
5.4 Planetary Symbols of the Main
Horoscope
5.4.1 Planetary Walking Stick
It was already noticed by the 19th century investigators that
there is a rule allowing to recognize the most of the planetary
symbols on the Egyptian zodiacs by a walking sticks held in
their hands. Moreover, this planetary walking stick is not just
a simple rod but it must be equipped with a handle on its
top (see Figure 5.24). Most often such a handle has a hooked
T-shape (see Figure 5.25) but it can also be bulb-shaped.
Figure 5.25: Planetary walking stick hold by a sitting figure
with falcon’s head. (Taken from [116], p. 177)
N.A. Morozov in his investigation of the Egyptian zodiacs
illustrated the planetary symbols on a picture which we
reproduce on Figure 5.26.
Figure 5.26: Typical planetary symbols on Egyptian zodiacs
recognized by N.A. Morozov. (Taken from [4], Vol. 6, p. 956)
Let us recall that a walking stick in medieval symbolism
was used to indicate a traveler. Probably, for the same reason
in the Egyptian astronomy a walking stick was chosen as
an attribute of a planet. In the old times the planets were
considered to be the traveling stars. Indeed, for an observer,
who at that time had no telescope, the planets looked exactly
as stars with the only noticeable difference that they were
changing their positions with respect to the fixed stars. The
real stars practically do not change their positions with respect
to each other and the same configurations of stars were
observed through many centuries. This spherical picture could
be imagined as a sphere of fixed stars on which the planets
move around the big circle, which is the ecliptic, following the
same general direction. However the motion of some planets
is not uniform and it is changing all the time. Sometimes they
stop, move backward, turn back and move forward again in
common for all planets direction (see Figure 5.27).
In old chronicles planets were described as wandering
stars 5 and today’s modern world planet originated from the
Greek word planets, which means wanderer. We’ve already
explained that in ancient astronomy the Sun and Moon were
also considered as planets, because they are moving around
the ecliptic in the same common planetary direction. In this
book we will also refer to the Sun and Moon as planets. Of
course, from the point of view of the modern astronomy it
is not correct, but this convention is helpful to simplify the
discussion of the old astronomical symbolism. As we already
mentioned, the fact that a walking stick was used on the
Egyptian zodiacs as a planetary attribute was well-known to
researchers in the 19th century, and it was also used by N.A.
Morozov, as well as by Egyptologists, to recognize planets
on Egyptian zodiacs. For example, in the modern work by
French Egyptologists S. Cauville 6 all the recognized by her
planetary figures on the Round Denderah zodiac are equipped
with walking sticks of exactly the same shape as on Figures
5.25 and 5.26.
5 See [25], p. 195.
6 See [10].