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CYRIL FAGAN
ANSCOMBET,ONDON
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, ACK}{OWLEDGMENT
In Ptcacdrilrg rhb littfc yorultc oll rhc origio of tbc phnct0ry GrJtadoot
I wish o ta&e tle opporurnity to plscc on tccord my 8rrt lndcbtcdn!$
to lry co,worke!3 Rupclt Gleidov oflondon !l1d JMol llydo ofDublln,
who,Ibr oaay ycars, havc (DcouroScd otrd alablcd my raraaach ht ovcty
wey F66ibl€, and'oftcd s! Srcrl pcrtond lnconvanlcnco. 'l'h! vo'y
naorc of rbis work dcoendt tcchr csl qualllicallo o[ !n ulururl ordor
snd fitc hss kia<lly ordalncd thll I rhould llnd tll! o ftlond. lo rlchly
cndovcd in thb tsFct
CONTENTS
Ts! Ex&TAtroNs oF ttlr pr-ANar,'l'BB Ex rr toNs rN Ct"drDru, prcr$iy'lhB Er LTArroNs rN IItNDv ArrRolocy'll{E Ex.[TAttoNs rN EcyprrtN A.glioLoctCn^rco-RoM N Splclrl^roNsllu NsoMf,NlA oR Naw MooNCnoNsu THE Boy-coD o! THr N!or,$Nr^'l]l! PruADls .'l'rl! MIAN posrrtoN or lsr NrsAN
Ttn "llrDrNc-ltucss ,,Ttru "l t rolNc-lrr-eces ,, . .llnruc L l,lll]NoMBN,lTlt[ Sot,ur'roN ol, r'I! pioBr_EM
'llu oDl'!S c.t IND r t Nuw yl^R,s O^" o" a"" alcrrllr, .ltto lNt, ld,[ 'l]tsl|xn .'ll (rrrir l.uNtx llct.trs[
l'l'tlll llvlroM^rrc .,Ayrr,rusnr " .' Tttn (hMT ll,rtryr.oxntr AluoxolrrrrrsllllYl,oNtlN lNI lktyt'ttat ltt_itrr,t.rrIy li,rrrrnrlrrrrrrrsutlt,lt oI Uu AuTUMNlt, l(xNrSrrct rN l.uM 0. 0, oI rN Vtt0o 2u" 0,At.D
Trc zoDrAc oF TIa BT2ANTTNE EMIIR!TtsE G!! T BI,IrlrDrR oF THri MIDDLE AclsTHr PTTMIIR CoNsr 4rATIoNTHr NAMTNG oF rrII, CoNsreLr-ATroNs
EGY?TIAN DuAusMl.rrNrx AsrRorocYTH! EFFL,cr or RlDucroN To rEB SlDnrAr Zour^cFAcrs rHir Ax.E Nrw AND 'fnua
LIST OF ILLU STRATIO]{ S
T$r EGYF ,{N lIrArENs I,l B.C. 2700
AsrRol-oclc,}! CqART oF ]rIE Nrw MooN or lsr lilrsAN,
GRAPH oF fi! AuruMNAr PorNr rN ANccNT DocuMENTs6
APPENDIX_TAI'I,I1S
BaYLoMAN CATENDAR FoR 78G5 ll.(:.EeuNoEs AND Solsrlcris lox 78r,-5 ll.(:,EcYlTuN CAUNDAIS loR ?86-85 l|,(:,DATIS oF THr IIELIr\CTL llrslN(is ot,srr{Ila ANr) sr.r
HErr^c]lr SEr'?INGS AND llrrN(::r rn' rr! ll^NrrsSol-lx CoNluNcIIirNs iN 78i-tl5 ll.t .
SrD!R!A! LoNGnuDlj or, VLtNrr, l\rNr lll(JO,](rlr0 A,l), l l^,rrr l)CoRffcrIoN T$LES, ll & IIILoNG[nDEs REc(oN[D rRo\t Anrls 0'(l]nu! lV)RmucTtoN rRoM TaolIcA! 'Io SIDERIA! ZoDrl(:SrDERIAr, LoNG. or V,P. roR EWRY CENTURY I,Ro,!r 11,(1. 4lt,l
2600 A.D. (Tr8!E V)ANNUaT RrcEssroN or V.l'. tN A CENaURY (TAilur Vl)HrsroRrcll CtrAxrsAr r'Es,rRAN IND R-EGLaus As M-AR(rNG StARs
HYPsoM,lTIc So|-rx TAaLEs
lulr,rN AND GREGoITAN CAr,!ND,$sDarls B.C.SuN's TRoPrcA! LoNGITtTDs
SIDDR! L TIM! AT GnrENil rc.tl M-EAN NooN.Ecl?rrAN N.rntEs oF rrrE B-ANETS
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ZODIACS OLD AND N[WTtlr ExArrartoNs oF THE pL,rNETs
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CapricorrCancer
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B.C. 786 I
(Sloka le-22)
lhe Lord SR/ KRISHN..{ *as bomwben Ine M,oon wa: ri:ins in Taurus, I :]''1"'l''. l,l, r,r'r,r... N/i,,lr/41.1-,nJrt,d rr( n,,r JJy or d,c
."a v"i,us in Librf and caudl and Mars in capli:.T.. _ - - | J,,Ll Ll,r\t r(.,\'s rc .s,irr .rlrr',{,cd
", 'r* u;ri*l"i*ii. "i,i.'.'iiJsidlarlv we tltrd in the tra(idonal horoicope or RAMA, t}]'. a'r.( | nr", l ' Ni "r ,'"1 L, l'.,,i.
i" A';.', V** ii piices, rrlars in Capricorn, Jupitcr in Crn.er trri rJr ,..s !" ,. ', ,,r '.,',,;, ,'1q,, ir, d .:,r. '1"
,.1i.", !".;;;;;,if: :ii:Sarun ;n Libra. And ac.orcing ro the Vidyirdyd, the SteJI IlnrJ,r I *r rrh trl r'1 ,'r l,r'\li,:.,.A\\\rd,Aram"".u'n".,,,l;no.n;.i"rna
saruln were lA d.e sisns or$(i' exalLario!. -, L lll. )r'li "' "",,. r,r, wr.en.,h*c peor,e ove,rrn .,'c,r. -n.i.rLhea.malposiljo8,olrheplancrJattl'eblnbolson,e\(r\.,u/n1t(,.",, I r\rlilir' \'rr' 5,.'.(,,.',, mon ndrer lrreJomrnr ng \. 1 rt" r..,ulL
nositions of sreatest eminence But as Mercury\ hyfsortrr is V,,rl,' I i l L(!rlrrrrrr rvirl, rl,c ncw-moon.;ndfieSuD';AriesIg',rhislhe',yhadtobenba,,don(Jlr,"^.l\1-,,,,vr ]. ]'.1'',',",""' " nore Lhdr llie in rn,qu,ry hrdelongarion from the sun can rcver exceed 28' l llll].'1".,
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v!!qrrru c urv alr.r rhe.onjun'rion
pre\jou\ dying monrh,ihei, cxalr*ion. I l,cv r r si,,,,t.tv r"',,.,\,1r ,,, ,',. ,.,,,,r.,, . .;,1, 1," :, I ;,,,;i ;,;, i.,,d.,j ";";;';':;1"#':Jtin rhe Louvrc, I'rus) lr,',., rltr r,rtll I'tttl lr,r (r',',
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11 the,xvjll JvnAru on Lhe romb or :cnmur,,. , _, ,, cp.rdra 01 rhe period ol Arnerol his I, ar.J or rJ.e
..hw,omarat^ai r"peinomara'vhiletlirryrLcl:t,t,r.r,r,:. '.,..',.,1,,,..r,:L,rr.rILovrut"r,riviJnrilii'i,,"j: ;;;;;] ill;,l::iNaruralis'(ll, l3) seems tu th.t* rhxt rhcIIyt,.{,,, ,l'r'rl,\,,,i,, ru"nh Trn -. -,r" -..- ,i", 1. 11..:.':". .....centro apsides altissimae."
,, ,,",1,11:.:l'.'l s.,r,jc,r,onrh. r^his can o'rv mea'n,h;i;i;il),;'ih"ti;;i(ry,lx..rr rr,c rcreb,'rion."r,r.," r.",, i,i,r,"'r,i i.:i;"''-ii,,"J'"J'i",ir1,".,1?:ti*:'111c"-T:9:::1.i*:1"."-T:':l.."j::1 [:';il. ll't:r'.1:ll t]tt l' ,:l|t'l' r " rqLion as it *;" s;!*,i,".""j'i"'ivii',iri"1
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IiiL:J.-liiil-fiae.* o' ?8: ll) *11# ;a ffi" which theY have-fo-r theirr"l!c:llTL"*1T."Eff :"i"K?;.'#iJ.%""ii"!iiir'Eevp,,"*f,,'i"#THj",*:Lffi1,""S;T.H.";'i#dJ"".ii'-i."p"ida'.
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THE " HTDTNG Il- cEs "
B.C. 786
A search disclosed that B.C. 786 was the only possible year in thisperiod. In that year the New-Moon of lst Nisan nrst bccame visibleat sl8er ofAprit 3rd (Ju1iatr) ehcn rlrc sidcrcal longirudes of rhe plan.tswcrc as folows (Fis. l) :-
Sun Aries l{1.8" Ilars Canccr L3'Moon Aries 29.4' Jrrt,ilc. Cucer 0.2'lv'L€rcrry Arics 29.2" S'rurn I.ihri l7.l'Vetrus Pisces 26.?" Nodc Arics 0.5"
It wil be Dq\iced that rhe Sun, M.r{r .,n l Vc rs $(, .1,, c ro rhcirhyp5omadc pdsitions, .Dd in (lR lllhykr,irr Il,'ir. 1.,.) \r,'Ir' lhe cthr€e celcscia.l bodi€s, under the nrmcs ol Shxtmsh, Sin {n!l Ishtarr .rcinvariably shown together. Bur rhc rcsr ol rhc l)liners (lid Dor r.lly,although-wirh the €xception of Mercury nd Mrrs they were in thcircxaltatioD signs.
As B.C. ?86 was tl€ ONZ v possiblc ye3r ir was rpparcnt thrt I was. confronted with anorher mystcry. 'l'hc cluc was ibund in a fragmentof a Babylonia! cuneiform rablcr (U.M. 55466+55486+55826) of rhcA$acid period (circa 2nd century B.C.) wh€rein it is stated that " Thehidirs places ofthc Moon " (qaqqar nisirtu Sin) " are SUGI (Peneutand ZA?PU (?leiadet."
The term " hiding place " €orild only have reference to those pa(sof the zodiacs in which a star or pluet disappear€d from thc night skics'at its heliacal senings and rcappeared at its heliacal risjngs.
HlLIlc.At PHENoMENA
Here it should be noted that with all peoples ofantiquity rhcir rstronomywas visual, that is, it was bascd on naked eye obscrvNt;ons. Now l;rthese peoples by far $e most important cclestial cv(nts wde r|c dlllcsofthe disappearance and reappearance of thc stllrs lDd I'h,rrr\ ln n rhcnight skies.
The Sun in its apparcnr annunl lr)orior (l,rncs ro rl,. r( lit,ri( rl L (i,riui)ertion of rll thc zodircrl st rs antl I'hrre s $rrrctirrrc tllrrrI rl,. Iexr, irr!vIich Lin)c thcy c(Ns. ro bc s..r' in rl! r'iIl'r '1n.. (r!. l,r,rrc rheywill bc s('r litr rl'. l!\t ri!r(,,'r rl,r $c\rrrr lrrr/,"r. !',r!r|,rr.ly ilrcrs,n,nr, r',.1 .'lr.r { t 'rrt ,,r ,l.,rl i', ,,!,,,r1r..,1,..'n, rlr.r srl i11r.rrtr[,',',{tr, rl! lii:,r.rr hri^,rr jf.t l-t,'r.rl|*r. ll,c(lNreo1 (lir tpcuFl'(c nlry.r(Ir rrry (hyr lnl,'r. rl! ,hr.,rl rltr.sohr ro,,j,,rcrion, andrln stiL,iy rhr r.it,tnr rr (li\!r l,rril h'rfly rlrys xlter thc.oniunction.iitr .r rrln. il| rIr Ir r ll.(:. l(rlrlr rr lhl))1,),t Sirius was sccn for lhcl :,i run. o,',\'hy I I ( lulixn) oD rl)c Wcsre',r horjrcn ior a fi eeting momenrirnnctii,rrcly ,rli.t srrrscr. lr l{,lDcd iLs conjunction with thc Sun onJrtrrc,1, dnd rc rt,l!xrrd on thc crstcrn borizon bclbrc dawn on July 18,ltins rhscnt lionr rhc trocturral h.avens Ibr 66 days. Ontheo$erhandSpicn disa|pcllcd or Augusr 24dr, came to the conjunctioD of the Su'lor scpr(nrbcr l4rhJ unLl rcrfpcarcd in the Eait on Sept€mber 281h,rcruinins invisiblc for 15 days.
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These disappeardces and reappearances of the stars were know. aseir heliacal senings and risings respectively. They were caited heliacal
(llclios-Sun) bccause they oDly happeDed immediately afrer sunset or
My$licrlly drcy wcre investcd wirh rbe grcutesr imporrancc. Wirh rhcl;ryt,ri h. ro who,,, aU tJre sr.us we'e goJ\, rl,e heliJ(al y rung ol a srar
rlrc Wc.r l^nrcr.rcr) $a1 regdrded a, ns deafi i, i{ "Jnl inro rheI)1r!L (" U dcrworld") in 1}le company of the Sun persodfied as tlletrr1c(l so immmilied god Adm, and the day was obsc ed as ! day of$..,1i,',' Irl r')uurnirg. Qn rbe o'}ler hanJ rhe hcl;dral r''ing of a .rdrs.s l,.,rnal r.
'r\ rc tl'tl./wl,eo it rore, followed b) drc sLn pehonin.d
{t tlx [,knt l)oy-goll.lr ir tr crrious lircr that evetr to this day, especialiy in horary astrology,
" { irrl,,r,ri,,r " rn(l " (lrrimi " (conjunctions with the SUN) a.e lookedutnr [i tll llrxrcsr inpcdirnctrta and as analogous to imprisoruent.4,,,'r,lirll r,) ll(,l.rny rhc cusp of the AsceDdant is deemed ro be theI'lfir,,1 l,ir11 url lili nrxl thc {lcJlrcc ofthe eclipric on the Descendanttl|(l ,,1 ,,1,1 rll, 8!l ,lr(rh ( lilrNhihlos III, 10).
" llrr ll!||rrl l'lr(fr" tlrcnlirc wc.c tlrosc locations nr $c heavcnswl! r. rlr' l.lir\ ,ll!rtitrlrIl nr(l '. rt)t)crred r rheir hcliacal phenomena.Al tlr t,lir!r, rroti{nr tlr(ir "hiding-pLrccs" were all the
Ih.,,,1,n,, t,l!,trr', Vfl,,ri ni,,l ^1rrrr,y,
l).1ift ll,.ir r;/er'rl con-,!rrrl,,r w,rlr rl! r;,,',, I l,rli,rnl y ,I rli. \\'(rr :Lllrr snrscL, and theyrl'r l! l!r dlly u rlr. l i\r lrl,'rI u,.. !'rr.rir! rLlrrr rlreir conjuncrionwll rl! li,r, ll1,rltrlt{r,r/',,/',,,,rr1rrrti,rrrtlrIrIrrt,rtio,rjsr(ver!cd,l,'r rl(y r'.t lIlr , Lly !r rl! linrr lnl,,.,,,U,i,., i,r,l :Llrrr Looiur(lio'rl!y lxl, ' llv ,'n ,r rlr W.rr nl1(, !,,,rir. ll,, Al,n,,,, r,r), ,irrshrlinrlly rrr rlrr $,,!r !lrrr r,!rnr ( N.\! Al(rrr ") trr,i :,.rr, lrlilrllyirr tlrr l,,rrt lnl,rr fi,,,,,,,c ('()Il Al(r,, ').
lrr' ln'rr llr)r.r ,,r, llll ll(,rrr^rlr tlr lttrrrr y r r0rrrrr(,rrtrr1 Al,ril .l ll.(i. /rlo (lsr Nisrr) r.d citdi|g
Mnrtlr .'lr,l ll(i /r1',,r,,Ll l(' rl,r]rrillklcol llxbyldn, Jul)rtcr, wher nr(; rr.r l" I (n r|. r,lcr.,rl l(nlirc, (tisrr)fcrrcd ill rhc wcsr (heliacaily'r),n, .'l1r s,vi,r (lrrr: :l,l). oI l6th l-lul (Scptenber 14) Mercury
$jtr,, l,nrrfl,r,r: r(' irr supcrtur conjureLioD with the sD, set heliacauyirr rlr crrt rrr VI|(, l().1'. ()r) 25dr Elul (Scptemtrer 23) Satuln whenln L1,,,, .ll'.1' (iisil't,c,rc(l ir thc wcsl rnd on the rnorning of llfi Shebet(lil',,,iry ,lrlr ll.(1. ?)i5) Mnrs rose heliacatly when in Aquarius 0.8".
llr,. ir sh)ul(l l). nrcDtioned thrt dre abovc ale the theoretical datesol l!lir( l s0!i,rUs and risings. Iut the dalets may be scen ro set atitry ,,, rwo hrcr (or caLlier), or rBay be seen.o rise a day or two earlier(' hrcr) thrn rhe rheorericai dares, depending oo weather condilions,l,'etrl visibiliry, acuteness of perceptionJ and so forrh. With regard toMrrrs, |owcvcr, the above date is only a good approximation, for irsclon8flion from the sun varies very slowly from day to day and it ispossiblc thar thc true date of lirst appearance may be as much as a weekcrirlicr rhaD the computed dateJ altering its longitude accordingly.
Lcr us now compare these positions widr the tnditional hlpsomaticlongitudes :-
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Cl)ikl ") o! ALy, son of }Lrbor, Goddess of the Easlern boriron. Inborh l)c'r(lcr.lh zodir$ a
'aled boy is scen withor a solar disc on "Akhet,"
thc idcorr. r lirr rhc ljlstcrD |orjzon (scc froniistiecc), within fic nilatrceof Libra. ltcsnlc l'nr is tr ok! r tr lcaDiDg on a stick, an jdeogram ibratrtiquiry, lll,rirr llcnoritrlt lbc trei.rt Ncw Ycar's Day. At lhc hcliacaldsir)s ol Sl)i. rlrc S o workl l)c nbour the 12" of Libra. Most of thefan liur rsr('loltierl \yrnlr)ls liJr rl)c coDsLelhtions aDd plancts had theirorigin in hic!.ric or ,lcrrrrtic s.riyt. Iror exanrple the synbols fo! $€Sun lnd M(nD lil )rirn (lcrcrDinatives lor "day" and"night" rcst,c.rrv"ty. II( :y,,,11,1, r,a ALluJuu\ l\ Ll(rived Iroor rhehieroglyphic " At" ' ri' \.'r(, , rl,.rrrl,' Lrl'rn r.. tlc demotic eqdjvdentfor Akh€t "thc t,lxrc ol rr,!'i\c." lh1 no syn)bols ev€D remotelyr$cmbling rlrsc nrc ro l)( l,r,rrl iu lhc cuneilbrm wrirings of tbeBabylodans.I lD tbe famous'll)c[n,r srx' (rldtrhrs (n rhr lt ncsside kings (20!hDtnasty)tucturuslnd StJrL,r l.ll! rl! (,n,stlLrNr Alcnyct, thc" IlooringPe&" with the poi'tt or Stxlr ii St,k l\.( lronrist);rcc). In ail the
'Hesamut, "Mother ofthc (in(l " lr lr, h|rl...l! llol,ls Alrnyci, $e" Mooring-Peg," to whic| is rrnilrLl ,r ,,',Ll ir,rr,l,,rl l,{rn Akr, thc" hoof" of Meskhctyrw, thr " ltrll r lr,',rl(|. 1 l,rr ((tr,sr.ll,rrion is
THr ODDS
*",r4!i;iqp;;p'p;-s,ilms:iru:":".t",*il'"1F, , celestial diagrams fro rbc xvlll ,lyr,r:r! (1,,\vll r,' I(onnn tir es thatadom the hside ol cotlitr hli or rln L{lirlls o' srrltnrNsi, lsis, thcn"*:J::.*il*$:',#n'di,::*l{sxil**y:*""lsHrff : motfrer of lhc gods, is sho\{'r .tr nr ' rr' r lr,r'.'1. I rlrtr't\{Jrru\. srylcJffif :?nffi I :i[f":' y { rr r,* e$t"'lti:""i."*'::JT'''*:
f#":iryrf-H;1"t",tr"";',rili'J i
"r;;t''ii't'"psomat' courd havc
rh€ odds asai'.t.rre s,r'", ::?:-:*"*'"*J'"$3T;"$J* :t*;-H,:sl#'rff :"tliHy.i *qi:'lfl ::.r J:*rls'ilj*T iHjii;;;;. ye". a'" :9, PoT:J: 1""::iltl"Eqfi "i1{*T:{$i$il,;ss"'ii'n:l;'1ffi*'..:,i'J#r::'*',:"*,;'djit't,"""1#i,$+t$fl*{:H"";,'"i$":d;iff"Li$
'had their origin.
Egypt.
of thc
Sprc AND THE Nr* yrAR,s DAy oF aHr ANCIENTS lidenti€3.l wid Ursa Mriur. '(ir'nr ll','r, .I'.1 rlr" lr"'t .r'r s
"",*.1;;;:;;i4",t"typi1lv.[rrAi,:r"i'*lTfl":$:'rlf,?JlJfi:"ft,S:ilJl;lu;:;;]; ,,llr l1l ;;"',,li ll ,:li;;lll )i,:lBur $e year B.c. ryo ls "i"' il:l:::::j;'i.-tlcnaer or rsner," I formed !hei! coD,uncrion itr 'irl,' \.,, r,,' ,r, rrr,,, r.! ., ',r,",,r..,,"jr .'r
oftba NewYeaJ l he.ruslBr uL !.^n!' - - d*i -."rn bf tt. seasonlof a gre-at ciJcle of thc rl'hcrc trr''r,l r1,,,',,,r1' rli,,'..,n1 I,.\l'..,r1 lr
g;i.ffi1jf.!i:,lT-ill"ir;i#l# .jti ;,'m5i ill F,t'*ir,r"$:,11,$:,[:l;l:l''llll:''i:;l:illil, lii];; :;l;,,:rl'i,l ';;lrl:aurumnal equilox - II'e *"9":,i: :Y':: .,i,':;; :; .h" lstmonftorl IvdyDasr,l})easeorsnirrru.(r(,'r' i r " r '
r
' r "
r r I '
r , r ^ry.rirr'r',
rl.(
ifih:'ti$i##ii'fi .'irtr,--*i.:*!iii'.*'il,1:f{:":d"{""qi:;iltikf"',"*.1*l;i:':'.',tl*J:l,"fJ;"{*"#.si:T'ill'i:ii,,"iii,it" ri:l :ll:,lllr:'iil:i'l f ilililiEonrh of Shedu tLopl,L-z ir e,;,.,-_-^i.. .r .i-nuofrtre.,Arrow_lrempteswasknownast,cJic\tr\(l'(.tr .r,,.rr,.r,t,-.str(. ..,LUr.l-)
EryD'iocrobcr 4tn B-c. lr:l't:"j:,:'rt:,11;'#""i'lJ$
"hP'ilBfrg:l l:*;li?'"ii:Jl'"llll'lll';lli:llji lirilii';i'li#H;::'T'l;:
I
'3t:.r"Iffi #:H:::GS:":i"::ltt j*l*:"*"lmli-ti0l."idi,"r:t*'i*i:r."*g*srthe BUI'S Forelcg. Il:rvin6 rlr11"rl r|c r,,rJ Lu rl,( 'hoof" rnd Spicaseen tbrough the visor lorDrcrl l)y srslrrr's eurioLrs headdress, he raiscdEallct aDd drove thc pcg honrc, thus rnnrking the positior of dreof the future tcmtlc.
As a r€sult ofhis rcvicw ol l)r. (;ur)rcFManiny's work on tle su eyAss]'risn sancturic$, Ilolijssor 1'. V. Neugebaucr, (Observato. at ihe
:*!!:-"!tri{:"*",r:dtfin";i*'61pffi1a,f,tTffiil:i.1'H;L1'Ji',i',';"lit},,j::':fi:::,'}i;,:ll.i':,*:'1i:1:
I *ti,il i"l )'niia i'"v, called r{arPoc$tes14
l5
recorded, wcrc orientatcd atdawron lst Nisd to the nuint ol ir)rLrscd'onwiln rhe horizoo of a sreat cifcle of thc sPhcrc, Pir\$r,i LlrroughBENETNASCH eid SPICA, eriacdy dre samc circlc 1l)r'r IiEurtd irthe E!!'otia! cereEoDv of the Pidi6bcs. Th('c (J', rl,(,1 r, Ir mdoubt-iiar for tbe aricient peoples of EgyPt, Bobylorrir urrd Arsyrrr,Spica was thei! cbref oarkirg-stt!,
ln rhe luar ve3r B.C. 786-?6'; lne frrst dav of tnc (c(l(\rrr'r;..1 rrw I I'tr'r'u"a. commencei on April 4t}-lst Nisan-a;d the firs( drv ,'l rlf , rvrl I lrv
'irew ycar-i.e. l$ Teibrit (?r-b lunar gloDln), the oritsn,ll N(w \r.,". I l'"rrr"
I
,"::il::'iil',i iill',iii:,lilltlr"i,ft"i, til l,:,; '9",vJ\ eveu B,c,,u ,han
iltl,\lt,r', li uil',tllt"^ : I l:l;;iljjl*iiln:"',"il',i';:.t,Jj,:i;,j't., jl t jyt,soir.{ri.: ..AvaNAusfl^-
llrli;lililrl,lillllll llli:;jj;;;1;13.s,,1T.9r"r!."*, betweeu,onsit,'desSfrc. AliD tsr TEsH&r - 1 ""r,,, ',,.r
i,, ,",* i,iil;; ,i]liliijiued) zoduc aad the rroli;;ii-,f;;j;;i
lll,:i;'lllil'lir, ;i: llillll:,], *i**: oI lbe compurcd hypsomaticr. , , _ ,, "_,r, ,,,., ,, ,.i,iil ,:r ,:i",:Ji:: fl"11""J,?t?,i1":i,;H:li:(.ttr lr l,irxkt rt"r, r-, '-' '-"" "''
coM!ul!D
1::l,.igf"'j*"lt'-T'"F* *i.I:""::""***d,l:{:::1i.1'."j}'li':'r'rj,,,,1 ..', , "'";;i" "' o*""ii".'i6ilq ^Yi'"h:jTeshdt) must be obsened as Sabbad days, but SePtembcr )e ll (: ?rln I iirrl
was also a SaNrdav or Sabbad-day a.od whe! two sabbarlr . nnrc k,llcrhc' | ^r'(r'Teshdr) musr be obsened as Sabbad davs, but Septembcr )!, ll(:?rlnl )rrrr lo -
--*.;:-^; AY{NAM5HA
was als6 a Saturday or Sabbad-day a.od wEe! rwo sabbarlr . nnrc k,llcr hc ' I ^r ' "
I I rl - t;;" - ]0rhey coDsriNlc
^1'Great Sabbati." l^l"r v tt t)u '
1v",,,,' i:;i : J:49: _. j;4"
rH! cRx r LUNAR EclrpsE lilili;, iiii. ,u"l o_: : ii.,l;Nor the leasr remarkablc eveft of lhe year B.C. ?86 was rlx' ,,u,,tli'i,'i,, .li;,' - ,:1.:: : ij.i
^1, ^N v^r ur oo ai'ii_rnn_lB.e. lJ.,
wirrLl' t'ln'f,, rl , rirt,.,,.,t r,,^_r,.r^- - ,
cclipse ofthc Moon (MasniNdc-18.4 digiis) which occurrc,l u,' M{,,1'l l',...,,: I87 1"
18.;t9.25D.n.Babvloniarmea-time,t-hatls,i6aavsbeforerhct'crlirrrrrrrrl "'r^N v^rut Or AY^N/
^r',h. l;.nmc,i.-l"nar veflr Ecli.ses of the ldoon u'urllv l'"rr"lr I'rr' r' I'li' r1 rl( 1i,i,r.rl L,nnn,,.r^. ^..1
s,rronotrlical coojMction of de lumiDaries took place on MJ'.h r $1.'. .
ea,ryas0h.22m.a.m.Babyrodartime,rhemoorbiqneruil"n^d,r,,,,1 ,1i1,:':'::il ,],1;".llil:^;,,*:"T":-T*):NAT'TTANNUAND KTDTNNU.r3i',.
p*i"r phase comrnen:ed ar midnighr wi,o rh(. Mou,, i" ,',J,,,'j,:i,,";i'll'i::l:, ';,.i :'',,,';'ii'.':.c":ii- 5.Yt'., "-"^f.." "" ri!llli"'""-"#t":fft)1y*"Jr.T'",1'#:"*i'1i f;S:Ti_i,il::rlli: il:llliri';iiir';r:l;,llr;;t,i';ilrt.y;_rtll";:l,9:::I-^:'er::i,;ilf:il.i"'.?';itig;.Fiti+3i":.r,$l_*::"*.i;lii;-*"d-:,rli.,ll,liiillti;;;,rit:"iit;iit,lri;,;:l:,",,,",s,l$:,if:.,tii::"l,"ii.rci:l:
The cenLral phase oLcltrcd at 11.2J p.m. This wJs rl,c tlrcrl t'rr,{$arhcratdedtbeendofthereignoflbi-Shandtbcdrsru(ri.trr .'l ll lt^rrr,'!r^!
l,lllll:,1,^!']. ^",: ri,!r,rr^N Pr.^NrrAry Epr,ul'lrrDrsofthe Chaldees " (Viroleaud, L'AsEologie Chalddenuc, j;io xxxur '/rr-84 (rr rrlu,,ru rl . N,Dr. Fothernuham considered tltar rhe discovcry .nrl rrrrpurrrrurr ,'l tt'1i,,""r t,u rt,. i.ii rr r:ofrheChaldees" (ViroIeaud, L'Aslrologie ChalJdenuc, j;io xxxur '/rr8,'l (rr (r\r,,u,,r,,r ,r,,., ,, .. Nfu llrblluri
'dr.l]rrermy t.*ts, VaD der la/aerden
:l I :,l1ti, 111.,,,," ;;"il ;:iili,:i["*,"":.i"il
I
that for B.C. 160-130 was in tuics 4.2'and that for B-C. ll&60
I
1tbar at thc b€giraiDg of lhc rcigD of AuBU"rur rhc vr rrl ln ll wtrt I
Aries 4" 8Ed deqeasi.us with time, whtlc in 'bc
Srol, n I trl,lrr1 u,vcrirl
5.3' ; the mean for aI thrce texts being 4.3" (llabylooischc I'laDcrcnnch-nung Eudemu! I (19{7) p..17).
Profcssor O. Ncuseba;ci Jound for tLcro A.l). ll
with br$ks A.D. 71 to 132 rhc v€r@l-poht w.rs |l ec(l ir Ari$ 2 , rlr(deqeating wit! time. " (Egypdan Plauctrry l.xt,," I rnnr;. Arnc'Philos. Soc. 32 (1942).)
GRAPH oF Tnr AuruMNAL ll)lN'r. Ifthe sidcrcal longitudes ofthe vcrnal ()r Lurtrnr'r'l) tn'irr trr ,hrivc
froxo tbe hlpsoautic year. the epochs of Ntrburi{nn n'!l Iii,ltrutu, rlmea! positioa of the Neo- labylonim ttxt$ llr(l ol lhr sll,]'rir 'lrl)l(are graph€d) the rcsultani "curve" is rcvcrlcrl is tr" (lr'r,,,r jiruhl(straight linc thar runs diagonally across lhc prt,cr (lri{. ll) lollxr"nbeyod questio! thc authenticity ol rl'c I'yp$onuri( (hr..
Slrc,A rN LIaRA 0'0' on rN vrxr;r, ,rl ,
LiL!
Wh€n I fiIst discovered rhat Spicn wrs thc orilirrl l,(l'tr Io' trrrrstar of the anciert zodi:,c, I or(urnlly h nr!11 rlrr fl wnr l)l cdiametrically opposite to thc iriliill lx'i"r ol rllr ,trlir, Arx_, o.0", 1lr
'is, io Libra 0o0' (180') ffpecislly ro {r i[ rl'. s,rrh, ririyn, Vri&lhVasish€ardBralmasiddhnrtrs-tl|c uru(rn 5trrr( rir w,trlr. nsrrotro
-the longitude of Chnri (Spi.r') ir Biv(lr (r lrl0 rll,(ir rhcsc.xpreas€d in polar longitudcs.
TIe gBph, howcvcr, Drrkc$ ir (lcnr rlrtrr rln rrr llil,ylori Ds
EgyptiaDs considcrcd Spicr rs brir| ir Vir,r' ,r').0 url rx,r I l.rl)rr 0.This accords berter wjth rru(litnn' wl,i{ l trlwxyr nrk! [r.'l rh. " sr)ikccorn" as bcing in thc rsricuhnlrl Vr'[o. Nowl,.r. rr rh( lrcrnturcaftiquiry is Spica associ rcd wrrl' l.il,r!.atruqulfy rs Sprca ass{rcr rc(l wrrlr l.rl,r!.
Oddly enough tirc ligyt)rinns ([J nr)r Lorr(lo ntut llt \tt) t" Mooring-Peg " as bcgiotriDl. rhc zirlrtr., ln'r trr i!li',ll rl. llrvicmsscd the cclestial Nilc th. I'oxt$ ol rlrc I'h,,rrn,1'r:rrlr wclc brcu!to rest aad moored to th.: " pcg." 'l [c irn ,/r ([r) ,,,c r,' " ro bc!€st" r'to be sccure " "!o bc nDnr(ivrl,lc " "l,' lr
",,,ri,,rlcss ($
d€!dr)." Thc west was cnllcd Amcntcr, rhc "l,l!(r rn tfrt or c
" the hiddetr plac€," and thc port ro lhc l)uot or Ir[ic'wor1,l.It is only Decessary to deduct prcciscly orrc tlcyrcc lton nll l,nuit
computed from Spica h Libra 0.0" to rc(lLr.c rlr(rr t,' rlx' hyt^otrzodiac (Spica id Virgo ;19.0").
ALDEB^I N ^Nr)
,^Nr^r{ris
isu,li-€:"Tablet," according to Lmgdon) nlmost ' rhc rutl'cnr
CoDsidcri-og Spica.s l)eing in Vi'tso 2').00 o1 rl! slhrrrl /',ii \Aldebaran (Al-debaraDu-" Forecastcr " r d " wri(( r." ll l'yl
centre of Taurus, and Anrar€s in rhe ceDtrc of Sc,npio, !r tlrclablc indicares.
l8l9
3,C. 4000,, 30oo,, 2000,, 1000
A,D. 1
,, 1000
,, 1900
B.C. 4000,, 3000,, 2000,, 1000
A.D. I,, 1000,, i900
,, 29.O',, 29.0',, 29.O"
,, 29.O',, 29.0'
Sc,)rpio 14.90"
,, ,t8.15
,, 5.22'
,, 5.04". 5.00"
SIICA AI.DEB'.RAN
Vtgo 29,0' Taurus 14.78',, b,a2'j, 14.84",, 14,87',, 14.89',, 14,92',, 14.94'.
These figures show that for rhc long pcriod of 5,900 ycn':i Al,l.l':r'lhas o y incr_e$ed its sidereal loDgitudc (duc to pro|cr niti('D l,y o.lofa degr€e (0".10') whne A[llres for lhe srDrc pcrul lr. irtrrcr\cd ilongitud€ by oDly 0.02 of a degree (0'.01') (lc'no,rsr,ir,,r[ in ! Inoeffective t,aDner tlat tle FIXED srrrs arc rcnlly /ir.,/ ..r rlownrrc hamadefortlemiouteirrclease or decrcasc in lonEil(r(lc (lrrc l, llr.i,rIbi,'proper motiols of Spica, fie Sun !n.t rhc slxr rlscll) Ir rh. Ilxl(Sidereal) ZODIAC.
By way of cotrtasr lct us -nsid$ rl'c ldrliiltr(lcJ ol lh(n /'\.,/in the tropical or noving zo(ia€ lbr tlc srrn'c ctnnl'r i
Leo 1.09'
,, 24.'9Virso 12.2,1
Libra 9-92'
t,t I rIr ll
26-05 'l {trus ll.'rl
- 22.45' Cc[tit; n.t) li l.,rrr0rHere we see tiat lhe fixed stars .k ritrytl,iiH hu /,\r,/ I', rlc l).i
of 5,900 yea$ they hav€ "'novcd" tlrroLrtir rirrr( rl,l ,,1 tl! rr,vzodiac, and therefore one would bc as trrLrch iurlll(',' n yur,t I
Antares is rhe star of Virgo, Libra or SaSitrnriux I jr [,n s,(,I'iotraditioDal consre[ation. In adopting lhc nrovin{ ,,rl{, r rlirl llu!ology has b€e! rcversed. Tr refer to thc ,li(,r 0l trlxr,l rrrrirrtropical sig! of tle zldiac i, like saying "'ll,c \r.'rn', ',.'v . irt.,rrain." But whes \te rcfer to the vcrnrl.Iloinr ("Alr" " rr,.l'r,legressirg hto a zodiacal mnstcllatior it is likc sNyi,rll " I lx rrrrr rhrbaikwards into the station," which is its acuul or('rntrr.
THr PrlI^DEs ^Nn
Rricur.us
ID tb€ hypsomatic zodiac it is also irt€resting to co i,rrc rln *hloDgitudes of the Pleiad€s aod Regufus wnh Spi.n, 1 tur i
B.C. 4000
. 3000,, 2000,, l0oo
A.D. I, l00o,, 1900
SiICA
Virgo 2 ).00",, 2t.00',, :9.00",, '/9.0O'
,, i19.00"
,, 29.00",, 29.00"
PLEIAI]TS
Taurus 5.10",, 5.lt',, 5.It',, 5.12',, 5.t3",, 5.\4',, 5.15"
20
14.90'14.90"t4.9t"t,t.9t't4.,I',
L.'l hoc titurcr show rtrtrr tor Lhc asmc pcrioJ of 5,ruu ycr,s rl,( I,lci.,l.,
l:.::.,:ll'{','(i{rsc,l,r,cn lonsirudc ty. o.oi "r "..t.g,"...b..,ji:,.."llil,l(cx'n,r\ r, <rc,r\cd irs lonBirude bv onlv o.'lu ",";;+,".,,; ..l,i, :, ^r h
'ljrt(lcs in rcmotc times rvcre ,.,1ij.,xr.s (rr,(r,, ,j,"," .t ;;"':;; ";;';-"ruv
cxprc$eJ ;n ,ou,,J(d
j riHir',,-ii Jii;i",'ti::r:* +i",p.*j. ji;''$;::;,: j'i;.Hl'r;:
.\'(.r i,, vir*o r,, ";A"i-;; 3il;j;{1r59*:1J:l::;:",',,,.','nvc,),cnrJ.woutd bc idendcauy,;.
",_;. .rri..i.i"..,",iI,"ii.i
,', ,KmArruir,or.rhc original zodiac a;d rl,e,e cdn b" tirrh ,t.,bii;";.;i;;,rh\'Ncry or rhe htpsomaric year has endcd r]rc cc"rr,i",-"1,t .;;;;;;.r;;nDour ,( oflgrraj beginning of rhc zodiac of.onsre ariou_ - .. .-, ,
t4.
25.r1li. )
ZoDrAc"tL ., TAIrs.,,
l;,Xi:1":rf,:*:"T:.1:1.* -varidirv.ortrrc hvlsomatic zodjac wir be:"JilX':":j,"j:,911.". j *1.:pij ji;_'iiij; :":'rff:Tii#:ffii'1,'-l:
;nj:1"1{rTii4i.;sff irum"?;::irrll it iinxtl,* *:l jf ,iXl*..i.::F*.u^ffi #;i ;; i ;'fil -"':1"'.'"X'#1.'tl:" tails " of the Lion,
tf tif .i"p"-B"it'Sli";fl
i+ffi t""TJ;;J;Ti,El.:,'ra;iIfi ;;,'.rt*;;lH jk?';::ff i"j,'i'r'.f, "lfr"g;;l;ri:ft 1;;Sco.pjon's Srins',
eb Al cicdi .. fair
WrlY B.C. 786-?85 ?
mr:;+T*fq**it-ru*',,.w[+ri+;triri:l;::iij;.iffi "";:.ii*t,'";idd::*if ,",#* j,,tiiTi
$gfgqmg**nfrt#$ffi
dj -ti,li}i,i,:il'i";;J;;"d,:r,,iii$.lT'i$:n", r"jj:r:ili
ilil${iift il.i.*"1t,t#**#rfi l4,u,:rl',ffiil,l*f int,tf{$l'H';,:,.,;.'1tr{}--[,,",+,r:#ljli'
" Thou who shalt follow zfter' tlust in NABU I ttust Dot io aly
.i rararo (Gou.*o,) or Shiba-niba liti'$fr9."a*,*lttr*l3V
'gfl***gxltffiffi*t#f,il*Nffis$pffi'xffi'fiffi:ffi$iiriurlrir#L'i':,"',-tff ".itr'; +lUiti'll+ln',liiii;.i' -
:"l#p$'$;;llq{Fffi;[;;:;ffiul'-*f{",h'"ft tr'trili,bir."L,""HiT'i::ff*,".tr,';:}li;:n
$*q','tr-p, ffiI
TEMPLE.
v,c.Hkil,ts"'}:?i:"?H;kii'^r#i;tilH''1":lt
limmu for B.C. 787 and Balatu for B.C,786 (Sources-Ca2, Ca3, Cb2,Cl,6) rhc prccise year of the Hypsomara. Nabu, the god of asrrology,wlls rcmovcd from hjs old temple in Nineveh and installed i'i his news rcnrrry at Kalaki in B.C. 786, rh€ ycar whctr all thc phncts knowD torhc ueic.rs werc in thc degrccs of thcir exaltatioN €ither o Ist Nisnnor d'l rlrc ,lJrcs of rhci! heliacal Dhenomcna.
A,l.rltN'firi I II must have vie;ed this evenr rs being onc uf r he mo,(si8niliexnt during his rcign, othcrwise it would Dot have figured in theli,ndN lisrs. ln lne 250 years covered by thcse chro icles this is rhe.rrly r(r"r,l ,'l
'l,c kinJ (ifone cxcepr. the t\vo Procc.'ion u, rhc 80d
A u \r,) I,' l)ur rlu in B.C.8l5 and 784/. lhe puc't\ oi Nlbu $ouldsr. r0 ir rhfl rhc insial]ation and ded,c-ation ceremonies ivould be in a
Lryl( \vortlry ol rhc god and these rvere probably tined to takc placc onln Ni\.,,, nn,l rl,out thc 2tst Sivan (Jlpiter's cvening scrting), l6t}I Elul(Alr'(,,,ys Dn,,nid8 s.rling),25th Elul (Saturnt evening serting) andl lrl ril!li,,r (J\rr.s'l)eliacal rising).
L'ri|r.,rllv .rleLrlrrc(l lhese dates for the laiitude of Babylon, bur as
l(nl(ll' r. \'l,,:ll.(l botrr lNiru(lc N. 36.0" longirude E. 43.3" and ther€forel.! lo llr'rrnrh rlr D llnbylon thcy rnay bc in error by a day or so.
ll,,r jlrr ! rltr ,li\!t,li.rrrurecs lrrd appcaranccs of thc stars ibr any placex' I r:rtr $ll, r.,,(.1 lo rl,( lxt'l,nlL ,'l Mcnrt,his so the cily of Babylonrr'.rr l'.rr' .'rtr.l nsn,rl rr\r.{runri..rl I'urt'os( in rlt emprc otAdrJ-Ni, r, r lll
J\r',,,r .,1r,,r" rl,,, lr,,r" N.,l{r1. li.l,.h(.1,r' I.lrrivrK. whiLh w.re held,u, rl" lir', rrl',,,rt l/'1, i,l rLrry 1,,,r.,r ,," 'rl',., r\\irl Ir( r,' lh.t 8o,l$ i,nr",v,,l ,'r,'.',!l rirv[r (l{.i,.r!fis,rfln,ir]hl!rhyl,trrischcIlyNrcnt1! t .' rr. \t,r, t, r|! rt(.(lir. i,t l,,l)'rrfs h.li{crlirrllrl rr lll /rrr' lrIl"rlI'!'rrlt 'n, li.r r'l let,vnl l,t llc rDorrll)llhl ,,1 rl! Arrrrnr ' l,r'hr ll . y.l lrlr,hi,'vrr.,l
5L{rrllll,ir Ntrl{,r, r, ,,,l,l, rr li!ltrl'l,l",r'! rh,l,r'1 ..,r(,1 , r,,,1,'rrirrllorri,,l rr lll A ryr!',, 1,,,t[. rr $,rrl,l, 'rrl,.,l,ln
rr, 'r,rii
rl ll! ln,.rrrrlnl rrrr lrer.rrv, rr!l rrr rrrr{ ll! 'l[,fi()tr'' ,,1 !r! rrri,,rt,,ril J.ir (lslNi, r ll(: /llr,) n,rl rr'\. t rl! ,l.rrrr :'rrl t,lil,ti,rl ttr,,,ri(xrs ol rlrc
lrl r!r! {l ilxl r'xrirrlttr'r,l (\.rrlllrr'rrll ,rrrl !rllrr!i Nrl| "(telhrflordirrry rill,,rli,rrr.
I r1tr |\A! lhliyl,,r t![ rrrr,lrr rh y',lc (it ll,r l(i,,,] ol Ass]ri:r, 1hc Damc of
irs kirrl is rIr k.r',trr l,irI ll.(]. tll.l to 7.17 drerc is a brcak in tllellal'vl,rrirrr I rrrr: lr.t.
I'r liryt,r r" li r .n,, rl, r, i,a,,,1 51,' lr!,! llI, rl,c l..v kinbol D)nr\ryXXII lilrrr ltrrl,.rrB, n,,,1 rl,rr ol l'.(lit,ustc, tbc first king of DynastyXXlll 1tu"' llrr', olt' l.r|t).11.
Il or)c (lis,,,iss.s rlr rrryrhi,.rrl ,larc of the Crcation 3nd rhar of thelUli-YDs now ltcirrrrlly h.ld ro bc calcuiated relrospectively, drehylrsonr lie y(rr h Irr,hxhly th. carhcsr factual chronoloBr(al ePoch.li o.r"rr.l trt y.rr' l(r,',. rl,( I\r ulymprad, l9 yesr\ hrnre the ljraol Nrh.rrh\rr. rrrl 'l v .'r\ bel;re rhc Foun.lation ol l(on,c.
Althouh Nrl.,r,r'srr-(N(bunrsfl ) \vas a Aabylon;an lin8. yer 717 B.Cljcbrulrv 20 !v.,Lrc+liy midday dujian) qds New Ycar's l)ay " flsr'I hoth/ of LlrL /J/tJ..l:yt;aa calendar. lt is a \i8nificlnr fJcr thJt the
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TBr E$rlAlt')Ns ol' ttuj " Nrw " PLANETS
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this fact done may h.rvc had no lirrle bearing on rhc decirior to instalNabu in his ncw tcmplc !-zid durio; rhe limmu of llalaru, governorof Shiba-niba. In rhis rcspccr ir sh)uld bc noted rllat rradirioD is inelror in sivins thc exxhfiion ol rhr rtrrth oodc as (;edini 3' (I-illy'sAltrologJ p.7,,). As,l,ow(vcr. rIc (\rl. ri,'rs olrhc noJc. rrc not mcnLioni dbyplauLliu. llolcDry. or .,r. rl.ry Itrl..JcJ ir rl.e tgyl,dal zoJiJc5, irm st be lssunrrJ ll'ill rh(v rru ut nrorc r(r(fit o grn. ln Hinduastrology Rahu horLh Dodc); s0red ro bc cxahcd in laurus and Kclu(south node) in Scorpio.
'lhr I lr,r ll Nrsu(; Zor)i^rlAccording to Fothcringlir! it \!is |l.ort rus of fcncdos who intro-
duc€d the Babyionian zodi c ilrd (;rrr.r, hotr rhc middle of rhe 6rhceDtury B.C. ln tbar ruJr,,. rh ,Ur.,l |u[r {J. bclicveJ ,o be j!
In the 3rd cetrtury B.O. A. u\ ol s,'l \vrcr. his iinrous rnrotromicalpoem " Phaenomela," basil or! rlrr r(l( ;rl st,lrck ol liu(loxus ofCnidus(Circa 366 B.C.) which IL! rhr vu,',,1.t!,ir iI rirs l5'. tJockcr has,how€ver,
-d.monstrated rh.r rhir rt'll-,f Nr., r'r lor rhc gcographicallatitude of 32.5" which was cxrcrlr rl,ir 0l lr.,l'vlo,r lltocclirrungeir zurvorgriechischen AstroDonric, Vl l)n sl'l,r.r. /\rir:j). lu 1he secondtablct_ of the mul-APIN (" l,loulll' \'ir ") (xrrlt)[,r' trt,I rl,c lil)rary ofAssurbaDipal the vemat+oiDr is l!' t,l,n.,l rr rlk. strldcxt Nisan'15,giving its date as about ll.C. 900. (/\ :,rrly rn tlk. ,I .,, ol rhc hclilcrldsings ofthe fixed stars givcn in rh. lr rr r,,lnrr ,l.Lt. , !Lo,rrri ll.(;. l()50).
About B.C.33l Callisrhcncs, n jic,,.,rl ,,! rl,. r,,,,v,,t ]\l(\r,rlrr thcGreat, at the behest of his uncl. Ar irr(,rl( , :.,,r l,(tr,, rlr. ri/1c,, Il.l)yldra larSe colectioo of BabylJ'rirr r:.r 1.1. r,1.,\,,1 r., ,,,.1r.:, rl.,si r.lNaburia.Dnu, wbo placed tln.vtrrr.rl 1,.,rr r ',,
.\,n . I', ,.,,,., ii,.l,',,,,' $1,',placed it itr Aries 8'. ln thcir crrlr.rrrer:; ri' 'lrl\. Ih1irL',,,:LII n Il(rrrIytheir ow! the Greeks, bcirg urrrwNr rl,il rlk t(rlti(rr ,'l rh. vc rrlpoint was recedbg in rfic /o,li , fl rl, ., r,.\,,,,.,rr ,.,,. ,.t ,,,r' ,1,r1,,(io 72 years, concl,rded rl,rr rIr v.,,,.,1 t"{,,r \., r,...1 .'l ,.., , ry ,,. Ilr-8th degr€e ot the con,r(ll.u!,,r 4,,,,\,.,.,,,,,,!. lr,.,. r,,, r.rrJrr(JNaburiamu's valuc ofA.ics l0 rrl ,r',,,1.,1 rlr.! ^rlir. x.rodingly.This was thc HELLENIS I I(l 7( ll)lAr l ,)t ,lr.,l, rl riDics, &loprcd bybolh Greece and Romr. lt wls t|(: r(rliN ,,i AliIriliLrs, lrin,,ic(s, VctriLriVale[s and Manetho. i-lrc prsrtr,,rr, i'l rlx t,l.r,rr\ i,, rhc llgypro-Romatr zodiacin thc'l emflc ul ll.,rlr,r r, l,.,,!,.,1, , . I,,t rltr Neonren J
April U, A.D. l7-]rJ Yc.rr,,r 'l,r{,r.,. ..r'.1 ,.r. r r.n.h oJ rl.isH€Icnistic zodiac. Aldroug| rls. (;r((k\ l)(lirre(l rhar iL $as identical,witbthefixedzodiacofKidilnu((i(!.,,.r\) w.s in lircr r rropical zodircwith the veflul-point styled "Arics 8 " rtrd no1, as jn nodcrn rim€s,
Irrespefiive of pcriod or lirnc, l|e sin)ltc acldilion of 8" to all tropicallotrgitudes corverts rlc noderr .quirx'crirl into rhe Hcllenistic zodiac.
GR!E( IGNoRANCE oI rrrri tllr,Nl'lly or THI lrDUcrAL STAR
h wss not until ll.C. ll9 rha! I liffarclrus, on compari g dre disranceofthe auNmnal-poirt liorr Sp;cawi(h rltarr.cordcd by'l imocharis (B.C.293) end orhen, discovercd rhc pl|cnomcnon ol prccession. Ir was rhen:25
redu\ed rhat Lhe verDar-poi!' *" p.:i."yy;llTgr.,illll'* ll:'1
i.*ead of beiae in Arics 8' \?as som€wnerc I
consrellalio!. How Dear to Lnc besLnruots- nrpParchJ .' I ''f "''"1:.':i
h::r***r**;,il'x"'J:,i:"tii:;;"'J, li;''i;,:l'iiilll;illi,"J-e"uir",ii"". ."t tt'" troui'le ro enlighten tr'ern
t his redceoce wa" pardcul: dlv nodcedble ;n Ilr (x ( I I rlr' l ' vriI 'r"
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i, acronychly) during rrr(.:orr''. v"" ll'.;;l;,.,,.:,,,..' .\,...,. r,.,, ,,.,Ramesseurn ar Kurnah rburl bv Krrrn\ ' rr,r" -i__
.,, ,,, ,,,,, ,,,,,",,,.whole or lbe 16 drkrn' ur' .'"1'"1' .ll"l:..'." ,i:.,;,.,;. ,,,., ,,, r.,,, *.,..r.,rh'r there are 6 dekxr'\ r,r r I NIrlr or !r trrv
#:",1*;;i ro:r ltri''l "r \'l'\'' I "rr''n sr'r'r'' rr' "'r'r'J;i;'p;;J. r,,ri. Nr'r'r, r' rr ll".1"',',:li;,
;i;i i,1'1,. ;l;,',1.)lilof Nut. Ihc skv i;o'nl* :rr' rrnl rr r{ aI' I'n
:.'',.;'i.,,,",;..,, r r,,r L,'As 1he diurnd ar( trurrr '
Tsr MYsrrRl oF THE EGYPTTIN Dri(^Ns
'' nl''ll1 ' r""'l r"Jr'r'rlmust be a pcnra.i' lirr v',r " '1"i , . :.ll' ,;;,,, ,| , Ir,,,,',.,r.,.,,,r.,,1aDd asr.rooomi.3lly i,,'lc\'l lc slrr r''rr'I rr\,'
HrlpAnctr,s' MovlNc ZoDIA(r l(rlr ('rI r'
,"H:*l"ili:t",i:,'J.1".'itli,'.i:'^li': i:l;il.^",':,i :'l'ii' ]:i;;filii:*;.;-.t .:'"":",",.: .'"'.u:-1:.1 . []. ,:'' : ll I ::'1,:
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i"'iiJ"i ir. u.u"."': l : j.i..r' ;ri: l;j'i::i:,;, :,:l',,, "i .' l.',r ;l l.
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ii?ii J!"iJ!-l"' *,.nlv I(J rr rrrc" i'r' I'r rr'' 'rn " Iln tr''(rr'-
ili;l,;'b"*"Iolhelgrprr''r'sxr r'"'' "' 1 "' \'r'"'r\i"rl.l ','.""*irv au.a bt Ai'vLrolori'r' (L' r"i'r'r'ir'i#i. i"ai".''",i'"r eabllodia" u'i'r"''rur r"''r'r" ''u 'r'rr:r&an the 8Lh ceDturY D C'- ii.-,t" nuo"o.uri orig' rted in rlrL \rl' ((r'r"'v rlrI rr'' rr r"nr
t" pr."t.ii,tl" rhe zodir'c $as cverr rlLr' 'r' I "r
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()nuD'cll (.0 A.l).) says " Winrer, which begnis abour 8 days betbrelrL liduNry !) rhc ciEhrh dcsrce otcapricorD . . . and I am noi dcceivedl)y llit)ttrel,us'.rguurcnt which reaches lhat dre solsrices and equiroxcsl,xt)rn, ,!, in rhc cjghd bur in the firsr degrees of tbe sigDs. In rhjs,urr,e:ni.ircc t li)llow the Fastus oflludoxus aDd Meron:rnd rhc NncicDr[r',1*,',r('s, \vl)ich lirs rhe public lcsrivals " (Colunre]la IX t,1J t2).
Atltiilrs llrius (3rd cetrtury A.D.) srares | "Some piNce rhe rropics nrrln lntlilrlilg, orhffs abour the eighrh degree, o$ers abour rhe rivclfrhx,rl orl,crs Nbour rhe fifreenth " (Isas. 23).
(ilsorinus (A.D. 218) inlorms us " Thc sun crear.s rhe winLer solsriccwl,c,r l,xsi,rg through $c 8rh deglee of Capricorn . . . and nr rhe 8rh,1.,1n. ,'r-Ane. i\ i! L're vcrnJl equrnor ' ,Dr Drj \-.; X\\/.
1;\",. rl,c p\eLJo-Manerno, born acro-dirE ro rl.c dcr3ir ot hr\ oInlx,,osco|c at 11.30 p.D. May 28, A.D. 80 and iiho dcdicared his asrrologicull)ocn "Aporclcsmatica " to his friend and countryman Claudjus Protemywhon hc styles " King Prolemy," shows, by the lbllowine slaremenr.r,.tl lh roo rejecred $e modero zoJirc) i1\c' red l.y rtrfiJrihu. aoJwlich puls the summer solsrice permanently in Carcer 0.0', " The.,,.lJ \vhjrh tun, rhe 5easoo ol ficrv summer n ,t(s.1iLcd ir r.,e .ky bylh -lr 'eeirg \un jn rt: cou\e lpon rhe 8rh 4."... ot C'ni"r''(ANrelesmatica ll 77-821.
TEE TRoprcAr- (MovrNc) ZoDrlc oF CLAUDTUS PToLEMYIL; not kno$D whpD CIauJiu. lrol:my wr. born or ql,en hc diedJ
Lur a.cording ro hi' A-rnrse,l Lc nude oo'ervJuon. ur rhr sr"r, L.rseenAD. 127ard l)l w(enrheloDtsjrud"ot |ryIl.\Al r''INI I\'fHlIIYTSOMAIIC ZODIAC W.l\ /^ ,1/i.//.\ I ll "rnl " -t rc F..rivclq lre unabl) ir was 5ome rimu d rri,,B rr'i I, ,,J rt,rr Lr lr;rndrh( Tctrabibloc. rbe SOLE aurho' y Io- I c uot,:.Jl r,.\r,,; "Ji,.rrdr15rocommon use Lo.day. Ir n.lear, rherefore. r.rrr Jrri,,Btr\tr(tnnc the Side'erl rHypsom3ric' and rhe I
'opirbl /"dr1. . \\i,( ro ,r
inr.nrs dtrd purpo.e. jdeoljcal. rThey errcrli .oin.idcd j.r A.D. zr,.CurNcquedrly wheD he relh his pu)ils jn rl'e l..rcoiL.o rhJr rtpzolir.sl,ould colmeDc wirh rhE
_\ cnlal roinr r'(ucbrbtu. lt. tJ, Li5
r(r')lonruoD \{ds quiLe apposrLe rc hrs own rntr,
lTorEMY TAUotrr rHa FrxlD ZoDtAcMrny passagcs can be cired from rhe Tetrabiblos ro prove lhar t)loiemy
r. .,dhr unly in rerm, of fie sidereal ,r;edr ?odirc. I or exJn.ple hL ,rrrcs
'hI - . . rl.o'e domiDaDr re8ioo. rhai are in rlr lorm, or \inscd
., .1,, \ \L.h a\ V.rgo. saCirrar;u\. Cy{,NUJ.,-Jtl /l,J.3nd rhc lhc"n,J'.c:rn rfr(L oD $ingrd .realure.. Tho.c tc ainint ro rhe 5eas'rcl! rs C!!ccr, Capricorn and fie DOLP.Y_aN innuence cleatures of the{ rnd rlt saiiitrs of fleets (iden II, 7). Asain : .,To speak howevernue pfriculnrly, all conste ations ol human form, borli rhose withi!rtt 1 tk).\t, IVITHOUT the zodia. acr in lavour of sivhs a handsomesl, t" r,, r11 boJy .idem lll, to,. Referring ro d unvirl he "r1,: - IIrl.r rri,,r\ii,l r\|c' r, rhosc art"cring Vcnus, Srrurr anrr M.rr"7:.choce, r.' I c ri{,'t'o cl ol sigr, oI rhe
" rme scrdc- bur are rn ,Jmininc
th.. 'rluiJrr r '-'hu. rhey;rodu,e dcpruvca indiyrJ.al,. 'erd)
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;ii-;dii-:'irlri*: "-ll,'l,l:il ;lll :l'i ;:' I lli?,*'&::i":,:rt'l#ilf ilii"# ri'iili'ri" ;l i;r;i:,',x,, ii llli illillH'*ff$t*lrt*x*;xi:"r't"*,rif iitiiililiil:l'"",? fl:;',ll,lfl:.":"'uff;i";'"+.lri,, it*,:;;;:lr:,l:'l-,';l l'ilT'";i'L'i*-#;&fi;; ilJ;;;";kl' *iri bc lburd ro r)c (rxtr
18.1 ' (rropical:Carccr 2r.8") prcvnrg thar as hrc !s thc 51h ccntury A.D.rl)c lcllow-countrymen and successors of Claudius t\oielny still usedlhc hyfson tic zodiac.
'llrc " Codcx I'nrisinus 2419" (fol. 132 v.) includes all astrologicalliSLrrc ibr thc clcction ofTheodore ofAlexand.ia ro rhc trclccL!'rc. "Ihccllrt is .DDputed for March 17, 486 A.D. 8 a.n., lnd a chcck of thcloDgirudcs of dre planets against modern rables shows rhat thc rleansnlc rcnl longirude of the vernai-point was inlisces 2?", the l.ue hypsomaticlon,titude being ?isces 26.2'.
'lhc "Codex Florentinus" (107 8) similrrly gives a ligure lbr thccoroution of the usurper Leonrios at Anrioch which is casr lbr 5 a.m.July 19, 484 A.D. which also shows the nean sidereal longirude of rhevcrnal-poin! as in Pisces 27, rhe true :ongitude being l'isces 26.3'.
Had any of rhese chats been alcuhted according Io lhe zodiac &atis h €ommon use to day, the loDsituie of the vernal pojnt
';r a// cdirr
nrcspeccive of the epoch, should be Aries 0"00'. As rhis was not thecr\e we murt mnclude thar rhe psving zodi: wr' nor in .onrmon urein the Near East dwing thc fiist 500 years of lhc Christian Em.
THr G!-E,1T BIUNDER o[ urri MIDDLT Actrs
Ptolemy's " Great Construction " and " Four Books " were translatediDto tuabic and wirh the Moorish invasion wcre initoduced into westernIurope duing the Dark Ages. ]'his was probxbly wcstern huropehfi6t iDtroduction to classical aslrology. Fron thc Arrbic tlc books werer€Ddered into Latin by the doctors of ihc church. Not knowing th{tthey were oiginaly wriaen at a time whcn thc vcrnul lroin ! h r(l .cgr6sedto the beginning ofAries these learned fathers,likc I'rorlus, rook Ptolerny'scategodcal star€ment that tle zodiac commenccd wnh thc equnroclirrlpoint at its face value, and thus was idtialed the grcatcst bltrndcr lhir!has ever been made i-o rhe histoly of astrology.
THE PRIMIER CONSTELLATION
Bccausc the new-moon of Nisan, \vhich commcnccd the Ncw Year,was seetr among the stars of Alies liom B.C. 2000 to carly Christisntimcs, this constellation was assumed to be the hrsr ofthc twelve. Butrhis was not always the case. For some 2000 yea.s priot. to this, IheNcomcnia appeared among the stars ol l aurus when it was consideredas the premier constellation. It was during dis Taurcan cra tlur lheKrli-Yuga commenced. Then the nakshatra (Hnrdu lumr mansion)Kritika, havins the Pleiades (Taurus 5') as irs yogatrra (.hief sur) wasrhc first of the 28 lunar asterisms. But when the Neonc a fell in thebcsnrning of Aries the nakshatra Asviri, widl Sharaun (Aries 9') as ilsv"rrrrm. became the leader.-
:.rc( tl,c be8imiflg ofrhc ul.i'riarr era Ihe Neom.nir. or r.eu moonol lilstcr (crescenr), has been falling in $e constelhtion I'isces, and willonriurc to do so for anothcr 500 years. Flencc Pisces is norv the leadiDg.onecllrtidr. Aboui A.D. 2369 the spring point 1viU recede inlo thecn(l ol Aquarius when the Aquarian age qi]l commencc
r\ snDihr siruation existed itr regard to lgyptian astronomy Thendrivc ycir, bcing one of 365 days, witnour any provisioD 1br the iDter-crlutioi oll a lcap day, could not k€ep in step with eithcr fte sidcreal
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apdy \ymbolsed bv Lbe Florned-Gorr on rhe nrounrdin_toD. ft w,,rrurrng rhrs.month rhar tbe Nile begao ro swe agcin rvirh water andnnr, rk o\c
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Itr rhe zodia6 of Esneb and Dc',Llcrri, rrt [,rt,.,r ,,1 rr,.t,r,,tr,,rr,*rHerer of Th€bes, A-quaritls rhe ,.wrcFilr ,(r " ,, ,, 1,,. .,,, .i r,f ii,,.,ue youtffui god of rhe river Nitc, who r" scrr 1,,r.rri:,i ".,,,, r,,,,, r,,,rwo urns. oD. ro |.hc ruo lards oi Lg)t,r. itr, ..",. ,,r,,,,", ,,,,"acronychauy durug rhe monrh ofJulv \vh(D rJrc w. .A,,r rtrr Nih. lrrJsolar rlseo as to oyerflow rh€ir b3DIs and flood dre t",,,r. tt.,",,,.,i;,,.risine of Aquarius, rhererore, proclajmed ,r* r,*i"i,". "i ,r,J ,,,:,liirg)?uao jnundarion, and becau.e ofrhis fact ir *,. i,t",,,,i..,t ,,,r, 1r.,,,aEd called Aquarius. Mosr moJcm rsrrotogcrj ctr,s Aourrjus L ur riivsrgn to hr in $ilh r})e schemad:m of l]le ri;pliciue", orir Inc asrruh,lrcrjoltarller trmes always grouped it as a ,.rivcr,. or warcry sign. t:t,usUlouous .frolemy_s3ys :-.. ln rhe con\relarions perraining ro iir,n suchas Aqusrius snd P;Lcs tley concern rhe .re]turi, ot rivci. rnd ,nrt"c*a:d* Argo h€y^etTecr born rlassc\ a.ke ,' tterrabrbto, tt, lt -ti"LUcr- oeKans ol Aquarrus rlerc rho\e ot Themar lhe .,rivcr ,. (Dekans7 and tl ot thalioDlispiece) which talied sirh ttle slars of l.tuv;us Ad,;.ii- r\rver ot Aquariur." -July equarcd wifi rhe rirsr monrtr t.l horh; o'fttre::F: y;.*r^l:"9.s rekh, rhe plummeL', as irs i.tcosr n. on JulyoLn, lr.c. lU00 (Creeorian) Sirius. rhe ,.Arnw_star'. ror treUacrtty aiMemphis.
, Tbe Greels.also associared Aquarius wirh rhe r;sing of rhe Nije. Intber zodjac rffs consrell.lion i: rcpre(cnted Sy L,-j..a,, rt. "rorrDeaut{ut boy boro olmonal parcnrs /t:omil. Ctimcnrl,D; fr:ro,th.
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: Seret (Aries), the " Shecp "---dekan No. 2l-rose acroryctally duringthe month of Seprember (Sun h Libra). This $as the monrh of theaut rnnal equinox when the inundatioD was at its highest. lt lvas thentlat the ewes were scpa!.tcd from drc rams. In the dekanlisrs and inthe circdar zodiac ofDc,rddrh thc Sheep is shown in a posirion ofrepose,od facing back-Io-liont in thc ordcr of dle corstellations with his tail
' SEed-ser;t (dekan No. 20) lbrc'nost and his head rearmost. Irs posirion. ofrepose was possibly duc 10 thc lilcr .lur it was kept in irs pen, as the
Itrundaootr lras then nt iLs 'jrcNtcst.
llcncrth Aries swims the iea-monsterwhich the Grecks idenrilicd w h (:cLus llrc lvhalcj bur it is probablyinrended to be a lrippopotlrotr's, wlrich wNs common in lgypr. 'fhe
,. sothic regent of this monrl) (Arhyr) r\'rs I hrl()r, the cowieadcd goddess.- Hathor lite"jrly. mans " llousc ul.ll(trls 0r)c SuO." or " the visibler heavens." Itr the Creat tc'rl)lc ol llNr|or rr l)cndcr,rh lhc massive head
of rhis goddess marks tbc |lirec ol rlrc As.cD(lxnt or e.stcdr hodzon.: The folowing penrades conrprisc rlrc (orsrclhrion Arics :-
No. l9 KeDmu,, 20 Smed seret,, 2l Seret,, 22 Sauy seret,, 23 Kher klepesh scrct,, 24 Tepy-a AHru
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lruit is sufixed to it. In his didi('llrrry lJlr|s(lr rrrshr.s srrcll kintlrcclwords as krrm fKenem) Jnd k'!iiIr rli.,r,,, r., ., ,lr Ir/ ,! v,,r y .l.soitappearscedainrhar Kc',m'rl..r ,",'.,1'r i,,, rI, ,.'ri{, ,\-., r,r'rrjto a Coptic caletrdar, the Dgyfl;rn [,11tr. lrrrv(sr (,c.,irs !b,)r1 1le hst
, fortDight of Jdy (Gregorian) nr(l {r rhrs lcoirr (lrrinlt thc 5Lh rnd 4rh.ini enir 3.C. the Moon beca'Ic lirll ir rh.s. I)c"rrd.s which nrcidcolallyigives us a valuable clue to thcir nrrrirtuiry.
Wher Sidus-the " star ol-liry|r'r rsr, t,.nt&le No. 20 J/d rr.t(Smed seret, the " tajl olrhc rhccl) ") worl(l cross thc southern meridian
dividing " the eastern qurdlrnr liorr rhc \\csrclr, I lacr which enabledthe lgyptians to dmc tlrc risinlt ,,1 :;iri,rs c.umtcly. 'Ihc sufiixed " t "in sr.t (Seret) indicates the lcn,i n( ltcn(i$, hcncc Aries was originally aindicates the lcn,i nr ltcn(lo, hcncc Aries was originally a"ewe" and rct a "ranl." 'lhc riunrcriNns cxllcd this consteltatiotr,'rt. Sa and the Babylonians .r(dr, In)rh wotuls nrcanins a " hired labourer"alancdon " BabvloniaD Menokn'nrs " r.ll. r t-,ct dut milirates asainsrmilirates against(lansdon." BabyloniaD Menok)fi;cs " t,.r), r tacrthe view that the zodiac orisnnLc(l n) lirbyldr. I'iiny (Il,3l) suggesrsthat it was Cleosratus of'lc.clk)s who nrroduced bolh Aries andSagittarius into the Greck zodirc rt thc cnd of Lhe 6th cenlury B.C. Inthe cicular zodiac ofDen.lertrh rhc " Shccp " is shown with ar unusuailylong clffing tail which aurcrrs ro prss rluough the lued sta$ Eta, ?i,Omicron and A-lpha l'isciunr. In r]rc dcmotic rcxts Alies is rcpresenredby the determinative for a " h c " /rr (deher) which also exhibirs a lonscurving tail. The Grecks idcntilied Aries with the Golden Fleece whichy,,as suspended in thc srove of Ares (Mafi) in Colchis and guarded dayad Dight by a dragon (Cetus) until it s€s captured by JasoD.
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lowest elevation. From thc dare of the summcr solstice .he sun hadbeen d€clioiog (dying), but on mid-wintcr's day it comncnced to increaseits decliMtion agaiD. Tbrs turning-poinr was hiiled as rhe resurrectionor re-bilth of rhe su. In thc ligyprian zodiacs tlie constellatioD isreFesent€d by the Scarabacus (Scn.abnctrs saccr),rvhich lays its esgs ina bau of dung which it conpacts by pushilg thc pclter uplilL on thesitrdy slopes itr the hot sunshinc wnh ns hind legs, and alowing it torcll back again. The beetle bccanrc thc symbol of IQeper, thc god ofcreation, re-birth, resurrection aD(l translormrtion, rnd ftc b!11 of dungbecamc tlle symbol of $e sun. llcncc rhc rcroDychal rising of Cancernot or yprenguled the lowest clcvrtion ol lhc sun, but also jts resurreclionard re-birtl Ir Eg}?rian, llrbyh'irn nd ALirhraic religioDs the dateof the winter sohdce was ccl.hrirlcd Nr LIc " llirlLr ol the Suo."Characterisricaly enough this was tl'. sos,r ol-rhc "Solvnrg ofsceds" ; itwas during this time that thc licl.ls oi l'glt)t wcrc mrnured. In theBabylonian heavens C.ncer was rcpruscrrc(l hy xl.iu, or shittuj the" crab," orc of the lowest placcd ot aninrtll lilc rs i( liv.s buried in thessnd. The const€llatioD Cancer contniDs tlrc rcr)rrkrble star-clusterPra€sepe (Calcer l3') the "cib" o. "Drirl:er" .n(l rhc lwo Asellior "asses" (Cancer 14" ard lt') wlrich ilso rosc x.roDychxlly duringtbis Cbristm.s month, r€caling thc crib an(l asscs nr r I'e str l)lc iD ucthlchem.Praesepe was also krown ns the " bee|ivc," Nrrl i[ llgyl)t rlris monthwas Doted for thc swarming of bees. lt wrs rho rhc ldrlrjng scuson.Dec€mber co8esponded to thc 6th sorhic Rnrrh (Al(klir) rnd its rcgcrt
. was R€kh-V€r the " Grcatl.irc "ehlracrcristi( olrrirl winlcr. lDltonanasrmlogy Vesta, the goddcss of rl'u lrhn'c wrs rlteor ol rhis nonth,which accordiDg to Manilius wrs rl)c pcr d whrl nriucrs and thosc whovork with firc wcre born-
Th. constellation Leo thc " LioD " rosc alicr sur)scr duritrg rhc nnnrhof January (Sun in Aquarius). Why thc Isyptians callcd rhis constclation Leo is not known, but ,t is one of thc oldcst ol lhe Dgyptiancolstellations. January was the 7rh sothic lnondr (f'hameloth) and nsr€gert was Rekh Nedjcs, the " Lirde Fire."
In the Graeco-Romao atlases the stars which compose the conspicuoust Sickle ol L€o " are €mbrac€d itr that corstcllation and thus extendingi! some seven degrees in excess ofits normal drirty. But in rh€ Egyptiantodiac they w€te known as the " Bow Stars " and were irduded i! tleconstelation Cancer. Borh the " Bow " and the "Arro\v " (Siriut rosesinultarcously in Egypt duriDg rhe dynastic period. Thc Borv starswere persodified by tle godd€ss Satis, who is represenred holdiog a bowsnd arrow. ltrtieEsqeh zodiac she walks belbre the Lion holding, in herright hand, a teed tichle-wite above her head whilc cauying he! bowand arrow iD the orher hand. In the circular zodiac of Lenderah sheis secn shooting an arrow, beneatir dre Lion. Incidentaliy the famousshower of shootjlg stars, observed about November 15 (Gr€gorian) andknown as the Leonids, div€rge fron a radiant point v,ithin rhe Sickle.Its approximate position is Leo 2'17'Iar. N 9'5t' and astrologically itis hclcl to sigoify greatness.
IDmcdiately u erDcerh the " Boiv " are dre " Stals of the .waters-"
'lhcsc include the bdliant star of the 6rst magdtude Canopus (pilo! ofrlrc Arso, which caffied the hcrocs to Colchis in search of tlte Golden
rsrensms arc rn 'nLr lLutlv! - - I ,r. Nuvdnber (sutr in
Gemitri, dre s twiN'rr. "sc " ' ' ' ' . . :llll il . , " ,,.,,,,c.r bccausc or ,.;:fiiHili} i'i:,'s:ll:l"llli',lii, Jl"'ii"ii,'iiil*lil,lF+.,".;
35
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Flecce\ Dersonifcd by satrs c5rDPuw 'uY!'lb"-; rh nn.'inn was in I LiDes fie EslDLim ideograo for a monrh wr< a crejLent moon.i.*".!'c*"p* rose heliac']lv tl. Ecvpj-]'i'i
-i', i^"r'it11. ii"' i""r.a I rn" ."..,1i,! *ing or-sco, pio, du, in' April tsun in "l auru, u,r,ered jn
|*JTL*I"-H fl"f#'T 13 .mrF*fi:i ;,r'i;Jii-\lnr lll,li;l r.;":rff ,H.T".'' 'l',tfi;f.' 31i,i.,*iift"it':i5,;:'l tl;
''i,'*;bebind Saris, aod b]lrg{B y +1,,::}-:jll,i'frrritu wt,iil, li'crally I lenLral hot sand storms fro$ rhe Saharl l,ordcs ol scorpion\ ro inresl
yg;rg,l'.i'iJ,""lr,'!.',infli.ld.{#r{i,:nlnm*l:,1i :}iJ.'l;.llf ;:;.*tlit"fifiT:l;H}":".'.i#;'5il;i.;:",ir""ff,".il.'J?#,",i'fiTi'i$'";:.!i:iiF-{ii*llill",YJ:J:'ii}l iii5"tff,1,f ff:,',""Tt:t",','J'lji::,'iiii:ii,,lHlJ;liiii'il;."',1
l':strifl.rff*l#3*i'p.i',H#;t*it$1;5,i',"':,iT1 fre,+i!;:*:ft'H:}]',i.,i')il,rli.lli"'1ir;ilr"iliii*iHjl,r,tf:?Y"":'i'i;i"J:,':_-*in."slji*[litut;l'"*:.ff l '\tlff,T:"'#Hi,"*fli; Khm.in.,,. \ c,,orc-ea;v rodabe,
fiTi*tr"1?.9".',ff",T",,tJ';'"*l*j':i,:tfl;'lltil't*?lJlsft*'"iff*il,i,ll#kff:i'Ji{;'iiJ:l'tt:::','"1'i;:ri;ii:or-BabyloDia at the fls'rc.ol :'"lii, -:.. i :iJ'i,i;iriic' s rs rl'. l Es]prisn armv prcpdred to ser our on rbrci;rr cxl c liriorr' -l-lJ' vas.'tff
i"#:$1f.,.",ififr ,\yr.:l,;
tii: :i
^,il.i;;r , t m;*,*l H:":l*,':H:ffi* lFit.i*ilT,1:jr jJ,t[l;,i ",i:;,.,:;,tl $iThe harvesr constellatiorr vrrgo),ruL ,.rr"'!r""r,.r ,i,. ,*",tr "*l harem or " aparrment of the f€malc slrrc,'as rcgcrrt. Jlcr. agrnr the
::j-.,:.T'f;H. fiffiill'l1lf'i,,,,'iii. iiii:,,l.i"ii i,i."L ,r'" '""1 ff::T;i'jr'ffi,'illi.Hiiff%,."*.i*, ," '",,i, ,,.rioD wilh ,r/un'
"imrn,'rsdca) the harvest I'csnr), 'llll ,L'1"..i 1i,. i",,,.,i. r<cnurer.l An examiDadon oI any oflbe popular (iri(.o-l(or,.,,, t.rr rtl.rcs willii **,' tsp;*) s" h,."":l :liFlil..,.-',llll,,lli,,i'li
" i"i, ".iiln",urer.l . An examination oI any or lbe popurar ( iri(. o-r(or,.,,, ,.,r ,r.'c\ wir
str"",H)#fi",i:.:;t!T:lfiilli:i'il;:;;r;,;;iii,",,*";**lllt"n*::$1xH,"1[l?j'::ix:;,;i,tiilfiti:,,i:j] )lllllti)L,i;:ilt:':.$"*rmxJifi'1;';'i:';;;r*lti:'r'il.ll;rll;lt1;,";*t.{;[;r'[]*rrir';i:',*T":i"fJ:'#':'.'"JJili,fi!,.l::il:itli:i**;
f.#,:m*H,it+i:*li,ri'*il:i:.llill':l'l"l'l:l:iil',"ri.'l"Hhyl."*iir,*x:r:'*'*t"'rj.:;ur,:i:*lll*l.r;l;::#,t*lt:xl":;:*"Lr*riill*,,J;, *irirlr;ii.-ru;;1lil{r *=-i,i'5,irff!ffi:$j;!llr'"1".Till,i:tij,ili;*:Gi*," ,i. a-p.t*,
''t'e l.irvouflrc or ll[(['r' . .iirl],1'1,,,,ii*i tii""*lqr $e Esypria' inundadon, when r he N,le oi c, flowed ir\ bJ,,! r run,ins
tl*."**"*,**i*it.'"llit,ii,llii"itii'i:i,iir*ii,r",i;i;";;,'."{ffilTfl"T*"i[."*IT""#*:';:;:iilT,lfi:1#;lIj'JH'J;are but ideogranrs differiDg but litde from those rhat conrpose Egyptian
:lf:l'*;-",*"*ff:,:".;i"","f1;:,':;t':'i::lll;l;ll ;::l:i;:.t,c;1b'li5'f##iTii;,i:.ti.HiTT,l:X{'Xii:li',;:'::lJ,;i;:;,'l:iiT'riiiii".r.. r""a-*i,"t,'-"1,::fl (i','"illJ;il,il:lil'i,,:'iiiiri illl;511iufi3i;;,*'i.,1,'.1"1:#"il:."31 \i:1:i:1:"l.'.Y'*,T:I:'*futm};y,v"k:ti-i,::i}|i.1i1iil*t'tr,"J",ffi*F,:!1-T.1lTHi&Fii'"i"1'i#i1:'ili""'f;i!!i1i!i'?!4tfifiered the aDnual tralsformation of h€r counrryside inro an immellsc
ol 'l( LrlYr i rl.!L^r):;r"1are duritrs rhe four suruner months when thes6 consreilarions rose at
;hgffSk "T*'i,:i,',T;Jifii;i?.'p'ii""'"'t
t'v 't ',vi+i"
wt'tffiiii.-' -" '"';.,r chird. ln " Tinrs Andro crs (^"
i',i,"1:l:,",.r i.,y i,, vi,g"{ EcyprrAN Duilr5,ui.-"t. "r an arrow being sbot up to hlavcn L
i*i) +#"T,i;;i idcirude if t"na Ncric ir i rl1" lr'on' x"u 'Ll 'lwin expressio! or duaiism is characrerLtic ol Lsvprim a'rr'noorv
trL:"...^"1--^...-
k*"m#'-*':*r*',",:"4'ii'*{::'j.}:,,,-:-$Clrlrlir$r&fffY-$',-:lir##;lfTti".l*ruf.l"*X""f*?\ffi:i",li"J''*'l:i:'.:"::lll:tli'll,,l:lXii,li:i'$i:;1;;;ii;;'.i;iiilH"#;;t.-*r;;;.';";;'";iliL"''"iiii".N*,r'$e#$r-:!:t'"1J'I'Ili:li-.*:",islf-,:nlflltllll;.'*llll,:,,,i,1r;ir+l;";"ar*",:'""xtl;*.'*'i;,'mrr.i-il'r*..'.rf in:
l|:f;:i"JriffTf"ffi',"'"#i*i':"'S:n"::*,*ll'li,l,"i:'1":*Ll']$rlrll.;l'dXii;J,ili";i1lf"u'^"n'"everLi.'s d5'lnec''ro'IMr'Masp''':
H:i:::;'.f,s$'lh-':'t"d; il-tii!'una sooi" *oott' *u' a"t"'
-4s9:q:".I1"'"1$:d,".l,lf r"-.rf '"t1i"{':il'iiid;}-io ""i.ii ""
g"P"Y.' tl"-t"olJil fi-. il"
-i'i'"-t""t" "lrsrnt'
*i":;.""[n "m:';*ii;1,,X'"p.lii"1XLii"ir."-* ii,;' t,t bc rcrd ir .hc
siagular.
Midheav€n
Su!
Mercury
. MarsJupiterSa!urnUlanusNeptun€Pluto
LeoLibraSagittariusScorpioSagittariusScoryioSagittariusLeoScorpioScorpjoGemiDiGemid
GeminiTaurus
Pisc€s
Cancq 13" 30'Libra 3' 47'Scorpio 28' 3l'Scorpio l" 27'Scorpio 24' 52'Libra 12' 23'Scorpio 7" 59'(iancer 15" 13'l.ib.a 2l' 23'l.ibra 28' 15''I rurus 23' 07''l r,r',s 18' 05'
l-ibr.Scorp;oSagnrarnrsCrpricorn
6" 53'27' 10'2t" 55'24" 50',t8" l5'5" 4(lt' 22'8" 36'
14' 3(i22' olJ',
16" 30'11" 2'l'
LUNAR AsrRol oGY
}frtrj jlj-;$+'T'fr n$*'i:ffi
+l'5,iis-$#iil'ruil[iliii,l*iiilii'i:ii
n$dmr*prffii*ffi#-mu**itiil'Uii[*,:',iffi
Accordirg to thc astrological tcach;Igs currcni nr llcllcnistic lgyptrhose born in exalt€d statioos of liL, or who rtr!;,r su.lr iD lxtcr years,wiU have most of rlle planets ar birth iD thc TorlirLrl sisns of their€xaltations or dignides. The djgniries oI r|c tln,r.rs, ir.lu(lirli rhose ofthe sun aDd.Mooo, are giveo as folows (lclrNbil)los I, l/):-
LeoSun
M€r€ury
Ma$JupirerSaium
i**ii *"i "ie",i ri. bi,!t. ., i'i1.;llilllill"i, rii:,,,if {,:,1. "i',r'
was
the enbleo of .Leo b::i:Y::'-:.. ';i ii;,: i.',',opposite to those of ther digDities they were decmed to bc "debiliared."Thus in tlc tmpical versioo of the Ki.g's geniture Venus rvas in tbesign of ils debiliry ald the Moon iD that of ils fall; no planct beingdjgnfi€d or exalted. But the effect ofr€ducirg this chrrt to the siderealmdiac puts Venus and litars iDto the signs of rheir .lignity aDd lupiter
*i*,oi't1.:' ;";.";';;atiff '.ill:,lii:ll;,,,, ",:''rtu.d,"lj*,i
n:*+'r-'55=il,t+1iiru*iii:;iii1,,i:,,'i$,"'''"t
fm'*." f"q;EpimiiiLi ltillrl,;l' ;irl', l;:;;llli",.Ti"'i
f*+ellgfl'Sdh:5:*.:'**illiil'i*'irii;ri3i F"l?,.T 1 ":;'m;;;;"-zodiacar svmboris'r':
Planets siruared in the signs diametricaliy opposire to rhose c,l rhcirexrliatioDs were said to be in tlcir " fal," aDd if situatcd jr drc sigDs
Sarurn into the era6r degrees of their exaltation. k is interesdngoote that the odds against Saturr aDd Jupirer occupying tl)cse dcgrecsover 100,000 to l.
t;N'.,g*E*"ry**ffi
FAcrs 1I{AT Arli NEw AND TRUiThe discovery ofthe hypsomatic year creates not only a most valurblc
nnmical epoch io antiquiry, but teachcs Ds many dings and corrc.611 few effors. ' Inter alia' we learn :-
(,)
(r)
:
'fhat the original zodiac of antiquity rvas the sidereol zodiac (6xedzodiac of thc constcllationt.That despite our rnodcrn Gracco-Romm star atlases, eachzodiacalconstellation was prccisely 30' in extent. This h also provcdl_rom the Neo-Babylonian and Egyptiatr Plaretary rexts.'fhat the constellations, as early as the 8dr century 8.C., bore theBrmc nrDe-meanings as rhey do to-day.
39follows:- 38
k)
(d)
(,)
,tlTh the bouDdari€s ancl olher Posirions in fic zodiac were
i5":.;*J riiii'G'pr"i'a"' i" rui'*' r", Ardebaran h rauusific]i;ff; ;; s;;i;pica h virgo 2e' a"a A'tares itr scolpio
'liiit oo.itioo" were siv:n, as earlv as thc atr, cenffv B C '
in
''"-.'^i+. .a;"ti.- thia has bee! denied by msDv astrooomers
ll*.'*q*:,n:::".1T"U"f,1 nT$#,fi ,ilj:[ii:,':fi i:ii:i t.*':"""ild* J;r-;;i;or thc pla"is hav.ercrence orlv
;t":ii..A;di," a'i'd tose att vrti'titv wlcn.a 'eliedr-,'s.li:i-.."-L" .rii"., ,. .n. t'opical zodiac. lD rc,lIFomauc1earrB.C. ?86) Ih€ difi€reDce berween pusruons Ln mcsc rwo zuuqlJ
inounted to 13.8" (a]'aoamsha).
tH;ii;;;:'-*ii;,i" in S'ogittrrius a , Neptune is Aquanus
#:ii'ff; t-i;i-8; and call'ut Dr'rconis (moon's ascendios
FiFn*t****-***+:'j"*rll:-"l.,y,i j'",'ff
i!itJ',1'"-enry;* " Ncw Y(!r'! ri:rv or thc Ancients " aDd ir
ffi"f"ri,i.iu'ik*t R..nurkublu for tlc cnrrv of Nabu' the sod
;'ilSiH";ii.ii'.il,.-1'r".'li.'r ri-ar" n rarakh jn Assvria
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(r)
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AP?ENDIX
Tr$ B,rrvloNIAN C^LINDAR roR 786-5 B.C.
I Nisaeu O,rn.d l3t d.yll Airu (AyaD r$ d.y
UI sill8u (Sivs) r3t d.ylV Du'uu (Trlmu) lst day Jurv
4
4
2
z
v Abu (Ab) 1* dsy
VI Irlulu (Elul) lst d.Y
VII Tesb'itu (Tcslrit) rsr dsy
VlIl Aralh$tma (Atshsamn) Isr duy
July 3t 2t22
2t2lt
IX Kislimo (Kislco r3t dlyX Tcbitu Ctcbit) r.t d.y
XI Slubatu (Shebao llt d.yXU Addm (A.br) rst dry
Thc ebov. d!t6 @ rho.. of th. lst dry of the lua. mond lhc @3e!t ofrhc lcw-Doon b.i!g lrst visible siicr thc p.cc.dlog suBct.
TnE Juu,N DarFJ oF rHE EeulNorls AND SorsrrcE 786 B.c.
Vemal EquiDor Mar€h
Sumlder solstice JulyAutumn Equinox Octobe!wirtersolstic! DcccBbcr
II.M.29rh 1.41 p,m.
lst 6.14 p.m,
lst 1.55 p.m.29rh 0.58 e-m.
Llr{T Bebylor
12
TEE EcyprraN SorErc (Fircd) AND N^rrvE (Wudcring) CATENDATSroR B.C. 786-5
^$|.ff MoNrx s soN
oulim D .) (luliaa DarO
IIrl 2III 3
'!ly i8 March
Aususr 1? AprilS.prcnrbcr lo lUlyOcrobcr 16 Juoe
8
776
vlll
654
214
332I
I21
4
8l52l28
4
'ribi Novcnn,cr 15 JuryMckhi! Dcc.nbcr 15 AusustPhim.loth Janu.ry 14 scpr.ob€rP@outhi Fcbru!.y l3 Oclobcr
IXX
xtx
, , Epiphi M.v
J"lvJulv
t21314t5l6
2?4
'l'hc sbovc dtrtc8 flrc Jrliln j ro obr.id ihc cquivBlcnt datcs in rh. cresorirn(modcrn) cd..drr !!br.!ct 8 days.
JuLr,4N DIr s r'oR lru IITLTACAL RrslNGs oF Tll! r'ARRow S1AR " (Srntus)
li.c. 401)0ll.c. 30(x)Il.c.2(x)0B.C. 1000A.D. I
MEMPIIIS
July 16,, 16
,t7,17,, 18
July 18
,, |8,, l8,, t9
JuLrlN DATES FoR firr IIrLr^c^L RrsrNcs oF THE " PEG SI.AR " (S!rcA)
B.C-B.C.
B.C.A.D-
}{I]MPIIIS4000 ScptcmbcI 93000 ,, 152000 ,, 221000 ,, 28
I October 5
43
BABYLON
September
Ocrobe!
9a4Ia
-\5 -22 -6e -t6 -r7
Ttlr IITLIAo{I- SCT NG! AND RrsrNus or rHr h^Nlrs }Th; IoUowing rable gives r-he oumber ofdays bclorc nn.l rrrcr urcl
planet's €clipiica.l couiucrion with the sutr when it will helixc.rlly ser andrise respectively ar BabyloD. Ir is based on Karl Sclroeh's cxanrnradonof many Babylodan obse atioDs covering considcrablc pcriods iaantiquity :-
rrdi! !.rirc! lnd .ninc! of
^t'.trry "d V.nu' & Irr:ddr
Sor-AR CoNJUNcrroNs rN ts.C. 786 78j-i'hc follownrs Ist givcs rhc dares of rhe solar conjunclions wirh drc
plmcrs ior lr.C. 736-785:-
1r0p. long.1l.l66.2
f14.1
9t.495.8
t32.1t77.6
t89.3222.9
215.4
2J9.0
tr).1.9
Jrrll.T
9,trlrr
In the table beaded " Heliac-al Serdngs," uder Lhc (,,1,r,r! .,t'r",1{ urcto tbe plan€r. ald kili the Su 's kopical longiru,l. ,,,' rlr ,r.'lc ,,r irjconjuoition wirh tbe plrnet a* rguninr, riX be four.rl rl,( r,,,,,1,(r uidays which, subEacted from the date of conjunction, will givc rl)c d Lc
of heliacil settiDg.Similariiy in lbe lable " Heliacd tusins. " will be iound rlrc i,,,rrl'cr
of days whjch, added to the dare of con,uncLion, will srr rh( Ll. . olheliacal rishg.
The rhird table is to be used for compuun8 the heliacal scltiDgs audrisiogs of Veour aod Mercury ,r Inlerior coDiunclion.
.14
Exn-NrpLE :-l:-ind the date of Jupit.r's heliacal sctliog rn(l r;;r| 1;rB.C. 786.
!
I4
22
6l.t
JupiterPlutoMercuryMercurySatumMarsUranus
Neptune
April
JulyI,ly
(Inlcrio0 lt.c. 7u(,
(Supcrior)(supcrjor)
(Inferior)(Superior)
10
7
2i6
1
Au|lsr l4
lrcbrurry I
trlarch 2l
(rnferior)
(superior)(Inferior)
785
250 +19 r'I r rr5 r r t%o +r7 F?c.t.lrr I r{2!0 +r{ I2?+1r4 I r?2eo +rr +26+u2 I rq
11
lg
Jupiter's corjuction wirh the sunSun's tropical lon8. 94.4 as argumenr
Date of heliacal rellr)B
Jupiter's coliunction with rhe suSun's tropical long. 94.4 as argumenr
Dare of Jupiter's heliacal rnta
J"]y
J.-July
Juiy 20
300 +r2 +?6.j.r03 .t20 t15
320 +to +25+LO0 47X t1L
3to +a t24 +37 +24 .112364 +a tU +a2 +24 4.1r
In $e case of Jupit$ its rropical longilude ar serlirtg rvill be abour3'less than rhe Sun's tropical longirude ar coniuDction, rhrt;9t.4',and ar rising 3' more, that is 97.4". By adding the sidcreal longitude ofthe vernal-point for B.C. 786, namely 13.8', we obrain Cancer i5'andCalcer 2l' as sider€al longnrde of Jupirer ar evedDg serdng and dawnrrstng.
In the case ofSatum 2'deducted ftom the sun's longitude ar conjunctionwill give the tropical longirude at sctring, and 3'added ro the Sun will!trc Saturns tropi.dl loDgirudc J! heLidccl fl,inB. UdoflunJr.ty rhelonbirJdcs of Mar,, Veous and Mcrcu'y cronor be round in rl'rr .onvcnienraDd snlplc nanner.
45
TABLE Ird^L oR taurNonr^r' rorNi (vr)
Thii ubl. hd b.m coolilcdlrom d! no* iec.nt oi[cirl 'ldo rI'Lrt!ir[crrnionofsPrCA
46
TABLE IIFIRST CORRECTION
TABLE III
SECOND CORRECTION
Jatr. I3579
11
l3t517t9202224262a30
Fcb. 1
15
l01214l6l921
27
4
IIl4l822'27
7t630
t725
J"ly l
l4
213t
IIt72129
t4Oct. 20
26
13161922252729
4
C@.
-2\)2H
.24
2\).- t9.- l8-19
202t222324
-2526
_27
-28-29-30-31
+4l-3+1+0
I-2-3-4-6
Node Ludr NodeNuta!ion
0'"T 00' I0' 0'= 00'1 20 1\- 3 20o402,6401r) 0:t I 3- l0 02r'r 25 14 t3 25ro 5lt5 16 a2202tto20222i ,j8 i ? 23 5a2t t9 I a- 27 39
l fj 20 L e 1l)t29
21 tt)
Ir) 5 28
rJ Ill 5|I t.l ,t,l t9
Il0n
2844
0 11 30 t58 11 t6 rl
2A 32 t7 - 2tt
0500+17 0I 28 +l? 9
21 41 +16 2l29 30 +r5 29
2 r!r21 + 8 26 A2+7 69 38+6 9
t3 08 t- 5- 13'\6 15+1 1619 58+3- 19
23 2A -t 2 2126 40+r 26
00 =00 1- 0 00
-7-8
910
-lt-12-t1
14
-15-16-t7
181920
-22_23242a2627
-29-30-31-32-31
35
-34-11-32-31
6 -31I "3411 -35t3 -36t5 -3717 -1419 392t 4021 4l25 -4227 4329 -441t 15
x2t0233083a5820
i11
l5202428
Sl 4l I ll- 5 ::4t02 -l-13- lt 0252 +12 t5 5220 I11 2A 2032 +t0 24 323r+9 2E 3l
TABLB W
Lonsitudcs reckoned from Arics 0"00'i Rrlcs 0' : 0'A Tautus O" _ 30:n Gcmini 0" : 60"6 CencerJL LcorJ. Vrrgp= Liblan Scorpio 0"j Segittarirs 0'LJ CapricorD: Aq'.Eriutx Pisces 0"
REDUS oN FFoM TtrE 'I RoPIC L To 'lllu lIYl'soMAlIc ZoDIAc
f"UI"J*m"s rh€ mcan sidcrc' los8( (lc ol rhc stri:'8 equrnox or
*'i'ii:""i"i-fvpl r* thc lst lanulrv ul ctrch vcrr lrorr A D r80o to
iiiilz6o"o". iJi'-"l,il r."m spim i" virsu 2' 0 ' ^s
o.lir' i rt lonsirudes
piven h asEonomical xnJ a\troft'ghul trlr x G rrd cllrtrucrrssJ 4!il".ilia ii'-,1'i's .i,i'i,ttrNirposnrrn 6trsirirrrs rs
':' ruallv 6een)
;i:iJ;Hid'iil""9'* ili: 1* r*l:r' l::lll::::. :t J:li,"jT:ip:Tii" i t ""o".ii t".gi
"a" bv mcaos ol rhc (orr((riuns llivcn rn lcbrs rr
aod lli,_3s the fouowing cnlm ric wrll 'lhrsl'lrlcvl was botn .( t.) I rrr' (' M l l S rt htngham (N
sztil", i'o:'sib l' ;L,ot* ia,i,' rtqr, *t''" rhr rpurc'L rongiruder
;ii;;;,."6" ald PlaDets in rhc lropi' l zo't"e w('c rs rollows:il-i'i--r "i' nca vanris Scoroio 540 s r"rrr s(r'rl'ii! 1446' uraru5
{lil',ii lioe- uk" s-mio ;i4 50 j MiN s rirr rirh Irrr Mcrcllrv
*"lj#:t"**,;-i"*i",e[i3 )i,'.1,,:iil,,i:]:,1i, ;lTJli'lini
{?iii i'"ttru l*"-t lst m:an lonsitu'rc or v r' t : t' o37'26'
Table ll Deccmber I4$' ls correoonii[ii iir ra"*t oode Pisc:s ?.28 'lrup' I'nl
-0?correction
l8g5 December l4d apparenhider€al loDgiru'tc ol V l' l'n'r\ r' J6 43'
"ii'?;;"d; iil'iii it "lourd b' Dotcr rt'rr rr rrrc rr"h ;\ 'r'
rhe
6st half of the tloprcal zocha( tne correcuon for lurrrr nrrr'rri'rr rhould
be added, but in the sccond half subrac(ed)""fiJvi'i" "i,"ir,"a -ust now bc added to all lorrtsirrnks I'i\c'r rr'ovc
li-:f ii,'J;::ll*;,*.y**il:s!T: I'ffi.tiliill i:' "::3l,ii siinf i* zi;n' 4r,;r leckoned from Aries o 2n1 54 41'.
i! li';f' o" 30'43", or r€clonccl from Aries 0 'lr'
xi 4l'
0":
90"120"150"l8d2|t"240'27\1"t(X)"
Deduct circlc of 360'
598"31' 30'360"
Sur il ScorPio 28'31' 30', o,: reckoaed from Anes O 238'31' 30'
48
As t})e VP is in Pisces a more rapid way of eftcring Llus calcularonis lo add tle longirudc of the VP igDoring rrs sigo posjLion and menrallydeducr one whole sisn (J0'), drus i-Sun's rropical longirudcVP
Dcduct onc whole sign
Sun's sidercal longi$de
Jupirer in LcoVP
Dcducr
Jupirer in Cancer
Srgnurius
Sagitrarius
scorpio
2r" 54' 47"6' 36' 43"
24" 3\' 30"30'
28' 31', 30"
8.366.17
t4.466-37
15.1330 Dcduct
2t.2330
S. Lun ir l-il)r.1 2t_23
Heoce at the King's binh both Jupitcr and Slru r werc itr almosttheir exac hypsomatic degrees.
15.13
. TAbt-E V
.m undNrwc oF rnRYB.C. 4101 to A-D- 2600-
-4100 29 815-4000 27 54
-3900 26 32
-3800 25 10
-3640 22 26
-3500 2t 04
-34A0 L9 A-3300 18 20
-3200 16 58
-3100 15 36
-3000 14 14
-2940 12 5t-2800 ti u 29
-2700 \0 8 0'1
-2600 8 45
-2500 7 23
-2400 6 00
-2300 4 38
-2200 3 152100 | 53
-2000 0 8 30
-1S00 29T08
-1400 27 45
-\1A0 26 23
-1600 25 0t1500 23 3ri
-1300 20.Y,51
-1200 t9 .3t-1100 18 0rl
-1000 t6 46
- 9AO t5 2l
- 700 12 3tt
-600ll t5500 , ,2
100 l,\" :J4
200 o.r I I
8t)\t 2t t;2
l i00 12 x08r,i00 l0 44t100 9 2t
1900 6 332000 5 i02tao a 462200 2 222100 0 x582400 29 e:344500 28 l0
'ltAllr.ri vlANNUAT RlcREssroN or rHr Viir{Nlr--lrrNr iN ^
(iiNluRY.
r -0'01'2 -0'a2'3 -0'03'4 -0"03'5 0'04'6 0'05'7 -A'O6'.8 -0'07'9 -0'08'
10 -0"08'
1t -0'09'12 -0'10'13 0"1l',14 -4"12'.15 -0"13',16 -0"13','\1
-0'14'r8 0'15'19 -0'16',20 -0"t7
2t -0'18'22 -O'rA'23 -0'1,9'24 -0'20'25 -0'21',26 -O'22'27 -0"23',2a -0'23',29 -0',24',30 -o'25',
3t -o"26',32 -0'27',33 -0"28' ,
34 -0"28',15 -0'29'36 -0"30',31 -0"11',38 -O"32',39 -O'3?'
4l -0"34',42 -O',35'41 0'1644 -O'37',45 0'38',46 034',47 -0'39'48 -0%0'49 -O'4t'50 -o'42'5t -o"41'52 -O"4153 -O!44'54 -0'4555 ,0" \6'a6 -o'47',57 0'44'58 -0'48',59 0%9',
68 0"57',
?0 -0"58'
7t -o'5972 -r'00'73 -\"0t''14 -1'02''15 - \'03'76 -l'O3'.77 l"O4'?8 -1"05',79 1"06',a0 -1007,
ri.l 1 08'
84 l"l0'
|l I 'r'J'
oJ l t8'
,15 l"t9'
91 t 2t',98 1"22'.99 .1"2t',
100 1"24'
50
/Hrs?oRrcAr CHAR r'.\
Tables V and VI will facilitate the immcdi?re reductio! ofanv hisrori.llepoch orJlgure ro rhe sidereal zodrrc. and wi I scrve many oL,rc'r purpo:e:lehich will occur to rhe astronoeical calcdaror. Tw6 €xamples wili
The famous total eclipsc of rhe sun which occurred on lune t5 B.C.761 (Julian) took place in rhe hoficrl tonsirr e ccm;ri 14.48. Vha!was the longitude of rhe ccljpscd lunrharics in rhe sidcrcal zodjac ?
B.C. ?63 is civil reckoDing. 'lhc srronoinical (t e Lr dares B.C isalwajs one day less thar rhe civil dare ,Dd is cxprcsscd ncgative\,, rhus-'162
00''J2
762Tropical long.
Sidereal iong. Gemini 28 lo
Hence both luminaries were h 28'16' of the consrcihLioD (idliniand in mojurcLion wirh Pouux.Bera Crmino-um rn L; ,,,r.i ^ t.and Casror (Alphd Gemjnom, in cemini 2r t6'.
Accordirg to his nariviry Cornelius Asrippa $'as bom ar Colognc onSeprembcr l4JA.D. l480.ar I)h.24m. posr m:rid,em.apprrcnro:.un-tr"tdne (cquivalest to rh. l6m. L.Il.l. ofsetr,mber l!; she.l Lre ur\rropi.d longirude $as Librd 0'.44. WhaL 1[a\ rrr sidercal ro.rsrrJdc l
Pisces 13" 32'
-1 l2
Phce;Libra
Libra
Sun's sidereal longitude Virgo 13 0,{
ALDEBAIiN (Niru) AND RDGUrus As MiRl(rNG SrAN'l'hc simple additjon of 0'3'14' to the mean sidereal longirude of rhe
Vl' sivcn in Table I gives rhe mean VP as compured froD Atdebaran(Alt,ltJ Iruri) considered a! in Taurui l5'00".
Simihrily .ddhs 0"0'34" gives rhe mean Vl' as compured from Regulus(Alpha Leonit considered as in Leo 5'0'0".
5l
Table V -800Table VI 3a
Table V 1400 \'PTable VI 86
1486 VPSun's tropical longinrde
Less ore sign
t-l 2llt4 .tl
12 2004413 0430
/
HYPsoMATIc SoLrR Tauls(Page 5l)
Sun's meaD longirudc L : Lr*L' +Lr-LL'-l-l-s- A -L+t.Surl's tiue longitude O - L + L.+Lr'
w^rMNG : Whe! calclrlating fo_ a dale fauing in e ccntury-year (i c'**** ;;;;A;t'ific bv l0o), for cxamplc'--lm or 1600 A'D 'il;;i;'Jl; r"-'-ih; iiear 0 =' t ?" ' must arwavs be
iodudcd.I-EAP-YIARS : All vcars evenly divisible by 4 lrc lc:rl-yccrs excePt thc
arii^ vuri l'tt' 1700, 1800, I9oo' 2103
Thee tabl€s. wbich arc Eodc!'d on Schoch's "l'lancren- l afeln"'will..'TrJir'iiiii.i .
"t,,tt , e sun's lorrgnudc nt tlrc siJer(al zodiac to
il";;'il;il;i" ;;c... Ar will bi sccn rhc crlculrtions arc verv
simple aad caa be dooe itr a fc''v minutcs'
5251
DL.P
-30 -3A00 15.9 46
-29 -x7t0 45.2 4t
2a -3505 4).4 4t
-2 -2700 3A,t 4x-21 -2500 37.4 42-20 2!00 3?.2 4r
-rc -2300 35,3 4r-ta ?200 15.2 40
-r7 1100 34.5 40
-r? -2000 31,9 40
-r! -rs00 32.5 3e
-tl -110il 3t.9 1e
-rt 1500 ?0.6 33
-r2 r.l00 2e,9 33-rl -1300 2e,r 3?|l - 1200 23.6 17
-to -ttno 23.o 17
- r - 000 26.? 16-3
s00 24-7 35
- 6 - 600 2{.I 3t
- 3 - 200 22.2 34
- 2 l@ 2r,5 )4- 2 .D. O 20,4 33
- I too 20,7 a30 200 19.6 33+ I 300 r9n t2
100 ta-, 32+2
700 r6.a 3r+ 1 300 1t.3 3l+6+ 3 1000 r45 30+ 7 rr00 D.9 r0+ 1 t200 t7.t 29
+ s tloo rr.o ,e
+fi 1700 r0.l 2r
+P 1300 t57-? a+ 13 1900 ,t6,0 2?.! l3 2000 355,{
'?+11 2too 35).4 21
EylsoM^Trc SoLAR TABLES
Gee page 50)
(u.r.)
1.0 r3,'A i.
^b.3-l ls.65r t7,7 7061r07 ., ts .e 260 ro 300
Norr-r,q *rE b.Id. ur Chrir'hn EIr tn. ruonm.rl v.ii lr om l.u lh$ !h. qv,l varc* D.C. l0l - -r0o (ukm)
colmo; LdD Coe. idn orJuliin in,oYarY.llcEgdan
F.h"-; ,$6Mscb 3ld2 (O.J.) d!r. I D (Alqrrt'rkdlv,
lutjJn (o,S) Drc cksori-nMry (N.s,) d&c D (Al"lbroidlly)
iuL D l&( tn hrd olum) n'A";( Ecruocd f,,., M!rch ri o( erchs.Di.mbs Ir?.5 Io uc hJnri olorlobd lo7.l linu!ry ud l'.brunv of th. d.n
.(n,qri* 6l. $. lJur oI D lorD...Fb.t 2212
JurIaN (O,S.) AND GREGoRTAN (N.S.) CALENDARS
As is customary in chrcnological and astronomi€al works, aI dates .
prior rc tle year A,D. 1600 are in accodancc with i:. Julian orOld Style (O.S.) calendar; while iroE A.D. 1800 onwards they are i!terms of our lr]odertr (Grcgodan) or New Style (N.S.) calcodar. Thosefor A.D. lo00 atrd 1700 are for both sryles.
The modem caleDdar (N.S.) came into use in most European Roman l
Catholic countdes iD A.D. 1582. but in Protcstaqt countries it was notadopted ui ii maay years latei. In Prctestant' ccrDaDy it was notadoiLed uacil 1699,'in'Creat Brirai! rnd her colonic\ xnJ in rhe U.S.A.nor until 1752, itr Irclaod trot u'rtil 1788, itr f urky it was not adopted:uaril 1917, in Rumada not untit 1919 and nr Greccc uot ultil 1923,
It is therefore 6rst lecessary to ascertain fron rcfcrcncc works (e.9.{ormal und SdmmerzeiteD" (1949) by Ilns wolll; Landsbers (Lech), '"Normal und SdmmerzeiteD" (1949) by Ilns wolll; Landsbers (Lech), '
rPdssinE-Behelfsheim. Bavaria- U-S- Zonc Gcrnurv.) or orhci arthodties(P0ssins-Behefsheim, Bavaria, U.S. Zonc CcL'ru!!y,) or odcr arthodtieswhether the given date is O.S. or N.S. ; and uDibrtunarely for the l?thand l8th centx;es of our era rhc.e is niuch confusion betwes theseal1d l8th centuries of our era rhcre is much confusioncdendars: Ifthe year is pdor to 1600 Ncw Srylc datcs musrbe coDvert€d ito Old Style by subuactins tlc numbcr of days, sivcD itr (olurnn "D"But if subsequetrt to A.D. 1800 O.S. daLcs Drust bc coDlened to N.S. '
by adding drc dates iDdicrtcd lor tl)c ccntury in column '' D." If the ,
date falls betweer 1600 and l?99 A.D. lnd is cxDrcsscd in 6.5. the valuefor I-r must be read ir the JutiaD coluntr, bui if cxpressed in N.S. itmusr be re2d uder Cregoriln.
For exaeple Abralm Litrcolo wns born on l.cbrunry 12, 1809. Asthis date is N.S. erd the ysr ii subsc(luc'rt 10 A.l). 1600 Do alteratiotr.is nece$ary. OD rhe other hln.l n is rcpurt(,| tl ,r Lenitr was boro ooApril 10, 1870, ar SimbiAk, Karan, liLrssr:r. As tlc )ulial calendrr wasit force in Russia until as late as l9l8 A.l)., ro obuin the equival€ntN.S. reckoning 12 days (D : l- 12 lbr l8(X) A.l).) must be added tothe Julian date) giving the equivalcnt Crcgorirn datc as lrril 22, 1870A.D.
D{rEs B.C.
All years before tle Christiaa era must l)c sturcd ostronomically.This is done by deducting ofle'/€ar and exprcssir)B thc drrc Dcsatively.Thus B.C. 7 Decembe.25th - 6 Decembcr 25rlr. ll.C. 786 April4th = -785 April 4!h.
' Ts! CAtauLATroN
The method of calculation wil best be explaincd by thc lbllowingexamples i-
Abraham Lincoh was boltr in drc Hardin Coutrty, Kentucky, 1809,February l2th " between 7 and ll a.m." L.M.T. The mij..oint in timcwould be 9 a.m. L.M.T., and the equivalent U.T. 14.46.(N.8. Udversal Time (U.T.) is expressed in rerms of a 2 4-hour clock
beginnbg at midnight G.M.T. e.9.8.15 p.m. G.M.T. :20h. l5m. U.T.)
54
CenturyYear
D"vU.T.
table P- 28L:300
LlL2
LtL1L5
1800 357.7"9 1.4
February 2aA.612 I t.8
l4h. 46m. 0.6
Deduct circte of 360.'l'or. 660.I
360
MEIN sidereal loDAirude of sun I_ :Correctior I. Tabte- L6
CorrectioD 2 Tabte LtSun's uue sidereal longirude
300.1i.4
301.5
- 0.1
301 4
9:ytuc.I..T.+i"l 0.0..(vide Tabtc No. lv) cqurrcs 301.4" ro1n:g*-14 ^rrrurldrirq^trri _d".i","] tt ;..-,i;..,' ;ll;,.;;;"#or.arc.. Thus Aquarius t,4. - Aqurriur 1zt.
In the above eiam- In rhe abovc exajrple rhe lablc irtuc. tor ttr.LrIfi t, ), ll, l,ur,rtr.day, ard U.T. of birri were addcd roscrh.r. n,rt,.r.,r.,r ..,",.jr,.,i ,,n'tlrr ri,r.,l usrrcrIit r(r0;Lhis was deduc,ed sivins L r00.r',S";ii, Mr,i;i :;.;.f, .il j,:;l:;i,,:i.',L is Lhen added r" F ,"J,t" -,". ;. r ',. .... ,..L-"^d:lldg:* p p"-,i.rhe su'' is ,{. r; ,J['i.";l,l;;;r,; iiil;:ii:1;3:3lr?gl, ln..b: to*ld.tr,. n*t .;;*;.;' i:;,
-;i,;iii'iiiiil'iiliil:must b€ added to L. Tabre L, gives a furtrier ;;ii :;;;;;;il;'"i.;;li];0.1.
IxAnprE 2.
,, thar,les V,or Cermany was borD in G h€nr olr lebruary 24, tq00 A.D.ouhan) ar abour 4 a.m. Whar was *e SUu.. s;ae, e,t 'ro,!;ruae i' "C€rrury (Juliaq) A.D. 1500 L, .4. I 2dIeff O L, l.?. L ,2iMoDthDsyHour
February (LEAP) Lr 2S7.6' A 35124 L, 21.i"4 u.T. L; 0.2'
MEAN ioDgitude of the SurCon€c.tion t
Conecrio! 2
TRUE side(eal )oogirude of rhe Sur 3l6F - Arluari.s z6"Za,In rlis example anendon js drdwD ro Lhe fouowine noin,\ ,,r ". ,r.-yerr r500 is a ceorury-year 1rr,ur ;, o,. *",ru ai"iiiuft ;;;;";:;""'-::
rrruchon kdt b€i Cenrurv t500 r y.xr o ,na:.co,ingly rLe-Juefor Lr-r1.7"). musr be iDctuded in rhe compurauon, (r/ as alt lJtianLenru,y-yra'\ xre reap_year, tre values L, rd, t""*;i i"u Fiti,-*i.y55
LL6
324.6'+I.9'326.5'
L? -O.1.
6ust be taker iom the moathr olu.Er hdded " f,€3Fycar r' (itrdicatedbv *).
ExAMrrr 3.The lst Nissn B.C. ?86 cottttctrc€d at sunsct (about 6 p n L.M.T.)
of April 3r4 st 3abylon. Whst v,as dle suo's sidqcrl longiNde ?
Espr€ssilg tI€ yea-r sstronodically aod dre timc io U.L gives-785ApriL3d 15 hous. (Babylotr ir 2h. 58o. fast of U.T.)
CenturyYear
MonthDavU.T.
-7a5April3rdl5h
346.73.0o-6
-800 ' 26.0 P: 3615 0-S L: 17
t8.80.0
177.2360Deduct cirde of 360"
Sun's mean sideteal longitudc L .-Conectioo l: Table L;
Conectiotr 2i Table L7
17.21.6
Sun's tlue sidd€al longitud€ 18.8
Norc i! this cxample the r hrcs {i)r rltc ntlt tive year -785 wereobtaincd by sddiq those for llc ycar 15 to rlu ccotu!y---800, th s
-800*15:-785.ExAitPtl 4.
The lGli-Yuga commeDccd at sunsct ol thc lst day of thc Tamilmorth Chiua, whetr the star Chilr.r (Spic!) rosc r'(tmychully at 6.17 P m.B.C. 3102 (-3101 astro!.) Fcbruary lu, trjj,'io (Lrr. N. 23'll';Long. E 75'46'); what was dle sur's sidcrcd lo'tgitudc ?
CeDturyYear
MonthDayU.T.
Sutr's Mea[ sidereal longitudeConection l: Table L6
Coneaion 2: Table L7
Sur's tlue sidcleal lorgitude
-320099
41.8 L' - 440.3 L - 349
288-6t't -70,5
-3t0tFebruary
18l3h. l4m.
L.
A- 33
344,91.9
350.80.1
56
350.9 or fisces 20,9 1,1 t6
Ex,A PL! 5.
According ro BigaDdet's " Life ol Gauums " (tranda&d from thcBurmese chroniclc MALLA-LINIi\RA WOUTOO, which wesapparcndy cxrracrcd from thc Jataka commcnrary currcnt in ccylon inthe 5th cenruryA.D.)-as citcd by Robert De Luce-thc lluddha, knownto his disciplcs
^s thc EXAL') ED ONE was born in the 68th year of the
Ectzana Er; in rhe nronrh vaisakha, when thc moon was fDti (purirna)itr the nakshatra Visakha, which L. D. Swamikannu Pillai in his " IDdianEphemeris A.D. ?00 to A.D. 1799" cquNrcs to 3.C.557 April 4th.Mod€n calculations show dut the nrcoo lvrs lull B.C. 557 (-556 astroD).April 4rh at 14h l?m U.'l'.
Wbat werc the sidcrcal loDgitudcs of rhc sun and moor ?
CenrulyYerl
MonthDavU.T.
Mean sider€al longitude L.Co ectioD lCorectioD 2.
Sun's tlu€ sidereal longitude
-60044
21.7 P 35l..l L t7
-566Ap.il Jl6.l4rh 1.9l4h. l7m. o.l)
t7. t1.60.0
52
18.9 o! Arics 18.9(r8"54 )
The suD was ther€fore in the lgth Cegree of the coDstellation Aricsits EXACT EXAL'fATION position. As thc moon was [ull, nssidercal longitude was therefore Libra 18.9'.
SUN'S TRoprcAL LoNGrruDE
By mercly dcducting rhe longitude of the vernal-point (VP) Irorn rhcsuD's sidereal loDgitudc, oDe obtai.ns the sun's uopi€al longitudc.Thus :
Abnharn Lincoln : Sider€al longitude of sunLess sidereal longitudc of the V.P. (Tables l, II)Tropical longitude of S1llr : Aquarius 23'36' :
301.4337.A
32i.6
CharleJ V Sun's sidereal lo[gitudeLess VP
IDD one sign o.
Sun's tropical longitude57
Aquarius 26" 24'Pisces 12 08
14 1630
Ariesfuies
Iisccs
Aquarius
SrD!x!I! TIM! AT GRlENwrcd MljIN NooN
By subtractirs the VP ftom lhe $]n,s./'ltli,4N sidcr€fl1 longitudecompuicd lor Grecnwich Mean Noon and lnulLil,lytrt: by I dd tbcndividirs by 60 the sidereal time ar G.M. NouD is obraiD' ' Thus:Ar the date ofLiDcoLo's bilth thc suis ,ttlN sidcrcil longiruJ:at G.M. Noon was Aquarius 0,00: Dr lcckoncd tiom Arics 0" 300.0'Add cncle of 3$" 3@
-?85 lst Nisao Sun's sidererl loagitudeLe$s longitude of VP
Ss'! lropicd loogitqde
Kali-Yuga-3]ol February l SthSuD's sidercal long.
Lesc longitude of vP Taurus 15,36
Dcduct Longtuude of \rP reckonc,l fron ALics 0'
Multiply by 4
Divide b] 60
21h.28.8m.
Hencc tle sidereal timc at nool wns 2lh. 28n'. 4iJs. Th( NaudcalAtnanac for 1809 givcs it as 2lh. 28m. 30s. .r'r crrl)r of only l,l seconds,coftespondjng to a difercEce of 0.07" in llrc surr's longitud(-quit€ sgood rcsult.
EGYPTTAN NAMi! orr rlrri l).^NrrsNqw
SUN (a) Re'(b) Hor (HorusF'Fal@n "
MooN G) Diebury (Thoth)
(b) Ioh
MRcoRY Seb.k-" Thc cxc.Icnr
VENUS (a) Bslu-Oslt, " Phodix (iOsiris" ot 'Bitd of tbeIoundado!" A heio! on t Perch.
ia
Ra!'rek"tttion dnl sy'bolSold disk slrnDuro(l !y tr uraeusFsloD wea.nry rhc doublc crown of
Esypr,Ibis-herdcd god hoklins w, , 'u Drotcr-
Cresenr Moon, o. coDbi! n ctulccnt
(a) Falcod vith outstr.khed wnus.(b) Hlnan-beriled 6s!re : synrbol, r
18"I3
4848
20 5445 36
M* (.) H6r-sthdy, " rtorakhtc "o." llo.ls of lirc llo.i2on"
(b) HoFdcsher, " Horus rlr
JuPtfiR Ho. wcp shcr.r " Horus fieRcvolo of Sccrcts "
(b) !a-ret.!du*, "The oodof thc MohiDg."
Hor-p.-k., " Horus thc
Goar)
A janu$headed god $illl a ltuDrn adda falcor head. Synrbol, rhc nuntber9, which vis a ho^ropholc ot' psd,
Usu.lly dcpictttl as . rcd flrnrnrso, t utsomcrirncs try r bird hrvnrg Lhc [c!d.nd r.il ol Scih (Adfibh zonia.),
A hlcon{r huDrxn-hcad.,l jjod sdrira rhe rrcl:eroNr or Osiris rtrd ficuo\v llonr! iphonolmn rvep ).svnrbol, . rlrR!w-sri.k-
A llrlcon or h"nin lirlrc rvilh r btrlI\lt..tl. Sv'nrn, . s(tufe.
l-crtcr ll, or'lir. ehrl.l,!tr.l,ctrer (i, .r 'l hc sru!t cus.
A sun on thc l !,1,n1.
Af, "ankh" or I hu I( rn.c,
00
18
DEMorrc ZoDr^c (Gru(u-l($r^N 'l r^n t
660,0337.8
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