Comparing the best orientation of the celestial scene to the circular Dendera Zodiac, I came to the conclusion that November 20, 299BCE looks to be best fit. I evaluated earlier years up until 1000BCE and found another possibility in year 916BCE but the Sun is out of position according to the Dendera image. The planets were pretty good though. Years closer to 1BCE had no correlating celestial scene.
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When seen celestially from the temple location, Stellarium Astronomy software shows an ‘equal area’ projection...imagine laying on your back with your head between north and northeast and looking up and around you, even below the horizon. South and south-west are at the top, with the Sun passing from Scorpio toward Sagittarius. The moon is with the sun.
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Below is the rectangular view in Mercator projection, aligned to the horizon passing horizontally across the centre. Having the ecliptic or celestial equator as the centre offers quite interesting formats too, especially when assessing Dendera’s rectangle zodiac...but I’ll leave those for the now.
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The only ‘trick’ to this celestial aspect relies on the locations of some planets, the sun and moon relating to Dendera’s glyphs, with Ra upon his barque to the right of Libra (in the zodiac-scene), passing from Scorpio to Sagittarius; Thoth, the moon, seen as a baboon upon its barque directly beyond Scorpio in line with Ra; a cow upon a barque just below and to the right of Leo, representing Jupiter; below the transition from Taurus to Aries showing a ram-headed, disc-topped form upon its barque representing Mars, next to a robust Canopus, next to Horus-upon-lotus Saturn (Mars and Saturn have just risen in the east); and the large disc with 8 kneeling forms inside representing Venus…,although it is on the wrong side of Capricorn in the zodiac.
When the images are compared, we identify the significance of four glyphs outside the zodiac scene, below the meeting hands of some of the supporting figures, as south and opposite north, and southwest and opposite northeast.
I’ve held onto this observation for a while and as I am still playing with the ancients knowing spherical geometry and leaving indications of this, especially in Khufu’s pyramid, I thought I would see what folk think. There are quite the few analyses of the zodiac on the web and they seem to miss the point of orientation and what the glyphs actually identify, especially concerning forms in their barques.
Cheers
ps: When the slightest adjustment is made to the orientation of the celestial scene in ‘equal area’ view, the stars on the rim move positions around the rim while the rest of the scene stays very much untouched...Canopus can move 30deg or more south or north, while also moving just a little bit. Other stars on the rim do the same. Yes, this does become playful when identifying the glyphs around the edge of the zodiac scene, and which stars they represent...
When seen celestially from the temple location, Stellarium Astronomy software shows an ‘equal area’ projection...imagine laying on your back with your head between north and northeast and looking up and around you, even below the horizon. South and south-west are at the top, with the Sun passing from Scorpio toward Sagittarius. The moon is with the sun.
Below is the rectangular view in Mercator projection, aligned to the horizon passing horizontally across the centre. Having the ecliptic or celestial equator as the centre offers quite interesting formats too, especially when assessing Dendera’s rectangle zodiac...but I’ll leave those for the now.
The only ‘trick’ to this celestial aspect relies on the locations of some planets, the sun and moon relating to Dendera’s glyphs, with Ra upon his barque to the right of Libra (in the zodiac-scene), passing from Scorpio to Sagittarius; Thoth, the moon, seen as a baboon upon its barque directly beyond Scorpio in line with Ra; a cow upon a barque just below and to the right of Leo, representing Jupiter; below the transition from Taurus to Aries showing a ram-headed, disc-topped form upon its barque representing Mars, next to a robust Canopus, next to Horus-upon-lotus Saturn (Mars and Saturn have just risen in the east); and the large disc with 8 kneeling forms inside representing Venus…,although it is on the wrong side of Capricorn in the zodiac.
When the images are compared, we identify the significance of four glyphs outside the zodiac scene, below the meeting hands of some of the supporting figures, as south and opposite north, and southwest and opposite northeast.
I’ve held onto this observation for a while and as I am still playing with the ancients knowing spherical geometry and leaving indications of this, especially in Khufu’s pyramid, I thought I would see what folk think. There are quite the few analyses of the zodiac on the web and they seem to miss the point of orientation and what the glyphs actually identify, especially concerning forms in their barques.
Cheers
ps: When the slightest adjustment is made to the orientation of the celestial scene in ‘equal area’ view, the stars on the rim move positions around the rim while the rest of the scene stays very much untouched...Canopus can move 30deg or more south or north, while also moving just a little bit. Other stars on the rim do the same. Yes, this does become playful when identifying the glyphs around the edge of the zodiac scene, and which stars they represent...