Ancient Egyptian Astrology

Professor Ian Moyer joins the show to talk about the history and practice of astrology in ancient Egypt, and discuss some of the notable Egyptian contributions to the astrological tradition.

Ian is the author of the book Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism, which explores the ancient history and modern historiography of cultural and intellectual encounters between ancient Greeks and Egyptians.

At the beginning of the episode we talk about the early Egyptian use of the 36 fixed star decans for calendrical and timekeeping purposes, and how these eventually came to be used for the purposes of astrology.

Other topics covered in this episode include:

The Naos of the Decades
The rising decan as a precursor to the Ascendant
Zodiacs in the temples of Dendera and Esna
The use of astrology by Egyptian priests
Demotic horoscopes
Astrological glyphs derived from Egyptian
Coffin lids with zodiacs

This is episode 398 of The Astrology Podcast:

https://theastrologypodcast.com/2023/04/22/ancient-egyptian-astrology/

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Timestamps
00:00:00 Introduction
00:09:42 The Egyptian language
00:18:42 The decans
00:35:10 The Naos of the Decades
01:06:25 Decans as precursor to the Ascendant
01:15:10 Egyptian hour priests
01:40:27 Academic sources for Egyptian astrology
01:45:27 What constitutes astrology in Egypt?
01:58:35 Cosmic harmony
02:03:25 Shai, Egyptian God of Fate
02:11:45 Mesopotamian astrology transmitted to Egypt
02:23:25 Hellenistic period and Ptolemaic Egypt
02:32:25 Zodiac of Dendera and Esna
02:56:20 The Thema Mundi
03:14:33 Coffin lids with zodiacs
03:29:05 Heliodora: Earliest known woman astrologer
03:33:24 Demotic horoscopes
04:00:55 Astrological glyphs derived from Egyptian
04:09:15 Reassessing the Egyptian contribution
04:23:50 The Hermetic tradition and origins of Hellenistic astrology
04:55:45 Determinism and magic
05:02:05 The lasting influence of Egypt on the astrological tradition
05:18:58 Credits and sponsors

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