Cancer in the Ancient Zodiac
Cancer commonly depicts as a crab and comes from the Latin word for crab. In today’s horoscope if you are born between June 22 and July… Read More »Cancer in the Ancient Zodiac
Cancer commonly depicts as a crab and comes from the Latin word for crab. In today’s horoscope if you are born between June 22 and July… Read More »Cancer in the Ancient Zodiac
In today’s horoscope if you are born between July 24 and August 23 you are a Leo, Latin for lion. In this modern astrology horoscope reading of… Read More »Leo in the Ancient Zodiac
The Zodiac is a circular projection of constellations. How does one mark the beginning of a circle? But the Temple at Esna, near Luxor Egypt, displays the Zodiac linearly. The Esna Zodiac shows us how the ancients marked the start and the end of the Zodiac. Below is the Esna Zodiac, showing the Zodiac constellations moving in a procession from right to left in the lower level with the procession on the upper level cycling from left-to-right behind, following the U-turn arrows.
The Sphinx heads the procession of constellations. Sphinx means ‘to bind together’ and is a woman’s head joined to a lion’s body. Directly following the sphinx comes Virgo, the first constellation in the zodiac procession. The zodiac constellations then follow Virgo in standard sequence with the last constellation, at the upper left, being Leo. The Esna Zodiac shows where the zodiac began (Virgo) and where it ended (Leo).
We read the Ancient Zodiac story beginning with Virgo and ending with Leo.