Volume III Decans of the Zodiac of Denderah

Gemini and its Decan Constellations.

Decan 23-24

Decan 24 is seen below Taurus as a male figure with a lion’s head with no crown, seen standing up and it has one star in its left hand. This connects only with Grand Temple Decan 33 with a female figure with a lion’s head with one star above.
Since Decan 24 is seen as a netjeru in human form, therefore it represents a spiritual understanding.

    The hieroglyphics seen below
could be either
    the sphinx figure sign, Egypt. r, l, rw,
    or the cobra sign, Egypt, dj,
    or the animal belly sign, Egypt. h (kh),
the second is
    the pool sign, Egypt. s, sh,
    or the Egypt. ah,
and then it ends with a star.
    Therefore it may read as one of these
    [rw/l-sh], [dj-sh], [kh-sh].
    [rw/l-ah], [dj-ah], [kh-ah]

One source calls this (Denderah Decan 24) the Man with Intuition "represents male intuition, pointed in focus, as implied by a single star next to the man."

As compared with Denderah Decan 24, it only connects for the lion’s head and the one star.

Grand Temple Decan 33 is a female figure with a lion’s head and a cobra on her head (Uraeus, the cobra is an emblem of Lower Egypt, and if worn as a crown is a symbol of royalty), with one star above, and standing and holding a scepter with a cup like object (papyrus plant) on it. A similarity here is to Sekhmet, a lioness-goddess, wife of Ptah, who was worshipped in Memphis. She was also worshipped with Bast (Bastet) and Ra. Also see Pakhet (Pak-t, Pachet) a lion-headed goddess.

    It was called     Mesdjer, Mestcher-Sah, and possibly Tjes areq,
this first sign in the hieroglyphs is
the Egypt. ms, child, eldest,
next is the folded cloth sign, Egypt. s’,
next is an unknown sign, probably the Egypt. dj,
followed by a donkey ear sign, Egypt. r,
then the Egyptian sah sign,
and ending with a star ‘gate.’
    Therefore reading as [ms-s-dj-r sah].
    Egyptian sign for Sah is also seen on Grand Temple Decan 32, 33, 34, 35 and 36.
    As seen on "http://www.egyptologyonoline.com/ astronomy.html" a claim is made that "The god Sah (Orion on Denderah Decan 21 - Grand Temple Decan 36) was the personification of the constellation later known as Orion.    Sah was described as 'the glorious soul of Osiris' and formed a divine triad with the dog star Sopdet (Sepdet or Sirius on Denderah Decan 22 - Grand Temple Decan 35) and their son Soped (Soped, Sepd on Denderah Decan 37 - Grand Temple Decan 37), god of the 'eastern border'."
    Therefore Mestcher-Sah may mean "Child of Sah."

    As seen on "http://home.main.rr.com/ imyunnut/Den.Round.html" by Joanne Conman, refers this decan as "Tjes areq" with the meaning "The Knot," but no reference of why.

    As seen on "http://www.creatures-kbc.com/ae_senmut_sah.htm" by Ken Bakeman poses that the hieroglyphs on Senmuts' Tomb for aret seb, Aret Seb on Senenmut's Ceiling , also called the "Gate" or "lintel" star is seen hieroglyphically as:
the lower arm sign, Egypt. a; then the mouth sign, Egypt. r; and the bread loaf sign, Egypt. t; which is followed by one star.
    This would be seen as [a-r-t], Aret.
    It is claimed that it appears on the horizon as Betelgeuse (Alpha Orionis).    Also its divinity is in reference to the Eye of Horus.    Also see Denderah Decan 27 which correlates to Grand Temple Decan 30 for more information.

It's deity name was Douamoutef or Tuametef, and Qebehsenouef or Qebhsennuf, these are sons of Horus.

Associated with GEMINI,
it has stars
in Gemini as [8] Pollux, Wasat, Alhena,
and Orion as Betelgeuse, Rigel, and Al Nilam.