From The Alpha and the Omega - Volume III
by Jim A. Cornwell, Copyright © July 20, 2002, all rights reserved
"Volume III - Cancer and its Decan Constellations"

Cancer and its Decan Constellations.

Decan 20-21

    Decan 21 seen below the temple axis or Lepus is a male figure with a hawk head, and no crown except he has two stars above his head.    He also has two stars aligned vertically under his left hand.    There is a connection here with Grand Temple Decan 36 in the male figure with the hawk head (cobra sun disk crown, a usual sign for Ra) also has two stars above it.
    Since Decan 21 is seen as a netjeru in a male human form, therefore it represents a spiritual understanding.

    The hieroglyphics below shows
an apostrophe like character, Egypt. u, English o,
and then the lower arm sign, Egypt. a,
and the mouth sign, Egypt. r,
and ends with a star.
    Thus we can see [u-a-r] or [o-a-r].

  

    Of interest is the Denderah Zodiac figure Piscis Austrinus is known as Aar, a stream.

    In another source they claim that the hieroglyphic characters under Orion read Oar, which Orion was anciently spelt Oarion.    This hieroglyph is below and between Lepus and the small bird (Egyptian Sahu) at the right heel of Orion.    Note that the Grand Temple Decan 36 has the name of Sah.    Also see Denderah Decan 22.


    Cyril Fagan comments on the name in Grand Temple Decan 36, "The glory of the southern skies S3h (Sah), the 'Toe,' but known to us as the mighty constellation of Orion.    In the celestial diagrams Sah is shown as a human figure, wearing the hdt (hedjet) or white crown of the south and standing in his boat welcoming the rising of Isis-Sirius, who issues at his toe."

    As compared to Denderah Decan 21, there is a connection with the male figure with a hawk head and two stars above it.

 

    Grand Temple Decan 36 is a male figure with a hawk head wearing a circular Cobra on his head which forms a sun disk crown flanked by uraeus, and above it are two stars.    Also see Grand Temple Decan 8 and 36.

    Ra has the circular Cobra on his head.    As god of the sun, he usually is seen as a hawk-headed man, a falcon god.    His cult center was Annu (Heb. "On," Greek Heliopolis, which is modern "Cairo.").    Also compare to Denderah Decan 13 - Grand Temple Decan 8

    Ra netjer-aa-neb-pet, means "Ra, the great God, Lord of Heaven."    Ra-Hoor-Khuit (Ra-Hor-akhuti) means "Ra, who is Horus of the Horizons."

    This Decan was called     Sah,
and some sources claim it is called Shetu since it is in sequence before Sepdet seen in Denderah Decan 37,
this Egyptian hieroglyph means Sah,
and ends with a star ‘gate.’
    It is just [sah].
    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'."

    As seen on "http://home.main.rr.com/ imyunnut/Den.Round.html" by Joanne Conman, she refers to this decan as "Pehwey hery," and stated the meaning as "The End (or Northern End?) of the Upper?"    "This is most probably a reference to the summer soltice, which marks the end of the sun's journey north for half the year."    Pehwey means "The End or Latter Part," and "Hery" means "upper."

 

    As seen on "http://www.creatures-kbc.com/ae_senmut_sah.htm" by Ken Bakeman poses that the hieroglyphs on Senmuts' Tomb the name Sah is an approximate phonetic equivalent of Sah on Senenmut's Ceiling referring to celestial objects related to elements of the constellation Orion.

 

    Its deity is called Maat Hor, Isis, also Maat-heru.

 

    Associated with CANIS MAJOR,
it has stars
in Canis Major as Sirius (as seen on a boat) and Mirzam.

 

    One note about the Denderah Zodiac is that there is seen at this point a huge gap associated with Grand Temple Decan 1 (connected to Denderah Decan 20) through Grand Temple Decan 37 to Decan 36 (which is associated with Denderah Decan 21).

 

Select one of the following to open it.
Each of these are connected to the constellation Cancer,
Mercury, Ursa Major, Ursa Minor, Argo Navis.
Decan 20, Decan 21.

    This file last updated on March 21, 2004, June 18, 2005 and May 30, 2006.

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