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

Aquarius and its Decan Constellations.

Cygnus

    On the Denderah Zodiac behind Pegasus and below Lyra, the hawk or eagle to the left of Hercules is Aquila, and just below it we see a small chicken, duck or goose known as Cygnus, which may have a star below it.
    Since Cygnus is seen as a netjeru in a animal form, it represents a pure force of nature.

    Some sources claim it is called by Tes-ark, meaning this from afar.

    Cygnus on the Grand Temple located above Decan 19-20 is the swan which is under the feet of the figure standing on it and may also be the figure standing on it.
    Amen (Amun) is sometimes depicted in the form of the Nile Goose or a ram with curved horns.
    The goose might come from the creation myth about the "Gengen Wer," Great Honker or Great Cackler, the goose which carried the egg from which life came forth, and indicated Amun as a creator god.

 

    Notice that Denderah Decan 36 seen above has a swan or goose figure attributed to it, which aligns quite well with this constellation.

    Aquila (i.e. possibly Cygnus) as seen on the lower section of ESNE Plate 87, is seen as a duck image, located below Capricornus.

    On the Grand Temple these two deities seen in the image below are located after Cygnus and located above Decan 19.    The figure to the left may be Mars.

 

    In "The Witness of the Stars," by E.W. Bullinger, page 91 "In the Denderah Zodiac it (Cygnus) is named Tes-ark, which means this from afar."

   

    Some believe it (Cygnus) is seen as a mighty bird, which is not falling dead like Aquila.    The hawk above the small bird is Aquila.

   

    As seen on "http://home.main.rr.com/ imyunnut/Den.Round.html" by Joanne Conman, referring to Hercules "a man holding a mace standing over a goose.    The man and the goose are in the right location on the ceiling to represent the winter solstice.    Daressy identified the bird as a swan and suggested a connection to Leda, which would link the figures to Cygnus.    These figures are in the correct place to mark the star Deneb (alpha Cygnii), which was a star with a long history of importance in Egypt."

 

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Each of these are connected to the constellation Aquarius,
Venus, Pegasus, Cygnus, Piscis Austrinus.
Decan 35, Decan 36.

    This file last updated on February 21, 2004, and also on June 18, 2005.

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