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.

Venus

    On the Denderah Zodiac in front of Pisces and behind Aquarius, Venus is seen as a male figure with the Egyptian waas-scepter.    It is unusual in that this figure has two faces, the one to the left seems to be a normal human face and looking backwards and the one on the right has a lion-like face and looking forward.
    As seen on "http://home.main.rr.com/ imyunnut/Den.Round.html" by Joanne Conman, claims that Venus is "the double-headed god holding a wAs scepter.    The front head is a falcon wearing the white crown of Upper Egypt and the rear head is a woman wearing the red crown of Lower Egypt.    It is called Pa-netjer-Dua meaning 'The Morning Star'."
    Since Venus is seen as a netjeru in human form, therefore it represents a spiritual understanding.

    One could veiw the goddess Bat as similar to Venus, because of her references to "with her two faces.
    Also Hathor has a reference as sometimes being called the "female soul with two faces."
    One source claims that Venus means "the one who crosses," "The Crosser," or "god of the morning."

 

    On the head of Venus in the image above, we find some objects that may be hieroglyphics rather than a crown.
    I believe they are
first either
    the bread loaf sign, Egypt. t,
    or the sandy slope sign, Egypt. k,
then either
    the lower arm sign, Egypt. a,
    or the bent lower arm sign, Egypt. rem,
and ends with a star.
    This would read as
    [t-a] or [k-a]
    or [t-rem] or [k-rem].

 

    The Coptic name is Surath, morning twilight, morning.
    Egyptian name Athyr, as Athor, meaning coming or bringing light.
    Another source calls this Pe-netert, bright, fair.
    Mut, the mother

    As seen above on the lower section of ESNE Plate 87, we see a figure which appears to have two faces similar to the one on the Denderah Zodiac for Venus.

 

    One source claims "Beyond the west fish (of Pisces) stands Venus, emphasizing that mother’s intuitive love will be restored in Pisces when the vernal sun passes under the wall at the east fish, to be reborn at the west fish."

 

    One source claims this is the Sumerian DIL.BAD, or DIL.BAT, "fast moving."

Thus slow moving as compared to Venus as fast moving.

 

    Also in Isaiah 14:12, the Babylonian Empire had the name Helal (Hebrew heylal), which is called Lucifer in the Vulgate as the "son of the morning."

 

    Venus is seen as:

 

    Hebrew Nogah, bright, shining, Hillel, very bright, Lucifer or Meni as seen in Isa. 65:11.

 

    Arabic Al Zoharah, bright,shine.

 

    Another source claims that in Egyptian it is called IST-IRE(dze).

 

    As compared to the Sumerian ISHTAR.

 

Select one of the following to open it.
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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