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May a 'Sothic fault line’ exist in the Civil Calendar of Egypt? by Zoltan
Simon Page 6: His [Djer’s] ivory tablet commemorates the heliacal rising of
Sothis… on the first day of the first month of Akhet, the first season of the
year. It is related to a divine day, the beginning of the first Sothic cycle. The
star… between the horns of the lying cow, that represents the new year or
New Year’s Day, indicates on the tablet that its heliacal rising coincided
with [the] I [month of] Akhet [day] 1.
Absolute Chronology of the Ancient World from 2840 BCE to 1533 BCE
page 51: The ivory tablet of Djer mentions the oldest known heliacal rising
of [Sopdet]. This astronomical phenomenon is depicted at [the figure on
the] top right by three symbols: the sun Ra above a cow with a [Ma’at]
feather on her [Hathor’s] head amidst two horns and above a papyrus
swamp … [The] Maat feather on her head symbolized the goddess Isis
and the two horns symbolized the goddess Hathor.
Now note closely the club held by Orion located at the left
side of Taurus, and compare it to the club seen on the
ivory tablet of Djer and located at the left side of the
horned bull. If Sirius was Sopdet, then the sun of Ra
(represented by Sopdet) should be positioned at the
bottom left of the club in the ivory tablet, because this is
also where Sirius is positioned relative to Orion’s club in
the sky.
Sopdet has a son, the hawk and falcon god Sopdu,
represented by Venus. Notice that Sopdet has a 5 pointed
star on top of her head, and the pentagram is believed to
represent the orbit of Venus as seen from Earth. Just like
Sopdet, Isis also has a son, the falcon god Horus whom I
believe should be identified with Sopdu simply because
Sopdet is also Isis. Therefore, just like Sopdu, Horus is
represented by Venus as well.
European Space Agency, When a planet behaves like a comet: The tail of
Venus and the weak solar wind: During a rare period of very low density
solar outflow, the ionosphere of Venus was observed to become elongated
downstream, rather like a long-tailed comet.
Nut was the mother of Isis, and I believe Nut was also
Hathor for the following reasons: Hathor was given the
epithets ‘mistress of the sky’ and ‘mistress of the stars’,
and was said to dwell in the sky as a celestial cow.
Similarly, the sky goddess Nut is also depicted as a
celestial cow. And Nut, just like Hathor, was said to give
birth to the sun god Ra each dawn. Also, the welcoming
afterlife goddess was often portrayed as a goddess in the
form of a tree, giving water to the deceased. Nut most
commonly filled this role, but the tree goddess was
sometimes called Hathor instead.
Now if Nut was Hathor, and Isis was the daughter of Nut,
this means Isis was the daughter of Hathor; and since
Sopdet was conflated with Isis, this means Sopdet was the
daughter of Hathor. Now why is it important to identify
Hathor with Nut? Both Hathor and Nut play an important
role in the last 5 days, or the epagomenal days, preceding
the Egyptian New Year. These days, also known as the
days of demons, were added to the original 360 day
calendar in order for the births of five children of Nut (or
Hathor) to occur. These children are Osiris, Horus the
Elder, Set, Nephthys, and Isis, and I ordered their names
according to the order of their birthdays as observed
during the Ptolemaic and Roman period.