The Zodiac of Dendara Egypt: A Picture Book

Take a deep dive into one of the world’s best-preserved star maps of the ancient observable sky.

The Dendara Zodiac was discovered during Napoleon's late 18th century Egyptian campaign on the pronaos ceiling in the temple of Hathor in Dendara. Dating to approximately 50 BCE, this profoundly important planisphere shows both Mesopotamian and ancient Egyptian sky iconography.

The 100+ illustrations in this unique reference book have carefully recreated the original Zodiac of Dendara artwork to reveal several astrological concepts that offer invaluable knowledge to all those interested in ancient astrology. It highlights the five planets known to the Ancient Egyptians, the gods and goddess that depict all five essential dignities, and the straight and crooked signs, as well as examining hints of the Old Kingdom Zodiac that was in use before the Ptolemaic Kingdom.

This book contains:

Dodecahoros, The Old Kingdom Zodiac

The 12 Classical astrological signs

Straight and Crooked astrological signs

North and South Nodes

The Four Elements

The Three Modalities

The Five Essential Dignities

Much more…

Essential reading, and reference for all students of Egyptology, ancient astrology, and the celestial arts.

Wade Coleman is an author of several non-fiction books on esotericism, magical studies, and Egyptology, including The Cabala of Planetary Magicand Sepher Sapphires Vols. 1 & 2. He is also the editor of several updated books by notable American occultist, Paul Foster Case. Along with his literary contribution to the Western esoteric tradition, Wade Coleman has penned a number of popular fiction books in the genre of Dystopian and dark urban fantasy.