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The third house, Scorpio, encloses, on both sides, the god 
Thoth, the well known planet Mercury ; and as he is depicted 
in an opposite direction, Mercury must then have been retro- 
grade in the sign Scorpio. 
Furthermore, Saturn, called Petpe, and ornamented with 
two ostrich feathers, stands in the fifth house on the left, the 
house of Jupiter, Capricornus. 
The planet Jupiter was, among others, signified by a four- 
fold altar, and this emblem and hieroglyphic figure, pro- 
nounced Tati, we find placed in the house of the Moon (No. 
12), consequently Jupiter stood, at that time, in the sign Leo, 
under the feet of the mummy. 
Finally, as Mars, called Phtha Sochari, occupies, instead of 
Thoth, the warden of Libra, this sign (No. 2) ; the conclusion 
is, that Mars must haye been seen in Libra, the house of 
Mercury. 
Thus we haye obtained the following planetary configura- 
tion, observed on the birth-year of the defunct : — 
Saturn, Petpe, in Capricornus, the house of Jupiter. 
Jupiter, Tat is, in Leo, the house of the Moon. 
Mars, Phtha, in Libra, the house of Mercury. 
Sun, Osiris, in Sagittarius, the house of Mars. 
Yenus, Horus, in Sagittarius, the house of Mars. 
Mercury, Thoth, in Scorpio, the house of Yenus(retrograde). 
Moon, Isis Amoni, in Sagittarius, the house of Mars. 
Although this catalogue states only the signs in which the 
seven planets had been observed, nevertheless, as there are 
not in history two autumnal equinoctial days to be found on 
which the very same planetary configuration has occurred, 
those acquainted with astronomical tables will easily succeed 
in making out the day of the observation. In this respect it 
is not necessary to go more fully into the particulars of this 
astronomical inscription. 
The Egyptians divided the zodiac not only into twelve 
