Glossary / Egyptian Astrology
The Egyptian horoscope replaces the 12 signs of Western astrology with 13 date ranges split between the Nile and 12 deities of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. Each one governs several short stretches of the year, not just one.
Unlike Western astrology, which comes from Greek astronomy, the Egyptian horoscope as it circulates today is a much more modern creation: it draws on the pantheon of gods and goddesses of Ancient Egypt — originally tied to the cycles of the Nile and the Egyptian lunar calendar — and reorganizes them into a birth-date system meant as a tool for self-discovery, in the style of a horoscope.
Instead of one god per month, each deity is assigned several short, non-consecutive stretches throughout the year, each lasting between 5 and 22 days. That's why you might share a sign with someone born in a completely different part of the year than you.
There are 13 signs in total. The Nile opens the system — it marks the start of the cycle — and the 12 deities split the rest of the year into the date ranges below.
Nile — The river that makes life possible
1–7 January · 19–28 June · 1–7 September · 18–26 November
Amun-Ra — God of the sun and king of the gods
8–21 January · 1–11 February
Mut — Mother goddess and protector
22–31 January · 8–22 September
Geb — God of the earth
12–29 February · 20–31 August
Osiris — God of resurrection and renewal
1–10 March · 27 November – 18 December
Isis — Goddess of motherhood and magic
11–31 March · 18–29 October · 19–31 December
Thoth — God of wisdom and writing
1–19 April · 8–17 November
Horus — God of the sky and protection
20 April – 7 May · 12–19 August
Anubis — God of the afterlife and guardian of the dead
8–27 May · 29 June – 13 July
Set — God of chaos and transformation
28 May – 18 June · 28 September – 2 October
Bastet — Goddess of protection, pleasure and harmony
14–28 July · 23–27 September · 3–17 October
Sekhmet — Goddess of war and strength
29 July – 11 August · 30 October – 7 November
Unlike the Chinese horoscope, no astronomical calculation is needed here: your day and month of birth are enough (the year doesn't matter, since the date ranges repeat the same way every year). Our calculator simply looks up which range your birth date falls into.
Western astrology divides the year into 12 consecutive one-month stretches. The Egyptian horoscope, on the other hand, splits the year into 13 signs that appear and disappear several times, in shorter, irregular stretches. That means your Egyptian sign almost never lines up in dates with your Western sign, even though both try to describe the same person from different angles.
The Egyptian horoscope replaces the 12 signs of Western astrology with 13 date ranges split between the Nile and 12 deities of the Ancient Egyptian pantheon. Each deity governs several short, non-consecutive stretches of the year, not just one month.
Unlike the Chinese horoscope, no astronomical calculation is needed: your day and month of birth are enough, since the date ranges repeat the same way every year.
Western astrology divides the year into 12 consecutive one-month stretches. The Egyptian horoscope splits the year into 13 signs that appear and disappear several times, in shorter, irregular stretches.
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