ꜥ.wy špšy.t

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2023-09-18
Primary meaning House of fortune
Literal translation House of fortune
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House of fortune astrological house

5th astrological place

pꜣy-ms=w r swgꜣ (n) ꜥ.wy (n) špšy.t ỉw=f [r ỉr]\ nfr r šy

‘The one who was born when Mercury was in the House of fortune, he will be | lucky as too fate.’

— P.Berlin 8345 iv 10-11

Genre: astrological treatise
Provenance: Soknopaiou Nesos
Date: 1st cent. CE to 2nd cent. CE

Quack, J. F., 2008, Texte aus Ägypten: Demotische, magische und divinatorische Texte. In B. Janowski and B. Wilhelm (eds), Omina, Orakel, Rituale und Beschwörungen. Texte aus der Umwelt des Alten Testaments, Neue Folge 4. Gütersloh: Gütersloher Verlagshaus.

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy špšy.t (Lemma #265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/265/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy špšy.t (Lemma #265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/265/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2023). ꜥ.wy špšy.t (Lemma #265). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/265/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2023) ꜥ.wy špšy.t (Lemma #265), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/265/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac265,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2023},
	title = {ꜥ.wy špšy.t ({Lemma} #265)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/265/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/265/},
}