mwt

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-10-21
Primary meaning Lot of death
Literal translation death
Variants
mwt
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Lot of death astrological concept, astrological lot

(rꜥ)-ḫꜥ mw 22 (rꜥ)-ḥtp mꜣy 22 (šy-n-tꜣ)-p.t ḏlꜣ.t 20 | (šy-n-tꜣ)-dwꜣ.t kꜣ 20 šꜣw tbt(.w) {30} sšr rpy.t 30 špšy.t | ḥr-ꜥnḫ 14 wrꜣ(.t) gnhd ⌈14⌉ ꜥnḫ pꜣ-nty-ꜣtḥ | mwt ḥtr(.w) ḥꜥ(.w) rpy.t (y)ꜥb(.t) tbt(.w)

‘Ascendant: Aquarius 22°; Descendant: Leo 22°; (Lake of the) Sky: Scorpio 20° | (Lake of the) Netherworld: Taurus 20° (Lot of the) Daimon: Pisces {30}; (Lot of the) Evil Daimon: Virgo 30°; (Lot of) Fortune: | Capricorn 14°; (Lot of) Misfortune: Cancer ⌈14°⌉; (Lot of) Life: Sagittarius | (Lot of) Death: Gemini; (Lot of) Flesh: Virgo; (Lot of) Illness: Pisces.’

— ANAshm.Mus.D.O. 641 9-12

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Athribis
Date: 48 BCE

A. Winkler, 2022, The First Zodiac Sign and the Daimon: The Advent of an Astrological Tradition and Seven Elaborate Horoscopes, Studien our Alt'ägyptischen Culture 51: 267-319 302

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mwt (Lemma #450). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/450/
Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). mwt (Lemma #450). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/450/
MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mwt (Lemma #450). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/450/
Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) mwt (Lemma #450), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/450/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).
BibTeX 
@misc{zodiac450,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mwt ({Lemma} #450)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/450/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/450/},
}