mw

Egyptian noun

Last edited: 2024-01-11
Primary meaning Aquarius
Literal translation Water
Variants
twtw-n-pꜣ-mw The image of the water
mw Most common designation
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Aquarius zodiac sign

(rꜥ)-ḫꜥ mw 22 (rꜥ)-ḥtp mꜣe 22 (tꜣ šy n tꜣ) p.t ḏlꜣ.t 20 (tꜣ šy n tꜣ) | dwꜣ.t kꜣ 20

‘Ascendant: Aquarius 22°; Descendant: Leo 22°; Lake of the Sky: Scorpio 20°; | Lake of the Netherworld: Taurus 20°.’

— ANAshm.O.D. 641.9-10

Genre: horoscope
Provenance: Athribis
Date: 1st cent. BCE - 1st cent. CE

Winkler, A., 2022. The First zodiac Sign and the Daimon: The Advent of an Astrological Tradition and Seven Elaborate Horoscopes, Studien zur Altägyptischen Kultur 51 238


water noun

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APA (7th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mw (Lemma #69). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/

Chicago (Author-Date)
Winkler, A. (2024). mw (Lemma #69). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/

MLA (9th)
Winkler, A. (2024). mw (Lemma #69). The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/

Harvard
Winkler, A. (2024) mw (Lemma #69), The ZODIAC Glossary: A Cross-Cultural Glossary of Ancient Astral Science. Available at: https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/ (Accessed: December 1, 2025).

BibTeX
@misc{zodiac69,
	note = {[Online; accessed 2025-12-01]},
	author = {Winkler, Andreas},
	year = {2024},
	title = {mw ({Lemma} #69)},
	url = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/},
	howpublished = {https://zodiacglossary.github.io/lemma/69/},
}