Bawy
Bawy is the 25th decan of the main decanal stars of Egyptian astrology. The decan has its heliacal rise during the week of I Shemu 1-10 in the Egyptian calendar. Its name is translated as "the two souls."
Divination meaning
The Egyptian Star Oracle connects this decan with abundance.
Characteristics
In ritual work, there are many positive benefits of working with the Bawy decan. The Naos of Decades describes the immense power of Bawy by saying, “It is he who carries the barque of Ra from the north. It is he who brings water to enhance the plants of the fields. It is he who makes life happen on earth throughout the cycle of his twelve stars by their appearances in the sky. It is he who gives life to all that lives.”
Spell 302 from the Pyramid Texts, which deals with Sopdet and the other decans, says the “Two Souls have bowed down at the beginning of the day, they who have passed the night while they made this bewailing for Ra.” This is a reference to the decans as the primordial gods who attempted to overthrow Ra, but were subjugated and turned into his guides and protectors.
The Two Souls are identified later in spell 306 as bAw Pe and bAw Nekhen, “the gods of the sky, the gods of the earth.” These two primordial gods were viewed as the divine ancestors of the early Egyptian kings.
The Dendera E zodiac ceiling depicts this decan as a ram-headed god. The Dendera D ceiling gives its mineral as gold.
| The Decans of Egyptian Astrology | ||
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