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	The [[Pyramid Texts]] and Coffin Texts both clearly state that the point of their spells is to help the deceased navigate the underworld before joining the stars in the sky as a decan, serving as a crew member guiding [[Ra]]'s solar barque through the body of [[Nut]] each night. The deceased only attains this position as a living, eternal god by being received by Sopdet after completing their trials and following the path up to the heavens.		The [[Pyramid Texts]] and Coffin Texts both clearly state that the point of their spells is to help the deceased navigate the underworld before joining the stars in the sky as a decan, serving as a crew member guiding [[Ra]]'s solar barque through the body of [[Nut]] each night. The deceased only attains this position as a living, eternal god by being received by Sopdet after completing their trials and following the path up to the heavens.

			Sopdet's consort was the god [[Sah]].

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[[File:36-Sopdet.jpg|200px|thumb|The goddess Sopdet as depicted on the Middle Kingdom Period coffin lids]]
'''Sopdet''' is the 36th decan of the main [[Egyptian decans|decanal stars]] of [[Egyptian astrology]]. The decan has its heliacal rise during the week of IV Shemu 21-30 in the [[Egyptian calendar]].

==Religious background==
The Egyptians based their entire calendar on the heliacal rise of the star [[Sirius]], which was considered to be the goddess Sopdet herself. This established Sopdet as one of the most important deities in the [[Egyptian religion]] throughout all time periods.

The [[Pyramid Texts]] and Coffin Texts both clearly state that the point of their spells is to help the deceased navigate the underworld before joining the stars in the sky as a decan, serving as a crew member guiding [[Ra]]'s solar barque through the body of [[Nut]] each night. The deceased only attains this position as a living, eternal god by being received by Sopdet after completing their trials and following the path up to the heavens.

==Depiction==
The hieroglyphic symbol for Sopdet is a pyramid; and on the Middle Kingdom Period coffins, the goddess is depicted as a woman holding a ''wAs'' scepter with a pyramid on her head.

==Divination meaning==
[[The Egyptian Star Oracle]] connects this decan with inundation.

==Characteristics==
In ritual work, Sopdet may be evoked for any of her various traits and powers, or even as a symbol of feminine energy. The Naos of the Decades says that Sopdet has power over life and death: the sky, the earth, and the Duat follow her instructions.

On the Dendera D zodiac, this decan's mineral is listed as gold.

{| class="wikitable" style="margin: auto;text-align:center;"
!style="background:#c5dae3;text-align:center;"; colspan="3"|[[Egyptian decans|The Decans of Egyptian Astrology]]
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|style="background:#EAEAEA;text-align:center;"|'''Previous Decan'''
|style="background:#EAEAEA;text-align:center;"|'''This Decan'''
|style="background:#EAEAEA;text-align:center;"|'''Next Decan'''
|-
|[[Tepy-a Sopdet]]
|[[Sopdet]]
|[[Shetwy]]
|}

[[Category:Egyptian Decans]]