Tepy-a Semed
Tepy-a Semed is the 18th decan of the main decanal stars of Egyptian astrology. The decan has its heliacal rise during the week of II Peret 21-30 in the Egyptian calendar. Its name is translated as "predecessor of the horn."
Divination meaning
The Egyptian Star Oracle connects this decan with the Tree of Life.
Characteristics
On the astronomical ceiling in the tomb of Senmut, Tepy-a Semed is included with the decans of The Boat group. Although the decan is clearly connected with The Sheep (it is part of a horn, after all), the substance of the decan fits with the philosophical view of The Boat as a vessel for aspects of the human condition; in this case, Tepy-a Semed represents your intellectual world.
In ritual work, Tepy-a Semed can repel evil spirits and has control over diseases. This decan can spread a plague that spares his virtuous followers, but leaves enemies very sick. The Naos of the Decades makes the curious claim that victims of Tepy-a Semed will feel the “voice of the bull throbbing in every part of their body.” This may also be a reference to the deity Bael. A Ugaritic text from 1250BC describes Baal as having two horns and the “voice of the bull.”
The Dendera D zodiac ceiling depicts this decan as a seated lion-headed god. The same ceiling gives its mineral as gold.
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