Ancient Egyptian Astrology

The Astrology Podcast

Chris Brennan

Religion & Spirituality, Spirituality, Religion

4.7 • 1.5K Ratings

🗓️ 22 April 2023

⏱️ 322 minutes

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In episode 398 professor Ian Moyer joins the show to talk about the history and practice of astrology in ancient Egypt, and discuss some of the notable Egyptian contributions to the astrological tradition. Ian is the author of the book Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism, which explores the ancient history and modern historiography of […]

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0:00.0	Hey, my name is Chris Brennan and you're listening to the Astrology podcast in this episode.
0:04.8	I'm going to be talking with Ian Moyer about Egyptian astrology for the data today is Monday,
0:10.8	April 10, 2023, starting at 149 p.m. in Denver, Colorado. And this should end up being the three,
0:16.6	398th episode of the show. So hey, and welcome to the show. Hey, Chris. Thank you very much for
0:23.2	having me. It's great to be here. I'm a fan of the podcast and I've enjoyed it, learned a lot from
0:28.1	it and from your other work in your book and excited about this. Well, it's not so new translation
0:33.7	of various valence. It's already a few months old now. So I'm glad you've been doing all this great
0:38.2	work. I've learned a ton from it. Thank you. Well, I'm a fan of your work as well. So you're the
0:44.6	author of a 2011 book titled Egypt and the Limits of Hellenism and which explores the ancient
0:52.0	history and the modern historiography of cultural and intellectual encounters between ancient
0:56.4	Greeks and Egyptians. And I thought you would be a great person to do this episode with about
1:02.3	Egyptian astrology because so much of what we know about Egyptian astrology really starts to come
1:09.5	about. And a lot of the documentation takes place in the Hellenistic period where we have this
1:14.1	blending of Egyptian and Greek and Mesopotamian cultures. And so I thought we could talk about
1:19.2	that today and talk especially about some of the unique contributions either that the Egyptians made
1:24.5	to astrology or different things that were culturally relevant in Egypt where Egypt kind of helped
1:32.8	to foster the creation of different forms of astrology at different points in time. So what's
1:39.6	you're excited to be great? Yeah, so what's your background in training just for those that aren't
1:44.4	familiar with you? Sure, yeah. I'm a history professor at the University of Michigan and I did my
1:52.4	PhD back in the day at the University of Chicago. And I studied in a program that allowed me to combine
1:59.0	classical studies in Egyptology to a certain extent. And that was great because I was able to really
2:04.8	get into this world of cultural contacts and interactions. And I've done my best over my career to
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