The early Egyptian was very superstitious. Though their life was a close connection between the here and now and the life hereafter. To them the Pharaohs were more than men. They were gods that would continue ruling Egypt once the departed to Heaven. In harmony they would circle the earth with Osiris, waiting for the Day of Judgment, to come back and revive the good people.
But still the people wanted to know what the future may bring. Every mother that could afford the expense took her newborn to an astrologer to have his horoscope prepared and his future told. With the loving newborn in her hand and her dream for a bright future in her heart, she waited to hear the outcome of the cards.
Perhaps the mother of the boy Pharaoh has taken him to the astrologer. Having looked for the best person versed in reading and interpreting what the stars revealed. If then what did she learn. Did the sage tell her what she wanted to hear? A tale of prosperity, a long life and a beautiful wife? If so did she return home in the assurance that her newborn son would have nothing bad coming his way? Today we know what the astrologer should have said to her:
Your son will grow up in a palace. He will be rich and marry very young. He will be ruler of Egypt before he write and read properly. He will have the double crown of Egypt making every person bow before him. His wife will be blessed with exceptional beauty she inherited from her mother . And then glowing with pride he would have looked at her, suddenly pitying her. This will be all true but in less than 10 years time all this will be over and he will be dead.
King Tutankhamen died when he was 17 or 18 after he married when he was 10 and reigned Egypt as a boy with nothing but toys on his mind.
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