I n the first decade of t h e 21 st cent u ry , the Egyptian - Spani sh Mission on Arc h a eoastronomy of ancient Egypt performed a detailed sta tistica l analysis of the orientation patterns of the temple s of Pharaonic Egypt , resulting in most interesting outcomes such as t h e justified proposal of seven families of astronomical orientations (Belmonte, Shaltout and Fekri, 2009) . A preliminar y analysis of what we may dub as cosmic landscapes in certain Egyptian locations , such as the Giza pyramids or Karnak , followed up (Belmonte, 2012: 215 - 250) . On the other hand , t h e Spanish Arc haeological Mission at Herakleopolis Magna has been excavating for several decades i n one of the most important ancient s ite s of Middle Egypt, making extraordinary archaeological discoveries in what once wa s t h e capital of Egypt during the 9 th and 10 th Dyn asties and again of a chiefdom for a short period during the Lybian epoch (Pérez Die , 2009). It was hence dec ided that a new complete survey of the site should be made with an astronomy and landscape perspective in mind . This paper presents the result of s uch a survey where the relationshi p between land - and skyscape at t h e main monuments of t h e city is put in the spotlight . One important outcome ha s been the po ssible orie n tation to Canopus − t h e second brightest star of Eg yptian skies − of the main temple of the city, the one devote d to the patr on divinity of Herakelopolis, t h e ram - headed god Heryshef . Epigraphy is integrated in t h e analysis and possible mythological relationships are explored, including the con n ections with other ram - headed deities of the Egy ptian pantheon, such as Amun - Re or Banebdjedet. Interestingly, the temples of these divinities at Thebes and Mendes also show alignments that could be related to Canopus, offering a new challen ge in the relationship between skyscaping and religion in th e civilization of Pharaonic Egypt.