Zodiac of Dendera

The Seven Cosmic Powers

Universal Power: Principle: Human Power

Maat Order Definition

Heka Magic Creativity

Sia Intelligence Knowledge

Hu Utterance Will

Maa Sight Observation

Sedjem Sound Cognizance

Sa Constitution Affinity

The Ennead of Heliopolis

Which was known as the the Osirian Gods and which is based on the Heliopolis Creation Myth and includes the following nine gods:

1. Atum (Atem) who is the the solar/creator god.

2. Shu who is the personification of air.

3. Tefnut who is the personification of moisture.

4. Seb (also known as Geb and Keb) who is the personification of earth.

5. Nut who is the personification of sky.

6. Osiris who is the God of the underworld and afterlife.

7. Isis who is the protector of the Pharaoh/King.

8. Set (Seth) who is the God of chaos.

9. Nephthys (Nebt-het) the mother of the funerary-deity Anubis.

The Four Spirits

The four spirits (also known as the four elements) of ancient Egypt include:

1. The Goddess Uati who represents the element water

2. The God Seb (also known as Geb, Keb) who represents the element Earth

3. The God Shu who represents the element Air

4. The God Ra who represents the element Fire

If I were an Egyptian goddess I would be the one you see above, called Seshat. Also known as Sesheta and Sashat, she was the goddess of writing and the wife of the god Thoth. Seshat is associated with the sacred Persea tree where all the royal names of the king were written at the time of his coronation. Seshat means "Female Scribe" and was also called "The Mistress of Books" Most likely indicating that she was in charge and also took care of Thoth's library of spells and scrolls. Seshat was seen as the goddess of writing, historical records, accounting and mathematics, measurement and architecture to the ancient Egyptians.

The Egyptians believed that Seshat invented writing, while Thoth taught writing to mankind. She was depicted as a woman wearing a panther-skin dress (the garb of the funerary stm priests) and a headdress that was also her hieroglyph which may represent either a stylised flower or seven (or nine) pointed star on a standard that is beneath a set of down-turned horns. (The horns may have originally been a crescent, linking Seshat to the moon and hence to her spouse, the moon god of writing and knowledge,Thoth.) Seshat was thought to be linked with the goddess Nephthys who was given the title 'Seshat, Foremost of Builders' in the Pyramid texts where it is said that she helped the pharaohs set the foundations of temples with indication that she set the axis by the aid of the stars. She was also identified with Isis. Safekh-Aubi (Sefekh-Aubi) is a title that came from Seshat's headdress, that may have become an aspect of Seshat or an actual goddess. Safekh-Aubi means 'She Who Wears the Two Horns' and relates to the horns that appear above Seshat's standard.
Other names assocated with Seshat is The Enumerator, Lady of writings, Head of the House of Divine Books (Archives).

Ancient Egyptian Cyclic Process

In Egyptian cosmology they believed the all of the lifestreams went through a process that ordains a return to the creative source and reappeared in the phenomenal world. This is known as a cycle of renewal; and in ancient Egyptian times this process was called “Neheh” which means, “forever”, “eternity”.

To the ancient Egyptians this process was a cyclic process and was associated with the four seasons.

The first phase, known as, “Manu” which means “horizon of waters” is what the ancient Egyptians believed where creation began. To the ancient Egyptians it was from a watery mass of undefined powers.

This phase is associated with:

The element: Water

The cardinal point: South

The city: Hermopolis

The second phase, known as, “Aakhut” which means, “luminous horizon”, and to the ancient Egyptians this was the phase where a strong force of light illuminated the primeval waters and created gestalts that would come into being.

This phase is associated with:

The element: Fire

The cardinal point: East

The city: Memphis

The third phase, known as, “Rostau” which means, “horizon of spirits”. This is the phase which expresses the sacred fire in matter, of microcosmic form in which forms now come into being.

This phase is associated with:

The element: Earth

The cardinal point: North

The city: Heliopolis

The fourth and final phase, known as, “Ament” which means, “horizon of the west”. This is the world in which we physically live; we have a physical form and we experience birth and death.

This phase is associated with:

The element: Air

The cardinal point: West

The city: Thebes

Mathematical Eye of Horus