MAAT (AUG 29 - SEPT 27) Virgo ( Aug 23 to Sep 22) LIbra the constellation was associated in Antiquity with the Egyptian Goddess of JUSTICE MAAT This goddess personifies all the elements of divine or cosmic harmony and bal-ance; including Truth, Mathematics, Justice and Moral Integrity. According to Budge the name means straight hence that which is unalterable and steadfast etc. Maat is associated with astrology and divinatory arts. Pharaohs saw Maat as their authority to govern and would stress how their reigns upheld the laws of the universe which she embodies. Many examples exist of the kings being called beloved of Maat. In the Pyramid Texts ASR is called lord of Maat. She is the goddess or neter of justice. Her presence is required at the Weighing of the Heart; in the Hall of Two Truths where the dead persons heart is placed on a pair of scales to balance against a feather; the image of the goddess Maat symbolising a blameless life. She is judge of the dead (the deities/gods of the ENEAD in their role as tribunal judges are described as the Council of Maat.). The role of Maat was crucial to the deceased reaching Paradise. Only if the life lived is sufficiently blameless could they enter the realm of ASR.
Posted on: Wed, 03 Sep 2014 11:43:04 +0000
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