Scarab (Ancient Egyptiann Symbol)

The good luck beetle. Ancient Egyptians believed that a winged scarab flew across the sky each morning carrying the sun. He represented the god of dawn or creation and was worn for strength.

Called the dung beetle because of its practice of rolling a ball of dung across the ground. The Egyptians observed this behavior and equated it with the ball of the sun being rolled across the sky. They confused this balled food source with the egg sack that the female dung beetle laid and buried in the sand. When the eggs hatched the dung beetles would seem to appear from nowhere, making it a symbol of spontaneous creation. In this role it was associated with the sunrise. Khepri was the scarab headed god.

It seemed to the ancient Egyptians that the young scarab beetles emerged spontaneously from the burrow were they were born. Therefore they were worshipped as "Khepera", which means "he was came forth." This creative aspect of the scarab was associated with the creator god Atum.

Lotus Flower ( Ancient Egyptian Symbol)

The lotus flower appeared in legends originating from ancient Egypt. It played an important part in ancient Egyptian religion. The pure white lotus flower, the only plant to fruit and flower simultaneously, emerges from the depths of the muddy swamp. Growing from the mud at the bottom of ponds and streams, the exquisite Lotus flower rises above the water and is usually white or pink with 15 or more oval, spreading petals, and a peculiar, flat seedcase at its center.

The lotus closes at night and sinks underwater. In the morning it re-emerges and blooms again. Thus the flower became a natural symbol of the sun and creation. In Hermopolis, it was believed that it was a giant lotus blossom that first emerged from the primordial waters of Nun and from which the sun-god came forth (portrayed in the image at left). As a symbol of re-birth, the lotus was closely related to the imagery of the funerary and Osirian cult.

Eye Of Horus Meaning

The eye of horus also known as Wedjat or Oudjat is the left lunar eye, connected with the moon.The right eye is the eye of RA and associated with the sun.The horus eye sign is worn for protection and to ward of angry evil spirits.

Though some sources say there is no distinction at all. The Eye represents the eye that was lost by Horus when he fought with Seth over the murder of his father, Osiris. The symbol is worn for to ward off evil spirits.

The Eye of Horus also symbolises bringing of wisdom and our ability to see with clarity and truthfulness.

The Tau Cross (Crux Commisa)

The Tau Cross is named from the Hebrew alphabet's last letter 'X', which was pronounced 'Taw'. This same sound transliterates to the Greek letter 'T'. Both the 'X' and 'T' shapes are used in forms of the Chi-Rho Cross.

Tau Cross gets its name from the similarity between letter 'T' and a walking aid. Indeed, the Christian cross is used by many people for their jurney through life.

Crux Commissa means a cross a cross made by joining or attaching pieces together. With the cross bar used as a carring handle, it is called Crux Ansata and represents a attribute of divinity on Egyptian and Assyro-Babylonian sculptures, such as Isis and Osiris. (See aswell the Ankh Cross) It was the symbol of immortality, life in general, and sometimes a phallic symbol. A pagan sign of the mystic Tau of the Chaldeans and the Egyptians, this cross was a attribute of the Roman god Mithras and the Greek Attis, and their forerunner Tammuz, the Sumerian God of Sun, consort of the goddess Ishtar. Conveniently, the original form of the letter 'T' was the initial letter of the god of Tammuz. During baptism, this cross was marked on the foreheads by the pagan priest.