Ma’at (Mayet)
Maat
© 2005, by Witch HPs Hawk

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Western Zodiac: Libra
Glyph: Scales
Tarot: Justice
Associations: Red Feather/Ostrich, Ankh, Scales
Sacred Animals: Hawk, Falcon, Uraeus
Sacred Trees: Cedar, Cypress, Palm, Fig, sycamore, apple and olive.
Stones: Lapis Lazuli and Emerald
Goddesses: Ishtar, Cybele, Inanna, Nemesis, Sophia
Gods: Tinia

Ma’at is the Goddess of truth, justice, cosmic order, and rules all laws that exist in both in the celestial and earthly realms. She exists to keep the balance and harmony of man’s laws on the earth and the laws of the Gods and Goddesses in the Celestial Realms. If one is off balance than all will turn to chaos. The Aquarius Age in which we live in now, it is very apparent tha Ma’at is not happy with how the laws are not being followed on the earthly planes. It appears that Set [Ma’at’s brother] is bringing about so much chaos, that there is little balance in the planes right now. We see much of her anger in our Age of Aquarius, there is so much chaos within that she is finding it necessary to take action and bring forth justice from the Celestial realms in order for the human race to listen and hear Her.

Ma’at is the daughter of Re’/Ra the Sun God of the Egyptian lands. In the time of Ra/Re’, Ma’at followed him and planned out the course of the cosmos and in which path Ra/Re’ would set forth each day. She followed him as he rose in the morn hours to bring the light of the Sun upon the lands for all to heal, embrace in love, the people and lands to be full of energy. In the time of Ma’at laws were not in need as it was the Golden Age, the age of man and immortals living peacefully as one and there was no chaos within the lands. Once, chaos was brought then Ma’at had to go into the celestial and make sure all her laws were obeyed and that each man would live with Ma’at in their heart and keep her laws. Once one was ready to journey into the Afterlife they would have to face Ma’at and her Judges to entrée into the Afterlife and be allowed passage. This was done by the weighing of ones heart upon her feather, if one kept her laws it would be lighter than her feather, if one didn’t it would weigh heavier and then be devoured by the Ta Urt. In this he would go to the Underworld and be prepared to review his life and be prepared for reincarnation, so that when it was time for him to be upon the earth again, he would be born into another human body. He would then of course have to live life and remember the laws of Ma’at if he wished to entrée the Afterlife and join the other Gods.

Ma’at is the wife of the Egyptian Moon God Thoth, the one who is said to have been the creator of all the higher learning, wisdome, astrology, and was a great mind. He stood by Ma’at when she was judging those who were to entrée either the Afterlife or the Underworld. Thoth was the balance as Ma’at is ruled by the Sun/Setting Sun, which is known as the Star of Love and carries the Souls of the Dead to the Underworld when it sets to rest and regain His energies for the next rising day, and Thoth the Moon, which is known as intellect. Ma’at is the Eye of Ra/Re’, she surrounds him from North to South and joins together the cardinal points of all the elements. Ma’at is considered one of the highest of the Egyptian Pathenon as all Gods are ruled by Ma’at and her laws. They seek her out for Her counsel, and each day they seek Ma’at out for the path of the cosmic energies. Set is Ma’at’s brother the Egyptian God of Death and Chaos, and it so happens I was born under this year in the Egyptian Astrology, and under the hour of Saturn on the planetary clock, which seems to fit well to the energy of Set.

Ma’at’s father the Sun God Ra/Re’ was later called and honoured as Amon Ra which has a Temple in the land of On also known as Heliopolis “City of the Sun” which is the Greek word and meaning, showing the connections to Helios the Greek Sun God and the teachings of the Mediterranean and Greek people to the Egyptians. In the Egyptian land of Djanet, Tanis [also Greek] stands a Temple for Amon that was built by the 21st dynasty of kings in Egypt [again showing the connection to the Mediterranean and the Greeks]. The only land that is not associated to the Greeks where Amon has a Temple is in Siwa which is an Arabic land within Egypt. However, when you look at Heliopolis and Tanis they are both in the Lower Egypt up North and all the gold that was mined was found in Upper Egypt in the South.

Within the Old Testament Ma’at is seen and called by the name Hokhmah which is another name for Sophia, which means Wise One, but is of the Feminine Spirit.

Ma’at within my life is very apparent, as I have lived on both sides of scales. In my past I dealt with Ma’at on the level of having to pay for my choices in life, nothing so bad that I was not able to move past it, however, I did have to learn that the laws of the earth are here to be obeyed and taken to heart. In my younger years Ma’at was with me in my taking responsibility and going to jail here and there until I learned my lesson that my life was not to be ruled by another. I worked the streets at night and in that comes going to jail from time to time, which I did and I have never not felt I was responsible for my own actions and choices. It was for me to learn and go through in this life and rectify in this life as well. Ma’at now in my life is also very apparent. She has been with me through many times of people misusing my trust and friendship, in me standing up for what is right and wrong and for the laws of the earthly and celestial planes to be followed. However, the most recent, in a case of one trying to sell merchandise other than what was ordered. I was forced to turn them over to the BBB and make a formal complaint and returned the merchandise with a full letter letting them know of their fraud in selling merchandise other than what I had ordered. In that they tried to turn it around as I who was the one who was a fraud, unearned guilt.

Omens of Ma’at in my life are the Hawk, I get regular visits from a beautiful Red Tailed Hawk almost weekly, and often I see two when I go out and golf with my husband. The hawk is so powerful a raptor, however, it has its’ enemies too, the Crow and most blackbirds are known to mob the Hawk, this is the omen of Set and trying to bring about chaos, however, the hawk is more powerful and ends up fleeing to safety. The Hawk carries the light of the Sun on its wings and would also be a deliver of the Souls of the Dead to the Underworld when the Sun sets.

Ma’at within my home, she has been here for years, both within a Tapestry, and a statue upon my Egyptian Altar [which I only just learned]. Ma’at is within the Tapestry as standing before Horus/Ra and speaking of the cosmic energies of the days as well as counseling the Pharoah of Upper Egypt, she holds the Ankh down in her hand. Below the Pharoah of Upper Egypt sits Anubis the Egyptian God of Death and the keeper of all those who entrée into the Afterlife once passing the Ma’at feather test of conscious. I have had this tapestry for many years and only have