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The Moon
Full Moon Cycle of Imhotep
The full moon reflects in the water while women gather before the medicine man Imhotep. In The Journey into Egypt Tarot the Moon card represents the Full Moon cycle of Serpentarius, the Snake Bearer. It is the 13th full moon of the year. The symbol of the snake bearer in the zodiac sign of Serpentarius is found in the ancient Egyptian stories of Imhotep, medicine man and architect. Imhotep possibly lived during the time of Djozer (AKA Netjerikhet, meaning ‘Body of the Gods”) and is given credit for building the step pyramid at Saqqara. He is often recognized as the world's first doctor, a priest, scribe, sage, poet, astrologer, a vizier, and chief minister to Djoser. (3rd Dynasty- Old Kingdom)
The image of Imhotep has survived via statuary rendering him both as an ordinary man in plain clothes and seated on a throne, god-like, bearded, and carrying the ankh and a scepter. Imhotep's best-known writings are medical texts. As a physician, Imhotep is believed to have authored the Edwin Smith Papyrus that contains descriptions of more than 90 anatomical terms and 48 injuries. He may be the founder of an ancient medical school called Asklepion in Turkey 2,200 years before Hippocrates and his well-known Hippocratic Oath.
Imhotep is an example of "personality cults" from the Age of Aries whereby a learned sage or venerated person is deified some 2,000 years after his death. He was elevated to a god status, replacing Nefertum, in the great triad at Memphis. He is also associated with Thoth, god of wisdom, writing and learning. He was worshiped in Greece where he was identified with Aesclepius. Early Christians describe him as one-with-Christ. According to Normandi Ellis in her book Imagining the World into Existence, during the New Kingdom dynasties between 1550-1070 BCE Imhotep replaces Nefertum as the divine son of Sekhemet and Ptah.
Imhotep as the Thirteenth Full Moon is associated with the Moon card showing the natural healing effects associated with the waxing and waning moon. The moon’s energy can be a useful tool in the process of recovery, helping shed unneeded or unwanted aspects of one’s life, much like a snake sheds its skin.
The thirteenth sign has been eliminated from the teachings of astrology in part because it is a dead giveaway that the advanced study of the stars has an Egypt origin. And yet, the horoscope is clearly oriented to the Egyptian worldview as well as its calendar. Instead, credit for astrology is often given to the Romans, Greeks, or Babylonians.
Card meaning: The Moon in The Journey Into Egypt approaches the idea of deception in a different way. It represents the 13th full moon of the year and all things related to the life’s cycles and patterns. This deception results from our obsession with aligning everything to the solar cycle, yet the moon has its own distinctive cycle, if we take the time to realize it. The moon respects its own path and follows its own logic. It is more subtle than the sun, which represents the ego, and more like what we perceive of as the subconscious. In a reading this card enforces the idea that there are subtle forces at play and a situation will unfold, bringing light to an occulted subject. Intuition is in play and it may take a path that is rare, unexpected and enlightening...
*Current archaeological theories of when the step pyramid in Saqqara was built are being questioned by some researchers who think the pyramid was actually built later, when knowledge of how to build such structures was already lost. And the Great Pyramid at Giza may be older than currently speculated.
Full Moon Cycle of Imhotep
The full moon reflects in the water while women gather before the medicine man Imhotep. In The Journey into Egypt Tarot the Moon card represents the Full Moon cycle of Serpentarius, the Snake Bearer. It is the 13th full moon of the year. The symbol of the snake bearer in the zodiac sign of Serpentarius is found in the ancient Egyptian stories of Imhotep, medicine man and architect. Imhotep possibly lived during the time of Djozer (AKA Netjerikhet, meaning ‘Body of the Gods”) and is given credit for building the step pyramid at Saqqara. He is often recognized as the world's first doctor, a priest, scribe, sage, poet, astrologer, a vizier, and chief minister to Djoser. (3rd Dynasty- Old Kingdom)
The image of Imhotep has survived via statuary rendering him both as an ordinary man in plain clothes and seated on a throne, god-like, bearded, and carrying the ankh and a scepter. Imhotep's best-known writings are medical texts. As a physician, Imhotep is believed to have authored the Edwin Smith Papyrus that contains descriptions of more than 90 anatomical terms and 48 injuries. He may be the founder of an ancient medical school called Asklepion in Turkey 2,200 years before Hippocrates and his well-known Hippocratic Oath.
Imhotep is an example of "personality cults" from the Age of Aries whereby a learned sage or venerated person is deified some 2,000 years after his death. He was elevated to a god status, replacing Nefertum, in the great triad at Memphis. He is also associated with Thoth, god of wisdom, writing and learning. He was worshiped in Greece where he was identified with Aesclepius. Early Christians describe him as one-with-Christ. According to Normandi Ellis in her book Imagining the World into Existence, during the New Kingdom dynasties between 1550-1070 BCE Imhotep replaces Nefertum as the divine son of Sekhemet and Ptah.
Imhotep as the Thirteenth Full Moon is associated with the Moon card showing the natural healing effects associated with the waxing and waning moon. The moon’s energy can be a useful tool in the process of recovery, helping shed unneeded or unwanted aspects of one’s life, much like a snake sheds its skin.
The thirteenth sign has been eliminated from the teachings of astrology in part because it is a dead giveaway that the advanced study of the stars has an Egypt origin. And yet, the horoscope is clearly oriented to the Egyptian worldview as well as its calendar. Instead, credit for astrology is often given to the Romans, Greeks, or Babylonians.
Card meaning: The Moon in The Journey Into Egypt approaches the idea of deception in a different way. It represents the 13th full moon of the year and all things related to the life’s cycles and patterns. This deception results from our obsession with aligning everything to the solar cycle, yet the moon has its own distinctive cycle, if we take the time to realize it. The moon respects its own path and follows its own logic. It is more subtle than the sun, which represents the ego, and more like what we perceive of as the subconscious. In a reading this card enforces the idea that there are subtle forces at play and a situation will unfold, bringing light to an occulted subject. Intuition is in play and it may take a path that is rare, unexpected and enlightening...
*Current archaeological theories of when the step pyramid in Saqqara was built are being questioned by some researchers who think the pyramid was actually built later, when knowledge of how to build such structures was already lost. And the Great Pyramid at Giza may be older than currently speculated.
