KAALCHAKRA DAILY HOROSCOPES ASTROLOGY TAROT YOGA MEDITATION HYPNOSIS AYURVEDA PSYCHICSThe Egyptian Pharaohs & The Cobra as an Egyptian Symbol-UraeusThe cobra was a symbol of upper Egypt. Cobra was the symbol of the Pharaoh. The cobra was used for the low g in hieroglyphics. The cobra was also on the double crown of Egypt. Cobras(Awakened Kundalini Energizing Atomic Structure) were a sign of new life and resurrection. The cobra was almost always portrayed rearing up and with its hood dilated. The Greek word uraeus is typically used to describe the cobra in this pose. The word may have its origins from the Egyptian words which meant she who rears up. The species of cobra represented as the uraeus is the Naja haje.The king is portrayed wearing the royal nemes headcloth, the royal beard and the double crown, symbolizing his rule over Upper and Lower Egypt. The royal uraeus on his forehead protects him against all evil. The uraeus was a symbol for various things from early times including: the sun, Lower Egypt, the king and a number of deities.Ancient Egyptian Dynasties .The snake is also a symbol of transformation and evolution. The snake finds its place in the human body in the spine. The spine is most important as a nervous center but as a carrier of spiritual energy too, called by some oriental or Indian people as Kundalini. The uraeus is a rearing cobra that connotes protection. The uraeus was associated from as early as the predynastic Period with the Delta region, or Lower Egypt, and was featured prominently above the brow on the royal crown or the royal head cloth. The uraeus is often combined with the sun disk. The cobra, with its dilated hood framing the disk of the sun, was said to represent the fiery eye of Re. The two symbols were also depicted with various solar-linked deities, in particular Sekhmet, who is represented in the exhibition as a lion-headed goddess carrying the solar disk and uraeus above her head. The uraeus in its protective function is often incorporated into scenes from the Book of the Dead, associating uraeus with the underworld. The uraeus is a symbol of kingship in Egypt represented by a cobra in an upright position worn as a head ornament or crown. The symbol protected the king and was an agent of his destructive powers, spitting fire and associated with the goddess Wadjit. According to the Story of Re, the first uraeus was created by the goddess Isis who formed it from the dust of the earth and the spittle of the sun-god. The uraeus was the instrument with which Isis gained the throne of Egypt for her husband Osiris.As the sacred creature of the Delta city of Buto, the reptile was known by the same name. She soon became an emblem of all of Lower Egypt. The uraeus was often depicted with the vulture Nekhebet who served the same function for Upper Egypt. Together they symbolized the unification of the two lands. The creatures also appear together in the pharaoh's nebty or 'Two Ladies' name.The cobra was also called the 'fiery eye' of Re. Two uraei were sometimes depicted on either side of the solar disk.A gilded wooded cobra called netjer-ankh ("living god") was found in the tomb of Tutankhamon. It is representative of the cobra's associations with the afterlife. In funerary works, the cobra is often depicted spitting fire. Two cobras doing just that were said to guard the gates of every "hour" of the underworld. During the Late Period, uraei were also shown towing the barque of the sun in funerary papyri. In all of these examples, the cobra's protective nature is clearly demonstrated.The cobra was also representative of various deities such as Neith and Ma'at and Re.
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