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The HaKaPoret. Poret is literally "the gate" (note: this translation has been scrubbed from Google translator but is screencapped in the post called "Q the Winged Sun"). Ka in Egyptian is the soul. The soul gate?
Possible derivation of the sun disk symbol:
The BenBen Stone. A capstone from a pyramid kept in a Cairo museum:
I believe this winged sun disk is the "Ka'Poret" and it is a covering over the pyramid, which is an ark (hebrew - ARON), in the sense of being the gathering place. It is a symbol of covering and protection.
These repeating patterns keep emerging around the number five and the fifth letter of the Hebrew alphabet HEH, the breath. Trees, birds, bells, dragons and songs. Fire, water, air, earth, spirit...
Much symbolism is contained here. The vav symbolizes a feather. The feather symbolizes truth or Ma'at to ancient Egyptians. Here it is also representative of the backbone of the man in close relation to the spirit (shin). The spirit is not visible (the shin letter) but implied as the fifth element.
The bronze tree from ancient China appears to show the 10 spirits/birds/dragons arranged in a similar pattern as the tree of life, bringing to mind the story of the dragon and the nine sons.
The lanterns are serpent eyes lighting the path, protecting the Egyptian god Heh. This is a charmed serpent, pressure has been applied to the top of his head (by Ra) to keep him calm. Heh is riding in the mouth, and HEH represents the breath, the spoken word.
This is "the way" to control yourself by looking at the dichotomy (opposing sides) - both extremes - and calming your mind.
The Bagua or Pakua are eight symbols used in Taoist cosmology to represent the fundamental principles of reality, seen as a range of eight interrelated concepts. Each consists of three lines, each line either "broken" or "unbroken", respectively representing yin or yang, 0 or 1 forming binary numbers 000-111 (0 to 7). Due to their tripartite structure, they are often referred to as Eight Trigrams in English.
The trigrams are related to Taiji philosophy, Taijiquan and the Wuxing, or "five elements". The relationships between the trigrams are represented in two arrangements, the Primordial (先天八卦), "Earlier Heaven" or "Fu Xi" bagua (伏羲八卦), and the Manifested (後天八卦), "Later Heaven," or "King Wen" bagua. The trigrams have correspondences in astronomy, astrology, geography, geomancy, anatomy, the family, martial arts ,Chinese medicine and elsewhere.
The ancient Chinese classic, I Ching (Pinyin: Yi Jing), consists of the 64 pairwise permutations of trigrams, referred to as "hexagrams", along with commentary on each one.
The Limitless (無極; Wuji) produces the Delimited (有極; Youji),
and this Delimited is equivalent to the Highest Limit (太極; Taiji), or the Absolute.
The Taiji (i.e. the two opposing forces in embryonic, unmanifested form) produces two forms Liangyi (兩儀),
namely yin-yang(陰陽), the manifested opposing forces.
These two forms produce four phenomena:
namely: lesser yin (少陰, shaoyin), and greater yin (太陰, taiyin, which also refers to the Moon);
lesser yang (陽, shaoyang), and greater yang (太陽, taiyang, which also refers to the Sun).
The four phenomena (四象; sìxiàng) act on the eight trigrams (八卦; Bagua).
Eight 'eights' results in sixty-four hexagrams.
The double-headed eagle represents the constellation Gemini, the head of the Vermilion bird.
The Vermilion Bird (Chinese: 朱雀; pinyin: Zhūquè), or Zhuque, is one of the Four Symbols of the Chinese constellations. According to Wu Xing, the Taoist five-elemental system, it represents the fire-element, the direction south, and the season summer correspondingly. Thus it is sometimes called the Vermilion Bird of the South (Chinese: 南方朱雀, Nán Fāng Zhū Què). It is described as a red bird that resembles a pheasant with a five-colored plumage and is perpetually covered in flames. It is known as Suzaku in Japanese, Jujak in Korean and Chu Tước in Vietnamese.
It is often mistaken for the Fenghuang due to similarities in appearance, but the two are different creatures. The Fenghuang is a legendary ruler of birds who is associated with the Chinese Empress in the same way the dragon is associated with the Emperor, while the Vermilion Bird is a mythological spirit creature of the Chinese constellations.
The 28 constellations of Chinese astrology (in which the moon's apparent path across the sky is split into 28 sections) are divided into 4 groups of 7 constellations, 1 group for each of the 4 directional gods, and each group was thought to model the appearance of its god.
Among the seven constellations grouped into the south, Suzaku's domain, the central constellation, called the 'Star' is the heart of the Hydra constellation in Western astronomy; its central star is the principal star in the Hydra constellation, Alphard. This second-magnitude star, whose name means 'the solitary one,' is in an area with few bright stars and thus seems to stand out; as can be inferred from their naming this as 'Star' constellation, Chinese astronomers have known of this star since very ancient times, and indeed Alphard is one of the first stars to have been discovered by the Chinese.
This orange colored star, in addition to creating an image of the Ptarmigan or any other birds whose feathers are orange around the breast, may also have possibly influenced the establishment of the image of this auspicious bird 'Suzaku.'
Furthermore, the "Wings Manison," also in Suzaku's southerly group, represents Suzaku's wings.
Actually not much has been written about the Vermilion Bird, though the other ancient constellations all have several myths and stories. The Vermilion Bird Constellation was originally identified by ancient Chinese Astronomers in about 3800 BC. Over time other cultures and and more modern Asian Astrologers called this constellation the "Red Phoenix" or the "Red Dragon."
The seven positions or stations of the Vermilion Bird are known as "mansions" and they represent groupings or asterisms of stars. These are called Well, Ghost, Willow, Star, Extended Net, Wings and Chariot.
There are some mysterious aspects to the original Vermilion Bird and clues include the planet Mars, and Cinnebar, which is mined in China and used to make the orange-red (vermilion) laquer so prized by Chinese artisans.
To the naked eye, Mars appears as a bright point of light, like a star. The motions of this planet were charted by ancient Chinese Astrologers but it is very difficult to see without the lenses of binocculars or a telescope. They were somehow able to identify it as "Vermilion" the color of Cinabar, mined in China during those times.
The Vermilion Bird of Summer
Sometimes called the Red Bird of the South, the Vermilion Bird was chosen by the earliest Chinese astronomers to represent the planet Mars, and seven positions of the moon against certain stars in the northern sky. These seven collections of stars all together look like a bird on the wing.
It's possible that the constellation Canis Minor with Leo Major represent the inner portion of the opposing wings of the Vermilion bird. This Canis-Leo connection could be why the Sphinx in Egypt originally appeared as a lion's head on the body of an Egyptian hound.
This is Khufu, who is acknowledged as the builder of the Great Pyramid. Notice the turtle on his hat. This would be symbolic of the emperor, or the Northern "dragon", or Turtle. The Vermilion Bird, or the Southern "dragon" is symbolic of the Empress. This is represented by 7 Summer and 7 Winter phases of the moon.
In Japanese Buddhist thought of earth (chi), water (sui), fire (ka), wind (fu), and void (ku). ... 火 Ka or hi, meaning "Fire".
Photo from Faith Of Our Fathers - Eng Updated: Finding God In Ancient China by Thong Chan Kei (Chapter 2 - Words Have Meaning)
Close-up of "feminine hand" - It strongly resembles a Hamsa/Atman symbol with a triskelion at the center. Click here for Q Sohum, I am that I am, I am the Swan
This is money tree worship (good fortune) in ancient China with bells, fruits and birds on them. These images are posted here under fair use and I claim no rights to any of these images, they are screenshots from a virtual museum linked above. Anyone can access these images and view them directly from the website.
Photo from Faith Of Our Fathers - Eng Updated: Finding God In Ancient China by Thong Chan Kei (Chapter 2 - Words Have Meaning)
