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Auset (Isis)

The greatest of the Neteru, leader of the powers that govern terrestrial life and come to its aid, Auset has been regarded for millennia as the source of divine in­tervention and magical processes. The season of Libra highlights those powers and her companion divinities who bring forth new life, restore lost vitality, and ensure divine protection. She is the source of hope when all appears to be lost, and her intercession can reverse the most dire circumstances. Auset always an­ swers an appeal, and invoking her attention should be done with certainty and sincerity. She is patroness of the priesthood, as her fidelity and service to the slain god is the model of attentiveness and spiritual devotion.

Principle: Fruition. The energy dynamic of Auset brings conditions to their ut­most realization or completion, allowing all that is potentially life-producing to come into being. Her powers can circumvent great obstacles, and will banish harmful influences and feelings.

Function: Birth. This goddess is the archetype of maternal life. She gives birth and nurses the child, protects it from danger, and in her greatest act, guides the youth Heru to consummate his ultimate destiny-resolve the death of his father and assume the powers of life in the mundane world. She does this by teaching the proper use of personal power and the careful practice of high magic in a re­spectful environment. She brings dignity and closure to tragic circumstances. From her legendary power to elicit the secret name of her father Ra, and dispel the poison from her son Heru and help restore his lost eye in a series of battles with Set, Auset is also an effective healer and restorer of vital functions, especially the breath. She is patroness of midwives, emergency medical practitioners, and hospice workers.

Associated deities: Sopdet, the star goddess of initiation; Meskhenet, Neter of the birth house; Selqit, vanquisher of poisons and “she who relieves the wind­ pipe” in the Pyramid Texts.

Animals: Swallow, dove, female falcon.

— Rosemary Clark: The Sacred Magic of Ancient Egypt