11/13/2009 - Apostrophe

Today, in the same area my son and I found the feather symbols, I saw a curious apostrophe symbol. I have seen similar characters in many languages, but want to put it in the context of my previous post describing an analysis of these symbols (11/4/2009 - Symbol Analysis.)

From the paper, How the Past Affects the Future: The Story of the Apostrophe by Christina Cavella and Robin A. Kernodle:

"The term itself, used to refer to the punctuation mark /’/, has its roots in the Greek word apostrephein, which means ‘to turn away’ (American Heritage, 1992, s.v. apostrophe). The word was used in Greek to describe a rhetorical device in which a speaker turned away from the audience to address another person, either real or imaginary, and eventually the term came to express the concept of something missing, in this case, the absence of letters or sounds."

I thought I would take the Hebrew approach to adding this symbol into the mix. The apostrophe in Hebrew is referred to as geresh having two meanings from a wikipedia definition:

1. An apostrophe-like sign placed after a letter (also known colloquially as a chupchik)
2. A note of cantillation in the reading of the Torah and other Biblical books, taking the form of a curved diagonal stroke placed above a letter

If the geresh is added to the letters previously analyzed, it slightly changes their pronunciation hence changing the letter it may represent. Although this is interesting, adding a geresh to any of the letters below would not change them in any way, or more accurately I think the geresh is not associated with these letters in Hebrew, but letters like Gimel, Shin, Vav, Kaph, Tav and Dalet.

The other possibility is that this symbol is actually a Yud in Hebrew. This represents the letter I or J. Adding J into the mix of letters from the post you get the following additional words for the letters BRABEHIYJ:

JAB
JAR
JAY (this may be of significance however!)

Interesting stuff.

11/5/2009 - Lunch Discussion with Leo

I had lunch today and had the opportunity to discuss these recent symbol sighting. We contemplated the foot symbol from yesterdays posting and the first thing that hit him was it reminded him of a flag. This may be because he saw it first upside down. He found this interesting as it along side of the feather symbol reminded him of the Egyptian goddess Maat, the goddess of truth, balance and order.

This symbol, sometimes may be referred to as the feather of Maat, represents the weight to which the heart of the deceased will be measured by Anubis in the Underworld. If a balance is obtained, the individual would be granted access to the Blessed Land (Heaven.)

Here is the comparison between the symbols:

I know now that finding this symbol with my son in our house the day before our tragic family event was only a sign that the heart of the one we lost balanced true and gained access to a better life in Heaven. It also means to me that the love of the Universe is with us in this time of need.

11/4/2009 - Symbol Analysis

I researched the significance of the two symbols my son and I discovered on the carpet (see posting 11/3/2009 - Eye in the Sky) as well as this new eye of Horus cloud I saw and this is what I came up with:

The first symbol in Egyptian represents a foot and the letter B. It also, interestingly enough, is very similar to the inception of the Cauda/Caput Draconis symbol I have been playing with in postings like 11/08/2008 - Signs in the Sky, 11/18/2008 - Cauda Draconis - G16, and 01/05/2009 - Cauda or Caput.

Here are the symbols side by side:

The second symbol represents the reed and the letters I and Y in Egyptian and I have not been able to figure out any significance to it at this time.

The third symbol in the sky, the eye of Horus, may represent the mouth in Egyptian which in turn stands for the letter R. This looks similar to a football with pointier ends. In researching what this symbol might mean, I found an interesting article about how the Eye or Horus was used in measuring fractions in enchant Egypt.

The below image describes how the different areas represent a different fraction:



Considering the mouth/football shape, the following applies to the eye of Horus:



This fraction represents 13/16 or .8125. Using Gematria the following information can be extrapolated:

8 = Chet = H = "Friend", Breath, Longing, Obey, "Beloved", Vegetation, Entrance, Fish, Elephant, to Bind, to Speak
1 = Aleph = A
2 = Bet = B = Toward, in, Within, Among, by, at, upon
5 = Hey = E = Vault, Bloom, Being Hollow, Flee, This Thing, Fugitive, Vapor, Mist, Food, Pit, Ridge View(Ridge Crest), Piece of Wood

Taking these letters and the above Egyptian ones the following English words come up that I can see (from the following BRABEHIY):

HARE
BARE
REHAB
AHAB
BEAR
HEAR
BABE
HER
HI
HEY
BRIBE

All very interesting, but nothing coming together at this point for me.

Any ideas?

11/3/2009 - Eye in the Sky

When driving home today I looked up and saw a large cloud in the sky that greatly resembled an eye of Horus. Its uncanny nature made me pause and contemplate the shape. I am not sure why all of these Egyptian-esque symbols keep popping up...but am going to continue to investigate.