Ajet “Symbol of the Sunrise, Sunset, Horizon, Creation & Rebirth”

The Ajet is an ancient Egyptian symbol that was used in the writing of hieroglyphs which meant representation of the horizon and the sun. The Ajet represents the natural phenomenon of sunrise and sunset plus the concepts of creation and rebirth. The symbol means the horizon or the mountain of light. The circle in the middle of the center represents the sun and the figures found at the base are mountains. The symbol is protected by the god of the underworld Aker who comes in the shape of two lions on each side, each one representing the eastern and western horizons of the Egyptian underworld and also yesterday & today. Note: The Ajet is an ancient Egyptian symbol of sunrise and sunset, and a Hieroglyph showcasing the power of the horizon, and the full power of the sun. The symbol represents the concepts of creation and rebirth & the past and the present.

Akhet (Ancient Egyptian: Ꜣḫt; Gardiner: N27) is an Egyptian hieroglyph that represents the sun rising over a mountain. It is translated as “horizon” or “the place in the sky where the sun rises”.[1] Betrò describes it as “Mountain with the Rising Sun” (The hieroglyph for “mountain” is 𓈋) and an ideogram for “horizon”. Akhet appears in the Egyptian name for the Great Pyramid of Giza (Akhet Khufu), and in the assumed name of Akhetaten, the city founded by pharaoh Akhenaten. It also appears in the name of the syncretized form of Ra and Horus, Ra-Horakhty (Rꜥ Ḥr Ꜣḫty, “Ra–Horus of the Horizons”). Hieroglyphic for the horizon guarded by Aker. In ancient Egyptian architecture, the pylon mirrored the hieroglyph. The symbol is sometimes connected with the astrological sign of Libra and the Egyptian deity Aker, who guards the eastern and western horizons.