Horus, the Sun and 12 Hours: Exploring Egyptian Symbolism

Horus ultimately took 12 steps. That's where the alcoholics have a 12-step program.

So do you have a 12-step program? You go to school in the first grade and you end up in the 12th grade.

It's a 12-step program.

And consequently, Horus was the sun. The sun walked across the sky in 12 steps, called 12 Horuses.

H-O-R-U-S, Horus. We today change it around and make it H-O-U-R-S.

So it's 12 hours. It's actually 12 Horuses.

And the sun brings light into the world.

It walks across the sky in 12 steps and brings light into the world.

And so consequently, and light in Latin was Lucius or Luke Skywalker.

He does battle with Darth Vader, the Prince of Darkness.

So all of this is very interesting, but it's making the point that the Eye of Horus is also known as the Eye of Ra.

It represents the sun and expresses the divine omnipotence of God, the Creator.

So in the ancient Egyptian, the sun represented the presence of God.