I have been a little behind on my Goddess of the week. Things have been very crazy for me lately. I have been trying to find a new place to live, and this has not been easy. I have been sick, tired and stressed beyond all measures. I am going to try once again to focus on a Goddess each week. This week, as the fates would have it, the Goddess is Maat. This is very appropriate for me now, because I have been very unjust with myself and others. My ”inner Judge” has been condemning and judging me very harshly. I had resigned myself to living in a situation that is unjust and intolerable. I can not continue to live the way I have been living. If I continue on my current path, my heart will certainly be devoured.
The Mythology
Maat (pronounced maht) was an ancient Egyptian Goddess of law, order, truth, and justice. With her feather of truth she weighed the souls of all who came to her subterranean Hall of Judgement. She would place her plume on her scales opposite the heart of the deceased. If the scales balanced, the deceased could feast with deities and spirits of the dead; if the heart was heavy, the deceased was turned over to Ahemait (Underworld Goddess who is part hippopotamus, part lion, part crocodile) to be devoured.
The Lessons of this Goddess
Maat has come with her feather of truth to assist you in bringing justice into your life. Are you in a situation that seems unfair, unjust, unreasonable? Have you used integrity, yet another or others have not, and now you are wounded and seek justice? Have you not been honest in your words, your deeds, your actions? Are you being unjust to others? to yourself? Perhaps your standards are so rigid that you find them impossible to meet and continually need to rebel? Do you have an inner judge who condemns you for any infractions in his/her rule? Now is the time to look at your life and invite justice in. Now is the time to repay all debts, to strike a fair and reasonable balance in all your dealings. The Goddess says that the way to wholeness for you lies in accepting the loving nature of justice which seeks to right all wrongs by administering the lessons needed.
