🌚 in Leo. Anubis, The Shaman King, through the lens of Shamanic Egyptian Astrology, is associated with the fire sign Leo. Leo is the sign of the king and Leo more than any astrological sign needs to be seen and recognized by others. Leo natives are kind and generous with their praise because this is what they most value - being recognized by others for the gifts they bring. Yet ultimately, the best recognition comes when we are able to see ourselves fully and completely. We must matter in our own eyes, we must know our own value, we must see ourselves as kings and queens of our personal realm. In order to do this, we must release the attachment to past pain and hurts. If Anubis had held onto his hurt around the abandonment by his mother, he could never have become the shaman guide. It is only when we begin to see that it is our pain that has created us that we can see the gifts that are part of that pain. Like the mighty lion, symbol for the sign of Leo, when one's inner authority is fully embraced there is no more need for the approval of others. Planet Earth provides us all with an experience of abandonment. Some are literally abandoned while others feel it more subtly - yet everyone at some point in life feels cast out, neglected, abandoned, lost. Abandonment plays a key role in Anubis's story. Nephthys, realizing that she cannot take her newborn baby home with her because her husband, Set, will kill him, takes Anubis out into the desert and leaves him. Isis rescues Anubis - comes to get him and takes him home to raise him as her own. Although she treats him like her son, he is not, and he can never inherit the throne of his father, Osiris. This is the stuff of a Shakespeare play, and if we were to stay true to form, Anubis would grow up to be twisted and hateful, desiring revenge upon those who have done him wrong, Yet that is not what happens. Anubis becomes a guide to the newly dead - taking them into the underworld and then bringing them out into a new life. Anubis finds his true sovereignty. ~excerpt on #Anubis by Ruby Falconer. . . . 1🔥art by unknown, tag 2 mask worn by priest during mummification ritual; and 4: Egyptian Museum 3 MOMA