Sheshat the Goddess of Cosmic intuition and the Mistress Architect of the Temples

On  the back of Rameses sitting statue in the first courtyard of Luxor Temple the Goddess Sheshat and her husband the God Thoth are engraved. Every Egyptian temple was created as an image of the cosmos and therefore to build a temple or   add a new section became an act of creation.

The pharaoh would consult the goddess Sheshat who embodied the essence of cosmic intuition, She was the Mistress of Architects, and with the pharaoh she would hold a foundation ritual known as ‘The stretching of the cord’ to measure and lay plans for the temples axis by aid of the stars. Sheshat also kept important records of the   king’s life and recorded the time that had been allocated to him by the gods for his stay on earth. Her instructions came from the cosmos and Amon; she is shown here writing down the years Ramses will rule.