Dates:    21 March to 20 April

Appearance: Usually depicted in human form (wrapped as a mummy with his arms emerged), holding the crook and flail - both sceptres of kingship.    He wears a distinctive crown known as the 'atef' - a conical centre piece with a plume on either side.  ASR's skin is often shown as black or green, both very positive in Kemet symbolising fertility and life.

Symbols: Flail and Crook

Principle:  Renewal: Having been chopped to pieces and put back together again; ASR stands for that which has been broken, or diminished and reconstituted or recovered.  He is the neter of new life and second chances.

Function:  Germination: Energies Ausar's forces Infuse vitality in the innate life force that is in all things. Allowing appreciation for life especially where this force has been hibernating hindered or blocked.

Myth:

Asuar as the first divine king; taught the people agriculture. He therefore has a role as an agricultural god, and is referred to as corn or barley.  His hands and face are often painted black to evoke the Nile silt or green the colour of living vegetation.

Ausar to qualify for rulership.The traditional kings of KMT had to strive to become the living embodiment of ASR.  He establishes and trains the priesthood.  Ausar teaches the people how to pour libation.  Also he usually gets the title of first sign of the zodiac. Ausar taught the people to revere their ancestors.  In Kamit this was done by constructing monuments in their living memory.

According to Ashby Asar is also an Avatar, a divine incarnation into time and space, the incarnation of the Higher self, the soul, into the realm of time and space.  

In another Creation Myth it is said that Asar uttered his own name and thereby brought the world and all life into existence.  This is the process of Divine incarnation whereby the Supreme Being becomes the universe.   Asar, Lord of the Perfect Black, is the personification of the blackness of the vast un-manifested regions of existence.  Asar is the essence of all things, and the very soul of every human being as the Higher Self, who through ignorance, has become involved in the world,  has been slain by its own ego (represented by the god Set), and struggles to regain its original state of perfection.  Asar also symbolises the fragmented ocean of consciousness which has been cut into pieces by the lower self.  No longer is there the vast all-encompassing, all-knowing, all seeing consciousness.  The Divine has become limited in association with the human mind, body and senses, due to the desire to experiences human feelings and egoistic sentiments.  Instead of looking at the universe through cosmic mind, the Divine now expresses (him/herself) through billions of life forms whose bodies, minds and senses are too limited to see the vastness of creation.

In one Myth, as the eldest son he inherited the right to govern Egypt.  His jealous brother Set however, killed him

Ausar was the first born of Ged (earth god) and Nut (sky god).  As the eldest son he inherited the right to govern Egypt.  His jealous brother however assassinated him.  His rule over pre-dynastic Egypt therefore came to an abrupt end.

The myths tell varying versions, but generally, his body was dismembered (into 13/14 pieces), and scattered throughout the Nile Valley.  They are all later gathered up by AST (and her sister Nephtys).  All, except the phallus according to some myths.  With her magical powers (and with the help of Tehuti), AST put ASR back together again and was impregnated with a son (Heru).

ASR's domain is Duat - the Egyptian Underworld.  He is a protective funerary god, guarding the west of the Nile where most of the cemeteries are located, and where the sun descended into the duat.  As ruler of the underworld, ASR ensures that the souls of the wicked and undesirable do not pass into his realm.  He is both a god of fertility and the embodiment of the dead and resurrected king.

Once the ruler of Egypt died he became AST (who then gave orders to the living).

Seker is Asar's title when he is resurrected and he takes his place in the Netherworld as the king.  In this aspect he presides over the judgement of the heart of the aspirant.

His union with Aset symbolises the achievement of striving for spiritual salvation or resurrection

The union with Nebethet symbolises bondage, suffering and the cycles of birth and death, known as reincarnation.

Personality Traits:

Body parts: Feet, skin [functional/metaphysical = Somatic/Dissolution]

Other Correspondences

Neter                                          ASR Ausar
Season                                       Emergence
Month                                         April/Khoiak
Planet                                         Orion
Element                                      Fire
Body part                                    Head / Brain
Gemstone                                   Ruby, bloodstone
Tree                                            Cedar
Food                                           Pomegranate
Flower                                         White roses, tiger lily
Colours                                       Black, red, white
Lucky Number                             1
Inscence/Perfume                       Sandalwood or musk
Metal                                         Gold or iron
Suitable Occupations                  Sales, teaching, or anything to do with the media

                                                  as they are excellent talkers.

Famous People under this sign    Diana Ross, Leonardo da Vinci
Western Sun sign                       Approx. Aries

 

Other titles:  'Lord of the lvining'
 'Ruler of Eternity'
 'Lord of the Universe'
 'Mighty One'
 'Lord of the Perfect Black'

 Ausar is perfection in the Astral Realm.  He is the essence of all things and the very soul of every human being as the Higher Self, who through ignorance has become involved in the world, has been slain by its own ego (represented by the god Seth) and struggles to regain its original state of perfection.