Djed pillar tattoo

Djed column, represents strength and stability.

Illustration of the ankh and the djed pillar from ancient Egyptian iconography. The djed is a type of support pillar for vital structure, and its four levels or columns are highlighted.

Last week I started my biggest project yet! Maat on the pillar of Djed for Madeleine! It's such an honor to get to do something that holds a lot of meaning for the person and that they have waited to do for years until deciding that I'm the one who shall finally do it. It's quite some pressure, not gonna lie, but it's also the biggest compliment I could get. It reassures me that I'm doing the right thing if clients like Madeleine put their immense trust in me ♥️ Thank you for that :3 And…

The Djed Pillar, conceptualized as the Spine of Osiris, which was traditionally raised at the completion of the annual Rites of Osiris in ancient Egypt, in order to re-establish the right connection between the earth and the sky. The raising of the Djed pillar in the ancient rites of Osiris not only memorialize that connection, but by comparing the human spine to the world axis suggests that the human body and the cosmic body are analagous, an idea mirrored in the Kabbala.

Egyptian Ankh and Djed Pillar. Forever Determined. White Ink tattoo.

If there is any symbol that has become synonymous with Osiris it is the Djed pillar. The connection between Osiris and the djed became so important that by the New Kingdom, the deity would often be…

"Djed pillar, Late Period (ca. 688–332 b.c.) Egyptian. This emblem of Osiris, god of the underworld, was a potent symbol of regeneration and therefore made to accompany the mummy on its journey. What the form represents is unknown: a leafless tree or a pole with notches or attachments. Eventually it came to represent the backbone of Osiris and in the New Kingdom decorated the bases of coffins."