My New Tattoo

Here's a few facts about the symbols in the tattoo:

• The eye in the center is commonly referred to as the Eye of Ra. However, this is the left eye, which is the known as the Eye of Horus or the Eye of Thoth. In Egyptian Mythology, the left eye of Horus was ripped out and torn into pieces by the Storm God, Seth. Thoth, the God of the Wisdom and Magic was able to reassemble the pieces into the full moon. Horus then gave the eye to his murdered father Osiris thereby bringing him back to life. A couple of side notes about Horus: He was the son of Osiris and Isis; the hawk was the personification of Horus; One story tells of his turning into a solar disc with wings; He was associated with the Living King who is sometimes said to embody both the spirit of light (Horus) and the spirit of darkness (Seth), representing the ever present, eternal universal strife.
• The Winged Solar Disc is the symbol of the perfected soul making its flight back to the source of its creation.
• The wings in my design are patterned after those of the turkey vulture. Turkey Vultures represent cleansing and purification.