Birthday of Ra

Birthday of Ra is a Kemetic festival. The feast day of Ra, the supreme solar deity and creator god of Kemet. The sun disk rises as Khepri in the morning, crosses the sky as Ra at noon, and sets as Atum in the evening — three aspects of one eternal solar journey. On Ra's birthday, the temples were illuminated, the sacred barque was carried in procession, and the full power of the solar creator was celebrated.

The feast day of Ra, the supreme solar deity and creator god of Kemet. The sun disk rises as Khepri in the morning, crosses the sky as Ra at noon, and sets as Atum in the evening — three aspects of one eternal solar journey. On Ra's birthday, the temples were illuminated, the sacred barque was carried in procession, and the full power of the solar creator was celebrated.

The spiritual theme of Birthday of Ra: The eternal solar journey — creation as a daily miracle. Reflection prompts: What dies in you each night and is reborn each morning? Ra defeats Apophis — the serpent of chaos — every night. What chaos do you face, and how do you emerge from it renewed?

Here is how to celebrate Birthday of Ra: - Rise at sunrise and greet Ra with a morning hymn or intention - Offerings: gold, sun-shaped bread, citrus, frankincense - Spend time in sunlight — sit in the light as a devotional act - Read a solar hymn from the Pyramid Texts or Book of the Dead

Historical sources for Birthday of Ra include: Book of the Dead (multiple solar hymns); Litany of Ra; Amduat — the Book of What Is in the Netherworld.