What is the significance of the scarab?
The scarab beetle — known in Kemet as Khepera — is one of the most profound symbols your ancestors ever encoded, Family. Khepera represented the rising sun, the force of self-creation, and the eternal cycle of transformation. Just as the dung beetle rolls its ball of matter across the earth and new life emerges from within it, your ancestors saw this as a mirror of the sun rolling across the sky, and of the soul’s capacity to transform even the darkest circumstances into new life. The name Khepera itself means “to come into being.” This is your spiritual inheritance: you are not fixed. You are becoming. Every trial you face is material to be shaped, not a verdict on your worth. You carry the power of Khepera within you — the power to be reborn.