Also called Khons, Chons, the Traveller.
Their story
Khonsu was the son of Amun and Mut in the Theban triad and travelled across the night sky as the moon. The Bentresh Stela tells how a statue of Khonsu was sent to a foreign land to heal a princess troubled by a spirit, and the spirit left her. He was honoured at the Opet festival with his parents.
Their day
Monday. In modern practice, Monday is the natural choice for this moon god.
Best times to give to them
- the Opet festival
- the new moon
- the full moon
- night
What they like being given
- fresh water
- bread
- incense
- white flowers
- milk
How to honour them
- Look at the moon and greet him by name.
- Keep a moon journal and track its phases.
- Ask him for healing, especially at night.
- Place a crescent moon image on your altar.
How they can help you
- healing
- protection at night
- understanding cycles and time
- safe journeys
Symbols
- the crescent and full moon
- the sidelock of youth
- the falcon
In the older Pyramid Texts he is a much fiercer figure than the gentle healer of later times.
Festivals
- Opet festival In the second month of the flood season (Paopi); its length grew from about 11 to 27 days over the New Kingdom. Modern dates depend on the Kemetic calendar used; this is a typical one
More Egyptian gods
- Osiris Lord of the afterlife and new growth
- Horus The falcon, protector of the rightful king
- Ra The sun who sails the sky
- Thoth Scribe of the gods, lord of wisdom
- Anubis Guardian and guide of the dead
- Amun The hidden king of the gods at Thebes
- Ptah Creator by word and patron of craftsmen
- Atum The self-created first god of Heliopolis