Sealed vessel of creation; 'a secret growth comes about inside the closed shell' Egg, contains the seed to a life's beginning, the power of life, it is a symbol of Ishtar(Astarte) the fertility Goddess of love. The cosmic egg is associated with womb of a mother and its mystery. It symbolizes introversion safety, comfort and completion before rebirth. In alchemy the Philosopher's Egg symbolizes the seed of Spiritual life giving birth to a new stage of great transformation. The egg's white purity, the miracle of life contained within its blank shell, added other connotations, as in the egg is a symbol of promise. Being reborn from an egg invites energies as new life, freedom, extraversion, power, trust. POWERS: Hope, wealth & health, rebirth, manifest