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The Cosmic Secret of Sirius-Shi’ra and the Iron Stake: Gök Kurt Asena, Anubis and the Universal Marriage

A mythological journey through Sirius, Asena, Anubis, the Dogon and the crescent-and-star symbolism.

On 22 April 2024, the divine wisdom flowing from Hagia Sophia’s ancient dome turns our eyes to the sky’s brightest beacon: the Star Sirius (Shi’ra). Although it has symbolic associations with the Pole Star in astronomy, in mythology’s ancient imagery it is Sirius that is indicated as the true guide. This star has a core far denser than iron and exactly 300 times harder than diamond, the hardest mineral on Earth. That is why Turkish culture calls it “Demirkazık” (Iron Stake), meaning the unbending pillar of the universe and the unbreakable gate of the heavens.

Mythological Guardians: Asena, Anubis and Orion’s Dog

In humanity’s shared pool of symbols, Sirius has always been sealed with the archetype of a dog, wolf or jackal. In Greek mythology, it is the loyal dog of the hunter Orion; in ancient Egypt, it is Anubis, the jackal-headed figure who carries souls to the afterlife and weighs hearts on the scales of divine justice; in Turkish mythology, it is the Sacred Wolf Asena (Aşina), the steadfast guardian and protector of the celestial palace.

This Grey Wolf symbol, descending to Earth through a beam of blue light, nurses and raises a child whose entire family (symbolically, our Solar System) has been destroyed in the origin legends, thereby ensuring the continuation of the lineage. In esoteric teachings, this is described as the cosmic marriage of the Sirius System and the Solar System. The seeds of life were sown through the union of these two systems.

Gazi Mustafa Kemal Atatürk, who was conscious of this ancient genetic memory, had the Grey Wolf (Bozkurt) emblem placed on the Republic’s first coins in 1927 as a sign of independence and liberation. The fact that these coins were minted in England (country code 44) for exactly 88 gold coins corresponds, on the cosmic plane, to the attainment and spoils codes of Surah al-Anfal (88).

The Cosmic Calendar and the Dogons’ Hidden Memory

In ancient Egypt, Sirius was regarded as “the true Sun behind our Solar System,” the shining heart of Ra. Egyptian priests arranged their calendars according to this star rather than the Sun and called it “the Star of the Goddess Isis.” The moment Sirius rose in the sky at dawn marked the first day of the new year, when the Nile overflowed and revived the dry land. The inner chambers of the Temple of Hathor, the Egyptian sanctuary, were built so that they would see Sirius directly in the first light of the new year. The horizon where Isis (the visible aspect) intersected with her sister Nephthys (the hidden aspect) was the station of Anubis, the just and protective judge.

Similarly, the primitive Dogon tribe in Africa learned from their ancient ancestors, without any technological instruments, that Sirius has a binary star system (Sirius A and B), and about Jupiter’s moons and Saturn’s rings. In Dogon mythology, the seeds that arrived aboard the god Nommo’s vessel are cosmic codes that began life on Earth. According to them, everything in the universe exists in Sirius, and after the Sun rises, Sirius is the true power that guides it.

Shi’ra in the Qur’an and the Crescent-and-Star Secret

In pre-Islamic Arab culture, Sirius too was regarded and venerated as a source of luck, good fortune and rain. When the binary structure of Sirius is combined with the ten stars of the constellation Canis Major, the result is the number “12,” held sacred in all religions and esotericism (12 zodiac signs, 12 months, 12 DNA strands). In addition, the twin arrangement of the stars in this constellation as one Sun and one Moon forms the cosmic origin of the “Crescent and Star” symbol on our glorious flag.

The Qur’an connects the sanctity and tendency to worship that humanity has ascribed to this star to the consciousness of divine unity in verse 49 of Surah an-Najm (The Star):

“And that it is He who is the Lord of Sirius.”

This verse commands us to seek refuge in the absolute Creator who brought that star and all its mysteries into being, rather than worshipping the brightest created celestial body. Sirius, at a distance of 8.6 light-years—a figure that glances toward the 86th Surah at-Tariq—is a sacred cosmic portal, like an unshakable Iron Stake that stabilises our spiritual axis, through which Dhul-Qarnayn seals the gates between dimensions and guides the spiritual ascent of pure souls.