This is my adinkra in the background....and below are the symobls that go into it.
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POWER | A hand holding an egg-wielding power is like holding an egg in the hand: If you hold it too loosely it drops and if you hold it too tightly it breaks. Power must be handled as delicately as an egg in the hand |
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OSRANE NE NSOROMA | OSRAM NE NSROMMA (The moon and the star). Symbol of FAITHFULNESS, LOVE, HARMONY, FONDNESS, LOYALTY, and BENEVOLENCE Prov.: "Kyekye pe aware." (Kyekye - the North Pole Star - has a deep love for marriage. She is always in the Sky waiting for the return of the moon, her husband). |
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HWEHWEMUDUA | HWEHWEMUDUA (Searching rod or measuring rod). Symbol of EXCELLENCE, PERFECTION, KNOWLEDGE AND SUPERIOR QUALITY. |
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DWENI NI MMEN | DWENI NI MMEN (Ram's horns). Symbol of STRENGTH (of mind, body and soul) and HUMILITY. Prov. "Dwenini ye asisie a ode nakoma na ennye ne mmen" (The ram may bully, not with its horns but with his heart.) |