Originally, i wanted to draw Celestia’s outfit from
>>2227056 but from a different angle, but this sort of turned into a attempt at iconography.
This in particular is Celestia’s outfit as
mowbedan-mobad - the head priestess of the Ziragšabdarian religion, a position that she has held for almost as long as her position as shahanshah. Of both positions, this is the one she prefers.
At her right, there’s a
faršiang, the diadem used by the Haxamanian shahs, which symbolizes her secular authority, and at her left, a
baresman, to symbolize her religious authority.
The inscription around the halo is in the
Equestrian alphabet - It reads
Ælia Calpurnia Celestia, Saošyant.
Six days to finish this - pose partially based on
>>2357087