annuit coeptis why eye does it mean
Origin and Meaning of the Motto Above the Eye of Providence on the Great Seal. Annuit coeptis is the Latin motto suggested in 1782 by Charles Thomson, the Founding Father chosen by Continental Congress to come up with the final design for the Great Seal of the United States.lthough Thomson did not provide an exact translation of Annuit Coeptis, he explained its meaning in conjunction with the Eye of Providence in a triangle surrounded by rays of golden light (a glory proper) in the zenith of an unfinished pyramid :