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Friday is ruled by Venus (the Norse Frigg or Freya). Before she was conflated with Aphrodite, the Great Creatrix, the Roman Venus was a more modest domestic goddess. Among her charges were conjugal love and herb gardens, but not wildness or overgrowth in either. In fact, when Medieval painters painted the Virgin Mary, they put her in a house or garden (Venus was safe) because going out into the wilderness was considered dangerous (Aphrodite was scary). Thank Venus for the love and domesticity ...
Yemaya, also known as Yemanjá, is the African orisha of oceans and seas. The goddess Sedna is the Alaskan goddess whose severed fingers formed the creatures of the sea. Yemaya is the Great Mother who gave her love and protection to her children as they crossed the great water in the bowels of slave ships. To this very day, Brazilians honor her with tiny white boats set afloat on ocean waves. Call upon the deities of your choosing with honor and respect. Use their stories to send blessings to ...
Apollo isn't the only deity in charge of the sun. Sun goddesses include Amaterasu, Brigid, Hathor, Rosmerta, Saule, Shapash, Sulis, and many others. When we see Mother Sun as the center of the solar system, we can perhaps see greater peace among the people who are "ruled" by the planets. When we see Mother Sun shining down upon our beautiful blue planet, we can begin to see her blessings flowing into all nations and all people, even those who acknowledge only father gods. For Mother's Day, ...
Today is a national holiday in Indonesia celebrating the birthday in 1879 of feminist princess Raden Adjeng Kartini, who brought reform to the school system, enabling girls and women to venture outside the home and receive an education. Today, bless the child activists, past and present, who speak out against oppression and inequity. They push boundaries, bringing a greater quality of life to the forefront for all children. While thinking about child activists such as Malala Yousafzai (an ...
