Inanna is a Sumerian goddess of love. She is known as the Queen of Heaven and is part of a well known Descent to the Underworld myth. Like Kore/Persephone, Inanna traveled to the underworld and by doing so, caused radical changes in the environment.
No, silly, not the game show!
So we’ve looped back around to the beginning numerologically: 10 = 1 + 0 = 1 again. More accurately, the combination of the qualities of 0 and 1. Therefore, the 10th Trump is the “embodiment of growth and the reciprocal action between opposites.” Case calls it the “eternal creativeness of Life Power whirling forth.”
Artemis is a Greek maiden goddess of nature and the moon. A fairly solitary goddess, she is sometimes seen in the company of her twin brother Apollo or her collection of maiden huntresses. She is also sometimes known as the leader of the Wild Hunt, a Celtic legend.
Kwan Yin is an East Asian goddess of mercy. She is a Bodhisattva, which in Buddhism I believe one who has attained enlightenment. She is most often associated with infertility and other types of physical suffering.
I love Lakshmi! She is a goddess of all good things. Her main attribution is wealth, but not just in a financial sense. Lakshmi is the embodiment of wealth in all things: money, yes, but also love, contentment, friendship, understanding, and anything one could hope to be wealthy in!
This week’s Tuesday Tarot is a big one for me. While you’re reading this, I’ll be at the birth of my first granddaughter. (I promise there’ll be cute baby pictures to follow!) It seems fitting that this is the week we’ll be discussing the mother card, the Empress. Continue reading
I really identify with Freya. We share a Norse background and affinity for cats, although I don’t think any of the cats I’ve lived with would be willing to pull a chariot for me. Freya is a mother goddess for love, fertility, beauty and sex. She is also a war goddess, and half of those who die in battle come to her afterlife domain of Fólkvangr. (The other half go to Odin’s Valhalla.)
I don’t work with many Egyptian goddesses. I had a coven sister years ago who claimed Sekhmet as her matron, and I’ve worked with Isis a little bit. I decided yesterday to try drawing a card from the Goddess Oracle to see who I should write about next and I drew Hathor.
Hathor is a cow headed mother goddess, and is known to be placid and loving. She is associated with the sky, and especially the Milky Way galaxy. She is also associated with the hippopotamus, vultures, snakes and lions.
Brigid is a handy lady to get to know. A Celtic maiden goddess, she has three aspects all by herself: poetry, smithcraft and healing. As the sacred flame of knowledge, Brigid can be represented by anything that give off heat and light.
Lucina's Cauldron 