Something that baffles me is when people compare Aphrodite to “bloody” goddesses (Anat, Inanna, Sekhmet, etc.) as a way to say Aphrodite is just a demure love goddess teehee, look how badass my warrior goddess is instead.
Aphrodite Ourania rose out of blood and the ocean and walked to land fully-formed. This Aphrodite is a Titaness, older even than the generation of Zeus. She has no mother. She is never an infant. She is the ultimate generative power, the fish, born from a male (upending societal norms) and wielding the power of creation and invention.
Aphrodite Areia is a war goddess – this is the title made famous by Athena and Ares, but Aphrodite does not get this title from her lover. She is a goddess of soldiers and fights on the battlefield of Troy. She is also Aphrodite Hoplismena, the armed, depicted in full armor with a shield and sword. This is the Aphrodite of Sparta.
Aphrodite Nikephoros is not only Aphrodite armored and armed, but Aphrodite commanding the power of Nike – Nike, the goddess usually found at Zeus’s side, ensuring victory. This Aphrodite is not one to be crossed on the battlefield, because you will not win.
Or maybe we just aren’t on the same page as the ancients when it comes to a “love goddess.” Aphrodite Pandemos is a goddess of frenzy, a goddess who incites war and madness, a goddess to whom it was said even the Fates would bend their will. To some Hellenes, Aphrodite was the goddess of creation because she is the spark of all love and desire – and to others, she was the creator of all.
There’s nothing wrong in calling Aphrodite a goddess of love – she is, truly. But this doesn’t make her timid. She is not clawless. She is a complex goddess, inextricably linked to the awesome war goddesses of the Ancient Near East. Do not dilute her just because you’re not familiar with her or with the domain of love goddesses. I know this may seem trivial to some people, but don’t reduce one goddess to make another look more powerful – they don’t need it.
So I just moved into my apartment, and I thought I’d share some of the things I did when I moved in to cleanse and ready my house for my new life!
Before moving! Packing your witchy things carefully into a box with packing paper. Put sigils for protection and cleansing either on the outside of the box, or on the paper on the inside. I used This one for cleansing.
When moving in cleanse the house! I choose to use sage, but palo santo works really well too (I know sage does not smell so hot). You can either burn a bundle or use incense or Oil. I find that all three work when it comes to spreading the essence through the house. If burning a bundle I trace the doors and windows of the house. if using incense or oil I put the defuser in the center most room of the house.
protect the entrance of your new home by sprinkling a line of salt outside your front door.
Craft and hang a witches ladder in the living room.
Set up your altar/s. I have my Wiccan one and my shrine for Aphrodite in my bedroom and a small alter in my kitchen. Altar’s do not have to be big and showy if you want to put one in another room! My kitchen altar just consists of a candle and a small bundle of crystals and an incense burner. It helps bring energy into different parts of your home.
Use crystals as decor. Place some or your crystals decoratively on shelves or tables to both give your home some pizazz and bring some witchiness everywhere.
If you worship gods/goddesses end by doing a small offering and welcome the god or goddess into your new home and to thank them for their help.
“you’re going to DELETE a post you AGREED with just cuz you found out ops a terf??”
yeah turns out learning that people having uber bigoted ideologies changes the context of the post buddy
I once reblogged a post about how a women’s bathroom was an important place of refuge, and that was why women often go to the bathroom in groups or to cry and why people leave those domestic abuse cards in women’s bathrooms, and how it’s the one place women can be away from men, and I was like “this is a fantastic post, yes” and then I found out the OP was a TERF and that post was suddenly no longer about safety in women’s restrooms. It was actually about wanting to make it impossible for trans women to pee in a public restroom. It was about making trans women seem like they invade a sacred place and make it dangerous. You bet your ass I deleted that reblog.
thanks to my followers who hit me up when/if I need to delete something
Daily reminder:
If they wanna talk to you, they will. If they wanna be with you, they will. If they wanna make things work, they will. Don’t let things be one sided. It’s not healthy, and it’s not fair to you.
First let me state gods aren’t an ingredient you can use in a spell but I’ve been a devotee of Freyja for a while now and worked on creating this spell specifically with her because I needed help finding love for myself. This is a spell I wrote for myself and @v3niri so I’m sorry if that’s inconvenient for anyone. Feel free to not include Freyja or do offerings for your own gods, etc. You don’t necessarily need the ingredients as long as you have your intent.❤️
❤️Ingredients❤️
Rose Quartz – self love, clears out negative energy and tension
Citrine – optimism, warmth, clarity, stability,
Rose Incense
Strength, High Priestess, and Queen of Pentacles tarot cards
White candles (I used tea lights)
The desire to better yourself
❤️Incantation❤️
“I give this offerings to Freyja, In hopes of entering a wise mind, To calm my anxious heart and insecurities, To give me the strength to turn turn away harmful thoughts, To give me the strength to live in the moment, To give me the strength to be honest with myself and others, And most of all the strength to love myself.”
❤️Incantation❤️
In my opinion there is no right or wrong way to cast a spell and that statement holds true for this spell as well. I do suggest you focus all of your intent on accepting who you are and learning to love yourself. You can set the altar up how ever you please and use as many or as little ingredients as you want. I personally like to use tea light candles so I can use them burning out as a way to feel complete in my spell. I hope this is helpful to someone!
Heatherwitch 