Navigate Your Life with Goddess Guidance

Vanish The Goddess?

We may have more in common with the ancient gods and goddesses than you may think. Did you know that the Greek Goddess Hestia, of hearth and home, was not allowed to leave her house on Mount Olympus… ever. Across the globe, our lives have been challenged with worldwide lockdown restrictions, can you imagine being told you are to remain in lockdown forever!

The Goddess was birthed with the first stories of the world. Viewed as the original creator of all life, She was revered, worshipped and honored across all cultures of the earth. Going back millennia there is evidence that the female figure – in her various forms and roles as mother, virgin and warrior – existed and thrived in matriarchal societies.

What happened to make the Goddess and the sacred feminine slowly vanish from the history of the world, banished to the caverns and basements not only of our cultures but of our psyches? When did the patriarchal power-hungry, ego-obsessed society emerge?

Archetypal Energies

Looking at the goddess as an archetypal energy, we receive a much broader view of how the characteristics of each goddess can influence our well-being and daily lives. According to Jungian psychology archetypes are “a collectively-inherited unconscious idea that is universally present in individual psyches.”

Our fictional superheroes are a perfect example of the manifestation of this archetypal energy. We have Superman, Batman, Iron Man, X-Men and plenty more… men – why so few Wonder Women?

This is one of the reasons why and how the goddess energy existed and still does so today – she has a specific purpose. She personifies attributes relevant and necessary in our lives.

When we need courage, we can look to the Hindu Goddess Kali, when wisdom is called for the Greek Goddess Athena becomes our advisor. In this way we are allowing the divine wisdom of the sacred feminine to come to life again – and as a result we become our own superheroes!

Reclaiming The Goddess

One could spend a lifetime trying to uncover just how many goddesses existed at any given time, I do know it reaches into the thousands.

It is clear that the Goddess’s qualities and her role in society need reclaiming, recognition and re-integration into the psyche of humanity at large. It is critical we embody the divine feminine if we are to live healthy, balanced and productive lives.

Who doesn’t need prosperity, peace, health, wisdom and guidance? Who doesn’t need wise words of advice from a beloved grandmother or a mother’s loving touch; a superwoman of an aunt who is always there for us?

The goddess energy can help you harness any quality you need on any given day; they don’t just work 9 to 5 and every other weekend. Instead of resolutions, which usually only benefit ourselves and are just memories by mid-January, let us rather commit to the renewal, rebirth and optimistic resurgence of well-being in our lives on a daily basis.

Will you use the Goddess and Her gifts to worship and invoke or inspire and guide your life? Will you become bound like Hestia or soar with the Goddess of the Dawn through 2021? It is up to you.

I can’t wait to share with you, in the next edition, the electrifying warrior goddesses and how they can empower you with courage, confidence and clarity.

8 GODDESSES

With a brand-new year upon us, let us be inspired by these 8 goddesses of new beginnings, change, growth, life and creation.

Eos – Goddess of Dawn

Image by Evelyn de Morgan 1895

She is the ultimate Greek goddess of the dawn, new beginnings and hope. Eos is the bringer of light to the heavens and earth, the promise of hope for a new day filled with opportunities and possibilities.

She carries an energy of regeneration and will help restore energy levels and enthusiasm.

Call on her energy when you are going through big life changes, or when you are feeling stuck in the mud and need a little upliftment and hope.

Aurora – the Roman counterpart of Eos

Image by Jose de Madrazo y Agudo (1781-1859) – PD-art-100

She has become so well-known she even bears the honor of having a Disney princess named after her – Sleeping Beauty – who awakens after a deep long slumber.

Ostara/ Eostere – Goddess of Spring and Dawn

Image by Franz Xaver Winterholter

The word Easter derives its name from Ostara’s roots in Teutonic/Indo-European mythology.

She is a goddess of spring, beginnings and transformation. She will help you when you embark on new adventures and projects.

Mbaba Mwana Waresa – Goddess of Light and Fertility

Image by Liz Chesterman courtesy of Pernastudios/deviantart.com

Mbaba is revered by the Zulu people in Africa as a fertility goddess who also governs the rain, harvest, agriculture, beer and rainbows.

She can be called upon when needing to make important decisions and when wanting to increase good relations with friends, family and the community.

Awehai – Goddess of Growth and Fertility

Image by Marcine Quenzer

Awehai is the Native American Iroquois goddess who teaches about personal growth and reparation.

She is known as the “giver of life” and she assists to rebuild that which needs rebuilding – whether relationships, health or repairing toxic thought patterns.

Isis – Blessed Goddess of All

Image by Marcine Quenzer

One of Egypt’s most beloved and greatest goddesses is an expression of the sacred feminine in all its aspects.

Isis assists you in doing things with powerful intention and focus, she assists with healing at all levels, and is a protector of women and children.

Her gifts are many, and she helps us with letting go of the past and forging forward to create anew.

Pachamama – World Mother also known as Gaia and Mother Earth

Image by Josephine Wall

Revered by the people of the Andes in South/ Central America for her life support to our planet, she embodies the ultimate mother goddess in carrying and caring for humans and all creatures living on earth.

Her lessons can be seen as harsh when we upset the balance of nature. She cleanses the toxins from earth through earthquakes, natural disasters and pandemics.

When in harmony she offers sustainability, support, nurture, birth, creativity and enhanced life force.

Shakti – Goddess of Creation

Image by Damodar Salve courtesy of Exemplore

She is a Mahadevi – which is an embodiment of the sum of all the goddesses.

Shakti represents pure cosmic energy that is the essence and driving force of creation.

She has different forms which can manifest as the fierce warrior who can help you fight your inner demons, or the patient mother if you are looking to birth anything new into the world as well as childbirth.