The Cup Bearer of Heaven, the Greek Goddess Hebe, and Roman Juventas
Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – I came across Hebe today from my friend who recently moved and has a beautiful statue of Hebe, surrounded by beautiful yellow roses. The image is quite beautiful and obviously shows this goddesses power of healing our past. She is know to heal and restore our youth, especially if […]
Etruscan Goddess of the Sun, Fortune, Time, Fate, Destiny, Chance, and the Stars
Contributing Articles and front notes by Phoenix the Elder – The Goddess Nortia is not a very well-known Goddess, mostly because she was an Etruscan and the Romans carried her name into their mythology. A Goddess of the sphere of influences of Fortune, Time, Fate, Destiny, Chance, and the Stars. Nortia is known by a few […]
Roman Goddesses of Health, Hope, Faith and Luck
Compilation and contributions by Phoenix the Elder – Who doesn’t need a little hope, luck, or faith? Everyone does and always has since we materialized on this physical plane from the non-physical planes of Earth. I am not a follower of hope very much, and actually, let that go when I was very young, I […]
Phoenician Goddess Tanit
Compilation of the Diety Goddess Tanit – Tanit seems to have been a night goddess, a warrior goddess, a fertility goddess, previous shaman culture goddess remembered. Statues seem to be the great goddess Tanit, the Night Queen of the Heavens, a principal divinity of Carthaginian civilization. Tanit evolved from a fierce warrior lioness and sky […]
Goddess Vesta’s Enigmatic Thyrsus
By Phoenix the Elder – Vesta is the Roman Goddess of the Hearth Fire and one of the most ancient of the Roman deities, and her cult goes back to the 7th century BCE. The tradition of the cult was instituted by Numa Pompilius. The cult of Vesta was in the hands of the Vesta […]
Magic of the Goddess Minerva Athena
By Phoenix the Elder – Gemini and Sagittarius Moons rule over magic, so we highlight a few Goddesses of Magic that might not really be seen as magical. The Roman Goddess Minerva (Greek Athena) whose ancient Temple is now St Francis of Assisi’s Church, carried some magical traits. She was at first, an Etruscan goddess […]
Sacred Wind Spirit
I have shared one Finnish Wind mythology, an Ancient Egyptian Wind and a Greek Wind mythology in this share. Being a mythologist, I know from memories of my experiences and journeys this lifetime where I experience the mystical and then must do research after in many cultures writing on the remembrance of when we used […]
Asterope : Nature Deity, Celestial Sky, Lightning, The Golden Apples, Oceanid, Hesperide, Nereid, Nymph
By Phoenix the Elder – After I wrote my Arethusa article, I noticed in my astrology chart that the Hesperide Asterope was conjunct my Arethusa (Spirit of springs and rivers). I wasn’t surprised. Asterope falls under many mythology and deity categories and by that alone, makes her a more ancient goddess. Below are her definitions […]
Amazon Queens: Penthesilea Πενθεσιλεια
Compilation and introduction by Phoenix the Elder – Penthesilea (Πενθεσίλεια) is an Amazonian Queen in Greek historical fact and mythology. She is the daughter of the god Ares and goddess Otrera. Sister of Hippolyta, Antiope and Melanippe. Quintus Smyrnaeus explains that Penthesilea had killed Hippolyta with a spear when they were hunting deer; this accident […]
First Moon of Summer 2019
By Phoenix the Elder – Summer has officially started and I am happy you are here with us for another moon cycle! We start our first Summer Moon on Monday June 3, 2019 in Gemini (at 12°). Followed by a Sagittarius Full Moon on June 17, 2019 (at 25°). The Summer Solstice is Thursday June 21st. For […]