The Huntresses Betelgeuse, Bellatrix and the Hunter Orion
By Phoenix the Elder – In the tradition of astronomy, astrology, mythology, and storytelling, we have one of the giants of the patriarch getting unstable, and his name is the god Orion. We know him as a collective prototype of God himself along with Zeus and the hero Hercules, who with his famous tasks, was […]
Goddess Sopdet, Sothis, Hathor and Isis and the older Sirius Orion Cults Part 2
This Article below is from: Amanda Laoupi, PhD in Archaeology & History of Art, Environmentalist – Disaster Specialist, Independent Researcher, Educator and Author. She was born in Athens in 1968. Studied at the National and Kapodistrian University in Athens, as well as at the Universities of Patras and Ioannina. PhD in Environmental Archaeology (Summa Cum […]
Goddess Sopdet, Sothis, Hathor and Isis and the older Sirius Orion Cults Part 1
Compilation by Phoenix the Elder – In the tradition of astronomy, astrology, mythology and story telling, the star Sirius was named by the Egyptian as Sopdet and its personification which was conflated with the Goddess Isis into Isis-Sothis. The Greeks called her Sothis. Her Egyptian origins show her as a fertility goddess with the symbols […]
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 […]
First Moon of Winter 2019
By Phoenix the Elder – Happy New Moon Dreamers, Healers and Artists! The first moon of winter begins November 26, 2019 and I hope your last moon was gentle and forgiving. I calculate my “13 Moons of the Year” on seasonal shifts that occurs four times a year. That is the base to be precise (which […]
Slavic Zwezda Dnierca, Zwezda Wieczorniaia, and Zwezda Polnoca
The Zorya are the three Slavic Mythological Guardians (warrior) Goddesses, known as the Auroras. They guard and watch over the doomsday hounds (shadow people) who threaten to eat the constellations of the Great Bear and the Little Bear (Ursa Major & Minor). If the chain breaks loose, the earth’s time is said to come to […]
Slavic Folk Healing: Flower Washing & Moon-Water Charming
By Phoenix the Elder – I work with a few different Water Healing and Traditional Slavic Water Ceremonies to support releases of not only myself in my healing journey, but with my students and apprentices. Water Charming rituals are very ancient, combined with healing flowers, help us with the continual flow of purification. Most people […]
Thunderstorms in the Twilight – Pleiades, the Sisters of Plenty
By Phoenix of Elder Mountain – The Seven Sisters who science called the Pleiades, sit in a cluster inside the belly of Taurus the Bull, one of the four cardinal points. They are associated with the Bull cultures like the Hindus and the Minoans. The Bull is feminine and so are her cultures, its symbolic […]