Earth, the lush garden planet. Hundreds of thousands of different types of plants, most of which produce flowers. Our planet, even with all the pollution and destruction, still fights to vibrantly grow in any way it can.
Astarte’s element is Water, and in Roman mythology as Venus and Greek mythology as Aphrodite, She came from the sea. Water is essential for plant life to grow.
[Birth of Venus by Alexandre Cabanel, 1863]
Astarte, Aphrodite, Isis, Venus, Freya, all Her names in all cultures, She is associated with love, desire, charm, seduction, sexuality, fertility. While a lot of people these days have bad connotations regarding these, in a pure mind, these are essential for life to form and flourish. Growth is an aim of life. We are to grow to our fullest potential, and to create and cause growth. Love helps others to grow and flourish, and we in turn grow and flourish.
The highest and healthiest form of growth is with prosperity and luxury. Walk into the most beautiful garden, forest, or meadow, there will be growth of all kinds, colors, life, prana everywhere. Health and beauty go hand-in-hand. The mind becomes at ease, the heart softens, the soul is nourished. We are one with nature. And when we take part in helping nature grow, we heal. Higher and more evolved beings help other people, and nature, grow.
This is why Astarte is associated with gardens and nature in its most luxurious form. She helps us grow. Astarte, along with all of our Gods and Goddesses, want us each to fulfill our highest potential, to grow eternally to the best and healthiest version of ourselves. With this naturally comes happiness and inner peace.
She has always been associated with common ordinary people, and was a deity of magickal spells of love and healing for ordinary people. This is because She sees their potential to become higher and more evolved beings. She never scorned the commoner, but helped raise them up. Even with all her power, She cares for each of us.
Love. A lot of people dismiss love, because you were rejected or neglected. First by your parents, then perhaps by a girlfriend or boyfriend. This is sad but it’s a part of life, and you must learn from it, heal, and move on. In order to grow to your highest potential you must love... and accept love. Be loved. Allow yourself to feel loved and grow from it. If you currently do not have love in your life, you can find it. Astarte’s ritual and other magick workings can help bring love to you.
Fertility. The womb has water, and the warmth of life growing is fire. Water and Fire in balance and harmony are essential for life to form. You cannot exist just by yourself, you came from man (fire) and woman (water). Nature is fertile and is always trying to procreate.
Charm. Pleasing to the senses, attractive, appealing, delightful. Everyone wants to be charmed, it inspires, gives hope, and creates harmony and beauty.
Desire. When practicing magick, you must desire what it is you wish to manifest. Desire is attractive, magnetic, longing.
Seduction. Fully giving in to desire and passion, an altered state of mind, persuasion to get what you want. Creative energy comes from this, as the power of the right side of the mind is released. Two people in full enjoyment of each other, lost in each other, found in each other. (This is not about having random drunken one-night stands; understand the correct connotation here.)
Spring Equinox is in honor of Astarte. The equinox (Latin, meaning “equal night”) is when night (Water) and day (Fire) are the exact same length, and halfway between Winter Solstice (Water) and Summer Solstice (Fire). Fire and Water are in perfect balance, as are Air (which comes from Fire) and Earth (which comes from Water).
Spring is when we come out of Winter hibernation and can expand more in the day and do more outdoors. The light is longer and brighter, and crops will now grow. Astarte is also Demeter, the Goddess of harvest, agriculture, crops, grains, and food.
[Demeter by Gwendolyn Malfoy]
Celebrate, honor life and love and growth. Honor Her, because she wants you to be loved. She wants you to heal and grow as much as you are capable. Live as much as you are capable of living. Don’t stagnate; plants never stagnate unless they are on the brink of death and decay. And plants always grow upwards. They never grow sideways unless something is pressing them down; and then, the very moment they are able to, they grow upwards again.
Plants have "indeterminate growth”, meaning they keep growing with almost no limitations, so long as the conditions are right. There are plants and trees that go through periods of hibernation such as in winter or in drought, but these periods end and they grow again. Be like a plant: Steady your roots, and grow indefinitely.
Times when plants may not grow: (representing, your own self-growth)
-Planting them in the wrong season and location: Start your magickal workings and life goals/achievements at the correct times, work in harmony with the energy of astrological transits and the natural phases of your life.
-Poor soil conditions: Pay attention to your foundation and what can help support and feed your growth.
-Incorrect watering: Take care of your emotional needs and nourishment.
-Incorrect lighting: The soul is made of light, use light to clean and purify your soul; but don’t burn yourself out.
-Fertilization: We need to put the needs of our children first, and make sacrifices for their sake, but it all comes back to us in the end. Growing children helps to fuel our own growth.
-Pests: Eliminate pests, detach from toxic people in your life.
-Diseases: Remove and prevent disease, do health workings, and take care of your health.
-Transplant shock: Shock happens during times of change, spend this time nurturing yourself (self-care) and learning to adapt in order to further your growth again.
Humans are like plants. This is why our planet Earth is perfect for us and our full, well-rounded evolution. We are not borgs, we are children of the Gods and this is the planet they created us on. And Astarte/ Inanna/ Isis/ Aphrodite/ Venus/ Demeter/ Freya was always one of the most important Goddesses, the one who nurtures us, feeds us, cares for us, and helps us grow.
Happy Ostara, Happy Spring. May you all move forward and upward in your life, to fulfillment and prosperity! :)
“As the Spring arrives after the death of nature, so can the Godhead arrive for humans who seek it after a period of desolation and ignorance. Astarte oversees this transformation.” “[…] she is a motherly figure that supplies human beings with whatever they require for life.”
-Astarte’s page
Hail Astarte!
[Freyja and the Necklace by James Doyle Penrose, 1890]
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