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From The Goddess Companion May 23

A detailed, vintage-style illustration of a grand cosmic goddess standing in the center of a split landscape representing the changing seasons. Her flowing robes weave together elements of the cosmos, including a swirling galaxy, the sun, moon, and planets above her head. To her left, the landscape is in spring bloom with cherry blossoms, a winding river, and flying birds. To her right, the landscape is in autumn, featuring falling orange leaves, a rain cloud, a stag, a bear, and a serpent in the dust.

~ May 23 The gods above adore her, the gods below adore her.She sets the heavens spinning around the pole.She lights the sun and orders all the universe.At her voice the stars and planets move, the seasons turn in their stately dance, the earth sings out and the elements obey.She […]

From The Goddess Companion May 22

A young Indigenous girl and an elder woman sit facing each other inside a traditional teepee, holding hands during a sacred initiation rite.

~ May 22 She should realize that the change which has taken place in her is sacred, for now she will be as Mother Earth, able to bear children which should be brought up in a sacred manner. She should know that each month when her blood arrives she bears […]

From The Goddess Companion May 19

An elegant, serene depiction of the Chinese goddess Kuan-Yin standing on a rocky ledge in a misty mountain landscape. She wears a radiant white silk robe with fluttering blue sashes and a golden belt. Her dark hair is styled in an intricate, high bun adorned with jade and pearls. She holds a porcelain vase filled with weeping willow branches, using a wand to cast droplets of healing water into the air. In the background, green bamboo grows near the entrance of a dark cavern, above which hangs a stone sign with Chinese calligraphy. Mist-shrouded peaks rise in the far distance.

~ May 19 Her elegant sashes flutter as she passes, her white silk robe radiant as holy light, her golden belts blessing the air.A perfected mind and a golden body: pearls and jade fringe her face and dark hair coiled like a dragon; brows like new moons, eyes like stars […]

From The Goddess Companion May 17

A vibrant, golden sunrise illuminating a tranquil ancient village, featuring lush fruit trees, stone houses, and people beginning their day in a serene landscape under a clear blue sky.

~May 17 The sun rose golden, to dispel night’s shadows and the streets filled suddenly with people.The whole world seemed suddenly lavish with delight.The animals, the houses, even the sky were filled with pleasure and serenity. It was only a sunny morning, but it was as though everything sang out […]

From The Goddess Companion May 12

A cinematic wide shot of a joyful group of young women in ancient-style tunics running across a lush, green mountain ridge at sunrise, accompanied by a herd of deer, dogs, and birds in the sky.

~May 12 Here is the virgin goddess, Artemis, running across the mountains of Taygetos or up the steep hills of Erymanthos, running with her maidens, running with the deer, accompanied by birds, ranging widely in the wilderness, playful and strong and free and beautiful: and the heart of her mother […]

From The Goddess Companion May 10

A group of women in 19th-century Shaker attire, wearing bonnets and long dresses, dancing in a circle within a simple, sunlit wooden room.

~May 10 Oh, I love Mother, I love her power, I know it helps in every trying hour.Help me to shake off, help me to break off, Help me to shake off every bond and fear. —American Shaker song In nineteenth-century America, a new religion arose called the Shakers. Its […]

From The Goddess Companion May 9

Two women, a mother and daughter, sit side-by-side in a field of wildflowers, embracing as they watch the sun set over a lush, green valley with a winding river.

~May 9 Let there always be a sky.Let there always be a sun.Let there always be my mother.Let there always be our love.Thank you, mother, for your arms.Thank you, mother, for your legs.Thank you, mother, for your mind.Thank you, mother, for your love. -Russian and Lithuanian folksongs Whether a woman […]

From The Goddess Companion May 8

A serene, older woman with grey hair stands in a golden wheat field at sunset, holding a bundle of wheat and a woven basket filled with grain.

~May 8 My mother, she was from a good clan.The earth of her clan was good earth.The earth of her clan bore good crops.My mother’s earth bore good wheat.She mowed it, she threshed it,and she gathered its grain from the floor. -Greek folksong In many cultures, the mother of the […]

From The Goddess Companion May 5

A Sri Lankan woman in a green saree stands outdoors at sunset, holding a notebook and singing to a gathered group. In the background, both the sun and a crescent moon are visible in the sky, while a small flower-adorned shrine sits under a large tree to the left.

~May 5 Moon and sun rule the sky above.Here on earth, the goddess rules.Here on earth, the seven goddesses.O goddess, pure and cherished one!We sing sweet songs over and over, inventing pleasing rhymes for her.Oh, our songs are so sweet that she forgives us anything to keep us singing. -Sri […]

From The Goddess Companion April 30

A devotional scene featuring an elderly woman sitting in prayer before a statue of the goddess Kali, with a glowing blue lotus flower and a small bee hovering nearby in the foreground.

~ April 30 There is a small black bee, which is my mind.There is a blue lotus flower, which is the goddess.Watch the bee fly straight into the flower!The goddess feet are black, just like the bee.Black is joined to black! Mind to greater mind!The bee finds tasteless any other […]

From The Goddess Companion April 29

A gentle Greek goddess standing on a cliffside overlooking the Aegean Sea at sunrise, holding a single rose and a bow, representing the pure and graceful nature of love.

~ April 29 Too much love can ruin us.But if you come with grace, dear goddess, there is nothing so sweet and pleasing. Let me be wise in love!It is your best gift, mighty goddess, unerring archer of desire. Let my love be gentle.Let there be no war of words, […]

From The Goddess Companion April 28

A bas-relief style stone carving depicting the Sumerian goddess Inanna and her consort, the shepherd Dumuzid, in a tender, intimate embrace, surrounded by stylized ancient Mesopotamian floral and agricultural motifs.

~ April 28 He laid his hands upon me, my shepherd.He stroked my curly hair.He poured himself like milk on me.He filled me with his cream. Now I caress him back, my shepherd Now I caress his curly hair.Now I caress my faithful one.Now I grant him a happy future. […]

From The Goddess Companion April 27

A woman in a blue headwrap and flowing dress dances in a powerful, trance-like state during a ceremonial gathering, surrounded by people, lanterns, and traditional vibrant patterns on the ground.

~ April 27 When in my turn I dance in your powerAida Wedo se bon se bonWhen in my dance I turn to your powerAida Wedo se bon se bonWhen in my turn I enter your tranceAida Wedo se bon se bonThen I will see who will smile tomorrowAida Wedo […]

From The Goddess Companion April 26

A vibrant scene of the ancient Roman festival of Floralia. People in traditional Roman tunics and floral wreaths laugh and celebrate in a sunlit stone street, throwing beans into the air. A goat and a hare run through the crowd, and in the background, others carry a ceremonial float under flower-garlanded columns.

~April 26 Here are some little trinkets, goddess, because I know you love baubles, and I want you to smile.Here are some cakes, Aphrodite, sweet ones for a sweet goddess. I hope these make you happy.And me? Oh, I want little in return: only your gaze, watching me as I […]

From The Goddess Companion April 25

A detailed illustration depicting the "Many Faces of the Goddess." The composition features several scenes: Ceres holding bread in a field; a group of Romans performing the Robigalia ritual to protect grain; Venus holding a mirror surrounded by roses and doves; and a dual-portrait of Artemis with a bow and Proserpine holding a pomegranate in a dark, nocturnal setting. In the center, a ethereal figure flows through all the scenes.

~ April 25 Goddess, we know you by so many names:Ceres, mother of the harvest, you who in the joy of finding your lost daughter gave a new diet to our forebears, no longer acorns to eat but nourishing bread raised in fertile soil; and Venus,inventor of that clever way […]