Sacred Feminine – Moonzie Momma

From The Goddess Companion June 29

A woman in a blue dress and leather vest hammers a wooden stake into the ground to secure a large, open canvas bell tent with flowing curtains at dusk.

~June 29 Stretch out your tent. Pull out the curtains of the entry to form a welcoming pavilion. Make strong the stakes and test the tautness of the cords. For your lover approaches.Tonight, you too will be spread open in welcome love.Fear not, for love extends across the years and […]

From The Goddess Companion June 25

An expressive oil painting illustrating the Finnish creation myth from the Kalevala. A flowing, ethereal goddess figure in a blue dress emerges from the ocean waves, her long blue hair swirling into the sea spray. On the left, her glowing, golden footprints snake up into the towering, pine-forested mountains she danced into existence. On the right, a rocky sea cavern opens up near the shore, where she gently casts a fishing net into the water amidst swimming salmon under a warm, glowing summer sunset.

~June 25 Luonatar made the mountains from the footprints of her dancing.Luonatar made sea caverns as she dove and swam in pleasure.Luonatar made the seashores as she floated in the water.Luonatar touched the seashores and made spots for salmon netting. —Finnish Kalevala, creation myth Creativity is a natural part of […]

From The Goddess Companion June 22

A multi-generational Jewish family gathers in a warm, dimly lit dining room as an older woman in a blue patterned dress and white headscarf lights two tall Shabbat candles on a set table.

~ June 22 Rise, let us go to meet the Sabbath, source of blessings, pouring from the past. Thought is the beginning, action is the ending.Come and rise, come meet the Sabbath. -Sabbath service song Even in religions based on male divinities, there is often a feminine presence hid-ing, in […]

From The Goddess Companion June 14

A detailed woven tapestry hanging on a stone wall, illustrating a central glowing female figure of Wisdom connected by golden, leafy vines to five distinct landscapes featuring a coastal cedar, a mountain cypress, desert date-palms, a rose bush by city walls, and a valley olive grove.

~June 14 I am a cedar by the ocean, a cypress on the mountainside, a date-palm in the desert.I am the rose within the city walls, in the valley I grow like an olive. And everywhere I put forth green shoots like the vine, and everywhere my harvest is honor […]

From The Goddess Companion June 11

A vibrant, multi-armed Hindu goddess, representing Shakti, sits in a meditative lotus position atop a pink lotus flower at the center of a cosmic and earthly landscape. Swirling galaxies fill the upper left sky, while a flowing river, lush forests, and mountains line the right. Streams of life, animals, humans, and Devnagari script emanate from her multiple hands, while a small figure of Lord Shiva rests in mid-air near her trident.

~June 11 If immensity had form, it would be mine. I am abundance, and as such I produce everything in nature, even you. I am the queen of wealth. I bestow all wisdom.I come first in every ritual. I am everywhere. I give you the food you eat, the water […]

From The Goddess Companion June 2

A serene yet powerful depiction of the goddess Durga with dark skin, four arms, and three visible faces, seated in a meditative pose on a tiger skin atop a rocky cliff. She wears an elegant, deep red and gold sari and ornate jewelry. One hand holds a trident, another a lotus, while her other hands are in mudras. The background features a dramatic sky with both dawn-like light and heavy, dark thunderclouds overlooking a lush green valley.

~June 2 She is a dark woman unto herselfShe is as beautiful as dawn.She is as beautiful as a full moon. She is a dark woman with four faces.Her hips are wide as the valley.Her breasts are full as the hills. She is a dark woman with four armsOn them […]

From The Goddess Companion May 31

An oil painting in a dark wooden frame depicting the Virgin Mary in a rich blue robe adorned with gold embroidery, seated on a cloud as she is crowned Queen of Heaven by God the Father and Jesus Christ. Angels surround her holding banners with Catholic prayers, while on earth below, a diverse group of devoted people—including a knight, a mother with a child, and a scholar—kneel in prayer against a landscape of ancient ruins and a distant village.

~ May 31 The queen takes her place in heaven, wearing gold of Ophir.Alleluia, alleluia. Hail, queen of mercy!Protect us on earth, and receive us when we die.Alleluia, alleluia. O most worthy queen of the world, O Mary ever virgin,pray for our peace and for our salvation.Alleluia, alleluia. —Catholic prayers […]

From The Goddess Companion May 29

A digital painting of Luonatar, the Finnish water mother, floating on a turbulent teal ocean beneath a cosmic sky. A brightly feathered bird hovers near a nest built on her raised knee, which contains several golden eggs and one central iron egg.

~ May 29 Once, the water mother floated on the empty ocean waters.Through the air a bird came flying, feathered brightly, flying slowly, looking for a place to shelter.From the waves her knee she lifted, Water mother offered shelter, and the bird alighted on her, built a nest and laid […]

From The Goddess Companion May 25

A powerful cinematic depiction of the Hindu goddess Kali standing over Lord Shiva in an ancient stone temple. She has deep blue-shadowed skin, multiple arms holding a trident, scimitars, and a chalice, and wears a garland of skulls and a skirt of severed hands.

~May 25 She is so beautiful: naked, black and terrible, Naked, black and terrible: naked as life and death; her skin as blue as a shadow, her hair black and tangled in the wind, drifting like time.Naked, and black, and terrible: crowned with skulls, drinking demon blood.But she is beautiful, […]

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 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 24

A luminous, ethereal figure of the Virgin Mary standing in a lush, ancient forest, surrounded by a glowing circle of green vines and golden light, with light rays filtering through tree branches.

~April 24 What greater praise can I give you than to call you green? Green, rooted in light, shining like the sun that pours riches on the wheeling earth; incomprehensible green, divinely mysterious green, comforting arms of divine green protecting us in their powerful circleAnd yet, lady, you are more […]

From The Goddess Companion April 12

A photograph of an ancient Greek-style procession walking through a spring meadow toward a classical temple. A group of women carry a robed and armored woman on a wooden litter. Other participants follow and precede them, holding olive branches and floral wreaths. In the foreground are two monuments with text: a stone stele with Greek writing and a paper scroll with English writing that begins, "THE TONEIA CEREMONY OF RENEWAL." The path is lined with spring flowers and a small stream.

From The Goddess Companion April 12 Into her secret chamber the goddess Hera went to dress her sacred beauty. To her hand only opened the golden lock her son had made, the doors unfolding like a flower at her touch.She bathed herself in luxury and fragrant oil, and the scent […]

From The Goddess Companion April 11

A cinematic, warm-toned image of four women of different generations in an ancient stone kitchen, kneading dough and pouring wine. In a small wall niche behind them sits a primitive clay goddess figurine surrounded by pomegranates and a flickering oil lamp.

April 11 The women knead doughto make cakes for the Queen of Heaven, and pour out drinks unto the gods. —Jeremiah 8:18 The worship of the goddess did not end when god was born. Even after the establishment of monotheistic religions, women continued to honor the divine in feminine form, […]