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Dancing and singing to Chappell Roan with Aphrodite 🩷 usually dance and sing in her honor or with her because- well its fun its a bonding activity!

I heard Aphrodite enjoys laughter. But...what if I love dark humor 😭✋

Yes i like digital circus. I like it very much.

Cant stop stressing but thanks for this i think we all need this

Just because you cannot see the strings the Fates weave doesn't mean you should stress. The future may be terrifying, but the Gods work to forge us into the people we're meant to be.

You will be okay when the time passes.

I wish someone missed me. I wonder if anyone thinks of me when I'm not around

im pagan. my cousin is christian.

I was doing an urgent art offering to Aphrodite because I didn't make her one or get her one the other day. I usually give her flowers, drawings, poems, maybe lay down some romance book ideas for her. So, as i was doing it my cousin was like "girl im abt to go home and all you care about is aphrodite? Like thats enough stop that- whos more important me or her?" And im like ???? MAAM??

As an ex christian i know that the christian God is their first priority. So, shouldnt she understand the your god comes first thing? cuz personally, I do put Aphrodite first because if it wasnt for her I would be even worse than I already was before her.

AND HERES THE CRAZY PART!! When I looked at her like 👁️👁️ "bitch what" she smiled at me and laughed then DARED SAY "i'll curse her if you dont answer me" LWNSIWHWIWJWK MAAM WHAT KIND OF THIN LINE ARE YOU WALKING ON? A TIGHT ROPE? A PLASTIC LINE?? A PHONE LINE?? WHATEVER IT IS ITS THIN AF!!

I hope its okay now cuz she realized what she said and apologized but I dont think she apologized to Aphrodite but at me. I asked Aphrodite to forgive her but like im not sure if she did cuz THE "WILL CURSE APHRODITE" PART IS CRAZY CUZ- im sorry human cursing a deity??

I also dont think she realized Christianity has similar practices with Pagans esp with offerings. Like she scoffed when I told her "yeah, we give offerings" LIKE MAAM YOU DO TITHES AND OFFERINGS IN YOUR CHURCH???

like this is wild to me as someone who is close to her like bro disrespecting my religion and beliefs bro- YOURE LITERALLY MY COUSIN AND BESTFRIEND??

Might have to rethink things because of how she responds to my practices.

Begging Aphrodite to send me anyone who she thinks is fit to help me on my travels tomorrow because people scare me and anxiety is off the roof

In Lady Aphrodite, I trust my safety!

(Im still new to paganism and is an ex-christian so if its possible for Hermes devotees to pray for me on my travels tmr pls do)

havent been feeling Aphrodite's presence that much unless I'm outside.

Maybe it's because I haven't been sleeping but OH BOY SCHOOL IS KILLING ME (I even fell asleep while reading a question on a quiz)

I think her not speaking to me or even letting me feel her presence is her way of saying "Think about what youre doing" 😭✋

Hail Lady Aphrodite

sana pandesal nalang ako eh no

Filipino Isekai

FILIPINO PAGANS RISE NO

Interact with me pagans who are Filipino. Please.

Trust your instincts ya'll

Should've listened to my instincts when I wanted to tell my girl cousin I'm pagan. Boy cousin respected it and told me to stay safe because he knows very well how our family is. Should've just told him. She already looked at me differently when I told her I wasn't Christian anymore, when I wasn't comfortable praying to the Christian God when our family would beg me just because I'm the eldest grandchild, I don't want to because I don't want to disrespect Him.

I know it's her opinion, I know she has the right to have an opinion.

But for me and many people it's not stupid like how she thinks it is. Such a big blow, ngl.

Aphrodite listened to me that night when I cried. She was there when no one else can hold me.

Hail Lady Aphrodite 🩷

𝑐𝑟𝑒𝑑𝑠 𝑡𝑜 𝑜𝑤𝑛𝑒𝑟

I thought I'm ugly. Sometimes I still think I am. Ever since working and building a relationship with Aphrodite its been like this looking in the mirror:

Me, staring at myself and acne: wow thats ug-

Aphrodite: i dare you.

Me: naturally occuring, im very pretty

Aphrodite: mhm.

Me, just looking at the mirror to see if I look good in my dress:

Aphrodite: YES! GORGEOUS, DARLING! BEAUTIFUL!

Me, passing by a mirror, in the same dress, at the mall: hey i kinda look-

Aphrodite: PRETTY! VERY VERY PRETTY! GOODNESS, SO GORGEOUS

And not only that, I've been able to control my anger better. its like she amped my patience! Yes, I asked her to bless my heart and fill it with love to share with people. And I believe to love is to be patient. Sure, I lose control every now and then but then again, I'm just a human who has a long way to go!

Thank you to Lady Aphrodite for helping me become a better and more loving person to myself and others. A long way to go but the journey isnt loney, I had Aphrodite to hold my hand and guide me to the right paths of life 🩷

As a newbie, I still have a long way to go in getting to know Lady Aphrodite and understanding her as her devotee. I really want to go full out on my worship to her but I can only do the bare minimum and tiny acts of devotion due to my unsafe environment.

The best thing I can do is offer her pretty flowers that I see during my walk, a frikin leaf, drawings of her that represents my gratitude for her guidance and patience, and a very horribly written poem.

If you're like me, living in an unsafe environment and unable to properly practice Paganism, please give me suggestions on how I can get closer to Lady Aphrodite and be even deeper and spiritual with her.

I can feel Aphrodite telling me "YOU WERE DOING SO WELL YESTERDAY" because i slept before 12 pm was even close.

This might be a sign for me to work with Hecate considering my struggles with discipline and I heard shes that type of god (actually im joking at the same time im not. I have 0 energy and 0 safe spaces to worship my dieties, its even hard to come up excuses for my subtle aphrodite altar)

Yes, i just YAPPED.

So my one day streak broke, a streak of proper sleep and adequate rest. Am i even using the words right right now

I need to know if theres any Aphrodite devotees that listen and enjoys the Epic Musical. I personally enjoy it. I love it. Im stuck in the loop.

Everytime Aphrodite is mentioned in God Games- ESPECIALLY THE "Aphrodite~ 🕊️" part I SUDDENLY HAVE THE URGE TO KNEEL AND BOW AND CRY AND DANCE AT THE SAME TIME!

Like eugh just the mention of the goddess I get excited 😭

Ngl I didnt expect this shift when I started worshipping her.

Went to a christian church the other day because my family is christian. i decided go let Aphrodite control my outfit choice that day and she dressed me in my prettiest floral dress. I did it to honor her eveywhere I went! <3

I had never felt more gorgeous than I did that day. Lady Aphrodite really boost up my confirdence.

"great goddess of beuaty really blessing me today" -me, looking at myself in the mirror while doing light make up.

I swear, I was in the mall bathroom and I could feel her hyping me up while I was fixing my hair.

Everytime I go out, i repeat the ssme 4 outfits i have sslad ,outsid,,,,,!

Sleeping earlier than usual cuz shes telling me to take care of myself. since im a stubborn lil shit, shes abt to knock the daylights outta me rn.

Self-care is beauty, yall!

LOOK! I MAY SUCK AT FINISHING MY PROJECTS, COLORING, AND ANATOMY EVEN ESP WITH POSES BUT HERES MY INTERPRETATION OF LADY APHRODITE 🩷

I really see her this very graceful woman who MOTHERS! absolutely MOTHERING with the gold crown, the pearls, the whole everything she is just😭🥹🫶🩷🎀

Hail, Lady Aphrodite!

Might print this out, laminate it, and put it on the altar

Rebloging to keep it in mind

Everyday Ways I Honour Aphrodite

(NSFW warning)

🌹Roses, roses, roses. Rose soap, rose lip balm, rose hand cream, rose lotion, rose perfume, rose oil on my pillow before falling asleep, rose candles, rose incense, roses in my garden, rosewater toner, rose face mist, rose shower gel, dried roses in the bath... Just roses everywhere you can fit them.

🌹Reading romantic books and poetry, watching romance films

🌹 Reading books and poetry about Aphrodite

🌹Making myself feel beautiful with pretty jewellery and makeup. Even just a swipe of tinted lip balm boosts my confidence (I use French Girl Rose Noir). I try to wear at least a little bit of makeup or jewellery daily, even if it's just a pair of studs or a subtle lipstick

🌹 Even if I'm just staying at home all day I'll spray perfume and put on jewellery and do lipstick just to feel sensual while I'm lounging around playing Animal Crossing (currently wearing a comfy embroidered nightie, small gold hoops, a pretty bracelet and a little bit of YSL Orange Perfecto lipstick as I write this)

🌹 Embracing my sensuality. Swaying my hips, feeling the softness of my body, dancing freely, engaging in self-pleasure, taking nudes, trying to unlearn the shame associated with sexuality from my upbringing. I don't watch porn often as I find most of it unhealthy and misogynistic (I only like this one random Japanese couple's channel and some vintage and Korean softcore), but I enjoy toys (my favourite is the rose), erotic literature, erotic film, audio porn (usually in other languages because I find a lot of dirty talk just makes me cringe but I still get enjoyment out of hearing little moans and silky low voices so I get that and avoid secondhand embarrassment from bad dirty talk by listening to it in languages I don't understand), and erotic fine art.

🌹 I try to get really comfortable when I'm engaged in self love. Lipstick and perfume on, hair styled, lingerie or nightie that makes me feel sexy, a candle lit or rose, ylang ylang and jasmine oil in my diffuser, soft music playing. Then I'll position myself comfortably, and stroke my thighs, tease my nipples, squeeze my breasts, lick my juices off my fingers and use it like a lipstick, painting my lips and nipples or using it to lightly lubricate my clitoris. Running my hands all over my belly, thighs and breasts, experimenting with different types of pressure and stimulation. Just luxuriating in the sensual feelings I can bring to my beautiful female body.

🌹 Wearing jewellery with seashells, pearls, emerald, ruby, bronze, copper, gold, jade, garnet and iridescent beads

🌹 Enjoying apples, honey, figs, pomegranates, strawberries, raspberries, olives, lettuce, rosewater and chocolate. I like buying Guylian chocolates as they're seashell shaped, but any chocolate will do (my favourite chocolate bar to buy is white chocolate with strawberries). I also like foods that you can taste the rosewater in like rose macarons and Turkish delight.

🌹 Making foods with ingredients she likes, like honey cakes, Persian rose love spell cookies, rosewater nougat, Persian love cake, baklava, cornes de gazelle, mhencha, etc... I mostly stick to Mediterranean, North African, Arab and Persian recipes, as they commonly use ingredients like rosewater, honey, pomegranates, and figs.

🌹 Carrying rose quartz in my pocket and keeping rose quartz under my pillow

🌹 I use a rose quartz roller to massage oil into my face

🌹 I keep a mini Venus de Milo statue and a swan trinket box on my bedside table

🌹 Drinking a drink made up of honey, cinnamon, milk and hot water at night to relax

🌹 Wearing pretty lingerie under my clothes, even if it's a basic outfit

🌹 I often fall asleep to the sound of ocean waves

🌹 Gold highlighter swept on my cheeks and body shimmer on my collarbones, reflecting light like sun rays on the ocean

🌹 Doing little offerings, like spritzing her statue with perfume, or offering up a portion of food I'm eating that I think she'd like

🌹 Lighting incense in scents like myrrh, frankincense, rose, vanilla, cinnamon, ginger and jasmine

🌹 Drawing myself relaxing baths with fragrant oils and salts

🌹 Reading hymns, Sappho's poetry, and listening to Athanati Afroditi

🌹 Listening to music that's romantic or sensual (this is my playlist)

🌹 Carrying a hand mirror and admiring myself as I check my makeup

🌹 Adding honey to tea

🌹 Writing letters and poetry about love and beauty

🌹Admiring women I find beautiful without jealousy or resentment, just appreciation

🌹Using these emojis: 🌹🦢🌊🪞🍎❤️💘💗💕💋🕊️🫒💄

🌹 Wearing pink, red, aqua, and seafoam green

🌹 Being consistent in self care. No matter how low my spoons are, unless I'm so dog-tired I end up falling asleep on the couch at 8pm, I force myself to do my evening skincare routine - cleansing, toning, eye cream, moisturiser, oil. And I always feel better for it even if I was exhausted before. Much smaller but I'm also consistent in oiling the ends of my hair daily and spraying perfume before bed. And I keep up with getting my hair done and brows waxed every three months without fail.

🌹 Doing exercises that make me feel sensual. I'm really lazy tbh but I push myself because I know Aphrodite would want me to take care of my body. I pick exercises that make me feel good and desirable, like yoga flow, belly dance, and exercises that target my womanly attributes.

🌹 Giving compliments!

🌹 Doing a big self care day every Friday (the day associated with her). Hot oil hair treatment, foot soak and exfoliation, removing old nail polish and buffing and filing nails, face mask, teeth whitening....

🌹 Going to the pond in winter and admiring the swans

🌹 Going to an art gallery in my city just to look at the painting Venus and Cupid (Day) by Fragonard

🌹 Sleeping on silk sheets as they feel sensual (they're also good for your hair and skin)

🌹 Making my own diffusers and cosmetics from natural, aphrodisiac products. Homemade bath salt with rose petals and pink salt, homemade lip mask with olive oil and rose oil, and adding oil of rose, jasmine, sandalwood, and cinnamon to a diffuser as I find these scents stimulating and sensual.

🌹 And of course, thanking Lady Aphrodite every day.

Aphrodite: Goddess of Passion, Love, Sex, Beauty, Pleasure and Procreation.

Offerings include:

rose water,

rose/ocean scented candles or incense,

rose petals,

seashells,

perfumes,

jewelry you consider beautiful, honey, rose tea, fruits like apples ( golden colored apples ) figs, and pomegranates,

crystals/gemstones such as quartz, rose quartz ( specifically ) and emeralds,

chocolates,

naturally shed dove/swan/geese feathers,

herbs like basil and majoram,

sand,

poems about her, love, or any other poem you have written.

Prayers to Aphrodite

1. I come to you by candlelight, I bring a humble gift this night,

View my soul and weigh my truth, I love, respect, and honor you.

May this gift be well recieved,

By Love's goddess,

Lady of the seas.

2. Lady Aphrodite,

Beloved Goddess of all the world's beauty, of love in all forms,

and of purest desire,

may you continue to guide me

towards acceptance and love,

for myself and for others,

for now and for good.

May we flourish forever

with beauty and grace.

my Beloved Aphrodite

with love in your heart,

may you continue to guide me,

til death do us part.

3. Prayer to Aphrodite to Bring Love into One's Life

Tender-hearted Aphrodite, friend of the lonely, friend of those who seek a lover, a companion for life, a mate to share their sorrows and delights;

Aphrodite, you touch the center of the soul, you light the flame of passion in men and women, you hold our hearts in your gentle hands. Goddess, fair one, kind one, giver of the most precious gifts, open my spirit to joy and gladness, open my mind to possibility, open my heart to love. Heal me of hurt, release me from fear; grant me the innocence of first love that I may see the world in all its promise and beauty; grant me the wisdom of experience that I may choose with sense and judgment. May my eyes be keen, may my vision be true, may I see what is more clearly than what may be. Aphrodite, I pray to you, goddess, grant me your gift of love.

4. May Aphrodite bring love to you, and may you feel that love.

Happy friday!! may aphrodite keep you safe and loved : )

EDIT: image made by @kytheras-dove! i didn’t add credits when originally posted so i’m adding them now 🩷🩷

since today is friday, i thought i would work on a basic info page for Aphrodite for me to refer back to including her epithets. i’m also counting this as some greek practice, so i’m killing two birds with one stone! i thought i’d share this for others to have!! please note i didn’t include every single epithet, just some of what i considered to be often used. it’s not finished either, i’ll definitely add as i go <3

*my source for this infomation is Theoi.com

Fruit Correspondences

Apple: spirit work, offerings, love, healing, beauty, wisdom, harvest

Apricot: love, self love

Avocado: beauty, love, lust, fertility, spell work

Banana: wealth, luck, spirituality, religion, masculinity

Blueberry: protection, banishment, curses

Blackberry: protection, fertility, femininity, funerals, afterlife, moving on

Cantaloupe: spell work, protection, grounding, energy work

Cherry: lust, love, fertility

Clementine: childhood, dreams

Coconut: protection, cleansing, femininity

Cranberry: holidays, blood magic, spirit work

Date: fertility, luck, money

Dragon fruit: lust, passion, spell work

Durian: curses, cleansing, protection

Fig: happiness, divination, love

Grapefruit: cleansing

Grape: money, spell work, fertility, offerings

Guava: love, self love, lust

Honeydew: cleansing, energy, love

Jackfruit: divination, spell work, happiness

Kiwifruit: health, love, lust, happiness

Kumquat: luck, health, money

Lemon: cleansing, purification, protection, curse breaking

Lime: cleansing, protection, love

Lychee: love, self love, femininity, beauty

Mango: love, lust, fertility

Nectarine: love, self love, spell work

Orange: cleansing, protection, divination

Papaya: curse breaking, banishing, spirit work, love

Passion fruit: lust, love, passion

Peach: fertility, love, happiness, spirit work

Pear: offerings, happiness, luck, money, confidence

Persimmon: healing, love, luck, protection

Pineapple: protection, health, offerings, money, luck

Plantain: fertility, masculinity, lust, passion

Plum: love, healing, offerings

Pomegranate: offerings, blood magic, fertility, divination, spell work

Prune: cleansing, protection

Raspberry: love, dreams, health

Strawberry: love, wishes, dreams, happiness

Starfruit: lunar/solar magic, spell work, cleansing

Tangerine: solar magic, strength, energy work

Tomato: protection, cleansing, love, passion

Watermelon: healing, femininity, lust, love, spirit work, cleansing

Tip Jar

The fact im working on my journal, perfect timing <33

What to put in your hellenic journal and why it helps

Building a kharis with gods using a religious journal is really helpful. It helped me keep my information and my thoughts related to the Gods organized. It can also help beginners if they are uncomfortable reciting hymns out loud.

What could be put inside it:

Every day write one delphic maxim and write how you interpret it or what you think about it

Make a shopping list for your altar and offerings

Compose prayers

Hymns/ prayers to your patrons and Hestia, Nyx, Helios, Hypnos

Write something as if you are conversating with the Gods.

Important information on deities

Favorite offerings, incenses, and libations of the Gods

Important Callendar events, festivals, and key info on celebration

Quotes from the most famous books of Gods that you relate to or want to remember

Instructions on composing prayers

What afterlife means in Hellenismos

What defines hubris, agos and miasma

7 pillars of Hellenismos and their meaning

Do some drawings for the Gods as a devotional act

Include your personal experiences with the divine and how it affected you

Write down the signs you saw during the week

You can also decorate it with the images of Gods

Delphic Maxims:

https://www.tumblr.com/bluemorfedbutterfly/746793310790828032/delphic-maxims-pt1-the-delphic-maxims-are-a?source=share