Khairete!
Today at Temenos Oikidios, we celebrated the Aphrodisia.
We opened with a reading from Aphrodite Made Me Do It that spoke of the scope of Aphrodite’s domain and influence, reminding us that even though we celebrate Her festival during the month of Valentine’s Day, She’s more than just hearts and flowers.
The divinatory reading was
“It is not possible to fulfill your desires, the God judges;
Nor will it benefit you to journey far from your home.
Nor through payment will you find anything beneficial” (Dervenis, 2014, p. 107).
We then drew cards from our Delphic Maxims deck to clarify what this meant specifically to each of us.
For theoxenia, we offered Her tuna salad (in memory of Her ocean birth), bread, salad, pecan bars, and Boston creme danish. Our conversation during theoxenia included our concepts of the Divine in general and Aphrodite in particular.
Our next festival will be Therrosian on March 8. This is a festival for Ares that we’ll be celebrating for the first time.
Until next time, may the blessings of the Gods be with you!
Dervenis, K. (2014). Oracle Bones Divination: The Greek I Ching. Destiny Books.
Mateer, T. (2019). Aphrodite Made Me Do It. Central Avenue Publishing.
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