The Greek Goddess Archetypes
Athena
The goddess of wisdom and craft, an ambitious, physical, self-motivated, independent goddess, driven by a powerful logical thinking mind. A goddess who is goal orientated and career driven. Her spirit is found in the city where her ambitious nature thrives in business. Athena is known for her will to survive and to bring the true qualities of the feminine to our male driven society today.
Artemis
This adventurous, athletic goddess fights for the protection of our environment and its animals. She loves to retreat into the solitude of the natural world, allowing re-connecting with her inner self. She prefers to relate with those who share her sense of presence of self and self-sufficiency. All helping to nurture her belief of – I can take care of myself. I can be whole without the need of others.
Hestia
The goddess of the hearth and temple, wise woman and maiden aunt. She symbolises the household fire, the hearth in each home around which the family gathers and where keeping the house is a meaningful activity. She provides the home with a sense of warmth, comfort and illumination. She has a quiet, inner presence who seeks tranquillity. She has no need for possessions, outcomes, status or power. Identity to her is unimportant. She loves to connect inwardly through meditation or other spiritual practices, and also uses these practices and mind set to carry out general household tasks. Doing the washing is like a meditation, no time restriction but a calmness. Hestia has a rich inner life where she is able to come regularly to meet her spirit.
Hera
The goddess of marriage, commitment maker and wife and partner. A stately, regal goddess who represents the highest form of marriage – of queen, of union. Her gift is to unite, to commit and to be a loyal, faithful partner. Hera’s main goal is to find a partner and make that person the centre of their universe.
Demeter
The goddess of grain, nurturer and mother. A goddess of the earth, agriculture and fertility, who symbolises regenerative earth power of all living things. Demeter represents maternal instinct, one who finds fullfillment through pregnancy and motherhood, or providing nourishment or caretaking to all who are in need. Therefore often found to be in professions such as nursing, teaching, counselling. She has the ability to create magical bonds between her and her daughter or mother and is a very generous, loyal, practical, warm goddess, who will put others' needs before her own. Demeter loves spending time at home, gardening, sewing and being endlessly tolerant and selfless to her children.
Persephony
The maiden and queen of the underworld. A mystical, visionary goddess with powers to read the hearts and minds of others. A sensitivity and empathy towards the suffering of others. A goddess with a rich imagination and intuition and quality of being eternally youthful and young at heart, often living within her own world of make believe. She wisely guides people to connect with their own depth and meaning, but needs her alone time to regenerate as she easily absorbs the energies/emotions and vibrations of those around her. Music and nature are her favourite pastimes.
Aphrodite
Your goddess of love and beauty, creative woman and lover. One w ho enjoys all that is sexual and sensual. A goddess whose charisma and compassionate nature is magnetic and electric, whose appearance gives off an energy of inward and outward attractivness. Her creative force loves variety and intensity when it comes to work. Success only comes by what fascinates her. Her power of being both sexual and a spiritual guide allows her to bring refinement and love to the world around, showing all the value of relationship and deep caring.