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mercy seems like a long shot here, so my prayer for inauguration day 2025: may they be incompetent. may they just be really bad at implementation. may their egos choke their effectiveness. may they drown themselves week by week with infighting and selfish posturing. may they be easily distracted. may the very governors and senators and agencies and religious leaders that the new administration expects to be friendly force endless stalemates to preserve their own power. may every delay turn into a three ring blame circus so chaotic that no one remembers what they were doing. may the good and necessary parts of government be too boring to draw attention and keep running quietly in the background. may the next four years be full of sound and fury and signify nothing.

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Happy Friday!

Since Friday is Lady Aphrodite’s day, I like to write a little prayer! Today’s prayer topic (which you all chose!) is seeing beauty all around!

Graceful Goddess Aphrodite

Daughter of the Sky, who rose from the sea,

She who loves so deeply,

I ask you for help in seeing Your beauty all around.

Laughter-Loving (Philomedes) goddess,

assist me in appreciating the little things

that make me smile every day.

Aphrodite of Sea Foam (Aphrogenia),

show me the beauty in the natural world,

from the sea, to the sky, to the earth I stand upon.

Goddess of the Dark (Melainis),

Help me to see the beauty in what’s often overlooked

What is shrouded by shadows, by darkness, by night.

Loving Lady Aphrodite,

Goddess of All (Pandemos)

I humbly ask this of you, for you are Beauty

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Aphrodite Is You, and You are Her.

If a goddess can be Unholy, Killer of Men, the Dark One, the Gravedigger, but also The Heavenly, The Golden. The Mother, so can you.

She who was considered perfection, although she embodied violence, unholiness, sin, and bloodshed.

She who was adored and worshipped, she who was chained in Sparta for her skill in battle.

She is the Mother of Love, of Grace and of Harmony.

She is the Mother of Fear, of Panic, of Desire, and Revenge of the Scorned.

She is the lover of war, sister to Chaos and Destruction.

She is a goddess who brings life through love, and death through passion. She is the goddess who protects women, who kills the ones who have scorned Her.

She carries with her the love that drives men to insanity, and the passion that drives artists to create.

She is a punisher, a killer, a warrior. She is a wife, a mother, a goddess. She is Aphrodite of War, and Aphrodite the Heavenly.

She is of the ocean that cleanses, of the ocean that destroys cities and civilizations.

She is the one who will punish those who have scorned you, and she will drip with blood and pearls and gold.

She may be the goddess of love and romance, but do not forget she is sister to Chaos and Destruction, sister to the Furies, lover of War and mother of Fear and Panic.

She is beautiful, she is Heavenly. She is mutilated, and she is Unholy. She can be made of sunlight and flowers, and blood and bones. She is not always beautiful, because sometimes love and passion are ugly and twisted things.

She is holy and a sinner. She is perfection, and she is beloved.

She is Aphrodite the Dark One. Aphrodite the Mother. She is you, and you are her, because you both have holiness, have sin, have love.

Embody not only the pure, sacred, Aphrodite the Golden, Aphrodite the Heavenly, Aphrodite of The Gardens: but also the bloody, sinful, Aphrodite Killer of Men, Aphrodite the Gravedigger, and Aphrodite the Unholy, the Aphrodite that Greece tried to erase, the Aphrodite that was remembered even today because people do not forget the gods that they carry with them.

She will walk with you, and she will share your sins and your accomplishments, and then she will lay you down into your grave with a kiss.

No matter your looks or religion or your birth, the holiness inside you is not simply purity and lack of sin. It is purity and blood and violence and sin and everything that makes you human. That is Perfection, and Perfection is you. That is the message of Our Holy Aphrodite.

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Offerings for aphrodite

-seashells and sand

-swan, dove, dolphin, sparrow, and geese items

-roses and rose petals (or any flowers)

-pink and blue candles (or any pastel color)

-rose quartz, pearl, diamond, ruby, garnet, opal, carneleon, amethyst, moonstone

-vanilla, lavender, or any incense

-self care

-jewelry

-perfume

-apples

-pomegranate

-strawberries

-mirrors

-make-up

-pink salt

-chocolate

-honey

-baked goods

-drawings

-poems

-heart shaped things

-listening to love songs

-making her a playlist

-essential oils

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Aphrodite's Temples in Ancient Greece

Temple of Aphrodite at Acrocorinth

Aphrodite was the protector of Corinth, and she had 3 temples here, but the one at Acrocorinth was the most famous.

There was a statue of Armed Aphrodite (Aphrodite Areia) here

This temple is famous for alleged prostitution that took place here

Sanctuary of Aphrodite Urania (Athens)

dedicated specifically to Aphrodite Ourania

Temple of Aphrodite in Sparta

built on a hill and had two stories

Upper floor was specifically dedicated to Aphrodite Morpho

Had a statue of Aphrodite Areia in full armor

The remains of this have not been found

Temple of Aphrodite in Lesbos

In Lesbos, where Sappho lived

This is just a few of Her temples! I don't know, just wanted to give a few very basics on some!

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Aphrodite Aphrogeneia

(the foam born)

Happy friday everyone 🩷 !!!

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I'm safe. I'm in the western NC / AVL area where we got hit hard by the hurricane. We still don't have power or water. Power may be back by the end of this week, but running water could take weeks. I'm out of work until the water is back on due to state regulations.

If you have anything you can d0nate to help me and my friends and family, my c@shapp is $princessschristie v3nmo is @christiedahlberg ♡

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Hello tumblr! I have started a gofundme to help my best friend with costs associated with his gender affirming surgery coming up.

https://gofund.me/ea0da3f4 ✨️

It's a very intensive surgery and he is having to travel and stay in the city he's getting the surgery in for a month! This money is to help with funds for housing and food while he's there, gas, and bills while he is away from work.

Please help share this. If you can't donate ♡ it means the world!!

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It is easier to love yourself when you know that Aphrodite loves you.

She is the Goddess of beauty itself. If Aphrodite can perceive you, a mere mortal, and regard you as beautiful just the way you are, then there is really no point in thinking otherwise.

There have been multiple times where I've gotten spiritual gut punches because I was sitting there degrading myself. To call yourself ugly is to disagree with her word!

Aphrodite, my love, I thank you for the confidence you have granted me. Knowing you love me has made life more worthwhile. I am forever indebted to You.

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Art depictions of Goddess, Aphrodite <3 part 1

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Apparently, I am the type of person who needs to justify herself for everything she does. I did this a lot, but now it has come to my attention recently thanks to Lady Aphrodite.

I picture in my head Aphrodite screaming "STOP STOP STAND YOUR GROUND STOP DON'T JUSTIFY BASIC THINGS YOU NEED DELETE THAT PARAGRAPH EXPLAINING SOMETHING THAT NORMAL PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND AND NOT HATE YOU FOR" and Ares and Lucifer just nodding in the back.

Then I'm like "It will be nice to explain why this is that way because-"

"DO NOT."

"oke 🙇"

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Lady Aphrodite is so sweet and loving 🥰

I’ve only been working with her for a few months but she has helped me feel so much more beautiful and love myself and my friends so deeply

Lady Aphrodite loves all of us, and she is so gentle and caring. I don’t know where I’d be without her

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witchy self care 💌

─────── ･ ｡ﾟ☆ : * . ☽ . * : ☆ﾟ. ───────

◇ cleansing your body 🛀

◇ cleansing your space

◇ dedicating time to yourself

◇ go outside & ground yourself 🌱

◇ workout / stretch & dedicate it to a deity 🧘‍♂️

◇ when washing your face, draw sigils

◇ charge your water !!

◇ meditate & recharge, even if it's 5 minutes

◇ practice gratitude !!

◇ sing / dance to your favorite music & dedicate it to a deity

◇ write yourself a love letter 💕

◇ practice using positive affirmations

─────── ･ ｡ﾟ☆ : * . ☽ . * : ☆ﾟ. ───────

remember that your practice is what you make it, don't let aesthetics & shame get in the way of what you want your practice to be 💞

thank you lady aphrodite, for teaching me to be more accepting of myself, this post is for you ♡

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Petition for the Greek Temples to be rebuilt, so that I can pray to the gods in all their glory

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Aphrodite devotees who are male/masculine presenting/neutral/neutral presenting/are otherwise not feminine much of the time

Aphrodite devotees who are asexual and/or sex repulsed and/or aromantic and/or romance repulsed

Aphrodite devotees who struggle with self harm or self image

Aphrodite devotees who aren't 'conventionally attractive'

Aphrodite devotees that are plus sized

Aphrodite devotees that are non-white

Aphrodite devotees who are disabled and/or disordered

Aphrodite loves you all, regardless of how you look. Beauty is inherent in the human form.

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happy pride! may iris's rainbow light your path, and may aphrodite's loving gaze fall upon you 🩷🌈

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Aphroditus

🪞 the androgynous 🍎