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Signs as Greek primordial Gods

Aries: Chaos -The first being (Nothingness)

Taurus: Ophion - God of life

Gemini: Pontus - God of the sea

Cancer: Chronos: God of time

Leo: Tartarus - God of Tartarus (Depth of the Underworld)

Virgo: Himeros - God of unrequited love

Libra: Eros - God of love

Scorpio: Erebus - God of darkness

Sagittarius: Uranus - God of the sky

Capricorn: Ourea - God of the mountains

Aquarius: Aion - God of eternity

Pisces: Phanes - God of procreation

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Signs as Chthonic daemons

In ancient Greece daemons (daimons) were spirits or semi-spirits. They existed either as a personification of something or they were kings and heroes who were let to continue on as spirits even after theur death.

The term Chthonic means In relation to under the earth, what is created underneath, what lives under the earth. Which means that all of these daimons inhabited the Underworld and worked for Hades and Persephone.

Aries: Arai - Daemons of curses

Taurus: Thanatos - Daemon of death

Gemini: Epiales - Daemon of nightmares

Cancer: Empousas - Daemons that devoured travellers

Leo: Keres - Daemons od violent death and diseases

Virgo: Menoetes - Daemon that took care of Hades’ cattle

Libra: Cacodaemons - Evil daemons that went to Earth to case harm

Scorpio: Lamiai - Deamons that lured young men and ate them

Capricorn: Eurynomos - Daemon that stripped flesh from corpses

Aquarius: Askalaphos - Daemon that tended Hades’ orchards

Pisces: Oneiri - Deamons of dreams

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Signs as minor greek goddesses pt.3

Aries: Lyssa - Goddess of mad rage

Taurus: Tyche - Goddess of fortune

Gemini: Aglaea - Goddess splendour and glory

Cancer: Antheia - Goddess of flowers and flowercrowns

Leo: Kotys - Goddess of wilds and sex

Virgo: Peitho - Goddess of persuasion and seduction

Libra: Harmonia - Goddess of harmony and concord

Scorpio: Nemesis - Goddess of retribution for evil deeds, revenge

Sagittarius: Euphrosyne - Goddess of Joy

Capricorn: Nike - Goddess of victory

Aquarius: Alectrona - Goddess of morning

Pisces: Iris - Goddess of rainbows

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Signs as ancient greek sayings (quotes) pt.3

Aries: Οι δε των πραγμάτων ού μένουσι καιροί την ημετέραν βραδύτητα και ειρωνείαν - The favorable conditions will not wait for your sluggishness and haughtiness.

Taurus: Καιρών μεταβολήν πάντοτε χρη σε σκοπείν - Always keep in mind that things change.

Gemini: Χρήσιμ’ ειδώς ουχ ο πολλά ειδώς σοφός - Wise is he who knows useful things, not he who knows many things.

Cancer: Χάριν λαβών μέμνησο και δους επιλαθού - Remember the favor you have received and forget the favor you have given.

Leo: Οίσιν ο τρόπος εστίν εύτακτος, τούτοισι και ο βίος συντέτακται. - Those with a well-ordered character will have a well-ordered life too.

Virgo: Μέτρα φυλάσσεσθαι· καιρός δ᾽ επί πάσιν άριστος - Observe due measure, for right timing is in all things the most important factor.

Libra: Ήθος το πράον και το προσηνές ρήμα - Character lies in polite and friendly speaking.

Scorpio: Σοφώτατον χρόνος· ανευρίσκει γαρ πάντα - Time is the wisest of all things that are; for it brings everything to light.

Sagittarius: Ζητώ γαρ την αλήθειαν υφ’ ής ουδείς πώποτε εβλάβη - I seek the truth, by which no one ever was truly harmed.

Capricorn: Ευ σοι το μέλλον έξει, αν το παρόν ευ τιθής - Your future will be good, if you arrange well the present.

Aquarius: Ο αδικών του αδικουμένου κακοδαιμονέστερος. - He who commits an act of injustice is in worse condition than he who suffers it.

Pisces: Το πεπρωμένον φυγείν αδύνατον. - One cannot evade destiny.

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Signs as Euripides' tragedies

Aries: Heracles

Taurus: Iphigenia in Taurus (lol)

Gemini: Hecuba

Cancer: Hyppolytus

Leo: Orestes

Virgo: The Suppliants

Libra: Alcestis

Scorpio: Electra

Sagittarius: Andromache

Capricorn: Ion

Aquarius: The Bacchae

Pisces: Medea

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Signs as ancient Greek sayings (quotes) pt. 2

Aries:  Πάντα ῥεῖ - everything flows

Taurus:  τί κοινότατον; Ἐλπίς. Καὶ γὰρ οἷς ἄλλο μηδέν, αὔτη παρέστη. - What is common? Hope.  When all is gone, there is still hope

Gemini:  Ουδέν κακόν αμιγές καλού - Nothing bad is without something good

Cancer:  πίστις, ἐλπίς, ἀγάπη - Faith, hope, love

Virgo:  Καιρών μεταβολήν πάντοτε χρη σε σκοπείν - always keep in mind that things change

Leo:  νίψον ἀνομήματα μὴ μόναν ὄψιν - Wash the sins not only the face

Libra:  ἰσχύς μου ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ λαοῦ -  The people's love is my strength

Scorpio: Ζώμεν γαρ ού ως θέλομεν, αλλ’ ως δυνάμεθα -  We live, not as we wish to, but as we can

Sagittarius:  πάντοτε ζητεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν -  ever seeking the truth

Capricorn:  ἓν οἶδα ὅτι οὐδὲν οἶδα - I know one thing, that I know nothing

Aquarius: Εν μόνον αγαθόν είναι, την επιστήμην, και εν μόνον κακόν, την αμαθίαν - There is only one good, knowledge, and one evil, ignorance.

Pisces:  ὁ σῴζων ἑαυτὸν σωθήτω -  he who saves himself may be saved

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If you had a daughter what Greek name would you give her ?

I’m torn between Athena, Elissa, Nike and Ophelia

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I’m anxiously waiting for Greek gods part 2 💀😙

Coming up soon 

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Signs as Apollo’s epithets

Aries:  Ἀλεξίκακος -  "Warding off evil"

Taurus:  Φοῖβος - “The bright one”

Gemini:  Λεσχηνόριος - “The talker”

Cancer:  Ἀκέστωρ - “Healer”

Leo:  Αἰγλήτης -  "Light of the sun"

Virgo:  Ἐπικούριος - “The one that aids”

Libra:  Μουσαγέτας - “Leader of the Muses”

Scorpio:  Λοξίας - “Ambiguous”

Sagittarius:  Λυκηγενής - “Born from a wolf”

Capricorn:  Ἀρχηγέτης - “Founder”

Aquarius:  Ἀφητόρος - “The one that lets loose”

Pisces:  Νυμφηγέτης - “Leader of the Nymphs”

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Signs as Zeus' epithets

Aries: Areius - "The warlike one"

Taurus: Astrapios - "Lightninger"

Gemini: Eunameos - "Giver of favorable wind"

Cancer: Xenios - Patron of hospitality

Leo: Panhellenios - " God of all Greeks"

Virgo: Georgos - "God of crops"

Libra: Tallaios - "Solar one"

Scorpio: Aegiduchos - "Bearer of Aegis"

Sagittarius: Agoraeus - Patron of Agora and punisher of dishonest trades

Capricorn: Horkios - "Keeper of oaths"

Aquarius: Olympios - "King of all Gods"

Pisces: Brontios - "Thunderer"

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Signs as ancient Greek cities

Aries: Thebes

Taurus: Argos

Gemini: Rhodes

Cancer: Elis

Leo: Epidaurus

Virgo: Sparta

Libra: Corinth

Scorpio: Syracuse

Sagittarius: Knossos

Capricorn: Eretria

Aquarius: Athens

Pisces: Aegina

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Signs as Greek myths pt. 1

Aries:

Meleager was the son of King Oeneus of Calydon and Althaea. Seven days after he was born Fates came to predict his future. They said that he shall live until one of the fire woods, currently in the family Hearth, burned completely. His mother snatched the piece of wood right away and hid it in a safe place. Years after Calydonian boar started roaming the area. He was sent by angered Artemis because Oeneus omitted her in one of the festivals. Meleager was chosen as a leader of the quest to kill the boar and he started gathering his crew right away. After assembling all the local heroes and the royal guard he decided they needed one more member in the team to ensure them victory, Atalanta. She was a huntress that lived alone in the woods, raised by bears. The rest of Meleager’s entourage wasn’t thrilled about having a women, let alone someone who was raised in the wilderness. Meleager didn’t mind since he knew how good a fighter Atalanta is, and she was definitely better than half of his men. At the beginning of the hunt Meleager promised to give the hide to the first person that draws blood from the beast. In the end Atalanta succeeded first and as promised she got the hide. Everyone was outraged that a woman got the war prize but no one acted on it except Meleager’s brother and uncle. They attacked Atalanta, hoping to kill her and get the prize for themselves. But Meleager got in the way and killed them both in order to protect her. As soon as Althea saw that he killed her brother and other son she took out the half burnt piece of wood she safely kept all these years  and threw it right back in the fire, killing Meleager.

Taurus:

Midas was the king of Phrygia. One day, Silenus, Dionysus’ teacher wandered off and stumbled upon Phrygia. After drinking too much wine he passed out in king Midas’ garden. After the king found him he realized who he is and welcomed him. He treated him as the guest of highest honor. Upon returning him to Dionysus’, the God promised to grant Midas one wish as a thank you for his hospitality. Midas chose the gift of golden touch. Anything he touched would be turned to gold instantly. At first Midas loved his gift and started turning everything in the castle gold. But when it was time for dinner and he sat down to eat he realized that even his food and drinks became the strong yellow metal as soon as he touched them. He became aware of the fact that if continued like this he would die from starvation soon. Moments later his daughter showed up, Complaining  about her roses, since her father turned them to gold. Wanting to comfort his daughter Midas went to hug her but as soon as his hand touched her she turned to gold completely. Right after he realized that his gift was actually a curse he went straight to Dionysus and begged him to take his powers away. The God felt sorry for the king and instructed him to go to river Pactolus and bathe in it. As soon as he did his powers washed away from him.

Gemini:

Prometheus was the son of the Titan Iapetus by Oceanid Clymene. He was one of the rare, if not the only one who would always oppose Zeus and trick him. One day Gods were supposed to decide what will people sacrifice to them and Zeus put Prometheus in charge to present them with choices. Prometheus decided to trick Gods, to see how shallow they really are. The first thing was beef hidden inside an ox's stomach (It represented something good, grand, but hidden inside of something unpleasant), second was bull’s bones wrapped only in fat. (It was something poor but hidden inside something pleasing). Relying only on his sight, Zeus chose the latter and when he found out that Prometheus tricked him, and people will only be sacrificing fat to him, and keeping meat for themselves, he was outraged. As punishment he took fire from people. Prometheus was disgusted by Zeus’ action, punishing humans for his own ignorance, so he stole fire and gave it back to the humans. This only angered Zeus more so he chained Prometheus to a rock in the Caucasus. He was to stay there for eternity and every day an eagle, representing Zeus, would eat his liver, which would regenerate during the night, allowing the process to go without end. He will later be freed by the hero Hercules

Cancer:

Coronis was the lover of Apollo. She died very young, either by the hand of Apollo for being unfaithful or in labor. As a result Apollo had to cut out their child from her womb. He named their son Asclepius. Right after he took him to centaur Chiron to raise him. Chiron taught Asclepius in the art and medicine. One day Asclepius showed kindness to one of the snakes passing by and as a reward, the snake taught him the secret knowledge of healing. Soon Asclepius became better healer than Chiron and after that even better than Apollo himself. His skill was so high that he could even resurrect the dead. Once he realized that, he started bringing people back from the Underworld. One time he even took money for it. This enraged Zeus and Hades, Zeus was worried because balance of the world was being shaken and Hades was just pissed that someone was taking souls from his world. So one day Zeus struck Asclepius with a thunderbolt and killed him immediately. Angry at Zeus for killing his son, Apollo went and killed the Cyclopes that made Zeus’ bolts. As a punishment Zeus banned Apollo from Olympus and cast him to the earth where he will have to serve Admetus, king of Thessaly for a year. After a year has passed, Zeus returned Apollo back, revived the Cyclopes and decided to do something for Asclepius too. Some myths say that he put him in the sky and turned him into constellation known as Ophiuchus, and the others say that Zeus turned him into a God but forbid him to resurrect people without his consent.

Leo:

Narcissus was  a hunter from Thespiae that was known in the world for his extreme beauty. One day while he was walking through the forest he was noticed by a dryad Echo, a tree nymph. She was momentarily mesmerized by his beauty and fell in love. She tried talking to him but he wouldn’t even pay her a second glance. Sorrow washed over her completely that nothing but her echo was left of her. Gods got angry at Narcissus and his attitude so they decided to punish him. Goddess Nemesis took that upon herself. She led Narcissus to a lake and showed him his reflection. When he was born, the blind seer Tiresias told his mother, nymph Liriope, that Narcissus will have a long and happy life as long as he never recognized himself. Nemesis counted on that and that’s why she brought him to the lake. As soon as he saw himself he fell in love immediately. Realizing that he could never have himself he jumped in the lake and took his own life. In other myths he turned into a tree. At the end, on the spot where he met his end a flower grow that had his name, narcissus.

Virgo:

When Persephone was taken by Hades, Demeter went searching for her all over the world. On one occasion she got to  Eleusis in Attica, she took form of an old women named Doso and sought shelter. The King Celeus and Queen Metanira gave her a warm welcome, they even offered her a job to take care of their two sons, Demophon and Triptolemus. She was deeply touched by the couples’ hospitality so she decided to give back. She wanted to turn their son Dempohon into a God. She would do it by coating him in ambrosia and then holding him above open fire, burning all of his mortality. She would do it every night, in the family hearth, without knowledge of his parents. Unfortunately she was unable to finish her ritual because one night Metanira walked in just as Demeter was holding him above fire. She screamed and snatched Demophon back. Demeter was angry and couldn’t understand how the humans didn’t realize she was only trying to help them. She gave up on helping Demophon but decided that she would do something for Triptolemus instead. She chose to teach Triptolemus the art of agriculture and he would go on to teach all of Greece. He was driving a chariot drawn by dragon while Persephone and Demeter were at the back, helping him educate the people.

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Signs as Furies (Goddesses of Vengeance )

Alecto - She punished human anger, especially when it was toward someone else: Virgo, Leo, Cancer, Capricorn

Tisiphone - She punished crimes of murder: Scorpio, Sagittarius, Taurus, Gemini

Megaera - She punished envy and jealousy, especially marital infidelity: Aquarius, Pisces, Libra, Aries

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Signs as Greek mythology antagonists

Aries, Cancer: Periphetes – Bandit that lived in Epidarus. He was more known as Club Bearer, since he used his big club to beat his opponents into the ground.

Gemini, Aquarius: Minos – King of Crete. Demanded that Athens send 7 boys and 7 girls to fight in his labyrinth with Minotaur. Imprisoned Daedalus and his son Icarus.

Virgo, Libra: Sciron – Robber that lived in narrow cliff pathaway. In order to grant the travellers passage he would make them wash his feet. When they knelt he would kick them right off the cliff straight into mouth of his giant pet turtle.

Scorpio, Leo: Tereus – Thracian king. He lusted over his wife's sister so one day he had his way with her. When he found out she wanted to tell everyone he cut off her tongue, imprisoned her and told everyone she's dead.

Sagittarius, Taurus: Sinis – Robber that captured travellers. He would tie them to 2 pine trees that he had pressed to the ground, and then just let them straight up, tearing his victims to pieces.

Capricorn, Pisces: Procrustes – Bandit that made passers-by lie on of his 2 beds in order to let them continue their journey. The trick was, one bed was too short and the other was too big. So when the person didn't fit he just made them fit. Cut off their heads and legs if they were in a small bed and stretch them until their bones broke if they were in a bigger one.

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Signs as Percy Jackson & the Olympians books

Aries: The Last Olympian

Taurus: The Titan's Curse

Gemini: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Cancer: The Sea of Monsters

Leo: The Last Olympian

Virgo: The Lightning Thief

Libra: The Titan's Curse

Scorpio: The Sea of Monsters

Sagittarius: The last Olympian

Capricorn: The Lightning Thief

Aquarius: The Battle of the Labyrinth

Pisces: The Sea of Monsters