rwcarter
10-05-2010, 11:38
Athene rises from a foamy sea, waves breaking around her legs. In her left hand she balances an extremely large cup, while her right hand is held to her chest.
Aphrodite
the Foam-Born, goddess of love in its most noble and its most degraded aspects
born from the foam caused by Uranus’ testicles after they’d been cut off by Cronos and cast into the sea (in Olympian genealogy, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione)
the essence of feminine beauty, she could also be jealous, spiteful, vain, deceitful, treacherous, lazy and vindictive
she spread life-giving joy but also filled human (and divine) hearts with the frenzy of passion, causing people to betray their fathers, abandon their homes or be overcome with incestuous or bestial passions
she presided over the sanctity of marriage
a force of nature
represents an upsurge of raw feeling in the form of an urge towards relationship, which must precede any actual encounter with another because if one is not ready for the relationship, then the other won’t appear
the unwitting instigator of the relationship between her son Eros and the mortal Psyche
Random Thoughts
the waves crashing around Aphrodite can be seen as overwhelming emotions or emotional upheaval
since Aphrodite is unmoved by the waves, she could be seen as being stoic
she essentially caused the waves by her birth, so there’s the indication of someone stirring the waters, as it were
the oversized cup could indicate that there are a lot of emotions (whether known or undifferentiated) in the situation and these emotions are currently contained
The keyword/phrase I came up with in my workbook on 26 Oct 91 was "new relationship through the efforts of others."
Rodney
Aphrodite
the Foam-Born, goddess of love in its most noble and its most degraded aspects
born from the foam caused by Uranus’ testicles after they’d been cut off by Cronos and cast into the sea (in Olympian genealogy, she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione)
the essence of feminine beauty, she could also be jealous, spiteful, vain, deceitful, treacherous, lazy and vindictive
she spread life-giving joy but also filled human (and divine) hearts with the frenzy of passion, causing people to betray their fathers, abandon their homes or be overcome with incestuous or bestial passions
she presided over the sanctity of marriage
a force of nature
represents an upsurge of raw feeling in the form of an urge towards relationship, which must precede any actual encounter with another because if one is not ready for the relationship, then the other won’t appear
the unwitting instigator of the relationship between her son Eros and the mortal Psyche
Random Thoughts
the waves crashing around Aphrodite can be seen as overwhelming emotions or emotional upheaval
since Aphrodite is unmoved by the waves, she could be seen as being stoic
she essentially caused the waves by her birth, so there’s the indication of someone stirring the waters, as it were
the oversized cup could indicate that there are a lot of emotions (whether known or undifferentiated) in the situation and these emotions are currently contained
The keyword/phrase I came up with in my workbook on 26 Oct 91 was "new relationship through the efforts of others."
Rodney