Today's Goddess: - Iambe 

Gemini (Various Locations)

 

Themes:  Communication; Creativity; Art; Humor; Playfulness

Symbols:  Paired Items

 

About Iambe:  Iambe means "speech", indicating this goddess's intimate connection with the art of communication.  In Greek stories, Iambe always had a witty (and sometimes satirical) comeback.  This may be why she was credited with creating the writer's bane of iambic pentameter verse (a metered verse with two distinct accents).  In mythology, Iambe used this form of poetry to cheer up Demeter, with tremendous success.

 

To Do Today:  Astrologically, the twins personify individuals who have dual natures:  they are filled with charm and creativity but also seem elusive, like Iambe and her poetic method.  You can remember Iambe and learn more about her style today by reading Shakespeare, one of the few humans to master it (or perhaps rent one of the recent Shakespearean movies)! 

 

If that's not your proverbial cup of tea, use this invocation to Iambe as a prayer, part of a ritual, or whatever is appropriate for you:

 

Iambe, I sing your mystic poems.

From dots and tittles, the magic's sown.

With celestial pens, you scribe each spell,

and lessons in joy, may I learn them well.

Iambe, your metered muse confounds,

yet where'er it's spoken, magic abounds,

full and fierce, potent and free,

and when I hear it I know, that the magic is me!

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