Today's Goddess: Anahita
Khordad Sal (Persia) Themes: Honor; Love; Fertility; Pleasure; Cleansing
Symbols: Water; Lunar Objects and Colors; Green Branches
About Anahita: Anahita is the Zoroastrian Moon Goddess who shines upon the darkness in our lives, replacing loneliness with true love. bareness with fertility, and impotence with pleasurable unions. She is the Lady of Heaven, the flowing force of the cosmos, whose name means "pure". A traditional offering for Anahita is green branches, which represent her life-giving power.
To Do Today: Today marks the birthday of Zoroaster, the founder of a religious sect that influenced the Maji of the Bible. Amidst Zoroaster's pantheon we find this goddess, radiating with the beautiful things inlife, but only after a good "house cleaning." Honor her by washing your floors with pine-scented cleaner (i.e., green branches) so her energies can purify the sacred space of home. Afterward, light a white candle to represent Anahita's presence therein. Add a simple invocation like this one: "Lady of Purity, Lady of Light, be welcome in my home and my heart." Purify yourself, too, so that Anahita's passion can flow unhindered. Take a ritual bath, adding any woodsy aromatic to the water. As you wash up,
Say,
"Anahita, carry the darkness away, so my body and spirit may revel in your pleasures, giving and receiving them equally."
Then spend time with your loved one, letting nature take its course.
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