Which Goddess Will Step Forward For You?

Last month as I was preparing for launching the 2014 My Word Goddess Readings, I took some time to sit with the list of goddesses that I work with on a regular basis. It’s a list of over 130, but as I scanned all their names, which now feel as familiar to me as my own, I noticed that some were very specifically choosing to step forward for these readings.

I began writing down the names of those that were showing up, and swiftly ended up with a list of 78. And as I scanned this list, I felt a shiver pass through my whole body – the resonant energy these goddesses bring as a collective is incredibly powerful. And it feels like they have approached me as a group – they’re inviting me to work with them specifically and to deepen my relationship with them, my connection to them.

Now, for me, the goddesses are present in my everyday. They’re not remote, sequestered or distanced. I don’t see them “through the mists of time”, and I don’t need to create elaborate rituals in order to generate some kind of interaction. They just are. Every minute. Every day.

But I totally get that this may not be your experience. And I think it’s taken me a long time to realise that, for most people, the goddess is seen as some removed sacred being or as the character in a myth from long long ago – both of these views casts the goddess as irrelevant to the way we live now. And that’s just not my experience at all.

Let me tell you that there is a goddess to connect with for whatever context in which you find yourself. You may be living in a contemporary world, but these ancient stories, these energies, these archetypes, remain profoundly relevant.

To demonstrate this, I want to share my list of alternative descriptions for each one of the 78 goddesses that I’m working with for the My Word Goddess Readings. In the coming weeks and months, I’ll be writing about each of these goddesses, helping you to understand them better, but for now, think of these descriptions as tasters of the deliciousness still to come…

Oh, and if you want to find out which of these goddesses is stepping forward for you in 2014, you can order your My Word Goddess Reading now. These readings will only be available to buy until Jan 6th, and then they won’t return until Dec 2014. 

The 78 Goddesses

Abeona – Goddess of Leaving Your Comfort Zone
Aditi – Goddess of Sweet Spaciousness
Aine – Goddess of Magical Thinking
Amaterasu – Goddess of Choosing To Shine
Anuket – Goddess of Open Arms
Aphrodite – Goddess of Free Love
Artemis – Goddess of Goal Setting/Goal Getting
Baba Yaga – Goddess of Another Bloody Learning Opportunity
Bast – Goddess of Feline Good
Benzai-ten – Goddess of the To Do List
Blodeuwedd – Goddess of Going Your Own Way
Brigid – Goddess of the Vital Spark
Cerridwen – Goddess of Transformational Stories
Changing Woman – Goddess of Grounding Ritual
Cimidye – Goddess of Metamorphosing Hurt
Coatlicue – Goddess of the Heart Broken Open
Corn Woman – Goddess of Delicious Discernment
Cybele – Goddess of Wild Women
Danu – Goddess of Teaching What You Know
Demeter – Goddess of Nurturing Sustainability
Durga – Goddess of Focus Despite Distraction
Eostre – Goddess of Potential Over Perfection
Erda – Goddess of Roots
Erzulie – Goddess of Everyday Luxury
Eurynome – Goddess of the Big “O”
Freya – Goddess of Shameless Transaction
Gaia – Goddess of the Whole Shebang
Gwnhwyfar – Goddess of Equal Partnership
Ghyldeptis – Goddess of Harmonic Agreement
Hathor -Goddess of Golden Time
Hecate – Goddess of the Silent Witness
Hestia – Goddess of Promise & Practice
Hsi Wang Mu – Goddess of Grace Now & Always
Iduna – Goddess of Soul Food
Inanna – Goddess of Buried Treasure
Isis – Goddess of Assembling Self Piece-By-Piece
Ix Chel – Goddess of Constant Creativity
Kali Ma – Goddess of Cutting the Crap (Compassionately)
Kishijoten – Goddess of Sacred Force Fields
Lady of Beasts – Goddess of Win/Win Relationships
Lakshmi – Goddess of Financial Flow
Lalita – Goddess of Flirty Winks
Lilith – Goddess of My Way Or the Highway
Maat – Goddess of Life Balance
Maeve – Goddess of Blood Lust
Maia – Goddess Taking the Risk to Blossom
Mama Quilla – Goddess of Slow Change
Maman Brigitte – Goddess of Second Chances
Maya – Goddess of What We Choose To See
Minerva – Goddess of Strategic Advancement
Morgan Le Faye – Goddess of True Sovereignty
Nu Kua – Goddess of Divine Order
Nut – Goddess of the Mystery
Nyai Loro Kidul – Goddess of Cultural Cleanse
Oshun – Goddess of Pleasure
Oya – Goddess of Speaking Up (Even If Your Voice Shakes)
Pachamama – Goddess of Fertile Foundations
Pele – Goddess of Irrepressible Passion
Persephone – Goddess of Growing Up
Psyche – Goddess of Love Lessons
Rhiannon – Goddess of AskingFor & Getting What You Want
Sarasvati – Goddess of Accomplishment
Sedna – Goddess ove Transcending Victimhood
Sekhmet – Goddess of Finding Your Roar!
Shakti – Goddess of Embodied Energy
Sheila-Na-Gig – Goddess of the In Between
Sophia – Goddess of Heart Wisdom
Sphinx – Goddess of the Gateway
Spider Woman – Goddess of the Web
Sulis – Goddess of the Spa
Tara – Goddess of Wishes Come True
The Erinyes – Goddess of Soul Soup
The Moirae – Goddess of Life Lines
Tlazolteotl – Goddess of Guilt-Gobbling
Uzume – Goddess of Women’s Laughter
Vila – Goddess of Shape-Shifting
Yemaya – Goddess of Surrendering To the All That Is
Zhinu – Goddess of Outside-Of-The-Box Thinking