Adonis
Adonis is the beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite and Persephone, killed by a boar and divided between the underworld and the upper world for half the year each. His gardens were pots of fast-sprouting seed, carried out and thrown away, which says what his cult thought of him.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Venus
Offerings
- Offerings
- RoseMyrrhWineFirst greensIncense
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Adon
- Gender Expression
- Masculine
- Titles
- The Beautiful YouthBeloved of Two GoddessesThe Dying God of the Year
- Symbols
- BoarRoseMyrrhGarden of adonis
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneYoung fleetingAddressAdonisThe Beautiful YouthBeloved of TwoRelationshipThe beauty that spends half the year among the deadWarningHe is loved by two goddesses and paid for by bothResonanceLovers those in a short beautiful season
- Modern Practice
Adonis is worked with at the turnings of the year and in love that is beautiful and temporary. His practice includes the Adonia: quick green things grown and offered, then let go.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- BeautyYouthVegetationThe yearLoveDeath and returnDesire
- Mythology Summary
Adonis is the beautiful youth loved by Aphrodite and Persephone, killed by a boar and divided between the underworld and the upper world for half the year each. His gardens were pots of fast-sprouting seed, carried out and thrown away, which says what his cult thought of him.
- Related Deities
- AphroditePersephoneErosCybeleAttis
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsRedGreenRose pinkBlackScentsRoseMyrrhFrankincenseMetalsCopperIronAnimalsBoarDoveSwan
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