Arianrhod
Arianrhod is the Welsh goddess of the silver wheel, whose castle Caer Sidi is the turning station of the stars and a place of the dead awaiting rebirth. In the Fourth Branch she is tested for virginity, bears two sons, and lays a destiny on one of them that he shall have no name.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Moon
Offerings
- Offerings
- SilverMoonlightWaterWhite flowersPoetry
Sacred timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- ArianrodLady of the Silver Wheel
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- Silver WheelLady of the WheelKeeper of Caer SidiStar-Crowned
- Symbols
- Silver wheelCaer sidiStarsOwl
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneCool cyclicAddressArianrhodSilver WheelLady of the WheelRelationshipKeeper of the turning yearWarningThe wheel turns whether or not you are readyResonanceThose between lives seekers of fate
- Modern Practice
Arianrhod is called on for the long view, for fate and timing, and for work with the dead and the between-lives. Her nights are the full moon and the long nights of winter, and her practice is patience with a turning that cannot be hurried.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- The moonThe starsTimeFateSovereigntyThe seaReincarnationThe wheel
- Mythology Summary
Arianrhod is the Welsh goddess of the silver wheel, whose castle Caer Sidi is the turning station of the stars and a place of the dead awaiting rebirth. In the Fourth Branch she is tested for virginity, bears two sons, and lays a destiny on one of them that he shall have no name, no arms and no wife of the race of earth — the story of a sovereignty that will not be taken.
- Related Deities
- CerridwenThe CailleachThe MorriganBrigidRhiannon
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsSilverWhiteBlueBlackScentsJasmineLavenderMyrrhMetalsSilverLeadAnimalsOwlSwanStarling
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