Aušrinė
Aušrinė is the Lithuanian goddess of the morning star (Venus), the counterpart of Vakarinė the evening star, described in the dainos as the daughter or attendant of Saulė and linked with beauty, youth, love, health and new beginnings.
Baltic religion has no native planetary, zodiac, tarot or sabbat system: the Venus primary, the Taurus/Libra/Aries affinities, the tarot cards and Ostara/Beltane are modern Western and Neopagan overlays. The tradition's own account is primary - the morning star of the dainos, feminine in Lithuanian and masculine as the Latvian Auseklis - and her own occasion is the dawn itself, not a sabbat.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Venus
Offerings
- Offerings
- BreadHoneyFlowersSilver
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Auseklis (Latvian)Morning StarAušros žvaigždė
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- The Morning StarDaughter of the DawnThe Bright One
- Symbols
- Morning starEight pointed starDawnHorse
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneBright gentle hailAddressAušrinėMorning StarBright OneRelationshipThe first light that answers before the sunWarningShe is the star not the sun do not confuse the twoResonanceEarly risers and lovers
- Modern Practice
Aušrinė is greeted before sunrise, at the start of a venture or a love: bread, honey, flowers and a silver coin, with the star named and the day asked to begin well. The practice is short, bright and repeated - a morning greeting rather than a rite.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- DawnMorning starBeautyYouthLoveHopeNew beginningsHealth
- Mythology Summary
Aušrinė is the Lithuanian goddess of the morning star (Venus), the counterpart of Vakarinė the evening star, described in the dainos as the daughter or attendant of Saulė and linked with beauty, youth, love, health and new beginnings; Lithuanian tradition makes her feminine, while the Latvian reflex Auseklis is a male god, one of the Dieva dēli and the groom of Saules meita in the celestial wedding. Her cult image later merged with the Virgin Mary after Christianisation, and the eight-pointed auseklis star is still the Latvian national symbol of the same figure. The name is etymologically kin to the Indo-European dawn goddess, and to Eos, Aurora and Ushas.
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