Cardea
Cardea is the Roman goddess of thresholds and hinges, who protects the doorway and, in Ovid, the cradle — the power that decides what crosses. Her rites used hawthorn and beans, and her festival was the first of June.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Moon
Offerings
- Offerings
- BeansBaconMilkDoor offeringsHawthorn
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Carna
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- Goddess of ThresholdsKeeper of the HingeLady of the Door
- Symbols
- DoorHingeHawthornBeans
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneThreshold firmAddressCardeaKeeper of the HingeLady of the DoorRelationshipThe power that stands at the door and decidesWarningEvery threshold is hers and every threshold is a decisionResonanceThose protecting a home those at a crossing
- Modern Practice
Cardea is called on to protect a home, to guard a threshold, and at any crossing where something is being let in or kept out. Her practice is physical: a charm at the door, a line of salt, an offering left outside.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- ThresholdsDoorsHingesBoundariesProtection of childrenThe homeTurning points
- Mythology Summary
Cardea is the Roman goddess of thresholds and hinges, who protects the doorway and, in Ovid, the cradle — the power that decides what crosses. Her rites used hawthorn and beans, and her festival was the first of June.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsWhiteBlackRedGreenScentsFrankincenseRosemaryJuniperMetalsIronSilverAnimalsOwlDogSerpent
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