The Great Mother
The Great Mother is an archetype of nurturing, fertility and protection. Its light aspect is nurturing, protection and abundance, and its shadow is smothering, possessiveness and manipulation.
Tradition · Folk Western
Correspondences
- Tarot
- The Empress
- Element
- Earth
Practice
- Magical Uses
- FertilityProtectionAbundanceNurturing
Nature and meaning
- Shadow Aspect
- SmotheringPossessivenessManipulationMartyrdom
Details
- Keywords
- NurturingFertilityProtectionAbundance
- Light Aspect
- NurturingProtectionAbundanceUnconditional love
- Life Stage
- Mother
- Journey
- Nurturing and protecting life
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