Psyche
Psyche is the mortal woman who marries Eros unseen, loses him by looking, and wins her way back through four impossible tasks to become a goddess. Her name is the Greek word for soul and butterfly, which is the whole story: what is tested, transforms.
Correspondences
- Planetary Correspondence
- Moon
Offerings
- Offerings
- RoseSpring waterHoneyLamps kept
Sacred timing
- Sacred Timing
Symbols and forms
- Alternate Names
- Anima
- Gender Expression
- Feminine
- Titles
- The SoulButterfly WomanBearer of the Lamp
- Symbols
- ButterflyLampBoxWings
Practice
- Invocation Approach
- ToneTender determinedAddressPsycheThe SoulButterfly WomanRelationshipThe mortal who becomes what she enduredWarningShe had to open the box to find outResonanceThose undergoing an initiation of their own
- Modern Practice
Psyche is called on in love that has to be earned, in long initiations, and whenever a person has looked at something they were told not to. Her practice is endurance and curiosity in the right proportion.
Nature and meaning
- Domain
- The soulLoveInitiationTrialsTransformationThe breath
- Mythology Summary
Psyche is the mortal woman who marries Eros unseen, loses him by looking, and wins her way back through four impossible tasks to become a goddess. Her name is the Greek word for soul and butterfly, which is the whole story: what is tested, transforms.
Details
- Correspondences
- ColorsWhiteVioletPale blueScentsLavenderRoseFrankincenseMetalsSilverTinAnimalsButterflySerpentEagle
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☯ Archetypes 1
- The Anima (Feminine Soul) Deities
🐾 Animal totems 1
- Butterfly Deities
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