Aphrodite / Venus in Modern Witchcraft ❤️ The Goddess Of Love, Beauty, War, And Death

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  • Опубликовано: 7 ноя 2024

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  • @HolyOrderofTheMoths
    @HolyOrderofTheMoths 10 месяцев назад +79

    When I was visiting Cyprus I spoke with a woman who was a long time researcher and historian of the area. She mentioned that it's often a mistranslation that her name means "Sea foam coming to the surface", when it actually means diving into the waves. IT illudes that she's a goddess of depth and hidden secrets.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +9

      That's so interesting! So maybe my feelings about her relation tod eathbare not completely upg then!

    • @bleep9559
      @bleep9559 12 дней назад

      the hidden secret part reminds me of a video from another spiritual youtuber who made a series on days magick (el brujo de la guadana). they advised to do any work we want on venus day if we didn't want it to be found out and exposed

  • @stripeyy_
    @stripeyy_ 7 месяцев назад +32

    the piece about being raised as a girl really stuck out to me as a transmasc nonbinary person! aphrodite has helped me with coming to terms with my feminine side and loving that little girl I once was

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  7 месяцев назад +6

      I'm glad to hear something resonated positively with you ❤️ at times I worry I put top much "theory" in my videos so it's good to hear it's still useful 😃

  • @julietbewitched
    @julietbewitched 10 месяцев назад +37

    You've honored Aphrodite/Venus in the most beautiful way. 🌹💖🌊

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +7

      Wow, thank you! I really hoped so and wanted to do her justice ☺️

  • @hawkiisjourney5767
    @hawkiisjourney5767 10 месяцев назад +14

    Awesome video! I worship a venusian deity known as Astarte. Shes worshipped by Phoenicians, Canaanites, and Egyptians . She is seen as the western version of ( and is heavily syncretized with) Ishtar. To the point where the respective source texts from their societies used their names interchangeably.
    It is thought that Aphrodite was a greek syncretized version of Astarte, which may be evidenced by early versions of her also being a war goddess like Astarte (in addition to love and beauty)

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +3

      I loved what I found of Astarte in my research and I really need to look more into her! Do you have any sources / literature that you'd advise specifically on her? Her "war" side definitely got my interest!

    • @hawkiisjourney5767
      @hawkiisjourney5767 10 месяцев назад

      @@activistwitch it's interesting, there's not a whole lot I've found, but oddly enough the Bible does mention her.
      I know Sacred Texts (,not sure if this is still a website) has a few scholarly articles, public domain books, and archeology findings

  • @cuiwap
    @cuiwap 2 месяца назад +3

    The way that you not only go into depth about her history but also about all these societal preconceptions and beliefs that are linked to her (and most women and female-presenting people) out of pure ignorance is incredible!! I've been diving into some of your videos since youtube recommended me your channel and I can't get enough of how good and engaging of a storyteller you are!!! Can't wait to read more about Aphrodite!!

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад

      @@cuiwap honestly you're making my day 🥰 I have never considered myself a storyteller but look up so much to those around me who go by that label, so truly you have no idea how much of a compliment that is for me 🙏🏽❤️

  • @erosv7054
    @erosv7054 6 месяцев назад +12

    Another connection that Aphrodite has to death is the death of her lover Adonis. It’s believed that it was similar to other similar myths like Isis with Osiris and Inanna with Dumuzi.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  6 месяцев назад +5

      True! Though I always have issue with thinking of the highest forms of divinity like Aphrodite and Persephone bickering over a man. That misogynystoc side affected my view of the myth so much I almost never consider it canon because of it but you're very very right

    • @erosv7054
      @erosv7054 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@activistwitch I agree! I think the bickering part was just added by the patriarchy. Thanks for pointing out the patriarchal lense in Aphrodite’s myths I never thought about that but you’re absolutely right :)

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  6 месяцев назад +3

      My absolute pleasure. I always knew there was something off with the way she was portrayed to take it out on women but the patriarchy lens finally explained it to me and no, of course she's not like that! But they want her to be!

  • @wereshem-ankh9063
    @wereshem-ankh9063 2 месяца назад +2

    This is an incredible video. On doing some self-reflection recently on past relationships - romantic or otherwise - I've come to recognise that Aphrodite has been in my life the entire time. Helping me when I "Came Out" - helping me navigate heartbreak and unrequited love. Helping me have faith that things will work out in the end, even when things got messy.
    It's funny because when my first boyfriend broke up with me I was dismissive of Aphrodite because my ex loved her. It took me eighteen years to accept that she's stuck by me the entire time. Even with all my gripes and misgivings. She never once gave up on me. She helped me define my boundaries, to love myself, to respect others, to really "live for love and live with love" in all it's various expressions.
    To appreciate all the various relationships that I've had. From strangers that became friends and protected me when I moved to the city. To ex boyfriends who have become great friends that I respect and care for. To my beloved soulmate who, through over a decade of inner and outer work, reunited with me.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад

      I am so glad this video found its way to you then 🥰🫂❤️

  • @christiantenjo
    @christiantenjo Месяц назад +1

    Ive worked with aphrodites for a few years now and I actually just started putting bees on her altar aswell!! They are pollinaters of flowers and live in a matriarchal society serving the queen, their empress. Drones are all female aswell, the ones who do the pollinating, which is a very sexual act, it is how flowers reproduce and how they make the sweetest honey.
    I didnt think that deeply about it until I started writing it out but im glad I did 😂❤

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  Месяц назад

      Ah! See now you say it, it makes sense, but I had no idea at the time why I went "bees! If course bees!"

  • @SR-mv2mf
    @SR-mv2mf 7 месяцев назад +8

    The altar is so pretty

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  7 месяцев назад

      I know right? I was so lucky, it's all thrifted!

  • @tegan8523
    @tegan8523 3 дня назад

    Aphrodite / Venus made her way into my life without me realising at first. I have dried roses and shells in my bedroom and general stuff such as a heart mirror and sea creature things. I found a statue of her In a charity shop and released I needed to make this into a shrine. Im still learning about her and she is the first god I have felt come to me.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  3 дня назад

      it' wonderful when they try to catch our attention like that, i am sure you'll have nothing but good from her

  • @themossyowlhermit
    @themossyowlhermit 4 месяца назад +3

    Yesterday I had this strange yearning and thought of working with Aphrodite and I'm still not sure why. So today I decided to research some videos and learn more about her and here I found yours! On the first of July. This video was super helpful thank you so much for making it. I now plan on giving her an altar space and getting a statue. 🕊🌊🐚💕

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  4 месяца назад +1

      i'm so glad finding my video about her helped in your journey 💕

  • @TigrisAquino
    @TigrisAquino 22 дня назад

    This is the most authentic, educational and relatable video I have seen about Aphrodite, thank you so much for taking the time to make it and sharing yourself with us ❤

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  21 день назад

      I'm so glad you found it useful. I have come to consider this video as an offering to Venus herself and to her devotees so to hear it's useful it really makes my day! Thank you for taking the time to leave me a comment to let me know 🙏🏽🥰♥️

  • @pacarter7169
    @pacarter7169 Месяц назад

    I had done a previous research on Venus -but I had a dream about a book, though “VENUS” was on the cover, but there was nothing written in the pages, as though she wants me to write a more thorough understanding of who she is as the Goddess of love:
    But I have written a study on the subject, of which she is in that study, but she wants to expand on its definition and significance…
    You might say, as an advocate for what she represents as a Goddess and Love.
    An aspect that most people can’t seem to grasp or comprehend.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  Месяц назад

      Again, thank you for sharing your UPG, please be mindful of the fine line between sharing and preaching.

  • @vkestrel3519
    @vkestrel3519 3 месяца назад +1

    So, stumbled across you looking for Venus content to learn more about this deity, and feel like I’ve found her personified! Love your knowledge and presentation on this issue! Many thanks 🙏🏻

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад

      I am so glad you found this useful and appreciate my work! thank you so much for taking the time to watch and leave me a comment

  • @lavendernicks
    @lavendernicks 2 месяца назад

    I couldn’t have landed on a more informative, enlightening and beautiful video

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад

      I'm so glad this video found you 🫂❤️🥰

  • @pacarter7169
    @pacarter7169 Месяц назад

    When I became interested in “magic” with the intention to change my situation and the healing of a breakdown I had experienced:
    While attending a private class, I was introduced to witchcraft… and the gods and goddesses… then was told that we could choose a goddess or a god may choose an individual?
    After I learned about the altar setup, then one day I had a visitation… specifically from “Venus”, she later told me that people confuse her with Aphrodite -because the Roman philosophers at the time after conquering Greece… had added her with Venus Because they were similar:
    But as any woman who remark about calling her by a different name?
    But when she made her first visitation, her words were…
    “I am the goddess of love”, and it was Friday morning, and I knew it was her.
    And in my meditations I call upon her name specifically “Venus” and I sense that I have become in vibration with her energy… which is love and harmony… as well as art and creativity.
    They are two different spirits, almost twins… but they are not the same goddess… this she told me.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  Месяц назад

      I think UPGs are very important to rely upon ourselves and our understanding, but not necessarily to tell other people their experience is wrong with. Just putting this out there because hearing this a year ago would have thrown me into a panic and self doubt (and I actually work with her as Venus). Very good for your your conviction makes you feel comfortable with your unverified personal gnosis, please be mindful of how many of us struggle with self confidence when it comes to messages and going against someone else's UPG with just 'i have been told so myself' can do more harm than good.

  • @emmanuel2631
    @emmanuel2631 2 месяца назад +1

    I just started connecting with Aphrodite (in my mystic journey) , and I can say she has a warm radiating feminine presence of love , when I'm in her presence I feel so relaxed and loved , though I've just been working with her for a while but I can feel her , giving me certain instructions ❤ to carry out for her

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад

      Wonderful! im so glad if this video helped you at all in your practice with her

  • @michaelmendez4547
    @michaelmendez4547 5 месяцев назад +2

    This was such a blessing along my path. Greatly appreciate your energy, empathy, knowledge and wisdom 🌹

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  5 месяцев назад +1

      I'm so glad to hear and glad it could find you then. Wish you all the best in your journey ❤️

  • @DragonflyMama
    @DragonflyMama 10 месяцев назад +4

    So interesting how you describe the progression of the relationship with Venus

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +1

      glad if it can be of use to anyone else. it's been definiely an interesting jouney because much as i'm in my head and "don't feel things" it's also indubitably true that the way I feel and deal with Vesta and Venus as so icredibly different I can hardly just be "making them up" so to speak

    • @DragonflyMama
      @DragonflyMama 10 месяцев назад

      @@activistwitch I can relate. I have a similar relationship with Hecate. I like how you highlighted that most of what was written of them is through a male lens. I also understand what you mean about the indubitable sense that you are being courted so to speak by the energy if not the actual goddess herself. I have gone from completely unaware of to uneasy to just knowing that there is an entity trying to connect! I found a page ripped out of a dictionary with the name Hecate on it on the BORDER of my property. You just can’t make this up.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад

      that is awesome and insane at the same time! See Hecate fascinates me incredibly but, i'm a pussy realistically. When reading Jason Miller's protection and reversal magick I had decided to keep negative energies in the house because his version of the LBRP with the spirits devoted to Hecate to come and cleanse scared me more to try than whatever stagnant energy I might have had around! I remember seeing a video with a stateu of Hecate falling without anything touching it after someone had the INSANE idea of taking a candle off of it to give to another deity's altar, let's just say I know I need more discipline and knowledge before I can knock at Hecate's door but I do look forward to that day :)

    • @DragonflyMama
      @DragonflyMama 10 месяцев назад

      @@activistwitch oh I’m totally a pussy about this. She has been making me aware of her presence and I feel, protection, without any invocation on my part. So I’m perplexed, apprehensive (I’m sad to admit, because I feel honored and scared to feel that at the same time), and interested. There is so much information about her. I nursed five infants and so I like her association with that and gathering the unwanted souls, punished and reviled by society. I love that she embraces the misunderstood. I became aware of her while going through a divorce after 15 years of devout Catholic marriage and family life and feeling cast out by society was definitely my lot ❤️ I tried very hard throughout my Catholic years to connect with Mary and in retrospect, I wonder if the time I felt a revelation of having a divine mother, if it was actually Hecate. Once, as a missionary, I had a pack of coyotes line the sidewalk silently outside my room. (Decades before knowing about Hecate). During my nursing motherhood, I had a bad dream I awoke from to coyotes and an inexplicable red light outside my back door. I don’t know if these things are good or bad but they are very surely ominous.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад

      put it this way: I don't think anything, human or otherwise, should dare going against Hecate or one of her protegees so bizzare as it is it seemed all of this has indeed kept an eye on you with protection and that is an incredible gift ❤️

  • @muriellambert2750
    @muriellambert2750 10 месяцев назад +2

    Great great great video!!!!! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
    I've learned a lot, and I'll never see Venus/Aphrodite the same way now 😮😍
    Your Altar is so pretty and your bonding story with Her is so touching ...
    I wish you the best 🌹🌟 and I really really enjoy your videos 🥰 thank you very much ❤

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад

      Hey Muriel! I'm so glad you found it useful! Since I first presented it as an option in the video poll I sincerely appreciated your interest and I knew it was worth bringing something it's maybe not really talked about, I'm so glad you found it valuable ❤️

  • @priscillastarotcorner
    @priscillastarotcorner 10 месяцев назад +3

    This was an amazing video!! So detailed and full of information 😍😍😍

  • @CatApocalypse
    @CatApocalypse 10 месяцев назад +2

    I loved this! Very informative about Aphrodite/Venus. I always enjoy learning about how people connect with the deities they work with, too. I'm going to go watch the Vesta/Hestia video now!

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +1

      Glad to hear! I honestly share because I know it's useful for me to hear others and everyone else Always sounds so sure and has Clairs and meanwhile I'm here, hoping for the best, not quite sure, but possibly... Maybe? 😅

  • @Kitty1overrr18
    @Kitty1overrr18 Месяц назад

    I love this so much u do such a good job explaining things ❤️

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  Месяц назад

      So glad you found it approachable and useful!

  • @KikiMav
    @KikiMav Месяц назад

    I am Greek, and always loved and read mythology (even before I started my pagan/witchy path), so I cannot always pinpoint from wich source each information in my head comes from. My impression of Aphrodite was always as a kthonic godess. I cannot give you a source for that, it's just what has been imprinted in my head by growing up surrounded by stories and references of her.

  • @The_Wild_Witch
    @The_Wild_Witch 10 месяцев назад +1

    Very informative, thanks for sharing!

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +1

      I'm so glad you enjoyed it and I am so looking forward to your #12daysodyule videos!!!

  • @TrinityPerez222
    @TrinityPerez222 Месяц назад

    This was a beautifully made video thank you so much ❤ and where did you get your shirt??? It is stunning!

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  Месяц назад

      @@TrinityPerez222 glad to hear it was helpful! My sweater was from Black Milk!

  • @hannahflores951
    @hannahflores951 10 месяцев назад +1

    Thank you for this ❤

  • @firebird4028
    @firebird4028 8 месяцев назад +1

    Thankyou! I fell in love with your shirt. I was looking on Etsy but couldn't find something quite like it. Would you mind sharing where did you get it. ❤

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  8 месяцев назад +2

      Ah yeah it was a limited edition by black milk from around 2015. From time to time it shows up on eBay and vinted, I collected three during the years just to make sure I have spares if anything happens to it, I know what you mean 😅

    • @firebird4028
      @firebird4028 8 месяцев назад +1

      Thank you!@@activistwitch

  • @EnchantedLuna-AC
    @EnchantedLuna-AC 7 месяцев назад

    Your video brought me a lot of enlightment. I felt pulled towards her this month and I think your feelings towards her death aspect might be true because my patrons deities are Samael and Lilith and often the ones that I go to as Hades, Persephone and Hera they all have some aspect of it. After all Death is the begin of something new :>

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  7 месяцев назад +1

      That's a wonderful way to see it. I hope I can work through my issues with it with Her and hearing where you come from makes it seem possible, thank you 🙏🏼❤️

  • @aletheiaduarte
    @aletheiaduarte 10 месяцев назад

    Great vid!

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +1

      so glad you liked it Ana Paula!

  • @thedragonsknow
    @thedragonsknow 10 месяцев назад +1

    What are some of the poems by Sappho in Aphrodite that you were referring to and would recommend checking out? I’m really curious about what you brought up there, both as an alternative view to seeing Aphrodite/Venus but also the dialogue Sappho seems to have with her on the challenges of love and just being in relationship with another person in some way.

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад +2

      It's the "Ode to Aphrodite" also known as fragment one www.uh.edu/~cldue/texts/sappho.html

    • @thedragonsknow
      @thedragonsknow 10 месяцев назад

      @@activistwitch Oh hey thank you so much for putting this on my radar!

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад

      @@thedragonsknow no worries at all, glad to help!

  • @emmanuel2631
    @emmanuel2631 2 месяца назад

    What is the name of the sound in the background

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад

      @@emmanuel2631 I user lo-fi by @purrplecat most of the times

  • @cloudianempire4605
    @cloudianempire4605 3 месяца назад

    I have an important question and I really hope you could answer this.. I dont have alot of money so if I wanted to get a statue for aphrodite, could I make one myself? Would it be as good as getting one??

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  3 месяца назад +1

      @@cloudianempire4605 of course it would. And so would be just printing a picture off the internet or even just light ipna candle for her. Images, statues, objects are all extra.

  • @night.in.the_dark
    @night.in.the_dark 2 месяца назад

    24:43 . 🥰🙋

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад +1

      Honestly if any queer person asks me about queer deities, Aphrodite is too of the list up there with Apollo!

    • @night.in.the_dark
      @night.in.the_dark 2 месяца назад

      @@activistwitch shall we say 🤭A-list deities then?😂

  • @DragonflyMama
    @DragonflyMama 10 месяцев назад

    Love your thought, Ysha ❤

  • @FelixDarienBanguela-fd6fz
    @FelixDarienBanguela-fd6fz 6 месяцев назад

    Por favor traduzcan este documental al español

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  6 месяцев назад

      apologies I don't speak spanish but it has subtitles so you can auto translate via youtube? hope it helps!

  • @uendikowave8170
    @uendikowave8170 3 месяца назад +1

    But how does it work with you ? Do you only pray to venus ? Do you also believe or pray in god ? (Jesus or else what is god to you )

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  3 месяца назад +3

      @@uendikowave8170 I have a video about the other deity I work with. I am not sure "pray" is the word that best describes what I do though but possibly because, as an ex-catholic, I am wary of terminology that is too closely related to the mess that is Christianity to me

  • @LauraRosenblum
    @LauraRosenblum 10 месяцев назад +1

    Aren't you descended from Caesars family. You are Egyptian and Roman and so knowledgeable that you are a royal. 🍊

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  10 месяцев назад

      You know what? You might have a point Laura 😉

  • @Hanna-ni3si
    @Hanna-ni3si 2 месяца назад +1

    This was such a great video! 🤍 Looks so professional too, I thought this was a clip from a tv show for a sec

    • @activistwitch
      @activistwitch  2 месяца назад +2

      Aww thank you so much..I will pass the compliments to my spouse, they do all the lighting and set up 🥰