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Non-Physical Offerings 💗

Acts of Kindess

Acts of Self-Love

Acts of Self-Care

Connecting with the Element of Water

Spending Time Near the Beach

Glamour Magick

Standing Up for Yourself

Wearing What Makes You Feel Confident

Taking Care of Bees

Singing for Her

Dancing for Her

Studying Her Lore

Setting Firm Boundaries

Learning Aspects of Greek Culture

Physical Offerings 💗

Chocolates (Valentine ones specifically)

Roses

Perfume (Preferably Something Rose Scented or Tropical)

Seashells

Making Your Own Sigils Dedicated to Her

Pearls

Mirrors

Crystals

Candles

Incense

Artwork

Poetry

Love/Attraction Oil

Beautiful Imagery

Honey

Sweet Fruits

Sweet Wines

Candies

Tea/Coffee

Myrrh Scented Objects

Home Baked Goods

Hand Written Letters

Makeup Products

Water

Short prayers to Holy Aphrodite for confidence, self-love, finding a partner, protection and more.

Aphrodite is the Greek goddess of love, sex, fertility, and beauty. She is known by the Romans as Venus. I've become interested in working for Aphrodite recently.

This is from my personal grimoire but I tried to remove anything that is an opinion or bias.

Quote from Trisha Mateer's "Aphrodite Made Me Do It"; banner by me.

Who is Aphrodite?

Strongly associated with love and beauty, Aphrodite is also worshipped as a sea-fairing goddess as she is associated with the ocean.

Some places, most notably Sparta, Thebes, and Cyprus honored her as a goddess of war.

In the epic Theogony, the author tells how Aphrodite was born from the severed genitals of Uranus, personification of heaven. The genitals were tossed into the sea by Cronus and out rose Aphrodite.

The goddess gets her namesake from the Greek work aphros which means “foam”.

Parents and Siblings of Aphrodite

Uranus

Sometimes it’s said that she is the daughter of Zeus and Dione.

If she was the daughter of Ouranos, her siblings include the Titans, such as Cronus, Rhea, Hyperion, and others.

If Aphrodite was one of the daughters of Zeus, she had many half siblings since he had multiple affairs. Hephaestus, Ares, Athena, Artemis, Apollo, Hermes, Dionysus and Persephone were all her half siblings, and she didn’t have any direct siblings

Aphrodite’s Lovers

Hephaestus is her husband

Ares is her most prominent affair

Anchises, a mortal with whom she gave birth to Aeneas

Adonis, a handsome young man who was killed by a boar while hunting and was lamented by women at the festival of Adonia. (britannia)

Dionysus

Zeus

Hermes

Phaethon

Posideon

Butes

Aphrodite’s Children

From the mortal Anchises, Aeneas, a mythical hero of Troy and Rome, and Lyrus/Lyrnus.

From Butes, Eryx, Meligounis and several more unnamed daughters.

Hymenaios, Iacchus, Priapus, the Charites (Graces: Aglaea, Euphrosyne, Thalia) from Dionysus

Phobos, Deimos, Harmonia, the Erotes (Eros), Anteros, Himeros, Pothos from Ares

Hermaphroditos, Priapus from Hermes

Rhodos from Posideon

Beroe, Golgos, Priapus (rarely) from Adonis

Astynous from Phaethon

Priapus from Zeus.

Peitho from an unknown father. Though Peitho is also considered one of Aphrodite’s epithets.

Epithets

“…she is Cythereia, she of Cythêra; and Cypria, she of Cyprus, where at Paphos she had her great sanctuary. Living in islands her way was ever on the sea.”

-Jane Harrison Myths of Greece and Rome

Aphrodite Urania (also spelt Ourania)

Aphrodite Pandemos

Venus Genatrix

Peitho, meaning persuasion,

Philommeidḗs, which means "smile-loving", but is sometimes mistranslated as "laughter-loving".

Cypris and Cythereia for her association of Cyprus and Cythera

On Cyprus, Aphrodite was sometimes called Eleemon

In Athens, she was known as Aphrodite en kopois ("Aphrodite of the Gardens”)

At Cape Colias, a town along the Attic coast, she was venerated as Genetyllis "Mother".

Aphrodite Euploia ('of the fair voyage')

Across the Greek world, she was known under epithets such as:

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The Spartans worshipped her as:

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Misc Notes

Many of the epithets are names or titles from various cults that worshipped Aphrodite.

Prostitutes identified Aphrodite as their patron deity.

A male version of Aphrodite known as Aphroditus was worshipped in the city of Amathus on Cyprus. Aphroditus was depicted with the figure and dress of a woman, but had a beard and was shown lifting his dress to reveal an erect phallus. This gesture was believed to be an apotropaic symbol, and was thought to convey good fortune upon the viewer. Eventually, the popularity of Aphroditus waned as the mainstream, fully feminine version of Aphrodite became more popular, but traces of his cult are preserved in the later legends of Hermaphroditus.

It’s likely that Aphrodite was brought over from the Eastern Mediterranean, hinting to Phoenician goddess Astarte or the near Eastern goddess Inanna (Ishtar).

The Petra Tou Romaniou also named “Aphrodite’s Rock” is a sea stack said to be a marker of where she was born. This rock is by a beach in Paphos, Cyrpus.

She was specifically the protectress of city magistrates.

Correspondences

Disclaimer - Not all of these are traditional or historic correspondences nor do they need to be. However, any correspondence that can be considered traditional will be marked with a (T).

Rocks/Stone/Crystals/Metals

Rose Quartz

Pearl

Aquamarine

Sapphire

Silver

Rose Gold

Gold

Sea Glass

Herbs/Plants

Roses (T)

Myrtle flowers(T)

Apples (T)

Pomegranates (T)

Rosemary

Animals

Dove (T)

Sparrows (T)

Water Fowls including swans, geese, and ducks (T)

Possible Dolphins, as she is often depicted with them.

Symbols

Conch shell (T)

Mirror (T)

Girdle (T)

Offerings

Statues or art of her

Incense (T)

Cakes or pastries (T)

Chocolate

Candles (T)

Strawberries

Traditional items like roses, wine, myrtle, apples, and pomegranates seeds. (T)

Jewelry

Olives, Olive oil, or olive branches (T)

Praise, just tell her how cool and how pretty she is!

Pretty things

Makeup

Honey

Acts of Devotion

Write or recite poetry about Aphrodite (T)

Read hymns written for her/create your own! (Here's Sappho's Hymn to Aphrodite) (T)

Practicing self care, dedicating that good energy to her

Dressing up/putting on an outfit that makes you feel attractive

Glamour spells

Putting on makeup inspired by her

Sex magic (proceed with caution)

Celebrate Adonia (T)

Research her history and mythology. (You can make notes from this post if you'd like, check out the links below, or feel free to do your own research!)

Keep in mind that these are only some ideas for offerings and correspondences! Items and activities that connect you to her in a more personal way are just as good, and often better, than those you find on the internet. As with any relationship, feel it out, ask questions, and be attentive and receptive!

References and Further Reading

Aphrodite - Britannia

Aphrodite (Venus) - Myths of Greece and Rome by Jane Harrison (via Sacred-Texts)

Poems of Sappho collection by J.B. Hare (via Sacred-Texts)

Aphrodite - World History Encyclopedia

Aphrodite - Theoi Project

Aphrodite - Wikipedia

Aphrodite - Greekmythology.com

Aphrodite Made Me Do It by Trisha Mateer

So something happened and i can’t do some posts because now i have to research all again xd, so for the time things calm down and i can continue doing big posts, im doing this offering posts! Please remember that i do not work with any deity/entity and this is only research! Lady Aphrodite devotees please correct me or add whatever you want <3

Plants/Seeds

Myrtle

Roses

Primrose

Lilac

Poppies

Anemone

Crystals/Stones/Etc

Rose quartz

Clear quartz

Seashells

Pearls  Food/Liquids

Wine

Chocolate

Apples

Coffee

Pomegranates

Lettuce

Cinnamon roles

Strawberries

Cherries

Olive oil

Honey

Salt water

Sea water

General

Poetry

Art

Make up

Perfume

Mirrors

Devotional acts

Practice self care

Bath rituals

Telling someone you love them

Make her a devotional playlist

Write romantic poetry/whatever thing you wanna write!

Pray to her

Buy yourself something you like!

Make rose water (here is the post i made about rose water)

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other posts you may like!

Here’s my edit of Bo that Brian himself liked

I want to clarify that if you see this, it is still an ace flag, just with 1 more gradient.

Let’s pretend i have posted regularly the last months okayyy xd. Anyways let’s start and as always if I made a mistake please tell me so I can correct it.

PLANTS/SEEDS

Figs & fig trees

Ivy leafs

pinecones

Wild vegetation

Cinnamon

Silver Fir

Bindweed

CRYSTALS/STONES/ETC/

Food/Liquids

Wine

Grape juice (don’t drink alcohol if you are a minor/can’t please)

Grapes

Honey

Olive oil

Apples 

Eggs

Berries

GENERAL

Cats, big cats (lions, leopards, lynxes, tigers)

Percussion instruments

Purple/Green/Red things

Sex toys

DEVOTIONAL ACTS

Watch theater/musicals

Write a play even if you don’t know how to

Learn how wine is made

Have fun, do fun things that you like

Have a party (We are in covid so zoom parties pls)

Donate/help saving his sacred animals that are in extinction 

Research about him! Get to know your deity!