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Hekate symbolizes the dark, or waning, moon – the time when the moon withholds its light before it illuminates the night sky once more. This phase of the moon is thought to symbolize the light held within all women – an inner light that can illuminate our own lives as well as others. As goddess of the dark moon, Hekate was affiliated with storms, howling dogs, and willow trees, whose long, elegant branches often look like the arms of a supernatural being at night. The goddess is symbolized by a golden key, able to unlock untold riches from heaven and earth. In the famous story of Demeter & Persephone, it is Hekate who leads the bereft goddess to the sun god, Helios, thus reuniting mother & daughter.

The myth of Isis and Osiris celebrates the changing cycles of the year. Osiris is the life force of nature that dies and is reborn. Isis represents the force of love that can create a new life out of old.

Beautiful Sarasvati, […] is invoked by scholars yearning for her divine intelligence. [...] As the personification of knowledge & education, all of the refinements of civilization fall under the goddess’s wide-reaching domain. Sarasvati is credited with creating the fruits of civilization: the Sanskrit alphabet, the arts, mathematics, music and magic.

For some women, Persephone’s sojourn into the underworld can also represent the dark depressive underworld of their psyche.

The Yoruba goddess Oshun is as sparkling as the African river that bears her name. Oshun’s exotic beauty is intoxicating – her dark skin is as sleek as velvet; her elaborate headdress made of richly hued feathers to set off her brilliant eyes.