Greek Goddesses : Aphrodite

Aphrodite is a Love Goddess in the Greek Pantheon. She is also the Goddess of beauty, pleasure, and procreation. According to Hesiod, the Greek Goddess arose from the sea foam after Uranus’s genitals were cut off and tossed into the sea.

She is associated with.. sea, dolphins, doves, cypress, daisy, swans, pomegranates, apples, myrtle, rose and lime trees, clams, marjoram, olive, rose, scallop shells, myrtle and pearls, cinnamon, iris.

She is the daughter of the Greek God Zeus and the Goddess Dione.

Aphrodite had numerous lovers, among both the humans and the Gods as well. Among her human lovers were Adonis and Anchises, while her lovers among the Gods were Ares, Dionysos, and Hermes, as well as her husband Hephaistos.

Alter idea’s for Her… a vase of roses, a bowl of sand and sea shells with a sea blue candle sitting in the centre.

When I use a candle dedicated to her I will anoint it with olive oil and roll it in powdered cinnamon.