30.6.13

Working Aphrodite’s magic at the April pink moon

Aphrodite means "arisen from the foam" in ancient Greek

April is her month – and by her, I mean Aphrodite, the goddess of love. Many believe February is Aphrodite’s month because of all the love energies that swirl around Valentine’s Day, but February is Brigid’s month, the goddess of the sacred flame who burns her way out of winter into the first awakenings of spring. In April we find ourselves firmly in middle spring and Aphrodite’s world is awake and alive in color, flesh and blood. Her passions stir within us now and call us to our sacred work. April is a wind month, with lots of momentum and energy to propel us forward.

Aphrodite’s invocation this month is one reason that the April full moon is called the Pink Moon. It’s also because the flowers coloring our spring landscapes are so often found in hues of pink. The pink moon this year fell on Thursday, April 25. I have just known about it all, I mean, that Goddess Aphrodite's magic works at the April pink moon (I already knew that April was Aphrodite's month), that April pink moon (the Pink/ Sprout/ Egg/ Spring/ Alder/ Aries/ April full moon) takes place precisely in April, that it is not necessarily the one following the Vernal/Spring Equinox (like the year I was born in), and thus, that the full moon I celebrated was not the April pink moon... but the Moon of Ostara or the Hare Moon! (oh my! it all makes sense now), reading the article on Sage Goddess. I am so happy the pieces of the jigsaw get to fall into place so that I can keep moving forward on my spiritual path. Thanks! )O(

Aphrodite's sacred animals: the sea turtle, the dove, the myrtle (innocence, purity), the swan, the swallow, the goose, a bird called iynx, the bees, the goats, the dolphin (the messenger of love), sparrow, goose, hare (a gift of love). More on April is Aphrodite's Month.



The Rebellious Daughter by Lucy Campbell


Suggested links:
Journeying to the Goddess, "Pink Moon - April"
Wise Witches Society, "Full Moon Names and Their Meanings"
Wicca, "Animal Guides"
Witches Lore, "Familiars"

- Recapitulations: April's (from the latin verb aperire meaning "to open" "begining of new life and new growth") Full Moon, Aphrodite ("foam born" "arisen from the foam" in ancient Greek; in Greek, Aphro (April) is short for Aphrodite, and the Greek form aphrós means "foam") Full Moon (or the Rise of Persephone for the Romans), Ostara Moon (lunar holiday celebrating the Return of the Spring Maiden Goddess), Pink (phlox) Moon, Budding Trees Full Moon, Sprouting Grass Moon, Vernal Full Moon, Spring Full Moon (the first Full Moon after/following the Vernal/Spring Equinox, that is to say, the first Full Moon of Spring. Moon in Libra/Sun in Aries), the Paschal Full Moon, was on March 27, 2013.

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