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loverofdoves · 9 months

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🌹🕊️ my plans for aphrodisia 🕊️🌹

hi friends and happy aphrodisia 2023! i thought i’d share some of the stuff i’m doing for this festival!

the first thing is the meal i’m preparing. i’m having fish for dinner, specifically in reference to Aphrodite’s connection to the sea and the island of cyprus. i plan to offer Her my first bite of the meal as well as dedicate the preparation to Her.

the next big thing is going to be my altar for the festival. i just got a new apple scented candle for Her (as im devoted to Her, She has Her own candle on my altar) as i tend to use either rose scents or apple scents. i am harvesting some fresh lavender, rosemary, and basil from my garden to put on my altar. i plan on picking up some fresh strawberries from either the farmer’s market or the store a few blocks from my house.

for incense and oils, i have a rose essential oil that i will be using in my diffuser and also burn some of my cinnamon patchouli incense.

i will be replacing my current tarot cards on my altar with the empress and the lovers, as well as doing a three card draw specifically regarding this holiday and my relationship with my goddess.

finally, im going to spend some time reading some of Her myths and the homeric hymn to Aphrodite. i just want to spend some time really focusing on Her and Her presence in my life. i will finish this study session by writing and reading my own prayer to Aphrodite to show my love for Her

i hope y’all have a wonderful festival and may Aphrodite bless you 💖

#dove.txt #aphrodisia #aphrodite*#hellenic polytheism #aphrodite devotee #aphrodite deity #aphroditedeity #aphrodite worship #hellenic pagan #hellenic polytheist #helpol #hellenic festivals #hellenic pantheon #hellenic polytheism festivals #festivals #deity worship

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thegrapeandthefig · 11 months

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Found a bunch of old postcards and made them about the Aphrodisia. It's a bit early to post but it's been a while since I've made cards so here you go.

#aphrodisia #aphroditedeity

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somewhere-on-venus · 12 days

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how ill celebrate Aphrodisia!

Aphrodisia is the celebration of Aphrodite, specifically Aphrodite Pandemos! this will be my first year celebrating as Hellenic polytheist and ex witch... being a witch severely messed up my practice of greek gods and its alot to get into so i may make a seperate post about that cos i think its important to talk about.. anyways here is how ill celebrate (i know its early lol) historically ancient Greeks cleansed her temple with doves blood... obviously most people cant do this! im going substitute it with handmade doves blood incesne (recipe below!)... it will also serve as an offering as it was traditional to offer incencse among other things.

Doves blood incense ingredients:

-dragons blood

-rose

-cinnamon

-bay leaf

i will also be offering chocolate, in a valentines theme... ill be making themed chocolate too (recipe below)

Chocolate recipe:

-sugared rose petals

-white chocolate chips

-dried strawberry pieces

-dried apple

-milk chocoalte base

-salt

it was also traditional in antiquity to sacrifice white goats, again cant do that.. so i will be placing a statue of a white goat on her altar

im also going to try and go to the beach to forage and feel close to her and get some new shells for her... thats all i ahve planned for now as its still awhile away.. please let me know if you have any questions!

#hellenic polytheism #aphrodite #venus #aphrodisia

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wonhosmistress · 11 months

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Aphrodisia;Prologue

(NSFW)

Word Count: 1,196

Warnings: Slight mention of Kinks, sexual BDSM themes, sex work, and lastly, TW! toxic-ish relationship mentions. Think I missed some? Lmk and send me a dm, I'll update this.

A/N:I have no IDEA how long this took for me finish because I’ve been teasing this series for a couple months with the only two teasers I mentioned of Hyunjin. Seems I have a lot of sub!Hyunjin enthusiasts because same y’all. 😩I promise to finish the Hyunjin before June ends and after that I’ll focus more on other members.

Anyways! This is the prologue enjoy this unfiltered, unedited, there will be hella grammar mistakes and I don’t plan to edit it because it’s too much work and I honestly just want to post ASAP. It’s been far too long since I’ve written and had any sort of inspo to write. Thanks to my dear mutual @nirvanawrites111 she gave me hella inspo with her amazing works!! I’m obsessed with her writing please go do me a favor and read her amazing stories/fics.

Also I tried to add the read more on mobile but I’m a dumbass and idk how to work tumble mobile sometimes lmao. So I apologize for anyone that will see this and doesn’t want to see it.

As a result of unsuccessful relationships and partners being concerned about where she went or what she was doing, she became more secretive about her whereabouts. Even though she wanted to be honest and open with them, she hesitated on many occasions; if she were to be bold and unapologetic they would go insane and ask questions like, "Why did you choose this job out of all the others?", "Are you cheating on me?", etc.

Those tiresome scenarios were one of the reasons she was always the one that broke it off with them, and so she took it upon herself to take a break from her dating life to focus on herself.

She had a job that wasn't just any regular job.

OnlyFans? No

Camgirl? No.

A phone Sex worker? No.

Feet pics? No.

Used panties? No

For her working at night was ideal because her sleeping schedule only allowed her to be a night owl. Even before any partner appeared in her life she was still in the process of discovering a whole new part of herself that she wasn't aware existed, and here she was in a dungeon that she had been hired at over a year ago and was one of the few popular dommes among the clients.

"How are you feeling?", She stood next to the man sitting on the loveseat.

"I'm good, Mistress." He smiled at her.

"Would you like some water?" He nodded in response.

She walked towards the room next door and back to the playroom to hand him the bottle.

She crouched down to his level to face him as well to check in with him, "How are you feeling? Was it too much?", she asked curiously as to how she could improve. What she should've done is saved that question for the head domme but she didn't and took the risk.

"No. Not at all. It was perfect, I enjoyed every second of it."

He faced her smiling at him and held her hand realizing he shouldn't be doing that.

"I'm sorry...may I?" She smiled warmly at him not pulling her hands away from his grasp.

"I just wanted to say thank you."

While she had not broken skin or drawn blood, she still left a few red welts on him. She grabbed the first aid kit in the corner and treated his wounds, trying to be as gentle as possible.

"No need to thank me. You went out of your way to give it a shot when you could've easily backed out and I would've still respected your decision. BDSM isn't everyone's cup of tea and so we've learned to respect everyone's decision."

She applied a first-aid ointment to every single red mark on his back; he hissed at the lightest touch, "I'm sorry, I know it hurts I'm just trying to make sure these heal quickly and nicely."

"I know and I appreciate it."

"Done." She stood up and handed him his T-shirt. "Make sure to take a warm bath or shower after you get home and keep applying ointment on the marks afterward.

He smiled at her making his way toward the exit.

"Will do.",

She smiled at him and nodded, seeing him off.

That was one of the roughest BDSM scenes she had done in a while. She would like to take time to make sure her submissive didn't go into a sub-drop, but sadly she couldn't. If it were her, she would go out of her way to remain with every submissive for a bit longer. However, her boss had to remind her that they only came here for a service nothing more. Because of this, she couldn’t be there for more than ten to fifteen minutes with her clients after their sessions ended.

~~~~~

"See you tomorrow night!" Her boss told her as they both headed in different directions.

She silently walked for the next couple of four blocks by herself and finally got closer to her apartment. She walked up the stairs and opened the door to her place. The second she got in she took off her shoes left them at the entrance and hung her purse on the rack.

Exhausted and couldn't even begin to explain how she felt after handling four subs back to back today. It was not an ideal situation for her couldn't handle more than two subs a day because her anxiety and insecurities kept creeping back up on her.

She meditated, journaled, exercised, and even set days apart for self-care plus, she detoxed from her constant electronic use. She ate healthily and did her best to keep her homey environment clean and organized. However, regardless of what she did something inside her told her she couldn't keep doing this.

She craved something new and stable.

She loved domming but maybe because of all her ex-partner's insecurities of themselves as she hid her true identity was reflecting on herself.

Could it be that deep inside she was ashamed of her job and what she did?

Years ago when she discovered the person she truly was glowed with confidence. How could she even be a dominatrix if she wasn't sure of herself and her current job?

Oh no.

She was experiencing not only her anxieties but also a dom drop.

Telling her boss; she was fine could've been a mistake because she was responsible for taking care of her dommes since half of them didn't have a partner to take care of them.

Fuck.

~~~~~

Two years Later:

Two years and a half of learning Korean were a big help during the entire process of her moving across the world. She wasn't fluent yet but could manage conversations with her neighbors, classmates, and strangers. And so here she was, sitting inside a cafe shop a couple of blocks from the Korean class she had just finished attending.

It seemed like only yesterday, she was experiencing the worst anxiety and burnout from only a year of working as a domme which was odd considering that she had never once felt like that before. But it made sense since she kept getting the gnawing feeling that she shouldn't have gotten into the dominatrix world way too early and so she took it upon herself to resign to take time for herself; and continue her future as domme by researching more information about the career, lifestyle, and possibly a new business.

The grueling work of research, language learning, space vacancy, furniture shop, etc made her take a step back and reconsider if she could do this all by herself. Thankfully, after taking a couple of weeks to continue her research she found herself posting on an exclusive adult site looking for dommes to work with her.

After returning calls and doing interviews she had successfully found four dommes who wanted to continue their careers in the kink community and so never once she thought, that she out of all people would be involved with any of Korea's music industry. Especially the ever so sexually frustrated men of Kpop that had an image and reputation to uphold in the industry, their companies, and not to forget their fans.

#sub!kpop #ximes’ 💭#ximes’ inferno #sub!idol #Aphrodisia

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never-find-a-love-like-mine · 5 months

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HERE SHE IS!!!! MY GIIIRL

((She's evil but-))

#and it only took a banger playlist abd migrain meds to get here!#i love it omg #Serotonin #Aphrodisia #oc #my art

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little-desi-historian · 9 months

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Aphrodisia 2023

Blessed Aphrodisia to all who observe it!

youtube

Aphrodite cheat sheet.

Aphrodite.

Aphrodite playlist.

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uni-magi-nation · 9 months

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This year I celebrated Aphrodisia a lot later than usual, I didn't want to give any less than 100% of my dedication.

So, my partner and I decided to go to the beach! Early A.M. to see the sunrise. And we also got lucky with a meteor shower before that (that I didn't get photos of)

The waves were gorgeous and complimented the sunrise beautifully. (The pics do it no justice) I'm so glad I was able to see it.

I also did a tarot reading earlier in the day just to check-in with Aphrodite. But with that, my Aphrodisia comes to an end and I hope everyone has/had a lovely one!

#aphrodisia #aphrodite #greek gods #hellenism #aphrodite worship #aphrodite devotee #aphrodite deity

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meerawrites · 9 months

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Blessed Aphrodisia to those who observe it!

#aphrodisia #aphrodite #venus #artistic nude #meera.txt #greek mythology #witchcraft #witchblr #witch tumblr #hellenic pantheon #hellenic gods #hellenic deities #witch community #witches of color #witchy tumblr #witch #greek gods #greek pantheon

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thesunw1tch · 2 years

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July 2nd: Signs from Hekate?

So, today is Aphrodisia!! Aphrodisia is an ancient celebration to honor Aphrodite, and even though I don't directly worship her I've decided that I'm still going to honor our Lady of Love and Beauty. Fun fact, Aphrodite was actually the first goddess I worshipped early on in my journey, and she was so so sweet.

I remember I once prayed to her moments before leaving for a date, even left an offering asking for it to go well, but for some reason it just felt off. I didn't know it at the time, but she had been trying to warn me! Me and that partner broke up about 3ish months later from a whole snowball style shit storm; and that forementioned date? It sucked.

A n y w ay, I drank some strawberry cheesecake tea in her honor out of a heart shaped cup and made her a tiny holiday altar, complete with burning rose petals.

In other news of daily practice, I also bought Apollo and Hekate some new crystals! Apollon got a chunk of raw citrine (I've been meaning to get some for him for FOREVER), and Hekate got a chunk of Selenite. Both gods received a piece of celestine as well, simply because they are higher beings.

This morning, I did a tarot reading with Apollo and pulled the Queen of Cups. I didn't have time to mediate on it before work, but I have a strong feeling that it was probably about shadow work, self-love, and the new move I've got coming up in a few weeks. It may also be about Hekate, but I'm unsure. After this posts I'll probably meditate on it and do some Pendulum work, especially since I bought one today that connects to both gods: Clear quartz on a silver chain with a silver snake wrapping around it!

Also, something happened that may be a sign from her? I did an entire ritual and offering last night to Hekate, calling out to her with several different epithets while banging on the ground, and asked for her to make herself known to me if she accepted. One of the first customers of the day wore a black shirt with a gaint triple goddess symbol on the back. Later, some children came up to me with dog plushies (not a big deal, just cute kids but you never know). Finally, after buying her selentite and that pendulum, I decided to swing by the bookstore before going home. Not really paying attention, just looking for chalices, I stumble across an incense holder thats in the shape of the triple goddess! These feel like they could be inconsequential, but who knows!

Anyway, that's all from me! Be safe, and have fun, Witches! Take some time to honor Aphrodite and your deities, get out in the sun, do your thing :)

EDIT: The Attic Calendar I use may have been wrong, and Aphrodisia is on July 13th but that hardly matters! I enjoyed celebrating her, can't wait to do it again on the 13th!

#witches #apollo devotion #apollo devotee #apollo deity #apollo #hellenic polytheism #sun magick #apollon #apollo worship #witchcraft #hekate #hecate deity #hekate deity #hekate worship #daily practice #daily prayer #aphrodisia #aphrodite

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piristephes · 2 years

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My HelPol group celebrated an early Aphrodisia (which happens pretty close to brazilian valentines' day btw), honouring the Goddess, Eros and the Graces.

May Aphrodite Pandemos look out for us on this lovely Pride Month!

#aphrodite #aphrodite deity #pride #hellenic polytheism #helpol #festival #aphrodisia

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that-cunning-witch · 9 months

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Head's up: I'm not answering asks at the moment purely because I'm super busy! I'm heading out of town for a wedding and have been busy with that and other things as well. After the weekend, I'll def be answering all the asks in my inbox!

P.S. Happy early Aphrodisia! I'll be traveling that day and it's literally the day before my cousin's wedding which I think is just so amazing!

#update #ask #inbox #aphrodisia

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loverofdoves · 9 months

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since aphrodisia is this evening through saturday, i treated my altar for Aphrodite to a new candle. i had tried to get a new one a little bit ago but it was much smaller than expected so i’m saving it as a “just in case” candle and got a bigger one today!

i’m spending this evening focusing on planning for the actual day and then spending tomorrow focusing on Her and doing the ritual im planning.

i may write up a post about what i’m doing once i have everything planned out. would y’all be interested in seeing something like that? i’ll post it anyway but i might not tag as much on it it no one wants to see it ya know?

#dove.txt #aphrodite*#aphrodisia #festivals

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thegrapeandthefig · 9 months

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Some pictures of my walk at the rose garden this morning as well as the offerings for the feast (chicken, cucumbers, radish with pita bread, wine and strawberries with whipped cream and a bit of chili chocolate).

It was a really, really nice day.

#aphrodisia

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summertwine · 2 years

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hoping everyone has a lovely aphrodisia <3<3<3

#celebrating tomorrow #probably for the next couple of days too #no idea when everyone else is celebrating tbh #aphrodisia #aphrodisia 2022 #aphrodite deity #aphrodite #aphrodite worship

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mythosmondays · 2 years

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vii. Hero & Leander

On the coast of Sestos, in Thrace, was a magnificent temple to that glorious Goddess Aphrodite; made of white marble, with large towers looking out at that beautiful Sea, it had many priestesses and devoted followers to look after it.

One such priestess was a fair young woman named Hero; everyday she climbed the many stairs to the top of the tower closest to the Ocean, which served as her chambers, and looked out on those waves and dreamt of love for herself. Even as a priestess of that radiant Goddess of love, or perhaps because of her status, Hero found herself lacking it in her own life.

This was all she could think of at the next festival, open to all cities around, as she watched and blessed and prayed over the many couples; husbands and wives and betrothed couples accompanied by excitable parents, each caused her chest to tighten and her eyes to water. It was here though, at this festival that brought such unfortunate grief to her, that Leander, of Abydos, caught sight of her and instantly fell in love. Kneeling before her for a blessing, he asked that she pray to her Goddess that he might know her name, and be permitted to love her; and so shocked was Hero, that she told him without a second thought.

Though from cities separated by choppy waters, Leander often found ways to make his way to her temple, bringing her gifts along with his offerings to that wondrous Goddess, whom he often prayed to that Hero might love him back. And taking pity on the young man, the Goddess filled Her priestess’ heart with tender affection, and soon they began to see each other often under the cover of Night. This continued through the season, Leander taking a small ship, or sometimes swimming, if that shining Helios grew hot enough to warm the water as he did the land, to see Hero in her temple; after she’d lit the torch in her room, she would go down and make extra offerings to her Goddess, and more often than before visited the temples of the other Olympics in order to pray for his safety on these trips. As the weather cooled though, she urged him to stop seeing her, worried for his health and safety; she promised she would write to him, and that she would see him again when the Earth warmed again, but both youths were filled with sorrow at their parting.

One night, overwhelmed for missing her, Leander caught sight of the torch in Hero’s tower, and knowing that it was not for him and likely just to bring light in the dark, he set out in search of a ship to see her anyways; not finding one, he decided to swim across as he had so many nights before. But the water was cold and the winds were harsh, the torch that had driven his heart to continue on went out, and soon Leander lost his way and slipped under the waves, and did not resurface. Returning from her nightly prayer, Hero found the torch in her room had dimmed, so feeling a chill in the air she relit it with brush from the hearth and gazed out into the Sea to imagine her lover swimming towards her, as she often did in his absence. Except this night it was no imagination, and she caught sight of the familiar figure bobbing lifelessly in the water beyond the temple.

Lost in her grief, Hero did not hesitate as she gathered up her skirts and climbed the window ledge, throwing herself down against the waves to be again with the man she so loved. And seeing the awful fate of these lovers, blessed and favored by sweet Aphrodite Herself, and not wanting them to be lost without rites on Earth, or separated from one another in death, she pleaded with Poseidon to push them gently to shore. When the storm of the night passed, the other priestesses found Hero and Leander on the beach, wrapped in an embrace as if they were sleeping.

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never-find-a-love-like-mine · 1 year

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Your honor! I had to give these 3 people love potions, it was a feminine urge!

- Aphrodisia probably

#Aphrodisia

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