The abduction of Proserpina, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-22

The Abduction of Proserpine by Ulpiano Checa

Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ratto di Proserpina, 1621-1622, Galleria Borghese.

Foto di Aurelio Amendola

Classicstober day 7: Persephone 🌸

hades and persephone for a friend <3

[prints avaiable here!]

The Goddess of Spring (1934)

Roman Goddesses

Roman mythology features a pantheon of gods and goddesses, each with their own unique roles, personalities, and stories. Here are some Roman goddesses:

Juno: Juno was the queen of the gods and the goddess of marriage, childbirth, and women. She was known for her fierce protectiveness of women and her ability to bestow fertility and prosperity.

Venus: Venus was the goddess of love, beauty, and fertility. She was associated with desire, sensuality, and pleasure, and was often depicted as a seductress.

Minerva: Minerva was the goddess of wisdom, art, and war. She was associated with strategic thinking, creativity, and skill in battle.

Diana: Diana was the goddess of the hunt and the moon. She was a protector of women, animals, and nature, and was known for her independence and fierce determination.

Vesta: Vesta was the goddess of the hearth and home. She was associated with domestic life, family, and hospitality, and was honored with a perpetual fire that burned in her temple in Rome.

Ceres: Ceres was the goddess of agriculture and grain. She was associated with fertility, abundance, and the cycles of nature.

Proserpina: Proserpina was the goddess of the underworld and the wife of Pluto. She was associated with the cycles of life and death, and was a symbol of rebirth and transformation.

These are just a few of the many goddesses in Roman mythology.

Persephone, for spring solstice.

Hymn to Proserpine, from the Selected Poems of Algernon Charles Swinburne by Harry Clarke (1928)

Okay, as you all voted on: Astarion as Persephone (or in this case, Proserpina)!

Based on The Abduction of Proserpina by an unidentified painter, second half of 17th century. Close up of face under the read more.

persephone

The Rape of Proserpina by Francesco Podesti

The Rape of Proserpina, Gian Lorenzo Bernini, 1621-1622, marble, Galleria Borghese, Rome.

Proserpina is her name.

#ClassicsTober23 7:

🍃Persephone🌸

(the one I actually forgot to post!)

I love this vase illustration. She’s popping up from the underworld, her hand raised in such a familiar gesture. ‘Hi Mum! Look, I’m Queen now!’

This piece of pottery I’ve used without any changes, save the caption, is an Attic Red-Figure Bell krater currently in the Met, attributed to the Persephone Painter (c.440BCE) - photos from Theoi.com

could you make a post about Proserpina(26), and it’s effect through the signs/houses?

proserpina, queen of spring and the underworld (asteroid 26)

i have not made a post about proserpina, so i won't complete a request like this without having talked about the asteroid first. proserpina and persephone are only mildly different. the likeness ends at the abduction and her mother searching for her.

trigger warning: rape

Proserpina's abduction was more turbulent than Persephone's and is seen in many pieces of media: art, sculptures, Metamorphoses, etc. Proserpina was an innocent girl picking flowers and playing in the glade with Cyane in the pool of water next to her - this was normal for the girls. On a whim one day, Pluto grabbed her and carried her away. Crying and terrified Proserpina calling for her mother - her dress tore, "her flowers fell" (which might be Ovid's metaphor for her loss of innocence/virginity). She screamed for her friends and no one came. Pluto urged each of the horses pulling his chariot by name to take them away to the Underworld. Cyane spoke up when she saw this, saying that taking Proserpina would be against the will of Ceres and that he had done this all wrong - a girl was meant to be wooed and Proserpina was in tears and terrified. She could do nothing to stop him for she was stuck in her pool of water - she was forced to watch him take Proserpina. IN MY OPINION Proserpina in your chart can represent a) ruined innocent, b) rape, c) abductions, d) innocence, and/or e) feeling trapped and helpless in a situation.

i encourage you to look into the aspects of proserpina along with the sign, degree, and house placement. for the more advanced astrologers, take a look at the persona chart of proserpina AND/OR add the other characters involved to see how they support or impede proserpina!

OTHER RELATED ASTEROIDS/PLANETS: PLUTO, ovidius (2800), ceres (1), and/or cyane (403).

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