Maiden
What you need to sow
Begin something you are willing to formally commit to. Say the vow out loud.
Ancient Greece
Hera
Queen of Heaven, Keeper of the Vow
Greece, from Mycenaean cult through the Roman period
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Her story
Historical context
goddess · Greece, from Mycenaean cult through the Roman period
Hera was worshipped in Argos and Samos as a great goddess in her own right long before myth cast her as a jealous wife. Her temples marked the stages of a woman's life — girl, bride, ruling matron.
Mythology & traditions
Every year she bathed in a spring and was made a maiden again. Her anger in the myths is the anger of a sovereign whose covenant has been broken, not a nagging one: she holds the standard nobody else will.
Domains
- Marriage
- Sovereignty
- Women's lifecycles
- Oaths
- Legitimate rule
Symbols
- Peacock
- Diadem
- Pomegranate
- Cow
- Lily
In the oracle
Her guidance
Mother
What you need to grow
Nurture the agreement — a marriage, a partnership, a household — with attention, not assumption.
Crone
What you need to know
Know where a promise to you was broken. Naming it is not bitterness; it is order.