Comments on Lunar Tunes Astrology: Persephone was not abducted into the Underworld. S...

Thanks, proserpine. I think we all become Persepho...

2007-03-21T09:47:00.000-04:00

Thanks, proserpine. I think we all become Persephone when we undergo a Pluto transit -- "to hell and back."

I won't argue that perhaps the myth symbolizes in ...

2007-03-21T05:38:00.000-04:00

I won't argue that perhaps the myth symbolizes in truth that Persephone was not abducted, but went of her own fre will.That may be the truth of the myth.
I suspect it is more an allegory for that of a person, the maiden(innocence)(emotion)(child-like curiousity)looking and trying somehtign(picking the narcissus), and then going into the depths like it or not--she was boubnd to finding thngs out she had not known.
To me, Persephone is a symbol for soul-searching, and rather personifies "to hell and back"--as in recovering from a disease or addiction, or changing one's ways.
I'm more familiar wiht the Greek myths, and the 3 faces of the goddess don't seem connected to Persephone for me, although that tradtion, (earth based) is my spiritual tradtion today.
BTW, the myth holds that Demeter didn't curse the world so muuch as much as she was grieving,and so the earth did not flower until she could have her daughter back.

additional comment..I'll choose a username as Jeff did not like my commenting with "anonymous".:-)
LOL.I have Pluto in my 7th house Jeff ;-)

I wrote this last year:Persephone, what a role mod...

2006-10-05T18:11:00.000-04:00

I wrote this last year:

Persephone, what a role model! Talk about power. She was just a nobody, a maiden, well, yeah, of noble birth, but still. Then Pluto kidnapped and raped her and made her his bride, Queen of the Underworld. And mamma, Demeter, she had a holy tantrum and wouldn't allow life to abide, in her grief. It's lucky that Persephone was such a nice person, a malleable woman in a sense, to be forever placating, picking up and moving, staying with her wedded husband for part of the year, his Queen, with chthonic power of her own, yet relinquishing that to spend all that time with her honored mom.

Chthonic power. The underworld in our midst. Is Persephone playing Demeter: "Oh, mama, he's such a Beast. Do I look pretty in this dress? Yes, let's go to the garden party! You are such a nice mummy; I do love you so. What shall we plan for next year, when I'm back home again? Yes, I do look quite regal in black."

She has no need to play Pluto. He is happy to have her lord over him. Don't you think?

Would that we all could be Persephone, secure in our dual power, an object of worship, yet truly the Queen of our worlds.

Peace,
Laurie