Aphrodite Worship Resources

a way for me to catalogue resources to aid my Aphrodite worship

[aphroditeresources]

Christian Dior, Fall 2007

[thegodsaremyhome]

Offerings for Aphrodite

Incense/Candles: A pretty simple offering. Use ones with scents that she’s associated with or that remind you of her. Rose and ocean scents, as well as myrrh, apple, and myrtle, are all candle or incense scents you could offer. I personally, though not typically associated with Her, offer strawberry incense that smells really sweet and reminds me of Her.

Roses: Anything rose related. A whole rose, the petals, or even rose water! Roses are one of Aphrodite’s sacred plants and I’m sure she’ll appreciate it greatly.

Chocolate: I’ve never actually tried this offering myself, but I hear She loves chocolate!

Orgasms: Another one I’ve yet to try but, seeing as She’s the Goddess of love and pleasure, it’s a very popular thing to offer.

Apples: Especially ones yellow/golden in color. 

Jewelry: Offer her a piece of jewelry and keep it on your altar when not wearing it.

Makeup, lotion, perfume, etc.: You could offer your beauty products to Her! Bonus points if they’re colors or scents that remind you of Her.

Art: Any form of art that you made for Her. A story, poetry, sculptures, drawings, anything! And don’t fuss over it beings absolutely perfect for our lovely Goddess, She will love it and think it’s perfect no matter what because you made it and you made it for Her.

Seashells: Especially scallop and abalone shells. Decorate your altar to Her with them! You could even use a scallop shell as the offering bowl on your altar for Her.

Olive oil: The olive tree was very important in Greek culture and it’s branches, as well as olive oil, were given as offerings often! So it’s a pretty safe bet.

Honey: Call me out if I’m wrong but I believe honey was also important in Greek culture. Bees are also associated with Aphrodite so honey would make a good offering.

A letter: Pretty simple! Just write a letter to Her! You can tell her anything you want!

Cinnamon

[rosewaterdoll]

🌺💕 Aphrodite Invocation Spell 🌺💕

💖 This spell was used when I felt a strong connection to Aphrodite and don’t know how to reach her. The spell is based on my personal experience! 💖 

📝 Note: Use this spell when you have a very strong connection to Aphrodite. The spell will be 100% successful if your connection is strong with her. I had a very strong connection with Aphrodite for 5 months before doing this spell and my results came in a few hours after casting this spell. 📝

🌛 When to cast: 🌜

• Preferably any day/time/phase during april (april is a scarced month for Aphrodite) or any day/time/phase you want

💐 Things you will need: 💐

• candles ( preferably red, pink, blue, seafoam or white )

• rose incense or any herbs corresponds with love

• food offerings: apple slices, any chocolate snacks, apple juice, milk, strawberries, fruit flavored yoghurt, candies. etc whichever from this list

• item offerings: roses, lavender, pearls, seashells, rose quartz or any love crystals, your favourite jewellery

• your favourite divination tools

• circle casting tools

🕯️ The spell: 🕯️

🌸 First, cleanse the altar/area and tools your are working on. then cast your circle and light the candles and incense.

🌸 In your on words, invoke Aphrodite and welcome her to the circle

🌸 Tell her about yourself, likes/dislikes, favourite foods, hobbies, books.etc

🌸 You can ask her any questions with tarot cards, pendulums or any divination tools

🌸 When you are done talking give her the offerings raise them towards the sky and say: “ Goddess Aphrodite, i offer all to you, so mote it be.” And let yourself feel her energy around you.

🌸 You can close the circle and let the incense burn til the end and thank her. You can do some devotional acts to her such as: take a rose bath/shower, eat some sweets, research on her, meditate with a rose quartz.

🌸 Signs you will see her are: her entering your dreams, pictures of her in random places (on newspapers, signboard, statues etc.), doves flying, roses everywhere you walk, finding wild strawberries and bees, having the urge to visit the beach, craving for apples or sweets, feeling a random gentle press on your body, mysterious sweets smells, roses on the beach, finding a certain same shell multiple times during a visit to the beach, noticing that everyone you know will be slightly be kinder towards you, receiving chocolates from friends💕

💗 Happy casting! Feel free to ask me any questions! 💗

🖕🏻💔 Radfems/terfs DO NOT reblog/like 🖕🏻💔

[softlitstudent]

Gender-neutral and non-sexual ways to worship Aphrodite🌸

Because not everyone can/wants to revel in traditional feminity and vagina-centric activities.

In the shower or the bath, cleanse and appreciate every curve, bump and crevasse of your body. Lather yourself in your favourite soap and come out knowing every inch of you smells amazing.

Add a few drops of essential oils such as ylan-ylang, jasmine, sandalwood or citrus essential oil in your diffuser/bath/shower, or use products which use these scents.

Wear your favourite underwear, ones that make you feel confident in your body.

Allow yourself to use that fancy product you keep for “special occasions”.

Brush your hair or give yourself a scalp massage.

Listen to romantic and soothing music.

Take selfies!

Brew yourself some herbal, fruity tea.

Text your loved ones a compliment or message of appreciation.

Run your hands along flowers when you walk by, or stop to smell them.

Practice positive affirmations in your mirror.

Smile at people in the streets.

Take a moment to feel your heartbeat through your chest.

Crack open a pomegranate and enjoy!

If you live by the sea, dip your feet in the seafoam forming on the shore. If not, draw yourself a bubble bath!

[otterwishpers-deactivated202507]

💖Today, Aphrodite urges you to write a love letter to yourself!💖

I swear, I’ve felt restless all day, and feel like I should share what she’s asked of me! So, here we go: Let’s all do something nice, and wholesome!

💋Decorate it! Whether you’re writing on paper, or in your computer, add cute margins, or sketches around the paper. Make it look good for you! Use your favorite color!

💋 Say hi! Imagine you’re sending this letter to your beloved, greet yourself with nice words!

💋What is something you love/want to love about yourself? Your amazing eyes? The hair that falls like a waterfall? Be as cheesy as you want, have fun!

💋Talk about a time you enjoyed spending time by yourself, and thank yourself for your company. You made dinner last night, and it was delicious? Talk about it, tell yourself how much you enjoyed it!

💋What are some things you absolutely love? Cats, running, procrastinating, lighting eggs on fire, whatever it is, put it there! Talk about why you love it, maybe even add pictures if you’re using a note app!

💋 If you feel specially creative, and are having fun, write a small poem to yourself! It doesn’t have to be good, it can even be funny, just write anything that will make you smile!

💋Ask yourself on a date! “Hey, me, do you maybe want to go take a shower now? Yeah? 😘”

💋Focus on having fun while writing, and just write about anything that makes you happy.

Above all, remember that even if all you can manage is “Hey, self, I wish I loved you. Take care.”, Aphrodite will be absolutely proud of you. And I’ll be too! If you feel good sharing the work you made, be sure to tag me! I’m excited about reading y’all! And I for sure will be posting mine later because it sounds really fun and wholesome.

[thegodsaremyhome]

Aphrodite Associations

This list is a mixture of classic associations and personal ones. If you disagree with some of them, that’s okay! Everyone’s devotion is different.

Aphrodite, Goddes of Love, Beauty, and Pleasure.

Associated with:

Animals: Doves, geese, swans, sparrows, shellfish, hares, bees and dolphins.

Element: Water.

Colors: Red, pink, white, salmon, light blue, and seafoam green.

Plants: Roses, apples, lettuce, myrtle, pomegranate, lime, and anemone flowers.

Stones: Pearls, rose quartz, aquamarine, jade, rubellite, morganite, emerald and garnet.

Tarot cards: The lovers and the suit of cups.

Perfumes/scents: Rose, the ocean, myrtle, myrrh, apple, vanilla, and vervain, strawberry.

Planet: Venus.

Day of the week: Friday.

Other: The ocean, seashells, jewelry, mirrors, beauty products, and the number 5.

[heatherwitch]

Aphrodite/Venus

Small devotional acts. (Of self and platonic love)

Wear cozy/comfy clothes

Listen to music that makes you feel empowered

Sing along to your favorite songs

Give little gifts to your friends

Go for an evening walk

Sleep in when you can

Bring more gentle colors into your life

Clean your room and let some fresh air in

Drink tea with honey 

Visit the ocean or find some ways to be connected to it (sea salt, seashells, etc.)

Write a letter to your future self or one to her

Glitter!

Go to a store and try on some new clothing styles

Leave positive notes in random places

Change your look every once and a while

Treat a friend to some drinks/dinner

Don’t limit yourself and your style because of stereotypes

Support small businesses

Take a day off and do whatever you want

Watch some cute animal videos

Visit a garden

Go on a picnic

Stand up for those who need it

Buy yourself some flowers

Be there for your friends

Eat those extra sweets

Wear more makeup/jewelry if it makes you feel nice

Compliment people more

Try out some new face masks

Take more selfies and pictures (by yourself and with friends)

Enjoy floral scented things

Go to a movie by yourself

PRACTICE LOVING YOURSELF

Many, many, many other things not said here

[aphrodisianbaby]

Aphrodite is the patron Goddess of sex workers. prostitutes were under Her protection, and they frequented Her temples. sex work is Aphrodite's ultimate profession, using beauty and attraction to make a living

Aphrodite loves sex workers, and sex workers are welcome on my worship blog. sex work is hard work, and a respectable profession. may all of you know that Aphrodite watches over you and loves you so much. may She bless you with prosperity and abundance 🕊️💕

[koraki-pharmakis]

Things Y'all Care Too Much About

1. Godspousing/godconsorting

2. Emoji spells

3. Cosplaying/dressing as/RPing as the theoi

4. Who's a REAL witch?

5. Gendering & portraying the theoi "innacurately"

6. People ignoring your weird praxis-specific rules & not being recon

7. Religiogenders

Things Y'all Should Actually Care About

1. Fascism, gatekeeping, appropriation, & bigotry in the Hellenist community

[softandtired]

DEVOTIONAL PLANT UPDATE!

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So. I went out to grab a rose for Aphrodite on valentines day but but ended up getting these lovely potted Kalanchoes instead!

I've always liked the idea of giving living flowers rather than bouquets because they last longer. And in this case were much cheaper! I've never kept a house plant before and Kalanchoes are a large type of succulent flower, so they last a long time when well taken care of.

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Why Give Houseplants as Offerings?

I'm a fairly new devotee, so I'm still getting the hang of offerings. If you are confused about Offerings for deities, I reccommend http://thepastelpriestess.tumblr.com who has a lovely podcast all about how essential they are to ones relationships with their deities, at least in the greek pantheon! So anyway, Pros:

Brings consideration for your deity into your daily/weekly life

Houseplants do a lot for peoples mental health! Plus I think people really underate how much getting in touch with nature can help ones spiritual experience. You can feel more connected to everything rather than just Divine beings.

I personally feel that the process of devotional activities, and the consideration and giving of offerings helps cement our own feelings of gratitude, as well as gives spiritual energy that Gods loves/benefit from. Imagine you are plant sitting for one of your best friends as a favor. You would want to take care of those plants because they make your friends life better, right? That's how I kind feel about it, except I am sharing the plant with my lovely Aphrodite🥰🥰🥰.

Also the money you would have spent on an offering goes a lot longer of a way!

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Personal Experience:

Since Kalanchoes are a succulent, I had to depot them, take out the potting soil and replace it with succulent/cactus soil. I am a poor ex college student, in debt, and cant afford such things so instead I got resourceful! Apperantly pine bark mixed with 1/4" gravel and a little sand was considered succulent mix. So I spent an hour gathering fallen pine bark and gravel in my backyard, ground up said bark and refitted the plant in the plastic draining pot. I felt super proud of myself for the resourcefulness! Itll be a couple weeks till I'm able to see how the plant takes it but I'm super excited to find out!

Anywho, you can go really crazy with devotional plants, depending on your deity and financial means. You can buy plants that are sacred to your specific deity or are in their symbolic colors. Or if you arent able, even just digging up a plant in your backyard and learning how to take care of it can work. As long as you are putting time and effort into caring for it for your deity, and it isnt getting in the way of your life, your deity shouldnt care. Just do what you can!

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So do any of you have devotional plants? Or even something you take care of everyday for your deity other than an alter? If you do please reblog with a picture for me, I'm curious!!!

[childsofthestars]

Some methods to bond with your deities✨💞

research: studying their history and the things they’ve done can help deepen your own bond with them and feel more connected to them

Offerings: the most talked about thing in having a deities, it doesn’t have to be expensive, small things you find outside or things you own or stuff you’ve made or cooked/baked specifically for them can be considered an offering!

hobbies: doing something that honors your deities and the things they love, like for artemis you can practice archery or learning more about feminisn history, for aphrodite you can practice self care and even doing spells for making your own hair masks or face masks

journaling: writing down any dreams you have or the experiences you experience with your deities, it’s always a good way to review and reflect on past decisions and see how much you’ve learned

altar/shrine: have a small area dedicated for them and your practice for them, it can help you focus on them and their engeries

[witchiekittie]

Aphrodite Offerings:

Scents:

🕊️ Frankincense

🌿 Myrrh

🕊️ Rose

🌿 Pomegranate

🕊️ Sea scents

🌿 Apple

🕊️ Most feminine scents! You can offer them through essential oil, perfume, candles, or incense.

Consumables:

🌿 Honey

🕊️ Chocolates

🌿 Wine

🕊️ Bread

🌿 Sea salt

🕊️ Olive oil

🌿 Honey cakes

🕊️ Wine

🌿 Apple

🕊️ Pomegranate

🌿 Shellfish

🕊️ Lettuce

🌿 Honey milk

🕊️ Salt water

🌿 Strawberries

🕊️ Sweets

🌿 Tea

🕊️ Cinnamon

Plants:

🌿 Roses

🕊️ Myrtle

🌿 Poppies

🕊️ Anemones

Actions:

🌿 Pray

🕊️ Expressing love for family, friends and partners

🌿 Self love!! ( I will make a whole post about this!!

🕊️ Being nice

🌿 Compliments

🕊️ Feeding animals

🌿 Helping people

Art:

🕊️ Drawings

🌿 Writing

🕊️ Playing music

🌿 Creating music

🕊️ Performing

🌿 Dancing

🕊️ Singing

🌿 Sculpture

🕊️ Reading poetry

🌿 Creating poetry

🕊️ Reading stories

🌿 Any and all kinds of art!!

Other:

🕊️ Rose quartz

🌿 Pearls

🕊️ Seashells

🌿 Jewelry

🕊️ Flower garlands

🌿 Anything you associate and feel a connection to Her with!

I really hope this helps!! Blessed be!✨

[punkrockgreenwitch-deactivated2]

Offerings For Lady Aphrodite

She is the Goddess of love, passion, sex, beauty, pleasure, and procreation. She is also my matron

Here are some of the things I did researched that she likes but also personal offerings that she enjoyed it; those will be represented with (PO). Credits to all those to inspired me to write this! 

Roses (red, pink, Gold, and white) 

Chocolates 

Cinnamon buns 

Cinnamon 

Kombucha (There is a love one, PO) 

Flowers 

Honey 

Pearls 

Sea Water 

Seashells 

White, Pink, and Red candles 

Things that are associated with love, like heart shaped things 

Statues of her 

Strawberries 

Apples 

Peaches 

Perfumes (Especially Floral Ones) 

Rose Quarts 

Sand 

Rhodochrosite 

Jewelry 

Makeup 

Ocean Imagery 

Cakes 

Pomegranate Juice 

Vanilla 

Jasmine 

Pearls 

Mirrors 

Imagery of Dolphins, Doves, Bees, Swans 

Seafoam 

Myrrh 

Pink Salt 

Salt Water

Ylang Yang 

Lavender 

Seaglass 

Fruits 

[phemonoi]

to be honest, just let aphrodite in. just open yourself to her. pray naked, adore your body regardless of standards, dance whenever you feel the need to, laugh or cry without excuses or do both at the same time! allow you to love yourself and feel her inside.

[rosewaterdoll]

🌺🌷💕 Aphrodite Offering Spray 🌺🌷💕

💌 Hey little rosebuds! Im back for a while so this is my first post for the summer i hope you have fun doing this easy spellwork for Aphrodite worshippers! From my personal grimoire. 💌

💐 Things you’ll need: 💐

• circle casting tools

• a small bowl & spoon

• a spray bottle

• purified water

• rose oil

• vanilla oil

• a small cinnamon stick

• rose petals

• lavender buds

• globe amaranth petals

• pink, red or white candle

• pink salt, sea salt or pink dyed salt

• a small rose quartz  or any love crystals

• strawberry, cinnamon, vanilla or rose incense

• very small seashells (optional)

• if you are using shells here some ideas:

 abalone: (self)love, healing, luck, wealth, peace, cleansing, home, hearth

 button shell: connections, gatherings, friendships

 clam: soulmates, love, friendships, communication, healing, emotions

 conch: truth, art , beauty, clarity, freedom grace, movement, speech

 cowrie: fertility, love, wealth, pregnancy, growth, divination, female sexuality

 olive shell: healing, hope, love, friendship, abundance, opportunity

 scallop: travel, love, friendships, movement, grace, change, peace, healing,     spirituality, happiness, communication, patience, diversity, openess

🌛 When to cast: 🌜

• any moon phase or any time during a friday

🕯️ Creating the spray bottle: 🕯️

• First cleanse your space/tools then cast your circle and call upon Aphrodite to help aid you in your spellwork. Then light the candle and incense for offerings.

• When stating your intentions to the bowl add the water, oils, flowers and herbs in the bowl and stir clock-wise to bring the desired intentions to the concoction.

• When you’re done stating your intentions use the spoon to draw a love sigil on the water surface to seal your intention or you can ask Aphrodite to bless the elixir to seal it.

• Before adding the liquid into the bottle carefully place the crystal and or seashell into the bottle then finally add the elixir.

• Once you’re done spray some of the elixir and thank Aphrodite then close the circle. This spray has a 2 month shelf life so keep the spray in the fridge after using it.  

• Some other ways to use it such as: spraying onto yourself before praying to Aphrodite, using it as an eau de toilette, spraying onto your clothes, use as an incense alternative, spraying it after a room cleansing session or however you want!

• Please do not ingest this spray it is not meant to be consumed!

🌷💗🌸💕🎀 Happy casting! 🌷💗🌸💕🎀

[aphrodisianbaby]

[taps microphone] *ahem*. Aphrodite is a trans woman.

[moonlitmagic]

Beautiful Rest: A Nighttime Prayer To Aphrodite

Now I lay my head to rest,

I think of Thee, my love Goddess.

Throughout the night whilst I sleep

I shall be at peace, my heart to keep.

Thank you for your warm embrace,

Your loving touch upon my face.

Thank you for the watchful eye

You lend to me from time-to-time.

Beauty that my eye beholds

I revel in ‘til the day grows old.

Aphrodite, sweet and fair,

I give my thanks for all your care.

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requested by @sleepywiitchh​

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