#badb

[ignistigator]

thank you soooo much to @steamclouds for this beautiful portrait of my big baby Badb!!!! 💚💚💚

[spiritwitch0]

Visions from The Morrígan

In the state between wake and slumber, the Morrígan speaks to me in comforting riddles.

[birdsofrhiannon]

Macha, Morrígan, Badb by Ksenia Kru

[pageofpanels]

General Mood These Days…

[ravelsquadespresso]

I can see that Aeldari language is Gaelic-coded, there is even Badb of crows and it's a word for a woman. A woman is war and death.

Ravel approves.

*scribbles down runes in a graphomaniac manner*

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Also, Gaelic looks to be one hell of a language. I think French can maybe hold a beer just a little? At least French words are short.

[forestkatart]

i attempted to translate an English translation of a Middle Irish song(?) into modern Irish for world building purposes using fochlach and my mother and here it is

Red is my translation and the orange are my mams corrections :3

[sidrashakti]

Week 2: Goddess Sirona “She Who Makes Us Better"

Sirona is a Gaulish/Celtic healing deity. Her cult predates the Romans, but all her iconography comes from the Romanization of Gaul, and her worship was widely spread all over Europe from Hungary to Brittany. 

Many artifacts of her worship come from the Treveri in the Moselle Valley who venerated Sirona and built the rich healing shrine at Hochscheid. Shrines to Sirona have been found at Niedaltdorf, Bitburg, and Wiesbaden in Germany, and Metz, Luxeuil, and Corseul (Brittany) in France. 

Her statues appear both alone and with Apollo Grannus or Apollo Borvo. The Romans interpreted Sirona as Hygeia, daughter of the healer-god Asclepius and granddaughter of Apollo, and her imagery indicates references to the chthonic mystery cults, including ears of corn, associated with Demeter and the Eleusinian Mysteries.

She is often shown with the snake and bowl of eggs, both symbols of regeneration and rebirth. The eggs represent the snake’s young, perhaps a fertility reference. While she normally wears a dress and sometimes even a veil, the bronze statue at Mâlain depicts Thiron(a) semi-nude with a serpent on her arm.

The context of her artifacts stress her role as one who heals through hot springs. Healing sanctuaries at springs drew large numbers of pilgrims who came there to spend the night. Hygeia/Salus protected against danger and cured mental as well as physical illness, it was believed Sirona did as well. 

An inscription at Le Mans calls her Serona Sivelia, “She Who Makes Us Better.”

Her partner, however, is Atesmerius, whose name comes from the same root as Rosmerta and Smertios, and means “Provider.”

It has been speculated based upon linguistic evidence that Sirona was a ‘star’ goddess. The ancient Transalpine Gaulish word for ‘star’ was ‘sirom‘, related to the Latin word ‘Sidus‘ (from which we get the word ‘Sidereal’). The 116 Sirona is an asteroid named in her honor. 

Sirona is possibly syncretized with a goddess known elsewhere as Divona/Dirona, the goddess Damona (meaning “the Great Cow” possibly a connection to the nakshatra of Pushya), and the river goddess Verbia. (The rippling motion of the snake can symbolize the motions of the water). 

Celebration: Sirona can be honored during the Telesphorus Festival in January, on the festival of Salus in March and with Apollo or Grannus in July.

Reading from Goddess Sirona 

Card 12 - Nephthys, Purpose, Peace, Understanding 

“Mistress of the Gateways, illuminate my purpose.” 

Sirona locates herself at life’s beginning and life’s end, in our dream states and waking states. She is our constant companion. She calls to Healers specifically, encouraging them to be extremely devoted to their paths. 

Sirona is fiercely loyal to her devotees, and possesses the ability to transform or change even impossible situations. Sirona is a very humanitarian deity, many of the innovations in medicine are divine inspiration from Her. Much of the knowledge of healing is in the intuition. She would like her memory on Earth to be recovered and remembered. 

Sirona emphasizes the healing power of love. 

Our Lady of the Sacred Son: Within your heart is a love that is unconditional, compassionate, and healing. From that love, emerges wisdom and the capacity to make choices based on what holds essential meaning and value to your soul. 

Sri Varahi-Pada: The knowledge of life Sirona calls us to detach the body from the ego. 

[kikiskitchenwitchery]

Happy whenever this finds you. For me it is January 22, 2025. Oh let's talk about the stunning deck. I found it when I was out and about looking for Christmas gifts for other people. I haven't had a deck call to me quite so loudly for a long time. I picked it up and put it down and walked away several times, but it would not let me leave it. I am very glad that it was so insistent. The Morrigan is the deity that I work with the most. The one that holds my in a way that cradles and protects but also demands of me the ability to hold myself accountable and responsible. Not only to myself but to my community. Since my world was turned upside down years ago, I have struggled to find my way back to her arms and her hearth. Sometimes that struggle is because she is frustrated with me. And I do not blame her. I know there were situations that I have let her down in. Sometimes that struggle was because i could not face her. So this deck. The art is emotional. It had the hairs on my arm standing straight up. It can be both dark and a whole lot gritty, but there are cards that are breathtaking and welcoming too. The book has great breakdowns of what the author intends them to mean. The book also has SPELLS for each card. That is what I asked for today. The card that would have the spell I need to cast today.

Badb is a seer. A goddess of understanding the world through her senses, including and especially her sixth sense. Her divination sense. She tells us to look at the future and rethink or reframe our current circumstances (timely...). What actions of mine will impact others? What things have I missed or not considered? Turning to Badb I will find the answer. I won't tell you the spell here. Not until I try it and see how it goes. I will do the spell this evening and will reflect on some things I have been wondering about and let the spirit of both the Morrigan and Badb shed light on the things I need to know and things I need to do. If you would like a reading, my books are open and I am scheduling readings for the month of Feb. If you would just like to support what I do, you can venmo me at @lunarmagicteatime Have a magical day