Thursday, June 2, 2011
Horses & Feng Shui
Here is an article about the Chinese zodiac horse and the feng shui of horse images. It mentions Pegasus in passing, also.
Chimaera
The Chimaera is a calendrical beast, representing the three seasons of planting, war, and harvest/rest, or the signs Leo (lion), Hydra or Serpens (serpent) & Capricorn(goat). Some think the Chimaera is a political allegory beast, but the calendrical theory is more prevalent.
Medusa
Medusa is African - she is the power in the west of the Mediterranean as Poseidon is in the east.
The sea god's name on the African side of the Mediterranean is Yamm in Libya and Egypt.
Medusa is wisdom, holiness, love, passion, nobility, pride, beauty; power, independence, defiance, strength of will,
clash with authority, rage, punishment, disfigurement, anger, depression, vengeance, hypnosis (hip gnosis),
secrecy, mystery. She is a fertile Earth goddess of both surface world and Underworld, a protective mother to humans
and animals alike, hostile to thieves and invaders. Medusa is part of a close and loyal sisterhood of family and priestesses;
she can also be connected to islands close to the coast (earth held in the embrace of the sea god). Masks were likely used for Gorgonic rites. Medusa remained an apotropaic symbol of protection and repulsing evil for centuries throughout the
Mediterranean world. Her gaze and grinning boar tusked face decorated many temples and city walls.
Her father was Phorcys (another sea god, maybe a seal god) and her mother was Keto, as in Phoenician Der-keto.
(Cetus is the sea monster or whale in the same quadrant of the sky that Pegasus and Andromeda are in.) The Gorgon
sisters had 'monstrous' primeval siblings, too. They include the Echidna, Ladon, Scylla, and the Graeae, another triplicity
of oracular sisters, among others. Here is the Theoi website link: http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Phorkys.html
from the writings of Alcman, Fragment 1 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric II) (Greek lyric C7th B.C.) :
"Let no man . . . attempt to marry . . . a daughter of Phorkos."
The sea god's name on the African side of the Mediterranean is Yamm in Libya and Egypt.
Medusa is wisdom, holiness, love, passion, nobility, pride, beauty; power, independence, defiance, strength of will,
clash with authority, rage, punishment, disfigurement, anger, depression, vengeance, hypnosis (hip gnosis),
secrecy, mystery. She is a fertile Earth goddess of both surface world and Underworld, a protective mother to humans
and animals alike, hostile to thieves and invaders. Medusa is part of a close and loyal sisterhood of family and priestesses;
she can also be connected to islands close to the coast (earth held in the embrace of the sea god). Masks were likely used for Gorgonic rites. Medusa remained an apotropaic symbol of protection and repulsing evil for centuries throughout the
Mediterranean world. Her gaze and grinning boar tusked face decorated many temples and city walls.
Her father was Phorcys (another sea god, maybe a seal god) and her mother was Keto, as in Phoenician Der-keto.
(Cetus is the sea monster or whale in the same quadrant of the sky that Pegasus and Andromeda are in.) The Gorgon
sisters had 'monstrous' primeval siblings, too. They include the Echidna, Ladon, Scylla, and the Graeae, another triplicity
of oracular sisters, among others. Here is the Theoi website link: http://www.theoi.com/Pontios/Phorkys.html
from the writings of Alcman, Fragment 1 (trans. Campbell, Vol. Greek Lyric II) (Greek lyric C7th B.C.) :
"Let no man . . . attempt to marry . . . a daughter of Phorkos."
Pegasus
Pihassos is a Hittite thunder/lightning god or spirit.
Pegasus was on the official coins of Corinth, too. His adventures take place mostly in Anatolia.
Pegasus was on the official coins of Corinth, too. His adventures take place mostly in Anatolia.
Poseidon
Po-seidon (Ruler or Power of Sidon) is a pan-Mediterranean sea god, from East to West.
Here is the link to the sea deity page: http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/sea-gods.html
Poseidon is not merely emotion, he is a source of life giving fresh water, fertilizer of the Earth (Medusa, Demeter,
Athene, Aphrodite, etc.), the Earthshaker who brings earthquakes, etc., the god of storms (his horse son Pihassos/Pegasus
carries lightning for Zeus, too), tsunamis, hurricanes, and drought; the giver of good fishing, seaweeds, and trading 'luck', bounty,
abundance; wine, oils, pearls, coral, shells, sea amber, ambergris, purple & rose dyes from the sea snails of Phoenicia;
the god of sailors, shipping, harbors, horses, horsemen, and horse culture, a god of action and adventure.
Poseidon is a god of political power, chiefs, admirals, and kings. Armies with cavalry and navies were counted among
his followers. He is the god of the sea and the earth, a god of action and passion, one who demands respect and
remembrance, as his punishment of Odysseus showed us. Poseidon also allied himself with Hera against Zeus, in both
the rebellion of Olympos (by binding Zeus) and with the Greeks in the Trojan War.
Poseidon energy is forthright and open about needs, wants, desires, and necessity. Poseidon can be courteous or brutal.
The mysterious part of planet Neptune in astrology draws upon the mythic powers or energies of shape-shifter water gods, like Thetis, Proteus and Nereus (acting, deception, conflict, struggle, and 'distorting' or 'shaping' the truth); while the emotion, passion, storminess, sailors, ships, fish and sea-related things, and horsiness are Poseidon.
Planet Neptune's assignment of 'dreams & visions' also includes the mythic/mystic aspects of Hypnos and Somnolos,
healing of Asklepios (via dream incubation), the music and hypnotic sway of Orpheus, dancing of the Muses, while the
intoxicating energy of planet Neptune is Dionysian. Neptune is quite a collective of deity energies!
Here is the link to the sea deity page: http://www.theoi.com/greek-mythology/sea-gods.html
Poseidon is not merely emotion, he is a source of life giving fresh water, fertilizer of the Earth (Medusa, Demeter,
Athene, Aphrodite, etc.), the Earthshaker who brings earthquakes, etc., the god of storms (his horse son Pihassos/Pegasus
carries lightning for Zeus, too), tsunamis, hurricanes, and drought; the giver of good fishing, seaweeds, and trading 'luck', bounty,
abundance; wine, oils, pearls, coral, shells, sea amber, ambergris, purple & rose dyes from the sea snails of Phoenicia;
the god of sailors, shipping, harbors, horses, horsemen, and horse culture, a god of action and adventure.
Poseidon is a god of political power, chiefs, admirals, and kings. Armies with cavalry and navies were counted among
his followers. He is the god of the sea and the earth, a god of action and passion, one who demands respect and
remembrance, as his punishment of Odysseus showed us. Poseidon also allied himself with Hera against Zeus, in both
the rebellion of Olympos (by binding Zeus) and with the Greeks in the Trojan War.
Poseidon energy is forthright and open about needs, wants, desires, and necessity. Poseidon can be courteous or brutal.
The mysterious part of planet Neptune in astrology draws upon the mythic powers or energies of shape-shifter water gods, like Thetis, Proteus and Nereus (acting, deception, conflict, struggle, and 'distorting' or 'shaping' the truth); while the emotion, passion, storminess, sailors, ships, fish and sea-related things, and horsiness are Poseidon.
Planet Neptune's assignment of 'dreams & visions' also includes the mythic/mystic aspects of Hypnos and Somnolos,
healing of Asklepios (via dream incubation), the music and hypnotic sway of Orpheus, dancing of the Muses, while the
intoxicating energy of planet Neptune is Dionysian. Neptune is quite a collective of deity energies!
Belleron
Bellerophon is a name related to Bel, or Ba'al, a thunder god of the Levant and Mesopotamia.
He was from Corinth, a goddess stronghold in the classical days. It's interesting to note that one meaning
of his name means 'slayer of Bellarus", and the sphere of Bellerophon's adventures is not far from the place we now call
Belarus (bel = 'shining, good, fair, light, white' - White Russia). His 'proper' name is Hipponous - "he knows horses" or
"horse knowledge". He is also called Bellerophontes.
Let us contemplate this: A young hero (hero is related to Hera) with a theophoric name from a thunder god (Bel or Ba'al),
mounts a winged horse of Heavenly Light who used to be a spirit of thunder and lightning, and the hero shoots his
arrows down at the Chimaera, imitating lightning, to slay it.
He was from Corinth, a goddess stronghold in the classical days. It's interesting to note that one meaning
of his name means 'slayer of Bellarus", and the sphere of Bellerophon's adventures is not far from the place we now call
Belarus (bel = 'shining, good, fair, light, white' - White Russia). His 'proper' name is Hipponous - "he knows horses" or
"horse knowledge". He is also called Bellerophontes.
Let us contemplate this: A young hero (hero is related to Hera) with a theophoric name from a thunder god (Bel or Ba'al),
mounts a winged horse of Heavenly Light who used to be a spirit of thunder and lightning, and the hero shoots his
arrows down at the Chimaera, imitating lightning, to slay it.
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