Goddess GAIA also known as GAEA The Earth was the first of the original Greek Gods. She was the daughter of Chaos and the mother of Uranus. She helped cause the overthrow of Uranus by the Titans and was worshipped as the Primal Goddess – Mother of All.
I wanted to share my love for the Goddess by choosing a Goddess that to me expresses what motherhood is and means. So many of the Goddesses were calling to me but each was an aspect of motherhood and did not seem to fully embrace motherhood and our mothers in the same capacity as Goddess Gaia. To me Gaia is Mother Nature the keeper and carer of all things. She rules over all of creation and keeps everything in Balance and Harmony. She was the mother of Uranus (Of the Sky/Heavens) and Pontus of the (Sea/Emotions).
As daughter of Chaos she helped to mold and bring the world out of chaos with her creative force in Nature. She nurtured and created all of the Goddesses and Gods in Olympus.She has many faces throughout the various cultures. She was Isis who lost her lover Osiris, through his death and eventual resurrection personified the gift mother earth has blessed us all with. The ability to heal, recreate and regenerate anew. This story would be told again through the death and resurrection of Christ and the role of Mary Magdalene.
When we worship the various faces of the Goddess we are connecting with the Ultimate Mother Goddess in Gaia. She is a fertility Goddess that encompasses all aspects of women and the feminine energy that all genders encompass to some degree. She has been worshipped as Demeter in Greece, Isis in Egypt, Ishtar in Babylon to name a few. Her Roman pantheon was Terra.
She is the primordial goddess who is the mother of the Titans, the Giants and all of the sea deities. She is the foundation of the Gods of Olympus. The birth of her son Uranus covered the earth with the Stars and Heavens. The Birth of her child Pontus created the deep waters of her pain and the hills that covered her with lush greenery were her child Ourea. She is the wisdom in intuition that flows to the Oracle at Delphi. The knowingness that all mothers understand once we have given birth to our children.
She is believed to be the spiritual embodiment of the Earth and the creator of all of humanity. Gaia is manifest in the woman when our children are encased in our bodies in the waters of life preparing for birth. She is the life force that allows us to thrive and blossom. She is the Great Mother of All.
What are you creating in your life? What fire is burning within to be birthed into the world? Out of the waters of our soul we are being called to create our lives anew. What is beneath the still waters yet to be fathomed? Goddess Gaia is calling to you. Will you answer her call?
I would love your comments and thoughts. Happy Mothers Day!
Namaste
Carol Watson
Goddess Arianmor 