Arianrhod (Pagan Blog Project "A" Week 2)

Arianrhod, pronounced AHR-ee-an-r`hod, or ahr-ree-AHN-rhohd), is a Welsh Moon Mother Goddess. The breakdown of her name is Arian meaning 'silver', Rhod meaning 'wheel' or "disc"... silver wheel/disc. She is the primal female power figure, goddess of reincarnation, the Full Moon, Wheel of the Year, and fertility. Arianrhod rules Caer Sidi, her magickal realm (star/island) in the Corona Borealis (a small constellation in the northern sky aka Northern Crown), a place where dead souls go to await reincarnation; she lives there with her various female attendants presiding over the fate of departed souls.

Arianrhod mated with whomever she chose, without question until a magician by the name of Math claimed that she had conceived of two children she never bore. It is the traditional Welsh belief that by jumping a staff she gave birth to her two sons, Llew and Dylan, the gods of Light and Dark.

She is commonly invoked to contact a spirit, to assist a female in finding her feminine power, to assist in fertility, for sex magick, to gain knowledge of a past life, assist in healing, and to bless a handfastings and initiations.

Arianrhod is also known to shape shift into an owl. Using her owl eyes she can see into the darkness of a person's soul, and with her owl wings she can move gracefully through the night, spreading comfort, providing healing, and consolation to anyone seeking her.

ARIANRHOD'S CORRESPONDENCES

Pantheon: Celtic

Element: Air, Water

Colors: Silver, White, Blue, Purple, Green 

Symbol: Silver Wheel

Animal: Owl

Herbs: Birch

Sabbat: Yule

Stones: Moonstone, Geodes

Day of the Week: Monday

Moon Phase: Full

Time: Midnight

Offerings: Silver Coins, Wheat, White & Green Candles

OWL SYMBOLISM

wisdom

death & rebirth

foresight

initiations

moon magick

intellect

spiritual messenger