r/Aphrodite

To start, thanks so much for this wonderful community. I expected my posts yesterday to be removed as disrespectful or inappropriate. Thank you so much for listening, and giving serious, thoughtful feedback.

I’ve never felt seen as a whole person as much as I have since I’ve welcomed Venus Genetrix, Venus Barbata, and Aphrodite Pandemos into my heart and life. Those here in her community reinforce her welcoming and accepting nature. Praise Foam-Born Aphrodite, and Praise Her People.

Moving on…

Yesterday, while high, I thought it was a devotional act to use my nsfw account to talk to people on various masturbation subs about Venus, or made posts encouraging them to think of her while masturbating.

Why?

So many people experience shame and self-loathing about sex. I know. I was one of those people for literal decades. I hoped that letting people in depths of shame and self-loathing know that Aphrodite loves them makes could help bring them some peace and joy. I encouraged them to say her name, to thank her, and hoped that would give them some comfort.

Many did, and would thank her in DMs. I also went out of my way to remind them that Aphrodite doesn’t want them to become a slave to masturbation. It can be healthy, but if it’s a compulsion it isn’t healthy. I believe that a modern Venus wants people to freely celebrate her gifts, with consent in their hearts and on their lips as they praise her.

When the night was over and I looked back, I felt pretty good about myself. I felt like I might have helped some people, and I hoped it really helped some people caught in shame over their sexuality.

What do those in this community think? Was I out of line? Was I doing Her work? Was it appropriate devotion? Should I do it again next Dies Veneris? Was it dangerous? Was it presumptuous? Hubristic?

Feedback is very much appreciated.

Hello, I have been practicing on the low for some years and I am starting to be a bit serious about it in recent years. I am devoted to Aphrodite and Hermes, mainly worshipping Aphrodite at my altar and Hermes when I am out and about.

Last year I bought a statuette of Aphrodite which is cute but lately I've been thinking about getting another one if I find it/can afford it.

Is there some sort of etiquette for swapping a statuette for another?

One of my main concerns is also space, my altar is a nook above my nightstand, so getting a new statue would mean getting rid of the previous as there is not much space.

Can anybody give me any advice? Thanks!

This was very nearly accompanied by spoiler-tagged face pictures of porn models. I feel like that would be a step too far, and fail to properly acknowledge Venus Barbata, my Patron, Bearded Venus, Genderfuck Venus.

I miiiight have posted in some of the gooning subs encouraging people to moan Our Lady’s name while they masturbated on Her Day.

I mean, if they’re gonna just be gooning alone! Speaking from experience (😭) some may end up feeling ashamed or disliking themselves at the end. Why not welcome them to praise Aphrodite while they goon? Why not let Our Lady remind them that their pleasure is sacred to Pandemos?

I love Pandemos as an epithet for Venus Barbata Genetrix. That even in the most earthly side of Our Lady, there is still sacred duality. Just as Urania is the more heavenly side of Foamborn Aphrodite, Pandemos can be Our Lady For All People. In one way, she reminds us that everyone is Her child. Everyone is deserving of Her love, and thus everyone is deserving of love.

Then there’s the Aphrodite For All People… in the village-bicycle Aphrodite. Everybody gets a ride. Everybody gets to experience whatever passion is for them. And for those who aren’t strictly asexual, that means everybody gets to fuck nasty. Because Aphrodite isn’t just Goddess of Pillow Princesses. Aphrodite is Goddess of Fucking. She’s so many things to so many people.

No wonder she yanked Thundering Zeus around like a fucking chump.

Yeah, I said it. Bring me a storm, cloudy bitch. We could use the rain.

Respectfully.

I have and love the pagan Portals aphrodite book but I'd like to find something to add to it. I'd really love to find a book with alot of her myths in them that aren't just her birth and the Trojan war. I'm not having much luck online or at my local shop. I'll be going to another shop this weekend but it would be great if I could get some titles to look into. Online links are welcome too. I want to do more reading and everything I find says the same thing. Thank you for any help!

When entering communities dominated by women, I always feel the need to justify my existence in this space. Forgive me if this is well-trod ground.

I’m a cis man he/him, and that’s true even after a great deal of soul searching (this is a Hellenic sub, can I say omphaloskepsis here?). Despite that, there’s a part of me that has very female energy and I cherish that part. It’s part of who I am, but that’s not all I am.

I’ve always been drawn to Venus, and she’s always been close to me. When I read the Aeneid in Latin, I imagined how wonderful it would be to have as close a relationship with divinity as Anchises did.

I saw Venus Capitolina twice - once when she was in Washington DC, and a year later back in her niche at the Capitoline Museum. As displayed in D.C., Our Lady was in the middle of the room, and could be viewed from all angles. I walked in circles around her for what must have been half an hour, so enthralled was I with her presence. In Rome she was in a niche, could only be viewed from the front, and I wasn’t traveling alone so could not stay looking at her for as long.

She was the same beautiful enigma I had encountered in Catholic school. She is a Goddess, and a fully sexual being. She is proud of who she is. My only other experience with women and divinity was the Virgin Mary. Aphrodite’s confidence in her own skin astonished and overawed me.

Except, I’m a man. Despite a brief consideration that I could be non-binary during the pandemic, I’m comfortable with how I was born. I look forward to committing treason against the patriarchy at the moment it is most crucial. That’s neither here nor there.

I learned a little while ago about Venus Barbata - Bearded Venus. A cult of male devotees of Venus who presented as masc. It felt like home. Like being around Bears at Pride. Feeling loved and cherished in the softest way masculinely possible.

As with accepting my place as a Witch recently also comes with accepting my relationship with Venus Barbata and Aphrodite Pandemos. (I prefer Strega for cultural reasons but I don’t want to be confused as practicing stregoneria). On a side note, my daughter is developing her own relationship with Our Lady as well. At least that’s what I assume from watching the first season of Percy Jackson and her asking when and if we would see Aphrodite.

Thank you for this wonderful and loving space.

She’s been my main spirit since middle school. I love her so much. She’s helped me through the toughest of times. I thank her for looking out. She’s shown me what unconditional love means. Thank you so much♥️ I hope to worship for all my life 🐚🐚