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“One means of worshipping Aphrodite was as, or through, a hierodule. The word means “sacred servant” but tends to be translated as “temple prostitute,” missing the larger idea that sexuality and sensuality have spiritual power and energy,”
― Renna Shesso, Planets for Pagans: Sacred Sites, Ancient Lore, and Magical Stargazing

“Just as Diana Prince is never around when Wonder Woman shows up, Venus is either a Morning Star or an Evening Star, never both simultaneously.”
― Renna Shesso, Planets for Pagans: Sacred Sites, Ancient Lore, and Magical Stargazing

“Personal measurements provide an opportunity to be wildly creative. If you’re doing a spell for mental clarity, find a way to incorporate your head measurement. If your spellwork is aimed at expressing your feelings more clearly, try incorporating the distance from your heart to your mouth. Talismans, charms, garments, and tools: When we personalize these items, we imbue them with powerful ties to our own imaginations, associations, bodies, and beliefs.”
― Renna Shesso, Math for Mystics: From the Fibonacci sequence to Luna's Labyrinth to the Golden Section and Other Secrets of Sacred Geometry

“Due to the relative positions of the Sun, Venus, and the Earth, we see Venus trace a pentacle, a five-pointed star, in the sky through a series of solar conjunctions.”
― Renna Shesso, Planets for Pagans: Sacred Sites, Ancient Lore, and Magical Stargazing

“In Japan, the Shinto Sun goddess Amaterasu is especially prominent. She's considered the ancestress of the Japanese ruling family and is represented by the red circle on the Japanese flag.”
― Renna Shesso, Planets for Pagans: Sacred Sites, Ancient Lore, and Magical Stargazing

“• Little fingers, little Moon (think of that tiny “fingernail clipping” shape). • Thumb joints, Full Moon—either almost, exactly, or just past. • Widdershins means right to left, moon-wise, opposite the Sun’s motion, so: • Right-hand backward-C-shape, the Moon is waxing, growing larger. • Left-hand C-shape, the Moon is waning, shrinking in size.”
― Renna Shesso, Math for Mystics: From the Fibonacci sequence to Luna's Labyrinth to the Golden Section and Other Secrets of Sacred Geometry

“• Widdershins means right to left, moon-wise, opposite the Sun’s motion, so: • Right-hand backward-C-shape, the Moon is waxing, growing larger. • Left-hand C-shape, the Moon is waning, shrinking in size.”
― Renna Shesso, Math for Mystics: From the Fibonacci sequence to Luna's Labyrinth to the Golden Section and Other Secrets of Sacred Geometry

“context. Take 5 heel-to-toe steps in each of the four directions from a center point. From one “corner” to the next will be 7 heel-to-toe steps, and when you connect those four corners with straight lines, the resulting square will measure 28 footsteps around the edges.1 (See Figure 3-1.) Whether used as a square or curved outward into a circle, 28 reminds us of the Moon phases, a worthy underpinning to any magical space.”
― Renna Shesso, Math for Mystics: From the Fibonacci sequence to Luna's Labyrinth to the Golden Section and Other Secrets of Sacred Geometry