Using Virgo’s talent for discrimination, we are able to discern what really matters, from what doesn’t. Reflecting on that archetype of devotion, purity, singleness, and single-mindedness helps us draw near to the goal our soul is seeking. Attuning to that singular part of ourselves helps us to align with that one true thing that makes us essentially who we are. She is who we are when we are born, and when we die. Instead, she stands alone as a divinity in her own right.įor men and women, whether married or unmarried, the Virgin Goddess is that part of us that is single, whole, and complete. Thus the Virgin Goddess is not the feminine counterpart of a male god, or even his partner. Rather, its original meaning meant “one-in-herself.” ![]() Virgo in Latin means “unmarried.” As the Jungian analyst Esther Harding has written, the title of Virgin Goddess did not imply physical virginity. ![]() She is the Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of Jesus, the Divine child. She is the Egyptian Isis, “She Who Gave Birth to the Universe.” She is the Roman Diana, “Lunar Virgin,” goddess of the sacred grove and Mother of Animals. An archetype of the Divine Feminine, the Virgin Goddess has been found in myths and religions since the beginning of time. ![]() As remote and antique a term as “the Virgin Goddess” may sound to our modern ears, the inner meaning of this archetype has a lot to teach us.
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