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Inanna
Suggested Mantra: Renewal
Goddess of the dark moon, brave and unwavering, Inanna ventures into the
underworld. She teaches us to stand firm, eyes focuses on the end true goal,
ultimately leading us to a state of wisdom.
Suggested Affirmations:
I am revitalized
I have overcome negative influences
My new life path reveals itself to me
I say goodbye to destructive influences
My insecurity is replaced with wisdom
At my center there is a incandescent fire
I release myself from harmful judgments
Related essences: Vanilla, almond, oriental lily, bergamot
Related gemstones: Carnelian, coral, agate, brown jaspar (orange stones)
Inanna is the Sumerian goddess, honored at the dark moon, as it is she who fixes
destinies at each new moon. Inanna's journey into the underworld and subsequent
revitalization represents the soul's evolution through hardship into glorious renewal.
In her quest for clarity and knowledge, Inanna Queen of Heaven and Earth
descended to Earth to rule her people, where (so that her people would not know
hunger) she made a sacred marriage to ensure the fertility of the lands. She thirsted to
understand first-hand though, the true sufferings of her followers, so she descended
again, this time to the realm of the underworld, the domain of her sister Ereshkigal.
Ereshkigalonly allowed Inanna entry on the condition that she shed her earthly
attachments at each of seven gates to the underworld. So, at each gate, Inanna
surrendered some part of what she thought made up herself: wealth, power, tributes.
By the time she relinquished her final garment, she was no longer the commanding
Queen, and, exposed and vulnerable, she was ready to die.
However, it was only when she was near death and at her most vulnerable did she
discover new life and increased powers. She finally learned first-hand to accept her
vulnerability, as well as the understanding of the necessity of sacrifice and death for
the cycles of life to continue.