Hathor, Goddess of Love, Music and Beauty...
HATHOR
RECEPTIVITY
ALLOW YOURSELF TO RECEIVE. THIS WILL INCREASE YOUR INTUITION, ENERGY AND ABILITY TO GIVE TO OTHERS
Her name is translated as "House of Horus", which may be a reference to
her as the embodiment of the sky in her role of the Celestial Cow,
being that which surrounds the decidedly sky-oriented hawk-deity,
Horus, when he takes wing. If Horus was the god associated with the
living king, Hathor was the god associated with the living queen.
Hathor was also the goddess of beauty and patron of the cosmetic arts.
Her traditional votive offering was two mirrors and she was often
depicted on mirrors and cosmetic palettes. Yet she was not considered
to be vain or shallow, rather she was assured of her own beauty and
goodness and loved beautiful and good things. She was known as "the
mistress of life" and was seen as the embodiment of joy, love, romance,
perfume, dance, music and alcohol. Hathor was especially connected with
the fragrance of myrrh incense,
which was considered to be very precious and to embody all of the finer
qualities of the female sex. Hathor was associated with turquoise,
malachite, gold and copper. As "the Mistress of Turquoise" and the
"lady of Malachite" she was the patron of miners and the goddess of the
Sinai Peninsula (the location of the famous mines). The Egyptians used
eye makeup made from ground malachite which had a protective function
(in fighting eye infections) which was attributed to Hathor.
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