May Meditation and Energy Healing Session with the goddess Hathor
- beverleyhawkins
- May 27
- 4 min read
This month the card I drew from Kris Waldherr's Goddess Inspiration Oracle Deck for my Meditation and Energy Healing Session with the Goddess is Hathor. She is an Egyptian goddess whose story highlights how in spite of being worshipped by so many, she also had to deal with struggle, with pain, solitude and rejection. A story that could anyone who has felt unseen or carries wounds in silence or who wonders if healing is possible could learn from. [Posted above}
Kris Waldherr calls Hathor the Golden One, with the Keywords: Prosperity, Love and Fertility and the Message: Prosperity awaits you. Look for examples of it in action. In the introduction to her Goddess Inspiration Oracle Guide she says: Affirmations offer a direct way to put the Divine Feminine into action. They allow us to change negative thought patters, thus freeing us to create a new road map for our lives. Affirmations also empower us to be self-sufficient - since we are giving ourselves positive feedback, we are not so reliant on others for praise. All of her Goddess Messages can easily be changed to an Affirmation. Hathor’s Affirmation: Prosperity awaits me. I look for examples of it in action.
She continues:
Hathor was honored in ancient Egypt as the Golden One – a divinity powerful enough to help with dilemmas ranging from love difficulties to the lack of prosperity. A goddess of fertility and plenty, she was believed to be mother to the pantheon of Egyptian gods and goddesses. Many also identify this goddess with the Milky Way, that beautiful bank of stars so visible on dark, moonless nights. Appropriately, Hathor was also honored as the Mistress of Heaven. She was so popular that at one point she was served by sixty-one priestesses in her temple.
In her Book Of Goddesses, a celebration of the Divine Feminine, she also tells us:
Hathor was also called the Celestial Cow because of her ability to nurture the entire world. She was often depicted with the face of a cow or wearing a headdress of horns with a circle – representing the sun- resting above. Hathor was so popular that at one point she was served by as many as sixty-one priestesses in her sacred temple.
Katja Perez, in her Goddess Oracle Deck, calls Hathor, Egyptian Goddess of Women, Fertility and Joy with the Key Words: Motherhood, fertility, gratitude, the arts and the Affirmation: I nurture myself and others, by showing care and gratitude.
She goes on to say:
Hathor loves her people like a mother loves her children. The more gratitude she receives, the more she repays with gifts and pleasures, until you realize that to be truly grateful is the only way to experience real joy. It is with a mother’s love that Hathor became the mistress of heaven.
Sue Jennings in her book Goddesses, says:
Hathor is one of the great goddesses of Egypt, with many names and attributes, including, The Celestial Cow, Queen of the Earth and Lady of the Cemetery. She is an earth goddess as well as a goddess of the underworld. She is a passionate goddess who can also be destructive.
As Mother Goddess, Hathor had seven forms, and she was celebrated on New Year’s day at her great Temple at Dendera. Her statue was carried out to catch the rays of the rising sun and then followed a party with wind, food and sex. It was a time of celebration of abundance.
Hathor also has her destructive side and was said to have destroyed thousands of people when one of her sons, Ra, said that he was scared of his enemies. As Queen of the Underworld, Hathor has control of the dead, and in her seven aspects she nourishes the souls of the newborn infants, as well as those who have died.
Hathor was revered for thousands of years, if she seems too noisy a goddess for you, think about her sense of enjoyment and her passion. How long is it since you felt passion about a person or a cause? Allow Hathor to bring you fertile ideas when you get stuck, to break through the barrier into new color, new sounds and fun.
Patricia Monaghan, in her book The Goddess Path, Myths, Invocations & Rituals gives Hathor the Keyword: Affection. In part of her chapter on the Myth and Meaning of Hathor she says:
More than three thousand years ago, when invocations to Hathor were created in Egypt, she was the most beloved Goddess. Other goddesses brought wealth and fertility and poser, but it was Hathor who brought the sweetest gift: love. From the moment when she received us into life – for she was one of the midwife goddesses – until the moment we encountered her at the sycamore tree in the west, where souls go after death, Hathor was intimately connected with our deepest pleasures and joys. Is it any wonder that she was so beloved by the ordinary people who sang songs to her? She was called the lady of love, the golden one, queen of the dance as dancing was one of her primary forms of worship.
According to a post on Medium.com, the question is asked: What happens when the goddess who brings joy, music, and love finds herself trapped under her own expectations? When even gods can be broken, and when rage becomes the only voice left. This is Hathor’s story, not only a radiant deity, but also someone who fell, survived and rose stronger than before. The post goes on to explain that although she was worshiped by the people of ancient Egypt, who called her the goddess of love, joy, music and beauty, behind her worship and veneration was a soul that knew struggle – pain, solitude and rejection. They say her story could be a mirror for anyone who has ever felt unseen, who carries wounds in silence, and who wonders if healing is possible.
Where in your life can you draw a little more on Hathor's energy to help support or enhance your life?
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