I was asked about Flidais the other day so since I knew nothing about her, I looked her up and I wrote the piece below. I was going to save it for Mabon, but decided that was probably a foolish move because by September who knows if I would ever find it again if I put it in that proverbial safe place..!
But, the more I typed, the more I became aware of her energy and it occurred to me that with all the energy shifts in March and the chaos this month with all the heart opening energy, Flidais may just be the perfect goddess for us to work with now as well.
Flidais represents the cycles of growth and rebirth … and we are all growing and being reborn relentlessly at the moment as old, redundant bits of us die…but, not literally, of course! In many ways she carries the same energy that Pluto is blessing us with at the moment, so it would certainly benefit all of us to work with her as well to enhance the healing process and clear out all the old and embody the new… and come into balance.
So read the piece below and see if she calls to you.
If she doesn’t call to you now, remember her in September and work with her then. But, seriously, anyone who is going to help re-connect us with our personal power and bless us with abundance and creativity…what else could we want possibly want?
Balance alone in this volatile energetic time is a huge gift all on its own … I’ll be asking for it right now! Maybe you should too … otherwise why would I have been asked about a very obscure Celtic goddess and why would you be reading the blog?
Bright Blessings Gailx
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Celebrate Flidais at Mabon
Celtic Earth Goddess, Lady of the Forest, Goddess of the Hunt and Healing Goddess
(pronounced flee-ish)
Quality: Balance
Autumn Equinox is also known as Mabon – a festival which celebrates the end of the harvest. It is a day of perfect balance when dark and light are equal and it is the start of our journey into the dark time of the year. She represents both our domestic and our wild natures so she is the perfect goddess to work with on a day which is perfectly balanced.
Flidais first appears in the ancient mythology as an Earth Mother – mother of the Irish cultivator heroes, Arden, and Bé Téite and the “she-farmers” Bé Chuille and Dinand. She taught them to cultivate and work the earth for their community. Nowadays, she is seen as a woodland goddess and, as the Lady of the Forest, she protects wild fauna and flora. But in the old tales she is always connected to domestic and wild animals. Deer and cattle are her sacred animals, both of whom she milks and she is said to calls all the wild animals “her cattle.” This association with milk and milking also shows she was mostly likely a goddess of Abundance as well.
You work with Flidais when you feel out of balance because she represents the cycles of growth and rebirth. She also embodies our domestic and wild natures, so she will help us find that balance within ourselves. She can connect with the deepest, wild parts of ourselves, including our sexuality, relieving any guilt modern civilization has created around this part of us.
Flidais can also help us re-connect with our own sense of empowerment and as a shape-shifter, she can helps us shift the shape of our lives. She allows us to see everything in a new light, and blesses us with abundance and creativity. .
Additional Info:
• Flidais is also a shape-shifter, a goddess of Sexuality, and a healing goddess.
• Her colours are brown and green.
• She rides a chariot drawn by deer.
• Her name means doe and deer can represent her
• Trees are also sacred to Flidais
• She is the protector of the trees and the animals of the forest.
• She is the protector of the poor she will help any who call on her, including outcasts.
• She provides for all who rely on her.
• She claims the right to give her nurturing, abundance, and sensuality to whomever she chooses.
• She is also known as a Goddess of the Hunt – similar to Diana and Artemis, though she is not a virgin goddess
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