Hera: The Goddess of Commitment

 

 

Is it no coincidence that she was my goddess calling of the year? I once prayed to her daily with goal of embodying and manifesting commitment and traditional family structures.

Before that I was too immature to appreciate her greatness. Like Zeus I was repulsed by her constant ambushes and her overzealous loyalty, but now I understand. Now I relate.

But why can’t I recall or name a child bearing goddess? Is it just that I’m not just there yet? Is it just that when the time is right, I’ll be ready to bear the archetype?

Am I also guilty of being too consumed by the masculine (both the external physical one in my life and the one that resides within my own vessel) that I have lost track of my intuitive calling?

She has blessed me with a chance of commitment, but is the Athena in me running away? Is she so repulsed by the idea of playing out traditional feminine values? I’m afraid of becoming a victim like Metis, only to be consumed by my masculine partner, leaving my offspring to be raised without me, while I reside only in the mind of Jupiter.