Associations
Other Names: Akar, “One who curves”, Ruti – “two lions”
Animal: Lion, Barbary lion
Symbol: Strip of land with a head (human or lion) at each end.
Magic: Crossing borders, entering the Underworld
Aker
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Marduk
Other Names
Bel – ‘Lord’, Ab-Kal Ilâni Bêl Terêti – “Leader of the Gods”
Associations
Deity: Asarluhi
Animal: Dragon
Symbol: Triangular Headed Spade, Hoe
Planet: Jupiter
Aphrodite
Other Names
Cytherea, Lady of Cythera, Cypris, Lady of Cyprus, Acidalia, Cerigo, Dione, Aphrodite Ourania, Aphrodite Pandemos
Associations
Deity: Venus, Astarte, Hathor, Inanna
Animal: Doves, Sparrows, Horses, Swans
Symbol: Girdle, Mirror, Scallop Shell, Sceptre, Pearls
Planet: Venus
Herb: Myrtle, Rose, Pomegranate
Bes
Other Names
Bisu, Aha – ‘The Fighter’
Associations
Deity: Taweret
Animal: Lion
Symbol: Ostrich feather, rattle
Bast
Other Names
Bastet, Ubasti, Baset, Baast, Lady of Flame, Eye of Ra, Ailuros, Perfumed Protector, Pacht, Pasch
Associations
Deity: Artemis, Sekhmet
Animal: Cats, Lions
Symbol: Sistrum, Aegis
Badb
Other Names
Badhbh, Badb Catha – ‘Battle Raven’, ‘The Fury’
Associations
Deity: Nemain
Animal: Crow, Wolf
Triple Goddess Aspect: Crone
Acca Larentia
Associations
Other Names: Acca Larentina
Deity: Ceres, Flora, Muta
Magic: Fertility – particularly of the earth and city crops.
Baldur
Asgard
Other Names
Asgarth, Esageard, Asgardr
Associations
Deity: Odin, Frigg
Place: Valhalla
Sigil Magic
A sigil is a symbol created for a specific magical purpose. The idea behind creating a sigil is that while your conscious mind can get bogged down in internal chatter, an abstract symbol can be recognised and reacted to by your subconscious mind. The sigil is a way of programming your unconscious mind to work on a particular problem. You could create a sigil to help you lose weight or to gain confidence – it’s entirely personal and can be as simple or as complicated as you like.
Sigil magic is the act of creating and charging a sigil to accomplish a specific goal. You can use the techniques I’ve outlined below on their own, or you can encorporate sigils into another kind of magic like carving sigils into candles for candle magic.
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