TARA is the Buddhist Goddess of compassion. She is said to have been born from the tears of Avalokiteshvara, the Lord of the World. He was looking down from heaven at all the people suffering in the world and he wept to see their pain. From his tears there emerged two Goddesses, the peaceful White Tara and the fierce Green Tara. White Tara represents the day and calm serenity; Green Tara represents the night and helpful activity.
Green Tara is depicted seated on a lotus, but with one leg outstretched and ready for action. She holds blue lotuses, symbols of purity, and she is adorned with jewels. She is a savior Goddess, called on by followers to overcome fears and dangers. White Tara also sits on a lotus, but she is at rest. She is often shown with seven eyes--the usual two, one on her forehead, and one on each of her hands and feet. White Tara is called on to help followers overcome obstacles.
Aside from green and white, other forms of Tara are seen as red (associated with magnetism), black (associated with power), yellow (associated with abundance and generosity), or blue (associated with protection). In Tibetan Buddhism, where Tara is most venerated, she has 21 forms in various colors, as follows:
oGreen Tara, the source of all Taras
oThe Tara who averts disasters (white)
oThe Tara who averts earth-born calamities (blue)
oThe Tara who bestows prosperity (yellow)
oThe Tara who fulfills wishes (green)
oThe Tara who bestows longevity (white)
oThe Tara who averts the evil effects of poison (white)
oThe Tara who averts destruction wrought by fire (yellow)
oThe Tara who averts destruction wrought by water (red)
oThe Tara who averts evil caused by wild beasts (blue)
oThe Tara who averts evil affecting cattle (red)
oThe Tara who averts evil caused by demons (blue)
oThe Tara who increases power (red)
oThe Tara who increases wisdom (yellow)
oThe Tara who averts hell-born calamities (red)
oThe Tara who averts destruction caused by wind (white)
oThe Tara who averts evil caused by robbers (blue)
oThe Tara who averts destruction caused by armies (blue)
oThe Tara who averts heaven-born calamities (green)
oThe Tara who subdues demons (blue)
oThe Tara who heals sickness (green)
Tara's name means "to cross over," and other names and epithets for her include:
ARYA TARA
Cittamani Tara
Khadiravani Tara
Nila Tara
Shveta Tara
Sita Tara
Syama Tara
Ugra Tara
Vajra Tara
Tara Amba
Tara Dharani
Tara Utpala
Bhrkuti
Bribsun
Dol Jyang
Ekajati
Hlamo
Janguli
Konjo
Kurukulla
Mamaki
Parnasavari
Vasundhara
Jetsun dolma
Dolma Sermo
Dolma Karmo
Drolma
Sgrolma
Sgrol-dkar
Norgyuma
Ritro Loma Chen
Jigjema
Shen.gyi.mi.tub.ma
Shen.le Nam.par Gyel.ma
Tarani Bosatsu
Mother of Perfected Wisdom
Mother of the Buddhas
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"GYHLDEPTIS" IS THE KINDLY GODDESS OF THE COASTAL FOREST; HER NAME MEANS "LADY HANGING HAIR "WHICH IS SYMBOLIC OF THE LONG HANGING BRANCHES OF THE GREAT CEDARS OF THE RAIN FOREST OF WHICH SHE IS USUALLY REPRESENTED. SHE IS HONORED BY BOTH THE TLINGIT AND HAIDA PEOPLES OF NORTHWESTERN AMERICA. SHE IS THE PROTECTOR OF INDIANS AND OTHER HUMANS; SHE IS THE SPIRIT OF THE TREES.
WHEN A WHIRLPOOL THREATENED THE DESTRUCTION OF HER PEOPLE, GYHLDEPTIS CALLED FORTH ALL OF THE ELEMENTS--THE SPIRITS OF THE WIND, THE ICE, AND THE FOREST FIRE--AND SYNTHESIZED THEM INTO ONE ENERGY TO WORK WITHIN HER. BY MAGICALLY FEEDING THEM IN HER UNDERWATER FESTIVAL HOUSE, SHE CONVINCED THE FORCES THAT HUMANS NEEDED MORE PROTECTION. THEREUPON, ALL THE WELL-FED NATURAL POWERS SET TO WORK REARRANGING THE COAST SO THAT THE WHIRLPOOL WAS TRANSFORMED INTO A GENTLE RIVER, NOURISHING THE LAND AND HUMANITY.
IT IS GYHLDEPTIS WHO TEACHES US THAT WE MUST FOCUS OUR ENERGY, OUR LIFE FORCE FOR WE CAN ONLY ACHIEVE WHOLENESS WHEN ALL THE PARTS ARE HONORED AND LISTENED TO.
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TERPSIKHORE (pronounced turp-SIK-uh-ree) is the Greek Muse of dancing and choral song. The nine Muses are the daughters of Zeus and Mnemosyne, and they accompany Apollo in his role as God of the arts. She is usually depicted sitting and holding a lyre. With Akheloios, a river God, she is the mother of the Sirens. Terpsikhore's name, which means "delighting in dance," is also seen as TERPSICHORE, and the epithet HONEY-TONGUED was used to describe her.
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"MOON: WAXING TIME: DAWN COLORS: SOFT AND LIGHT PASTELS SUCH AS PINK AND LIGHT YELLOW"GODDESS ASPECT: MAIDEN"
The Maiden aspect of the Great Goddess represents youth, innocence, and beauty; She represents the springtime of our lives when all is in bloom. In the mythological tales, the Maiden generally portrayed as a very young woman who is without a family or a home to care for; She is unmarried and free to live for the moment and gaily romps about playing in the forest. She is young, single, and virginal, representing our potential, the person we are becoming. The Maiden is present in each of us...no matter what our age. The Maiden resides in the place where we are complete unto ourselves. When we take a risk, it is She who who was behind us, forever prodding us to awaken ourselves to the potential and creativity which lie hidden deep within the recesses of our psyche. She is the state of our spirit and not our physical state of being.
Before patriarchy, the meaning of the word "virgin" was to "own oneself and one's own energy". The Maiden needed no one else to make her complete, and She was free to mate with any man of Her choosing and at at whatever time she chose. She was a free thinker, a person unto herself. Each of us will struggle with the feeling owned or controlled in our lives--be by a spouse, a parent, an addiction, or an illness--and it is the Maiden who will help us through it if we seek Her. If you call on Her, the Maiden will teach you how to look within your own dark recesses of your mind to reveal your true nature.
She is a roaming spirit, a free thinker, and a person unto Herself who strives to remove the constraints of her existence whatever they may be. She will appear whenever we are our own desires and ideas for ourselves, and She is now making Her return as women all over are beginning to follow their own hearts and dreams. She is the personification of a perfect truth, of the the waxing moon. Seasons change and Moon phases come and go; flowers blossom and wither away. And we have become so fixated on the external appearance of these cycles that we neglect to fail to look beyond...and because we focus so much on a biological stage, we bring ourselves into a depression so that by the time we reach our Crone Moon we hide behind leathered, wrinkling skin and our withered dreams.
We must remember that each day is a new beginning and another opportunity to achieve our spiritual and intellectual goals...and in doing so, we can create an "ageless" relationhip with ourselves.
"RITUALS INVOLVING THE MAIDEN"THE BEGINNING OF A NEW LOVE RELATIONSHIP OR FRIENDSHIP"BEGINNING A NEW PHASE IN YOUR LIFE."STARTING A NEW JOB"DURING THE FIRST STEPS OF NEW IDEAS"ENTERING INTO A NEW SCHOOL OR GOING BACK TO SCHOOL"MOVING INTO A NEW HOUSE OR APARTMENT"FOR YOUTHFUL ENERGY"BASICALLY FOR ANY NEW BEGINNINGS"
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