Summary: Diana is the Roman Goddess of the Moon. Diana was worshipped by the Italic people before the Roman Empire and Greek influences. Diana continued to be worshipped by Italian witches throughout the Medieval and modern periods. Diana is the Roman Goddess of the Amazons.

• names
• basic information
• relations
• magick
• astrology
• planet
• herbs
• holy days
• Charge of the Goddess
• priests/priestesses
• links
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names:

    Roman/Latin name: Diana, Diane

    Italian name: Diana, Diane

    Ephesian name: Dia Anna

    Greek name: Artemis

    Etruscan name: Artumes

    Kemetic (acnient Egyptian) name: Bast

    Phoenician name: Astarte

    Babylonian name: Ishtar

    (NOTE: In addition to native variations by locality or over time, there are often several possible transliterations into the Roman alphabet used for English.)

    The name Diana comes from the Indo-European root for “heavenly” or “divine” and is related to dyeus, the source for the name Zeus.

basic information:

    Diana: Roman Goddess of the Moon, hunting, forests, and childbirth.

    Celtic Gaul Goddess of healing, childbirth, and nursing.

     Diana was worshipped by the Italic people before the Roman Empire and Greek influences. Diana continued to be worshipped by Italian witches throughout the Medieval and modern periods.

    Roman Goddess of Light, Moon Goddess, Queen of Heaven, Lunar Virgin (note that to the Romans, “virgin” meant a woman who had never been married or pregnant, not a woman who had never had sex), Goddess of Wildwood, Divine Huntress, Protector of Animals, Lady of Beasts

    Greek Goddess of the Amazons

Diana’s relations:

    Considered by the Greeks and Romans to be the same Goddess as the Greek Artemis.

    Considered by the Greeks to be the same Goddess as the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Bast.

    Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Kemetic (ancient Egyptian) Isis.

    Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Phoenician Astarte.

    Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Babylonian Ishtar.

    Considered by the Romans to be the same Goddess as the Babylonian Inanna.

    Derived in part and influenced by early worship of Ariadne, High Fruitful Mother Goddess of Crete.

magickal information and correspondences:

    Sacred candle color: silver and white

astrology associated with Diana:

Chinese astrology:

    Diana is a Moon Goddess and therefore related to the Chinese atsrological signs of Goat, Dog, and Cat.

planet:

    Planet: Moon

herbs associated with Diana:

• Arabic gum
• cannabis
• gum Arabic

holy days

    Monday: Diana is associated with Monday.

    Friday: Diana is associated with Friday.

    Festival of Diana: Roman holy day. The Festival of Diana in Rome honored Diana. Celebrated on February 12, 1999.

    November: Diana is associated with November.

    Sagittarius Festival: Greek holy day. Sagittarius Festival, dedicated to Artemis/Diana, whom the Greeks considered to be the same Goddess as Bast. Celebrated on November 22, 1999.

other:

Picture courtesy of JBL Statues this reproduction was sold by Sacred Source JBL Statues is now Sacred Source

    Diana of Ephesus — Goddess of the Amazons. Ancient worship focused on the nature goddesses Isis - Ishtar - Inanna and called Her Queen of Heaven. By Roman times she is called Diana; yet at Ephesus in Anatolia Her worship was most profound under the names Mother of Animals, Many-Breasted Artemis. Columnar, wearing a unique ritual garment adorned with animals, her crown and staring gaze incorporate Astarte, while Her moon disc and horned beasts evoke Diana. Her temple built by Amazons (undoubtedly matrilineal priestesses), was one of the wonders of the ancient world, a goal of devout pilgrimage. In AD 380 her shrine was rededicated to Mary, whose old age and death Church legend placed at Ephesus. Note the similarity of posture, palms bestowing blessing, with countless images of Mary. —picture and text © 1996 JBL Statues (now called Sacred Source), original text created by Tom Laudeman

Picture courtesy of JBL Statues this reproduction was sold by Sacred Source JBL Statues is now Sacred Source

    Diana With Hound — Goddess of the wild beasts and glens, her crescent bow symbolized the moon. In this form she was venerated by the Gauls well into the 7th century AD. Diana carried forth the legacy of Greek Artemis and Diana of Ephesus. The columns of her temple were incorporated into Constantinople’s Church of St. Sophia. —picture and text © 1996 JBL Statues (now called Sacred Source), original text created by Tom Laudeman

Aurora Lights Circle     Diana is a very motherly woodland goddess. Although we live in ice and snow almost all year, we want to bring the woods to us. There is a multitude of wildlife here-caribou, arctic hare, arctic wolves, polar bears, seal, whales, ravens, snow buntings, just to name a few. The caribou wonder right into town (like a Northern Exposure type of thing). At times, the caribou eat and sleep right below our front porch. One of Diana’s animals is a stag, so we feel very connected to Her. —courtesy of Aurora Lights Circle a coven from Alaska that is no longer on the web

Charge of the Goddess:

Aurora Lights Circle     In 1899 Charles Godfrey Leland first published Aradia: Gospel of the Witches, a small book on surviving Italian witchcraft. In it he gives the Charge of the Goddess, which has become a standard part of Wiccan ritual today. This Charge is still used as originally given, but more often is carefully refined for modern usage.The Charge of the Goddess gives ancient instructions of when to meet and what to expect from Moon energies and powers. No one knows for certain how old the Charge really is; Leland thought it to be an authentic part of ritual secretly carried down from ancient times by Pagan worshippers in the Mediterranean region. Charge of the Goddess     Listen to the words of the Great Goddess, who in ancient times was named Diana, Artemis, Ishtar, Astarte, Aphrodite, Venus, Cerridwen, the Morrigu, Freyja, the White Lady, and many other names.     Whenever you have need of My aid, assemble in a secret place at least once a month, especially at the Full of the Moon. Know that My laws and love shall make you free, for no one can prevent your worship of Me in your mind and heart and spirit. Listen well when you come into My presence, and I shall teach you of deep mysteries, powerful and ancient. I require no sacrifices or pain of your bodies, for I am Mother of all things, the Creatrix who made you out of My love, and the One who endures through all time.     I am the One who is the beauty of the Earth, the green of growing things. I am the white Moon, whose light is full and bright among the stars, soft upon the Earth. From Me all things are born, to Me all things, in their season, return. Let My joyous worship be in your hearts, for all acts of love and pleasures are My rituals. You see Me in the love of man and woman, the love of parent and child, the love of humans to all My creations. When you create with your hands, I am there. I blow the breath of life into the seeds you plant, whether of plant or child. Always I stand beside you, whispering soft words of wisdom and guidance.     All seekers of the Mysteries must come to Me, for I am the True Source, the Keeper of the Cauldron. All who seek to know Me, know this. All your seeking and yearning will avail you nothing unless you know the Mystery: for if what you seek you find not within, you will never find without. For behold, I have been with you from the beginning, and I will gather you to My breast at the end of your earthly existence.     Adopted from D.J. Conway’s Moon Magick —courtesy of Aurora Lights Circle a coven from Alaska that is no longer on the web

religious title certificate

    Get a beautiful certificate declaring that you are a priestess, priest, high priestess, high priest, witch, or shaman of Diana. This is a real religious certificate meeting government standards for conducting marriages and other ceremonies.

See also Artemis and the Moon.

external links:

    If you follow any of the links offered on this web site, no spell begging. Especially no love spell begging.

• Aurora Lights Circle Aurora Lights Cirlce is a coven founded in the arctic of Canada. Although still tiny, the ALC site was created to inform the public the Wiccans can and do exist everywhere in the world. Although ALC is Eclectic, we do dedicate ourselves to Diana and Pan. The site, among other things, includes a Book of Shadows (spells), recipes, crafts, information on the sabbats, Pagan postcards, and a forum for all to share their wisdom. (OUTSIDE LINK)
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• Artemis in Western Art NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library
• Alone with attributes: bow and arrows
• Melian amphora (detail) (625 B.C.) For full, see APOLLO IV (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Pan Painter (detail of VII), Death of Aktaion (c. 470 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Athens, Parthenon. east frieze. Artemis (447-432 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Hellenistic relief (Krannon). Artemis as patron of animals (c. 350 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Pompeian wall painting. Artemis (1st cent. A.D.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Artemis as Potnia Theron
• Boeotian vase. Artemis (c. 680 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Kleitias. (Francois vase). Artemis (c. 570-560) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Artemis as Selene
• Poussin Nicolas. Diana and Endymion (c. 1650) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• With Apollo and/or Leto (see under APOLLO IV)
• Pan Painter. Apollo and Artemis (c. 490 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Silver tetradrachma. Quadriga driven by Artemis (c. 460-409 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Villa Giulia Painter. Apollo and Artemis (460 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Barclay Painter. Apollo and Artemis (c. 450-440) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Artemis as huntress
• Attic pelike. Artemis as deer hunter (c. 380 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Penni, Luca. Diana as huntress (c. 1550) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Goujon, Jean. Diana of Anet (c. 1554) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Renoir, Auguste. Diana (1867) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• In the Bath
• Coypel, Antoine. The bath of Diana (c. 1695) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Watteau, Jean Antoine. Diana at her bath (c. 1715-1716) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Boucher, Francois. Bath of Diana (1742) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Death of Actaeon
• Pan Painter. Death of Actaeon (c. 470 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Selinus. Temple e metope. Death of Actaeon (c. 460 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Choephoroi Painter. Death of Actaeon (c. 350-340 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Titian. Actaeon and Diana (1559) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Galloche, Louis. Diana and Actaeon (c. 1725) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Nymph Kallisto
• Black Fury Group. Kallisto changing into a bear (370 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Apulian fragment. Kallisto with bear’s ears and paw (370 B.C.) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• Vermeer, Johannes. Diana and her nymphs (c. 1654) (OUTSIDE LINK — PICTURE NOTE that this link can only be reached from a .edu address, such as a college or university library)
• What Goddess Are You? astrology (OUTSIDE LINK)
• Lilith, Hecate and Diana are witches astrology (OUTSIDE LINK)

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    Francois Boucher,1703-1770. “Diana Leaving the Bath Painting” (1742).

    Francois Boucher, 1703-1770. “Jupiter in the Guise of Diana and the Nymph Callisto”. Painting (1759).

    School of Fontainebleau. “Diane Chasseresse”. Painting. Penni, Luca. Diana as huntress (c. 1550)

    “Mars, Venus, and Diana” Andrea Mantegna

    “Diana of Ephesus” Statue of Diana of Ephesus in Villa d’Este. Italy.

    “Symposium of the Gods” Left section of the east frieze of the Siphnian Treasure (c. 525 B.C.) depicting from left to right Venus, Diana, and Apollo.

    “Diana the Huntress” Statue of Diana the Huntress used as garden ornament in Versailles, France.

Books

If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.

Aradia: Gospel of the Witches Expanded Edition; by Charles Godfrey Leland, with additional commentary by Mario Pazzaglini and others; Phoenix Publishing, Inc.; January 1999; ISBN 0919345344; paperback; 480 pages; $21.50

Aradia: Gospel of the Witches; by Charles Godfrey Leland; Phoenix Publishing, Inc.; 1899; ISBN 0919345107; paperback; $6.95

    Aradia or the Gospel of the Witches; by Charles Godfrey Leland; Technology Group; 1899; ISBN 0939856549; paperback; $18.00

    Aradia: The Gospel of the Witches; by Charles Godfrey Leland; Holmes Publishing Group; 1899; ISBN 1872189156; paperback; $8.95 + $0.85 special surcharge

    Aradia: Gospel of the Witches [ABRIDGED]; by Charles Godfrey Leland, Barbara Marciniak (Narrator); Ten Speed Pr Audio; April 1998; ISBN 1574530399; audio cassette; $9.56

Moon Magick: Myth & Magick, Crafts & Recipes, Rituals & Spells (Llewellyn’s Practical Magick); by D. J. Conway; Llewellyn Publications; August 1995; ISBN 1567181678; paperback; 320 pages; $13.56

If you want your book reviewed, please send a copy to: Milo, POB 1361, Tustin, CA 92781, USA.

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