Persephone is the Greek goddess of the Underworld, the abode of the dead. She didn’t take on that role willingly though. As a young girl, she was abducted by her uncle Hades, the ruler of the Underworld, who raped her and made her his wife. Nonetheless, she became a magnificent and powerful queen who acted as a guide to the souls who entered the world of the dead.
Persephone’s Divine Feminine Archetype Persephone represents a female archetype of a medium, a mystic, a shamaness. She is intense, imaginative, poetic, sensitive, keenly perceptive, and often psychic. She is very attached to her mother (Demeter), and only maintains a few significant relationships. Like any introvert, she shuns crowds and superficiality.
Her kingdom is the inner world of the psyche, theUnderworld, representing the subconscious. Like no other Divine Feminine archetype described here, Persephone represents the importance of introspection and knowing thyself. As the maiden aspect of the Goddess archetype (the Maiden, the Mother, the Crone), Persephone also personifies someone inherently pure and incorruptible. Someone who can live amidst darkness but not absorb it.
Persephone’s Message For You
Your light shines wherever you go. Your connection to the world of spirit is unshakable. But you cannot see yourself clearly, and you can be a little immature. So your task is recognizing your own darkness, and maturing into the Mother, and then the Crone. Some challenges you may be dealing with are overcoming the effects of past trauma (abuse, victimhood), taking responsibility for your life and acknowledging your own inner Underworld. This is your “dark side” that contains repressed thoughts and emotions Iike anger, rage, gu i It, self-pity, fear, powerlessness, etc. Everyone has a dark side, without exception. Only by uniting the light and the dark aspects of herself can the Goddess become truly empowered.