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  • Beltane Goddesses: Flower Brides, May Queens, and Faery Queens

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at four of the most important Goddesses in Celtic myth and Arthurian legends for this most potent holiday of Beltane!   I love Beltane, it is my second favorite holiday of the year, second only to Samhain.   These Goddesses are perfect to honor at…

  • Morgan le Fay’s Top Plots Against Camelot!

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a post all about Morgan le Fay as the greatest baddie of the Arthuriad!    These are the top seven things she plotted against Camelot.  They are not ranked, as I could not choose favorites other than narrowing down to these seven stories! THE PLOT TO PLACE…

  • 7 Gifts of Guinevere Energy

    For today’s post, I have decided to share a post on a list of seven gifts of Guinevere’s energy that was mentioned in the post about Guinevere’s card in the Mists of Avalon Oracle by Rose Inserra.   Now, this is my absolute favorite Oracle Deck of all time!   I have been reading with…

  • The Faery Gift of Love

    Welcome to day three of 7 Gifts of Faery Week at White Rose of Avalon!   For day three, I will be focusing on the gift of Faery known as Love.   This is the Faery Gift that I relate to the planet Venus and therefore the day of the week Friday, which is why…

  • Faeries and Seasonal Energy

    For today’s post, I have decided to go over some of my favorite faeries that embody the energies of the seasons of the Wheel of the Year. Banshee: Samhain is the season that I associate with the Banshee.   She is the Faery Wailing Woman and one who detects the deaths of those in certain…

  • 7 Celtic Goddess Who Embody Aphrodite Energy!

    For today’s post, I have decided that I would do a blog post about Celtic Goddesses that embody Aphrodite energy.   I feel this will be a good companion to my post about Aphrodite fitting into my Faery Lifestyle!   Now, this is not a countdown, it is simply seven Goddesses from Celtic lore that…

  • How Aphrodite Relates to the Faery Lifestyle!

    For this week’s Femme Fatale Friday, I have decided to focus on how the Greek Goddess Aphrodite relates to Faery and to my concept of the Faery Lifestyle!   I thought this would be a fun and interesting post to finish out the week of Valentine’s Day. Aphrodite is the Greek Goddess of Love, Beauty,…

  • Flower Brides, May Queens, High Queens: Archetypes in Analysis

    For today’s post, I have decided to take a look at Arthurian Faery Queens in the realm of being a Flower Bride who became May Queen when married and eventually turned High Queen.   Guinevere, Isolde, and Blodeuwedd are all Faery women who can be seen through the lens of archetypal Flower Brides.   The…

  • The Arthurian Tarot Deck Review

    For today’s post, I have decided to do something a bit different.   Instead of doing a review of a book, I have decided to do a review of a specific tarot deck.   Now, I will preface this by saying that each of us will have decks that more jive with our energies and…

  • The Importance of Faery Women in the Arthuriad

    For today’s post, I would like to take a look at the importance of Faery women within the Arthurian legends, as well as how it is inspired by Celtic lore.   There are numerous Faery women in the Arthurian legends.   It can even be argued that each important female figure had origins in the…