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Sylvan E Thorncraft © August 2003

     Sagittarius is an adventurer.  She is the truth seeker, questing for the meaning of life.  She is an explorer who holds the wisdom of her travels and life experiences, the bard or story teller.  She is a combination of the natural and human worlds since truth can only be found by looking to all possibilities.

     Her card in Tarot is Art and Temperance (14) which represents the principles of integration, synthesis, and synergy.  Here Sagittarius reminds us to use our dreams and life visions to express our true selves, integrating the opposing elements of ourselves.

     Sagittarius time is between Samhain and the Winter Solstice.  The days are shortening, the harvest is in and stored away.  This is a time of storytelling and dream, reflecting on the year gone by. 

     The moon is moving from her disseminating to last quarter phase.  The light is waning and she is rising in the dark sky later in the evening.  The fruit has formed and is heavy on the vine.  This marks the time to share what one has learned, to savor the fruits of one’s labors.

     When I began working with Sagittarius I immediately wanted her as a centaur archer, aiming for the star of truth, but finding her as a goddess was more challenging.  I searched for horse goddesses and found Welsh Rhiannon, the Great Queen and white mare who guides us on the lessons we must learn.  She is considered similar to Macha and Epona.

     I chose Epona to represent Saggitarius.  She is a Celtic horse goddess, the white mare.  Her symbols include the cornucopia, whip, harness, and key to the door of the Otherworld.  She is abundance with her cornucopia, overflowing with apples, corn, and fruits of the earth.  She is goddess of horse, oxen, mule, and ass.  She is guide for souls of the dead on their journey to the other world.  The horse is often connected to funeral rites and passage to other realms in ancient Europe, “horse enables the shaman to fly through the air to reach the heavens.” 

     To me Epona fits with the essence of Sagittarius.  She holds the abundance of life, the sweet fruit that one enjoys when they are living their life vision, finding their truth.  Her connection to the Otherworld and her mystical journeys reflect the need to travel to those sacred, possible frightening places, with in ourselves and out in the world in order to find abundance.

Bibliography included with text on Zodiac Goddess Gallery page.