Welcome back to Everyday Tarot! Season 16 is devoted to queer deities, and today, we turn to Aphrodite—goddess of love, sex, beauty, and fertility.

What we explore in this episode:

• The myth of Aphrodite

• Aphrodite as a queer deity

• Tarot cards resonant with Aphrodite: The Empress, The Lovers, Two of Cups

The Myth of AphroditeLong before she was the Greek goddess of love, Aphrodite was a fusion of older deities—Ishtar, Astarte, and Inanna—goddesses of war, fertility, and cosmic power. She was not simply beauty or romance, but the force of life itself: ruling birth, death, art, and desire. Born from sea foam after Uranus’s severed body fell into the waves, Aphrodite emerged fully formed from both masculine ...