Ritual of the Verdant Gate: Invocation of the Princess of Disks as Persephone

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Purpose:

To attune to the mysteries of Persephone as Princess of Disks, embodying the forces of renewal, rebirth, and the sacred descent and return cycle. Ideal for spring equinox, planting intentions, or any rite involving Earth initiation, sacred femininity, or personal transformation.

🌿 Preparation:

• Altar items:

  • Thoth Tarot Princess of Disks card

  • A pomegranate, open or whole

  • A bowl of rich dark soil

  • A green candle (representing spring and renewal)

  • A sprig or flower of spring herb (like mint, daffodil, or crocus)

  • Optional: small seeds or crystals for intention planting

• Ritual Space:
  Arrange your altar facing North (the Earth quarter).
  Dress in green or earthy tones if desired. Light incense of myrrh and rose or use vetiver for grounding.
  Play soft drumming or a low harmonic Earth tone in the background.

🌱 Opening the Temple:

1. Ground and Center:
Stand in stillness. Breathe deeply. Inhale Earth, exhale Sky.

2. Cast Circle / Trace Pentacle of Earth:
With wand, athame, or hand, trace a downward-pointing pentagram in the air.
Say:

“I cast the Circle in the name of the Daughter of Earth.
In the name of Persephone, Lady of Spring and Queen Below,
I walk between seed and bloom, shadow and light.
Let this space be sacred.”

🜃 Earth Invocation:

Face North, hold the bowl of soil.

“O Element of Earth, silent and deep,
Matrix of mystery, grave of the seed,
By your dark wisdom and enduring strength,
Be present now in the form of the Maiden who is Queen.”

🌄 Hermetic Note on Aries Horns in the Princess of Disks

Her Ram’s horns are not merely decorative — they signal that within the deep fertility of Earth is the latent fire of initiation. Aries is the first sign of the zodiac, the spark of life — and this is key to the Hermetic mystery that Earth is not inert, but secretly alive with fire. The Princess of Disks is therefore not just Earth as womb — she is Earth as ignition, the beginning of the new solar cycle, which corresponds perfectly to Persephone’s return in the Spring.

So while her body is of Earth, her crown is of Fire — symbolizing the alchemical marriage of Sulfur and Salt, of Aries and Malkuth.

🌸🔥 Unveiling the Princess of Disks:

Hold up the Princess of Disks card from the Thoth deck.

“Daughter of the Mighty Ones, Bearer of the Seed,
You are the living soil of the Tree of Life.
Crowned with the Horns of the Ram,
Sign of Aries, fire hidden in the Earth —
You carry the Rosy Cross of secret fruit.
Come forth, O Princess of Disks,
As Persephone awakened!
She who walks from shadow to blossom,
She who rules both Above and Below.”

👑 Invocation of Persephone:

Light the green candle. Hold the pomegranate or herb in your left hand.

“Persephone Kore, Light-bringer,
Maiden crowned in blossoms,
Queen veiled in starlit shadow —
I call you forth now through the green gate of Spring.
By the fruit of descent and the flower of return,
Guide me through my own renewal.
May your mysteries bloom within me,
As I root my will in Earth and rise again in Spirit.”

Optional Additions:
You may place your seed, crystal, or intention into the soil bowl as an offering.

🌞 Silent Contemplation / Pathworking (Optional):

Close your eyes and enter the card in inner vision.
See Persephone walking through a forest turning green, rising from dark soil.
Let her speak — or plant a question and await her answer.

🌿 Closing the Ritual:

Hold the soil bowl and say:

“From darkness, light.
From descent, wisdom.
From Earth, the fruit of becoming.
Thank you, O Daughter of Spring,
For your gift of renewal.”

Extinguish the candle.

Close circle by tracing the upright pentagram and saying:

“This rite is ended but the seed is planted.
Let it grow in its own time.
So mote it be.”

💫 After-Ritual Notes:

• Eat the pomegranate or place it as an offering outside.

• Journal any insights from your meditation.

• You may repeat this rite at every change of season, to honor Persephone's movement through the Wheel.

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