There are many confusing and sometimes contradictory stories about Lilith, but one thing is certain. She's independent.

Some say She's the ancient snake goddess, some say She's the original wife in Eden. Some say She's a demon, some say She's the protector of women in childbirth.

Regardless of your interpretation of Lilith, there is no doubt that Her strength lies in the darker parts of nature. She deals with death and all the darker sides of our natures.

And Lilith is about sex.

In French, an orgasm is called "le petit morte", the little death, and that falls squarely in Lilith's perview.

We mustn't deny the darker sides of our beings, and we can't dismiss sex as irrelevent, and whenever a person taps into those intense and passionate emotions, She's in touch with Lilith.

It is very easy to become addicted to the passion and power that Lilith offers, but the faeries remind us that these times are for visits only, vacations if you will, even if they do deal with the darker emotions. But they're no place to live unless you are as powerful as Lilith. And no human is.

Hathor and visualization

Look up into a summer sky, and you'll see Hathor. She is the goddess who is represented by the Milky Way, and she too is a provider.

But Hathor knows that for growth to occur, there must be change, and in some ways, things must die to make room for the new. So it has always been, and this is hard for many to accept, even while they know it to be true. You cannot stay exactly the same; that way leads to stagnation and ruin.

For growth to occur, something must change, and in that change, frequently things will die. They may be ideas, loves, hopes but they can also be phobias, negative thoughts or habits, hatred and revenge. Death is not always devastating. It can, simply, be change.

Hathor reminds us that we will have to accept the death of the present in order to accept the promise of the future. She offers us the stars, but to grasp them, we must let go of the earth.

The faeries tell us to visualize what change we want, to see it clearly in our mind's eye, to surround it with white light and call it to us. Know that every change will bring a loss, but there's no way to grow without it.

A different death and looking ahead

People associate Epona with horses, and justifiably. She guards horses and all they represent, but She's so much more than that.

Horses do represent strength and independence and power, along with an wildness of spirit that works in conjunction with others, but remember that horses do so willingly. You can't force a horse to do your bidding, not with its spirit intact. And if you break a horse's spirit, it is certain that Epona will not favor you.

But Epona's also associated with death, but not all deaths are about this physical being. We experience death every day in one way or another, whether we realize it or not. A friendship might slip away, a job might end, your car might refuse to start. These are all forms of death.

What people overlook with the death that Epona represents is that she's also the harbinger of new beginnings. With each death, she opens a door into a new life. So it's possible that your old way of life is dying and you're beginning a fresh new one is ahead of you. There will certainly be challenges, but Epona never gives you a death you can't handle, no matter how hard it seems to be.

Remember the strength and determination of the horse. You'll find your forward motion there.

And the faeries are in agreement, saying that looking to the future is what you need to do, rather than allow yourself to be mired in the past.

Like the kings of old, allow the white horse of new beginnings carry you into the future.