Sheila Na Gig, Goddess of Opening

The Ancient Goddess of fertility, birth and death, Shelia Na Gig pictured with both hands holding open her yoni adorned many a doorway in churches and castles mostly in Ireland and Scotland, until the Christian patriarchy tore them down and proclaimed the figure as a warning against the sins of the flesh. The Celts honored the sacred powers of a woman’s genitalia and used sculptures of such for healing and protection. She dares you to look at her, face your fears of aging, and triumph in your celebration of what will age and die.

The Lesson of this Goddess

Shelia Na Gig grins at you provocatively and invites you to join her in opening. Now is the time to open to new experiences, people, places and things. Now is the time to begin new projects, forge new directions, venture out boldly. The universe invites you to come out and play. Perhaps you’ve had to deal with a wounding, grieving, or ending. Or you haven’t felt safe to open up. You may have needed time in seclusion, sorting out, and focusing inward. The Goddess is here to remind you that a period of constriction is followed by expansion and opening. It is time to nurture wholeness by integrating what the stretching and opening will bring.

Shelia Na Gig Speaks

I say come through my doorway open yourself to what is, if you have something important, show it so everyone can see. I am the opening of the world, the sacred the silly, the wild and the wooly, the bold and the brazen, I am the Hag (wise woman) opened by so many turnings broken down, broken in, and broken through. I am the portal to life and renewal and I say Open Up!