July 2026 S/HE Creatrix Studies Forum: The Goddess as Time-Keeper

Organizer: Helen Benigni

Time: Saturday July 11 and July 25 at 10:00 AM – 12 PM PT 

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Presenters include:
July 11: The Goddess and the Bull 

Heather Gehron-Rice

Laura Shannon

Jen Smith

Joan Cichon

Barbara Carter

July 25: Mothers of Wisdom 

Lila Moore

Heather Gehron-Rice

Laura Shannon

Jen Smith

Joan Cichon

Barbara Carter

        
Sumamary: The Goddess as Time-Keeper is a matriversal perception given to the Goddesses of the Earth such as Gaia and Rhea as well as the Goddesses of Sovereignty, such as Hera, Athena and The Morrigan. In the three moons of summer, these Goddesses keep the time of the earth through tending the garden, the house and the land. This yearly cycle represented in the night sky as the constellations of The Summer Triangle and The Serpent Bearer with their birds, snakes and waters of our garden on earth illuminates the cycles of the Divine Feminine as relevant to both the earth and the night sky. However, these Goddesses also measure cycles beyond the year as Time-Keepers of the Cosmos. Might we add to that knowledge considering our current changes in political and environmental chaos to embrace the larger cycles of change before us by initiating a new era in feminine studies that acknowledges those larger cycles of change in our world. The Nineteen Year Cycle of the Moon seen in The Horns of Consecration at Knossos and at the center of Stonehenge as well as the life cycles represented on the stones of time in the patterns of Venus as the Evening and Morning Star are all part of our feminine awareness that is represented by The Goddess as Time-Keeper.

Biography: Helen Benigni (Ph.D. Indiana University of Pennsylvania) is a published author and Professor Emerita in Comparative Mythology at Davis and Elkins College in Elkins, West Virginia. For several decades, Helen has been teaching classes in Comparative Mythology with an emphasis on Goddess studies. Her books, The Myth of the Year (Mago Books, 2023), The Goddess and the Bull (University Press of America, 2007), and The Mythology of Venus (University Press of America, 2013) incorporate the research findings of archeoastronomers to determine the myths associated with the cycles found on the ancient calendars of the Greeks and the Celts. Identifying the Goddesses of the matri-local cultures of the ancients with the seasons represented by the lunar, solar and stellar bodies has been a major endeavor in the study of archetypes, with an emphasis on the feminine archetypes of the celestial realms. Helen’s research with the Hellenic Studies Center in Washington D.C., her many trips to ancient sites, and her collaborative efforts with scholars in mythology, astronomy, archeology, and art have led to her discovery of the presence of the Goddesses in the night sky and the continued renewal of the Goddesses in contemporary times.