Inanna Queen of Heaven Altar Card - By NomeArt

A5 Giclee Printed Altar Card on Watercolour Paper by Nomeart
 
Altar cards are perfect for focussing the energy of your altar or sacred space by dedicating it to your chosen Goddess or God.
 
Inanna was a Mespotanian goddess, also known as the "Queen of Heaven”. This piece of art portrays Inanna standing on the walls of the city Uruk, in her prime as the queen of heaven and great mother goddess.
 
Inanna, also often referred to as Ishtar, is an ancient Sumerian Goddess of Mesopotamia, her attributes are of love, war, and fertility. Inanna’s was born to Nammu, the sea goddess, and An, the sky god and was linked to the moon and the mysteries. As we follow her story she transforms from the laughing maiden dancing in her garden, nurturing the Huluppu tree to make a seat of power, a throne for a sovereign, and a stick to beat the drum of war. She becomes king maker and lover, at the same time as war goddess, eventually to ascends to her rightful place as mature mother goddess, queen of heaven. Before she can take on her mantle she must first go on a journey down into the underworld ‘The Decent of Inanna’. Where through a series of deprivations to eventual death, then revival and return, she goes through a transformation from young maiden to mature mother goddess of the people. Her journey represents self-discovery, maturity, and eventual ascension to divinity.
 
Inanna’s descent is not only an allegory of a personal spiritual journey when each aspect of ego is shed until all is revealed, but also of the cycle of life in a very similar way to the story of Demeter and Persephone. Reminding us that we must embrace the whole cycle of life, death and rebirth. For both life on earth and ourselves we must enter the darkness and shadow in order to be able burst forth into the light and grow.