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HERA
Goddess of marriage, stands for the woman who considers her roles as student, professional, or mother secondary to her essential goal of finding a husband and being married.

Vulnerable Goddess

Virtues:
Ability to make a lifetime commitment
Fidelity

Vices:
Jealousy
Vindictiveness
Rage
Inability to leave destructive relationship

Also known as Juno, daughter of Kronos and Rhea. Goddess of women and marriage. She was also a goddess of the sky and starry heavens. She is usually depicted as a beautiful woman wearing a crown and holding a royal, lotus-tipped staff. Sometimes she held a royal lion or had a cuckoo or hawk as her familiar.
As Zeus'legitimate wife, her fury at his infidelities was boundless, and she took vengeance on his lovers and any offspring of the affair without distinction. Zeus was reduced to hiding or disguising his children to protect them.
It was claimed that each year Hera regained her virginity by bathing in the spring of Canathus.