Meet Amphitrite: The Forgotten Greek Sea Goddess Who Still Holds the Power of the Ocean

🌊 Who is Amphitrite?

Before Poseidon ruled the waves in Greek mythology, there was Amphitrite—a sea goddess of ancient power and deep feminine mystery. One of the 50 Nereids (sea nymph daughters of the sea gods Nereus and Doris), Amphitrite was no passive consort. She was the ocean’s soul long before anyone tried to lay claim to it.

Her name means “the third who encircles,” speaking to her connection to the all-encompassing sea, the cycle of tides, and the mysteries that live beneath the surface.

While Amphitrite is often overshadowed by her more dramatic husband Poseidon, her story tells a different kind of strength: one of sovereignty, emotional depth, quiet wisdom, and feminine power that doesn’t need to roar to be felt.

🐬 The Myth of Amphitrite: A Goddess Who Chose Herself

The myths tell us that Poseidon first saw Amphitrite dancing on the island of Naxos. Enchanted by her beauty, he decided she would be his queen. But Amphitrite had other ideas.

She fled—disappearing into the depths of the sea to avoid being claimed.

In a world where gods often took what they wanted, Amphitrite’s choice to leave is powerful. It shows us a divine feminine energy that values sovereignty over spectacle, and self-respect over possession.

Poseidon sent searchers after her. It was a dolphin—Delphinus—who eventually found her and gently persuaded her to return. When she agreed, it was on her terms. As a reward for his service, Poseidon placed Delphinus among the stars, where he still shines today as the Delphinus constellation.

Amphitrite became Queen of the Sea, mother of the sea god Triton, and ruler of the deep. She calmed storms, commanded sea creatures, and wore coral and pearls like emblems of her sacred rule.

Honestly, it’s been the most surprising year of my life.

I started drinking hot drinks (Taken me till 37 to start actually drinking hot drinks - I know. Shocking behaviour!) I’m now a full chai latte girlie — in the morning or before bed, there’s something oddly sacred about it. I discovered I like cauliflower cheese, which is wild because I hate both cauliflower and cheese… but together? It’s giving alchemy. - Shout out to my bro & his incredible cooking for converting me!!

I finally expanded Kayleigh Marie Designs into cushions, and the sales have been climbing every month. But more than the numbers, I’ve stepped into a level of confidence I never thought I’d feel. I did a guest episode on the Canny Crystals podcast — one of the UK’s top spirituality shows — and I didn’t shrink myself. I didn't think I was "too weird" or "not ready." I just said yes. Fear and all, and had an incredible chat all about the dark Goddess and how she changed my life!

I read folklore books at night now. I listen to classical music like I’m a Regency heroine in my dressing gown. I even booked me & boyfriend a candlelight Hans Zimmer concert in Birmingham Cathedral because it popped up and I was like YESSS, that's a bit of me! (I've told him he will love it! lol)

I have an altar in my room. I live by the Wheel of the Year. My hands are tattooed. I talk to plants. I cry in the bath and then get dressed in hot pink to go out for gins. I meditate with the Goddess and still love a serial killer documentary.

I’m all of it & I'm fucking owning it!!

This is the richest I’ve ever felt within myself.

Not because I’ve changed to fit an aesthetic, but because I finally stopped fighting the natural evolution of who I am. I’m not chasing some 5-step glow-up anymore. I’m allowing myself to grow messily. Authentically. Like a hedgerow full of wildflowers, thorns and all.

And maybe that’s what it's all really about — no longer performing the version of yourself that made other people comfortable. No longer clinging to identities that once felt safe but now feel tight and itchy.

You start putting things down.

The habits. The hustle. The things you did to numb out.

And in doing so, you make space to pick up the parts of yourself you abandoned long ago — the ones that were always whispering in the background, waiting to be remembered.

Some things I’ve tried haven’t landed. I’ve dabbled in paths that weren’t mine. But even those missteps led me closer to what is.

Crystals were the beginning. I trained in crystal healing. I thought that was my soul path. But they were the breadcrumb trail — leading me to the Goddess. And wow, when I found her… something in me cracked wide open.

She led me to mythology. To seasonal living. To folklore. To working with dark goddesses. To creating art, sacred spaces, and a business rooted in feminine power.

And most of all — she led me home to myself.

So no, I’m not the same woman I used to be. I’m not even the same woman I was last month. And I won’t be the same woman when I turn 38.

But for the first time I am so deeply in love with this version of me — the courageous, flawed, fiercely feeling 37-year-old woman writing this.

I honour every version of me that came before — the scared girl, the bitch, the heartbroken one, the party girl, the people-pleaser, the one who numbed out just to get through the day. I honour her, because she laid the stones on the path I walk now.

That’s what life is, isn’t it? A winding path.

Each version of you laying stones as she goes. Some steady. Some wonky. Some you had to pick up and throw away later. But all part of your becoming.

Look back now — not with regret, but with reverence.

See the girl you were.
The woman you’ve become.
The wild beauty of the in-between.

And then… look forward. To the path that hasn’t been paved yet.

To the stones that are still waiting to be chosen. To the versions of you you haven’t met yet — the ones who are braver, softer, louder, more sovereign than you ever imagined.

You get to choose those stones now.
You get to lay your own path.
And that, my love, is what being alive — and awake — is all about.

I'll leave you with a few journal prompts to reflect back on your earlier you & the you that is yet to arrive:

Journal Prompts:

(Write your own love letter to the version of you who walks with you now)

• What’s surprised you about yourself in the last year?

• What version of you are you currently honouring or grieving?

• What would your teenage self or twenty-something self think of you now?

• What beliefs or behaviours are you finally ready to put down?

• What “stones” do you want to lay on your path moving forward?

• If your life were a myth, what part of the journey are you in?

So if you’re feeling that nudge — that whisper in your belly, that spark in your chest — to walk your own winding path, to rediscover the magic you thought you’d outgrown, to honour every version of you and lay new stones with intention… I want you to know: you don’t have to do it alone.

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This isn’t about becoming someone new. It’s about coming home to the woman you’ve always been.

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