As much as Aphrodite devotees should talk about Aphrodite herself, we should also talk about her retinue - the minor goddesses that she surrounded herself with.
The Horai - hours - were her attendants. They clothed her and brought her to Olympus after her birth.
The Kharites - charities - were very commonly seen attending her. They’re good things, all good feelings in company of people. This includes Aglaia (beauty), Euphrosyne (merriment), Thalia (good cheer), and later Paidia (play), Eudaimonia (happiness), Pandaisia (banquets), Pannyakhis (night parties and revels), Antheia (floral decorations), Harmonia (harmony), and numerous others.
The Erotes - these personifications of love, beauty, and desire were her closest and most common attendants. Eros (love), Himeros (desire), Pothos (lust), and sometimes Peitho (persuasion). Peitho was known as her messenger, seen in Sappho’s hymn to Aphrodite “…and whom should Persuasion summon me here…”
These deities tell us a lot about Aphrodite! Though she has some “darker” aspects, she’s not a dark or bloody deity primarily, and I think people forget that. She’s about love and happiness and parties and potlucks and flowers and playing. That’s who she invokes with her presence. That doesn’t negate her power!
If you’re looking at who Aphrodite is and what she values, look at who she hangs out with. She might be the mother of fear and panic, but she’s friends with the goddesses of flower crowns and clubbing and harmony.