/r/Hecate
okay so recently I started seeing Hecate pop up a lot in my life randomly. Through posts, videos, library books etc. I though maybe she was calling me so I made a mini altar to her and tried to connect with her. I used 3 black candles, cat bones, some crystals that correspond to her, crystal statues of a dog and a snake, and an old apartment key. I did a tarot reading to ask what a relationship between us would entail and I got a pretty good message about a win-win scenario as well as a direct reference to achieving something I've desperately been wanting. Lastly I went out during the hunter moon and left her an offering at a crossroads.
Here's where I had some confusion.
So I left her an offering of Kentucky bourbon at the crossroads. I'm not sure if that was right but I didn't have wine and I used to live in Kentucky (in the town known for being the bourbon capital of the world), so I thought maybe it would be nice to offer something connected to me in a way? But the next morning when I was about to offer it on her altar, my baby tried to grab it and I accidentally flung it everywhere and it put out the incense I had just offered her. (i promise my baby usually is never near my altars or around when I work, this was a unusual scenario) it could've very well been an accident, but I felt maybe it was a rejection of the offering all together.
to make it worse, within the same hour my baby snapped my triple moon medallion (that I had dedicated to her the previous night) right off my neck. Again it could've been another accident but it felt like rejection.
And here are some other observations from my first connection with her (via new altar) that I hoped someone could interpret better than me.
first incense offering produced smoke with different colors (never seen this happen before)
candles sparked and sizzled when first lit (also never seen this happen before, candles had nothing on them)
Thoughts?
While skrying I asked for Hecate to give me a message to help me further unlock my clair abilities. She showed me a dragon. That faded out and then I saw her face. I am new to this and I don't know what associations she has with dragons. Does anyone on this sub know how they are connected?
Offerings and rituals are all through nature. Before buying something, look around you, your house, nature and etc. when making an altar, an offering or performing a ritual. A thrifty which puts the thought and research in, it is very much appreciated. Also with Hecate, blood can go a long way. Depending the circumstances and the offering. She is completely against self harm, so if you have a history of that, it probably will not help. Only a little goes a long way. Also, as she is the mother as well, a mother’s blood in very small quantities works for me or has in an almost miracle way. I asked first if she wanted a blood offering and to give me a sign (a tiny needle prick on finger) instead, despite my menstrual cycle being at the almost end a tiny trickle went down my leg. Somehow missed my panties, found out later tampon was clean. I utilized a tiny spot from that trickle on the figure of the mother’s pregnant moon. It was also a third in a row super and hunters moon outside. Her candles burnt to nothing. No wax, no wick, nothing left behind from offering with candles, cinnamon was also gone. That day following a miracle occurred. My husband is a scientist and even he was awed. It never hurts to ask and she appreciates a thrifty witch who works through what nature or what the witch can craft with what she has at her behest. Just some of my advice….Hecate is a wonderful mystery. I learn more and more and it’s wonderful. Also, very pleased with the moon water collected.
I'm new to her call, and I would like some insight on ways to connect with her.
I'm still doing research, any links or sites are welcomed.
Thank you! =]
In 2022 I was putting my newborn son to sleep at like 2 or 3 in the morning when I had a very clear and powerful vision happen in my head while my eyes were wide open. First I was shown the door to my room opening slowly, then an image of my air-conditioner in full blast, then I was transported to a purple-skied desert where I was looking over my sleeping son in his crib and beside me was a tall, thin, cloaked silhouette of a figure. We were both watching my son for a long while but I couldn't interact with it for some reason. All I knew was I was in the presence of something old, ancient, powerful. Someone who isn't usually this nice but just really wants to just meet my child, not harm me or my child. And then I was back to my room in the real world.
I have been trying to figure out for more than a year who it might have been and what the whole thing meant. At first I thought for sure I met the grim reaper because it really felt like it was someone that had something to do with souls and death. I was so paranoid for a while that my baby or I was going to die soon lol but we're still here. Then I thought it was a spirit guide, but it still doesn't quite fit and it won't let me be at peace.
I have a feeling it is Hecate but I don't know how to be sure and it's driving me CRAZY. I did some mild research and I do seem to be encountering some signs but I keep thinking it's just me trying to convince myself that it's her. Any thoughts on this or advice that could help me keep my wits about me? Like how do I know for sure? Send help puhlease
I found more keys yesterday and have not answered Hekate call. I been so distracted and overwhelmed
so i’ve been curating my altar for a while since i recently moved. but im not complete yet! i need hecate here. she’s been calling me constantly these past few weeks. i need a statue to give her offerings. where’s the best place to go? i need it to be at least barbie sized. not too expensive! any ideas?!
Okay so I want to be Hecate for Halloween next year. The thing is do you guys think that she will be ok with it and how should look if she is okay with it?????????? She does appear to everyone differently. I mean should I just combine a bunch of different ways that she would see her or leave it my own interpretation of her????????? I need some help.
So, I wanted to know if anyone can relate to this, but I’ve been following Hecate for a few months now but I used to work with her up to a year ago. So I’m still new to my craft, but I’m learning every day! I am working with her and also with Apollo atm.
But one of my biggest issues right now is I have recently went through a terrible loss of someone close to me, and ever since then, I feel like I’m just lighting candles at this point and I don’t feel as connected to my craft and or my spiritual team as I did before. Can anyone relate to this? Does anyone have tips on maybe finding a way back to how I felt before this? I feel bad saying it, but I wanted to reach out to others who might have been in the craft a bit longer than myself who might have better advice than my inner thoughts. ❤️❤️
I’m deep in the literature, kids, I can’t get out. I’m not a historian and it’s totally possible that I missed something, so please let me know if I’m totally off-center here. I want to bring this up at my event in November, but not if I'm off my rocker.
In the Theogony, Zeus gives Hekate provision (in stanzas 450 and 455) over all infants which survive their first night: “And the Son of Cronos made her a nurse of the young Who from that day on saw with their eyes The light of Dawn that sees all. So from the beginning She is a nurse of the young.” This seems a strange provision for a goddess with little Grecian connection to children or child-bearing – however, as we will discuss, this is not as mysterious as we may think.
Scholars and authors like Adrienne Ou and Soria d’Este, to name just a couple, are of the opinion that Hekate was brought into Grecian mythology as an ostentatious outlier. There is support for this opinion amongst scholars; as Soria d’Este speaks it in Circle for Hekate, “It is possible that Hesiod was simply writing from the perspective of the time and place he lived in, and that his writings merely reflect the manner in which the goddess Hekate was perceived at the time.”
Adrienne suggests that “Her pre-Indo-European arrival status was permanently disturbed by the arrival of the new settlers and their gods. Although her importance is diminished in the new pantheon, she is still associated with many aspects of a life giving earth goddess and becomes a more general figure loosely delineating the cosmos. As such, Hesiod fits Hekate’s previous roles as universal goddess and primary deity in Caria into the new Indo-European religious framework.”
With the understanding that Hekate may have been a universal goddess in Caria, and knowing that Hekate becomes both syncretized and tripartite with both Demeter and Persephone later, specifically in Homer’s Hymns, it suddenly makes more sense to me that Hekate is associated with childbirth. Adrienne says, “Whereas Demeter represents the life force that the bountiful earth provides and Persephone represents death and rebirth through her marriage to Hades, Hekate as a liminal figure plays strongly into the indubitable connection between life and death, the greatest boundary of them all.”
In addition, we remember that childbirth in historical humanity, while a moment of joyful life-bringing, also frequently resulted in one or more deaths. Women in Antiquity writes that “This was due partially to a lack of understanding about the female body, leading to societal assumptions about pregnancy and childbirth, as well as the use of potentially dangerous herbs.”
Death in childbirth of either the mother, the child, or both, was so common in ancient Greece that goddesses associated with childbirth were often also associated with death and the underworld. Goddesses of childbirth and labor, such as Ilithyia, daughter of Zeus and Hera, were expected equally likely to kill the child as they were to allow the child to be birthed into the world and needed to be plied with offerings for a healthy birth.
I feel like a connection between childbirth and death makes more and more sense the longer I think about it, but I’m not familiar with the concept. Could someone throw in an opinion or knowledge about whether this is true?
So ive been trying to reach out to lady Hekate, ive prayed a couple times and wrote a specific prayer for her as well as asked for signs if she was interested in working with me, i found this key in the middle of my path on a night walk (which i never do but felt called to because im dogsitting) the dog in the back is a dog that used to be a family dog but havent seen him since our family split and i realized right after i found the key that i was walking a black dog which just happens to be connected to her is this a sign or what😭i sure hope it is!
I'm starting to worship Hecate, slowly. I'm very new to this. I have always been very interested in Medusa, but Hecate seemed to be reaching out and I felt more confident with following her at the given time. I'd like to start learning more and possibly worshiping medusa as well. Is it offensive or not suggested to worship multiple deities?
A side question would be about working with deities where their history has stated that they did not get along or disliked each other. Would it be wrong in working with both parties? This whole deity thing is quite confusing at times so any help or advice is appreciated. Thank you all!!
This is the first piece of my beginning of an altar I believe it is good I actually have some amethyst I got when I was younger and I have one moonstone at my actual grandfather house I try to see how to get some other things before I went back but I won't have enough time properly but it be worth a shot
I haven’t been processing a toxic breakup from a toxic relationship and been in a state of rumination for some time. This full moon in Aries finally brought me to a place of wanting to do something about it but knowing that I wasn’t alone. I have a baneful oil that’s been on my altar for Hekate since the new moon. And today some of it spilled on my hand. I immediately felt the power in the oil and knew it was time to use it. But I still felt scared. And it wasn’t until I felt a strong knowing come over me that I decided to give this to her and let her handle it for me. She’s seen the tears I’ve cried, the violation I’ve felt at the hands of this person. The way his mistreatment of me cut me off from my power. And now that I no longer want to use my energy to protect him from the consequences of his actions, I’ve let her step in and protect me as she’s promised she would.
I took some of the oil and added it to the candles. It was amazing how fast they took to the flame. And as I watched them flicker I said out loud “I invoke the karma you deserve. And I wash my hands clean of you”. I thanked Mother Hekate and went about my business for the night knowing that this battle is over. She will do what she does best and I get to move on in peace 💜
I am fairly new to Hekate. I am planning to hex a certain V.P. on the republican side whose ideas about women fill me with rage. At the last new moon I made my first offering to Hekate for Deipnon ( sp?) I would like to invite Hekate to work with me for this hex. Is there anything I should do for her or ask her. I know hexs aren't for everyone, but I think it is warranted in this case. If this is against the rules to post please delete.
in my package i received a key, which i promptly put on my neck. I love how it sits over my tattoo…
I've been searching about cord cutting but there's nothing specific. I need specific specific and strict recommendations about how to contact Hekate for th9s matter, what offerings should I use. Cause I'm sick and tired of going circles with the same people. Some resources like books, articles or maybe your own way will do.
When I don’t feel well, I tend to destruct things that work well. I’m no psychology expert, but one could say - hell-bent on destroying one’s own happiness 😖
But it isn’t that really, it isn’t that at all. I’m a chaos expert for the ages, I guess. Maybe it’s more about dissatisfaction with satisfaction.
Like I believe with every fiber of my being that the people who claim to have it all figured out are a literal cancer on this planet, rotting it from the inside out.
Anyways. Doing poorly. Blowing up my altar. I’ll try to post pictures later 🖤
Is it just me or the moment you start studying about her, her history, her title in mythology, how far back she ACTUALLY stems , I see her everywhere, I feel her constantly, it’s like I’ve discovered this mysterious truth, but the more I discover this truth the more mystery it leads to ,which ultimately leads me to obsession trying to figure her out but I don’t think I ever will. She goes so much deeper than we think, is what I feel. Has she been demonized to resist a matriarchal society in a patriarchy? I also feel compelled to say, she is a goddess of justice, and justice for the outcasts of society. What have you researched about her past? What are some odd things you have found with your journey of Hecate?
Hi I'm really new to this space and I just wanted to sort of share my story of how I first interacted with the god really recently.
So for most of my life I was an atheist. Not necessarily non spiritual, just not believing in gods. And in fact I have for most of my life( and stil am) a somewhat practicing pagan because it's the space I grew up in. But I was never someone who expected to follow any sort of god. Well recently I was at a pagan festival in my area (about 100 people), and hecate is a pretty prevalent god in thst space and for some reason while I was there i just felt called to her out of no where. And so at night I decided to just do a private ritual and offering to the godess to see if something responded. So I made an offering at a crossroads, a couple things I'd brought from home and an apple used in a harvest ritual, and just invited the hecate to take them if she wanted. And then I just felt such a strong presence with me and around me. As if it was inviting me. And I felt so drawn to it and inspired by it and just felt like I wanted to know more (once as someone who lived as an atheist, not something I was used to experiencing). When i finished the offering I got a strong feeling that it would be disrespectful to look back at what I'd offered, so I just turned and left. But as I did I felt like I could see that presence i felt, in every thing around me. I could see her in the moon and stars, and the fog on the mountain side, and the path beneath my feet. And I thought it was so magical.
Anyway, I came back in the morning and found most of the offerings I'd left gone, which kinda sealed the nail in the coffin got me wanting to pursue this further. Since then I have been doing a lot of research and trying to worship hecate from a somewhat pagan and somewhat hellenistic approach.
So I just wanted to kinda introduce myself as a new follower. And although this posts primary intent wasn't to seek advice. If anyone more experienced does have advice for a beginner, it would of course be greatly appreciated!
Hi all! I’ve been religiously committing to my monthly offerings for deipnon but i will be traveling in december and it coincides with dark moon. I don’t feel like I know my travel destination well enough to do any offerings (plus it’s a foreign country so I am hesitant in placing offerings at crossroads). Does anyone have any tips on what I could do alternatively on deipnon in a foreign country? Thanks so much