Hey there ! Just a quick question thrown around, I'm curious.

Mine came last week, I was listening to a devotional playlist dedicated to Hermes 🐢 on Spotify. I have a free account but it is very unlikely for some reason that I'll have a song that isn't in my playlist that starts playing. I was commuting to my university las Monday to go to class for the first time in a few months and "Sweet child of mine" by Gun and Roses started to play. Mind you, it is not part of my playlist. That itself just made me smile. Last Tuesday, I was in the same situation and "Welcome to the jungle" was followed by "Sweet child of mine", both now being in my playlist.

I like to think that Hermes like gun and roses :D

What about you ?

I see a lot of snake imagery a lot (not including the year of the snake stuff) and have been drawn to a lot of stuff that have connection to a snake of some sort, whether it be Asherah, Lucifer, Asclepius, Sophia, or someone/one else, it happens repeatedly. Hermes is also connected to snakes with his caduceus. Sometimes I see snakes on clothing or in pictures. Do you guys have any idea of this is Hermes or someone else?

I work with Hermes. I've pretty much been born to work with him (Sun and Moon Gemini... and it's my Mars sign too lol). But over the course of my life he has guided me towards finding other spirits and entities to communicate with for guidance. This can be anything from talking to deceased ancestors to other gods (he shares a ritual space with Aphrodite on my altar). I understand he's a psychopomp deity among many other things, but I was wondering if anyone got this kind of relationship with him like I do.

How can I know if Hermes is present during an offering? Like, I summon him in my own way after lighting the candle, but I'm a beginner and I don't know how to know if he's present or not.

What I've noticed is that every time I do something for him, I get an uncontrollable urge to laugh for no reason 🤡

Note: I haven't yet learned tarot or gypsy cards.

Hi everyone, I just wanted to share my little story.

I was supposed to get on a plane at 5 am on Tuesday, and I had forgotten to check-in before that. I wasn't worried because I figured "they must give me a seat anyway, it's not like they sell more tickets than seats... right?" Wrong. Always check-im on time kids. The plane was full, no seats left.

So for context, I was supposed to fly back home the day before, but I got an awful food poisoning and I didn't want to embarrass myself on a plane. I passed, I will take another one the next day...

So coming back to this moment, I couldn't believe this was happening. (I know it's not the end of the world, but I wanted to get back to my home, aka my bathroom, that same day, not the next).

They told me I needed to go the gate and wait until all passengers were in, and see if someone was missing... I made my way to the gate praying to Hermes "please, please, get me a seat on that plane". I asked him desperately for help, and I heard intuitively the words "have faith".

In the end, there where 7 people like me, waiting for a seat, and there were 4 seats left. I could get on the plane!! I cried with gratefulness when they told me I could fly. So when I got home I light him a candle, made him an offering, and will probably do the same every day this week.

He's the best <3

May Hermes richly bless you all.

Hello friends and fellow travelers!

Today we have a very special Hermes day and I am very excited about it!

1. Today is Lunar New Year which is celebrated throughout the Asian world and diaspora. Some believe that a lunar calendar is more accurate for our experience of Earth time and I agree. As I am a Taoist first I look at this day as THEE NEW YEAR. Today is a great day to set intentions, reach out to family and friends, eat lucky foods, wear red and keep an even keeled day to reflect the rest of the year. Try not to fight or use words associated with negative energy. Here's a link to find out more. https://www.the-taoism-for-modern-world.com/simple-guide-to-how-to-celebrate-a-taoist-lunar-new-year-in-2025/

I treat it as a day to pull cards or roll dice, for my next year and set intentions, later I hope to journal to remember ideas or inspirations that come to me. Then I look back at them. throughout the year. Today during my ritual for Hermes I had a major revelation about an area of my life and the feeling was much different than a regular day and I just know because there is extra magic in the air today! He really brought me some Ah Hah energy and I am so grateful to him. ❤️

This is the year of the Wood Snake so anyone with the astrology sign of a snake I'd encourage you to read up on it. Here's a link. https://people.com/what-the-year-of-snake-means-for-your-zodiac-sign-8769414 I personally think this one is extra significant because of Hermes relationship to the the snake and what the snake personality traits are including a propensity for magic, divination and creation. In the Non-Christian and Eastern world snakes are healers, shapeshifters, magicians, boundary protectors, creators of humanity, fertility symbols, a bridge between heaven and Earth, wisdom keepers and teachers, wise, helpful to humanity and in some folk tales have a special affinity for humans(especially scholars), even falling in love with them. They are also know to be seductive and beautiful. Sounds like our god! :)

In Chinese folk tales, snakes are also one of the few animals that can evolve, through piety and discipline, into humans thus avoiding the destiny of harsh animal survival.

Supposedly, your personal astrology year is unlucky because it's like two of the same energies butting heads. HOWEVER, please don't take this as fact as your year and life is always how you make it. Good and bad are relative and even bad things can be a gateway to good things to happen. As a followers of a god of paradox and the middle way we should have a clear understanding and relationship to the limitations of the experiences labeled good and bad by societies' standards. We know that Hermes can both give us joy and cause us frustration. He can open doors as well as block them. This might be a good thing to contemplate today as I did earlier.

2. This is also a new moon and a good day to plant those intentional seeds of how you'd like the next 2 weeks to go. There is also a festival for Hekate every new moon and those who are interested can find more info here. https://www.hellenion.org/festivals/hekates-deipnon/

So we have a triply special day today and I hope you all enjoy it and do something to mark it's significance!

Feel free to share how you are honoring Hermes today, or celebrating if you also view the Lunar New year as significant.

If any of you are of Asian decent please feel free to share you or your family's New Year's celebrations!

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I'm traveling out of state soon and I would like to pray to Hermes for protection. I'm a new hellenist and have been trying to find some advice on how to pray for safe travels but all I'm finding is people saying to pray to Hermes, something I was already planning on doing. If anyone has some prewritten prayers I could use or any advice on praying to Hermes I would really appreciate.

Felt like I had to share this.

I was supposed to go on a trip to another city this morning, and before I left, I prayed to Lord Hermes to keep me safe on the road for the whole trip.

While on the highway, the car I was in passed by another car. The second we swerved, a speeding bus crashed into said car. It's like a miracle that somehow it wasn't the car I was on, and that I wasn't hurt.

I'd like to think Hermes actually heard me. Love him.

I felt the call and so I wrote in my devotional journal to pray this evening, and I felt moved to share what Hermes said to me.

I wrote, "I've felt so stuck recently. It feels like to get my feet out of the muck I have to leave my boots behind, but these are brand new Timbs, goddammit. But they're already lost, and sitting here being sad about it isn't gonna change that."

And then I felt that little "well, actually" twinge that Hermes always gives me when he wants to challenge what I've said. And he replied with essentially what translates to, "If moving forward hurts too much right now, you can always sit there and do something besides just being sad. Watch the sunset with the view of the valley you have from where your boots are stuck. Watch the animals, sing a song, smell the air, write a funeral durge for your Timbs. Imagine the first time you tell this story to a friend. Imagine the tenth. All of this will be smaller someday. Let's Imagine it smaller now."

He is always so quick to offer me new perspectives when I write to Him, and this one really struck me. I hope it helps someone. Have a blessed evening friends.

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Hi everyone 👋 I came across this sub recently, after studying some astrology and discovering Mercury is my chart ruler. I've always struggled a bit with communication, so after seeing you guy's altars I decided to create one of my own so I can hopefully evoke its evergy, be more mindful of my own shortcomings and set some positive intentions. I must say this was kind of enlightening since I already had many things just laying around that I had no idea were connected to Hermes/Mercury...

Every Wednesday I do a ritual with offerings, candle and incense. I open with meditation and usually do a few things during these rituals like read hymns, sing or listen to music devoted to him. I finish the formal ritual with a card pull asking him to set my mind upon a subject or area he wants me to focus on for the week. Then I do Yoga then Write as a dedication to him.

I want to start implementing this day as a day to reach out to people I haven't spoken to in awhile like extended Family and old friends. I'll probably start doing this on one Wednesday a month.

How do you like to celebrate our loving god?