u/spiderbitezz

Earlier this week i shared a story on how i turned to Santisima during a difficult time after months of studying her (which isn’t incredibly long but i felt i was ready to commit !!)

i have an altar space and i have everything i need for the altar but i wanted any advice anyone had for my new journey going forward :)

i also wanted to ask if i could light 7 day candles just to pray with her besides a novena?? could i just light it and talk to her or are they specifically for asking for something or a novena?? i’ve found that i really love just talking to her and ranting / asking her questions about herself like a full on convo but i feel like doing it with a candle makes it more personal ?? kinda idk

please lmk what i should have or do ! my altar isn’t huge because it’s a hidden one but shes cutesy and cozy

hello i’ve never posted on reddit before this so im a lil nervous but i want to share my story up until now it’s kinda long sorry.

maybe like 6 months ago at work we had gotten a new coworker and he was a very loud and proud Santa Muerte devotee, ive been spiritual for about 10 years now after breaking out of christianity which i had very bad experience with growing up.

i approached him about his giant gold Santisima necklace and he had a silver studded pin of her as well and i told him i loved them and was very fascinated. he showed me his altar and after that we slowly started talking more and he started telling me more about her and their relationship as we worked together.

this drew me into her more than ever as ive always been fascinated but still a little hesitant because of the negative things christianity had instilled in me. anyways flash foward to like march, by then had watched countless video read so many people’s stories with her and watched anything with her name on it however, one night i had a dream and she was in it ! i couldn’t see her robe color and she was in it pretty briefly that honestly i kinda wrote it off as me seeing what i’ve been so focused on lately. the next day my dog died and the day after that i was out with friends and i randomly heard someone in public mention that “Santa Muerte appears to you when something close to you is going to die”. this caught me so off guard because it was a passing stranger and i immediately pieced two and two together.

over time i kept reading, studying, watching anything that had to do with her and then i lost my job. i applied so many places and wasnt hearing back from anywhere so my last try was applying to a local organic grocery store. a couple weeks had gone by and i still didn’t hear back no emails no nothing. within the days of waiting id had another dream about her of me going to a police dept and as i was walking in there was a giant statue of her in her white robe with gold coins at her feet and when i entered the room there she was in her black robe.

because of this dream, i thought about it all day and the next day i ended up praying all my worries to her and asking her questions basically just rambling. the day after i prayed, i woke up to an email from the store giving me the position and pay i asked for when applying. i was so amazed so i prayed for her again that same day promising her when my situation is right id make her an altar and offer her flowers for helping me.

ive been praying to her every night just asking her questions and talking to her and i had asked her if it was okay if she had a hidden altar since my family is very christian, i asked her to show me a hummingbird if it’s okay and a snail if it’s not since those are things i don’t see around often.

the day after that, i had also found out something huge about my husband who i’ve been having a really bad relationship as of late. it’s been really draining and toxic and i fully believe she showed me everything i found as a way to really make me realize i need to get out of there and protect myself. it’s been painful and hard but i know she’s doing this for my own good.

anyways a few days ago i was scrolling through my instagram stories and in passing someone i follow posted a nest of birds. i passed pretty quickly but then went back to see what she had said about the birds.

lo and behold, the story post was a nest of 2 hummingbirds!! i was so shocked and amazed by it i jumped up. so now i know she’s okay with my situation and i can make her the altar space i promise !

in all my years of spirituality ive sort of felt lost because id call out to anyone and manifest and meditate but ive never NEVER in my life seen things work out this quickly for me. not in a selfish way, even the thing with my husband because Santisima knows how long i’ve been trying to get out of my situation, and suddenly after finally praying everything starts falling together.

i greatly appreciate everything she’s done for me already and i can’t wait for this beautiful relationship we will have!!