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Some artwork of her when I saw her in a meditation
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Some artwork of her when I saw her in a meditation

I find deer as a motherly/ guiding animal so that is why i see her having such a feature

With long loose curly hair and a hood that melds with it as well. The torch is inspired by what grows in my area, Mullen. Some of her well known symbols associated with her are on the lantern.

This is the first acrylic painting I've done in years tbh and im quite proud, its a devotional piece and i wont show it completed cause thats between her and i.

The spirit of earth (?) Not quite sure.... also had a more alternative appearance, their face and shape changing from flowers and other plants to modern Gaia renditions...

Has anyone else had deities /spirits show to them with more of a unique appearance?? :p

u/Tone_Such — 1 day ago
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Hekate spirit grimoires

Hello, I am familiar with Jason Miller mini grimoire in his course and that of Devin Hunter. Does anyone else know about any other spirit grimoires associated with her? I am really curious!

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u/Pxan02 — 1 day ago
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2 people one therapist

So i have been seeing my therapist not quite 2 years now. She's very open minded and takes interest in new things. I have told her about my recent journey to worship Hecate a few times this year.

She doesnt break HIPPA, but she did tell me she has another patient who is a young teen who is pretty knowledgeable about this themselves.

Today I had a session and I told my therapist about a theory that I may have had a possible interaction with Hecate after seeing another person who posted their artistic rendition of her in this group. I showed her and told her how I saw something similar a few times during an extreme crisis I was in.

My therapist stopped dead. I asked if she was okay. She told me her other patient was speaking of similar things to what I told her just then. She was visibly shaken. Call it a coincidence but I thought it was interesting to see someone who I have no contact with or even know, tell our mutual therapist something that we both experienced and it was similar.

It is a empowering experience

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u/Waff13lass — 1 day ago
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Why is this happening to me?

I don't normally like posting rants, but I'm lost. I've been working with Hecate for a while now, and it's been a rocky ride.

I have surges of confidence and importance, yeah, but they never last. Most of the time, I just feel apathetic or upset. I'm losing motivation. I feel like I should be doing more. I can't do the spells, I can't afford the books, and i don't have a safe place to talk about this.

I've been learning and growing, and yet it feels like I'm stuck in the same spot. It doesn't feel like anything I do is real. Half the time, it doesn't feel like I'm real. I feel like I need to perform and be this perfect version of me that I'm not. Every little mistake makes me feel like I'm less.

I trust in Hecate, I know she's there for me, but I feel like I'm not showing up enough for her, and I don't know what to do. I guess I just wanted to ask if anybody has gone through this, and if anyone knows why this could be happening?

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u/cotton_candy_comett — 2 days ago
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Polecat sign??

Hello all! I need a lil help with decrypting a situation that has happend to me rn. Backstory is I just got out of a toxic relationship, ended the work where I didnt wanna be anymore, got back my courage and after a long time felt good about myself. I also felt heavily accompanied by Hekate while making these choices and standing up for myself.

Fast forward today. I vaguely remember having a dream about riding a motorcycle which usually symbolizes freedom for me. I traveled for my farm job where I take care of goats and where Im supposed to be for a week while my friends who own the farm go for holiday.

My first train to city where I keep my scooter was heavily delayed but that happens right. Then like 10km on the road by machine breaks down, after hours of trying to find out whatsup with it I surrender as the engine has been demaged by not having enough oil (I naively was thinking that there is some control for that which would light up but found out that my scoot doesnt have that and one should check it manually...).

Me and a friend who came to save me took it back and its already getting late so I go to the train station. The damage is probably gonna be very expensive so Im cursing at myself for being this dumb and reckless. The train is delayed again and I miss the connecting one. Im stuck in the town where i went to highschool in and which was the wildest time of my life where I felt the most freedom thinking now from adult perspective.

Another train who already arrives very tight before the last bus connection is delayed. Im already thinking what the actual fuck is happening when i hear a weird noise like scream/chatter and I look at the wooden roof of the building opposite the station and there it is a polecat. Arguing with itself, jumping on the roof on one side but as if something was blocking it from going there. Irritated it looks in my direction before jumping away on the other side and dissapearing into the shadows. And here I am thinking HuH?? I know that for once in my life I finally stood up for myself and polecats are supposed to mean exactly that, but why at such a bad luck day? In the train I just go please please please let that bus wait for us. And it did in the end. Im almost there after a whole day of bullshit.

But Im confused. I have been smoking more weed than id like recently but other than that ive felt on the right path so I dont know how to interpret that, cuz something in me feels like everything was trying to stop me from going there today and then the polecat not being able to go to the roof. Idk. Thoughts?? Also thank you for reading all that.

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u/13hexflex12 — 1 day ago
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Hecate and Lilith???

This isn’t meant to be offensive. I’m just really trying to understand why many people worship Hecate AND Lilith? Hecate is known to protect women and children especially women during birth. Yet, Lilith is known to do the exact opposite and has been known to be threatening to women during birth and to children. How do people worship the two when they’re completely opposite from my understanding. Does anyone have any insight? I’m so curious about this because it seems to be really common!

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u/doe-eyed-brunette — 3 days ago
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Check out the offering bowl I made!!

I so loved making this. Do you guys think anyone would buy them if I made more?

Also thinking about adding crescent moons on either side.

u/hennie8388 — 3 days ago
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Book recommendations

Hi guys can i get some book recommendations
(About rituals with Hecate, Her epithets, traditions…)

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u/etherealgia — 1 day ago
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Tarot reading with Hecate and I am having a hard time understanding what she’s saying.

So, over the last few years, my practice with Hecate has gotten much less. I’ve been heavily gravitating to divine masculine presenting energies for lack of better words. I explained to her that it makes me feel like I am neglecting her and like my practice should be more balanced. I have a regular connection to Lucifer, Asmodeus, Paimon, Loki, Apollo, and most recently Azazel. I have tried to establish a regular routine for Hecate, Bastet, and Lilith, but I struggle with it.

I asked her to help me understand what’s going on. Why is this happening? I want to be close with them too, but I just feel so happy in my other connections.

This was the spread she gave me.

My personal interpretation is that this is just where the current is taking me right now, but the 10 of swords in there is kind of throwing me off.

I love Hecate dearly, she has helped me get through some very rough times, so why? I randomly feel the urge to connect with her, but it’s so far and few in between, I just feel like I am not doing enough.

Edit- I also have just asked how to cross this and make her a pillar of my practice like she used to be. I pulled moon reversed, 10 of swords again, and judgment.

Edit 2- I have touched base with her again this morning. I felt like she still had more to say, and I still had questions. So, I asked her to put a lens on the reading from last night to guide perspective. Was about simply making the choice? If I want to work with her again then just do so? I got the card of choices! Lovers upright. As I went to ask her if she would be willing to do so, I already had mentally drawn 7 of pentacles, like it just popped into my head, and then I actually pulled it haha. The final card was 3 of cups, the card of sisterhood, chosen family, etc. and is also a 3, which is a sacred number to her. I actually cried lol 😭 As such, that’s what I will do.

Plus, last night her depiction was the bottom card of the deck, multiple times. This too felt like I am here if you make the choice. I am making the damn choice.

u/DreamySakuraTwilight — 2 days ago
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Spiders: A PSA

PSA: Are NOT a sign or symbol of Hekate, nor have they ever been.

Downvote me or argue the point all you want, IDC, it doesn't change the fact.

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u/Worth_Friendship_267 — 3 days ago
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Experiencing severe physical exhaustion, fever, heart palpitations, and a heavy depressive crash after a clearing ritual. Is this normal?

Hi everyone
I’m an empath and a newer devotee to Hecate, and I'm still learning how to navigate working with her. Recently, I've been having annoying, heavy dreams, so I decided to do a cleansing and release ritual to clear out the negativity from my space and spirit.

Here is what I did during the ritual:
• Opened my window to let everything out and it was morning.
• Lit candles and incense.
• Used a Greek invocation/chant focused on releasing negativity, driving away shadow, and purifying my space.
• Meditated and prayed, and laid out a Thoth Tarot spread (featuring cards like Art/ Temperance and Swords).
• Offered her a fresh peach at the end and thanked her, explicitly closing the ritual and asking for peace.
What happened during & after:
• During the ritual, I felt a very heavy presence, but as I continued praying and meditating, my window suddenly slammed shut by itself, and I instinctively closed the curtains.
• Right after, I felt much lighter, but I also suddenly started crying-it was a deep, emotional wave of her presence. • However, later that night, things took a severe turn: I was hit with a sudden, overwhelming wave of intense depression, , and heart palpitations deep sadness, and crying.
• Currently (the next day/period), I am dealing with physical fever, body aches/fatigue, an airy/dizzy head. I also noticed the peach I offered her spoiled very quickly, which added to my anxiety.
As an empath, I feel like her energy was just too dense or heavy for my nervous system to process. Did I do something wrong, or is this a common "Hecate's hangover" / energetic burnout? Is it that i don’t get along with her? Have any of you experienced this kind of heavy depressive crash and physical flu-like state after working with her?
Any advice or reassurance would be deeply appreciated!

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u/Medical-Natural-3195 — 2 days ago
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New Altar Clothe

I am by no means an Artist! My old Altar Clothe was ready to retire so I decided to make a new one myself! Also due to the way that my altar sits the cardinal directions are actually in the corners of the altar clothe! Again by no means fancy but it's mine and I'm proud of it!

u/OkieTheatreTeacher — 2 days ago
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Visitors to Hecate’s Temple!

They sit outside the door and meow and meow, so sometimes I let them visit!

u/Crescimus — 4 days ago
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Hi everyone! I wanted to ask you how do you thank Hecate when she's given you something you asked her? I'm wondering if anyone has some sort of prayer or ritual, or something special to give something extra in form of a Thanksgiving. I mean besides giving her the monthly Deipnon, talking to her, pra

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u/Aulnunezba — 3 days ago
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A series of strange synchronicities led me to Hecate: what do you make of this?

I've been all over the place with this journey of intuition and trusting myself. I've had many signs throughout my life, but I'm very skeptical and usually end up brushing them off as luck, coincidence, or my brain looking for patterns.

I grew up in a Hindu household, but my mother was Christian, so there were always arguments in my family that eventually made me hate the idea of religion. Regardless of how I grew up, I do believe there is some higher spiritual power that we're not able to comprehend.

Throughout my life, I've also experienced recurring angel numbers, especially during periods when something felt very intense or when I was going through a major change in my life. I've repeatedly noticed certain numbers appearing over and over again, along with other little pieces of symbolism or things that felt like signs. I've never known whether to take these things seriously, though, because I'm very skeptical and always end up telling myself there's probably a logical explanation.

When I was younger, my favorite book series of all time was Percy Jackson. I was never much of a reader, but I reread the entire series probably 2–3 times. Greek mythology was always really interesting to me, even though I never thought much of it beyond that.

There have also been things where I've predicted events or been able to get into this meditative-like state where I just let go, make decisions, and they end up being the right ones.

One example was in high school. We had a multiple-choice computer science test, which was my worst subject, and I had done absolutely no preparation. Somehow, I ended up getting every question correct by choosing intuitively. It was around 20 questions with 4 different choices each. My friends told me the chance of getting everything right without knowing the answers was incredibly low, but I brushed it off as luck.

I had an interest in astrology when I was younger and then stopped believing in it, even though a lot of what I discovered was surprisingly accurate. Again, I blamed it on coincidence.

Around 3–4 years ago, when I was going through some drama in my life, I started getting tarot reading recommendations on YouTube. They would constantly feel incredibly accurate, but I brushed it off as coincidence or the algorithm knowing what I was going through.

Recently, Instagram started showing me palm-reading videos, including one saying that a certain X mark in a specific position on your palm means you're a witch or possess abilities associated with one. Again, I thought it was just the algorithm.

The next day, I went to the gym with my boyfriend. I gave him my phone because women's clothing has no pockets, and he ended up losing it on the train.

He was panicking, but for some reason, I had this feeling in my gut that everything would be okay. I was actually the one trying to calm him down about my own lost phone.

We caught another train that would intersect with the previous train at the same stop. He kept calling my phone, hoping someone would answer, but for about 15 minutes there was no response.

While we were on the train, I looked up at the sky and saw an X-shaped mark formed by some jets. Because of the palm-reading video from the previous day, I immediately took it as a sign, especially seeing how stressed my boyfriend was.

Eventually, he stopped calling and started crying from defeat, apologizing for losing my phone. He had his hands over his eyes and, in that moment, I closed mine and kind of prayed, chanted, or manifested in my head. I kept repeating:

"I have my phone with me."

Immediately after, we got a call from someone who had found my phone.

I still tried to brush it off.

Then came August 12th, the morning of the solar eclipse.

I got a reel on Instagram about Goddess Hecate wanting to work with me, followed immediately by another reel saying that I'm one of her children. I had never heard of her before that day, but again, I thought it was just the algorithm showing me something popular.

I researched her for a little while that morning, and surprisingly, so much about her resonated with me. Her symbolism, character, what she stands for, her signs, the animals associated with her, even her aesthetic.

I've always worn black clothes and have always loved red to the point that my hair is dyed dark red.

It was also my first time actually experiencing a solar eclipse. When I was little, my family would always make me stay inside during eclipses, which obviously makes sense because looking directly at one can permanently damage your eyes.

The following night, around 3 AM, there was a meteor shower where you could supposedly see at least one shooting star every minute until 5 AM. This was my first time experiencing anything like that. I'd never even seen a single shooting star before.

The next day, I felt this weird pull towards learning more about Hecate, so I researched her even more.

That same day, my boyfriend and I were gambling for fun. Nothing crazy, just €50. He chose all the slot machines and lost everything. I then said I'd put in another €50, but this time I'd choose the machines.

I started choosing the ones that called out to me and asked, "Mother Hecate, please guide me."

I'm not even sure why it came so naturally to refer to her as "mother."

I chose the machines that felt like they were calling me, and a lot of them happened to have symbolism associated with Hecate: the number 3, snakes, dogs, frogs, etc.

I ended up winning around €160 in total.

That night, I asked again, "Mother Hecate, please show me a sign in my dream."

I had several dreams, but one stood out to me.

I was in a prayer room with my grandma and grandpa. My grandma passed away a few years ago, and I never had the chance to say goodbye to her. Our relationship was quite rocky, but she always had a special kind of care and protection over me, a bond she didn't really have with anyone else in my family.

In the dream, she blessed me and it felt like she put some kind of protection over me. I'm not completely sure how to describe it. I also hugged her.

My grandma was a very devoted Hindu and probably the most spiritual woman in my family. She was incredibly connected to her religion. Even though I never personally connected with being Hindu, I always appreciated her devotion and belief. I feel like, regardless of what religion it was, the energy she put into her faith made it real to her.

Then, in the dream, she told me that my grandpa had passed away.

I told her that he was still alive, but she kept telling me, "No, he's gone."

When I woke up, I had a really strange feeling in my gut.

About three days later, my dad called me and told me that my grandpa had an accident and had fallen, and that I should call him. He's okay, thankfully, but he has a very large swelling and bruise on his hand.

I'm not sure what to make of all of this.

I've never had dreams about my grandparents before, and the dream only happened after I specifically asked Hecate for a sign.

I also know that I'm probably connecting dots because I'm actively looking for signs, and I'm aware that algorithms, coincidence, confirmation bias, and pattern recognition can explain a lot of these things.

But at the same time, some of these experiences feel incredibly specific and strange, especially the phone situation, the recurring angel numbers and symbolism throughout my life, the dream, and then my grandpa having an accident a few days later.

I'm not trying to convince myself or anyone else that Hecate is actually communicating with me. I'm genuinely unsure.

So I'm wondering: Would you personally take this as a sign? How do you distinguish spiritual intuition from coincidence, confirmation bias, or simply your brain looking for patterns? And if you were in my position, what would you do next?

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u/Comprehensive_Ad8895 — 3 days ago
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Liminal rites

So i have purchased liminal rites and am having a few issues following it. I feel like i need to know so much other info before reading this. Am I the only one? I am trying to learn more about her. Am I literally looking into it too much? Adhd is likely a factor

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u/Waff13lass — 3 days ago