Back in November 2023, I saw an event hosted by That Witch Karena Osborne, a wonderful magickal practitioner who has featured in previous posts, and I signed up because I've been curious about Hekate in particular so I'm always willing to learn more about Her. I love working with Karena as I always learn something new that then sets off a whole new part of my journey.
One myth about Hekate is that She is all about revenge if She's not honoured in the right way. This is absolutely NOT true!! She teaches boundaries and how to step into your own personal authority, but She is not someone to fear. What She does is She holds the patriarchy accountable all throughout Her history - even Zeus is believed to have honoured Her because He didn't want to get on Her bad side!
Karena led a meditation to meet with Hekate, opening with a fire. When I dropped into this state, I envisioned an outdoor woodfire that wasringed with stones. The flames danced with their colours appearing as veils that popped and moved. I realised that this fire was to be my guide towards Her crossroads as I was drawn past each coloured veil that hid a portal in the centre from me. The fire wasn't a danger to me as I passed through to the crossroads where I found myself in the middle with four choices.
As I looked northward, I received a vision of being well-rooted, grounded, certain and sure.
As I looked eastward, I saw my immediate future that was easily predicted where I was sat writing my blog and still struggling with my sleep issues.
As I looked southward, I perceived something that was more passionate, and I saw myself dancing, laughing and having fun. So much so that I found myself wanting to become the fun-loving girl I used to be.
As I looked westward, I was shown an unknown alternate timeline of events, where I was a well-known speaker and a mentor of others along this magickal path.
As I pondered which direction I should take, road-dust swirls into a figure that is accompanied by the sound of dogs baying and jangling keys. She carries a lantern and fully becomes the form of Hekate. She is cloaked and hooded, dressed in black that shimmers with a shine of other colours. As She approaches, She lifts her lantern to see my face but I don't feel challenged or endangered. Hekate is strangely familiar to me and greets me with a hug, grateful for being summoned. I know She is here to guide me at this crossroads I find myself at.
She removed three keys from the collection worn at her hip, asking me which doors I feel are closed to me. At that time, I felt like the westward, northward and southward paths weren't as open as the eastward one. Hekate offered to help me carry these solitary "burdens" as She showed me that I have always walked beside Her. She showed me that while I may feel like the eastward path is the only one open to me, I need to unlock within me the hope that I can walk the others to achieve those results too.
Still in the centre of the crossroads, I stood opposite Hekate, feeling joy and a sense of groundedness that hadn't been there before. She thanked me for welcoming Her and Her guidance at that time and handed me a quill, ink and some paper to write down a petition to her about which road I need help with most. (I'll keep this knowledge to myself as it's rather personal). But She also gave me one of Her keys, so that I would have something to always remind me that what I desire can be unlocked.
Once I was done, I folded the paper up, always towards me, before offering it to Hekate who reached out a hand and with the tip of Her finger, touched the paper which became engulfed in flames. As the ashes and smoke blew in the wind, Hekate turned to me and said that it was up to me to walk the path that I long for and pointed me back toward the portal, watching me as I stepped back through to the starting woodfire.
I have always had an issue with my sense of self-worth so I was curious as to why Hekate had chosen me and tried to communicate with me so often before. So I grabbed my Witches Tarot deck by Ellen Dugan and pulled some cards for a reading.
Why did you choose me?
The Fool, Five of Wands
With The Fool, I feel like Hekate is telling me that I'm only at the start of my journey and She would like to be a companion for me. She wants me to take a leap of faith with Her so that I can truly see how strong I am.
With the Five of Wands, I feel like She's saying that there are too many voices that I'm either fighting or trying to listen to, to the point that I'm ignoring my own intuition. I need to find a way to turn this fighting (internal or otherwise) into harmony so that I can hear True Wisdom.
What parts of me need your magickal touch the most?
The Tower, King of Cups, Death, The Hanged Man
With The Tower, I feel like Hekate is showing me that when things start to fall apart, I can still lean on Her to rebuild my life. Also, a crisis can come in many forms and occur at any moment. There's nothing stopping me from rebuilding apart from my own self, so it might help if I step aside out of the way.
With the King of Cups, I feel like Hekate wants me to take a long hard look at how emotional I am, or how un-emotional I sometimes feel. There are times when I think the world is happening to me while I'm detached from it and then times when I fell that I am happening within the world.
With Death, I feel like Hekate wants me to remember that whenever there is an ending, it always precedes a new beginning. While I usually asociate hope with the Star card, I feel like this card is supposed to be a such a beacon to me from Hekate. As Hekate is associated with the Otherworld, I feel like this card is a huge symbol from Her.
With The Hanged Man, I feel like Hekate is saying that there will be times when I miss seeing or earing Her messengers because I am too active and so I would need to slow down, if not stop completely to be able to acknowledge them and Her. This would then allow me to practice my skill to just be, to find serenity within to be able to project it without.
How can I best honour and work with you?
Queen and King of Pentacles
The fact that these are the highest court cards in the suit of Pentacles and came out together means that I can use my finances and material possessions to honour and work with Hekate. I feel like Hekate is saying that I already have everything I need in order to be able to walk alongside Her. I will admit that I would like a specific statuette of Hekate for a particular altar dedicated to her but I do need to save to get that. At the same time, I feel like tese cards are saying that I shouldn't focus on the material possessions too much.
What needs to end in my life?
Knight of Pentacles, Knight of Cups, Ten of Wands, Page of Wands
With these card, there are more court cards - 3 out of the 4 cards, combined with the highest numbered card. The Knights both represent preparing for movement or forward progress, with the Pentacles relating to finances and material possessions, and the Cups relating to emotions. But I feel like the Ten of Wands comes in to say that I need to stop carrying so many burdens, whether emotional, financial or something else. I feel like Hekate wants me to be able to learn and replace the old processes I've used with new ones but I can only do that if I am willing to set new intentions of asking for assistance when I need it as per the Page of Wands.
What will be reborn in my life?
Nine and Ten of Pentacles
With these cards, I feel like Hekate is saying that I will be okay. I will find a sense of security but also a sense of Self, of who I am.
The Nine of Pentacles is calling to me rather like a sultry seductive temptress who knows exactly what she is able to do, and this is what Hekate wants for me, to discover who I am and how alluring I could be (I've always had issues with my self-image).
With the Ten of Pentacles, I feel like Hekate is saying that my sense of family, of home will be reborn. I've moved a large number of times in my life and apart from a number of years when I as a child, I haven't that sense of home, that where I live is not only where I rest but also where I am comfortable and loved. My friends are my family but I love each and every one of them for what they have done for me and I do my best to show my gratitude to them. This is something that I have wanted for many years now.
General message from Hekate
Three of Pentacles, Two of Cups, Nine of Cups, Karma
With the Three of Pentacles, I feel like the message is that I can co-create with Hekate but I need to work to my own strengths while being willing to watch and learn from Her and others. There is no end to the magick I can work with Her as a partner.
With the Two of Cups, I feel like Hekate is saying that there is a divine union at work between myself and Her. This is the card of unions to me, whether a relationship, friendship or something else, but it's a union filled with love, happiness and give-and-take between those involved.
With the Nine of Cups, I feel like Hekate is saying that I need to remember to celebrate the fruits of my labours, regardless of what they are. It's okay to have physical representatives of my achievements out but I should remember not to brag or be to egoistic.
Karma is an alternative representation of Judgement but I do think it's interesting that I did this reading around the time of the Total Solar Eclipse in April 2024. In the background, there is a total eclipse happening and I always associate this card, whether Karma or Judgement, with change. I feel like this card is saying that change is on the way if it is not already happening.
Having looked at all things sacred to Hekate, I was partly surprised to discover that the number 3 is associated with Her. This reading was 6 parts, a total of 18 cards and an average of 3 cards per question. All of these numbers are multiples of 3!! So even with the theme of the reading, Hekate absolutely was communicating with me!!
That was rather hard-hitting for me and has only cemented the idea that Hekate truly does want to work and walk with me as I traverse the next phase of my magickal journey.
I hope this inspires you to consider working with or asking for assistance/guidance from a deity. They are not as scary as some of their stories make them out to be.
Peace and love to all!!!!
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