#good morning apollo

[visiodeii]

Blessed be the sun!

[mint-mango]

apollo justice lineup pt. 3!

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[lotuslate]

My submission for @noxetlux-zine 🌞

My idea for celestial beings Wangxian was Apollo!LWJ and Hermes!WWX, check out my twitter for the full nsfw piece 🌝

[gingermintpepper]

I continue to be in the foulest of moods so here are some Zeus + Apollo headcanons because they make me happy :)

(Important note: this is largely specific to my original work and is not me making inferences from mythical or historical texts)

Zeus and Apollo spar. Like a lot. Like a lot. A big reason why Apollo gets so good at boxing is because he usually sparred with his father as a young god and getting hit with one of Zeus' punches is!! Not advisable. He focused on becoming fleet-footed to combat Zeus' more solid fighting style which was definitely helped by his dancing. Conversely, Hermes would later develop wrestling partially as a response to Apollo's annoying fleet-footedness in combat.

Zeus decides to tie his mind to Apollo's when the strain of Apollo's visions become too intense for him to handle alone. When Apollo first returns from his exile after slaying Python, his visions are so severe that he suffered from 'time-blindness' where he could only percieve the future and was completely unable to see the present. Zeus shoulders some of that strain until Apollo becomes strong enough to handle prophecy on his own - though Zeus is careful not to give Apollo absolute prophecy lest he get overwhelmed again.

Despite their closeness, or maybe because of it, Zeus and Apollo argue quite a lot. Usually it's banal things like administrative work or squabbling over which of them should get the larger portion of a hecatomb, but they do argue about how prophecies should be carried out quite frequently too. There's a general agreement for Zeus not to bring up Apollo's children after how messy Aristaeus' anointing was (and how angry Apollo was at Zeus' disagreement with his decision to make his firstborn son a god) but the odd occasion where it cannot be avoided is usually when they have their most grave spats.

One of Zeus' greatest regrets is his relationship with Ares, partially because Ares grows up seeing him dote and teach Apollo with his full attention. There is... a lot of himself that he sees in Ares. A lot of Kronos too and the part of Zeus that is a warrior before he is a king has done his best to keep the boy at arms length entirely because of that familiarity with the face staring back at him. It's another of the things he and Apollo have argued ceaselessly about. Naturally, Apollo has attempted to bridge that gap many times and while Ares is still quite close with Artemis, when it comes to Apollo, he is particularly sensitive.

Zeus is the one that ultimately decided that Apollo should never marry. Due to Apollo's love-curse and his already concerning tendency to be overly attached and committed to his mortal affairs and offspring, Zeus decided that marriage would be doom to Apollo's spirit and proclaimed him unfit for the ceremony and its status. Instead of the expected argument, everyone was quite surprised when Apollo merely bowed his head and accepted such an outrageous decision.

[museofhestia]

Morning prayer to the Gods

Good Morning Hestia, keeper of the flame. I am grateful for my home and nourishing food. Today I honor you by devoting time to care for my body and my home. My acts of self care and managing my household are gifts of service to you, in gratitude for your eternal service to the Sacred Flame of life. io Hestia!

Good Morning Apollo, bright shining one! I am grateful that I have awoken to another day of your shining radiance! Today I honor you by following my joy, and I know you are with me as I dance, listen to music, and express my own unique creativity. I do my best to be a good citizen and uphold the laws that help my nation thrive, and care for those around me with kindness, and make this world a better place in your name! io Apollo!

Good Morning Hermes, wise and cunning messenger of the Gods! I am grateful for the blessings of language and thought. Thank you for swiftly carrying my prayers to the gods, and for bringing me any messages they have for me. I thank you for providing safe travels for myself and my loved ones. I honor you today by using my mind and my words to the highest possible good. I know I am capable of clear communication, creative problem solving, and learning new things: I strive to do all of these things today in your name! io Hermes!

Good Morning Aphrodite, Goddess of Love and Beauty. I am grateful for all the beauty around me and within me, and I am grateful for love! Today I honor you by recognizing my own divine beauty, and by seeing the beauty in others. I take time to enjoy all that is soft, delicate, beautiful, and pleasurable. I honor you by loving myself and others, and by showing my partner love with romantic gestures and compliments. Thank you, Aphrodite for the love and beauty in my life every day! io Aphrodite!

Good Morning Hekate, Goddess of the Crossroads and Witches. I am grateful for the path I walk, and for the Mysteries you reveal to me. I am grateful for your wise and gentle guidance through my life's choices and crossroads. All lessons are good lessons, especially the hard ones. Today I honor you by continuing to walk my life path. I honor you as I make choices. I honor you as I learn lessons. I honor you as I walk the earth as a witch and keep your secrets and Mysteries sacred. io Hekate!

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*these are the primary deities that I work with and my own personal prayers for working with them. I encourage you to make your own prayers to the gods. You can use these if they resonate with you but feel free to change anything to reflect your own personal relationship with the gods. My structure here is a combination of gratitude and intentions for daily Devotion.

If you have a specific deity that you want a morning prayer for, leave a request in the comments and I will see what I can come up with! (Although I encourage you to write your own, but I will enjoy the challenge too)

[metaphorical-goblin]

Klavier and Ema fighting over who gets Apollo in the divorce

[ksodirty]

Shout out to my dad for this ridiculous info

[kindred-spirit-93]

diana daughter of apollo brainrot part i

i spent like an hour and a half on this, i may provide context tomorrow, ive got lectures first thing in the morning and my brain wouldnt let me be till i drew this, with my fingers, on my notes app, on my phone, at one am. bon apetite

nooooooooo u cant see her freckles! dangit the quality isnt great but such is life ig

also we are going to ignore the fact that her hair is even and pretty in the side profiles but really shabby in the other one mkay? thank yew. pun intended (i hate myself too lmao)

[coriander-candlesticks]

I've been trying to figure out how to incorporate religious practice into my life & trying to get over the fear of being...annoying? If that's the right word? It feels a little like tugging on the gods' sleeves when I make more than one offering a day to them even though I know I'm not, like, being rude by *checks notes* giving them things or dedicating time/activities to them. Today I made a dessert in preparation for tomorrow's Pathfinder game and dedicated that time spent baking to Hestia and Aphrodite, and it was really nice! I feel like I'm starting to find my footing despite my worries. I'm also trying to make sure I take time where I'm not thinking about religion at all so that I don't start to ruminate/spiral. It's happened a few times already to varying degrees and it's! Not fun!

It's possible it's hindsight/confirmation bias, but I do think the vibes of my tarot deck changed when I started reaching out to the Greek deities. It makes sense: I was using my deck to reach out to a completely different deity/deities before I started exploring Hellenic polytheism. And it's definitely not in a bad way, just more energetic and...light? When before it was heavier (in a comforting way). I've gotten consistently coherent pulls, too, which is nice.

I've been trying to remember to pour a libation to Hermes at certain street corners when I'm out & about, but I have to make a game plan for when other people are also in the area, even if it's just psyching myself up so I don't look awkward while I do it. I have a pendant that I keep in front of his altar/shrine jar that I try to remember to take with me when I travel, and it's been cool having something in my pocket that's consistently reminding me of him because I check so often to make sure it's still there. There were some...issues with my commute on Monday (a true comedy of errors on the city's part) but the change in routine was a *lot* easier to handle in the morning. Of course, the unusually cool temperature helped, but I do accredit the smooth transition to Hermes because I wasn't stressed at *all* for the vast majority of my commute when I usually would have been wiped from the mental/sensory strain of having to pivot & kinda just hope I guessed right on what to do next. The commute home was a nightmare but I didn't have a whole-ass work day ahead of me after that so the stress didn't matter as much (and I was able to get through the last bus ride & walk from the stop which I wasn't sure I'd have the mental fortitude for).

I'm almost done with the statue of Hermes I've been working on, and I finished a set of alphabet oracle "stones" (squares made from air dry clay...would that technically be closer to potsherds?) tonight. I'll share a picture of them once I finish their bag- I have some leftover green cotton yarn from a recent project that I think will go well with them. We'll see how well they hold up, though I'm not planning on doing the "shake them until one falls out" method so hopefully they'll last a while. I worked on them in the living room this evening, instead of in my room. I'm getting more comfortable showing little elements of what I've been exploring to my housemates; it was nice to be able to sit & paint & listen to the iliad while my friend did his own thing next to me on the couch.

I'm still trying to figure out how to gauge each housemates' potential reactions. It'll probably be fine: friend 1 actively has an altar-esque space and uses tarot cards and a pendulum and friend 2 is friend 1's wife. I'm a bit worried about friend 3 being weird about it, at least at first, but considering he was experimenting with witchcraft-esque things a few years ago (I distinctly remember charms & him discussing which of the wheel of the year days he wanted to observe) I think I'm overthinking things. He's an atheist & his view of witchcraft was, at the very least, *similar* to the psych model, which I think is where the hesitation has been coming from on my end. I have therapy this weekend so I think I'll start bringing things up then. The office my therapist is in openly advertises all sorts of alt/witchcraft things so I think I'll be safe there lol

[astrxealis]

dear gods i adore horror tbh but i am way too sensitive to it

[thepollyjustice]

Hi Mr Justice

”Hi there! Nice to meet ya.”

[visiodeii]

🌞good morning with Apollo🌞

currently trying to get healthier for him. I mostly eat trash and even @amor-areia , (my most beloved Aphrodite devotee ) agreed with me on that. I need to work on myself.

He is also trying his best to be best version of himself for Lady Aphrodite ( and for himself ofc)! And that motivates me too🫶🏻

Baby steps, but things need to change and I am just glad I can share these with you all and Apollo himself!

ot: this photo has lowkey cmbyn vibes haha

[bugwolfsstuff]

*Starts to notice seeing more crow feathers around where I go*

*wonders if its one of my gods trying to contact me and searches up which gods of the two pantheons i worship (Greeco-Roman and Celtic) have crows as sacred animals*

*finds out both of my main gods I interact with have the crow as their animal (the Morrígan and Apollo)*

So like do I ask for a sign or? (anything to do with dreams wont work for me because I rarely have them)

[uighean]

look i'm not religious or even really superstitious at all but when you make a little shrine to the greek god apollo out of desperation and start yelling up at the sun to give you a flat and then at that exact moment you get an email saying the landlord has approved your application. well a girl's got to start wondering.

[apollotronica]

I DONT WANT TO.

[threadmonster]

My friend never finished the 5th book in the Trials of Apollo series so she's using me to get a recap instead of rereading all the books.

So now she's gonna wake up to a chapter by chapter summary of The Hidden Oracle. I don't play around.