#hellenic polytheism

[khaire-traveler]

Dionysus is such a wonderful god. 💜 🍇

[wingedfoolnearthesun]

okay so i sat and tried looking into the meaning of the cards i got from Lord Apollo and Lord Hermes and holy shit they don’t play around???? they’re so straightforward. “hey you’re experiencing a lot of doubt, depression, and anxiety, and btw you’ve been allowing yourself to be prone to anger outbursts…you might wanna work on that. but don’t worry that’s what we’re here to help you with and you’re gonna have such a successful future!” like YES I KNOW THAT FIRST PART ALREADY BUT PLEASE HAVE MERCY????

[thewitchinthecloset35]

Honouring & Offering: Aphrodite Edition

Love ❤️ Self-love ❤️ Spend time with a loved one ❤️ Compliment someone ❤️ Draw hearts ❤️ Hug someone you care about

Passion 🔥 Dedicate a passion project 🔥 Create pretty moodboards 🔥 Plan a project thoroughly 🔥 Donate to a women’s charity/shelter 🔥 Support LGBT+ rights

Beauty 💄 Make-up 💄 Wear pink, red, blue, gold 💄 Dedicate jewellery 💄 Personal hygiene 💄 Self-care routine

Sea 🐚 Visit the beach 🐚 Seashells 🐚 Learn to swim 🐚 Donate to charities cleaning the ocean 🐚 Save water

Lust ❤️‍🔥 Embrace your sexuality ❤️‍🔥 Discuss boundaries with your partner ❤️‍🔥 Make time to discover yourself ❤️‍🔥 Support sex workers ❤️‍🔥 Dress in a way that makes you feel attractive

War ⚔️ Speak up for what you care about ⚔️ Shadow work for self-image ⚔️ Spicy foods ⚔️ Don’t allow people to walk over you ⚔️ Uplift and fight for other women

Crystals 🪨 Rose quartz 🪨 Aquamarine 🪨 Pearls 🪨 Diamond 🪨 Ruby

Plants 🌱 Roses 🌱 Apple 🌱 Daffodil 🌱 Vanilla 🌱 Anemones

Misc. 💗 Honour Ares and her children 💗 Work with Fridays and the number 4 💗 Celebrate Aphrodisia and Adonia 💗 Read romance or poetry 💗 Feed birds, especially swans or doves

[psychedelic-charm]

These will come in handy for someone.

PLEASE DO NOT USE TIKTOK AS A RESOURCE FOR HELLENIC POLYTHEISM

Tiktok is probably one of THE WORST places to learn about REAL hellenic polytheism because it is rampant with misinformation and most creators are only interested in views and parroting misinformation THEY heard. Yes there are some great and informative creators on there to learn about the hellenic gods but they are far and few in-between.

INSTEAD if you're new to the religion and have no clue where to start researching/learning, here are a few phenomenal creators on here with wonderful and informative posts!

@wisdom-devotee has an amazing guide for starting out in hellenic polytheism

@seasaltdevotion also recently made a fantastic post on resources for starting out

@crazycatsiren has a SUPER long list of resources and research material

@khaire-traveler has possibly the greatest list on subtle deity worship for just about every god

Please actually learn from those of us that truly love and covet this religion and spread information that will truly benefit you.

[camosart]

"Dionysus #1" by Camo

This is one of the first pieces I did at the start of the year, and although it has it's errors, I still think it looks absolutely lovely!

Dionysus is often portrayed as some sort of party monster. And while that's not wrong, I wanted to portray him in a different light, and a quieter attitude.

I don't know how to draw animals so bear with me 😭

This one is available to be downloaded in full quality at my print shop! I have the original hanging over his little altar, I'd LOVE LOVE LOVE to see if someone prints it and places it over theirs!

[atheneum-of-you]

• 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭 𝟏𝟎𝟏 •

When we think about deity or spiritual communication, many people's first thought is tarot. And while there are a plethora of ways to communicate with entities without it, tarot remains one of the most popular.

This guide will be separated into 3 core sections; The makeup of tarot decks, the meanings of the suits, and how to read the cards. This will be long but I'll try to break everything down as digestible as possible.

𝟎𝟏. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐃𝐞𝐜𝐤𝐬

𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐨𝐭?

Tarot is well known as a great starting point for entity communication, and easily accessible. There are millions of different styles of decks, but throughout all of them the meanings stay essentially the same. This means you can essentially use the same guidebook/guide for almost every deck. Some decks do have specialized cards that they add to their major arcana, or some will rename suits (the suit of pentacles may be called the suit of coins or the air of cups may be called chalices, etc). But for the most part, things are fairly similar.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐅𝐨𝐨𝐥'𝐬 𝐉𝐨𝐮𝐫𝐧𝐞𝐲

A tarot deck will typically have 78 cards, with 2 types. The Major Arcana, and the Minor Arcana. The Major Arcana is made up of 22 cards, numbered 0-21 starting with The Fool. These 22 cards can be considered the most important cards in the deck, even if they're not drawn during your readings.

The cards detail a story, aptly named The Fool's Journey, which paints the picture of a fool (0) on a journey enduring trials and life lessons until he rejoins The World (21) with newfound knowledge and understanding of themself.

The Fool's Journey represents us, the holders, and our journey through life and drawing a Major card during readings are typically important and indicative of a pivotal moment in the reading. Readings can actually be conducted entirely with just the Major Arcana because of how significant they are.

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐢𝐧𝐨𝐫 𝐀𝐫𝐜𝐚𝐧𝐚

The Minor Arcana make up the bulk of a tarot deck, with 56 cards divided into 4 suits. Swords, Wands, Cups, and Pentacles. Despite the suit names, each suit is made up of 14 named cards. 1-10, the page, the knight, the king, and the queen. This is the standard for each suit.

If the Major Arcana is the Fool's journey, then the Minor Arcana are the details of that journey. Each suit represents a different aspect of a person's life. It can also be representative of the 4 core elements, involve numerology, and align with astrology, however for this guide we'll stick with the meanings of the cards themselves and how to read them.

𝟎𝟐. 𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬

I won't go over the meanings of all 78 cards simply because this post would be egregiously long, however I will go over the meanings of the Minor Arcana suits.

☆ Pentacles Sensation and the Material

This suit deals with the material world, both internally and externally. This includes finances, stability, and health.

☆ Swords Thinking and Truth

This suit deals with logic and ambition, as well as shedding light on situations for conflict and communication.

☆ Cups Feeling and the Unconscious

This suit represents your emotions and relationships, as well as peeks into your Intuition.

☆ Wands Intuition and Will

This suit represents your drive and passion, as well as your internal introspection.

𝟎𝟑. 𝐑𝐞𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

So you know the makings of your deck, and you know their meanings. But how do you read the cards? I'll ask some questions to my own deck, draw cards, and discuss how I decipher them!

𝟏 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝

"What is an emotion I should be aware of today?" This is the question I've decided to ask for this example! When suckling the cards, I keep this question in mind, but also like to clarify my meaning. "What emotion should I be conscious of today, positive or negative? What do I need to become aware of?" These kinds of questions while shuffling can help get a bit more of an accurate read on your original question. The card I drew for this was:

The Nine of Wands reversed

This card represents exhaustion and emotional burnout. This is a very clear sign that I need to take a moment to relax, and not force myself to do everything all at once, lest I burn myself out and kill my passion. This resonates because it's what's kept me from posting as often as I'd like. Now that I've recuperated though, my cards want me to remember not to reach that point again. To take breaks.

𝟑 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

As I write this, I've done my "daily reading." This is a simple 3 card reading I try to do every morning just to get a feel of my day and the mindset I should try to keep throughout it. The cards I drew were:

The King of Pentacles

The Emperor

The Ace of Cups

Lucky for this example, we've got a Major card! So how do we read this?

Well the King of Pentacles represents abundance, while also representing accountability. This tells me that I need to be aware of my resources, and treat them with care. The King of Pentacles represents a sort of provider, and as a provider it's important to be responsible with the assets you have and provide for others.

Next we see The Emperor. This is another card that represents an authority figure and responsibility. So we see a recurring theme between these two cards already. The Emperor represents a firm hand and the creator of structure.

Finally we see the Ace of Cups. This card represents something completely different than the other 2 cards; instead focusing on the emotional path of life and the joys that come with it. The cards can also represent the start of a new beginning.

It can be confusing to decipher the meanings of these cards when reading just the meanings, so this is where we start to look at the core of these cards, and apply them to our original question/intent.

The King of Pentacles

Responsibility and abundance

The Emperor

Responsibility and authority

The Ace of Cups

The joys of a new beginning and emotional fulfillment

When we look at my original sentiment "how will my day go today?" we can see that it speaks of being responsible, especially as someone considered an authority figure (i.e. the owner of my discord server or even a blog many people come to for guidance and help). Lately I've noticed I haven't been wholly responsible and it's led me to neglecting this blog in a way I don't enjoy and procrastinating a lot of work on my server. The cards are telling me to take responsibility for the communities I've cultivated. But the Ace of Cups tells me this reading isn't a condemnation, but rather, the start of an exciting new beginning. That is time to shed my old insecurities and fears and to start anew!

𝐌𝐮𝐥𝐭𝐢𝐩𝐥𝐞 𝐌𝐞𝐚𝐧𝐢𝐧𝐠𝐬 𝐚𝐧𝐝 𝐑𝐞𝐥𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧

Sometimes your readings will have multiple meanings, and it will be up to you to decipher which meaning is relevant to what you asked, or if all of them should be headed.

We'll use my 3 card reading as an example.

While this reading represents my need to take responsibility, it can take on other meanings as well. One meaning can be about the relationships I currently have, as the Ace of Cups can also represent the start of a new love. This can change the meaning of me being the responsible party, and instead represent my newfound partner, who is a very large figure of authority.

It can also represent my father, who loves me dearly but is incredibly stern with me.

It's important to see which meaning resonates with you most. For me, the third message doesn't resonate very well, so I won't consider it the intended message. The first two meanings however resonate deeply, and while the first one is much more in depth, I can pull clarifying cards for the second.

𝐂𝐥𝐚𝐫𝐢𝐟𝐲𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝𝐬

Clarifying cards are simply additional cards you draw to clarify your main reading. Sometimes things will seem a bit confusing, or you'll need some extra information. Clarifying cards are used exactly for that. We'll continue off of my previous example in terms of my reading representing my partner, and see what additional information we can gather. Once again, I speak my intentions into my shuffling. "Can I please have some clarification on the meaning of that reading in terms of me and X? Any clarification would be greatly appreciated." The cards I drew was yet another Major Arcana:

The Chariot reversed

This card speaks about a lack of control and direction. This card once again resonates, as for the past week or so I've been incredibly insecure and spiraling over the specifics of this relationship and the aspects of it I can't control. This card reminds me to understand that I can't control every situation and narrative, and part of life is the unknown and the scary.

With this, we've gotten 3 meanings of one reading, 2 of which resonated, and managed to break them down effectively!

Tarot is much easier than you may think, especially when getting down the basics! You don't need to memorize every card right off the bat, using your guidebook or an online guide works perfectly fine. After a while, you'll naturally start to recognize the meanings of each card.

I hope this has helped you understand tarot a little better! Feel free to ask me any questions at all, and safe travels ♡

[hellenicrosez]

E-Offering for Apollo!!

[thechildofhypnos]

Devotees that have cant worship full time due to many factors.

Devotees that, even if they tried, can mediate or calm themselves easily due to many factors.

Devotees that have breakdowns and doubt their own abilities and Gods.

Devotees of Gods that are u popular / disliked in any way, shape, or form.

Devotees that are young and are still working things out, terrified to make a mistake.

Devotees who can’t outwardly worship their Gods due to their environment.

I wanted to add some happiness to this lovely post!! Mainly things that resonate with me tho 😋 fun fun fun!

Zeus and Hera devotees who feel intimidated by them

Poseidon devotees who live far from the sea

Demeter devotees who live in the city

Hades and Persephone devotees who fear death

Dionysus devotees who are perplexed by madness

Aphrodite devotees who struggle to love themselves

Apollo devotees who struggle with inspiration

Artemis devotees who are saddened by animal death

Ares devotees who are too tired to keep fighting

Athena devotees who are easily manipulated

Hestia devotees with unstable home lives

Hermes devotees who get anxious over new things

Every one of you is so valid and so loved by your gods. They love you, and they want you to know it.

[undeadwhilealive]

How do you guys choose only one deity to worship? I want to give them all my full attention but I know if I do that, I'll burn myself out.

Follow-up question, how did you choose who you worship? I would love to worship again. I miss it, I miss feeling close to the Gods in that respect.

[muddileaves]

Finding information on Lady Hestia seems to be a bit difficult. It's all the same information, and it's not much in volume, if I may add.

I'd just like to have a good starting point to set grounds with her worship. I like to have a small but decent altar set up for the gods in worship.

[zagreusian]

Temple of Bacchus at Baalbek, Lebanon

The Temple of Bacchus is part of the Baalbek archaeological site, in the Beqaa Valley region of Lebanon. The temple complex is considered an outstanding archaeological and artistic site of Roman Architecture and was inscribed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1984. This monument to Bacchus is one of the best preserved and grandest Roman temple ruins; its age is unknown, but its fine ornamentation can be dated to the second century CE.

[poorbrokemess]

Omg I found it again

I talk about this post almost daily.

Here you go

An old photo contribution

Sir BowBow

He sleeps at Apollons Alter. When he was sick with a sickness that cleared out almost all my pets, a plague if you will.

I screamed. I held that cat. And I SCREAMED at Apollon to save him, in front of his alter.

He lived.

All but one other died. She's a loner. Barely got sick.

Contribution of Sir BowBow

Who would gladly jump onto Apollons lap given the cance.

Given how much cats love bathing in sunlight, I'm surprised and disappointed I've never seen art of Apollo with a bunch of very content cats all over him

[a-bottle-of-tyelenol]

sleepy apollon kiddo

[lucent-roase]

okay watch me awkwardly explain an au or headcanon or something

here’s a small comic-y thing i wasn’t going to post but i haven’t posted any art for over a week i think

i never finished it but the idea was Hunter converting to paganism after all of his religious trauma because i’m pagan and want to project it onto someone

honestly for him it doesn’t really make sense because the isles now knows about the archivists and how they created that world but idk… but who the hell cares what makes sense???? Willow is also pagan here and she’s like “haha yeah i’ve been practicing ever since we went back to the Human Realm” and to me its real

they would either be Hellenic or Nordic polytheists, i don’t know much about Norse religion practices but i read a book about the mythology a long time ago and i’m sure Hunter would love it (plus, i mean, being polytheists they could worship anyone)

i’m sure finding out that the Titan wasn’t saying all that stuff to Belos would probably be crushing to hear. for Hunter, he had to realize that the Titan never had big plans for him, and Willow had to realize that she’d been blatantly lied to her whole life. especially in hellenic polytheism, people can communicate to their gods and deities and i’m guessing Hunter would find a lot of comfort in that. i bet Willow would like to have an outlet where she could just rant to someone finally without worry about what her friends would think.

[just-helpol-things]

I love Lady Khione so much

it makes me so sad that there’s almost no information on Her besides that She’s a goddess-nymph of snow, daughter of Boreas, and had a child with Lord Poseidon (Eumolpos).

If anyone knows anything else about Her please let me know (with sources please!)