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Lady Hestia, honored first and last at the feast.

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Your Polytheist reminder that if you have altars in your home, then ...

Your housework is tending your temple.

Vacuuming, cleaning up the clutter, dusting... all of it.

Housework suddenly becomes not only easier but spiritually fulfilling when I play music and envision that I am not cleaning my bedroom or apartment but in fact cleaning my modern day temple.

You can dedicate cleaning each room or each corner to a specific deity if you like in addition to your altars.

Cleaning itself is not only great active meditation (it's when I get my best deity insights, such as this very post) but is such an underrated act of worship and devotion.

Witchy tip: sweeping dust etc out the door is a super effective cleansing activity that doesn't require expensive herbs or other ingredients.

Go forth and clean thy temples, babes. 😘🕯🧹

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you can find lady hestia in your favourite blanket, covering you. she is that special moment when you can feel the fabric become a little more heavy, holding you a little tighter, being warmer.

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by Naya Kotko

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i feel like lady hestia enjoys just being around. in the most simple sense. drinking your morning coffee or tea, she's there enjoy it with you. being bored at work, she's there sitting next to you filling you with ideas what can you do when back home. making a quick dish after work, she's there loving all the smells. laying in your bed and looking at the ceiling, she's looking at the same ceiling. she's there, always. and i think this is what makes her so important. she's always there, no matter how small or big the occasion, she's there, with you. her presence is not grand and full of intense emotions, its simple and stable. she's like the air that surrounds us, we know it's there even if we cannot see it, grab it, it's there.

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Hestia and Vesta Update for Oct 12 -26:

🔥The asteroids Hestia and Vesta can have some very sacred messages for us about self care, acts of Devotion, and how to tend our own inner sacred fire.

Vesta in Virgo: Aug 24 - Oct 26, 2024

This is a transit that emphasizes practical spirituality, service, and a dedication to routine and detail. During this time, individuals may experience an increased focus on health, wellness, and self-care.

You may feel motivated to adopt healthier habits, improve their diet, or engage in regular exercise. In professional matters, this transit can bring a heightened sense of dedication and discipline.

Individuals may find themselves working more diligently, paying close attention to details, and striving for excellence in their tasks. Additionally, this transit can inspire a desire to purify or refine various aspects of life, such as decluttering physical spaces or refining work processes. While this transit can lead to perfectionism and stress, it also offers opportunities for growth and refinement.

Full post on Vesta in Virgo: https://www.patreon.com/posts/vesta-in-virgo-110722125

Hestia in Libra: Sept 3 - Nov 21

The Asteroid Hestia will be in the sign of Libra from Sept 3 through Nov 21. Hestia in Libra brings a harmonious blend of home-centered energy and relational balance, emphasizing the creation of a peaceful, beautiful, and welcoming environment. This placement encourages the cultivation of fairness, diplomacy, and cooperation within family and partnerships, making the home a sanctuary of aesthetic appeal and emotional equilibrium.

Lessons revolve around finding and maintaining balance in relationships, resolving conflicts with grace, and fostering a space where both personal and shared needs are honored. Ultimately, Hestia in Libra teaches the value of creating harmony both within the home and in the connections that sustain it.

I accidentally added this poll and I can't figure out how to remove it lol

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Pillars- Oleg Schupliak; 2018

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Hestia, Goddess of the Hearth and the Home

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Purification Oil

As the title above suggests, this is an oil that's great for your purification needs. Dress candles, use it to draw cleansing sigils, etc.

Bay leaves

Lemon peel

Thyme

Rosemary

Olive oil to cover

Place your herbs in a jar and seal. Store them in a cool, dark place for 2 weeks to a month to infuse.

While preparing the oil, you can enhance the energies by making this more of a ritual. Light white candles as you focus your intentions. Charge the oil with crystals by placing crystals for cleansing on or around the jar while it infuses.

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Watch the morning sun rise from the still blackness of the night, a gold blanket drapes over the earth, lustrous rays of hope. Life stirs at its' prescence. One understands why divinity is found within a sunrise.

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Knut Ekwall (Swedish, 1843–1912)

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The moth and the flame. Divine emblems. 1867.

Internet Archive

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Hestia the Hot Spring

Hail to you Mother Vesta. I see you and I feel you here. The Earth is your hearth.

Photos from Yellowstone National Park

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Hestia is more than just fire.

She is in the warmth of freshly-dried clothes, the joy of a child picking paint for their room. The scent of your favorite cleaner and the theme song of your favorite show. You feel her in the familiar creaking of floorboards, the inattentive habit of taking the turn that brings you home. She is the Hearth, and the Hearth is a thing we create in the mundane patterns of our choices and the efficient routines we create over time.

I worship her by noticing these habits in their infancy and attending to them with intention. I devote myself to appreciating their ease and familiarity. I practice my faith by remembering, consciously, the thousands of small kindnesses I have surrounded myself with.

Hestia, who is Home… we create each other.

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Lady Hestia

The virgin goddess of the hearth and home

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offering for my Lady Hestia ♡🥧🐖🍞

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A picture of my altar for Hestia/Vesta.

I pray to her whenever I need comfort.