I am not aware of their being a specific day that is sacred to Hestia. I’ve found this to be a common theme with Hestia. She is lesser known and mentioned in many myths, but she was such an integral part of worship that she became a part of people’s everyday lives and worship (she’s the keeper of the sacrificial flame and the first part of each offering is given to her).

It sounds like having a specific day would be helpful for you (although it’s not necessary!), so I’d recommend picking the day that feels right and making it your personal sacred day to her!

• Hera’s other sacred items include lions, cows, cuckoos, pomegranates, lotus and scepters. 
• You could find a way to incorporate and honor Hymenaios, Greek god of weddings (here’s a link to a helpful page).
• Something that could be very powerful and meaningful is if you wrote a prayer to the Theoi for your wedding day (X)
• You could leave a table open or create an altar to place a plate or two of your wedding food out for the gods.

I’m sure there’s so many other things out there, so I’d love to hear other people’s ideas!! 

Hi! I went undiagnosed and under-treated for about three years, undiagnosed with decent treatment for a year and a half, and was unofficially diagnosed and properly treated for a year, and have been officially diagnosed and properly treated since May. 

Five and a half years before I tested positive for Lyme Disease (although I’m in the process of getting diagnosed with CIRS as well now). 

I understand your struggles, I really do. So many doctors and specialists, where our appointments ended with a referral to a different specialist, a suggestion to take anti-depressants or anxiety meds, or a haphazardly slapped on diagnosis that was completely lazy. 

• Research it and see if it feels right, or if they’re missing something. 
• Consider the fact that some illnesses can mimic others symptom wise.
• Also consider the fact that some illnesses are often tied to co-infections or other chronic issues. (For example, I have Late Stage Chronic Lyme Disease. But I also have 7 chronic co-infections and likely have CIRS. These all commonly go together)
• Talk with others who have gotten that diagnosis, whether it was misdiagnosed or not. 
• See another doctor and get it double checked. Find someone who will test for it. 
• Find a doctor who will tell you all of the possible things that could be causing your symptoms and is willing to test as many of those paths as they can. 

I didn’t find any real answers or find anyone to run every possible test until I started seeing a Naturopath. There are some great Western Medicine doctors out there, but I wasn’t able to find any of them. They just didn’t have the answers or didn’t seem to care. If you do go the Naturopathic medicine route, I’d recommend finding a ND who understands the value of holistic medicine and of Western Medicine, when it’s needed. 

I wish you the best of luck on your diagnosis journey!

Hi! Yes you can, but I haven’t personally done it! My understanding is that it’s the same as using a pendulum for anything else, but it may be helpful to use a more in depth pendulum board and program the pendulum specifically 🙂

Honestly the suggestions you sent me are worthy of their own post and credit to you. I’d recommend writing them in a list, categorizing them if you can, and posting it! 

Suggested format:

(Title Font) Low energy cleaning or Cleaning with low motivation

Brief intro, explaining why these things are helpful for you.

General tips:

• Tip 1
• Tip 2
• Etc.

Specific tips – make as many of these categories as needed (for clothes, for cleaning a specific room/place):

• Same format as above
• Etc.
• Etc.

Here is a place for you to add links to related posts, to add or link any other information, to add a personal ending note, etc. 

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Please send me a message if you need support writing the post, or would like me to send you the additional anons you sent to remember. I would also be happy to contribute to your post if you need additional ideas.

And please send me the post if you do write it, which I really hope you do but completely understand that it can take a lot of energy and focus to write a post like that! ❤

Honestly in situations like this, I rarely turn to magic. Communication is key.

Tell him that if you can’t respect your boundaries and requests that you don’t want to be around him anymore, and take some space. Either he’ll figure his shit out or he won’t, and do you really want to be around someone who isn’t willing to listen to and understand your needs? I would also suggest talking with the people close to you (that he’s been talking to) and explaining the situation.

Here’s some spells and magic to help with good communication:

• Siren’s lipstick spell
• Communication spell
• No light, no light
• + many more in the #communication spell tag.
• Crystals to aid in communication: Amethyst. Ametrine. Citrine. Aquamarine. Celestite. Golden Topaz.  Kyanite. Turquoise.

To reveal lies/the truth:

• To find the truth in others
• Reveal true colors spell/hex
• Lasso of truth spell
• Simple truth spell
• + lots more in the #truth spell tag

Best of luck!

I get a lot from @bekkathyst and some from a gem and mineral shop that’s in Kirkland (greater Seattle area) 💕

I’d highly recommend checking out bekkathyst’s shop, I’ve never been disappointed with any of the (MANY) things I’ve purchased from her and they’re always the best quality and reasonable prices!

Hi! Welcome to the community 🙂 I actually have a FAQ series that I think you’ll find very helpful and it addresses a lot of the questions you asked.

• Part one talks about spells, wards, sigils, cleansing, divination and more!
• Part two talks about grimoires, crystals, wands, altars and more!
• Part three talks about this vs. that for a lot of the common terms you hear!
• Part four talks about types of witches, deities and more!
• Part five is all about spellcasting!
• Part six is slowly in the works as more questions arise!

I think I actually will include more on ingredients in part six, but here’s some brief info:

Herbs: Many, many, many of the herbs that I use are ones that are already in my kitchen for cooking. Always check to see what you have at home before going out to buy ingredients!

Some of the herbs/flowers you may not have in your spice rack are sometimes in teas, and occasionally they’re already put together in certain correspondences (sleepytime tea has things like chamomile, lavender, mint and is for soothing). I have definitely broken into my fair share of teabags for herbs I didn’t have in jars. 

Crystals: You really do not NEED crystals for the craft. Want them? sure. Need them? nah. 

If you were to get one, I’d recommend clear quartz. Top three for me would be clear quartz, amethyst, rose quartz – just because I use them the most. You can find it for a low price at some craft stores (look in the bead section, sometimes there’ll be whole crystals, crystal chips or crystal beads) or at gift shops (we have a thing in the states, I don’t know if they do it elsewhere, where there’s a giant box of tumbled crystals and you fill a sachet with them. Almost all of the colorful ones are dyed agate or dyed glass, but I have found genuine clear quartz, rose quartz and tiger’s eye in those boxes before. 

Other tools: You likely have everything you need already in your home. Be creative and see what you can come up with! 🙂