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What in the stars is a birth chart?

If you’ve been on social media the past few years, then you know the topic of birth charts has sky-rocketed in popularity. I’m sure you’ve been asked once or twice what your birth chart is, but what on Earth does it mean? Your birth chart, also known as a natal chart, is a guide on your personality, strengths and weaknesses, opportunities for growth, and the best timing for important moves.

Your birth chart consists of 12 different signs and houses. Your birth chart is based on the date, time and location of your birth. It tells where the planets alignments were when you were born. These all play a part in who you are. Your basic zodiac sign is your Sun sign, this is purely based off what day you were born. When someone asks your zodiac sign you most likely default to this one. You have 11 other zodiac signs that give insight on you as a person.

Each one of these 12 signs in your birth chart have their own meanings. They are:

Sun: Yourself, your main personality traits

Moon: Your heart

Rising: How you look and appear to others

Mercury: The way you think

Venus: How you love

Mars: How you deal with life and problems

Jupiter: You luck

Saturn: The way you discipline yourself and your responsibilities

Uranus: How unique you are

Neptune: Your imagination

Pluto: Your transformation in life

Chiron: How you feel

North Node: The way you develop in your current life

As I stated before, knowing your date, time and location of your birth is very important, this allows for your birth chart to be more accurate and allowing you to see more about you.

I will further discuss the 12 houses in another post. These also play a big part in your chart. Most people can discover basic information just from the 12 signs, but looking into the houses will give a bit more insight.

These are many websites you can use to find out your birth chart, I find the most accurate site is here. If you are unsure of your birth time, you can check your birth certificate or you can contact your state's Bureau of Vital Statistics. You may also use 12 noon as the time, but you may not receive the most accurate results.

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Hekate

So let's start with things that arnt true about Hekate.

Hekate is not the triple moon goddess that is a wiccan concept that is not true.

Hekate is not the moon goddess, that is Selene. Selene is the goddess of the moon.

Hekate will not get angry if you are devoted to other gods/goddesses. This is a myth that is spread for many gods and goddesses, it's not true.

Hekate along with other gods/goddesses will not be angered from a little mistake. This is not saying that she will not push you in a direction through life changes.

Hekate is not just the goddess of witchcraft and magic. This is one I've seen alot actually and it's a very modern day way she is seen, and her other things are just casted aside.

Hekate is not evil.

You have to worship her at a crossroads you can worship her anywhere else, this is something I was told and heard when I first started to research about hekate.

Hekate will only except certain offering and will reject other. This is very wide spread about all the hellinistic gods/goddesses. The gods will except most things as offerings there are specific offerings that are most suited to them but most offering will work. It's the act of devotion that they want not the material things you give them if anything just pray to them.

These are just some misconceptions about Hekate. There are misconceptions about every god in the hellenistic pantheon and you will just need to find out which are not true.

Now let's go to some things that are true about Hekate.

Hekate is the goddess of crossroads, witchcraft and magic, dark moon, the lunar calendar (she is very associated with the moon but she is not the goddess of it like I stated before)

Hekate did assist the search for Persephone, and did witness the capture.

Hekate stood at the crossroads, this could be seen as to assist the spirits to the underworld or to keep evil spirits away.

You can make an altar/shrine to hekate and worship her there

You can pray to Hekate as an offering and just out of devotion you do not have to find extravagant things that are not easily available to you as an offering.

Some things you can use as an offering for Hekate. (These are just some examples there are many other things you can use.)

These are thing that I have used in my practice and are from my own experience. You may find others that you can use more and are better suited for your relationship with Hekate.

Dog imagery, black dogs are the best. You can draw one or even get a little dog statue.

Bones

Dandelions

Prayers

Doing acts of kindness for others, including animals

Give candles (black ones preferably)

Candies ( I've given chocolate as an offering before)

Blackberries

Blood ( this is a offering that is very demonized in the pagan community, but it is an offering you can use.)

Meat is a very traditional offering the not as good parts of the meat would be given to the gods and goddesses, as an offering and the better parts would be kept for you.

You can share parts of your dinner with them

Tea ( I usually use tea that corresponds to them)

Pastries

A feast was traditionally done under the dark moon

Lavender

Spells can be done along side her.

I've done spells for good things like happiness of others in her name.

Milk ( I know this one is a little wierd but you can use milk as a good offering for alot of gods/goddesses

Donate to charity in the name of Hekate

These are just some examples. These examples are just to give you an idea of offering for Hekate.

This is just a post for if you are interested in Hekate it is just a small post to kinda introduce her to you. If you are wanting to worship her please use more resources than this one.

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