My name is Euphemia but you can call me Effie, Iโm 25 and use she/her pronouns. Iโm a Scorpio sun, leo moon and rising with a Capricorn mars and venus.
I consider myself an eclectic witch and have recently started observing pagan holidays (after practicing witchcraft for 5 years ๐ฎโ๐จ)
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My craft includes a wide range of things (love spells, banefuls, protection and abundance spells) but always has these as a base: divination (tarot and pendulum), spell crafting and herbal witchcraft. I also have a keen interest in astrology and how it intersects with the craft.
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Iโm a devotee of Lady Athena and Lady Aphrodite. I have recently been approached by Lady Hekate and am on a journey with Her now!
I am offering pendulum and tarot divination. They can either channel a deity I am devoted to or be general/based on my intuition.
Some examples of some topics that I can do readings on include: love, career, life path or general. If you are unsure whether I can do your specific reading please send me a message.
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Welcome, Iโm Effie a practicing eclectic witch of 5 years. Iโm a devotee of Lady Athena, Lady Aphrodite and Lady Hekate.ย Here I offer a rang
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A message from either Lady Aphrodite, Lady Athena or Lady Hekate about something you need to hear right now.
Take a deep breath and pick whichever pile calls to you. If no pile calls to you donโt force it ๐ซถ๐ป
Readings under the cut ๐ซถ๐ป
(This is my first one of these so please let me know your thoughts ๐)
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Channelled message from Lady Athena
The wheel keeps turning - challenges you thought where behind you have come back and you feel isolated and wonder if there is any point to your suffering. Worry not, you have broken this cycle and have learned the lessons you have needed. Your suffering has not been for nothing, good news is coming to you about your health, your career or some other area where this cycle has been continuing. Have faith, a new chapter is starting.
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Channelled message Lady Hekate
Something has thrown you for a loop and you have taken a tactical retreat to get your ducks in a row. This event is something that you initially thought was negative. Look at it from a different perspective, everything is not as it once appeared. You cannot control everything. Surrender and let the chips fall as they may. You are protected, karma will dole out what is deserved.
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Channelled message from Lady Aphrodite
Youโve been confused about a situation, not necessarily romantic, it could be about a creative project or your career. A sudden change is coming to this situation, it may make you feel nostalgic or involve something from your past. Trust your intuition, this event will solve your confusion and lead you on the path to the success and abundance you have been looking for.
Hecate is a Greek goddess of witchcraft and a psychopomp of the underworld. She was often depicted with a torch and a key, symbols of her role as a guide to souls on their way to the afterlife.
She is a powerful figure among modern witches, often called upon for guidance and protection. Her assistance is sought by those pursuing spiritual growth and transformation, and her role as a moon goddess make her popular among those who practice lunar magic.
Hecate is depicted as a triple goddess. Traditional hekataia show her three aspects situated around a central column, often holding snakes, keys, torches, and daggers. Ovid wrote, "Look at Hecate, standing guard at the crossroads, one face looking in each direction."
Decorate a shrine or altar to Hecate with keys, lunar symbols, any of her associated crystals, figurines of her associated animals, especially black ones, and yellow or orange candles to symbolize her torches. If you have room and are so inclined, you can also include a cypress bonsai.
The gods breathe the air in our lungs. Their breath shakes the leaves in the trees and blows gently against our skin. Their touch is as light as the rays of the sun, and just as the sun, it can burn with too much force. We are fragile beings, and the gods know this. They treat us the tenderness of a shepherd to a newborn lamb.
Tarot Hellenic Deity Communication Post that should probably be a book someday.
Hello,
Feeling inspired by some other posts about Deity identification via tarot I wanted to tweak their ideas and add some additional strategies that help me.
This is a devotional post to two of my patron Gods, Lord Apollon and Lord Hermes, who are assisting me with my Oracular duties.
Praise Apollo and Hermes.
Post index:
My Background
Some notes about this post
The Major Arcana: Intro
The Major Arcana Deities
The Minor Arcana Part 1: How to incorporate the Minor Arcana
The Minor Arcana Part 2: The Suits
The Minor Arcana: Part 3: The Courts
Pentacles
Swords
Wands
Cups
The Minor Arcana part 4: Notable Pip Cards
A Note on Gender
A Note on Symbolism
What the Hermes? (important!)
Deity Communication troubleshooting
How to incorporate Shufflemancy as a Tarot reading clarifier (link to another post)
Notable sources (used in addition to my own knowledge & research)
My background:
I started Tarot at the age of 11 (2001) and own dozens of different tarot and oracle decks, my exposure to various interpretations over almost 2.5 decades has allowed me to appreciate the nuances in interpretations and even assigned deities.
As such, while I do know the broader meanings of each card, I also check the interpretation provided by various deck creators as their own divine guidance adds to my work.
E.g. The Tower in my Murder of Crows deck has a very different vibe to The Tower in my Gold Lyre tarot deck.
I will be covering deck design nuance after the list of card deities.
Some notes about this post:
Firstly: I will only be listing Hellenic deities as I currently work with the Hellenic Gods and while I have worked with the Kemetic Gods briefly, I have a distant while cordial relationship with them.
I had worked with the Norse Gods for 3-4 years prior to moving to my current locale, however I acknowledge that my time with them has passed (at least for now) and I want to limit this to one pantheon.
Secondly: In some of the other posts that assign deities to tarot cards, I found it odd that they would assign say, Freyja to some cards but not Aphrodite, arguably Freyja's Greek counterpart.
As such, I will be taking care to check that I don't miss any deities due to these overlaps however this means that some deities will be gaining more cards than typically assigned.
Note that some of the Gods of other pantheons have multiple equivalents in the Hellenic Pantheon so in the case that occurs, I will do my best to select whichever one already has their Hellenic equivalent listed by other sources and in cases that hasn't occurred, I will select/assign whichever Hellenic God/s best fit the card.
Thirdly: I won't be assigning deities to each of the numbered minor arcana for a couple of reasons;
1. Not all decks have imagery for these cards except for literal pentacles, wands, swords or cups images
2. While I prefer the Rider-Waite approach to providing story images to these minor cards, said images can be distracting to one's intuition or may add to the confusion.
However I will explain how to incorporate these cards into your readings to gain clarity, especially if you draw Major Arcana that can be assigned to a couple of potential deities.
Finally: I will be adding the concept of Shufflemancy at the very bottom.
This is optional but I find that it can really add to a reading... however as an Apollo and Hermes devotee I am a tad biased.
If you find this post to be useful please share it so that others may find it.
The Tarot Cards:
Major Arcana
The Fool:
Pan, Hermes, Dionysus, Apollo, Morpheus
The Magician:
Hermes, Apollo, Empusai
The High Priestess:
Hekate, Selene, Artemis, Persephone, Aphrodite, Medusa, Melinoe, Lamia, Empusai
The Empress:
Aphrodite, Hera, Demeter, Lamia, Empusai
The Emperor:
Zeus, Ares, Hades, Apollo
The Hierophant:
Apollo, Athena, Hermes
The Lovers:
Aphrodite & Ares, Eros & Psyche, Dionysus, Pan, Hades & Persephone, Lamia, Empusai
The Chariot:
Helios, Apollo, Hermes, Ares, Nike, Athena, Lamia
Strength:
Athena, Artemis, Medusa
The Hermit:
Kronos, Prometheus, The Muses*, Hades, Hermes, Hekate
* The Muses appearing may also be a more subtle Apollo sign, use surrounding cards to guide your interpretation here.
Wheel of Fortune:
The Moirai*, Zeus, Hermes, Tyche, Morpheus
* The Moirai are the triplet daughters of Kronos & Nyx or Zeus & Themis depending on which lore you refer to.
They were also on friendly terms with Apollo and worshipped with Apollo at a number of shrines & temples.
As such, please check surrounding cards carefully to determine which Hellenic deity/ies this acts as a confirmation card for.
I would not rely on this card alone to confirm a deity's presence.
Also pay attention to card imagery & any notes from the deck creator in the accompanying booklet if applicable.
Justice:
Zeus, Athena, Themis
The Hanged Man:
Artemis, Prometheus, Demeter, Poseidon, Hermes, Morpheus
The World: Hermes, Nike, Gaia, Kronos, Athena, Demeter, Arachne
The Minor Arcana:
Intro:
As mentioned at the beginning, I won't be assigning deities to every single minor arcana card however I will be assigning deities to the suits, court cards & a few notable numbered cards to assist with deity identification.
Pages: Aphrodite, Eros
Knights: Aphrodite
Queens: Hera
Kings: Poseidon, Dionysus
Part 2b: Notable Pip cards (Ace-10)
Certain Pip cards of the Minor Arcana have strong deity connections based on their traditional meanings.
I will not be covering the meanings as there are enough books covering this.
Aces:
Pentacles- Demeter, Gaia,
Swords- Athena, Nike
Wands- Pan, Aphrodite and/or Ares, Apollo
Cups - Aphrodite, The Nesoi, Eros
9 of Pentacles: Persephone
10 of Pentacles: Hephaestus, Arachne
2 of Swords: Hekate
3 of Swords: Hermes
4 of Swords: Arachne
5 of Swords: Ares, Eris, Melinoe
7 of Swords: Hermes
8 of Swords: Athena, Eris, Arachne
10 of Swords: Poseidon
3 of Wands: Hermes
5 of Wands: Hephaestus
8 of Wands: Dionysus
10 of Wands: Hephaestus
2 of Cups: Hermes with the caduceus, this can also clarify a divine partnership (Hades & Persephone, Ares & Aphrodite etc.)
8 of Cups: Nereus, Melinoe
10 of cups: Nike
Part 3: How to incorporate the minor Arcana
Whenever I am reaching out to deities via Tarot I do this in two stages.
Stage 1: Deity identification
Stage 2: What they want me to know (this is when a structured spread would be appropriate or simply apply traditional interpretations to the cards).
Stage 1:
With Deity identification stage I am purely interested in identifying who is in my room/orbit/astral right now but as you likely picked up in the Major Arcana list, many deities share cards and this can become confusing, especially if you draw cards that share the same gods.
Solution:
Look at the minor Arcana cards and which deities they align with to clarify which God is likely reaching out to you either via direct correspondence or relationship.
Examples:
1. Sometimes I will draw Major arcana that are typically associated with Hermes & Apollo (makes sense as they're my patron gods) however if I also draw some wands* then I will typically sense that it is more Apollo that is reaching out whereas if swords pop out, or the 2 of cups, then I am getting a Hermes vibe.
(*8 of wands is the one wands card I'd assign to Hermes due to its meaning)
2. If I draw some cards assigned to Ares and another God but draw some cups minor Arcana, I will then lean towards this being Ares as cups are associated with Aphrodite.
I then consider how the minor arcana + Major Arcana identifiers act as Deity aspect (or vibe) identifiers.
E.g.
Ares Major Arcana + Cups cards will likely indicate to me that I am getting Ares' softer side.
However if I get Ares + Swords, then I am likely being shown his more traditional warlike nature.
If I draw Wands cards, then this is typically aligning with some more passionate energy from Ares.
And this is when I gather the cards, reshuffle and commence stage 2 where I am seeking what message/s the identified God/s would like me to know.
Even when I draw Major arcana in these readings, I will stick to their traditional interpretations rather than deity correspondences.
This assists in me receiving a clearer message.
A Note on Gender:
If you are using a gender themed deck (e.g. a Goddess tarot deck) this may make deity identification more challenging for you as you could potentially mistake the identify of a deity depending on the style of the deck.
If however you are confident with interpreting tarot or just work with goddesses or gods, that's cool too.
Deities sometimes may appear as a gender not typically assigned to them as they find this is an easier way for you to connect with them.
Pages & Knights are gender neutral, so take their pictorial representation with a grain of salt if that helps.
A note on Symbolism:
Some decks may have symbols to help you better discern which deity is reaching out, especially with cards that share numerous gods so please pay attention to the illustrations of the major arcana in addition to the clarifying minor arcana cards.
Certain themed decks may make this easier or more difficult however if like me you own many tarot decks then the deck you feel called to use is a sign in itself.
E.g. Whenever I feel drawn to my Golden Lyre deck, I know that Apollo and Hermes are going to show up (& they do).
If I feel drawn to my Vlad the Dracula, Diablo or another "dark" deck, this to me has Ares energy.
Ultimately, much of this depends on your connection with the divine, how you best communicate (e.g. which clair-sense is strongest for you), your physical & mental health and ongoing practice with the Gods and honing your intuition.
What the Hermes?!
Hermes wanted me to mention that if you see a lot of his cards (you likely noticed that he is associated with many tarot cards) this means either a) your deity has an urgent message that they need him to deliver to you, b) the deity reaching out does not have very good history with one of your patron gods so he is delivering their message to keep the peace or c) the deity is just not good at communicating via tarot (see below)
Deity communication troubleshooting:
The cards are a real mixed bag and/or nothing makes sense:
You might be tired, hungry, dehydrated or just not ready to receive messages.
Some Gods take longer than others to "talk":
Oracular deities and deities with a decent history with Oracles & the likes are very vocal through tarot for me whereas other deities aren't very good at communicating through tarot & perhaps another method would be best such as Shufflemancy, meditation, tea leaves, automatic writing or a range of other methods.
E.g.
Ares takes a while to talk to me through tarot and that's often because 1. Apollo is very loud & Ares likes to... give him space and 2. There appear to be some stories of Ares potentially having poor experiences with oracles, e.g. an Oracle allegedly directing the people of various places in southern Asia Minor or the likes to bind Ares' statue in chains and even an annual rite involving this to force him into being more peaceful...
ย The oracle promises that "thus will he become a peaceful deity for you, once he has driven the enemy horde far from your country, and he will give rise to prosperity much prayed for." Wikipedia
I'll admit my ignorance with much of Greek mythology however upon learning more about Ares' history with Apollo and certain Oracle cults I have learned to be more understanding of him taking longer to communicate this way.
Even writing this & feeling my back hurt I can sense Ares' disapproval of Hermes & Apollo guiding me to write this post.
How to incorporate Shufflemancy as a Tarot reading clarifier:
Brief Shufflemancy intro + tips
FoR: This is my approach to Shufflemancy as an Apollo and Hermes Devotee.
There are many articles and approa
Notable sources (used in addition to my own knowledge & research):
https://backyardbanshee.com/tarot/deities-associated-with-tarot-cards/
Iโve heard of Pagans being contacted by their gods via certain Tarot Cards, so I wanted to do a deep dive and outline which Cards are associ
Fool - Dionysus, Hermes, Pan, Ate, Gelos, Momus, Horme
Magician - Hephaestus, Hermes, Hecate, Aristeaus, Circe, the Muses, Apollo
High Pri
Updates made July 14 2024:
I have started to add the lesser-known deities such as Medua, Lamia, Empusai, Arachne and Melinoe and will slowly add the others.
Please comment or DM any Hellenic deity or spirit requests to be added.
