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Artist: Thalia Took "Hecate"

Beloved Hekáte, defender of the weak,

Protector of those who fear the might of the wicked,

For whom each step into the dark is filled with dread,

I pray to You, I ask Your favor. Hekáte,

Who knows well of all things we mortals most fear,

Who knows well how best to drive away all ill,

I ask Your blessing.

Goddess, preserve my home

and my family from evil, guard us well.

Against all that would do us harm.

Goddess, hold back the dangers of the dark, grant me wisdom and courage that I may face my fears and my foes with open eyes.

Hail Hekáte Enodia!

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Morrigan by Thalia Took

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Hekate, by Thalia Took.

From the artist's website:

Hekate is the ancient Greek Goddess of the Moon, the Sea, and the Underworld. She is a dark Goddess of magic and the eerie realms; She is said to protect lonely travelers on dark roads. She is of Thracian origin originally, and is a crossroads Goddess, especially where three roads meet; Her triple form may have evolved out of a pillar hung with masks to mark such crossroads.

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Ceres by Thalia Took

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Ourania, one of a commission of all nine Muses in pen and ink and watercolor.  She's the Muse of astronomy, and gazes heavenward with the lilies called 'Stargazer' in Her hair.

Commissions are open!

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Bride

Thalia Took

Bride (or Brigid) is a beloved goddess of the Celts known by many names, Bride being the Scots Gaelic variant. Her names mean "the Exalted One." She tends the triple fires of smithcraft (physical fire), healing (the fire of life within), and poetry (the fire of the spirit). In balance to this She also presides over many healing springs. Cattle are sacred to Her, green is Her color, and, perhaps one of the reasons She is so beloved is that She is said to have invented beer! Her feast day of February 1st is called Imbolc (the Christian Candlemas), when the predictions for the coming spring's weather were made, a remnant of which is seen in the modern Groundhog Day. She is daughter to the Dagda, and invented the first keening when her son Rúadán was killed.

The Cailleach, crone Goddess of winter, is said to imprison Bride in a mountain each winter; She is released on the 1st of February, traditionally the first day of Spring in parts of the British Isles.

Bride the Goddess proved so popular that when Christianity came by, they converted Her to a saint. Called "Mary of the Gaels" by the Irish, St. Brigid is believed to be the midwife to Mary at the birth of Jesus, and so was thought the patroness of childbirth. Her importance is such that She is one of the three patron saints of Ireland, with St. Patrick and St. Columcille. Her nineteen nuns (a solar number) kept an eternal flame burning at Her monastery at St. Kildare.

- Thalia Took 

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The Moon~Tarot Card Design (art by Thalia Took)