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changin' my tune I’m Robin! | 18 | Non-binary| (They/Them) | new witch and Apollo/Aphrodite devotee

[fangedbratz]

whenever the sun hits you face thats apollo giving you lots of kisses

[eclectic-snowwitch]

Justin McElroy as a Hufflepuff Witch ✨ Moodboard

Requested by @hopeforusall (idek why I can’t tag you)

[chthonicwitchcraft]

This diy tutorial has been done 1,000 times but I was making these already so I recorded it! These candles are SO EASY and cheap to make. Any colors, herbs, small crystals, etc. can work for this method.

However PLEASE be careful when burning candles with herbs. They can catch fire!

[devoted-to-the-gods]

♡ Sunflowers ♡

Scientific Name: Helianthus

Worship for deities related to the sun, good for Litha.

Sunflower seeds assist in magick relating to fertility, and pregnancy

Cut a sunflower at sunset while making a wish, it will come true by the next sunset as long as it not too grand

Sleep with a sunflower under your bed allows you to find out the truth

Sunflowers are good luck for green witches and gardeners

Plant sunflowers outside your house to bring positive energy into the home

Posted: July 21, 2019

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[1-800-nymph]

I want y’all to know that at least ONCE, your deity(s)/spirit guide(s)/angel(s) has watched you sleep with their eyes softening in endearment at your gentle, sleeping face. They leaned over, hovering their lips above your forehead with their eyes closed, taking a moment to hear the darling sound of your slow breathing & taking in the waft of your sweet scent, before they placed a kiss on your forehead in a smitten moment of tender fondness. They protect you in your most vulnerable state whilst they fall more in love with you!!! They love you!!! Every part of you!!! Pls remember this!!!!

[zagreus]

[aevios]

[id= a picture of two women sharing a milk shake with two straws. One of them is labelled “lesbians”, the other “aroaces” and the milkshake is labelled “wanting to join the hunters of artemis” /end id]

[beatlebambi]

[queergaymer-blog]

May I add

[borkf-deactivated20171124]

In case no one’s told you lately:

You’re not a burden.

It’s okay to be struggling.

It’s okay to tell people you’re struggling.

Please tell people you’re struggling.

Don’t suffer in silence. Tell someone. Get help.

It’s okay to need help.

Please get yourself help.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

The world is more beautiful because you’re in it.

You’re worth it.

You’re a good person.

Thank you for existing.

You’re beautiful.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

Please stay alive.

If you’re looking for a sign not to kill yourself, this is it.

Please, stay alive.

People love you.

I love you.

Don’t give up.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

You’re not the exception to recovery.

[revivalish]

Hellenic Blessings for Closeted Trans People

May Ares give you the strength to face your family every day, and help you persevere through being deadnamed and hearing violent rhetoric against you.

May Aphrodite help you feel comfortable in your own skin as often as you can.

May Hestia help your house feel like a home even when it’s not, and guide you to people who can be your chosen family.

May Persephone give you the confidence to be secure in your own life choices, no matter what anyone else thinks.

May Apollo help you remember to stay safe and take care of yourself physically through your body dysphoria.

May Hermes help you hide your conversations with the people you’re out to and any purchases that your family can’t know about.

May Dionysus help you feel gender euphoria and be proud of your identity.

[logun-vakt-maga-lokison]

May Athena give you the wisdom to know those who are safe from those who are not, and the strength to keep fighting to get to a place where you can live as your true self.

[ofelias-labyrinth]

🍃Herbs and Their Uses🍃

Agrimony – ancient herb of healing, restoration, and benevolent protection

Alfalfa – good fortune, money magick, healing and cleansing infusions

Angelica – warding and banishing, angelic magick, summoning strength

Astragalus - vital energy, protection (shielding), promoting health, mental clarity, concentration

Basil - blessings, love, money, and happiness

Bay Leaf – confers wisdom, strength, and visions, sacred herb of Apollo

Bearberry – psychic awareness, dreams, courage, smudging and offerings

Birch Bark – new beginnings, psychic protection, strength, devotion, the Goddess

Blessed Thistle – consecration, protection, healing and cleansing by fire

Blue Sage – smudging, meditation, relaxation, ancestral wisdom, peace

Blue Vervain – spells of love and advancement, astral travel, initiation

Burdock Root – warding, cleansing, uncrossing and counter-magick

Calendula – solar rites, divination, remembrance, honoring the dead

Catnip – love-drawing, relaxation, trance work, feline magick

Cedar – ancient wisdom, protection, maturity, strength and power

Cinnamon – passion, shielding, quick success, spirit evocation, fire magick

Cinquefoil (Five Finger Grass) – for the five blessings: health, money, love, power, and wisdom

Coltsfoot – divination, visions, love magick, healing from within

Comfrey – healing, restoration, lucky herb of travelers and gamblers

Damiana – lust, sex magick, psychic abilities, energy work, spirit quests

Dandelion – wishes, divination, calling spirits, charisma and success

Devil’s Claw - protection, exorcism, banishing spells, keeping away evil, confounding enemies

Dill - sexual love, luck, protection against sorcery and disease

Dittany of Crete – rare herb from Greece, renowned for love magick, manifestation, spirit contact

Elderberry – hidden wisdom, Crone magick, banishing, Faery offerings

Eucalyptus – cleansing, healing, ritual baths, rites of Mercury and Air

Fennel Seed – psychic protection, counter-magick, confidence and adaptability

Feverfew – humble flower renowned for its curative properties, a magickal “fix-all”

Galangal – strength and power, victory, luck, hex-breaking, male potency

Ginger – fiery herb of passion, success, and personal power

Hawthorn Berry – fidelity, shielding, clarity, ancestor and Faery magick

Hibiscus – love and passion, independence, confidence

Horehound – mental clarity, dispelling illusion, quick action, healing

Hyssop – purification, innocence, blessings, sacred baths and washes

Irish Moss – financial luck, folk remedies, safety during travel, sea magick

Jasmine – love, dreams, divination, sensuality, luxury and kindness

Juniper Berry – good luck, prosperity, masculine energy, protection at home

Juniper Leaf – purification, protection, bringing luck, exposing truth

Lavender – love and attraction, purification, relaxation, restful sleep

Lemon Balm – tranquility, attraction, fidelity, teamwork, harmonious home

Lemon Peel – cleansing, purifying, boosting energy, sweetness and charm

Licorice Root – domination, advantage over others, passion, power, persuasion

Lobelia – spirit communication, love and weather magick, trance, blessings and curses

Mandrake – legendary magickal herb for love magick, protection, and curses

Marjoram - protection, married love, calming the mind, easing grief

Marshmallow Root – love charms, psychic powers, protection, drawing good spirits

Meadowsweet – sacred flower of Spring, the Maiden, and the Underworld

Mistletoe – good luck, love and money spells, many traditional charms

Mugwort – scrying, divination, psychic ability, lucid dreaming, Lunar magick

Mullein – protection, illumination, courage, hedge-crossing, Crone magick

Nettle – courage, consecration, protection, healing, deterring evil

Orange Peel – uplifiting and centering Solar herb of joy, blessings, and good luck

Orris Root – charms of love, persuasion, popularity, charisma and success

Patchouli – love and sex magick, attraction, fertility, rites of Earth

Pennyroyal – calmness, endurance, patience, dispelling anger, warding

Peppermint – healing, purification, psychic awareness, love and energy

Pine - persistence, moderation, prosperity, and good health

Raspberry Leaf – love and enjoyment, tempting others, divination

Red Sandalwood – used in incenses for meditation, healing, and trance work

Rose – charms of love and beauty, harmony, divination, Goddess rites

Rosemary – cleansing, purification, vitality, wisdom, protection

Rue – warding, exorcism, cleansing, love-drawing and protective charms

Spearmint – love, psychic ability, cleansing, renewal, house blessing

Star Anise – clairvoyance, good luck, psychic dreams, travel charms

Thyme - beauty, strength, courage, a favorite herb of Faeries

Valerian – warding, enemy spells, transmuting negativity, feline magick

Vervain – Old World herb of wisdom, healing, and second sight

White Sage – cleansing, house blessing, meditation, healing

White Willow Bark – solace, wisdom, long-lasting love, divination, Lunar magick

Wild Lettuce – visions, trance, dream magick, enthrallment and sleep

Witch Hazel – comfort and healing, wisdom, protection, soothing of anger

Wood Betony – herb of St. Bride, used in charms against ill luck, anxiety, and despair

Wormwood – psychic vision, spirit evocation, hexes and curses, reversal magick

Yarrow – ancient medicinal flower used for courage, divination, good fortune

Source: Grove and Grotto

[1-800-nymph]

Offerings/devotions I associate with Apollon 🕊🌞

Just a small list of food/actions I assosiate with Apollon for offerings. It’s mostly my experience with him and how much he liked the things I’ve offered and made for him (‘: I’ll probably be updating this often as I discover more devotions and offerings with my experiences with Apollon. <3

Offerings 🍯

honey & milk

anything caramel related (seriously, he loves caramel)

citrine, tangerine quartz, sun stone

chocolate

raising plants and offering them to him. I recommend cacti!!!

Apple juice or orange juice

Honey mustard apple & chicken panini (oddly specific but he seemed to really love it)

Sliced apples and caramel or honey

Bread and honey!

Reece’s cups

Poetry you wrote for him

Jewelery that reminds you of him

Flowers! Sunflowers, Hyacinths, Baby’s breath, Orange and yellow roses, even dandelions will do! etc.

Devotions 🕯

reading him your favorite poems/book

singing to him

divining in front of his alter/with him

sitting in the sun

dancing when something shitty happens and you need to vent it out

practicing your creativity (drawing, poetry, etc)

writing him secrets/wishes/compliments/thoughts on bay leaves and burning it or leaving it on his alter

deity journal dedicated to him (letters to him, info page about him, prayers to him, etc)

talking to him through candle divination. I really recommend this form of divination when you want to ask simpler questions to him or simply want to hang out with him! He’s very interactive through the flame (‘:

Creative writing! (Careful of hubris if you decide to write about the Gods <3)

Self! Care! Making sure you’re mentally and physically healthy is definitely a devotion. Hang out with Apollon with a face mask or just eating a comfort food and relaxing. Do what makes you feel relaxed and happy with Apollon during a self care session <3

How to get closer ☀️

Talk to him!!! Inside your thoughts or verbally. I like to talk to him via candle divination and tarot divination <3

Leave a space for him to sit when you’re on the bus, when you’re sleeping, wherever you may be and would like Apollon to accompany.

He really loves joining in on spell casting when the spell is very sun witch based! It really brings you closer. He’s also a great help during the casting.

Whether you had a bad day or a good day, blast some music and sit in front of his alter and just breathe, feel his presence. After you’re relaxed, tell him all about your day and thank him for being there for you.

[teawiththegods]

This is your daily reminder that Apollo is a babe.

[witchofapollo]

Just Little Apollo Worshipper Things

Smiling at the feeling of the Sun on your skin

Creating playlists for him

Having way too much gold-colored things in your wardrobe

Praying for a speedy recovery from a cold

Sleeping on the grass/in a hammock/lawnchair in the sun

Feeling inadequate for your lack of musical talent

[whatasunchild]

Apollo breaking gender rules

Niobe *mocking*: you’ve often dressed up in women’s dresses

Apollo: No

Apollo: I wear dresses. They’re not “women’s dresses”

Apollo: They’re my dresses. I buy them

Apollo: die mad bitch

[thebravestmouse]

The gods come when you need them, you don’t have to call but if you do they’re there. Religion used to make me so uncomfortable and now it’s such a large source of comfort and healthy behavior. I asked to be found and I was. And I continue to be found.

[cathedral-core]

🌞 how i honour apollo 💫

☀️ offerings:

citrine, sunstone, or yellow calcite; lain in the sun

chocolate

burying lemon or orange based products (zest, slices)

singing or playing music for him, especially in the sun

🌻 rituals:

spending time in the sunshine

playing music

listening to lyre music

putting lemon or orange in your food and drink

wearing a token piece of jewellery that symbolises him (i wear a sun pendant)

✨ small spells:

holding a piece of citrine/sunstone/yellow calcite, and letting the energy flow through you

creating a small tune or musical chant for him, and playing it when you feel his presence

lighting a yellow candle and letting it burn in your space when you are working or doing anything involving creativity and knowledge

making lemon or orange tea, and stirring it clockwise to bring his energy to you

🌟 his prescence:

when the sun comes out from behind the clouds

music that makes you tingle

art that brings tidal waves of emotion to you

the smell of citrus

these are my original ideas that i use in my practise. feel free to use them, but do not claim them as your own ✨

[baudelairesspleen]

artemis & apollo → two sides of the same coin

Apollo, like his twin sister, Artemis, was born for greatness.

[whatasunchild]

I think of all the Greek gods, Apollo is the peak of duality and contradcitions becos

god of disease & healing

the quintessential god of ancient greece, yet he is a foreign god

one meaning of his name is ‘to unite’ and another meaning is ‘to destroy’

his titles - he of the true word & he of the crooked words

he who shines like the sun & he who descends like the night

protector of young boys and slayer of young boys

he represents the cycle seasonal death and rebirth

even though he’s the life giving light of the sun, he has connections with death and graves

his music is unrestricted - he plays at sober, civilised events like weddings and wild, ecstatic events like bacchanals

he is called the farworker, yet he is the connection between the divine and the human

[ellakay69-deactivated20210109]

He is the god of civilization but his most importants oracles and temples weren’t at cities but at natural and isolated places.

He is the god of reason and knowledge but he’s the god of art and very emotional too.

He’s one of the gods responsible to protect the law but doesn’t mind of breaking/contest it if it’s necessary.

He’s one of the favorite sons of Zeus but he’s the most rebellious too.

He’s the god of the truth and always tells the truth, but that doesn’t mean he can’t be tricky too.