Shadow work: Medusa is associated with female trauma (specifically sexual assault) and thus she is a wonderful goddess to work on your trauma with.
Donate to women’s shelters: Her primary focus is on supporting & protecting women. Try donating something in her honor.
Work on unlearning passivity & femininity: Medusa is a dark goddess who is against things like beauty culture and enforced femininity. Honor her by not wearing makeup and not shaving, and work with her to unlearn submissive habits that patriarchy forced upon you.
Work on accepting & channeling your anger: She is commonly known as a goddess of female rage, considered the patron saint of the #metoo movement and the female rage that resulted from it. She will nurture and encourage your anger. She will teach you how to focus it.
Research venoms & poisons: Any Medusan witch worth her salt knows at least a little bit about these things. As a serpentine goddess, she is highly knowledgeable about venoms and poisons. As a witch, you should be too - even if just to know what herbs aren’t safe to eat!
Embrace your feral side: Medusa is a goddess of untamed wildness. She is not a ‘civilized’ goddess like Athena or Aphrodite; she is more akin to Artemis in that she is attuned with the wild things. Allow yourself to embrace your own wildness and let her teach you how to let go and be yourself.
Get involved with activism & women’s rights: Donate menstrual products to a women’s shelter, attend a protest, do whatever is feasible to stand up for women’s rights in your daily life.
Make defending women a habit: Stick up for women in your daily life. Don’t let men interrupt a woman at work, make sure they’re safe, call out misogyny when you see it. Get angry. Be loud. Be a witch that Medusa would be proud of.
Research menstrual magic: Medusa is also associated with menstruation. Many menstrual myths have similarities with her - for example, being looked at by a menstruating woman was said to turn a man to stone.
Make a menstrual altar and leave offerings for her during your period: She will help ease your pain during your period and your magic will also be enhanced during this time.
Do research on cursework: Medusa is a very curse-friendly goddess. She believes in justice and righteous vengeance. She will protect you during curses and will enact revenge for you. She is a goddess willing to get dirty. She will stand up to your enemies and will shelter you.
Learn self-defense: Getting stronger and learning how to defend yourself physically is something that will empower you. She will support you through this process and you will ultimately feel safer knowing you are able to protect yourself.
Don’t be afraid to be gross, sweaty, loud, angry, hairy: Embrace your full self, even the ‘gross’ things that are typically just for boys and men. Allow yourself to take up space that is typically not for you; allow yourself to be unfeminine. You are powerful and you are worthy. You do not need to be pretty.
There are many more things a Medusan devotee could do to bond with her; these are just some suggestions. If you have any ideas, feel free to leave them in the comments!
