{"id":1619,"date":"2009-05-01T01:10:58","date_gmt":"2009-05-01T06:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/paganpages.org\/content\/?p=1625"},"modified":"2009-04-22T15:18:47","modified_gmt":"2009-04-22T20:18:47","slug":"gems-of-the-goddess-4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/2009\/05\/01\/gems-of-the-goddess-4\/","title":{"rendered":"Gems of the Goddess"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hecate:\u00a0 The Great Mother<\/strong><\/p>\n

Hecate (also known as Hekate) is the Greek Goddess of the Crossroads.\u00a0 Her name means the \u201cThe Distant One\u201d.\u00a0 She guards the household; she is the protector of everything newly born and the Goddess of Witchcraft.\u00a0\u00a0 Hecate completes the Triple Goddess of Maiden (Persephone), Mother (Demeter) and Crone (Hecate).\u00a0\u00a0 Some of her titles are \u201cGoddess of the Dark Moon\u201d, \u201cGoddess of the Witches\u201d, \u201cMistress of Magic\u201d and \u201cGreat Mother\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 She is a very powerful and active goddess so if you invoke her, be ready for a lifetime of service to her.\u00a0 Hecate helps us to understand the darkness of the night and life so we can experience the light in our lives.
\nHecate was one of the only Goddesses who was allowed to retain her authority by Zeus once the Olympians took control.\u00a0 She could give humanity anything they wanted or take it away.\u00a0\u00a0 Hecate also was one of the \u201cvirgin\u201d goddesses (like her cousin Artemis) who wouldn\u2019t sacrifice her independence for marriage.\u00a0\u00a0 As time went on, Hecate was unfairly classified as an \u201cold hag\u201d because she could assist during times of the dark moon, during mediumship, dreams and she had great experience with death and death transitions.\u00a0 Despite that, she is also known as a \u201cMoon Goddesses\u201d and her rulership was three-fold \u2013 earth, sea and sky.\u00a0 Because she could create or hold off storms, she is the goddess who was the protector of sailors.
\nHecate helps you during the crossroads in your life.\u00a0 She is known for her foresight.\u00a0\u00a0 Many are known to gathe r at the crossroads and leave leftovers outdoors as offerings.\u00a0 Hecate was usually depicted with her sacred animals but these animals and even herself in some situations were shown with three heads.\u00a0 These three heads were seeing into the past, present and future.\u00a0 Hecate also traveled with an Owl.\u00a0 An Owl represents wisdom and even though she isn\u2019t known as the goddess of Wisdom, she rules trivia.\u00a0 Hecate is known to have a special type of knowledge.\u00a0 She is also known as a compassionate goddess that dispenses justice but know that it will be blind and fair justice.
\nSince Hecate has the gift of prophecy, she is known to have told a sad and frantic Demeter what had happened to Persephone.\u00a0 Even when Persephone was in the Underworld (or the \u201cOtherworld\u201d), Hecate was welcomed by Hades, who was thankful that Hecate could be Persephone\u2019s confidant and friend.\u00a0 Because of this friendship, Hecate developed into a Goddess that was comfortable with the=2 0Underworld and the Dead, hence being seen as someone who would accept those that were misunderstood or shunned.\u00a0 She was known to travel with outcasts as her role of \u201cQueen of the Night\u201d.\u00a0 This role earned her a mixture of honor and fear because she was walking with those that lived on the outer fringe.
\nBecause of her experience with the Underworld, Hecate also worked with people making their transition to the Underworld.\u00a0 She would comfort them as they passed and would stay with them if they needed transition to the Underworld.\u00a0 She knew of the mysteries of birth and death and could protect and assist with both.
\nHecate is here to help you make your transitions in life \u2013 not just birth and death but the symbolic births and deaths.\u00a0 Hecate pushes you to let go of what is familiar and comfortable so you may bring out the depths of your soul and know and experience your life lessons.\u00a0 Her festival days are January 8, May 3, August 13, October 31, November 16 and December 31.\u00a0 Her gemstones are Moonstone, black tourmaline, hematite, smoky quartz – dark stones.
\nEven though Hecate\u2019s reputation is of an \u201cold hag\u201d, Hecate is far from it.\u00a0 If you are looking for profound changes and digging deep to do the work for them, Hecate may be the Goddess for your transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Hecate:\u00a0 The Great Mother Hecate (also known as Hekate) is the Greek Goddess of the Crossroads.\u00a0 Her name means the \u201cThe Distant One\u201d.\u00a0 She guards the household; she is the protector of everything newly born and the Goddess of Witchcraft.\u00a0\u00a0 Hecate completes the Triple Goddess of Maiden (Persephone), Mother (Demeter) and Crone (Hecate).\u00a0\u00a0 Some of her titles are \u201cGoddess of the Dark Moon\u201d, \u201cGoddess of the Witches\u201d, \u201cMistress of Magic\u201d and \u201cGreat Mother\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 She is a very powerful and active goddess so if you invoke her, be ready for a lifetime of service to her.\u00a0 Hecate helps us to understand the darkness of the night and life so we can experience the light in our lives. Hecate was one of the only Goddesses who was allowed to retain her authority by Zeus once the Olympians took control.\u00a0 She could give humanity anything they wanted or take it away.\u00a0\u00a0 Hecate also was one of the \u201cvirgin\u201d goddesses (like her cousin Artemis) who wouldn\u2019t sacrifice her independence for marriage.\u00a0\u00a0 As time went on, Hecate was unfairly classified as an \u201cold hag\u201d because she could assist during times of the dark moon, during mediumship, dreams and she had great experience with death and death transitions.\u00a0 Despite that, she is also known as a \u201cMoon Goddesses\u201d and her rulership was three-fold \u2013 earth, sea and sky.\u00a0 Because she could create or hold off storms, she is the goddess who was the protector of sailors. Hecate helps you during the crossroads in your life.\u00a0 She is known for her foresight.\u00a0\u00a0 Many are known to gathe r at the crossroads and leave leftovers outdoors as offerings.\u00a0 Hecate was usually depicted with her sacred animals but these animals and even herself in some situations were shown with three heads.\u00a0 These three heads were seeing into the past, present and future.\u00a0 Hecate also traveled with an Owl.\u00a0 An Owl represents wisdom and even though she isn\u2019t known as the goddess of Wisdom, she rules trivia.\u00a0 Hecate is known to have a special type of knowledge.\u00a0 She is also known as a compassionate goddess that dispenses justice but know that it will be blind and fair justice. Since Hecate has the gift of prophecy, she is known to have told a sad and frantic Demeter what had happened to Persephone.\u00a0 Even when Persephone was in the Underworld (or the \u201cOtherworld\u201d), Hecate was welcomed by Hades, who was thankful that Hecate could be Persephone\u2019s confidant and friend.\u00a0 Because of this friendship, Hecate developed into a Goddess that was comfortable with the=2 0Underworld and the Dead, hence being seen as someone who would accept those that were misunderstood or shunned.\u00a0 She was known to travel with outcasts as her role of \u201cQueen of the Night\u201d.\u00a0 This role earned her a mixture of honor and fear because she was walking with those that lived on the outer fringe. Because of her experience with the Underworld, Hecate also worked with people making their transition to the Underworld.\u00a0 She would comfort them as they passed and would stay with them if they needed transition to the Underworld.\u00a0 She knew of the mysteries of birth and death and could protect and assist with both. Hecate is here to help you make your transitions in life \u2013 not just birth and death but the symbolic births and deaths.\u00a0 Hecate pushes you to let go of what is familiar and comfortable so you may bring out the depths of your soul and know and experience your life lessons.\u00a0 Her festival days are January 8, May 3, August 13, October 31, November 16 and December 31.\u00a0 Her gemstones are Moonstone, black tourmaline, hematite, smoky quartz – dark stones. Even though Hecate\u2019s reputation is of an \u201cold hag\u201d, Hecate is far from it.\u00a0 If you are looking for profound changes and digging deep to do the work for them, Hecate may be the Goddess for your transformation.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":42,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"iawp_total_views":1,"footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1619","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/42"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1619"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1619\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1619"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1619"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paganpages.org\/emagazine\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1619"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}