Decisions are hard for all of us. Which way do I go now, which path is the
right one, what do I do next, or, most urgently, where do I go from here?
Life is never easy and some decisions can be hard ones, very hard. And, at
times, it can seem as if there is no answer, although we know that is untrue
and every situation has a solution, no matter how hard it can be to glimpse
it at times.
This is where Hekate comes in. Hekate is the goddess of the crossroads. She
is also the mistress of the magic arts, and is included in the grouping of
the Moon goddesses. In ancient portraits she is shown to have three heads and
they look in each of three directions.
When we are at a crossroads Hekate is there with her torch light and her
ability to transcend both heaven and hell and her dwelling place on the
earth. She can bring both the conscious mind and the unconscious mind
together, and the need to live in day to day reality home to us. She is the
one to go to for direction when we don't know which path to take and which
road makes the best choice.
Hekate uses the wise owl as her messenger and she relies on the willow tree
for sustenance. She is a goddess of the Moon and when the Moon is dark she
can use her torch for light and in search of the best pathway to take. When
we need to make a hard decision for ourselves we are calling on Hekate for
guidance, since she travels through the realms of sky, earth and Hades, the
underworld.
Hekate is called the most lovely one of the Moon, and Hekate is there when a
child is brought into the world, as she is the goddess associated with
midwifery. When Ceres lost her daughter Persephone, Hekate used her torch to
help Ceres look for her in the underworld. When we are unsure of ourselves or
when the light around us is fading, and everything looks dark, we are
traveling by night in the most metaphysical sense.
I believe that Hekate's province as goddess of the crossroads led inevitably
to her status as goddess of the magic arts. One would naturally lead to the
other. Who better than Hekate would know how so often our indecision leads us
to call upon the energies present in the universe to ask for help and
guidance when we cannot figure out what to do. Once a decision has been made,
asking the powers that be to help incarnate that desire would naturally fall
upon, who better, the goddess who shows us all the different roads available
to us.
Hekate is the 100th asteroid named and discovered on July 11, 1868. In her
manifestation as 100 Hekate, her asteroid designation, she is the place we go
to in our astrological charts to find out what we need to do to discern our
direction in life. She is the also the place we go to find those parts of
ourselves that were lost. When we are in need of using our magical selves to
find or answer questions, Hekate as goddess of magic is there.
By looking up her placement in our charts we can see what astrological sign
and house she occupies. Looking at my own chart I found that Hekate is in the
9th house, the house of religious belief and philosophy and law. She is
exactly by 0 degrees square both Mercury, the mind, and Jupiter, the natural
ruler of the 9th house. This tells me that at times I allow my conscious mind
and my wish for how I want things to be to cloud my inner wisdom and natural
thought. That when I need to find the place to go to for guidance I need to
go to the 9th house. Perhaps I over analyze situations too much and do not
allow the wisdom that can be found in religion and philosophy to tell me the
answer.
To compound matters Hekate is in the sign of Cancer, a sign I have no other
placements in. I am not personally familiar with the energy of Cancer, since
while I have water signs in my chart, Cancer is not one. Perhaps this
unfamiliar position is the one I need to learn from the most. Cancer is of
course ruled by the Moon and represents feeling in its purest sense. So
perhaps I need to use more Moon guidance in my discernment of the pathway, or
perhaps I need to go emotionally on decisions and let the thought process be
stilled, and use intuition more.
I know on the day I first began to become interested in Hekate, I looked up
her current sign in the zodiac and she was at 0 Aries. 0 Aries is a power
point sign, it is the world placement sign, and is the beginning of the
spring solstice, a time of new beginnings for the earth as a whole. I believe
Hekate is asking for notice and asking to speak to us. She is telling us she,
not usually included in the more commonly known pantheon of goddesses, has
been neglected for far too long.
Hekate entered the sign of Taurus on June 11, 2005, and will be there until
April 9, 2006. In Taurus Hekate will be bringing her energy to Taurus
symbolism. And what does Taurus symbolize? The greenery of the earth;
planting, growing, creating beautiful gardens. Cooking, eating, enjoying the
results of the fragrance of the seeds we put into the ground, and the
nourishing foodstuffs we obtain from vegetables and fruits.
Taurus also rules our sensual side since Taurus is a sign that favors the
five senses; taste, touch, sight, sound, aroma. Once Hekate enters Taurus it
is a time to allow ourselves to experience the pleasures each of the five
senses has to offer us, as we partake of the garden of life.
Letting ourselves feel secure enough to make the right decision is also a
part of Hekate's foray into Taurus, since Taurus is a very security minded
and 'I want to be risk-free' sign. That's good to know, too, since we will
certainly make better decisions the more secure we feel.
As you learn who Hekate is, and what she has to tell you this year, you will
discover a vast fountain of information you never knew she, or you,
possessed.
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