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What, When and Why of the Super New Moon

We have a Super New Moon coming up on Sunday 14th June at 10.54pm ET (Northern Hemisphere) or Monday 15th June 2026 at 12.54pm AEST (Southern Hemisphere).

A Supermoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the closest distance to the earth in its orbit.  This means the moon appears larger than usual from the perspective from earth.

Magick of the Super New Moon

This Super New Moon falls in the astrological sign of Gemini therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Gemini star sign.

Gemini is an Air sign which is ruled by Mercury. It is a sign full of quick witted communication which is dynamic and articulate. Gemini’s are strong multitaskers who love to interact and bring multitudes of energy.  This sign is full of adaptability, enthusiasm and inquisitive curiosity.

The kind of magick you can perform during the Super New Moon:

1. Cast spells for supercharged effects.

2. Create some magickal crafts.

3. Charge your magickal items.

4. Clean and cleanse your shrine/altar.

5. Leave new offerings on your shrine/altar.

6. Plan things for the future.

7. Set specific goals to manifest.

8. Focus on bringing things you want into your life.

9. Perform a divination.

10. Dream and love magick.

11. Workings which focus on desires becoming reality.

12. Creativity involving the imagination.

13. Hold a rite in honour of a Moon God/dess such as Hekate.

Sorcery of the Super New Moon

This Super New Moon in *Gemini is all about creating new ideas, starting new projects and enrolling in study which resonates with your core beliefs.

Below I have outlined a ritual you can perform in any tradition you resonate to, with the guidance of Hekate which works with the energies of this moon:

Super New Moon Rite by Setjataset

Preparation

Chose a liminal time and place for the ritual to be set, preferably around sunset.

Purify body by showering.

Your magickal space should be created and placed on a shrine or working altar and should include:

• A dried bay leaf,
• A bowl of Khernips (ocean water or purified water with salt is best),
• A ritual oil such as a New Moon blend, Gemini blend, Hekate blend or pure essential oil such as lavender, mugwort, rose, sandalwood or even extra virgin olive oil or almond oil,
• A candle (preferably bees wax but any will do especially in blue),
• A honey or sugar offering to Hekate,
• Barley seeds,
• A coin; and 
• An image/statue of Hekate.
  

Welcoming and Opening

Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem or evocation in her name.

Light your bay leaf and waft over sacred space.

Sprinkle purified khernips over sacred space.

Offer Hekate some honey or sugar which has been sprinkled over a coin.

Magical Working

On a piece of paper write down some things which are hidden you want answers to.  On the back of the paper write down some ideas you have which you want to bring into the real world.

Take your divination method whether it be a scrying bowl/mirror, tarot cards, crystal ball, dice, pendulum, runes etc and place it in the centre of your sacred space and sprinkle some barley seeds around and on it and say:

Let it be purified!

Light the candle and hold it over your divination method and say:

Let it be illuminated!

Blow on your divination method and say:

Let it be charged!

Now use your divination method asking the questions you have and taking any notes after performing said divination method.

After this is done take the paper with your questions and over them say:

“Whilst I hope for clarity

Hekate I ask to help me see

Bring me ideas of purpose

Hekate I do this in your service

Disarm any blockages which come

Hekate to your protection I succumb”

Now flip the paper over showing the ideas you want to bring into reality and over them say:

“Hekate help me with premonition

Manifesting my higher intuition

Hekate use your skilled labour

To bend reality to my favour

Hekate with your potent magickal capacity

Bring my fantasy into worldly reality”

Take the paper and fold it three times.

Next anoint the paper with a circle going around its circumference 3 times with the oil.

Take the coin and in the middle of the circle tap the coin 3 times allowing some sugar or honey to fall onto paper.

Thanks and Closing

Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.

Ritual is now complete and any grounding work can take place.  I would suggest a swim if the weather permits or ritually washing your head, hands and feet.

After the Ritual

Place the paper under your pillow overnight to gain further insights in dreams during your sleep.   When you wake, place the paper in your journal or in a place for self-keeping to reflect on at a later date.

Bury the coin in your garden beneath or before a favoured tree, plant or herb or alternatively in a potted plant in your home.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2026

What, When and Why of the Micro Full Blue Moon

We have a Micro Full Blue Moon coming up on the 31st of May at 4.38pm AEST (4.45am EDT, 3.45am CDT, 1.45am PDT and 9.45am BST).

A Micromoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the apogee – the point in the moon’s orbit farthest away from the earth. This means the moon appears smaller than usual from the perspective from earth

A Blue moon can be a full moon which happens to be the second full moon in a calendar month. This is a rare occurrence and thus known as a blue moon as it has nothing to do with the colour of the moon.

This Micro Full Blue Moon will be the smallest and faintest full moon of the year and the best time to view it will be just after sunset.

Magick of the Micro Full Blue Moon

This Micro Full Blue Moon falls in the astrological sign of Sagittarius therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Sagittarius star sign.

Sagittarius is a Fire sign which is ruled by Jupiter. Sagittarius is intellectual, passionate and adaptable. This is a mutable sign which thrives on change and flexibility. It is a sign connected to the energies of action, abundance and elevated learning.

Sorcery of the Micro Full Blue Moon

This Micro Full Blue Moon in Sagittarius is all about expanding your horizons. It is an ideal time to allow endings which enable new beginnings. This will allow you to bring in healing and an optimistic point of view whilst seeking to connect to what you truly need to change in your life.

The kind of magick you can perform during the Micro Full Blue Moon:

1. Boost all magic and spell workings especially when it comes to manifesting what you desire without fear.
2. Ideal time to end things to clear the slate for new beginnings and allow for change to occur.
3. Create rituals to remove or reduce – things such as illness.
4. Work on the shadow shelf and connecting to that side for balance.
5. Focus on revealing or manifestation that which is hidden to open yourself to truth.
6. Magick focusing on expanding your horizons with courage.
7. Apt time for releasing and moving on from situations and environments which don’t work for you.
8. With acceptance and empathy declutter your surroundings, move on from outdated beliefs and fears, remove bad habits or that which no longer aids or serves you to allow space for that which does and brings you abundance and happiness.
9. Request for clarity in one’s life through divination such as fire scrying, tarot, runes, bibliomancy and the i-ching.
10. Create a moon based ritual such as a drawing down the moon (I have detailed this in a previous post Hellenic Drawing Down the Moon).
11. Create a spell using the Temperance card from the Tarot which represents Sagittarius and can imbue your magick with balance, patience and harmony.
12. Hold a rite or devotional in honour of a Moon God/dess such as Hekate.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2026

What, When and Why of the Super New Moon

We have a Super New Moon on the 16th May at 4.01pm UTC (Northern Hemisphere) and 17 May at 5:31am AEST (Southern Hemisphere).

A Supermoon is a New or a Full moon which coincides with the closest distance to the earth in its orbit.  This means the moon appears larger than usual from the perspective from earth.

Magick of the Super New Moon

This Super New Moon falls in the astrological sign of Taurus therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Taurus star sign.

Taurus is an Earth sign which is ruled by Venus. It is a sign which can appear to only focus on beauty, love and pleasure however this energy is also grounded in nature and enjoyment of life. Taurus have emotions which are resilient and dependable.  This sign is full of energies which exude practicality, loyalty, patience and determination.

This is the first super new moon of the year and the eclipse influences have faded, as have the retrogrades of mercury and venus. This makes it an apt time to fully embrace the energies of the super new moon without any hindrances.

The kind of magick you can perform during the Super New Moon:

1. Cast spells for supercharged effects.

2. Create some magickal crafts.

3. Charge your magickal items.

4. Clean and cleanse your shrine/altar.

5. Leave new offerings on your shrine/altar.

6. Plan things for the future.

7. Set specific goals to manifest.

8. Focus on bringing things you want into your life.

9. Perform divination regarding changes you need to embrace.

10. Finance and income magick.

11. Workings which focus on stability and security.

12. Healing rituals and spells involving the physical body.

13. Hold a rite in honour of a New Moon God/dess such as Hekate.

Sorcery of the Super New Moon

This Super New Moon in Taurus is all about creating fulfilling opportunities and striving for better things in our lives.  It is full of new possibilities as we break the chains which bind us and tie us down allowing us to break free to grow, evolve and heal.

Below I have outlined a ritual you can perform in any tradition you resonate to, with the guidance of Hekate which works with the energies of this moon:

Super New Moon Rite by Setjataset

Preparation

Purify body by showering.

Your magickal space should be created and placed on a shrine or working altar and should include:

• A mirror,
• A candle (black, white or beeswax),
• Bay Leaf (Rosemary or Sage which has been dried)
• A bowl of Khernips (ocean water or purified water with salt is best),
• A ritual oil such as a New Moon blend, Taurus blend, Hekate blend or pure essential oil such as dragons blood, patchouli, sandalwood, rose, sweet orange or even extra virgin olive oil or almond oil,
• An apple, pomegranate, garlic head or onion – offering to Hekate,
• A bowl or earth (sand from the sea or coffee grounds are also acceptable); and 
• An image/statue of Hekate.
  

Welcoming and Opening

Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem or evocation in her name.

Light your bay leaf/rosemary/sage and waft over sacred space.

Sprinkle purified khernips over sacred space.

Offer Hekate the apple, pomegranate, garlic head or onion which has been cut in half revealing the centre.

Magical Working

On the candle carve your name one one side and your mother’s name on the other and anoint with oil.

Take your candle and place it in the bowl of earth and then place that in the centre of your mirror (which is facing up) and say over it:

“I (your name) child of (your mother’s name)

Call out to you to hear my request –

Lead to me: love and gaiety!

Bring to me: health and vitality!

Give to me: abundance and prosperity!

I ask this for forever and all time!”

Thanks and Closing

Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.

Ritual is now complete and any grounding work can take place.  I would suggest eating an evening meal consisting of whole foods.

After the Ritual

Bury the offering you made to Hekate in your garden beneath or before a favoured tree, plant or herb or alternatively in a potted plant in your home.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2025, Updated 2026

Samhain also known as All Hallows Eve, Feast of the Dead and Halloween is the historically Gaelic festival and in a literal sense means summer’s end, marking just that – as it signifies the start of winter and the end of the harvest season.  It falls between the Autumn Equinox and the Winter Solstice and is a time when the veil between the worlds is at its thinnest due to it being a liminal/threshold festival. In the 19th century it was suggested to be the “Celtic New Year” and in modern time this became the “Witches New Year”.  This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar it falls on the 3rd of May at 9.37pm (traditional date April 30 – May 1). Gods such as Hekate, Hades, Persephone, Osiris, Crom Cruach, Cerridwen, Lilith, Kali, Ishtar, Persephone, Oya, Innana, Pamona, Cailleach, The Morrigan, Nephtys, Rhiannon, Herne, Anubis, Odin, Bran and Cernunnos can all be honoured during this time.

I have celebrated Samhain with groups of people in a religious, spiritual and mundane way both here in Australia and overseas.  The one thing which I found resonated with them all was the celebration of what has passed and honouring that which came before us.

One of the first memories I have during this time of year was when we were visiting my mother’s village on a small Aegean island of Greece, Lemnos (where its origins can be traced back to the (Epipaleolithic Period) but its more commonly known for its (Mycenean Period) whose matriarchal line had lived on for centuries.  She took me to her family’s mausoleum which from the outside looked like a mini Parthenon with walls.  Once inside, the marble covered walls were lined and stacked from ceiling to floor with ledges crammed with skulls and bones.  My mother with arms outstretched swept over what I was taking in said in an echoing voice that these were my ancestors and I needed to honour them and that one day she would be amongst them and I needed to remember to pay my respects. 

I personally like to honour my ancestors during this time by leaving offerings for them on their ancestor shrine I have been keeping and tending to for more years than I can count.  My mother was a very spiritual person and taught me to always tend to the ancestor shrine and light incense and leave offerings for them frequently.  During this time since its so close to Greek Easter I make and leave coloured eggs (usually red with patterns of leaves or flowers on them like I was taught using old panty hose and dried leaves/flowers) along with other items my blessed dead liked in life.

I feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year for various reasons.  This is a liminal time and this is Hekate’s domain as she can traverse the various realms (sky, earth, sea and underworld) as she easily navigates through the thresholds as well as being Goddess of the Underworld, Crossroads and Queen of the Dead and Lost Souls she can help guide.

I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of apples, pomegranates, garlic, onions, bay leaves, mead, beer, wine, red meat such as lamb roast, wine, bread, barley, nuts, acorns, pumpkins, gourds, mushrooms, sage, nutmeg, mint, oregano, thyme, marigolds, lilies, chrysanthemums, mugwort, wormwood, dittany of crete, oak leaves, rosemary, corn, gingerbread, chestnuts and apple cider.

Since this tends to be near or after Greek easter I tend to make an apple tea cake and leave a token inside (usually a wrapped up gold coin) which I divide and serve and whomever gets the coin has the token of luck.  I also like to cook items for Hekate which resonate with familial recipes so I like to bake and offer Anastasia’s Spiral Pita and Greek Kourabiethes.

Some things you can do to honour and mark Samhain in your personal practice (or with a group of likeminded individuals) can be:

1. Dumb suppers such as a place for them at your table or food left for them on a ancestor shrine/altar, doorstep, property boundary, gravestone or crossroads to your blessed dead such as ancestors or other loved ones who have passed over.
   
2. Making offerings of appeasement to lost souls.
   
3. Connect and communicate with the spirit world.
   
4. Divination using various methods such as scrying (crystal, fire, mirror, black ink and water), reading such as tarot, runes, dice, I Ching and pendulum.
   
5. Rituals and spells involving protective and cleansing properties for oneself or one’s property.
   
6. Light a hearth fire either in a fire place, outside bonfire style or a simple small fire inside using a proof vessel on a shrine such as a cauldron, lamp or even a candle.
   
7. Collect the last harvest from your garden – be it fruit, vegetables or herbs and flowers.
   
8. Honouring the dual nature of life and death and accepting its beauty.  This includes honouring the darkness and the light as both are equally as important.
   
9. Prepare food for the God/s you honour during this time and thank them for their gifts.
   
10. Personally reflect on the last 12 months and take note of your accomplishments and failures and create a plan to continue with said accomplishments and rectify failures.
    
11. Make a jack-o-lantern from a pumpkin or gourd and place a candle inside it and when lit leave i (in safe) view of a windowsill or outside near your front door.
    
12. Host a feast with family or friends which can include music and dancing.
    
13. Create a shrine with images or items from your blessed dead and recite prayers and leave offerings in their name.
    

As is my style, I like to craft during this time of year making Hekate and ancestor beaded necklaces, anointing oils, and seasonal incense and candles.  With the necklaces, I make them using my mother’s agillete (knot magic or witches ladder) and then I bless and consecrate them in my yearly Samhain ritual which you can find here:

Hekate Magick: Samhain for her Witches

So work your magick this Samhain, honour those who came before you and reflect and contemplate on your journey thus far taking in and celebrating the ebb and flow of the seasons and of life itself.

In her name

Setjataset

© T. Georgitsis 2021, Updated 2026

Greek Easter is one of the most significant holy celebrations within the Orthodox faith. The interesting thing is that it’s infused with much folk magic due to its roots being a blend of ancient spring rituals which are superimposed with christian beliefs.

The focus of this time due to the spring season of the northern hemisphere is about fertility, purification and protection. Certain practices are enacted to ensure luck, protection and fertility of the land and its people.

In my home growing up there were many traditional celebrations mixed with folk magick which I still engage with (even though I do not follow the orthodox faith) due to finding it magically powerful and the energy quite potent (even with the season here in the southern hemisphere being autumn).

Greek Easter 2026 Dates

• Palm Sunday (Vaion): April 5, 2026
• Good Friday (Megali Paraskevi): April 10, 2026 (Day of mourning, epitaph processions)
• Holy Saturday (Megalo Savvato): April 11, 2026 (Midnight Resurrection service)
• Easter Sunday (Pascha): April 12, 2026 (Feasting and celebration)
• Easter Monday: April 13, 2026 

Below I have broken down the significant days and how I connect to the energetic current and work with them in a modern magical context:

THURSDAY

I like to magically engage with this energy by dying eggs the traditional way and using the influence of my mother’s herbalist nature by making herbal and floral stamped eggs in elemental colours. These are typically made on the Thursday before the Easter weekend. Then on Easter Sunday they are cracked for luck. I also offer the first dyed egg to my ancestors and keep it on their shrine to banish evil energies and promote protection. Red symbolises rebirth and is the primary colour used yet I sometimes make eggs in the colours of the elements such as green, blue, yellow and orange.

You can make your own coloured eggs with the following directions:

1. To dye eggs with herbs, flowers or leaves – stick a lightly damp herb (dill, parsley, coriander), leaf (rose) or flowers (marigold, daisies) onto a raw egg.
2. Wrap and secure it with small piece of pantyhose and tie off the ends, ensuring the pantyhose is tight and the botanical is flat against the shell of the egg.
3. Simmer the eggs with at least 2 cups of water and 1 tablespoon of vinegar with some dye* until they are hard boiled (10-12 mins) ensuring they don’t crack. You can let them sit in the coloured water and let them cool for a more deeper colour.
4. Remove from the dye water and dry off the eggs. Remove the pantyhose and herb, revealing the design.
5. Polish with a little bit of olive oil to create a nice sheen.
   
   *You can use natural dyes such as onion skins or turmeric for yellow, saffron for orange and red cabbage for blue or alternatively you can purchase various coloured dyes from Greek continental deli’s/stores or the international section in supermarkets.

FRIDAY

I like to connect to this magical current yet make it my own by energetically cleansing my home by creating my own holy water which is infused with florals (very reminiscent of the holy water the priest uses to bless the congregation). I also offer flowers and herbs from my garden to my ancestors and decorate their shrine whilst singing hymns to them or reciting their names.

You can make your own floral water using the following directions:

1. Place a heat resistant bowl inside a large soup style pot.
2. Take fresh rose/calendula petals or elderflower/lavender/chamomile/rose geranium/orange blossom flowers that haven’t been sprayed with pesticides and place around bowl (I suggest using one botanical per batch.)
3. Pour just enough distilled water on the petals or flowers to cover them.
4. Place pot lid on upside down (handle pointing towards bowl).
5. Simmer on low for 20-30 mins.
6. Steam will condense on the lid and drip the pure floral water into the bowl.
7. Store what is in the bowl in a sterilised glass bottle or jar and keep refrigerated.

SATURDAY

On Saturday morning I break a clay pot outside my home which symbolises smashing evil and breaking with past negativity.

Pots can be personalised by making hand made pots (such as a simple pinch pot which involves pushing your thumb into a ball of clay after flatting the bottom and pinching the walls to thin them out whilst rotating the ball to create a small bowl) with air dry clay and once dry – painting them with magical symbols using water based paint. If you want a shortcut you can simply purchase a handmade ceramic or terracotta bowl from a thrift store and repurpose it.

On Saturday night to protect my home and bless it, I create equal armed crosses on the main thresholds (top of the door frame) of the house with the smoke from my own holy flame candles (similar to the way the holy flame that is brought from the church to the home). This is traditionally done on Saturday at midnight with lampades (adorned candles).

The way I make holy flame candles is I make candles from beeswax which I roll from sheets of beeswax and anoint with magical symbols (like an equal armed cross for protection) using a dab of olive oil. Alternatively I sometimes pour candles into molds using beeswax or containers using soy wax which is infused with essential oils such as orange blossom or lemon. Once these candles are set and dried I adorn them with embellishments such as some herbal sprigs tied in the middle with a simple cord of twine or string (red/black or a neutral colour).

SUNDAY

Greeks are all about feasting and I like to replicate some of the traditional foods made and give them my own magical twist. My favourite being a knotted bread called a Tsoureki (which is basically a sweet brioche type bread). I like to recite a spell as I knot the dough which infuses it with an enchantment of cleansing, protection and blessings.

I also take my dyed eggs and with another person tap our eggs together which is a ritual of renewal and luck – the person whose egg remains un-cracked is said to have good luck for the year.

Lastly dancing is also something which can bring in transformative and regenerative energies as traditional easter dances are spiral in nature and represent the spring mysteries of desert and return, as well as a snake shedding its skin. So I encourage you to stamp your feet and move your body to bring in renewed energy and stamp out the old.

So I encourage you to feel free to adapt any of the above to your personal practice and harness the energy of this time of the year, which in its essence is connected to Ancient Greek spring rites and folk magick.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2026

One early afternoon I went out for lunch to run some errands and a co-worker asked me how the weather was upon my return. I informed her it was sunny and humid but that it would most probably rain in an hour or so because of the natural signs I was seeing.  This co-worker asked me how I knew and I shared that my mother had taught me how to read the signs of nature.  This was done through various signs perceived through things such as smells, sunset/sunrise colours, clouds, sounds of insects/animals (just to name a few) in order to predict the weather.  Due to my mother coming from a farming family in a small rural village, this was second nature to her and her family, which helped them to be in tune with the seasons. This co-worker nodded in agreement with me and shared that she had experienced something similar through her family and within an hour and a half, it did indeed rain.

When my mother was teaching me magick as part of my normal everyday life, I didn’t realise how much impact it had on me as an individual and how much it would shape my practice.  I have vivid memories of the two of us sitting on a beach watching the sunset where she would explain how that particular sunset was signalling the next day’s weather – which always came out the way she predicted.  A lot of the magick she taught me was in this vein, like when I had my first headache as a child where she took me into the garden and showed me what herbs to pick and how to brew a tea to drink in order to get rid of it.  We’d be outside watching the full moon and she’d teach me how to sing to it which in hindsight turned out to be a spell/affirmation and although I was always an observant child who dutifully obeyed my mother because we were very close – I just went along with it as I just thought it was normal.  I never knew her connection to nature as well as the deep love and practice of spirituality and magick and sharing it with me wasn’t the standard for everyone else .  Therefore when I gregariously announced that I was going to be a witch when I grew up at the age of 5 after reading “Meg and Mog” I couldn’t comprehend the laughter from the other children around me.  Suffice to say I did learn the lesson of keeping silent and not speaking about what I learned publicly afterwards unless I was with like-minded people.

I feel when we are more connected to nature and the cycle of things we are more in tune with the magick around us. I’ve seen more magick performed by locals at a small rural Greek village seasonal festival than in some huge elaborate staged festivals and I ascribe that to the fact that the former was more in tune with nature and the cycle of the seasons. The one seasonal celebration still held in my maternal grandmother’s village in autumn is my favourite as it involves jumping over three fires in a row as a way to cleanse the body and soul and bring in health, prosperity and success. It’s also a way to mark the end of summer and rid oneself of any evil.  After the last harvest occurs in the village, everyone goes down to the fields and collects the stalks of wheat straw and place bundles of them upon the road before their homes, schools, town buildings and even churches.  They build three bundles of straw in succession of each other and as the sun sets they are lit and jumped, sung and danced over.   Everyone participates and if you take a walk through the streets you can see these fires set up every so often and the best and biggest is always in the town square – the central focal point of the village and where many celebrations occur throughout the year.  Some of the boys and men build huge roaring fires and have competitions to see who can jump the highest. The winner of this competition is deemed to have the best luck for the rest of the year.   This practice amongst a few others are still happening to this day even if the village population is dwindling – their devotion to the old traditions isn’t.

This practice held during autumn could possibly have connections to the Hellenic festival of Anastenaria or Nestinarstvo which originated in Northern Greece and Southern Bulgaria where participants walked barefoot through fire (over coals) as part of a celebration in honour of St Helen and Constantine.  This tradition is believed to be a mixture of orthodox Christianity mixed with the local pagan celebrations as was the custom for locals to adapt their celebrations to preserve them.

Here in Melbourne, Australia, I can always tell the changes of the season by observing my garden and the creatures who frequent it.  The smell of the season has changed and certain pollens are in abundance therefore certain tree/herbs/flowers are blossoming.  Observing the land around me, the earth is beginning to slowly withdraw its greenery in favour of the rich brown colours of the earth.  The sun is winding down its effect as we are brought close to the darkness of winter.  To celebrate this time of year whilst still honouring my Hellenic roots I have developed my own Hellenic purification ritual which can be performed before a fireplace, fire-pit, oil lamp or even a candle to symbolise cleansing and purification.

As Hekate’s priestess and devotee I have updated the ritual I first wrote in honour of Hestia and re-adapted it to Hekate who also is considered a deity of hearth and home.  Also with the continuing issue of Coronavirus sweeping the world currently, I have also added and emphasised the purification aspect of the ritual for heightened protection.

 

Purification Ritual to Hekate – (C) Setjataset 2020

Preparation:

Purify body by showering or washing head, hands and feet.

Set up shrine with water, wine/juice, salt, bread/crackers, olive oil, incense, barley and an oil lamp/candle before an image of Hekate.

Ritual:

Wash your hands in Khernips before assembling your ritual items, whilst saying:

“Αφήστε όλα αυτά που είναι βλαβερά να φύγουν!” (Let all that is profane be gone!)

Throw a few seeds of barley onto the shrine whilst saying:

“Xerniptosai!” (be purified!)

Light the oil lamp/candle and repeat the following hymn to Hekate:

“I make the offer of light to you

Great and Blessed Hekate

Goddess of hearth and home

I offer my shrine for purification

I offer my home for purification

I offer myself for purification

Be welcome with me

Bless me with your love”

Pour libation of wine/juice in Hekate’s name.

Make offering of bread/crackers and olive oil and light the incense in Hekate’s name pushing the smoke towards you three times.

Mix some salt with the water and sprinkle the mixture three times upon the shrine and on yourself and state:

“Come Come Come

Great Goddess Hekate  

Burn Burn Burn

Away all that is miasma  

Move Move Move

It far away from me, my loved ones and my home”

Spend some time in quiet contemplation and visualise yourself, your home and your loved  ones being purified.  You can also think of what you need to purify in your life – are there any obstacles which you need to remove or let go or habits you need to move past? Focus on these and make some changes in your life by actively working on them.

Thank Hekate and farewell her.

You may keep the shrine and refresh offerings as required, remembering to keep it clean.

*Miasma = aura of uncleanliness which lingers with respects to a person and their surroundings.

(C) T. Georgitsis 2018, Updated 2020

The Autumnal Equinox is the second harvest festival in the Southern Hemisphere calendar which is a vernal equinox meaning the hours of the day and night are approximately the same length. This year it falls on the March 22nd 2026 at 11.46pm astrologically. Gods such as Pamona, the Green Man, Bachus, Dionysus, Artemis, Carpo, Hestia, Persephone, Demeter and Hekate can all be honoured during this time of year.

My mother was a wildcrafter and I have very distinct memories of her taking me foraging during this time of year. We would forage for various herbs, plants, nuts and flowers.  The area I grew up in was surrounded by farmland and so there was a plethora of nature’s gifts to be found and used.  On occasion we would also take day trips to forage seasonally. 

I like to take long walks and see the changing of the leaves (yes I am one of those people) and I do this locally as well as around my beautiful state. I also go out foraging during this time of year and I have engaged in various foraging expeditions and would recommend the following books for those living in Melbourne (Victoria, Australia) to assist you as you need to be VERY careful with what you collect and use (and if in doubt leave it be and don’t risk poisoning yourself):

• The Weed Forager’s Handbook: A Guide to Edible and Medicinal Weeds in Australia by Adam Grubb and Annie Raser Rowland.
  
• Wild Food Plants of Australia Paperback by Tim Low.
  

I feel that Demeter resonates with this time of the year.  This is the time when Demeter withdraws her creative powers from the earth as Persephone descends into the underworld. I also feel that Hekate also resonates with this time of year especially since its a liminal time – a day of equal day and night and Hekate’s ability to dwell within those times.

I personally like to honour Demeter as well as Hekate during this time and make offerings of wine, grapes, bread, grains: corn, oats and barley, nuts, acorns, apples, pomegranates, onions, poppies, mushrooms, dandelions, nettles, marrow, chickweed, black berries, oak leaves, vine leaves and herbal teas.

I also like to cook with seasonal foods and for Hekate and Demeter I like to bake and offer Cheese Garlic and Thyme Bread , Garlic and Saffron Risotto  (I substitute the rice for barley and the butter for Nuttlex) and Apple Tea Cake (I substitute milk with soy/almond/oat milk and butter with Nuttlex).

Some things you can do yourself to honour and mark the Autumn Equinox can be:

1. Rituals and spells involving balance within or outside of yourself such as removing an addiction and replacing it with a healthy lifestyle change.
   
   
2. Rituals and spells involving mourning something lost – to be able to better accept this loss.
   
   
3. Honouring the dual nature of life and accepting its beauty.  This includes honouring the darkness and the light as both are equally as important.
   
   
4. Prepare food for the God/s you honour during this time and thank them for their gifts.
   
   
5. Cleanse and purify your home and garden.
   
   
6. Gardening such as blessing and sowing autumnal seeds specific to your region and/or fertilising and turning the earth.
   
   
7. Go foraging with friends (ensuring you are very careful and don’t collect anything poisonous or which has been sprayed with chemicals) or alternatively book a local guided wild forager tour (such as mushroom or herbs/plants) or go apple picking at a local orchard.
   
   
8. Like Demeter go for a wander – take a long walk in the woods or somewhere where you feel close to the gods and spirits of your local land.
   
   

As is my style, I like to craft during this time of year making abundance pouches which I fill with various items which symbolises abundance to me, along with cleansing washes, blessing oils, and seasonal God/dess incense.

I would like to share with you a Hekate Incense I came up with which I love and resonates with this time of year and which I urge you to try your hand at making:

Hekate’s Autumnal Incense by Setjtaset

1 Part Dehydrated (or oven dried) Apple Peel

1 Part Dehydrated (or oven dried) Pomegranate Peel

1 Part Pine Resin

1-3 Sprinkle of Cinnamon (or crushed cinnamon stick).

Since I love to perform rituals to honour Hekate, I like to mark the date with a ritual in her name.  Here is a hymn I wrote to Demeter and Hekate for my devotional rites which I would also like to share with you:

Autumnal Hymn to Demeter and Hekate by Setjataset

“Great Goddess Demeter

I thank you for your bounty

You who separates the chaff from the grain

I pray to you so that my life be full of boons

Madam of the Sacred Law

Encourage and protect me as I work its mysteries“

“Great Goddess Hekate

I thank you for your guidance

You who perceives the cycles of life and death

I pray to you so that my life be full of blessings

Madam of Magick

Encourage and protect me as I walk its path” 

So work your magick this equinox and engage in some activities which can bring you in closer connection to your Gods and the cycle of the earth.

(c) T. Georgitsis 2021 Updated 2026

What, When and Why of the Lunar Eclipse

We have a lunar eclipse coming up on the 2nd – 4th March 2026. 

A lunar eclipse which is often called a Blood Moon, happens during a full moon when the earth’s placement falls between the sun and the moon – which casts a shadow across the moon. 

This lunar eclipse will be visible in Eastern Australia and New Zealand, Western North America and Northern Japan.  A partial lunar eclipse will be visible from North and South America, Australia, New Zealand, East Asia and the Pacific.

You will be able to view this lunar eclipse safely with the naked eye.

To see if you can view the lunar eclipse from your area, go here for more information:

How to see total lunar eclipse March 2026

For exact timings of the lunar eclipse go here for more information:

Date and Time of Lunar Eclipse 2026

Magick of the Lunar Eclipse

Eclipse magick is when the energy is amplified due to the moon energies intermingling.  The Lunar Eclipse energies transition through the new and full moon phases during the eclipse, which enables the moon to cycle through the various stages of the moon and its magick.

This total eclipse is in Virgo* therefore the energies heightened during this time is the Virgo star sign.

The kind of magick you can perform during the lunar eclipse:

• Liminal – magick worked between the darkness and the light.
• Cleansing – with relation to body, mind, spirit and emotions.
• Releasing – energy which is chaotic and destructive.
• Raising – energy which is grounded through movement.
• Working – on the shadow self.
• Manifestation – reveal that which is hidden.
• Protection – against curses, bad habits, bad relationships and untoward connections.
• Devotion – to lunar or liminal Gods and Goddess.
• Intention – mundane and spiritual development which needs illumination.
• Reduction – magick which can reduce a situation, habit or thing.
• Banishment – removal of obstacles which have been hindering you.
• Transformation – of self or situations you are involved in.
• Veneration – of the blood bound ancestors.
• Revelation – of what we need to complete or move on from.

Sorcery of the Lunar Eclipse

This Virgo moon will be very empowering and will motivate us to embrace that aspect of ourselves.  It will pull us towards the way we have been drawn towards for a while, however it will feel somewhat unexpected.  This is due to hidden desires being able to be fully felt and acknowledged, connecting us and enabling them to be seen and manifested.  It will also allow us to seise our personal fire found within our souls to deeply explore these desires and make them a reality.

Since *Virgo is an earth sign it’s a great time to work with this element.

Below I have outlined an easily adapted ritual you can perform in any tradition you resonate to, with the guidance of Hekate which works with the energies of this moon:

Hekate Eclipse Magick by Setjataset

Preparation:

Chose a liminal time and place for the ritual to be set, preferably around the time of the eclipse.

Purify body by showering.

Your working space and offering should be placed on a shrine or working altar and should include: a bowl of earth (or sand), black candle, red candle, purified water, salt, a token or offering you have for Hekate, incense and an image/statue of Hekate.

Welcoming and Opening

Open sacred space or the shrine/altar and welcome Hekate by simply calling to her or reciting a hymn, poem, evocation in her name.

Light your incense and waft over sacred space.

Sprinkle purified salted water mixed with salt over sacred space.

Magical Working

Write or carve on a black candle what personal hindrance you want to move on from.

Write or carve on a red candle what personal desire you want to manifest.

If so desired anoint both candles. Use an oil such as Abramelin oil or something simple such as olive oil. You can also use one of the Oils For Hekate from the list I have compiled previously used in her devotion.  If you have no oil, use your own saliva.  Sprinkle a bit of the earth on each of the candles over the oil/saliva to earth them.

Light both candles.

Push the black candle away from you and the red candle towards you and then say:

“Hekate Queen of Earth, Sky and Sea

Assist me to straddle this liminal time

Guide me through the Darkness and into the Light

With the power of the moon I bless and release my intentions” 

Let the candles burn down completely in a safe manner.

Thanks and Closing

Thank Hekate and close sacred space or the shrine/altar.

Ritual is now complete and any grounding work can take place.

Do not speak about your working until it has manifested.

*Virgo is an earth sign which is ruled by Mercury. It is a sign which can appear very meticulous and analytical yet is very compassionate and loyal.  Virgo energy is very intellectual and incredibly focused.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2022 (Updated 2026).