July 18, 2022 : Apollo 🥖
Who is Apollo?🥖 Apollon, better known as Apollo is best known as the god of the sun and poetry. He's also the god of music, art, agriculture, plague, prophecy, and medicine. He is a very popular god and appears in a lot of literature, games, and artworks. He's featured in literature like Song of Achilles and Percy Jackson. He's in Hades Game as well. Why would you work with or worship Apollo? 🥖 Apollo is often referenced as a protector of sorts. He's associated with medicine and healing, as well as divination. He is known as the god of oracle and prophecy. He's also known as a protector of the youth. So, it's to be assumed if you're looking for someone to reach out to and you work with both protection, divination, or medicine he's your guy. How do you reach out to Apollo? 🥖 So the most obvious option is prayer! It's simple and free. Meditating outside in the sun could easily be another way to try to reach the sun god. The main thing with meditation is listening and observing without judgment. Divination is also an obvious choice. I mean, he is the god of prophecy and the oracle. I personally due tarot, but there are plenty of divination practices. Everything from reading tea leaves to scrying could work. Then, of course, you have making offerings and lighting candle to reach out to him (this is what I usually do when reaching out to a new diety). What should you offer? 🥖 This of course depends on your altar size, so I'll assume you have an open and larger altar. Apollo typically likes cheeses, fruits, wine, golden things, yellow/white/gold candles, olive oil, milk, tea, honey/honey cakes, musical instruments (especially if they're a string instrument), lamb or goat meat, bread or wheat, laurel or olive branches, olives, orange or lemon pastries, images of dolphins, wolves, the sun, himself, and/or any birds (especially crows, ravens, and swans) (especially if hand painted), poetry, paints, paintbrushes, and things like that. As well as frakencense or myyrh scents. Think warm, sunshine, artsy stuff. I'm sure he also wouldn't mind things like tarot cards but you should ask him yourself before you offer it. What if you have a small/hidden altar? 🥖 Don't worry there's plenty you can offer him on a small/hidden altar! You can give him chocolates with orange or lemon flavors, sunflowers, bandaids, aloe vera, concert tickets, music or poetry you've written, art you've drawn, amber or sunstone (any stone your associate with him really), golden jewelry (especially if it has sun or arrow imagery on it), LGBTQ+ flags (he's liked them in the past), divination items (tarot, pendulums, etc), and/or bird feathers. You can always put the things from a small or hidden altar on a larger altar as well. What if you can't have an altar or want to show devotion differently? 🥖 There are several devotional acts you can perform for him! Supporting musical artists, watching the sunrise, trying archery, trying different types of divination, going for a walk on a sunny day, donating to medical charities and hospitals, throwing dance parties, writing poetry for him and/or reading him poetry, playing music for him, learning first aid things like CPR and how to dress a wound, supporting LGBTQ+ people and charities, going to pride events, wearing yellow or orange, and learning about the history of him, his sister, his mother, and his lovers. He also does like when you pray to him a good bit.
Apollo is the son of Zeus and Leto, twin brother of Artemis. He was the god of music, and he is often depicted playing a golden lyre. He was
Hellenic Witch/Wiccan Worship of Apollo
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