Blessed Full Flower Moon!

Tonight on the 5th of may we celebrate the full flower moon. 🌕🌺

The full moon will be in the water sign scorpio and is also influenced by the planet Pluto going retrograde. This is a time of transformation and intuition and inner wisdom.

One night later on may 6th/Mounykhion 16th in hellenic polytheism we also celebrate the festival of Mounykhia, a day on which to honor the goddess Artemis and her connection to the moon and role as a moon goddess.

Two days ago I started preparing by researching the full flower moon and Pluto going retrograde and I chose which oracle cards would fit nicely with this full moon to put on the altar to Nyx, especially since the full moon would happen during the evening and night time. Yesterday before leaving my apartment I re-organized my altar, brought an offer and put up the altar cards, one to show of my gratefulness to Nyx, the gods and the moon because I received a lot of signs, consultation, guidance, strength, positivity, happiness and luck since the last full moon so this full moon it was extra important for me to show that gratitude. The rest of the cards were to really tap into the specific themes and energies of this full moon and to manifest good upcoming things for this month and the near future. I also put up the oracle card representing the element water since the full moon will be in scorpio, a water sign.

I spend the day of the full moon by wearing a shirt with the moon on it that says "tonight is the night", and went to buy cake with my mom to celebrate. Mom actually came to get me to go outside and watch the full moon, but at that time the moon was still rising. So later in the night we went outside again to watch her shine really bright and beautifully. We stood outside for a while looking at the moon and focusing on the silence of the night and the beauty of the moon and her light. During the night I also listened to my devotional playlist and watched an interview with my favorite band and they actually also mentioned that it's the full moon today and that we should do a little ritual ;)

Blessed be!

As a devotee who is mainly only busy with chthonic hellenic deities (and Elven deities besides that) celebrating Thargelia, an ouranic hellenic holiday might seem a bit out of the place. In this article I´ll be explaining why I still decided to celebrate Thargelia every year and how I am spending my Thargelia this year.

For me Thargelia helps me to cleanse myself, purify myself food and body wise aswell as thoughts/events wise. Thargelia is a holiday of purification, casting scapegoats out, offerings, abstaining from and eating food, presents, a connecting with the other side of the hellenistic faith, a side that I don´t connect with as often in daily life.

Going into Thargelia I asked my main goddess, Nyx, how she felt about me celebrating Thargelia and honoring Artemis & Apollo. She made it clear to me that she was oke with it as long as I did keep in mind that I am her ´daughter´, as we call it. 

For me Thargelia is a holiday where I can bring ouranic and chthonic hellenistic beliefs together. It´s a way for me to honor the religion as a whole and not just Artemis, Apollo and Leto. Besides that it is one of my favourite holidays because I love the effort in put in it.

What I did on Thargelion 6th, Artemis´ day and the day of purification?

* I wore my special blouse with deer on it and a deer necklace to honor Artemis as the goddess of the hunt. 

* I cleaned myself more often and better, being more aware of that and keeping purification and Artemis in mind. 

* I cleaned my room.

* I participated in ritual fasting for about 21 and a half hours. 

* I prepared some of the ingredients for the Thargelia cake I´m making tomorrow. 

My plans for tomorrow, Thargelion 7th, Apollo´s day, are:

* Continue with the purification from yesterday by, taking a bath and casting my scapegoats out by writing bad things I don´t want to happen anymore, which did happen to me in the last weeks on paper and then ripping and throwing them away.

* Make a Thargelia cake by using edible sheep representing sweets and eating them to cast out the scapegoats.

* Eat delicious food with family.

Although I, in my current situation, am not able to do everything I would like to for Thargelia I do really enjoy the holiday and think the moral behind it is really nice aswell. And so I want to wish everyone a happy Thargelia! What are you doing this Thargelia?