Hekate Devotion: Autumn Equinox

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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.
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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).

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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.

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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

Hekate Magick: Full Moon Lunar Eclipse: 2nd – 4th March 2026

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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

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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.

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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).

Greek Folk Magick: Food Craft Grimoire

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My mother who practiced magick was heavily influenced by the hearth where many of her lessons took place. Both when she was dispensing the knowledge as well as partaking of them herself. It is where I was taught how to make many traditional Greek village recipes – for daily consumption, festivals, special occasions and as offerings to the ancestors. I would watch my mother for hours toiling over recipes where she would make me repeat and recite specific instructions, enabling me to memorise the little intricacies of her creations which made them unique.

In my family, many Greek recipes have been passed down throughout the years. Many were passed down orally, as their secrets were preserved in their minds – not on paper. However due to me wanting to keep them from vanishing, due to the passages of time, I started keeping a recipe book which I consider a food crafting grimoire aka my book of recipes. To this collection of recipes, I have also added my own creations which I have made in honour of my Gods, Spirits and Ancestors for various festivals, moon and seasonal cycles as well as specific magical workings.

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For me, I personally feel a recipe book is a type of magical grimoire. Recipes like magic take preparation and certain steps are involved in executing them to fruition. Recipes like spells can be forgotten if they aren’t passed on or shared with others and due to not wanting to lose them, I ensure I write down detailed notes on said recipes within my food craft grimoire and on occasion share them with others.

Creating a food crafting grimoire is as easy as keeping a notebook and pen in the kitchen, where you can note down successful recipes you have connected with. Personally I keep both a handwritten note book with my recipes as well as a display book where I add my typed out recipes which I have printed out. I find it useful to make adjustments to recipe instructions by way of making handwritten notes when the need arises. I’m always fine tuning recipes, therefore keeping a good crafting grimoire is a a good way to keep track of what works and what doesn’t. Also these grimoires have been created with sections indexed for easily sourcing specific recipes, as well as both being decorated to reflect my own personal style. Today it’s also quite simple to create a virtual food craft grimoire using tools from blogs to software programs which can be viewed on electronic devices and then printed, filed or transformed into hard copy bound copies, which I have also done.

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I like to magically add a little energetic charge to my food crafting grimoire by reciting a magical blessing for it. I created this blessing using the elements and the things I use in the kitchen, which also resonate with these elements. This blessing can be used on a Full, New or Waxing moon or on a harvest focused sabbath.

You can also evoke a God or ancestor such as Hestia who rules over the hearth, Circe who was well skilled in the transformational culinary arts or Hekate whom you can make regular offerings to on her Deipnon and Noumenia in the form of the recipes you have made. Alternatively you can substitute one of your patron God/dess before the magickal working below on their shrine or altar.

Food Crafting Grimoire Blessing by Setjataset

Preparation

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

  • Note Book embellished with your own decorations to reflect your style
  • Rock Salt
  • Olive Oil
  • Rose or Orange Water
  • Bundle of Herbs

Magical Working

Take some salt and sprinkle it over your book in a circle and say:

“Protect this grimoire and ground it in the energies of sustenance, healing and prosperity”

Take some olive oil with your index finger and draw circle over your book and say:

“Energise this grimoire and may it fan the flames of creativity within my heart and hearth”

Take some rose or orange water and with your index finger and draw circle over your book and say:

“Purify this grimoire and may it bless the recipes and those who work with its words of wisdom”

Take a bundle of your favourite herbs and draw a circle over your book and say:

“Inspire this grimoire to create the desire to manifest my ideas into reality”

Place your hands up to the sky and then make a sweeping motion down onto your book and lean down and blow a breath over it and say:

“I imbue this grimoire with the blessings of my ancestors and deity – may it always bring health, happiness and wholeness to those who peruse and partake from its pages”

After the Blessing

Place the grimoire in your kitchen with a writing instrument to add or make notes whenever your are preparing recipes for offerings or festival, seasonal, moon or magickal celebrations.

In her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2013, Updated 2026

Hekate Devotion: Lammas/Lughnasadh

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Lammas or Lughnasadh is the first autumn festival in the Southern Hemisphere calendar. This year Lammas falls on the 1st of February at 4.45am. Gods such as Lugh, Mercury, Dagon, Demeter, Ceridwen, Ceres, Brigid and Dionysus can be honoured during this time of year. Historically it’s a Celtic festival which celebrates the First Harvest of the Fruits such as apples, grapes, tomatoes, peaches, plums but also celebrates the harvest of the first grain, wheat, oats and corn. Therefore traditionally the fruit gathered is made into preserves and the grains and corn made into bread or cakes.

I was introduced to this festival when I studied Wicca back in my teens and then was exposed to a celebration of it when I was in my first Wiccan coven in my early 20’s.  We would make corn dollies, bread and cakes and share it with one another.

I grew up with an immigrant Greek family and during this time of year they would make large stores of Passata due to it being used so often in their cooking. My father also made home-made moonshine using whatever was abundant and in season as well as his own wine and beer. My mother made Pita from home grown spinach and/or horta (wild grass) and fennel, stuffed vine leaves and also various Greek shortbreads and cakes.  They would both share what they made with family and friends as it was common practice where they grew up and brought that tradition here to Australia when they immigrated.

These days I continue a version of their traditions as I infuse store bought wine with homegrown Greek herbs, make passata from the tomatoes out of my garden, as well as bake traditional Greek village bread and Greek biscuits using organic ingredients. I have also used this time for years to make plum jam from my garden’s Victorian heirloom organic plums (due to the trees originally being part of a farm in the area before it was sub-divided into housing).  These items created from the seasonal harvest are offered to my Gods, Ancestors and loved ones where appropriate.

Due to been heavily influenced by the way I was raised, my rituals are a mix of honouring my personal Gods, ancestors and also honouring the land I live on.  I see this as a perfect blend of personal devotion as someone who works with the Gods, local spirits and venerates her ancestors in a modern way.  I don’t have any strong connection to the God Lugh, typically honoured during this time of year, so I personally use it as a harvest festival and honour my household Gods: Hekate with a libation set aside to Hestia. Other Gods which I have honoured during his time include Persephone, Demeter, Mercury and Apollo.

If like me if you honour any of the above Gods, you can make Greek shortbread or cheesecake for Hekate, pomegranate infused cakes or salads for Persephone, honey or sesame biscuits for Demeter, home-made wine for Mercury and home-made beer for Apollo.

It’s also a good time to make and dedicate devotional items you have crafted yourself over the summer. I tend to make and dedicate items to specific Gods utilising items from my garden due to it resonating with the vibe of the season and festival. Growing a lot of herbs, the ones which are in season, I collect preserve and store them for future use in Hekate’s name for various magical purposes.  I also collect resin, bark, leaves and branches from some of my trees to be used in items such as incense, waters, oils and magical tools.

I feel magically used crafts such as candles and incense are perfect to infuse with the energies of the season especially if we are able to harness these energies and channel them into the items.  I also tend to make preserves which I use in offerings thorough the remainder of the year

Also I personally feel that it is a good time to acknowledge the ancestors and leave them some food offerings as a form of ancestor veneration. I usually leave some food they liked in life such as kalamata olives, feta, stuffed vine leaves my mother taught me to make along with some Greek coffee which I can scry and divine with.

So even though the Hekate and Ancestral traditions of spirituality and magick I work, doesn’t sound like it fits exactly within the Lammas/Lughnasadh festival – I make it work for me and you can too as the most important thing I feel is devotion and dedication to your path whatever form that takes.

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Seasonal Planting Guide:

Vegetables such as beans, broccoli, cabbage, cauliflower, fennel, kale, leek, lettuce, potato, silverbeet, spring onion, sweet corn, brussel sprouts, beetroot, carrot, parsnip, radish, rocket and mustard greens.

Herbs such as basil, sage, oregano, chives, parsley and thyme.

Flowers such as ageratum, alyssum, cleome, cyclamen, French marigold, gypsophila, Iceland poppy, lobelia, lupin, nigella, pansy, polyanthus, primula and verbena.

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

  1. Feast with loved ones.  Make food usually consumed during this time and partake or share with loved ones, as well as leave as offerings to your gods or gods of the season, land spirits and ancestors. It’s the perfect time for baking and anything which can be shared and is seasonal.
  2. Bake bread and offer the first loaf to the Gods of the season.  You can also take a loaf and cut it into quarters and place those quarters in each corner of your residence to bring good luck and prosperity.
  3. Harvest herbs, flowers, plants, fruits and vegetables and create a shrine or altar in celebration of the season.
  4. Rituals or spells involving gratitude, abundance, prosperity, luck and work.
  5. Trade or swap handmade items with loved ones.
  6. Make corn dollies or garlands of flowers or herbs.
  7. Dance or drum to raise energy and direct it into the earth.
  8. Write poetry or creative writing which could contain themes of the time of year.
  9. Visit a holy well and make offerings of flowers, cloth or coins and then circle the well clockwise for health and wealth blessings from the Gods.
  10. Leave grain and seeds which are safe for local birds and wildlife as offerings.
  11. Spend some time tending to your garden or indoor pots.
  12. Light a sacred fire in your fireplace or a bonfire in your backyard.
  13. Revamp your shrine or altar with the colours of the festival (Orange, Red, Yellow, Gold, Brown and Bronze) and adorn it with wheat, corn, applies and produce of the season (herbs, fruits, flowers and vegetables).

So work your magick this festive season, honour and celebrate the harvest and ask for what you want to be prosperous, abundant and full of good fortune in your life.

(C) T. Georgitsis 2024

 

 

 

 

Special Moons of 2026

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Moon magick is a practice I strongly resonate with. I love to create and venerate with the various phases of moon.  I love to engage in the moon’s ebbs and flows where I can move with the energies and enact rites with and for my Gods and Ancestors.  Regardless of what path I practice, regardless of what sorcery I perform, the moon is my guide through it all – a guiding presence for my workings.

This year we have various unique moons coming up where you can practice your full and new moon rituals and spell-work with added punch due to the added significance of these moons.  There are different types of magick you can create during these various significant moon phases which can assist you with your practice.

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Special Moons of 2026

Listed below I have created various pages explaining the different moons and what magick you can practice in the associated links:

Total Lunar Eclipse: 3rd – 4th March 2026 – Lunar Eclipse Moon Magick

Super New Moon: 17th May 2026 – Super New Moon Magick

Blue Moon (second full moon in a month): 31st May 2026 – Blue Moon Magick

Micro Full Moon: 31st May 2026 – Micro Full Moon Magick

Super New Moon: 15th June 2026 – Super New Moon Magick

Micro Full Moon: 30th June 2026 – Micro Full Moon Magick

Super Full Moon: 24th December 2026 – Super Full Moon Magick

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(C) T. Georgitsis 2026

 

2026 Sabbat Dates: Southern Hemisphere

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Part of my practice is to honour my Gods and Ancestors during the astrological sabbat dates with seasonal devotionals, rituals and magick.

Below I have detailed the astrological sabbat dates for the Southern Hemisphere for 2026 with a brief description of what the day symbolises as well as their traditional dates:

Lughnasadh/
Lammas		 February
1st
2026
4.45am		 First autumn harvest festival.Traditional Date: February 1
Mabon/
Autumnal Equinox		 March
22nd
2026
11.46pm		 Day and night have same length. Days get shorter.Traditional Date: March 20
Samhain May
3rd
2026
9.37pm		 Veil between worlds thinnest.Traditional Date: April 30 – May 1
Yule/
Winter Solstice		 June
21st
2026 
6.24pm		 Day has the longest night.  Sun is at its lowest elevation in the sky.Traditional Date: June 21
Imbolc August
7th
2026
9.41pm		 Marks the beginning of spring.Traditional Date: August 1
Ostara/
Spring Equinox		 September 23rd
2026
10.05am		 Day and night have same length. Days get longer.Traditional Date: September 21
Beltane November
7th
2026
6.37pm		 Halfway point between spring and summer. Fertility festival.Traditional Date: October 31
Litha/
Summer Solstice		 December
22nd
2026 5.50am		 Day has the longest daylight. Sun travels the longest path through the sky.Traditional Date: December 21

All times are Australian Eastern Standard Time (AEST).

(C) T. Georgitsis 2026

Greek Folk Magick: The Epiphany (6th of January)

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Tuesday the 7th of January is The Epiphany. The Epiphany is also known as the blessing of the waters and is a day to celebrate the manifestation of God in the Greek Orthodox faith.

My family blended their regional folk magical practices with the religious holiday in a combination which honoured the day and also evoked the time of the year which is all about new beginnings.

It is a time specifically meant for cleansing, protection, blessing and divination.

I continue to honour some of the Greek folk customs to this day whilst also incorporating and acknowledging one of my main patron Gods – Hekate.

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Some Greek folk traditions you can do on the Epiphany to bring in cleansing, protection, blessings and divining the future can be:

  1. Go for a swim in the Ocean/Sea.

    Bathe in salt water to cleanse yourself. You can also simply cleanse yourself with a bowl of salt water ensuring to wet the top of your head.

  2. Cleanse with Holy Waters.

    You can Asperge (sprinkle) yourself, your magical/spiritual items and personal space/home/transportation with holy water (water which has been blessed on this day) or alternatively you can use floral waters such as Orange Blossom Water or Rose Water. You can use a small bunch of fresh or dried herbs (bay laurel, lavender, rosemary etc) either on their own or together, tied with red cotton string.

  3. Chalk your Door.

    Write an inscription on your door frame to bring in good fortune and banish negative energies – traditionally above your home’s main entrance with the following: 20 + C + M + B + 26 (for the year 2026 and the letters stand for the names of the Magi: Caspar, Melchior, Balthasar).
    Alternatively you can use the initials of a liminal God/dess like Hekate and use one of her titles such as Enodia (Crossroads/Of The Ways): 20 + H + E + 26.     

  4. Create a Talismanic Bag.

    Make a charm bag and use items which invoke the magick you want to bring into your life such as success (coins), health (specific herbs like mint and rosemary), spirituality (God/dess pendants such as Hekate or symbolic charms like a star or spiral), purification (frankincense/myrrh resin or salt). This bag can be creating by placing items in a square piece of material and tied with cotton string or you can use any type of small bag which can be closed such as an organza tie up jewellery or even a zip up makeup/pencil case.

  5. Sweep your troubles out the Door.

    Use a broom in a circular motion and sweep your home moving towards the door and finish by leaning the boom upside down (broom handle touching the ground).

  6. Burn any Herbs/Greens collected during Winter/Summer Solstice.

    Burn any decorations (which is safe to do so) in a bonfire, fireplace or cauldron which symbolises death and rebirth.

  7. Cake Blessing.

    Similar to the New Year’s Eve/Day Cake make a Epiphany Cake which is a sweet cake or fruit cake which has a hidden nut, pea or bean inside it and the person who gets a slice of the cake with the hidden item is the Queen/King of the Day and is blessed with luck.

  8. Divination.

    Use various types of divination such as using water dripped with candle wax and scrying what the shapes mean to you.

  9. Bring in Light.

    Light candles to bring in the light and bless your life. Beeswax candles are the best but you can use coloured candles in the colours of red, gold, green and purple.

  10. Incense and Chant

    Incense your home to cleanse and purify whilst chanting. Use blends featuring frankincense, myrrh, benzoin and camphor and a simple chant such as “Omens Ill and Devil’s Bane, Decrease Then Cease as The Dark Moon Wanes.”(1) or chanting the Epithets of your God/dess (Hekate’s Epithets is a good one to focus on if she is a Goddess you Honour).

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If you don’t honour Hekate you can substitute one of your patron God/dess with the above suggestions as long as your devotion and intention is pure.

So work your magick on this Epiphany. Connect with this blessed time and cleanse and protect yourself, your space and your loved ones.

In Her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2025

(1) Crone’s Book of Magical Words by Valerie Worth

2026 Moon Phases: Southern Hemisphere

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As a magical practitioner I like to work with the phases of the moon.  I find these useful for various rituals, devotionals, spells and other magical workings.

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Some magickal workings which can be conducted on the following moon phases:

Full Moon (Psychic & Manifestation)

Waxing Moon (Invoking/Bringing In)

Wanning Moon (Banishing/Pushing Out)

New Moon (Psychic & Invoking)

Dark Moon (Banishing & Divination)

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Moon Phases in Australia (EST) for 2026:

New MoonWaxing MoonFull MoonWaning Moon
    3 Jan9:02 pm11 Jan2:48 am
19 Jan6:52 am26 Jan3:47 pm2 Feb9:09 am9 Feb11:43 pm
17 Feb11:01 pm24 Feb11:27 pm3 Mar10:37 pm11 Mar8:38 pm
19 Mar12:23 pm26 Mar6:17 am2 Apr1:11 pm10 Apr2:51 pm
17 Apr9:51 pm24 Apr12:31 pm2 May3:23 am10 May7:10 am
17 May6:01 am23 May9:10 pm31 May6:45 pm8 Jun8:00 pm
15 Jun12:54 pm22 Jun7:55 am30 Jun9:56 am8 Jul5:29 am
14 Jul7:43 pm21 Jul9:05 pm30 Jul12:35 am6 Aug12:21 pm
13 Aug3:36 am20 Aug12:46 pm28 Aug2:18 pm4 Sep5:51 pm
11 Sep1:27 pm19 Sep6:43 am27 Sep2:49 am3 Oct11:25 pm
11 Oct2:50 am19 Oct3:12 am26 Oct3:11 pm2 Nov7:28 am
9 Nov6:02 pm17 Nov10:47 pm25 Nov1:53 am1 Dec5:08 pm
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Greek Folk Magick: New Year’s Eve & New Year’s Day

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Wednesday the 31st of December is the last day of the Gregorian calendar year.

In my family we always had our Greek folk traditions and celebrations to honour this time as New Years was one of the main holidays we observed. It was a time for working on bringing in blessings, success, vitality and wellness for the coming year.

I continue to honour some of the Greek folk customs to this day whilst also incorporating and acknowledging my ancestors and one of my main patron Gods – Hekate.

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Some Greek folk traditions you can do on New Year’s Eve and New Year’s Day to bring in good luck, prosperity, health and blessings can be:

  1. Hang up a fresh pomegranate over your front door before New Year’s Eve and then pull it down and smash it on your door step on New Year’s Day. 

    You can then up-cycle the pomegranate by drying it and then burning it as an incense or using it as a tea by steaping it. Hekate is the perfect Goddess to offer it to, as she is not only fond of pomegranate but also a liminal Goddess which this is a time of.

  2. Play cards on New Year’s Eve to bring in luck.

    You can also give yourself a tarot reading by pulling a card for each month of the year to see what will unfold for you.

  3. Light sparklers or watch fireworks to welcome in the New Year with light and banish negative spirits.

    You can light a candle or an olive oil lamp to Hekate as a liminal Goddess to welcome in the New Year. You can also light candles and oil lamps to your ancestors.

  4. At midnight on New Year’s Eve throw all your change at the front door and then the next day the first person to wake up and gather it – has collected that luck.  

    You can donate the coins to a charity in Hekate’s name.

  5. Hang up an onion inside the house on New Year’s Day.  

    You can hang it up above your Hekate shrine/altar as a devotional offering. Also you can try planting the onion and see if it takes in a garden bed or pot, or alternatively you can use the onion in cooking.

  6. Enter your home on New Year’s Eve holding a citrine and a bowl of purified water.

    Good things and prosperity will flow like water after you sprinkle water in the four corners of your home. Stability and health will come in after you place the citrine in the left corner of your home.
  7. Enter your home on New Years’ Day on the right foot by literally walking into your home with your right foot first.

    You can asperge around your home clockwise three times with bay leaves and khernips as a cleansing beforehand after you have called upon Hekate for assistance or alternatively smoke cleanse around your home by burning some dried bay laurel leaves.

  8. Bake a cake with a coin (wrapped in bakers parchment) within it and share it with your loved ones.  The person who gets a piece with the coin is going to have a lucky year.  The traditional cake is called a vasilopita but you can also make an basic almond flour sponge cake.

    You can offer a piece to Hekate as a food offering as well as a piece of cake to your ancestors. Dispose of by composting.

  9. Sing traditional carols.

    You can also sing hymns or prayers to your ancestors and Hekate. Reward those who sing with candy/lollies or money to sweeten the year.

  10. Exchange gifts brought by Agios Vassilis (Greek Santa Claus).

    You can also make offerings to your ancestors and Hekate.

  11. Decorate a small wooden boat with twinkling lights.  This is a symbolic vessel for family members who aren’t able to be with us during the holiday season.

    You can also light a candle on your ancestor shrine along with some livani incense.  You can inscribe a white candle with your loved ones name and burn it on Hekate’s shrine.

  12. Share a meal with loved ones with traditional sweet cakes (kourabiedes and melamokarona).

    You can also leave food offerings on your doorsteps for Hekate or the spirits of the house.
  1. Go for a swim in the sea or lake to cleanse yourself.

    You can also use Khernips made from salt and purified water and ritually cleanse yourself with the aid of Hekate.

  2. Charge Gouri (lucky charms) to be worn for good luck during the year.

    These are typically ornaments or jewellery who have symbols of evil eyes, coins or pomegranates on them. These items can also be gifted to family and friends.

  3. Turn on Taps to allow the flow of good luck.

    Do this after midnight and place a bowl or bucket underneath the tap and collect the water for your plants, herbs or trees.

  4. Gather with loved ones and share a meal.

    Share food and drink with a pot luck or have a meal at a favourite cafe, pub, dinner or restaurant.

  5. Feed the Fountain by collecting silent water and making new year wishes.

    Collect fresh water in silence from a local spring, river, lake or well and make an offering of honey or butter as thanks which connects you to nature and allows you to make wishes for the coming year.

  6. Hang Basil and Open Windows.

    Do this on New Year’s Day as basil is a protective ward and fresh air drives out negativity from the home.

  7. Make an offering of three pieces of sweets and a glass of water on your magical/God-dess/icon shrine or ancestor shrine.

    Traditionally the sweet is baklava or vasilopita and recognises generosity, faith and the mundane.

  8. Light a candle, lantern or lamp to bring in the light.

    Bringing in the light is a traditional way to bring in positive energy and banish negative energy.

  9. Eat roast chicken to ward off evil and bring in good fortune with the blessings of Apollo.

    Traditionally a black rooster was roasted on the first day of the year and consumed to banish evil and bring in good. The rooster heralded the sun which was celebrated as overcoming darkness.

  10. Prepare a Proventa to share with others.

    A Proventa is a dessert plate which shows beautifully arranged sweets and reflects a hosts generosity to others.

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If you don’t honour Hekate you can substitute one of your patron God/dess with the above suggestions as long as your devotion and intention is pure.

So work your magick this New Year’s, honour the liminal time and cleanse the old and bless the new to enable you to embrace the beginning of a new calendar year.

In Her name

Setjataset

(C) T. Georgitsis 2022/Updated 2025

Hekate Devotion: Summer Solstice/Litha

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Litha also known as Midsummer, Estival Solstice and the Summer Solstice  is the time in summer which signifies the longest day of the year.  It’s a time which is celebrated as a fertility and light festival as the sun has reached its highest place in the sky with the longest time of daylight.   Traditionally it is a festival celebrated all around the world, some which hold rites which includes dancing, feasting and ritualistic sacrifice. These days the focus of this festival by neo pagans and witches is placed upon the sun and acknowledging its movement within their hemisphere.

This year in the Southern Hemisphere calendar, it falls on Monday December 22nd at 2:03am (AEST). Gods such as Nuit, Hathor, Sekhmet, Ra, Horus, Aten, Apollo, Lugh, Mercury, Hestia, Juno, Lugh, Sulis Minerva, Huitzilopochtil, Sol and Amaterasu, can be honoured during this time of year.

I have celebrated the Summer Solstice with groups of people in various settings and alone, and the one thing which I found linked them, was celebrating the festive season with specially prepared food.  Something which I have experienced often during this festival day, is the acknowledgement of the sun and its power as well as it being the last sabbat of the year which coincides with Christmas and Hanukah.

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One of the fondest memories I have during this time of year is celebrating the Summer Solstice with my coven where a member would make an ice wreath which had herbs and flowers placed in layers which she collected by season over the year.   A lit white candle anointed in oils was placed within the wreath and had pride of place in the centre of the circle during our ritual.  

In my coven and magickal groups we would always have fires usually in the form of a firepit or fireplace where we performed rites to celebrate the significance of the day.  We would also exchange gifts and share food which had either been hand-made or which had been specifically acquired for the day.

During this time of year, I notice that my garden is booming with new growth due to the heat and rain.  My sultana grape vine is bursting forth and I collect the excess of leaves for garlands to adorn my shrines.  I also have many fruits and vegetables which are available to pick from my garden to also include in the foods I prepare for feasting or make as offerings to my gods and ancestors.

I like to acknowledge and thank the traditional owners of the land as well my garden and the Devas of the land and its blessings by leaving tokens and offerings throughout my garden.  I ensure the bird bath and feeders are well stocked, as well as encourage any insects or bees which pollinate my garden by leaving them appropriate food such as organic honey water.  I plant or replant herbs and flowers which encourage the local bees and birds and I allow them to partake of my fruit and vegetables without nets or pesticides.

During this time of year I also tend to cook and bake as a way to infuse my personal energies with the offerings I make to my Gods, Ancestors and land spirits.  I use what is in season and usually make roasted vegetables and falafel, fresh salads, baked country bread, Greek and Middle eastern dips, olives, feta, pickled vegetables and pita and serve them with herbal iced tea and juice. I also bake sweets like layered seasonal cakes or cookies and platter various summer fruits for desert. I take some of these offerings and leave them upon Hekate’s, Sekhmet/Hathor’s and my ancestors shrines during my seasonal devotionals.    

Since the summer solstice ends up being around Christmas I also ensure I have baked items which resonate with this holiday such as shortbread and gingerbread and share them with co-workers, neighbours and friends.  I recite prayers to my ancestors in front of their shrines to acknowledge them and also leave various offerings of what I have prepared during the season.

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I personally feel that Hekate resonates with this time of the year.  The light is at its peak as is the potential within us to take up her torches and ignite or rekindle the energies we want to fully immerse ourselves in.  The surrounding vibrations swirl with vitality so now is the time for action as the sun is at its absolute pinnacle and available for us to bring down into our lives.  As our days are filled with heat use the flames of Hekate to take that strength which is available to you and use it to feed your projects which need that spark or extra boost.  

Hekate can also be a force of cleansing and movement.  Hekate helps us use the liminal places she inhabits to bury or wash away that which needs purifying and helps us turn our attention towards that which needs planting.  She does this by assisting us to eradicate or remove the negligent things in our lives to make way for the positive things we need.  

I personally like to honour Hekate during this time and make offerings of  wine, bread, eggs, cheese, olive oil, garlic, pomegranate, incense, candles, water, salt and biscuits and also items I have made which I have wildcrafted and resonate with the seasons energies. I also like to create a fire pit with old herbs, plants and tree branches which I can’t upcycle into my Hellenic firepit before my chthonic shrine to Hekate in my garden.  Lastly I tend to create in her name with regards to magic which I conduct in liminal spaces such as the beach or forest with like minders others or on my own during liminal times such as sunset, sunrise as well as the middle of the day. 

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Seasonal Planting Guide:

Vegetables such as cucumber, corn, squash, spring onion, silver beet, onion, lettuce, beans, tomato, capsicum, sweet potato, artichoke, beetroot, shallots, cauliflower, celery, radish, okra and eggplant.

Herbs such as basil, coriander, lemongrass, mint, tarragon, thyme, chives, marjoram, oregano, parsley, fennel and rosemary.

Flowers such as sunflowers, carnations, poppies, petunias, nasturtiums, daisies, dahlias, zinnias and celosias.

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

  1. Make food usually consumed during this time and partake or share with loved ones, as well as leave as offerings to your gods or gods of the season, land spirits and ancestors. It’s the perfect time for a BBQ and anything which can be shared and is seasonal.
  2. Host a Misfit Christmas which you can host in your home or park/beach for those who don’t have anywhere to go during the festive season.  A good way to do this is by having a pot luck and having everyone bring something to share which can encourage sharing and opens conversations.
  3. Dance or drum to raise energy and direct it into the earth.
  4. Perform a ritual to celebrate and mark the sun at its peak and its blessings it brings upon the earth.
  5. Take a sun bath (ensuring to protect yourself from the UV rays) which can take the form of meditation or yoga.
  6. Rituals, spells and magick for fertility, creativity, passion and endeavours which you want to see growth in (especially when held in the middle of the day).
  7. Go outside into nature and take in the beauty whether it be a beach, forest, park or garden.  Whilst there wildcraft and acknowledge the bounty of the earth by giving thanks.
  8. Dedicate some time to assisting those who are in need, marginalised or alone during this time who need a little help and support.  Volunteer for a charity, collect items (food and personal hygiene items) for a homeless or animal shelter or gifts for those stuck in hospital.  This can also be done on a smaller scale where you can assist a elderly or sick neighbour or friend.
  9. Watch the sunset and give thanks to the sun for its light and warmth.
  10. Light a fire (bonfire, firepit or fireplace) or candles to celebrate and honour the light of the sun during this time.
  11. Declutter and swap, donate or sell that which you no longer need.
  12. Leave a candle in a safe place to burn all day in honour of the sun.
  13. Craft some items which resonate with the season for you.
  14. Revamp your shrine or altar with the colours of the summer solstice (Green, Red, Gold and Copper) and adorn it with candles, bells, ribbons and produce of the season (herbs, fruits, flowers and vegetables).

So work your magick this Solstice, honour and celebrate the sun and ask for what you want to be vitalised and strengthened in your life.

(c) T. Georgitsis 2021, Updated 2023/4/5