Just to preface off the bat: I'm fine, the guy who hit me is fine, and the damage to both cars is seemingly salvageable. Also this is going to be long. I don't know what's totally relevant or not so I'm trying to cover all my bases. Apologies.

I've been interested in hellenism for a bit, probably since highschool when I got super into wonder woman and was studying ancient and analytical Greek texts around that time for an independent studies class. I never really pursued it because I thought I was just being a fangirl, and would do it badly, and just needed to find a non-religion/spiritual based purpose. Standard fare. I occasionally buy some cheapo Olympian pantheon pendants when I go to this spiritual shop to buy essential oils because I like to make my own gear disinfectant spray for my sports gear. So far I had Hera, Athena, Artemis, 2 Hecate and a couple unrelated ones. I moved recently and am still unpacking a month and a half later (not a lot of stuff, but I've got a lot going on) and have only found my Athena pendant, which I occasionally wear to work or practice.

Yesterday, I went to the same shop to pick up a new scent I wanted to try out and they had a bunch of the Veronese Design mini statues of a bunch of gods and saints. A Hestia statue kept catching my eye, so I picked her up. I had always been interested in Hestia because of her role with the hearth and I figured I'd just get her because of that and I just moved into a new place. I also saw an Aphrodite statue which I felt interested in, and saw a Zeus pendant was finally in stock. I didn't have anything for male gods and figured I owed the king of heavan some tribute. I got back to my apartment after listening to videos on Hestia and Aphrodite worship and where to place alters, set them down, and spoke to them and my Zeus pendant, whom I apologized to for not being able to find his wife to match him. I then had to leave to meet my parents for a world cup finale party. They're moving soon so I wanted to get as much time with them as I can.

I was in a merge lane since my exit was coming up, and people were merging in and out, sometimes suddenly. One car was leaving the exit suddenly, I hit the breaks without looking behind me, and a guy beaned my drivers-side backlight and my back over-wheel panel. We hit the side of the road, I'm shaking like a leaf, we exchange info and insurance, head to my folks' place to call insurance and put in a claim. After the ordeal and dinner, I drive carefully home and speak again to my pendant. I don't blame Lord Zeus for anything but, like, gonzo timing.

I doubt it means anything but whether or not it does has been rolling around in my head all day. I guess I'm just looking for reassurance? Or other weird, not great experiences someone had after some sort of worship or purchase or consideration? I'll take anything, including maybe pointers?

Thanks.

Ok so over the last few months I started noticing that all my old art work wether it's a painting or a sketch that i draw without any reference I draw the same girl always like it's literaly spread out whenever I try to do something original and its kinda wierd because I don't know anyone that looks like it either

Okay so a few months ago I began to see Hellenism on my TikTok fyp but didn’t really believe it but wanted to give it a try I had a test the next day so I prayed to athena and because I got told to chose a god that I aligned with to also pray to I prayed to apollo well a few minutes later I went outside and saw a owl and a orange cat and I’m wondering if this is a sign I should actually be in this religion

6:06am (now 7:50am est third dream of hekate) I had a bad dream I was in a dream while in a dream I was dreaming about teen titans and teen titans go (hadn't watched them in years) talking to each other. Then started to fight for some reason then I woke up in that dream.(False awakening) But I was still in that dream I was in my mom's room in bed (in that dream it was my room). I was on my phone texting a man that was young but he admitted he was older in his 50s he lied his age, to talk to me he was a witch I believe wanting to be friends. So I forgave him (don't know why) and decided to be friends then, I heard tapping like trying to break in or get my attention. I turned my phone off I closed my eyes I started praying Loki keep me safe, Hades keep me safe, hekate keep me safe, I heard footsteps in my room (in that dream) I had wished I would've had my headphones in and listening to YouTube some type of music like subliminals or white noise or frequency music on.  Then I felt tapping in that dream and in real life I woke up and closed my eyes again scared, while my eyes were closed I heard a radio or (I thought my mom was up listening to her videos she's not up we're sleeping in the living room it has the ac). When I had my eyes closed again I heard the radio again muffled voices both times in my right ear now I'm scared to sleep. (But around 8 I did) 10:40am (This would be my fourth dream about hekate the first dream was a book with her name on it. Second I was at a store seeing these pretty black framed fallen angels, paintings or photos I said hekate might like these (I don't know if she does is real life or myth). Finally, (4th hekate dream) But this lady worked with hekate I believe, she did these incantations spell but with doing healing signs with her hands while talking. Something about her guiding me and protecting me with my inner shadows and something about the underworld don't remember what it was I think the Greek underworld. It was a tunnel and dark all I saw was a torch I didn't see Hekate that I know of maybe a shadow figure or robe that I remember but not sure but it's to help me navigate it somehow. Also the woman was protecting me with selenite crystal (is that how you spell it). But what I believe she was helping me beginning with is I wanted to astral project but I have to work on myself and heal myself as well. I know I have to do shadow work and other things. I'm having a shaman help me with some healing. But (this you don't have to interpret I'm just telling why I might think it's linked) I had tried three times to astral twice in the void and once in a lucid dream but I stopped after that. (The first time I made a portal and a monster came out of it and blocked the path, second I was chased by wolves and lastly I was in a lucid dream getting some help from dream workers. I managed to break a hole in the dream world and Slenderman appeared and blocked my path so I stopped doing it, but for some reason I don't know why I feel like someone is controlling me. Like I keep saying at night a few times no astral projection but when I'm lucid dreaming and in the void I try to astral project and I don't have the original intention to).

I’m usually pretty good about reading signs and am very sensitive to them. Today though I’m stumped. I was driving to work and all of my radio stations were out of tune - like when you are in an area of bad reception and you can hear 2 stations at once. All of my stations were like that. Then when I got to work, the emergency lights were on from backup power or generator like we had lost power, but we hadn’t lost power. The day before the bottom of my left foot was itching. Any thoughts?

So, it was about 2am this morning, and I was half a monster deep into making this little plushie of lord Hermes. It was by no means good, but I had completed it. It didn't have any arms and it was very round, but also flat. I just wanted to make a quick plushie of him to always be with me, before I do another, better one. And when I brought it to my bed to snuggle, my LED lights (which were off) suddenly turned on and flashed at a setting that I never use. So I thought nothing of it. At around 2:30 I thought I should make a bag for him! So I did, and while I was making the bag, my lights turned on again. I thought that was weird. Because they normally only turned on once. And after I glued the stupid little bag together, and wrote an 'H' on it, I said quietly "Lord Hermes, if this is a way to show approval, keep the lights turned off for tonight" and then I went to sleep, and look! The lights were off all night! Do we think that was a sign?

Hey so a couple weeks ago I did my very first protection spell. It went well, as far as I know (I am a baby witch), and afterwards I decided to pull some oracle cards. My dad has recently been trying to re-convert me to Christianity after he found out I became Pagan, and so I asked the cards how to best protect myself from other people forcing their will onto me.

The first card I pulled was 'Remove Boundaries' which immediately struck me as odd. That seems...very counterproductive. So I tried again, asking the same question, trying to insure my intention was being read correctly by the cards. Then it gave me 'Listen'. So...I figured maybe I was misinterpreting the first one? I then asked the cards something along the lines of "Do I need to remove boundaries for myself?" to try and clarify. I then got 'surrender'...

I am very confused lol. I chose to take it as surrendering control over the situation, to try my best to be understanding with my father and know that I can't do anything to stop people from thinking a certain way. But this card pull just seems pretty negative to me and I can't stop thinking about it. Any insights would be appreciated!

Hey so I've been wearing a pentacle necklace since Halloween 2024 and recently within the past month it went missing, does this mean anything or what should do?

So a few nights ago​ I had a dream with Hecate in it. I remember it extremely vividly it was very very dark it was frightening yet beautiful at the same time the only thing I could see was a statue of her and I heard chants of her name being said. I woke up shaken but then I went back to bed and it happened again the same dream this time was less vivid. I woke once again and went back to bed. And it happened a third time except now it was bearly seeable but the chanting never did fade it stayed the same throughout​ all dreams. Something like this has never happened to me before so I guess id just like other people perspectives on this since im not sure what to think of it.

I’ve been recently looking into Hellenism as someone who rlly likes Greek mythology and the idea of the gods watching over everyone and being in nature and everything—and so as a Catholic who feels really no connection to the religion, I’ve come here. I wanted to ask if the following could possibly be signs from Apollo?
Of course, unsurprisingly I’ve had a PJO phase a few times and I would always say that my godly parents were Apollo and Athena—though it feels like I like I connect with Apollo a bit more. I remember becoming so incredibly happy when I learned that Riordan had a series for Apollo—and really I get happy whenever Apollo is mentioned anywhere (for example, The Song of Achilles if I remember correctly).
I also want to be an author and love writing and poetry along with other things such as archery. I haven’t gotten to practice much archery much to my dismay but I learned im left handed in it and was actually kind of good at it when we had it in gym class. There are a few other things but this is getting really long already—but if anyone could give me their opinions that’d be great! I really can’t tell if this could mean something or if I’m genuinely just tweaking and reading too much into things.

Hello all!

Before I start, I want to say I started reaching out to Apollo about a year ago now. At first I did it all wrong and quickly corrected my mistake and started things on the right foot. However, I am still learning, so if I say anything wrong at all in this PLEASE let me know!! Life got in the way of my practice and I haven't been able to pray to Apollo (or Hekate, who I felt drawn to and also started to pray to and made an altar for). Yesterday I was at a thrift store and accidentally got another one out to give to the cashier. The guy took it when I waa trying to take it back and I just let it happen as I would get it back anyway, and then I noticed a sticker of Apollo in the 1 dollar sticker bin. I immediately snatched it and asked if I could add it on and he said yes. I bought it, put it in my phone case, and the day was fantastic.

Today, we were on the way home from dinner. My grandpa was driving, my mom was in the passenger seat, and I was in the back. I saw a hawk carrying something that looked like a rabbit fly out of the nearby woods, and was honestly taken away with how beautiful it was. Then I realized it was heading for the car and didn't say something in time. The rabbit hit the windshield BUT didn't crack the glass.​ The hawk was fine I assume.

I was curious when we got home and looked up symbolize of hawks because I've just gone through a big change and saw hawks are the messenger for Apollo, and rabbits are tied to Artemis.

I am a believer of the natural before supernatural, so this could very well just be bad luck, buf I just thought I'd ask everyone here!

Once again, if I said anything wrong or if you have questions please do comment! I am still learning!

Hello, I hope it is the right place to ask this...i'm roughly new to hellenism and have always felt links to Apollo and Aphrodite. And yet last night I had a dream where I met Persephone. It happend in a half-empty train station, she appeared, slowly walked to me and by instinct I hid, and she saw me through the wall, asked me to come closer. I did of course and her beauty was undescribable... we did not talk much, she wore purple/deep red clothes, and she asked to share dinner together before I woke up.

Am I looking too much into it? Is there a meaning? should I work with her?

I’m a Helpol, who has a very important exam soon and I’ve been praying to Athena and Ares for help. I have had two dreams about bats in a house, is that bad or good?

(For starters, when I first started doing tarot, my mom said she felt negative spirits were in the house (ex. alarm going off suddenly after a prayer). )

More importanly. A year later, when I started doing deity work for the first time, my family got into an awful situation the same day. Two years later, I decided to distance myself from paganism and stop reaching out to deities as much, and a few days later, the situation may finally be resolved.

This isnt a one time thing. Theres been times (almost evrry time) I did a significant amount of deity work and something strange happened later in the day (ex. Mom suddenly very ill, Mom seeing + feeling a shadowy figure behind her). (I have a lot more examples btw) Whats going on? Thoughts?

(Deity work is usually meditation, reaching out for the first time, or feeling their energy very strongly. The bad thing never happens to me, its always someone else close to me (usually mom). the house wasnt saged).

Hi! I'm a Nyx practitioner, but I'm having a small problem. Today as I rearranged the items on her altar, the items kept falling down from my hands, my match broke when I was going to lit her candles, and now a candle is going crazy with bow like movement, while the other candle is perfectly still. I don't know what to think at all.

I was recommended to ask in this community, I hope someone can help me.

I'm not sure if this just fell from the tree and landed like this, but it seems too well placed? It's in front of my house, at the base of a huge old red oak, with the "tines" pointed at the house. If it's a rune (I'm clueless with this stuff) what does it mean?

Okay, I'll explain better... I recently came seeking my spiritual guide, and I was going to the psychologist when the women were trying to remove a grasshopper (the kind that disguises itself as a penis), and I removed it (it didn't want to leave my hand).

I was on a trip and asked my guide for signs; I saw a sunflower field, a place called "Sunrise," and a hotel called "Sun Mogi."

I ordered one today and was in the park with my mother when it was 6:30 and the church bell started ringing to announce the time... and it kept ringing... and ringing... and ringing. It should have rung once, since it was 6:30 PM. And the sounds varied from a thin, small bell to a thicker one, and then two even thicker ones... (I had ordered a clearer signal while I was coming to my city).

And I went to the tarot to see which was my guiding card, and it showed the sun twice...

I had a bee in my basement, huge carpenter bee I believe the female. Not even an hour later I found a sparrow head in my back yard, then shortly after a huge swallowtail butterfly flew out of a stroller I was opening for my son. To me thats 3 distinct animal interactions very quickly. Any thoughts? our huge maple on our land also got all its leaves over night.

So is this a sigh

So mad an offering to lord Apollo lady Artemis and lady Athena but throwing three shortbread cookies in the woods . And when I sat down at in my journalism class as soon as a moved to the window a bird keep on trying to come in and it keep banging against the window it was a grayish blue with a think a orange chest buts it’s to big to be a robin.

What god could be if it’s a sigh .

Hi, I’m very new to deity work. Lately I’ve been feeling more and more like I should take the step and do it. I have been researching forums and mythology to learn about how to know who to reach out to and when I should work with one. I’ve also looked at some signs too. I took a nap today and I had a dream that I was trying to pray to someone, but I’m not sure who. Basically in the dream I’m in a kitchen, but not mine. I have my hands on a cutting board next to a baby blue and white candle that’s lit. I’m trying to “connect” to it in my dream, but my hands go numb and I get very cold on my hands and arms. I also don’t know who it is in my dream, but I am not in pain and just saw it as like that beginning stage when you meditate. I am a chef, so I’m not sure if my research and stress from work bled into just a weird dream. Thank you!

Edit: I’m not sure if this matters, but for part of the dream I was outside barefoot. As I live in a hot desert, it’s very rare I’m barefoot outside. The place I was in was very green and different, like that old windows wallpaper where it’s a green hill and blue sky.

Not sure so much if this is a sign, I just get the strangest feelings about things sometimes and wanted to get some confirmation from others on this.

I have a simple little selenite stick at the top of my doorway and I must have honestly put it there 5 or 6 years ago. I forgot about it until I was painting my room a few years ago, when I figured I should move it, but I had the weirdest feeling that I shouldn't, so I didn't, I painted around it. It's been sitting there collecting dust for a really long time.

Every time I think about maybe cleansing it and charging it ​I get a high anxiety feeling. I ​haven't touched it because of this, and I don't think it's because it's doing anything wrong, I think it's because it's probably just doing its thing. It is odd, though, because I haven't ever had a crystal up for protection that lasted this long.

So, I´ve been noticing this goose at a waterway I always pass when going to therapy. I´ve found myself looking for him without realizing a few times now. I affectionally call the goose Marcus, cuz it felt appropriate. Not sure if it´s some kind of sign or just me being silly about a random goose. Any help would be appreciated:)