Happy Hecate Day (August 13th)

Thanks to an overwhelming desire to do some research, no doubt a nudge from the lady herself, it has come to my attention that today August 13th is one  three festival days ascribed to Hecate, the other two being May 3rd and November 16th. 

and as we all know even as far back as 350-300 BCE  there can be no festival without dancing... so here is an Etruscan image of Hecate holding two torches and dancing in front of an altar beyond which is a cult statue

 later I will be raising a chalice of mead to the waning moon and the torch bearer herself.. happy hecate day to you all ...

for working tonight... 

Colours-black

Gems- obsidian, hermatite, black onyx

Symbols- crossroads, blazing torch, black hounds

Moon phase- waning to dark moon (but especially dark moon)

Call on Hecate for - justice, banishings, protection, prophecy, divination and inner self

Number - 3

Herbs - mugwort, wormwood, aconite, willow, mandrake, garlic, lavender....