Revisiting the Basics of Deity Work 

I agree with this - growth is natural, it is human, and changing your opinions isn't something to be frowned upon!

i have depression and adhd so im definitely right there with you. tbh the most common thing i do is light a candle when i remember and have the energy to get up and do it, and i just keep it nearby while i do other stuff, as if im just inviting my deity to hang out. other times ill just kinda talk to him, similar to a prayer but not necessarily. i worship hades so sometimes ill dedicate a nap, my black tea if im feeling fancy, or a guided meditation (which usually turns into a nap lol). think about some of the things you do everyday and see if you can find one to dedicate to whoever you worship. youre definitely not less than for not having the energy or motivation. the divine will always understand and respect your boundaries. if you can only give them one offering a month at best, they wont be upset. youre doing your best (even if you dont think so sometimes) and thats what matters. im not an expert but if you want some ideas or help, ill see what i can do :) hope i could help

I love this! I'll def be doing that.

@@embertea789 this is super helpful!! I'm glad there are others like me out there in the community. Thank you for sharing your story and advice :)

@@ChaoticWitchAunt thank you!! I'd definitely love to hear your input!

@@unocloudy of course! If you have any more questions I'd be happy to try to answer them. Good luck with your journey!

That's genuinely what I was thinking. I know that there were a lot of new witches & pagans doing deity work and doing it in a way that elders/older witches and pagans interpreted as disrespectful or harmful, and due to that there was a push back that it wasn't for beginners. I definitely understand my mentality at the time - but I've been able to pull away from that and form my own UPG!

Oh my god YES boundaries for yourself and what you can handle is so so important!!! And it’s different for everyone ❤️‍🔥

Omg I thought it was just me that he did that to 😂😂😂

I’m thinking I may work with him too, but maybe I’ll do Loki

How do you talk to him? I’m trying to find a technique that works for me

@@my_universe1290 Personally, I use my pendulum with a letter board the majority of the time. Otherwise with tarot, clairaudience, or dreams

How did you communicate with God to ask that if you don’t mind me asking?

I had a very strong urge to respond to this, but that is genuinely so cool. My relationship with Christianity & catholicism is very strained and I feel like this comment alone healed that a little bit

ich glaub du hast da ein paar kommentare durcheinandergewirbelt. aber schön, dass wir anscheinend die gleichen videos gesehen haben. ;D

@@DasMieps I'm sorry, I don't really speak your language, can you please give the name of it so I can translate? :)

@@theeagoat9992 youtube showed me parts of some comments from other videos i watched before attached to your comment therefore i thought you speak german and watched the same things. 🙈

@@DasMieps oh I get it now, lol

@@DasMieps I've done this a coeple times with portuguese

i laughed so hard at the kit kat thing

Much agreed on THIS ONE! 💯♍💯

Seconding! Esp how to read intuitively. I can never remember the card correspondences 😬

I would like you to do an experiment for me so grab your tarot deck when you get a chance. It doesn't matter which one it is for now but the RWS is preferable for later. Now, take the Temperance card out, and read the little white booklet for a minute on the keywords for Temperance. It says that Temperance is about accommodation, economy, control, and moderation; correct? Now, pick out any one of the four Kings of your choosing. What do you think of when you think of a King in general? That's right; accommodation, economy, control, and moderation. Why, though, are the Temperance and the King cards related in this way? Because of the number of the card. Numerology. Find the Magician now as we shall go a little more in depth here. This will prove most useful if you have an RWS as said before so you can follow along. The number 1 (i.e. I), is the representative number of the male parts specifically in numerology. It doesn't mean that the card itself is speaking towards strictly male physicality. But it is hinting at the mental characteristics in the least of a person if the reading happens to go in that direction. Odd numbers in general are masculine in nature and even numbers in general are feminine in nature. So keep that in mind. The baton the Magician holds in his right hand means masculinity and is a symbol of authority, and again, hearkening back the 1 on the card. Both flowers in the card, roses and lilies, mean fertility. The red of the rose, and the white of the lily, love and purity. The rose itself, speaks to all of life, death, and rebirth; reincarnation and transformation, the same as the Death card. Speaking of the Death card, is the sun setting or rising? Only you can decide that during a reading. But in truth it echoes of harmony and balance just as roses do. This is due to the beauty of a rose but also the thorns on its stem and also how flowers bloom and then fade. The green of the budding leaves on the flowers are touching back to fertility and creation. All that yellow in the background, spirituality, warmth, and rejuvenation; and speaking of rejuvenation, once more hearkening back to reincarnation and transformation, hitting again on the life, death, and rebirth aspect of the number 1. The infinite symbol, means endless possibilities just as all four element symbols do on the table, again hearkening back to what was said last; creation, destruction, and transformation. From here, we jump to the High Priestess. The number 2 (i.e. II) represents the walls of the female parts. Have a look at the moon on her head and also on the ground before her. Once more, the cycles of femininity from month to month and fertility. The horns on each side of the moon on her head also mean fertility. They also, along with the pillars, are in pairs just like the number 2 is a pair of 1's. Moreover, see how the High Priestess is clothed mostly from head to toe? The secrecy and mystery of the feminine cycles. This also hints to the fact the art in the cards of the tarot hold a secret and a mystery, that not everything appears to be exactly as it looks to be at first glance. In fact, that jungle behind her is actually a curtain of pomegranates hung between the pillars, and pomegranates also mean feminine fertility. And also you're not standing outside the temple, you're standing inside the temple. I could go more in "depth" here but I'll leave it at that. By looking to each side of the curtain of pomegranates, you shall see water in the lower portion and sky in the higher portion with a thin line of land in the center, behind the curtain. Again, we see the number 2 showing itself here, being as you can see the card in two ways; and once more, harmony and balance, and the illusion of thinking that things are just strictly one way all the time. But more often than not there's two or more aspects to everything. And people get their boxers and panties in a bunch over whether a card is masculine or feminine because supposedly it's not "inclusive" when in reality it is inclusive and way ahead of their time lol. We also see once more the cycles of life, death, and rebirth through the pillars; moving from one point to another. You shall see pillars in the Death card as well, which means what for Queens, if two pillars also mean the female parts? The "book" she holds, means educating oneself, but also communication just as the pillars do. She sits on a foundation of stability and strength just as the pillars mean those things. The black color of the left pillar is the color of things hidden and the unknown, but also, the color black is all accepting for it's all colors and not just a single color; and again, we see harmony and balance. The other pillar on the right is supposed to be of a whitish color, representing purity and innocence, but also narcissism because white is actually not a single color at all and accepts nothing but itself; and again, we see harmony and balance. Each together are her "batons" if you will, representing her authority, just as the Magician has authority. The water in the card represents cleansing, but also torrents. The air/sky represents logic, but also understanding. The blue in the card represents just as yellow does spirituality, but also it represents intuitiveness, emotion, psychic abilities, and dreamscapes such as visions and illusions just as the moon can also mean those very things. Water and fire can both be intuitive elements but each in their own ways for both of them are the emotional elements and the elements of psychic abilities, visions, and illusions, which means that both the sun and the moon are capable of the same things, but the sun for example creates illusions through mirages whereas the moon creates illusions through looking like an egg on the surface of still water or appearing as if it's not there during a dark moon phase. A scary thought only at first when studying the tarot, is that every single one of the cards in the tarot, could mean death and not just the Death card or the 10 of Swords for examples; but also, each card in the tarot can mean life and rebirth. Take the Empress for example, the next card after the Magician and the High Priestess. The water flowing in the background meaning the passage of time just as the sun and the moon do in the High Priestess and the Death card, as well as the flowing water with a ship on the surface of the river in the Death card meaning to travel from one place to another, and moreover the "As above, so below; and as below, so above" stance in the Magician representing the passage of time too and transferring from one place to another. Anything that I have described so far can be translated into any other card in the tarot. Mountains mean obstacles and challenges. Cliffs, opportunities. Stars, guidance. This is because the symbolism is used throughout the entirety of the tarot with a few things here and there that are not seen in any other card except in one or two. Like the 10 of Cups has a rainbow and means peace and serenity and promises. And what's really going to cook your noodle later on after having read all of this, and anyone else for that matter, is notice I have described both what many would consider to be "positive" and "negative" aspects of the example cards above. Yet, the cards as described, are all right side up in my description of them. This now makes you wonder, along with anyone else who reads this, is if it actually matters whether the card is right side up or upside down in a reading. What many fail to realize, is the "reverse meaning" as many have called it, is ever present at all times. It matters not whether a card is right side up or upside down. A rose is still a rose no matter which way it's facing. So then, how does one know which the card represents during a reading? First, you must come to terms with, you're not some omnipresent all knowing deity. And second, and more importantly, you name off the meanings of the card you're reading and allow the person you're reading for to tell you what resonates with them rather than forcing something on them. And then you focus on that/those things that have resonated with them and go from there. Other things may come up during the conversation of the reading. And if they do then you focus in on those things as well. You're not just reading the card/s, you're reading the person too, and that's an important lesson to learn. Third, notice how much I myself pulled from just a single card when describing them, and now you must ask the question of how many cards you really think you need in a reading. For example, if I were to only do a one card reading and the High Priestess, for example, was the card to show its face for the reading, look at how large that reading is just off of what I have already described of the card above. That's an in depth reading, if I do say so, myself. And that was done with just one card. I'm not trying to boast, though I do like toast lol. But what I'm really trying to teach you and others here is to keep things simple, focusing in one card and only using one card for a reading, and go with the flow. By going with one card you don't overwhelm yourself. Focusing in on what resonates with the person you're reading for it allows the reading to fit to the person rather than putting them in a box. And going with the flow allows you to be intuitive and responsive to each subject as they come up in a reading. I hope that anything I have shared here is helpful with those who read it. Yes, it's long, but worth a ton in the long run. I've learned much of what I know, and must give credit where credit is due, from both Vincent Pitisci and TarotOracle. Both of them can be found here on RU-vid. And I hope what not only what I have shared here is helpful, but also by mentioning them, people will find their expertise and knowledge to be helpful as well. I hope they serve just as much of a launching pad for you all as they did me.

Me two years ago definitely had this vibe.

😭😭😭 I saw so many things that concerned me and that definitely pushed me to emphasize this stuff

Of course. I'm constantly changing and so is my practice - and you guys deserve to see it!

I'd also like to know how this works

Same, all the videos I watch don’t really say anything

Will make a video on this!

Thank you!!!

Ahhh, love this take! I wasn't even thinking about entities closer to deities in this video, but it's such a good reason. Thank you!

Diana keeps me plenty busy, to be completely honest.

That’s a fantastic point!

i was about to say it’s such a myth that those “pantheons” are at odds or hate each other. so much more nuance and cultural syncretism. gallo-roman stuff ? so freaking cool. glad someone commented this

I may! Let’s see what happens. ;)

Very true!!!

@@ChaoticWitchAunt *angy Christian noise intensified*

I also would love to know where to find that info haha

I can't say I have much experience or knowledge on the topic! But someone else in the comments might :)

I LOVE this! You absolutely can do this, and in fact many people are soft polytheists or archetypal worshippers who believe that’s all any deity work is. It’s really as simple as defining what type of influence or archetype you’d want her to be, how you’d like to devote time to her, how you’ll measure your growth, and going for it! I think it’s important to understand that someone somewhere sometime put a name on the aspects of deity that they recognized as cohesive for any major pantheon, you’re doing the same and that’s perfectly valid :) Research chaos magic deities and chaos magic as a whole and go for it!

Got it!

Overly Sarcastic podcast did a full breakdown you can find here on RU-vid that really helps with understanding the concept and variations of Aphrodite

Other witches beliefs aren’t my business! And with the Greek deity (Haides) I do try to work with him within a Hellenic framework concerning invocations, etc

@@ChaoticWitchAunt nice!! I love and respect that “cool! Not my business, I’ll do my thing and you do yours!” I’ve been considering bringing more Hellenic influence to my work with Selene (archetypal as it is) out of respect for Hellenic practitioners :)