She is the Goddess of beginnings as well as endings, and all transformations from one state to another. She is the Goddess of the Gateway between the worlds, present when we come into this life as well as when we leave it. And though She is implacable, She is not without mercy, generosity, and tenderness of heart.
Hecate is the Reaper, the Goddess of Death -- the inexorable tides of time, the pitiless Mother who takes Her children back into Herself. (There must always be the death of the old, in order for the new to be born, and She clears the way). The Crescent Moon is Her sickle -- the hand-held arc of a knife that was used for harvest. Yes, there is death here, but as always in Nature, the death is in service to life.
She guides souls into birth, and back into the soul's True Home at death.
Her power is also healing, for as Mother of All, Her compassion is boundless. She holds, and shares, the knowledge of all healing modalities and the uses of plants.
She is the Keeper of the Mysteries.Goddess of the Moon.
Color: Black,Silver
Moon Phase: Dark Moon
Stones: Black Jet, Onyx, and Black Obsidian
Herbs: Belladonna, Garlic, Mint, Mandrake, Sandal Wood, Cypress, Myrrh, Patchouli, Hemlock, Wolfbane, Lavender, Monkshood.
Trees: Aspen,Rowan, and Willow, Yew, Cypress
Symbols: Torch, Key, Crown.
Animals: Black Dogs, Snakes, Bats, Owls
Sabbats: Samhain.
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