Subtle Artemis Worship

🌙 Subtle Artemis Worship 🦌

Spend time out in nature (e.g. go on a hike, take a walk outside, visit a nature preserve, etc.)

Dancing, especially at night and to music that makes you feel wild and free

Playing an instrument (although this is more for Apollo, I believe it also works as a form of Artemis worship)

Wearing jewelry that reminds you of her

Having imagery of deer, horses, or dogs around

Having literally any sort of animal symbolism around (she is a Goddess of Animals)

Investing in nature/animal conservation efforts (can simply be spreading the word if you can't afford to donate or volunteer)

Creating art of your favorite flower, plant, or animal

Keeping a picture of her in your wallet

Taking a walk outside during the crescent or full moon (only if it is safe in your area to do so)

Learning about self-defense (I feel dedicating a pocket knife, if legal, to her is a great idea)

Learning archery

Befriending neighborhood animals, such as cats, birds, or dogs; leaving food out for them

Lighting a bonfire with friends and having a good time together; dancing around it is especially great (please be safe about doing so; I don't recommend drinking first)

Star-gazing and moon-gazing

Showing compassion to others, such as through volunteer work or holding doors

Taking a warm bath at night

Having a candle that reminds you of her (no altar needed)

Wearing animal-inspired outfits or doing animal-inspired makeup

Visiting a local zoo, aquarium, or butterfly pavilion; taking the time to learn about new creatures

Watching nature documentaries or movies about animals (it can be movies/shows starring anthropomorphic animals)

Being curious about local fauna and flora

Learning how to safely forage for food, such as picking berries or mushrooms

Meditating in the dark of the night, especially on a crescent or full moon

Making a list of your goals; focus on completing these one step at a time

Taking new risks, especially ones that give you a sense of thrill and excitement

Sending kind messages to loved ones, especially those having a difficult time

Learning to prioritize your own well-being; taking care of yourself first and foremost

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May add to this later! For now, this is my list of discreet ways to worship Artemis. I hope someone finds it helpful. Take care, everyone! 💚

the way yall are projecting your conceptualizations of "spirituality" & "magic" onto shit we're saying while being so wildly wrong about it, not grasping that we aren't using these words the way you apparently are... just making assumptions about what we're saying that are incorrect while calling it rationality instead of taking a step back and trying to understand... it's demoralizing fr.

like i dont have an issue with "critiques" or "skepticism" but i DO have an issue with being portrayed as saying/believing something im simply NOT. unfortunately a lot of yall are doing the latter.

The Goddess of All Life is apt to defy you if you try to interfere with Her works out of pride. Her real work is not to drop everything (volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers) just because one witch is summoning. Weather work performed consciously, as a service to the community, is what the job is all about. However, you must still accept the possibility of failure without sadness or getting an attitude. The Lady may have better things to do, or decide that no rain is a better plan.

But in case of dire need of the people, priestesses brought the rains down with enough regular success that the Goddess appears to have taken notice of the people's wishes.

-Z. Budapest, The Holy Book of Women’s Mysteries

I've never met a religious person who is as smug and self righteous as the average atheist just saying

are you joking

Chicago Tribune, Illinois, October 29, 1916

one of my fav period rituals is cooking a steak (or heart or roast or other particularly bloody red meat lol) the first day i have fresh blood (i don’t consider this the first day of my cycle but ik some women do, for me i chart my first day as when i see dry/coagulated blood which usually starts a day or two before i’m fully bleeding). i don’t avoid red meat otherwise but i do try to focus on getting it toward the end of my luteal phase through my bleed, and i try to prioritize raw/fibrous/vegetable-heavy meals leading up to ovulation. i love having a steak & a glass of red wine though, blood for blood, it’s both symbolic and nourishing and i feel it helps my energy levels throughout my bleed. today i’m trying something new, dry brining sirloins with a salt i made that has truffles and coffee. i normally do oil-based marinades but i do love how dry brining comes out so i’ve been wanting to play around with it more.

i love building my life around my cycle so much, it’s so fulfilling and feels like i am truly honoring and revering my body. little shifts in diet, sleep, the kind of exercise i’m doing, even something like how often i wash my hair, all serve as ways to venerate the processes happening within me. i tend to shy away from resolutions because the idea of making a list and having it hanging over me just makes me feel worse when i can’t accomplish everything, but if there’s one thing above all else i want to commit to this year, it’s leaning deeper into my cyclical practice, learning to listen better to my body, learning to sense & feel as much as possible within/through myself, and hopefully my cycles will continue to regularize as i continue to prioritize them.

lately my “pattern” has been incredibly frustrating - i’ll have 50ish days, then 45, then 35, and then randomly i’ll have a 70-80 day cycle. like i keep seeing improvements and then they just stop and i ovulate super late or not at all. i have to suspect that i’m getting complacent without realizing it once i have a few semi-regular cycles, so my biggest goal this year is to not get complacent. i think one thing that would be really helpful for me is using a paper chart, but even the extended charts people make only go to around 50 days. unfortunately with super long cycles, digital charting seems to be a way more feasible option. i’ll probably stick with kindara for now because i know the layout and the past two years of cycles are already in it, but i’d like to start a journal specifically for cycle-related stuff so i can easily keep track of what i’m doing, what i’ve done, what’s worked and what hasn’t, and also to write down new information i learn. maybe a binder would be better so i could have tabs for information about each phase and then a section for my own data/notes.

going to redo my altar today, it’s already pretty cyclical health themed but could definitely use an update for the new year/new cycle (maybe i should update it with every bleed?). i want to think of some small and specific goals for each cycle, so i’m going to try to make that another little ritual that happens while i’m bleeding (which is the rest/rebirth/wisdom phase so very fitting for analyzing and planning!) and as always i am eager to hear about anyone else’s rituals, especially how women with PCOS/amenorrhea/irregular cycles handle that kind of thing <3