Sacred Midwife Spell

Hecate rides a chariot drawn by dragons, symbolizing her dominion over the menstrual process. Other emblems include a broomstick, a flaming torch to light the way through dark passages, and a key that unlocks all doors, gates, and roads including the birth canal.

Petition Hecate for safe, smooth delivery prior to going into labor. In addition midwives may always request Hecate's assistance, guidance, and protection. The same ritual spell serves laboring women and midwives alike....

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Ritual for the Festival of Carmenta

Color: Red
Element: Earth
Altar: Upon a red cloth place seven red candles and the figure of a pregnant woman. If possible, a woman who is with child should be present and honored on this day.
Offerings: Give gifts to pregnant women in need.
Daily Meal: Eggs.

Carmentalia Invocation

All things grow in the dark place

Safe within the womb of the Mother,

Safe within the dream of the Mother.

The Earth lies now asleep

Full with big belly,

Each seed pregnant with hopes

Waiting for the return of the Sun....

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It's Midwives' Day

The ancients honored their midwives today (January 8) as the goddess's assistants by giving them gifts. In modern times, this might equate to sending a thank-you note to your physician or pediatrician.

• Patron Goddess: Eleithyia
• Themes: Birth; Children; Creativity; Fertility
• Symbols: A Torch; White Flowers

About Eleithyia:

As the aegean goddess of birth...

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Feast of Expectant Mothers

Today, July 2nd,  is the Feast of Expectant Mothers. A festival from ancient Rome, in which pregnant women gathered at temples throughout the city to receive blessings and honor goddesses associated with birth and fertility...

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