I call to you, Queen of the Hieros Pyr,
For you were born of the stars and darkness,
You are the spark,
Giving birth to your sacred flame.
Your fire reigns.
Your fire breathed life into the world,
Descending into your fiery cave at the core,
Fueling your eternal cauldron
Your flames fuel all that is.
From hence you walk the worlds,
Guiding your chosen.
Hail Hieros Pyr, Keeper of the Wheel of Fire,
May I walk in your Wheel of Fire.
The harvest of the sacred fire is the energy of the Aries Full Moon of October 6-7 (11:47 PM Eastern on Oct. 6). This event brings the fire, evoking the illumination of Hekate’s Torches. Not only is this enough energy to fire us up, but it’s also a supermoon and often called The Harvest Moon, being the first full moon after the autumn equinox. The Season of The Witch truly ignites with this full moon.
Hekate and The Aries Full Moon
Ruled by the element of fire, and cardinal in position, the first sign of the zodiac is about the ignition, courage, and vitality necessary to begin anew. Aries is associated with assertiveness, independence, and power. As one of the three fire signs, Aries connects to all fiery aspects of Hekate. With it’s potential to burn away what doesn’t serve, but also create a free life, it’s an ideal full moon for illuminating the way forward. Certainly, connecting to Hekate during the Aries Full Moon will unlock the harvest of fire, both as a creative force and for releasing what blocks.
Bound “aries,” witches. Aries doesn’t suffer fools, or self-limiting beliefs. It is an intense, pedal-to-the-metal full moon. Stay rooted in the earth while you embark on your personal fire harvest. Keep your boundaries solid. Working on them is an excellent practice for this full moon.
Aries
Epithets: Ergatis (Energizer); Rixipyle (Breaker of Barriers); Agriope (Fierce)
Meaning: Brash, courageous, and independent. Hekate in Aries amplifies assertiveness, bravery, motivation, and the quest for personal freedom.
Themes: As the first sign of the zodiac, Aries is excellent for rebirth. Aries can bring up conflict, yet also courage. Petition Hekate in Aries for help with both.
Practice Notes For The Harvest of Fire
There’s many ways to connect with this full moon, including calling forth Hekate’s Sacred Fire. So aligned with the energy. Light a candle and explore the messages about what to harvest as bounty and what to banish as bane. Here’s a couple of different invocations to work with.
You may be feeling more “harvest-y,” called to examine your personal ones, such I was in this invocation:
Harvesting The Power of Hekate’s Torches
I’m using “Harvest of Fire,” as the key expression for this one. Fire both creates and destroys, it nourishes and kills. Here at Aster Cottage, the months long fire ban was lifted on the anniversary of when Christen and I got engaged one year ago. Of course, we had a fire to celebrate. Sitting round the flames, drinking wine, telling stories. The nourishment of fire after months of being in a high risk zone for wildfires. There was one nearby, and we watched it from our property. Fortunately, the wildfires here in Nova Scotia this summer were not personally devastating, but they were part of our everyday life, rendering the danger of fire ever present. We couldn’t even go into the woods on our property until a month ago. The government had imposed a $25,000 fine. That’s how high the fire risk was.
When we were on vacation a few weeks ago, we drove through an area that had been devasted by fire a few years back. While there was still so much damage, new greenery had already taken hold. A powerful reminder that the old needs to burn to birth the new. I look to the signs and meaning in the natural world to connect me to Hekate and her deeper world. As above, so below. What is all around is a reflection of the mystical. The question for us is where do we need to allow spiritual fire to clear out the clutter so that we can harvest of our personal sacred flame, that is being offered by Hekate.
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