# November 16th is Hecate's Night

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**Category:** Witchy Wisdom\
**Tags:** deities\
**Created:** [November 15, 2020, 9:23pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/november-16th-is-hecates-night/5315 "2020-11-15T21:23:47Z")\
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**Author:** ![CelestiaMoon](https://spells8.b-cdn.net/user_avatar/forum.spells8.com/celestiamoon/32/17405_2.png) [@CelestiaMoon](https://forum.spells8.com/u/CelestiaMoon)\
**Post date:** [November 16, 2020, 4:08pm UTC](https://forum.spells8.com/t/november-16th-is-hecates-night/5315/7 "2020-11-16T16:08:23Z")

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Last night when going to bed, I asked Hekate how I could honor her on her special night, using my tarot deck. The answer was pretty much: don’t worry about it, just go to sleep! 😁 In the morning I had the answer, and I also wanted to thank her for the best sleep I got in a long time! 😊

I had bought a small antique key 🗝 in her name before, and it’s been something I’ve carried with me for protection, squeezing it in my pocket has reminded me that I am a witch and I’m not alone, and I can handle whatever comes my way. 😼

In a dream I had that key and I was spinning a thread around it in a particular way, from the end that goes into the lock to the one you hold in your hand, two threads splitting and then joining back together at the center. I repeated the motions while awake, and my intuition told me to add a hair from my head to the handle too, intertwining with the black sewing thread which I see both symbolizing the thread of fate and a hair from Her lovely head. 🖤

 ![hekate_key](https://spells8s3.b-cdn.net/original/2X/2/2530b512df7e14138727cdbe2d0d4cbcfd728563.jpeg)

To make it a proper talisman I also wanted to consecrate it, and for that I created a recipe for an oil. I used these resources to come up with it

> [Magical Anointment Oil](https://forum.spells8.com/t/magical-anointment-oil/886)  
> [https://coven.thethriftywitch.com/pages/magickal-uses-of-herbs](https://coven.thethriftywitch.com/pages/magickal-uses-of-herbs)  
> [Essential Oil Correspondences | Sacred Wicca](https://www.sacredwicca.com/essential-oil-correspondences)  
> [https://www.theorganicwitch.com/magical-correspondences](https://www.theorganicwitch.com/magical-correspondences)  
> [https://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoils](https://www.aromaweb.com/essentialoils)

Here is my recipe:

> 1 oz (28 ml) Carrier Oil (I used olive oil)
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> 3 drops Cinnamon (spirituality, success, healing, protection, power, love, luck, strength, and prosperity)
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> 3 drops Myrrh (spiritual opening, healing, blessing of talismans)
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> 3 drops Lemon (cleansing, spiritual opening, purification, and removal of blockages)
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> 2 drops Geranium (overcoming negative thoughts & attitudes, lifting spirits, promoting protection & happiness, protection from psychic attacks)
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> 2 drops Frankincense (successful ventures, cleansing, purification, manifestation, consecration, spirituality)

I mixed the oil in a small jar for spices I found in my cupboard which was perfect for the occasion

 ![hekate_jar](https://spells8s3.b-cdn.net/original/2X/9/9d13c9fb2df8421e88ae74595538abf74707358e.jpeg)

On my altar I lit a black candle, put the key in the jar and sealed it, shaked it gently and said a prayer

> Great Hekate, mother of witches  
> Queen of the night  
> With this key blessed in your name  
> I thank you for opening the doors to greater understanding  
> And closing the ones that lead to harm  
> Both in the worlds without and within  
> In darkness and light  
> You keep me safe in your arms

I tried to blow out the candle but it didn’t quite go out… then I added some more words including thanking her for the sleep, and then she allowed me to extinguish it! 😸 💕

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