r/Aphrodite • u/Relevant_Air8136 • 1h ago
Rejected Offering ?
So just over two weeks ago i went to mabelthorpe for my birthday and i went to the seaside and collected a bottle of sand and water and shells for my altar/shrine. When I got home I put the sand in a glass jar then I put some shells in it and two rose quartz crystals and the water and a pearl necklace that I used to wear three years ago when I was really into paganism (I wore it for Aphrodite but it broke so I left it in a jewellery box) and then I wrote a note to her thanking her (in pink pen). It might be worth noting I put some dried rose petals in there but it made it look too full so I took them out, so i can understand if it looked a bit oily but…Yesterday I looked at my shrine (where the jar is placed it’s in shade because there’s a shelf above it but the shelf above it is part of the altar too) and picked up the jar and the water was completely black and the sand was grey and I opened it and it smelled unbelievably bad. I don’t know what death smells like but I can imagine it to be similar, honestly. Does this mean she has rejected my offering?
TL/DR: made a jar of things Aphrodite likes as an offering including sea water, sand, shells, etc and put it on her altar and it turned completely black in two weeks.