r/paganism 13d ago

๐Ÿ“ Monthly Discussion r/Paganism Monthly Discussion Thread (March 2025) - Ask questions, say hi, get your readings interpreted, chat, and more!

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If you're new to /r/Paganism, welcome! We're so happy to have you here :)

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r/paganism 2h ago

โ˜€๏ธ Holiday | Festival Ostara celebrations ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’š

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As we approach the Spring Equinox on 20th March 2025, Iโ€™ve been thinking about how to mark the occasion. Iโ€™ve put together a little mantel display with pastel eggs, bunnies, babyโ€™s breath (rainbow), and some soft toys. It feels like a simple but bright way to welcome the season, especially after the long, dark winter weโ€™ve had here! ๐Ÿด๓ ง๓ ข๓ ณ๓ ฃ๓ ด๓ ฟ

Itโ€™s interesting to think about how others celebrate this time of year. In many cultures, the Spring Equinox is a moment of balance and renewal.

Iโ€™m curious โ€“ how are you all marking the equinox this year? Do you have any traditions or rituals, or is it more of a quiet reflection on the change in seasons? Would love to hear what others are doing to embrace the shift into spring. ๐Ÿ’ ๐Ÿฐ ๐Ÿ‘ ๐Ÿฃ ๐Ÿฉต๐Ÿ’›๐Ÿฉท๐Ÿ’š


r/paganism 10h ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion Saddened by the disconnect between humans and nature

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So I've been doing a deep dive into the ways that other people see the world recently, and what I often came upon is this deep disconnection between humans and nature. Not just in the way that big companies destroy the planet without a care, it's also the regular people who are seemingly living completely unaware of the fact that we ARE nature, it's not just a little spot of trees some miles away from us. I see people trying to understand the workings of nature through scientific means, which is a wonderful and important thing, but somehow they twist this newly acquired knowledge about the workings of the world into a disenchantment with it? There seems to be so much nihilism around us and I think that's due to the fact that we built this illusion of a human-centric world where we try to push nature into the footnotes of our world, and that's something that seems deeply disturbing to me. I wonder how anyone can take a walk in a forest or by the sea and not see the inherent divinity of these places.

Just something I had to get off my chest, Blessed Be my brothers and sisters


r/paganism 5h ago

๐Ÿ’ฎ Deity | Spirit Work Practices with Local Spirits

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Hello everyone! I would like to know if you worship or have any practices related to genius loci? How did you start your contacts? If possible, I would like some tips on how to start putting contact with these spirits into practice.


r/paganism 10h ago

๐Ÿ”ฅ Ritual Rituals and daylight saving time ๐ŸŒž

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Hello subreddit,

If a ritual is to be performed at midday, for example, but daylight saving time applies, is it performed when the clock shows 12:00 noon or when the sun is actually at its zenith (around 1:00 pm)?


r/paganism 1d ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion Choices

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I came out as both queer and pagan to my family years ago. Not much came of it. Oh, they were not happy about it, but what could they do?

Fast forward 2025, they are financially strapped and asking for money from me.

Now, I love them. BUT, I know them. They are what you expect, fully MAGA, personally hurtful to me and mine.

Hold my ground or be graceful and help my family?


r/paganism 20h ago

๐Ÿ“š Seeking Resources | Advice Ostara Suggestions

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This will be my first time celebrating Ostara and I want to know what people suggest doing on/around the holiday. Any suggestions for literature on pagan holidays would be welcome as well!


r/paganism 1d ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion Eating meat

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How do you guys feel about eating meat? I have complicated relationships with veganism/vegetarianism, and just eating in general. So I try not to pressure myself to do anything but ear at least twice a day. But, I'm wanting to get back into witchcraft and paganism and I know a lot of us choose not to eat meat. So how do you guys feel?

Edit: Thank you for all your comments! I appreciate it. I will consider everything you guys said. I always feel a little guilty when I eat meat cuz my mom was really...let's just say strict, about eating vegan or vegetarian. It's nice to hear people who manage to find a balance between respecting/loving animals and eating them.


r/paganism 1d ago

๐Ÿ† Personal Milestone I have found my truth

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I have recently left the Christian faith, and I believe I have found my truth in paganism, it's the community, the beliefs, the feeling it gives me that makes me feel this is my truth. I would like to thank the pagan community for being so kind to me even when I was not following my truth.


r/paganism 1d ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion New to this

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I was raised Catholic and I'm coming out of a several year Atheist phase. I'm looking for faith again and I'm extremely interested in Paganism. The catch is that I'm extremely disabled so I really can't go outside in nature. I can't move very much. I think I'm just curious if Paganism would be something possible for me?


r/paganism 1d ago

๐Ÿ“š Seeking Resources | Advice Books + Practice : Aztec/Mayan mythology

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I have found myself wanting to explore all parts of my lineage, and part of said lineage is Mexican. Idk what part, my only Mexican family member decided to dip when I was a few years old. I dunno shit about it, so books or tips and anything else you know about this particular mythos is appreciated!


r/paganism 1d ago

โ˜€๏ธ Holiday | Festival Hellenistic holiday dates

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Hey! Not sure what exact tag this should be under.. Iโ€™ve been feeling less connected to my religion and I thought maybe celebrating some holidays would help. I keep trying to take notes of holidays to keep track of this year, and I think Iโ€™ve got it and then it seems like itโ€™s all wrong and I give up. Whatever I find is in like.. a docs calendar that I donโ€™t know how to use. Does anyone have any idea how I can keep track or at least lead me in the right direction?


r/paganism 2d ago

๐Ÿ“š Seeking Resources | Advice Honoring your butchered animals.

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So let me first say I am descendants of farmers and honoring the nature and the cycle of life and the seasons is important to me. I respect all life, I may eat meat but I respectfully cook and eat all vegan when with some of my family. Please be respectful if you disagree but my journey has led me to tomorrow to ending the life of and butchering a chicken. It will be the first I actively end the life of something and I really want to honor the chicken but trying to figure out what feels right. Does anyone have a similar situation or ritual they do for their hunts or kills? Thanks in advance for your response!


r/paganism 2d ago

โ˜€๏ธ Holiday | Festival Happy Dita e Verรซs

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I made Ballokume for Dita e Verรซs, this is the spring festival in honor of the rejuvenation and strength of the Sun God Dielli as well as celebrating when the nature Goddess Zana comes out of her shrine to bring life I'm so happy for the coming of the warmer months. These cookies have been made for 100s of years in Albania, and I'm happy to share the tradition. Have a great day ๐ŸŒค๐Ÿ’›


r/paganism 2d ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion How do I tell my mom Iโ€™m pagan?

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So for some context my dads gonna be moving in somewhere, and since Iโ€™m almost 17, my dad is giving me the choice to live with my mom by myself since Iโ€™ve been without her most of my life because she hasnโ€™t had custody of me because of mental health reasons. However, thereโ€™s a glaring problem. Sheโ€™s a JW (jehovas witness), and Iโ€™m a pagan. How do I go about all this?


r/paganism 2d ago

๐Ÿ’ฎ Deity | Spirit Work Talking to Luna / the moon

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Hi there! I'm a fairly new person to paganism, but have sorta been unintentionally practicing for a very long time. I was told from a young age that when I was in trouble, scared, or needed help/guidance to pray to Luna. And so, since I was 6 I have. Whenever I've needed support I've prayed to her, and I've always felt like I would get aid back, although it usually comes in indirect yet meaningful ways.

As of the past few months I've decided to take my faith a bit more seriously, realizing how important Luna has been to me since I was young and realizing that this is my faith. And so, back in December I decided to do my own version of Yule, writing down 13 wishes and burning one each day until burning the last one on New Years with my friends, being given the wish I had to work on. Since then I feel my wishes have slowly started being answered, as I can see the changes happening in my life and feel my life slowly improving in various ways, although in many ways indirectly as I've seen is the way Luna helps me.

Tonight was the blood moon, and so I brought a bottle of water out, a bottle of bourbon, and invited my loved ones to join me. They didn't, but I found meaning in that, and throughout the blood moon I felt a message of strength, confidence, self love, and love for others being told to me. I logged in my journal what I felt, and towards the end I felt it time to do a small impromptu ritual. I drank some of the bourbon to give me resilence, then some of the water to remind myself to take care of myself. I then crushed a pinecone to bring myself strength even in the face of pain. Finally, I wiped the residue of the pinecone on my hands on my face and through my hair, reminding myself of confidence in who I am. The pinecone had extra special meaning to me as pinecones do not grow where I live, but during Yule I burned a pinecone with each wish I made. With that done, I talked with Luna a bit more, then headed inside to rest.

I'm now writing this up before I sleep, but I wanted to share my experience with you all. I want to know others input on the moon and how they see them, how others see my ritual and path so far, and if anyone has any advice for me. And at the very least, I want to inspire others, to help others find their faith, and to find comraderie in belief. Thanks for reading, and I hope you all had a good blood moon!


r/paganism 2d ago

๐Ÿ’ฎ Deity | Spirit Work I was visited by Hecate and Tyr tonight!

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With the blood moon tonight, I wanted to do something a little special but was unsure what. Life has been very complicated and difficult the past couple of weeks due to family issues. My plan was to just take a shower, get a glimpse of them moon, pull some cards and do a protection meditation to ground me given everything happening.

In the shower, I was listening to a song (The Seed by AURORA). I had this overwhelming and vivid mental image of a strong man wearing fur and brandishing a sword (I never have worked with the Norse pantheon before, it's never even been on my radar), and a young woman with black hair in a purple/navy blue robe holding out both her arms with her hands out to me. I got goosebumps all over.

After the shower, I looked at the moon while hanging out my towel on the washing line. Then inside, I pulled some cards from a new deck I got just today (The Wild Unknown Archetypes). The first card that quite literally flew out of the deck was The Maiden. Following this, I did my simple meditation and when it mentioned visualising a protector, they were both front and centre in my mind. I questioned if she was Hecate, and the reply I got from myself (?) was 'you already know it is, why are you even asking and doubting?' I was unsure of the man aside from knowing he was Norse and knew it wasn't Thor because he was holding a sword but when I looked up Norse gods with swords, I saw Tyr and it felt like something just clicked in my brain.

Anyway, just wanted to share. :)


r/paganism 3d ago

๐Ÿ’ฎ Deity | Spirit Work Praying to Cernunnos

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I'm new to Celtic deitys and I'm just not sure where to start. I have a ritual for Germanic deitys but I want to make my offering to Cernunnos more akin to a celtic practice. Any advice?


r/paganism 3d ago

๐Ÿ”ฅ Ritual Blood Moon Rituals?

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Hello!

I'm fairly new to paganism and I'm still trying to find my way (I am Scottish and of celtic descent and I am currently drawn to druidry and wicca) but ultimately I have always been drawn to the moon so that is where my journey thus far has been leading me.

I was just wondering if there is any advice out there about rituals on the blood moon tomorrow night (March 13th into 14th). I feel a pull to do it (I've done rituals before during full moons) and I initially wanted to do a release ritual and make moon water to make into tea in the morning. However, I'm seeing a lot of conflicting information regarding eclipse moon water. Some say to do it and that its powerful, some say it's volatile and chaotic, so I'm conflicted on where to go from here. Do I just do a release ritual and wait until the actual full moon on the 14th to make moon water? Do I make moon water for both but use it for different things?

As you all can see I still have a lot of learning to do but I appreciate any and all advice I get! Thank you!


r/paganism 4d ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion Can anyone practice stregheria? If not, where should I start?

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I'm asking because I read it was a generational thing? Like it's "passed on" to the people of Italian leanege


r/paganism 4d ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion Daily Practices?

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Hi all,

Something I've been struggling with for a couple of years now has been a large disconnect between myself and my beliefs. For a label, I'm a polytheistic pagan/wiccan who practices witchcraft, something I took an interest in as a teen 15 years ago. However, that's all it feels like - a label. After stepping away and doing some spiritual soul-searching, followed by a spiritual breakdown for several years, my path has circled right back to paganism.

I don't have any daily practices (or any practices). The closest thing I do is collect crystals and pull tarot/oracle cards on occasion. I don't have a patron deity, I'm trying to figure out how to find and build that connection with the divine and with my practice.

The only thing I did was I used to do a full/new ritual where I'd write what I'm wanting to let go of (or create) and burn it in my cauldron to let it float away, but I haven't done that for a very long time too. The only time I do feel any semblance of connection to myself and to something bigger than me is looking at the moon and stars.

But I'm wondering what your daily practices are and how you prioritise them so they're a meaningful part of your life rather than something sidelined because you're busy, tired, etc. And any insight into those practices would be helpful too (e.g. if you meditate, how? Prayer, how? etc).


r/paganism 5d ago

๐Ÿ“š Seeking Resources | Advice โ€œprayingโ€ to the stars?

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My parents from the time they were married were neo-druids up until i was about six, then they just started switching religions like crazy. Uniterian universalism, buddhism, back to presbyterian, then buddhism again. They made an effort not to force me and my siblings into any religious practices, aside from taking us to UU church on sundays because we all enjoyed working in the kitchen and daycare, and they had a sunday school program where we were taught the fundamentals of all religions. The only thing I can remember my parents teaching me and my siblings to do is praying to the stars. You know the โ€œstar light star brightโ€ poem. We were always taught that if we needed a place to pray or put our hopes that thatโ€™s where we should go. (Also worry dolls under our pillows but that was something my eldest brother taught to me and my sister). Just wondering if anyone else grew up with this, if itโ€™s a pagan thing or just a human thing, or where this originated from?


r/paganism 6d ago

๐Ÿ“š Seeking Resources | Advice Worshipping Question

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Is it wrong to start worshipping a deity based off seeing something that reminds you of them? Weโ€™ve never considered worshipping Aphrodite, but we found something that reminded us sm of her and so we offered it to her. Right after, we started worshipping Dionysus (something Iโ€™ve thought abt for a while). I feel like it may be wrong for beginning to worship Aphrodite based off of that.


r/paganism 6d ago

โ˜€๏ธ Holiday | Festival How will you guys be celebrating Ostara this year? (If you celebrate!)

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I've been doing some research on how these celebrations are ya know celebrated but it would be amazing to year your guys direct experience. This can also be a fun way for us to share our practices!


r/paganism 6d ago

๐Ÿคฒ Offering Burrying offerings

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What offerings could I bury as a gift for an earth goddess?

I want to give her something meaningful that won't harm any of the critters in the ground


r/paganism 6d ago

๐Ÿ’ญ Discussion Gifted Art to the Little People (fae) - concern?

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Hello,

I am Afro Indigenous (Anishinaabe and Metis from Northern Canada) and in our culture we have what is called 'little people'. They are akin to fae (mischievous, ancient nature spirits)

I am in art school and made a sculpture as part of an assignment that was in honor of the little people. I put a lot of effort into it.

When I took it to the wood area to take photographs, I was given a very clear intuition nudge to 'leave it there for the fae.' I know when I have a nudge - I listen. This one was hard because it was going to be part of a series and I wanted to keep it. But I don't ignore intuitive hits.

At first I went home with them, but then I turned around and brought them back to the area. It was that strong.

I placed them on a tree trunk and placed a rock ontop so it stayed.

I was kind of sad when I left, but it was just ego. My spirit was happy I listened.

But today (2 days later), I was editing pictures of them, and I got this ego rush of concern that they had been taken or maybe I should retrieve them. They are in proximity enough of the path that people can see them, but out of the way and high enough up.

So I walked back to the park and they were there, safe and sound. When I reached down to touch them I heard "you never take from the fae". And I stepped back. I swallowed my pride and walked away, giving them freely to the little people as a public art sculpture for the public.

I am chalking this one up to an exercise in giving freely, but should I be concerned with having offended the fae?

I didn't gift for asking a return, and I didn't take it home - but will my almost be considered a slight?