#hades altar

[witchyshit123]

First page of my new grimoire and of course it has to be about the moon! I’m so excited to do this, I’ve wanted to for so long and now that I feel confident in my religion and craft I am ready to do this. I won’t share every page as some will be highly personal (like my birth chart) but I will share some of my favorites.

Yes my handwriting is awful please ignore it

[hadesandcerberus]

How the fuck is it December already ? Anyways here is a video of my Hades altar from right now. Hopefully going to get my room clean by the time I have to go to sleep. Hope everyone is having an incredible week and doing the things that bring you joy. 🖤

[somnambulant-seraphim]

While cleaning my room a little while ago, I found an unfinished beading project tucked away, so I decided to finish it. Even if this wasn’t what I originally had planned when I started the necklace, I still like how it ended up <|:^)

This necklace isn’t really wearable (too small), it’s more for decoration purposes on my chthonic altar. It’s made with black jasper beads (round and chips), lava rock beads, two unknown black stones, a piece of grey and black agate (I think, it could also be dyed, either way I think it’s still looks cool) and a fossilized shark tooth.  

[curesunflower]

My Hades Altar for Halloween last year. ♥️

[travelingthief]

One of my Hades altars!

My work with Hades has been some of the most healing. He’s taken on a fatherly role and is a god I can 100% count on to be there when I need it most. He’s a protector and has a real soft spot for those he loves. 🖤

I also have a section for Persephone and Demeter, with Persephone being represented by a black rose in a pot I painted in honor of Hades.

Most things on here came from the dollar tree Halloween section, but the Death candle and offering bowl came from spirit Halloween!!

But yeah! I’d love to talk about my work with Hades more and think I’ll get on that. Blessed be!

[that-cryptid]

a lil picture of the sea glass I gathered on my altar, as a treat

[themodernwitchsguide]

altars for greek gods

this post includes hades, persephone, artemis, apollo, aphrodite, hermes, and hekate. for part 2 including zeus, hera, poseidon, hestia, hephaestus, dionysus, ares, demeter, and athena click here.

keep in mind that typical offerings to any god includes meat, wine, grain (specifically barley), honey, and incense (myrrh and frankincense would be period appropriate), but i'm listing some specific offerings that can be given if you'd like

colors can be used for candles, banners, decor, whatever you want

HADES

Colors: black, red, and white for association with death. purple and metallics for association with riches/wealth

Offerings: mint, asphodel, white poplar, pomegranate, coffee, cinnamon, elm, money, chocolate

Crystals: gemstones, black crystals (obsidian, black tourmaline, smokey quartz, etc.), pyrite, hematite, labradorite

Animals: black ram, owl, serpent, Cerberus

PERSEPHONE

Colors: purple, pink, yellow, green for association with springtime. black and metallics for association with Hades. white for purity.

Offerings: pomegranate, flowers, grains, asphodel, lavender, rosemary

Crystals: amethyst, gemstones, moss/tree agate, milk quartz, jade, lepidolite

Animals: deer, ram, bat, talking birds (including parrots)

APHRODITE

Colors: red and pink for love/sexuality. white and blue for association with the ocean. gold for association with, well, gold.

Offerings: roses, chocolate, shells, myrrh, gold

Crystals: rose quartz, pearl, emerald, opal, aquamarine, rhodonite, rhodochrosite, ocean jasper, morganite

Animals: swan, dove, hare

ARTEMIS

Colors: white, blue, black, and grey for association with the heavens. brown and green for association with nature/the hunt.

Offerings: moon shaped foods, frankincense, cypress, mugwort, amaranth

Crystals: morganite, moonstone, aventurine, selenite, celestite, moss/tree agate, amethyst, quartz (specific dendritic), labradorite

Animals: deer, wolf, wild boar

APOLLO

Colors: yellow, white, and blue for association with the heavens. red, orange, and pink for healing. purple and green for the Oracle

Offerings: sun shaped foods, bay leaves, laurel, cypress, playing music, poetry

Crystals: sunstone, amber, calcite (specifically honey and yellow), quartz (specifically rutilated or clear), rose quartz

Animals: cow, snake, hawk, crow/raven, cicada, swan

HERMES

Colors: green and gold for money/luck. white and brown for travels.

Offerings: money, crocus/saffron, strawberries

Crystals: jade, malachite, fluorite, pyrite, lapis lazuli, citrine, alexandrite

Animals: tortoise, ram

HEKATE

Colors: purple, blue, and green for magic. red and black for association with underworld

Offerings: garlic, saffron, crossroad dirt, black salt, ashes, sage, cedar, yew

Crystals: labradorite, obsidian, hematite, black tourmaline, amethyst, bloodstone, serpentine, lepidolite

Animals: wolf, boar, serpent, lion, horse, cow

[loverofdoves]

so my altars got a bit of an upgrade recently. 8 years of worship has brought me here and im so happy 🥰

[unhallowedwitch]

✨ Them ✨ now with new candles

[atsushi-crow]

Samhain Altar

[witchyshit123]

I’m so proud of the drawing I did of Her! I’ll add some prayers and hymns to her on the back of the page but felt comfortable enough sharing this. Also a lot of this is just my opinion, some is rooted in the history but please find what suits you best and how you see Her.

[the-whimsical-witch]

Here's my new altar space after I moved! I still have limited space in my room, but I'm loving it so far. Hades, Nyx, and Aphrodite each have a little designated place for them surrounding the seasonal pillar candle in the middle 🕯️

[dumbass-fae]

Just set up an altar for Lord Hades and Lady Persephone. I don't have candles or statues or anything fancy yet so I just used what I had (I also added my money bowl to the altar since Lord Hades is also the God of riches)

If anyone works with/worships Persephone or Hades and has any low budget altar or offering tips they would like to share please don't be shy

[lovely-libations]

My altar to Hades and Persephone <3

It's not much but I worked hard on it. I also prayed to Hades for the first time in a while. I'm so happy that I'm finally able to worship him and Persephone in peace <3

The shot glass is water mixed with mint oil, the little square is mint gum (both for Hades), and there is a pine cone, rock, and coins in the center for Hades and Persephone. The bottle is an old Crown Royal bottle I filled with water for my next planned libation.

Can't afford wine so water's the next best thing.

The tarot cards are just representative of the relationship between Hades and Persephone, and the Death card is representative of endings/beginnings (end of summer, beginning of fall) also the domain that they rule together.

[saryoak]

Offerings to Persephone

Who is Persephone? 

Persephone, abducted by Hades, is a goddess of duality, half of her life is spent in the world of the living, as a goddess of spring and fertlity, youth, beauty and new life, and in the cold half of the year she must return to Hades as queen of the underworld, a goddess of ghosts and reincarnation, of curses and the dead. 

Offerings to Persephone 

- Pomegranite (seeds, juice, dried, perfumes etc) - Spring flowers (dried, in teas, im food etc)  - Pastel or black candles  - Agate, pink tourmaline, rose quartz, obsidian, black onyx - Floral perfumes  - Mint  -Images of deer or antlers, deer skulls, bones - Dead flowers (dried, preserved) - Plants that have a life cycle (not evergreens for example)

[apolloslyrics]

Hey hi! Here are some pictures (and one video) of my spring equinox ritual from a while ago ☀️🫶