
Last week, I had this urge to deeeeep clean the house. I mean cleaning the baseboards type of cleaning. I was on it. I was in the zone, cleaning things that I had never cleaned in my life. Yβall might remember that I struggle a lot with cleaning, and it is something that I have actively had to work on and overcome. This was inspired by the move, keeping up good habits, and I really, really needed an energy shift. I listened to my intuitive to get centered by cleaning, and I am so happy I did. It led to a goddess introduction I had never expected.
I had been reading the book The House Witch that week, and the topic struck a chord with me for the first time ever. I have never felt connected to the hearth, hearth magic, Hestia, any of that. Even as I was reading through Goddesses in Everywoman this spring, I never once felt a connection to Hestia, the home, the dedication to domesticity. I read that chapter and just noped the entire time wondering what it would feel like to have such a desire.
Now, here we are, 5 months later, and I am over here posting reels about nightly cleaning routines, cleaning baseboards, and creating a family hearth along with turning my desk altar into my spiritual hearth. WILD.
This was also the day that I set up our family altar. The House Witch really spoke to me, and I no longer have the library loan so I canβt tell you why exactly, but I think part of it is because I am now working from home, and I need this place, this shared home to be one that feels creative, fresh, and connected to divinity. Does it need to be covert? Yes, but I know that this, to my partner, just looks like a cozy little pile of clutter. We lived together for 6 yearsβ¦ he knows I like cozy corners of collaged items.
After setting up this altar (as plain as it looks), cleaning allllll day, I was exhausted. I was mental mush and ready to call it a night, but hereβs the thing. It felt so good in the house. My creative energy was flowing. I could feel someone with me. I went upstairs, and I began to collage.
Out came a collage dedicated to Hestia, goddess of the sacred hearth. She is truly the last goddess I would have ever expected to hear from. BUT! This is a new chapter. This is a new life with old elements. This is a new me within some older patterns. What have I learned? How have I grown? How can I navigate this similar but different path? How am I better equipped to honor myself and my needs, to release the shackles of codependency?
My spiritual path started outside, outdoors, in an urban forest and has expanded from there. I am now in a space where being outdoors feels significantly less necessary to my well-being and survival. I am finding myself in a Hermit phase where being productive alone at home is where I need to be. This call from Hestia, from the home to me is new, and it is the next step. I felt it so clearly that night. I felt the power that comes from being in an intentional home manifest.
My apartment was my first ever home that felt like home. Leaving has been hard, and I promised myself I wouldnβt take 2-3 years to figure out what home and intentional living feel like here. I am here to heal, to focus on myself, and to build this business. I cohabitate, and I do not intend to be selfish, but I do intend on being independent and empowered. This is huge, a gigantic shift for meβ¦ and? I might even be proud of myselfβ¦ maybe ;)
This beautiful gift of presence happened, and then the next day, we received the crystals from the monstera. It all feels very synchronistic. As an update, I offered up some of my own crystals to the monstera in exchange for what my partner brought up.
Other than The Morrigan, I have never experienced such a strong intuitive call to a goddess. And really, The Morrigan wasnβt intuitie necessarily. Crows were not leaving me alone, and I knew something mystical was up. Iβve never just pulled out collage supplies and created a goddess collage from nothing. That was how tapped in and connected I was. It felt amazing.
Have you had any experiences like this? Iβd love to hear below.
Wishing you well this week! May your life offer what you need in this moment.
With love,
Aventurine β¨
Love this! Iβm so happy that you are creating your home, it is so important to have that space and you should be proud π I have just bought a triple set of Arin Murphy-Hiscock books in a good deal and will be reading The House Witch soon, I started with The Green Witch.
I have never really vibed with Goddesses, I love the mythology but have only felt the call once and nothing really came from it. It was a Brigid during an Imbolc ritual which is my favourite celebration of the year but I am exploring this again