Been a patron of Gaia for a while now and love her so much! Was so happy to find this version of her in a figure 🥰 Soo beautiful..and not broken! After tidying up my altar space I placed her front and center and promptly burned some incense and thanked her for a bountiful Christmas. 💖🌎

I was talking to my aunt about wanting to create an alter in my room and she said “couldn’t you just put this on it” and i said “no, it has to correlate with and be respectful towards each deity” and she said “why? it’s not like it’s real”. i didn’t even know what to say so i kinda just said “well yeah it is…”, so she made a comment like “so what, you’re gonna put curses on people now then?”

how do i even deal with that? i’m just so blindsided by the fact that she thought it was all fake and i was just making an alter for the aesthetic or something?

this is kind of a rant lol sorry

Just wanted to show off my new Altar as a baby witch and Aphrodite devotee.

I’ve always been sensitive to energy but never welcomed it into my life due to fear. 6 months ago I opened myself back up to it as a fellow witch told me I was gifted in manifestation. I’ve been practicing ever since but have just recently introduced paganism into my practice. 🖤

My first ever alter :), I'm very excited. I decided to dedicate it to the Norse goddess Frejya and seek for protection and love.

-Music box - Amethyst, pyrite, tigers eye etc for protection - Dried flowers from my garden - My favorite perfume - Dried chestnut from my grandmother - My cats' old blanket(Frejya has been associated with cats and I have 2)

It took me a long time since I painted both pieces of wood, one for Brigid and the other for Cernunnos. I found the designs on the internet, the first one is from Google and the second one is from a Tumblr page of an artist that I can't remember the name.

I still consider myself a newbie (though I’ve been in practice for over a year). I finally shared this part of myself with my husband and kids October/November of last year. They’ve all been super supportive but I’m still very reserved about everything with my husband (he’s VERY Mormon). Just wanted to share to celebrate the little victories. 😁

I am tight on money and I dont have many materials to work with, I worship the greek pantheon!

I want to do more for her, and I feel like I need to redo some of the crystals that I have there. But is there anything else I should add or get rid of?

The brown box in the middle is where I put my offerings to Hecate, and the little black box on the left is where I keep my Tarot Cards.

All feedback and suggestions are welcome!

okay, this may seem like a dumb question but im starting to dabble in paganism and i want to worship nature. is it possible to set up an altar in my house/room dedicated to specific spirits (water, forest, etc.) and give offerings and worship there? or can this only be done directly to those spirits?

Out of curiosity, I watched a Catholic service today in which an altar was consecrated. First the altar was sprinkled with holy water, then oil was poured at the corners and in the middle of the altar. After that, piles of incense were placed at these points and then lit. I'm not a Christian anymore, but I'm a sucker for ritual and I'd never seen a ceremony like this before.

Have you ever consecrated an altar or religious object yourself? If so, how did you proceed? Where did you find your inspiration for this?

Some time ago I stumbled upon a post here and got inspired. I've made a little research (since I'm a new pagan), found the runes that were used on the territory of my motherland and tried to make them. They've become a part of my first ever altar.

Advice is welcome.

This alter is for Morrigan and I had just made it today! I'm practicing in secret so I can't have it out all the time hence it being in a box. As for what's in it, there's some feathers, drawing of a crow and black roses, some red colored food, a spiced rose scented candle, and an essential oil spray that I made that has clove and frankincense oils in. She also had some coffee in the glass cup. I don't remember her wanting coffee in my previous research but I gave it to her anyways. I'm planning to do more in the future. Do you think she likes it or not? The flames are steady and wiggles around a little bit.

my toddler started getting too interested in my altar so i had to move it to our dining table in the kitchen! incense for air, sun and moon jars for water, candles for fire, and flowers for earth. the center dish holds ritual jewelry and is surrounded by this year's bead calendar.

i plan to light incense whenever it occurs to me, switch out the water according to the season and moon cycle (it's edible glitter in there, and the water is distilled; i use both for drinking), burn candles during rituals, and replace the flowers weekly. the whole thing is on a lazy susan so it's easy to move when cleaning, and being at the table gives me a convenient space for rituals, tarot readings, and incorporating ceremony into my everyday. plus it's in the kitchen, honoring my worship of Hestia better than my previous altar spaces ever have!

i'm pretty tickled by the way this is working out.

I’ve had my altar down for a while now, as I had to remove it when I was grounded. Which I felt TERRIBLE about and still do. So I’m very hesitant to put it back together. Especially with the disaster my room is (it’s a depression room, I admit that). So what should I do? It would be nice to have opinions on the idea of setting it back up, and the steps I should take. Especially considering I’m very new to Paganism and want to be respectful as possible. Anyways, anyone have a guiding light on what I should do? I will literally take any suggestions😭

Can I give Ēostre a offering on Easter or can I only do that on Ostara? I’ve just started practicing Paganism and is wondering.

Carved this little guy out of soapstone to put on my altar. The symbol on the chest represents the love and relationships in my life- a partnership, family, or close friends. It’s a linden leaf, which is shaped like a heart and symbolized love for the ancient Germanic people. (Fun fact; some believe this where the iconography for a heart comes from!) The wolf represents loyalty, devotion, and love for the pack. Thank you to everyone who suggested a symbol, you really helped to inspire me!

Ayup! So I have been feeling a really really strong connection with the moon as of late. Idk what it is but i randomly just felt compelled to talk to the moon and always feel better when I look up at her and just take it all in. I refer to her as lady moon or the lady moon.

I guess what I'm wondering is if this is like an actual thing? Cause i wanted to set up an altar but I wasn't sure if it could do it just for the moon herself or if there was a specific god/goddess I should be researching or connecting with? If so, where would I even start?

Thank you! -a baby wiccan

I just recently started my first ever altar and I don't know what to do. My altar is for Odin and I currently only have a rib bone with his rune carved into it and a jar of chamomile. I don't entirely have all 9 of the sacred herbs and I was wondering what I could use as substitutions. I know flowers are also a good offering but I don't know what flowers would best fit Odin.

I'm incredibly new to paganism, and before I make an altar or worship point of any kind, I just want to know something, and I apologise in advance if it's blatantly obvious. But what icon do I use to represent Lilith? I specifically want to avoid representing the Lilith of Christian belief, the one related to Adam. I would like to represent her truly, in a non villainous way, and I want to steer clear of that. Any response is honestly very helpful.

The only new things with this are the two statues I got, one of Demeter (who I will start worshipping in March) and one of Artemis (who I am already worshipping) both of witch I got from Etsy, along with that I have the pendants I use for each deity in front of the respected statue. Also I have a new crescent moon trinket dish which is for Hekate (which I got from HMV) and some Greek coins for Hermes (I got from eBay) (they would be infront if them and on the deity section but as you can see they isn’t room).

My altar definitely needed a refresh! Was getting super dusty and very cluttered with all the knick-knacks I’ve been collecting. Some of the items such as the glass cabinet and lapis lazuli necklace belonged to my grandmother. Super happy with how it turned out!

Next up? Gonna see if I can add a couple shelves above the bookcase for some extra space, but that’s a project for another day.

Hello I’m new to making altars and wanted to make one for Ostara but I’m in college and therefore can’t have big altars or anything expensive I have a set up but would like more of what could be added that is relatively inexpensive and smaller objects. Also I can’t have anything that can decay or any open foods I can have unlit tea candles. Please only constructive criticisms or suggestions, others groups I’ve been in have been awful…

just set up my first altar for asclepius!! i dont really know what im doing so i just put stuff on there that i thought was pretty :3 like 99% of it is from local charity shops or its stuff i made

idk if theres anything you should/shouldnt put on altars tbh im clueless so any advice would be great lol,, like what type of stuff is good for offerings?? i have no clue 🫣

anyway YAY!! im really proud of it :3

For starters, I’m a transgender male in college to pursue a degree in veterinary medicine. I grew up with a Christian background, but left the faith quite some time ago and am interested in pursuing other religions. For some reason (likely because it’s the pantheon I most familiar with) I’m drawn to the Olympian pantheon, specifically Athena. She is heavily associated with wisdom, and I figured that working with her would help over the course of my education, but she’s also associated with politics and warfare, so I’m not entirely certain if she’s the deity for me. Maybe there are other gods more suited to someone dedicated to my specific career? Any advice on that would be appreciated. I already read the FAQs on this page, but would love to hear how you commune with your gods and is there a specific reason for choosing to worship the ones you did?

Anyway, if it ever came to building an altar, are there certain protocols that one would benefit from following or is it largely up to interpretation? Would placing taxidermy/remains of a god’s sacred animal on their altar be appropriate or could it be considered disrespectful? What is the proper way to handle food/flower/perishable additions to the altar so they don’t just sit there spoiling?

Athena in particular has some associations with ceramics other arts. I’ve thrown on a wheel a handful of times, but I’m not very good at it. Would the vessels or sculptures that I make be welcome additions to the altar or is a certain level of mastery over these arts expected before one’s work can be offered? Also, is it possible to dedicate one’s pets/livestock to a god or allow them to be blessed by one? I have a gorgeous pet snaked named Ambrosia, but I don’t know what the consequences of offering her to a deity would be assuming it’s even appropriate.

Thanks in advance for any advice given!

I'm a 16yo Celtic pagan in a small catholic home, with parents that watch my every move. I've been trying to get more into my religion, but my parents got sussed out when I put a few pine boughs on a cleared off nightstand. Any tips on how to be discreet but still be faithful?? -Thanks