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Hapo57 In reply to Akeidamos [2014-10-13 16:46:32 +0000 UTC]

I'm not sure if there is an actual tried and true way- I think for me at least it's mostly relying on intuition. There were a lot of goddesses i felt close to from a young age but recently I've been kind of rediscovering them I guess? I ended up writing a paper on Hestia in my first year of university and I ended up sort of adopting her as my patron because when I was doing research on her and reading the Homeric hymns, I guess it just sort of clicked into place. I took a look at my life and thought about what role I played in my friendship group and what qualities I would like to develop, and since I'm the sort of person who feels most like herself at home and making other people feel at home, it made sense. Besides, my asexuality factors into it quite a bit since Hestia is one of the three main virgin goddesses who prefers to keep to herself. xD

There are two other deities that I tend to think of my patrons. Apollo was assigned to me by my friends because that was the god they felt matched me the best in that I tend to be quite logical and anal but also have a passion for the arts. Aphrodite, paradoxically, is the last goddess I'd ever think of, but my horoscope says my ruling planet is Venus so in the most technical sense she is also my patron (who I neglect but I'm learning to love her too haha, it's not wise to upset her!)

but yeah I mean I'm not super hardcore into paganism (yet? idk) but I think with most neopaganism/wicca it's a very individual sort of thing and requires you to do what feels right for yourself. You can try thinking of gods when you're going about your daily life and try to guess who's looking after you, I guess. xD My friend for example thanks Hermes whenever a train or a bus comes on time or free things seem to fall out of the sky, haha. 

So you can try investigating to see if there are any modern Illyrian pagans- there are a lot of neopagan blogs out there and maybe some of them will focus on that pantheon? Even if they have a different pantheon, they might explain how they found their patrons. Some people whether they have a patron or not will have a collection of deities and draw their names out of a hat or something to let fate decide who gets a dedication on that particular day or week. I think it's all up to how you individually want to practice it, whether it's trying to re-enact ancient practices or just silently thanking a deity for helping you on an exam or something. If you need help, ask them and see who answers.

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Akeidamos In reply to Hapo57 [2014-10-13 17:48:49 +0000 UTC]

I see, so it's more of a personal discovery. Honestly, I'm not into paganism at all, but I'm curious about who would've been my patron deity in the ancient times. Maybe look some lore about their myths, their behaviour and even some festivities related to them: I was born in January, for example, hence my patron deity would be the one celebrated during some winter festival.

I could easily see Apollo as your patron, guiding your hand on the paper (or tablet, lol) like Poseidon did with sailing ships. As for Hestia, I guess you'd be the only one who can tell. And I can think of many of my ex classmates who would be fanatical worshippers of Dionisus, what with all the disco-bullshit I hear from them

I think I will actually look it up later, as I also want to know how much information has been discovered about my ancestors (apart from the fact that they were dedicated pirates hahah), but I doubt I'd actually get into paganism and/or wiccan stuff, for reasons I'd rather not mention (I'd keep talking for hours, so let's avoid that for today, heh).




I'm sorry but I can't stop laughing at the second paragraph. I mean, "...I tend to be quite logical and anal..." XD
I know you meant analytical (not sure if my grammar is right, though), but it was a good laugh, thank you

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