The Vestalia is a Roman festival honoring the Hearth and Home Goddess and the Living Flame Vesta; I also honor the Greek Hearth and Home Goddess Hestia and the spirits of the Vestals.  I've been celebrating this holy time for a few years, since learning about it back in the early 2010's, when I was exploring Roman and Greek Paganism.  The festival is from June 7th or 9th to the 15th.  This is one of my most important holy times, especially now as a Priestess of Hestia-Vesta (a Hearth Keeper for Hestia and a Vestal for Vesta--Their words, not mine).  You may notice that I often hyphenate Their names, because sometimes They appear as one goddess and other times as two, purely a personal choice, not a historical one. My Vestalia Shrine. June 9, 2023 Starting in the back, left to right: a statue inherited from my grandmother representing family love, a satchel of my kids' altar stuff, a red protection satchel sitting in a bowl one of my kids' made, a Vestal, Vesta (at He...

🦊 🏳️‍🌈 💗 💛 💙 Card draw from the Pride Tarot. Dionysus steps forward for today's message: 9 of Pentacles, 3 of Cups, Judgement Love and celebrate life, support and embrace your community, however that may look and be. "Lift" yourself and each other up, especially when ones fallen...or perhaps have never been outside of that dark pit. This is a time of joy, remembrance, honoring, and acceptance. 🌈