Wicca Magical Deities: A Guide to the Wiccan God and Goddess, and Choosing a Deity to Work Magic With (Wicca for Beginners Series)

Deity Candle Colors Images and Symbols Bast Red Cats, tiger’s eye, baskets, sistrum Osiris Black, green Pharaoh, crook and flail Isis Black, blue Moon, hawk, amethyst, bloodstone Horus Black, gold Falcon, hawk Toth Black, white Ibis, baboon, parchment scroll Deity Offerings Types of Magic

There are many different such archetypes, or “titles,” found in Wicca, including the Earth Goddess, the Moon Goddess, and the Father God.

The earliest deities we have records of tended to be associated with the essential components of the physical Universe—the sky, the Sun, bodies of water—and the most basic of life’s needs and functions—safety, shelter, success on a hunt. The Sumerian sky god Anu is one of the earliest known examples, though there are doubtless older ones which are

Hecate becomes Persephone’s chaperone as she moves between the worlds. As time went on, Hecate became increasingly depicted as a frightening hag, associated with the waning Moon and restless spirits, ultimately becoming known as the Goddess of the Dead.

At the Autumn Equinox, the God is clearly beginning his journey back to the underworld,

For Wiccans, Venus is predominately associated with the domain of romantic love,

Compared to the earlier representations of her with the torch and headdress of stars, it’s clear that her darker aspects became more prominent as time went on!

At the heart of the Egyptian concept of the Universe was a constant tension between chaos and order. The ideal, clearly, was order, a state of being which the Egyptians called Ma’at, and which also encompassed the ideals of truth and justice.

Deity Altar Tools Candle Colors The God Censer, wand, athame, boline Gold, red, orange, yellow, green The Horned God Bloodstone, green tourmaline, tiger’s eye Green, gold The Sun God Sunstone, citrine, carnelian Red, orange, yellow Deity Images and Symbols Offerings The God Crescent moon on top of circle Bread, basil, clover, pine needles, fruit