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Seven of Swords ~ Lepus ~
Astrological harmonic/mode - Septile
Constellation - Lepus
Decanate - 1st Gemini
Ruler of decan - Mercury
Hecate is best treated as a divinity of the Underworld, though she was in origin a moon-goddess. Hecate was powerful in the sky and on earth: she gave men riches, victory and wisdom; she watched over the prosperity of flocks and presided over navigation. It was said that she incurred her mother's wrath by stealing her rouge to give to Europa. She fled to the earth and hid in the house of a woman who had just been brought to bed with a child, contact with whom rendered Hecate impure. To remove the stain the Cabeiri plunged her into the Acheron, and that was how Hecate became a divinity of the Underworld. In the infernal regions Hecate's authority was considerable: she was called Prytania of the dead or the Invincible Queen. She presided over purifications and expiations. She was the goddess of enchantments and magic charms as well. She sent demons to the earth who tormented men. She herself would appear at night accompanied by her retinue of infernal dogs. The places she haunted most frequently were crossroads, or near tombs or the scenes of crimes. Thus at crossroads her image could be found, either columns or statues of the goddess with three faces - there were called triple Hecates - and, on the eve of the full moon, offerings would be left before these images to propriate the redoubtable goddess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepus
Astrological harmonic/mode - Septile
Constellation - Lepus
Decanate - 1st Gemini
Ruler of decan - Mercury
Hecate is best treated as a divinity of the Underworld, though she was in origin a moon-goddess. Hecate was powerful in the sky and on earth: she gave men riches, victory and wisdom; she watched over the prosperity of flocks and presided over navigation. It was said that she incurred her mother's wrath by stealing her rouge to give to Europa. She fled to the earth and hid in the house of a woman who had just been brought to bed with a child, contact with whom rendered Hecate impure. To remove the stain the Cabeiri plunged her into the Acheron, and that was how Hecate became a divinity of the Underworld. In the infernal regions Hecate's authority was considerable: she was called Prytania of the dead or the Invincible Queen. She presided over purifications and expiations. She was the goddess of enchantments and magic charms as well. She sent demons to the earth who tormented men. She herself would appear at night accompanied by her retinue of infernal dogs. The places she haunted most frequently were crossroads, or near tombs or the scenes of crimes. Thus at crossroads her image could be found, either columns or statues of the goddess with three faces - there were called triple Hecates - and, on the eve of the full moon, offerings would be left before these images to propriate the redoubtable goddess.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lepus
