Hecate: Keeper of Crossroads & Muse of the Midsummer Moons Palette

There is a goddess who walks between worlds, who holds keys to hidden doors, and whose torches illuminate the shadowed path. Her name is Hecate and it is to her we dedicate our Midsummer Moons Palette.

In every sweep of shadow, in every shimmer of moonlight, we see her. She is the guardians of liminal spaces of transitions, thresholds, and the mysteries that belong neither to the living nor the dead, but to those who stand between.

🕯️ Who Is Hecate?

Hecate is an ancient Greek goddess, honored for her dominion over magic, witchcraft, the night, and the moon. She is often depicted holding twin torches, accompanied by dogs and serpents — symbols of guidance, protection, and the underworld.

Unlike many deities who occupy a single domain, Hecate is a mistress of boundaries. She moves freely across sky, earth, and the hidden depths, and she presides over crossroads, both literal and metaphorical.

In some traditions she is three-formed triple-bodied or triple-faced watching north, south, east, and west. This triple aspect reinforces her role as a goddess of direction, choice, and hidden power.

She is also considered a psychopomp or conductor of souls) , guiding souls, and a keeper of keys those keys that unlock gates, doors, and secrets.

🌙 Midsummer Moons Palette: A Tribute to Hecate’s Light & Shadow

When we crafted the Midsummer Moons Palette, we didn’t just create eyeshadows, we created a ritual tool. Each shade is an homage to Hecate’s realms: moonlit silver, deep obsidians, soft grays, and shadows touched by stardust.

This palette is for those who seek transformation, who step into darkness without fear, who wish to see with eyes unclouded. It is for those who walk crossroads not just at twilight, but within their souls.

By wearing these shades, you honor Hecate’s presence: in the blending of light and dark, in the subtle transitions of tone, in the power of shadow as protection and revelation.

✨ Myth Into Magick: How to Use the Palette as Ritual

Invoke her presence: At dusk or under moonlight, lift your palette and whisper an intention.
Balance light and dark: Combine a ghostly silver with deep charcoal or violet to mirror her dual nature.
Crossroads lining: Use a shade to draw a “line” on your eyelid — a symbolic threshold you cross with your gaze.
Shadow work: Blend inner corners into deep tones, letting your eyes carry the story of hidden realms.
Offer a breath: After you finish, breathe softly into your reflection, an offering to her watching presence.

🖤 Why Hecate Matters to Ve

Hecate is not some distant muse, she is a mirror of our ethos. She teaches that power lives in in-between, that beauty can flourish in darkness, that true transformation is found at the edges where light meets shadow.

She reminds us that makeup is magick, ritual, and reclamation: the palette is never just colour, but a vessel for intention, for identity, for change.

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