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Reflecting Your Need

Depending on your path or need, your altar can vary. Many people choose to set up a basic altar, but change it for the seasons and for different festivals. If you feel like you need to focus on a specific area of improvement, mood, or deity, it is always acceptable to change your altar.

Building an altar for a deity can strengthen one’s personal relationship with the divine. This also allows the worshiper to contemplate specific aspects of a deity, as they will be included in an altar. If you are creating an altar layout for a specific deity, consider her or his shapes, colors, and traits. What does the deity represent in general? What does the deity represent to you?

These questions should also apply to seasonal or ancestral altars. You may even choose to create a pagan altar as a simply peaceful place; perhaps the act of organizing and arranging the altar calms you. It’s not uncommon to include spiritually unrelated but otherwise meaningful items on an altar, such as trinkets, jewelry, or pictures, and you may wish to play some of your favorite music while you arrange your altar or design it. Here are some musical suggestions.

Overall, your altar should make you feel centered and balanced. It is a place meant to center and use your energy. The very act of designing and making your altar should exhibit this primary use; you may also learn things about yourself as you make the altar.

What is your ideal altar design? Does it change or remain the same?

Come back for more information on pagan altars.

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