Episode 16: Playing Her Part: Reclaiming Hecate - The Torchbearer of Transformation

Welcome back to The Wisdom Path Podcast. This episode is part of Playing Her Part, a special series where Rosie Peacock explores the sacred feminine through myth, embodiment, and archetypal storytelling.

In this rich and mythic chapter, Rosie guides us into the realm of Hecate, the goddess of the crossroads, the torchbearer of transformation, and the guardian of the in-between. Through poetic reflection, symbolic depth, and grounded wisdom, we explore how Hecate lives within us, especially during times of transition, unraveling, and becoming.

Whether you are navigating personal change, holding space for others, or walking your own liminal path, this episode invites you to reclaim your torch, honour your shadow, and remember that all thresholds are holy.

This episode is a deep invocation of archetypal medicine and embodied wisdom. Rosie weaves storytelling, symbolism, and sacred reflection to illuminate how Hecate lives within us, especially during times of transition, unravelling, and becoming. Whether you’re navigating change, holding space for others, or walking your own path of integration, this is a call to reclaim your torch and trust the darkness.

In This Episode, We Explore:

• Who Hecate is and why her archetype matters now

• The symbolism of the key, the torch, the hound, and the serpent

• How to work with the energy of the crossroads within

• The importance of befriending the shadow, not overcoming it

• Embodying intuition as sacred feminine wisdom

• The role of guides, healers, and space-holders as torchbearers

• Claiming crone energy and inner eldership at any life stage

• What it means to walk between the worlds and live a liminal, magical life

Key Quotes:

• “Wholeness is not light-washed. It is shadow-kissed.”

• “Hecate doesn’t give you the answers. She simply waits at the edge, torch in hand, until you’re ready to choose yourself.”

• “Your power is not in how brightly you shine, but in how bravely you stand in the in-between.”

• “To embody her is not to pretend. It is to remember.”

Journal Prompts with Hecate as a guide

Take time to write and reflect on the following prompts. These are especially powerful to explore at new moons, full moons, or during moments of change:

• What crossroads am I currently standing at?

• What old story, role, or version of myself am I being asked to release?

• Where in my life do I need to trust my intuition more deeply?

• Where do I feel Hecate’s presence, or where would I like to invite her in?

• What wisdom am I holding now that could light the path for others?

Other episodes in the Playing Her Part Series

Persephone, the Queen of the Underworld, keeper of descent and return.

And Lilith, the untamed one, the rebel, the first woman who refused to be silenced.

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Takeaway for Listeners:

If you’re standing at a threshold in your life, this episode invites you to stop searching for clarity and instead honour the not-knowing. To sit with the questions. To walk with the flame. To meet yourself, fully, fiercely, and without apology, in the liminal space where transformation begins.

Thank you for walking this path with Rosie. May you carry the torch and remember that the crossroads are sacred.

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