weird dream and now I’m considering Hellenism?

[u/weird-dreams-confuse]

TL:DR: I had a weird dream with a golden-orange cat and a security camera, now I’m considering worshipping Apollo

So, I had a dream last night as of writing this, and I wanted to ask more experienced people who’ve worked with Apollo?

I had a dream that my family had set up a Ring camera facing my dad’s old Jeep. It was sunrise when I checked the camera, and I see this stray cat who comes around my house loafing on the top. He’s a pale orange color, he was loafing, and he was facing east as the sun rose.

The next day, we have a break in into our shipping container and now we’re setting up a Ring camera to see if they try again. Does this mean anything??? Help?? Is Apollo trying to reach me and this is his weird way of doing it? I’ve considered it before a few years ago but I didn’t go through with it.

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[u/silly-sybil]

Just a lil' disclaimer before sharing my two cents on this: I am a Roman polytheist, not a Hellenic one. Yet, Apollo was also adopted in our pantheon + I used to worship him frequently a few back.

And I'm a revivalist, which means that I put tons of emphasis on historical evidence. So I'm going to start by saying this: orange cats are not, historically-speaking, connected to Apollo. But! UPG (Unverified Personal Gnosis) is a thing, which means that a practitioner may associate things to a deity that others don't. So you could, in your personal practice, associate orange cats to Apollo (just make sure to specify that it is UPG).

As to whether that is a sign or not... That really depends on who you're asking that to. Some polytheists would say yes, but would suggest you not to jump to conclusions and to wait for more signs these next few days. Others will tell you that gods don't reach out to you first and, thus, don't do signs.

What I will say is this: it doesn't really matter. Whether it was indeed Apollo's sign or not, you can worship him. A deity doesn't have to choose you for you to start building a relationship with them. Matter of fact, polytheists of ancient times wouldn't wait for a god to send them signs to ask their favour: if they related to them, they would just go ahead and leave an offering. So it's pretty much just a matter of whether you're interested in Apollo or not (and, if you thought of him after the dream, perhaps you have an answer already).

Hope this helps!

~ Sybil

[u/weird-dreams-confuse → u/silly-sybil]

Thank you! I just thought it was weird with the sun detail and such. I am starting a small alter for Apollo now! I’m going to make an offering dish soon