Tricky Choices: What should a man do when facing his greatest opportunity? by: Atila Morais

Many men nowadays are soldiers. They’re all part of an army, which is highly trained to defend Greece and it’s people. They are told to follow orders, but if they saw a chance of winning, would they disobey their leaders and take the shot?

We believe that many of us would do this. Hecate is the goddess of magic, witchcraft, the night, moon, ghosts and necromancy. She is the only child of the Titanes Perses and Asteria from whom she received her power over heaven, earth, and sea. She’s Always pictured holding two torches, and that’s why we associate her with crossroads and entrance-ways. We also believe that when we are introduced to different options, Hecate is trying to talk to us.

Hecate’s crossroads are usually unbalanced. If you choose an option, you’ll surely be unable to pick any other option later. Let’s take the war as an example:
If you kill their leader, they won’t know what to do or where to go, and then you’ll easily win the war. 

Obviously, their leader will be strongly protected, but let’s imagine that he is left alone because other people needed the guards. If a soldier manages to get close to the leader, he will then be faced by one of Hecates crossroads. He will have the chance to kill the leader, and then, easily win the war. But picking this choice will leave him in danger, not only because the enemy soldiers will all focus on him, but also because when war is over, the surviving enemies will hunt him and his family.

His other choice will be of only following this leader, and to make a strategic plan to take him down with the help of others. But this way, he may not defeat the leader. Hecate’s crossroads are temptive and sometimes even deceiving, as it doesn’t show what is really going to happen.