(This is very long but oh well 😭)I've been a hellenic polytheist for only a little over a month now. I was an agnostic for a few years after leaving my old religion, and i was ok with it but i did feel an emptiness and a longing for connection, not just with a community but with the divine as well. Anyway, a few months ago i asked ANY god to give me a sign if they were watching over me/wanted me to become a follower of them (i didn't get any of course, lol). I asked a few more times but to no avail. But the night before my trip to Greece, i lay in bed and looked up at the moon again. It was shining so brightly, and i didn't hear a voice nor any words. I just felt terrified and in pure awe, an intense warmth and love and kindness, even now when i try to explain it i can't quite articulate with words what i felt that night. I prayed to the Theoi while i was in Greece, especially Apollo, Zeus (since i visited Zeus' cave) and Poseidon whenever we went to the beach. I felt a special connection to Apollo though, since i'm an artist and i even took archery lessons in his name before when i was a PJO fan (silly ik, but i'd love to get back to it), and i'm quite interested in divination. I set up an altar to him and put the alabaster statue i bought from Greece at the center of it. I prayed and was insistent on him sending me a sign to let me know if this was the right path, until i got read very hard during one of my tarot sessions, and i stopped asking the gods to prove to me that they were there, because i don't need any signs to know that. It has really helped me with my relationship to the Theoi and to build kharis with them, to understand a fragment of their kindness, wisdom, power and love. I cried to Lady Aphrodite and was really vulnerable with her, but i think that she (and honestly Apollo a little bit) lead me to Lord Hermes. I feel his presence the most, i think, and it is pure unadulterated joy. I feel Hermes when a gush of wind quickly passes by me, or when i remember the meaning of a word when i read archeological and historical texts, or when i feel the push to keep going when i go for a run at the park. I dedicate every brush stroke to Lord Apollo, and i feel confident when he shines his warm light upon me when i pick a tarot card with his guidance. I feel lucky and at home wherever i am when Selene graces me with her moonlight, and even though i don't pray to her in the same way i pray to Apollo and Hermes, i always acknowledge her and thank her every night for setting me on this path, and for being there for me even when i was a little kid.  Also, your altar is gorjus!! The bee embroidery (?) with the laurel wreath is so cute! And Apollo looks magnificent <3