The young the recovering those newly married into a house
Symbols
Golden cupNectarIvyThe olympian table
Mythology Summary
Hebe is the goddess of youth, daughter of Zeus and Hera, who pours nectar for the gods; Ganymede is said to have taken that place, though the two accounts are told side by side rather than resolved. After his apotheosis Heracles is given her as his wife, and in the Odyssey and the Theogony that marriage is how the hero's suffering is finally answered. She had a sanctuary and a grove at Phlius in the Argolid and a cult at Sicyon, more institutional footing than most personified powers receive.
Modern Practice
Hebe is worked with at the start of a recovery, at a wedding into a new household, and by anyone who has to be the one serving at the table. The practice is hospitality: a cup poured for someone else before yourself.