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Free to use autumn text-dividers I created.

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Croatian traditional dances performed by Ansambl Lado. Taken from here.

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Lyft driver: “Your name, is Slavic? Me too. Bulgarian. I drive fast for you, brother.”

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Chloe.z.arts

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✨🌟Your Midheaven + What people say about you 🌟✨

I see the Midheaven as your reputation. This is basically what people who don't know you know about you (from gossip or praises). In predictive astrology, it can be a great tool to see what type of career or general lifestyle the client is predestined to live.

⭐️ Aries Midheaven: You are seen as bold, confident, hot-headed, and intrepid. You do things your own way. People might say that you are reckless in love or in how you manage your career. This MC indicates someone who will go to the top faster than most people. Your actions and your drive will have a big impact on your life. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Mars to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Taurus Midheaven: You are seen as calm, elegant, and somewhat of an epicurean. Your great taste is part of your reputation, which means that you might do something artistic or work in a field related to beauty. You could be seen as a foodie too. This MC also shows that your career, your lifestyle, and your relationships all have to do with wealth. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Venus to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Gemini Midheaven: You are seen as intelligent, chatty, and multifaceted. You are known as the one who knows all the tea about everybody. You mingle easily and have a lot of acquaintances. Your life is never boring and ever-changing. Your career might have to do with words (writer, journalist). Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Mercury to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Cancer Midheaven: You are seen as caring, reserved, and prudent. Somehow your family is part of your reputation. You have a small circle of friends and prefer to spend time with the people you know than to go around and mingle with strangers. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to the Moon to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Leo Midheaven: You are seen as fun, proud, and warm. You are definitely very popular and people love to gossip about your life. You might do something creative for a living, or have a place in the public eye. Your partners might be high-profile. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to the Sun to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Virgo Midheaven: You are seen as smart, shy, and neat. You are the type of people who always look put together. In fact, your entire life looks put together. You are seen as an achiever and as someone who does things by the book. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Mercury to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Libra Midheaven: You are seen as charming, stylish, and fair. Your relationships (friendships and love affairs) make a big part of your reputation. You might work as a counselor, in the beauty/fashion industry, or as a lawyer. Your good manners are something people really love about you. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Venus to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Scorpio Midheaven: You are seen as mysterious, sexy, and powerful. There's always something important going on in your life. People talk about you because there's so much mystery around you. You are very magnetic and draw people in. You might have experienced life-changing events in your life or might have been in intense relationships. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Mars and Pluto to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Sagittarius Midheaven: You are seen as optimistic, funny, and as an adventurer. Your life is full of fascinating stories. You are not boring and cannot stay in one place. People know you from all over the world. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Jupiter to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Capricorn Midheaven: You are seen as mature, responsible, and goal-oriented. People admire you for your tenacity and for the fact that you have built the life of your dreams with patience and determination. You could reach a high position at your job or date someone with high status. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Saturn to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Aquarius Midheaven: You are seen as unique, independent, and as a visionary. People know that you are very different. You might have an unusual career and love life. You have a lot of unique characteristics that make you stand out. People probably gossip about your life because it is very different from the traditional path most people take. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Uranus and Saturn to have more information about your reputation.

⭐️ Pisces Midheaven: You are seen as sweet, naive, and mysterious. People cannot pin you down. You are like a mystical creature in their eyes. You might have a strange career or love life. There's a lot of confusion in regards to what you do. Look at the sign, house position, and the aspects to Neptune and Jupiter to have more information about your reputation.

🌈✨ The planets conjunct your MC, in the 10th house, or aspecting the MC have an effect in how people perceive you. Same thing for trines, sextiles, and squares to the Ascendant and the Descendant.

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what are rusalki? why is there a week for them?

Rusalka as known post-19th century were seen as dangerous, undead beings who are associated with the unclean or evil spirit. Often they are known as spirits of young women who commited suicide due to an unhappy marriage or were murdered by drowning and were forced to live out the rest of their time as rusalki. They were described as souls who would haunt the waterway of their site of death and lure young men to their death in the body of water they stayed in.

However, initial Slavic lore not only didn't attribute all rusalki occuraces to deaths from water, nor were they originally seen as evil or malevolent beings. They were a representation of universal beauty and fertility who would come out of bodies of water to give life-giving moisture to the fields and provide bountiful crops in spring.

Rusalka week was originally seen as the period in which rusalki were at their most dangerous and festivals and celebration were to appease them, however current-day Rodnovers will often celebrate their arrival with festival and feasts, praying and offering gifts to the rusalki for abundant harvest and fertility.

Beliefs surrounding the dangers of rusalki and the meaning of rusalka week differs from individuals, regions, and time period. This post is a simplification and generalization of the idea of rusalki, please do your own research for more info!

readings:

https://slavicchronicles.com/mythology/rusalka-the-slavic-mermaid/

http://www.encyclopediaofukraine.com/display.asp?linkpath=pages%5CR%5CU%5CRusalkaIT.htm

https://books.google.com/books?id=-s36xYcqG1EC&pg=PA78#v=onepage&q&f=false

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green week / rusalki week — may 16 through pentecost

"Green Week is connected to Slavic rituals of celebrating the full spring and the reborn greenery (the nature fully reborn after winter) after all the tree branches had already turned green. Its core nature is a form of maintenance of the rhythm of the nature, with magical practices of purifying the surroundings from demons or evil spirits that might have an effect on the further process of growth towards the end of spring. Goal of these rituals was designed to boost nature’s fertility, the ability to grow, and to prepare the soil, crops and livestock for the upcoming summer season and the later (expectantly abundant) harvest."

CUSTOMS

• adorning houses, pathways and shrines with green branches (particularly of the birch-tree), herbs and flowers

• sweeping floors with a green birch-tree branch to ‘purify’ it

• scattering sweet flag / calamus on floors as a protective barrier

• adorning cattle with flowers and incensing them with sacred smoke (more about it here)

• rolling eggs around cattle’s sides in rituals of protection and of boosting the fertility (same ritual was performed for humans)

• burning bonfires around which joyful celebrations with dances and singing were organized

• walking with torches around crop fields to get rid of evil spirits and demons

• walking with so-called ‘gaik’ or ‘maik’ (branches decorated with flowers and ribbons, held on a long stick)

some other ways we can celebrate in current time:

• honor your ancestors, especially the ones that passed away too early or in tragic circumstances (you can also honor Rod, the god of fate, bloodlines, ancestral magic and ancestral knowledge)

• honor the spirits of local woods and bodies of water - you could help clean the woods and waters and give offerings asking for blessings of abundance and good luck

• honor the gods - especially deities connected with spring, fertility, youth and beauty such as Lelya, Dodola/Perperuna, Mokosh, Lada, Jarilo, Vesna, Zhiva, Dazbog, Morana (in her spring-planting-mother aspect), Kostroma and Kupalo

• dress a birch tree, make offerings and perform rirtuals in front of it - you can take a couple of sticks found nearby home, for good luck and success

• while I discourage this course of action this particular year, because of the virus situation normally you’d also want to organize a party and sing and dance with your friends, or go watch/play sports game of some sort

• perform rituals and cast spells connected to wealth, health, beauty, happiness, friendship, love and fertility

• make a bonfire. us slavs love bonfires. slavs also love jumping through bonfires for good luck, but please make sure to spread the kindling around first and try not get hurt while performing your feat of agility.

• get a sword, real or fake and dance with it. don’t get hurt, it would ruin the fun.

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sources:

https://lamusdworski.wordpress.com/2016/05/24/green-week/

https://slavicfolklore.com/the-rusalka-and-the-green-week-festival

https://aminoapps.com/c/pagans-witches/amp/blog/rusalka-week-green-week/QKn0_VLjiXu3odYPNkbd8LzbXkMepd6zWg8

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artist: angela mckay

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Maddi Pearm 

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I was high off my ass last night and had this dream where I was in this dense ass forest and sitting there was a tall woman. She was so tall I couldn’t see her face but she was wearing gold and I was like “uh…hi?” And she said “I made you, do you know that?” And I nodded and she was like “I hear your thoughts. Why do you hate my creation? Why do you try to destroy yourself? I made you perfect as you are. Please don’t break my heart”. Then she started crying and it flooded and I woke up with fucking heart palpitations like what does it Mean™️????

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use more olive oil

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R. Wright, “God Gave The Desert Too Many Teeth” | Maria Ines Gul, “A Girl and a Ghost” | Giana Angelillo | Keaton St. James, “BLACKLUNG” | Jana Heidersdorf, “Making a Demon” | Laurie Halse Anderson | Angela Deane, “Reflection/Reflection” | Sue Grafton, “M Is For Murder” | Nona Limmen | a softer world