aspiring-sea-hag

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I’m going to be starting my SCUBA rescue training soon! I was really worried it wouldn’t be possible due to my disability but I’ve now been cleared by my doctor and my future instructor. Wish me luck on the course :)

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i talked to Rán again!!!! anyways i have a lot of upgs/opinions on her and would love yo hear yours or talk to you about things

yayay so proud of you! I have definitely found that sometimes she just wants space.

My DMs are always open for yap sessions although I’m not always the fastest replier but I would definitely love to hear your opinions! Here’s some of mine:

I really REALLY strongly associate her with sharks, more than any other animal.

Her favorite offering to receive (at least from me) is time spent with her; especially meditating or collecting trash.

This is a somewhat common take in modern Heathenry but one that I hold is that she is a kind of mother figure to all living things. This fits with the empirical knowledge that life originated from the Ocean.

She’s keenly aware of and deeply appreciates human conservation efforts, even small individual ones. Sometimes it’s the thought that counts.

When I SCUBA dive, I get the sense that she’s really present at the end of each dive when I’m ascending and making sure that I don’t come up too fast and get hurt.

I wish more artists would depict her as very muscular.

The number one value/virtue I keep in mind in my work with her is respect. For her, for all of Nature, and for myself.

Y’all let me know if you want to hear more of these, or ask my opinions on specific things! As always thanks for the ask 💙

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just my luck that i found another Ran devotee after she broke up with me 😭😭😭😭 But im so happy for you!! i might try and reach out again soon but anyways i am so excited to find another personal who worships her!!!

Thank you!!! It feels like there’s so few of us so it’s wonderful to take part in building this community 💙 I wish I had advice for you on how to reach out again but I don’t really have experience in that regard, best of luck though :)

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schmoovin

breaking news: (wait for it)

"walking" coral discovered!

ohh...look at it go...

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Glowy slug! Love them! Thank you for all the work you do Monterey Bay 💙

Wake up, babe. New MBARI species just dropped. 🤩 

MBARI researchers have discovered a remarkable new species of sea slug that lives in the deep sea. Bathydevius caudactylus swims through the ocean’s midnight zone and lights up with brilliant bioluminescence.

With a voluminous hooded structure at one end, a flat tail fringed with numerous finger-like projections at the other, and colorful internal organs in between, the team initially struggled to place this animal in a group. Because the animal also had a foot like a snail, they nicknamed this the “mystery mollusc.”

The team first observed the mystery mollusc in February 2000 during a dive with the institute’s remotely operated vehicle (ROV) Tiburon offshore of Monterey Bay at 2,614 meters (8,576 feet) deep.

They leveraged MBARI’s advanced and innovative underwater technology to gather extensive natural history information about the mystery mollusc. After reviewing more than 150 sightings from MBARI’s ROVs over the past 20 years, they published a detailed description of this animal.

Learn more more about this dazzling new denizen of the deep on our website.

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I am hopefully going on a dive trip in the Caribbean this summer and if I do I am going to rent a speargun and spear as many lionfish as I can because they are a very harmful invasive species in that area, AND they are apparently delicious. Protecting our seas takes many forms.

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I would just like people to take a moment and appreciate whale sharks

Like, look at these little guys. They deserve all the praise.

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THE. JELL.

Jelly cycle, gamblin ink on kitakata paper, hand pressed

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Hi person on the internet I’m proud of you too!!! Best of luck on your open water course and great finds :D

My shell collection since I got over my huge fear of the ocean this year

The one that opens and closes (most of then did too but broke) I got when I went profesional scuba diving :D

I had like this huge fear where if I saw a fish i would quite literally go out of the water immedietly and have cried because a fish got too close so uh I decided to be brave this year and signed up to go diving with a profesional. Best choice of my life. I almost had a panic attack on the way there but oh my god I cant put into words how beautiful that was. There were so many colorful fishies and I even saw an octopus!! I did scream when it shot black ink but uh...shhh!!....anyway i also saw it changing colour that was like the best experience of my life. Beautiful. Next year im taking a 5 day course and getting a certificate so I can go without an instructor :3 I'm very proud of myself for stepping out of my comfort zone and allowing myself to experience the beauty of the ocean

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I currently have a bad fever and this is very comforting. the jell. the jell. Thank you

Filmed at the NYC Aquarium

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I know what’s going on with it! That species is the Aggregating Sea Anemone (can’t remember sci name) and it’s the most common one in CA tide pools. They’re naturally a white or pale color, but when they live in a sunny area, symbiotic algae grows in their tentacles giving them a blue-green hue. This anemone might not be getting enough sunshine or it could have a mutation that causes it to reject the algae. I’ve never dove that area but I’ve heard from other scuba divers that when you get into deeper water, all the anemones are white like that one!

Ochre Sea Star (Pisaster ochraceus) next to a shockingly white sea anemone like i've never seen before (respectfully, what is going on with it?)

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OMG ITS DONE YAYAYYYYYY

RÁN: Collecting Moon Water 🌊

(based on a photo by Yoshiyuki Iwase)

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How I write Rán's name 🪼

Requested by @agentduckorico

ᚱᚨ/ᛅᚾ, Elder/Younger Futhark

It's a jellyfish! :D I've been doing some experiments with cipher runes to make different sea creatures with her name as well. I posted a couple on my ☕️.

May many more billionaires be caught in her net. 🤞

If you use, please tag me…I wanna see~

Buy me a coffee

Commission yer own bindrune/sigil

Draw this bindrune with me

Deity Name Requests:

Njörðr

Freyr

Ràn

Ægir

Freyja

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How I write Ægir's name 🌊

Requested by @agentduckorico

ᚬ, deconstructed ᚷ or ᛃ (depending on how you pronounce it), ᛁ, and ᚱ with a big, pronounced bowl/curve to make his cauldron. It also makes an ᚦ, because he's a giant. I have a lot of thoughts about the Sea's hospitality.

Someone said it looks like a grill...which still fits the hospitality theme.

If you use, please tag me...I wanna see~

Buy me a coffee

Commission yer own bindrune/sigil

Draw this bindrune with me.

This is the last one I had in my request list. Whose name should I do next?

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I NEVER REBLOGGED THIS? OR THE BINDRUNES THEMSELVES? OH THIS NEEDS TO BE CORRECTED IMMEDIATELY

Hey, I found your writing of Ràn’s name to look like a jellyfish and I loved it! I noticed that you had listed on that post that you wanted to do one for Ægir too, but I couldn’t find it right away. Do you have a design for his name, and if so, can you link it? I have a lil ceremony coming up and these would be really useful.

PS: I personally do not feel called to wish ill on anyone in the name of my deities, but let’s be real. I absolutely agree with you on the topic that Ràn should be smiting more billionaires.

I do actually! Here's the post. I'd really interested in how it works for the ceremony. I love hearing about how my bindrunes resonate with people/are used.

Less billionaires, less ocean pollution...it's a win-win! 🌊✨️

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can confirm whale sharks have a holiness to them

yuri and yaoi are some of the best, most sacred things in the entire world

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this is my first year in a while that I’ve missed/will miss all the king tide events, say hi to the starfish for me 🥲

Yesterday was a lovely day admiring nature. It's always so awesome to live on the coast and experience the King tides. Hail to Njord, Ægir, and Rán for such lovely ocean views!