aspiring-sea-hag

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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. 🤞

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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.

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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!

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Tonight’s prayer to Skadi

(In my silly little format)

Hello Skadi,

I brought this offering to share with you tonight, please accept it as an invitation to grow closer to you.

Thank you for coming to my home, I am reaching out to focus on your presence and your personhood.

Thank you for always making your presence known, especially on this solstice night.

I ask for your blessing for the year ahead, to be grounded in this world and to live in line with the rhythms of Nature.

I also offer my willingness to serve in humanity’s efforts to mitigate the climate change we caused.

I ask that you aid those who need it in seeing the truth of the crisis we are in, and that you guide those invested in this battle to victory.

May humanity not forget the magnitude of our own power, both to create and to destroy.

May humanity not forget the power of natural forces, or our reliance on them.

I ask that you have faith in us to change our ways.

I thank you for your resilience, for your willingness to always return to the places familiar to you.

I hope they never become unfamiliar to you.

Your presence in my home is noticed, honored, and appreciated.

*pause*

Thank you for being here with me tonight.

Takk.

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If the world were truly a bad place the sea would not crash against the shore in such a mesmerizing display of untamable power and indescribable beauty

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in love with this threatening yet promising sentence from some random sports post. yes. step into the water and grieve for your maker for you will become unrecognisable. submit yourself to the reckoning of the depth. abandon hope

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the unstoppable force of desire to have my own BCD and embroider prayers in runes on it and put pagan patches on the shoulders and wrap gold wire around the d-rings for protection

vs

the immovable object of being broke and also never diving locally so it does not make logical sense to buy a BCD and lug it around on planes for the rest of my life

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idk if it has anything to do with my faith or if it’s just the way it is but HOLY CRAP salty cocktails are SO GOOD

I don’t like the taste of alcohol and salt is the only thing that balances it out right for me