#Astrologer Edinburgh

[astro-fencer]

I have seen unspeakable horrors

[astropanditpremkumar]

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[brf-rumortrackinganon]

What’s your prediction for the second slice of the shit sandwich?

Something involving the Waleses or Edinburghs. I lean towards it being the Waleses, since the Edinburghs were the second slice last time (the 2023 shit sandwhich, which confirmed Archie and Lili were using Prince/Princess titles) but since they're keeping lower profiles, it may be the Edinburghs again.

I think it may be one of these:

A new royal patronage for Kate from The King, probably something sentimental to Charles or one that used to be Her Late Majesty's. I'm on the fence about it being cancer-related...I feel like it could go artsy.

A declaration from Charles about William and Kate having authority to issue royal warrants. The right for the Prince of Wales to issue royal warrants isn't automatic. He has to be given permission by the monarch. It's assumed that William and Kate will someday be granted this ability, but Charles hasn't announced it yet. I do feel like maybe Charles would grant Anne that authority too, in recognition of her work as The Princess Royal (and that would actually be pretty big news).

Announcement of a state visit to UK in November and at the banquet, Kate, Anne, and Sophie have Charles's family order. The BRF traditionally receives a state visit in October or November each year. Since Charles is traveling in October, if there's a state visit in the autumn, it will probably be November. (November state visits are typically announced towards the end of September.)

A state thing happening while Charles is down under that requires the Counsellors of State, which William and Edward would do together because it can't be avoided or delayed till Charles returns. (If Counsellors of State are called while the monarch is away, they need two Counsellors to attend the matter.)

And it's very tinhatty (like 3%), but something involving a Sussex loss - maybe their titles get taken, maybe something with the bullying/staff reports, the lawsuits collapse, or some other kind of exposure that cancels them in a way we haven't seen yet. I don't usually give tarot and astrology a lot of weight, but when different readers in different circles on different platforms are seeing the same thing, I do consider that something to pay attention and right now, a lot of people are saying October/November looks very problematic for the Sussexes.

[indigovigilance]

indigovigilance meta index

blue marks my must-reads for meta theory, bold are recommended just for fun/feels/fanfaves

A Nightingale Sang in 1941 Maggie is Possessed Aziraphale, Nina, and Identity Miracles Don't Work Like That I’m honestly very glad that they went with two middle-aged men. Baraqiel and Azazel Lament of the Metatron The Erasure of Human!Metatron Jimbriel, Satan, the Book of Life, and what it means for Crowley Angel Pinky Rings Before the Beginning is Doctored Aziraphale Knew that Crowley was Living in his Car When They Became Their Own Side Falling Up: Jimbriel, Satan, the Book of Life, and what it means for Crowley pt2 Every single minisode is Aziraphale's memory, and why that's [not?] important It will be a line, but not between the two of them. Why Aziraphale Wears Reading Glasses Homoerotic Pistols at Dawn (a conversation with @queerfables) Tarot Symbolism in 1941 Why Crowley Rescues Aziraphale Honolulu Roast: the story of a coup One more note on Time Muriel is a Paralegal, and Crowley is going to need her help Aziraphale punches Jesus in the face

Sovereignty, Citizenship, and the Bookshop Why Crowley is "blind" to his Yellow Eyes Bildad the Shuite in Edinburgh Their Canon First Date Sodom and Gomorrah: A Speculative Meta Anthony, Anthony, Anthony The Final Fifteen is about Terry Pratchett's Death Neil Gaiman's 3 Cameos Mr. Brown Comforting Crowley Continuity Errors Book of Job - gamma-edit of @sensitivesiren Closeness They won't get married The Astrologer that Fell into a Well Why Crawley renames himself Crowley The Hornet in the Beehive The Child in S2E5 What's Up with Maggie Aziraphale, Kermit the Frog, and Fraggle Rock Season 2 Episode 6 ruined me Snake Vision Miraculous Energy Did God Forgive Aziraphale about the Sword? Restoring Angel!Crowley was Aziraraphale's Hope for 2,000 Years What Will Make Aziraphale Snap Aziraphale will go looking for people in Heaven Reusing the Cast Crowley's Dream Bullet Theory

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[celticcrossanon]

BRF Reading - 10th of March, 2023

This is speculation only

Cards drawn on the 10th of March, 2023

Question: How is Prince Edward's health? Is anything wrong? He looks terrible.

Interpretation: His health is in decline, caused in part by his brother the King.

Card One: The Chariot, reversed.

The Chariot is a card about going forwards. When it is in reversed you are stuck, you are blocked, you can't make progress. I asked about Prince Edward's health, so something is blocked, he can't make progress in some area.

The Chariot is the card of Cancer, ruled by the Moon. The Moon represents emotions and the mother, so Edward could be under a lot of emotional stress - not surprising seeing as he is still in the first year of grieving for his mother. He could be upset about not being given the Dukedom of Edinburgh, as that was his mother's last gift to him and it would be a comfort to receive it in his time of grief. More serious is the association with Cancer, which is an actual disease and one that killed his mother. I am hoping that this card is just about his grief and loss of his mother and his emotional stress - all very understandable.

Card Two: The Emperor, reversed.

The Emperor here is Charles, as he is the King. Something that Charles is doing or has done could be adding to Edward's grief over losing his mother (not giving Edward the Dukedom of Edinburgh is the obvious answer, but I feel that it is more - that is part of it but there are other things Charles has done or is doing that are adding to Edward's emotional stress).

The Emperor reversed is the bad leader - rigid, tyrannical, stubborn, only what I want counts - instead of being the wise, caring, protective father figure who looks after his family and his people. Some of Charles's actions are appearing to Edward to be on the nasty/tyrant side of leadership. I have the energy of no consultation happening, just the king issuing orders and expecting everyone else to go along with them. Edward has no power to defend himself or his family, and that is causing him great stress.

Astrologically, the Emperor represents Aries, the sign that is ruled by Mars and relates to the head in a medical sense. I would not be surprised if Edward is getting major stress headaches/migraines over how his brother is treating Edward and his family.

Card Three: The Wheel of Fortune, reversed.

This is a downward shift in fortune, wealth, and status. The Wheel of Fortune is the card of Jupiter, the planet of luck and expansion. reversed, it means no luck or luck taking a turn for the worse, and constriction rather than expansion. The energy of this card is of a decline in status. Prince Charles is going to reduce the status of Prince Edward and his children, and Edward is unable to stop this from happening, and it is causing him a great deal of stress.

In terms of health, this card means that Prince Edward's health is in the decline instead of getting better. He may not have reached the turning point in any health issues that he has.

Underlying Energy: Justice

This card is the only upright one in the reading. The energy of this card is of a plea for justice. Prince Edward wants justice, for himself and for his family. He wants balance - the energy of balance is coming through very strongly here. He wants the good deeds to be rewarded and the bad deeds to have consequences, and in his eyes the reverse is happening. He is tired and worn out and dealing with a deep grief for his mother, and he tries to fight for balance but he is not being given the opportunity to do so.

Major Arcana Cards:

The whole reading is major arcana cards, so this is important and public. Three of those cards are in reverse - that does not bode well for Prince Edward.

Conclusion:

Prince Edward is feeling the loss of his mother very strongly and is grieving for her. It is a constant emotional pain that does not go away and does not seem to ease over time. On top of this, he is dealing with a brother who he sees as acting like a tyrant, stripping his family of wealth and status and expecting them to go along with it simply because he (the brother) is King. There is no consultation, no 'what would you prefer', no options, just 'this is happening - deal with it'. This seems to be very unfair to Prince Edward when he contrasts this behaviour to how other family members are treated (e.g. Harry) - there is no balance in the situation. Prince Edward has no power to defend his family as it has been taken from him by his brother the King. All this is causing Edward a great deal of stress on top of his grief for his mother, and that is affecting his health in a serious way.

EDIT: I just looked up the medical astrology for the sign Cancer, and it rules the breast, chest and stomach, so Edward could be having stomach issues from the stress - maybe ulcers, maybe something else. That would fit in with his dramatic weight loss. Hopefully it is just the stress and grief affecting him and not something more serious.

[killinbills]

how about george and mia ? do they have kids?

yesss they do! these don’t have faceclaims but let me introduce the two weasley girls, emilia and orion.

emilia weasley is a capricorn and like her mum, is obsessed with fashion. she’s sorted into gryffindor and once she starts her newts, she decides she wants to become a healer. she also loves astrology and campaigns to have it as an extra subject at newt level.

two years younger, there’s orion weasley.

orion’s a gemini hufflepuff and a bit of a social butterfly. she’s the seeker of her quidditch team and plans all of their parties after their wins, decorating the common room and making different themes. like her grandad, she loves muggle rock, and on weekends during her newts, she sneaks out of school to work in a muggle record shop in edinburgh (where she then goes to gigs and makes her secret group of muggle friends).

emilia’s fave song is girl almighty by one direction (it takes her a while to admit this) and orion’s is anything bowie.

ask me questions!

… or, ask me about my ships and their children!<3

[mirkwood]

15 QUESTIONS

I was tagged by the lovely @thebitchkingofangmar , @lotrlorien and @lordoftherazzles and even though i've done this a few weeks ago i'll do it again bc i don't want to be rude 😭💙

Are you named after someone? Yes my paternal grandma. Hara is a nickname of my full name though

When was the last time you cried? I can't remember tbh kfjsddkfs

Do you have kids? No and it will remain that way

What sports do you play/have played? Volleyball when i was young but now. literally nothing

Do you use sarcasm? Constantly, most of the time

What the first thing you notice about people? Their eyes and smile and also their "energy" or vibes

What's your eye colour? Dark brown

Scary movies or happy endings? Both is good tbh

Any talents? Good intuition, knowing when something is wrong, being able to remember names and dates and specific things that happened on those dates, also being able to find any article with free access (that's on being a librarian 💖)

Where were you born? Greece

What are your hobbies? Reading, listening to music, making new main blogs constantly (and then never using them), reading tarot, learning more about astrology and birth charts and just watching the same shows again and again

Do you have any pets? NO it's so sad.... I want two cats tho (one orange and one black / they are gonna be named mairon and melkor respectively)

How tall are you? 4'11

Favourite subject in school? History bc it was so easy to learn (im good at memorizing stuff)

Dream job? last time I said barista working in a cat cafe / bookstore (i still want that!!!) but now let's make it more specific. Librarian AND barista having a cat cafe / bookstore in Edinburgh and also working in an academic library during the morning hours and then going over to the bookstore !!!!!!. GAHHHH im yearning for this so bad

Gonna tag some of my new mutuals (no pressure tho!!!) : @sauronpilled , @swordwieldingeowyn , @ughtumno and @halfelven 🖤

[houseofbrat]

https://www.tumblr.com/celticcrossanon/713603247038922752/brf-reading-4th-of-april-2023?source=share

This reading has left me with a very heavy feeling in the pit of my stomach. I understand that tarot readings are subject to change and up to interpretation, but in terms of consistency, this is the second reading where someone has said something to the effect of Kate being unwell at the coronation (you reblogged one a few days ago). The death energy is also seriously unsettling to me, especially if it has to do with a specific individual. They are not my personal family, but they do feel like it, and we have already had two deaths in the past two years. I don’t like to speculate on health matters, but Prince Edward has not looked well recently. You practice Vedic astrology - are your readings subject to change, or are they consistent over time? I would love for you to do a reading of the coronation now that we are closer in time to it. I like seeing different perspectives on this, and currently the energy from this reading has left me feeling dread.

I am really loathe to try and re-interpret someone else's reading, particularly since I am not a tarot reader.

I haven't studied Edward, The Duke of Edinburgh's chart, so I have nothing to say regarding him.

I think the problem is that the question asked is so open-ended.

If you can't admit that things in the BRF are going to change, then you'll always be confused about things.

Probably should ask more specific questions to get better answers, e.g. Will Beatrice & Eugenie lose their titles & styles? Because I'd bet that would get a clear yes. The coronation is likely their last hurrah as "royals."

Kate either has to attend or they have to announce a valid reason for her not attending. If she's going to be "sick," then they have to announce specifically what she is sick with. As in, if she has pre-eclampsia, then they're going to have to say that she has pre-eclampsia and that she's being treated for it, which is why she's not there. Being The Princess of Wales and missing the coronation at this day & age means you have to have a serious excuse, not just her die-hard stans wanting her to avoid being there.

[yourlocaldisneyvillain]

for the astrology asks: sun, Sagittarius, 3H I hope you have a lovely day <333

hi, helloooo <3

sun ⇢ name 5 things you like about yourself?

answered here! i will not write more bc i'm having trouble thinking of more things asdjfhkdg

sagittarius ⇢ what places would you like to travel in the future?

i wanna revisit london, paris, prague and firenze like a true basic bitch, but as for places i've never been to before, i wanna go to edinburgh, verona, ROME (bitch has never been to rome can you imagine??), and some places in my own country that i've never been to before :))

3H ⇢ what are some of the topics you like to talk about the most?

if you don't know what to talk about with me, you can always prompt me to talk about my blorbos. after an hour of me explaining to you why i think larissa weems listens to siouxsie and the banshees, headcanons about jane murdstone's childhood, a long rant about how brienne of tarth is way too good for the likes of jaime, and an essay about why i think lucifer has a praise kink you will be like okay, i had enough of this bozo for at least a month :))))))

oh, or you can interest me in talking about women's mad scenes in media, stemming from greek tragedy, transitioning to opera and extending into film -- depends which mood you catch me in. it's either jan stevens having an egg kink or an hour-long rant and analysis of bulgakov's the master and margerita. good luck

[terrimotors]

Junkit mix martins

#JUNKIT MIX MARTINS HOW TO#

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The cabaret superstar and winner of the 2012 Edinburgh TOAST Award returns for a third time to the Afterglow Festival. In A Voice and Nothing More he unveils brand new pop songs, old stories and contemporary absurdist arias.

#JUNKIT MIX MARTINS HOW TO#

With v's inimitable sandpaper tongue Mx Bond purrs, scratches and sprays in this jazz-inspired rumination on the power of instinct and how to land on all four feet after a real hard fall-even without opposable thumbs! Have you been spayed or neutered? With Matt Ray.īeckoning the audience into a labyrinth of memories and visions, acclaimed singer and performing artist Joseph Keckler brings the banal to an operatic intensity through a distinctive blend of narratives, media and music. Dan Fishback's Socialist Queer Utopia Family Circus will make you want to start an anti-capitalist non-biological outlaw family of your own. Featuring deadpan stand-up comedian Becky Eklund, computer virus/drag disaster Chris Tyler and politcial cabaret songbird Santiago Venegas. Songwriter and performance artist Dan Fishback ringleads a team of scrappy emerging queer performers in a bratty DIY roadshow of songs, stories, complaints, screeds, manifestos and failures.

Dan Fishback's Socialist Queer Utopia Family Circus.

Starring Justin Vivian Bond, Dan Fishback, Lady Rizo, Joseph Keckler, Amber Martin, Jill Pangallo, Erin Markey, Chris Tyler, Becky Eklund, Santiago Venegas, Greg Potter & Enid Ellen, Paul Dawson, PJ DeBoy, musical director Matt Ray and revelatory surprises." Dan Fishback Everything you know is wrong and S + C set the Akashic record straight. Taking names and dropping them like their hot will be the divine order of the evening.

#JUNKIT MIX MARTINS FULL#

A full festival pass, plus admission to the opening-night benefit party is $500.Ĭosmic comics Stella Starsky + Quinn Cox rip back the veil to reveal some universal truthiness and provide a privileged peek into what the stars of this year’s Afterglow Festival have in store. Single tickets for all shows are $30, while two-show passes are available for $54, and a pass for all 15 shows is $360. Participating artists include authors and astrological consultants Stella Starsky and Quinn Cox, Matt Ray, Dan Fishback, Chris Tyler, Santiago Venegas, Becky Eklund, Bond ( Kiki & Herb: Alive on Broadway), Joseph Keckler, Lady Rizo, Yair Evnine, Ray Rizzo, Molly Pope, Max Steele, Erin Markey, Mike Albo, Amber Martin, Brett Every, Nath Ann Carrera, Jill Pangallo (directed by Mike Albo), Penny Arcade, Lance Horne, as well as MATTACHINE with Angela Di Carlo, Paul Dawson and PJ DeBoy. Afterglow offers a mix of established and under-the-radar performers who push the boundaries of innovative art. 15, the annual festival is conceived by John Cameron Mitchell and Quinn Cox.

[astrovivekswamy]

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[astropanditpremkumar]

Consult the best astrologer in Cardiff if you want to know how dominant your zodiac sign is. Astrology has been a source of fascination and insight for hundreds of years. It offers a glimpse into the unique personal developments and characteristics related to each zodiac signal. While every character is unique, a few zodiac signs and symptoms tend to show off dominating traits more prominently than others.

[berriesburied]

𝙗𝙖𝙨𝙞𝙘𝙨.

Name: Finnley Fletcher. Nicknames: Finn. Age: 29. Species: Human (hunter). Gender & pronouns: Cis man, he / him. Romantic orientation: Heteroflexible (or just one big ? aka questioning) Sexual orientation: Heteroflexible (or just one big ? aka questioning) Occupation: Tattoo Artist. Hobbies: Old movies (mainly 70s to 90s), having & taking care of pet rats (his little companions). Astrology sign: Cancer.

𝙗𝙖𝙘𝙠𝙜𝙧𝙤𝙪𝙣𝙙

Residence: Raven's peak, Deadman acres. Ethnicity: White. Nationality: Scottish. Place of birth: Edinburgh, scotland. Date of birth: 19th July, 1995. Education history: High school diploma. Relatives: Adoptive parents (alive), 3 older adoptive siblings (presumed deceased).

𝙥𝙚𝙧𝙨𝙤𝙣𝙖𝙡𝙞𝙩𝙮

Positive traits: Resourceful, independent, dutiful. Negative traits: Defensive, evasive, pessimistic.

𝙖𝙥𝙥𝙚𝙖𝙧𝙖𝙣𝙘𝙚

Faceclaim: Kieron Moore. Height: 189 cm, 6'2 ft. Build: mesomorph, exercises heavily & regularly to keep in shape. Hair: short, brown. Eyes: brown. Tattoos: hunter's mark on the right side of his ribs, left arm full sleeve (detailed description coming later). Scars: too many to count (detailed description coming later).

𝙨𝙩𝙤𝙧𝙮

TRIGGER WARNING: brief mention of abuse, adoption, death.

Finnley Fletcher’s voice echoed through the delivery room in Edinburgh as soon as he was born, yet he never knew the warm embrace of his birth mother who, distressed and unprepared, gave him up for adoption right away. He drifted, survived and laughed through the foster system until he was adopted a few days after his sixth birthday by a smiling, friendly couple with three already adopted kids. They bought him gifts and gave him hugs and showered him with love Finn hadn’t known until that moment. The idyllic family facade continued for the next two years. They were the most loving and affectionate parents any child could ask for. Not that Finn really remembers it. His memories are tainted with what came after. 

On his eighth birthday, his father took him hunting. Finn cried and cried days prior, of not wanting to hurt animals, of not wanting to go, but his pleas were either ignored or he was punished. So he sat in the car, pouting. What he did not know was that no animals were about to be hurt.

But the same couldn’t be said about humans. Or Finn thought that’s what they were, until they showed their true nature. After he saw his father annihilate half of the witch coven, terrified Finn came to a natural conclusion — don’t ever get on his father’s bad side. Something he sticks to this day.

His parents revealed their origins, both from a long lineage of hunters, yet unable to conceive their own children so they resolved to adopt orphans and raise them into perfect monster killers.

The training has been relentless and ruthless and if Finn couldn’t keep up or crossed a line he shouldn’t have, physical and mental punishment followed. The parents believed that abuse and discipline both create perfect soldiers.

All his three older siblings were killed on their respective missions, leaving Finn to bear the family burden. On his journey through The US he felt a pull towards Raven’s Peak and, surprised and curious, decided to make it his home for the time being.

𝙨𝙪𝙢𝙢𝙖𝙧𝙮;

finn is an adopted child of two strict parents coming from a long and honorable lineages of hunters in scotland. they couldn’t have their own biological children, so they decided to adopt orphans & make a perfect monster killing army out of them. finn was very obedient as a child & in training after seeing his parents’ cruel punishments on his older siblings. he’s very quiet and dutiful, he lives just for the missions he receives & executing them and nothing else. so far. yet there is a quiet resistance bubbling inside of him & the need to be free of his parents’ expectations. he doesn’t want to be a hunter, but he’s good at it & doesn’t really know nothing else but this life. brooding kinda fella, who’s soft as a marshmallow inside.

[astronomyforastrologers]

Stonehenge's forgotten cousin 'of national importance' hidden on housing estate

Stonehenge in Wiltshire is famous as one of the world's most precious ancient monuments - a stone circle built thousands of years ago with a meaning yet to be fully understood by scholars. But the prehistoric site has a forgotten cousin that sits hundreds of miles away on a housing estate at the opposite end of the UK.

Jupiter (ritual) square Arrokoth (rituals that honor the sky (The monument is of national importance as an icon of prehistoric ritual, albeit in a modern urban setting)).

Originally built in the Neolithic period the stone was erected around 4,000 years ago, predating the Great Pyramid of Djoser which was the first in Egypt. But the single megalith can now be found next to a block of flats in a cul-de-sac on Ravenswood Avenue, Edinburgh.

The grey sandstone is nearly 7ft tall and is caged in by railings to protect it from vandals. Illustrations from the 19th century show the megalith standing alone in fields near Edinburgh.

It remained untouched until it was moved in the early 1800s to make way for road widening in the area. By the 1960s it was moved again as the new housing estate began to take shape, and it currently stands around 100 metres north of where it was originally.

Some say it was put in place to commemorate an ancient battle but a lot remains unknown about the badly weathered relic. It's one of several megaliths found dotted around the area - but the only one found on a housing estate.

The standing stone is a scheduled monument. A spokesman for Historic Environment Scotland said: "The monument is of national importance as an icon of prehistoric ritual, albeit in a modern urban setting.

"Although the stone no longer has any archaeological potential, it is a monument with cultural significance, capable of speaking to a modern urban population, and worthy of legal protection in its present setting."

Minor planet keywords developed by Philip Sedgwick, used with permission http://philipsedgwick.com/

Centaur, TNO & Asteroid Aspectarian http://serennu.com/astrology/aspectarians.php

[ashleysingermfablog]

Wk 16, 4th of May, 2024 Artist Reference

Seshee Bopape: 〰️

ineo Seshee Bopape, "〰️ [when spirituality was a baby]”, mixed media installation, picture by Tom Jeffreys at Collective, 2018

From the text: Affirmation Arts presents PS: Parsing Spirituality by Micaela Giovannotti...

Affirmation Arts Gallery is pleased to present the most recent exhibition from international curator Micaela Giovannotti opening January 10th 2009.  PS: Parsing Spirituality examines the recent resurgence of spirituality in contemporary art. Featuring artists: Janine Antoni, Sebastiaan Bremer, Melissa A. Calderon, Gordon Cheung, Graham Caldwell, Andrea Galvani, Dan Kopp, Ivan Navarro, Lisa Ross, Courtney Smith, Xaviera Simmons, and J. G. Zimmerman.

“Every work of art is the child of its age and, in many cases, the mother of our emotions” (Concerning the Spiritual in Art, W. Kandinsky.)

After being neglected for quite some time, spirituality has risen to the surface in contemporary art. Spirituality based on religious belief has been part of art history since the dawn of time. Art has both advertised and glorified religions, but contemporary art has generally distanced itself from the spiritual realm, focusing its lens on formal and conceptual tenets. Not surprisingly, as often happens in times of secular uncertainties and political and economic turmoil, there is currently a resurgence of interest in spirituality, wherein artists are exploring and re-defining themselves in their work with very introspective and personal means and approaches. However, from a different perspective, these new spiritual elements can be interpreted in part as a contemplative reaction. Layered with complexity, these explorations include universal issues that, while external, are nonetheless of primal importance to the self.

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From the text: Dineo Seshee Bopape's "〰️ [when spirituality was a baby]” by Tom Jeffreys...

Dineo Seshee Bopape, "〰️ [when spirituality was a baby]”, mixed media installation, picture by Tom Jeffreys at Collective, 2018

At once named and unnamable, Dineo Seshee Bopape’s installation 〰️ gathers myriad references (astrology, classical sculpture, Afrodiasporic spiritual practices, the Anthropocene) and materials (soil and rocks, satin and spices, glass and plastic, charcoal, jute, feathers, clay). It weaves them together thrillingly, with gold wire, cotton thread, and lines scraped into the concrete floor. In scale, the installation oscillates from tiny holes made by drawing pins to the vastness of a universe. Seen as a single entity, this is a work that marks itself, maps itself, archives its own making and its own meanings. It is a work that prompts a pile-up of words and renders them all inadequate. All my notes are lists.

The first mystery of the exhibition is its title: a glyph designed by the artist consisting of six wavy vertical marks, represented here by the “〰️” symbol. In print it is like rising steam (or is it falling rain?). Scratched into the gallery floor, or marked in tiny biro lines on the wall, these wobbly lines read more like the Egyptian hieroglyph for water: a linguistic echo of tidal marks in sand or the flowing of a river. It does not translate into letters or sound or language; it cannot be converted into Unicode. In square brackets is a clue: [when spirituality was a baby]. This phrase reaches back toward a nascent state before belief had crystallized into institutional religions, before land ownership perhaps, before meaning itself had yet solidified.

Like many of Bopape’s expansive sculptural installations, 〰️ is almost overwhelming. There are so many things and so little space for the visitor. The octagonal City Dome, one of the buildings of the recently renovated former observatory atop Edinburgh’s Calton Hill, is not big. But the installation contains such an array of materials that they are listed on an accompanying paper: 57 of them, in alphabetical order. These materials span the globe. Bopape has brought soil from the Congo, Germany, Iceland, Palestine, and South Africa. There is citrine from Brazil and verbena from Ukraine. Deep time and a shallow present lie side by side: mammoth bones and charcoal, 225-million-year-old wood from Madagascar alongside tinfoil and plastic bottles.

It feels at first like a place of ritual: there are candles, semi-precious stones, and the smell of incense. Bopape has made dozens of clay shapes, some like tiles, others formed by the clenching of a fist. Snowy owl feathers are tied to bowed branches that hang on golden thread from the high domed roof. And, befitting of an installation that took nine months to birth, there is also life: jars of kombucha. 

This is a vital clue. What is a constellation but a series of lines imposed on a world to make it mean something? A constellation is a silhouette, a gathering, a metaphor, knowledge itself—the layout of Bopape’s entire installation mirrors the stars of Canis Major. Perhaps, after all, this is less about all these material objects than about the wavy lines that connect them—sound, light, language, history, truth—and who has had the power to draw them. Everything here is imbued with meaning. It seeps out across the floor, into the air, and suddenly there is no empty space: not a void between objects, but a breathy and unmappable tapestry of infinite affinities.

This work in that way links to my 'like a constellation of marks' installation strategy. Inferencing many ritual means (artefacts, domesticated nature, fairy rings, grove lines) the works coalesce in a series of marks on the floor space. Connected by histories, their find spots, place and shape, these floor arrangements speak of connected sources.

Left: Ashley Singer, Installation strategy in DEMO Gallery 1, 2024, greenware porcelain, space size approx 1M by 5M

Right: Ashley Singer, Installation strategy in DEMO Gallery 2, 2024, greenware porcelain, space size approx 8M by 5M

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Introduction to Teersa

Note: Here is the final part of my OC introduction series! Please enjoy reading and reblog them if you want to or not. It will be on my masterlist here.

「 𝐁𝐀𝐒𝐈𝐂𝐒 」

Full name: Teersa Lumera Prisvielle

Species: Xelhua (Hybrid of Light Fae and Dark Fae)

Gender: Female

Age: 700 years of age

Date of Birth: November 5th

Astrological Sign: Scorpio

Birthplace: Magical forest land of the Fae

Height: 5'2 (157.48 cm)

First residence: Magical forest land of the Fae

Current location: Iridia in Edinburgh, Scotland

Occupation/Profession: Leader of the Fae (formerly), Taste tester

Companion: Rose (Snake)

Personality Traits

• Mischievous

• Self-Confident

• Compassionate

• Empathic

• Dedicated

• Mindful

Abilities/Skills

• Precognition

• Flight

• Shapeshifting

• Glamour

• Speaking any language at will

• Telepathy

• Immortality

• Portal Creation

• Photokinesis

"I’m still in a long dream. A dream I couldn’t tell anyone about"

Teersa Tudor was born as a Xelhua, a Hybrid of light and dark Fae. At first, she wasn't normally accepted in the land of the Fae, but the Elders managed her to remain there until adult age. It took time for accept the idea and they moved on like nothing happened.

As she gotten older, her dedication and hardwork caught the eyes of many, including the Elder himself. One day, he offered her to replace him as leader through the land. She genuinely accepted for the role and dedicated herself to be one for the sake of the land. Everything turned out well until major false accusations thrown at her. In order to not making it worse, she took a major decision to step down the role and left everything behind. It was the most difficult decision she ever made.

In the Present, Teersa resides in a normal life in the peaceful land of Iridia where her family founded. It gave an opportunity as a taste tester for the culinary team in the lands. Everything has been going well for her until the past was slowly catching up to her and she managed to face it somehow. Everything was on the line upon the dangerous situation, including her own life.

Who knows what will occur in the story of the redheaded Xelhua herself?