#Half Moon for example will be an ancestor | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

thecoiledserpent · 3 months ago

Text

↻ DARAKARAKA PLANET AND THE NATURE OF THE SPOUSE

basics of vedic astrology. ask box. pinned.

the planet having the lowest degree among the seven planets—sun, moon, mercury, venus, mars, jupiter and saturn is your darakaraka (abbrev.—dk). it is the planet that represents the nature of your 'opposite', or your future spouse.

note that this also represents the traits that you yourself do not embody. the partner is a form of the cumulations of traits that we most often desire in ourselves, what we seek subconsciously.

you can also think of your darakaraka planet as what you desire to be. for example, someone with a mars dk may desire to be more outspoken, energetic and courageous. darakaraka is the last significator among the seven planets because your future spouse is your other half; or, alternatively, it is representative of the things that you lack.

i would like to highlight that simply the planet is not enough an indicator of your spouse. the nakshatra placement of said placement matters a lot, too.

say, a female native has purva ashada jupiter in 7h with magha venus dk in 3h. both jupiter and darakaraka are massive fs indicators. we notice that jupiter is in a venus ruled nak and the dk is venus as well, so the fs will for sure be venus dominant. additionally, dk planet in magha indicates the fs may have ketuvian influence to their personality / appearance. maybe a gaunt body, or magnetic eyes. their ancestors (pitris) would be respected and / or worshipped in their family tradition. they might have a kingly personality. jupiter in 7h further increases their venusian quality. so we study the fs using many combinations like these. now say this person's venus was in 3rd house aries in navamsa. the relationship will be sexually passionate, and the spouse could be of fiery demeanour. impatient, and demanding. they could be oblivious to the native's efforts a times, and this would hurt them. if say venus was also combust from sun, then there would be quarrels with the spouse. if venus was conjunct mars closely, then the native could be promiscuous leading to fights with the spouse. if venus was conjunct mercury, the fs could have a sibling.

so on, and so forth. i've tried my best to be as inclusive and detailed as possible; but know that these are general observations. your fs won't be a king just because it sounds like that. i speak by taking both, the worst and best case scenarios.

SUN DARAKARAKA

if you hope to expand your business, form connections or just overall want to improve your professional life, then sun darakaraka is a good indication that your spouse will help you in said endeavour. they will very likely be the dominant partner in the relationship, or at least be responsible for the more practical side of the relationship.

the spouse is a resemblance of the native's outward nature. it is not the best thing to have sun or moon as dk since there are ego issues involved in these placements. the spouse is a reflection of who the native is internally or externally, and their negative traits could trigger the native. while transformation is a good thing, in a married couple it can lead to resentment. i personally believe that with a sun or moon dk it is advisable to cultivate patience. understanding yourself is key to understanding the spouse.

they are nurturing but may turn controlling. it would be good to take some time away from them and spend it on yourself to ensure you don't completely give in to everything they say and lose your personality. also, to be fair, they don't appreciate dependent or weak people. so if you lose your sense of personality around them, then you might end up loosing your romantic appeal in their eyes. make them realise that they're not the only thing in your life and their respect for you will always remain high.

the relationship here can easily turn egoistical, so it is advisable to ensure that the spouse does not turn too distant. they can take impulsive decisions at times, so keep an eye on them discreetly (because they will not appreciate it if they catch you, either). just look out for them, i mean. with a sun dk, the spouse may have a broad face and traditionally masculine appearance. wide shoulders, or long legs. strong arms and thigh region. there could be stress around their eyes or neck region, and they could often overwork themselves.

the spouse would appreciate being looked after. simple gestures aren't enough to win their heart, but they never go unnoticed. it affirms them and encourages them to look after their spouse, so they will return the favour in the form of actions and taking more responsibility off your shoulders. ( i was kind of hesitating in saying this but here we go; sun dk may indicate a spouse who likes a tease😉 yk, the usual; decorating the bedroom with flowers / candles / whatever aesthetic they appreciate and wearing smth sexy gets them going 😏 they are genuinely hard working though, so they find themselves both physically and emotionally fulfilled when presented with such gestures. ) they may not act romantic all the time, because their way of expressing love is by taking as much burden off their spouse's shoulders as possible.

MOON DARAKARAKA

a moon dk makes the native less emotional by nature and their spouse is more emotional than them. the spouse is usually beautiful, or at least has rounder features. for those who seek women partners, moon dk bestows fertility, beauty and fine speech. for those seek male partners, moon dk bestows wit, round features, medium to short stature, and the ability to lie and manipulate.

lunar energy is better handled by women; and in men, lunar energy is only nurtured properly if the moon is in good dignity or the native also has leo placements. moon in detriment for lunar male native will make him apathetic to the plight of women and he may also be corrupt by nature. regardless, a mood dk will not be very beneficial if moon is overall weak or a malefic in the chart. the spouse would be emotionally unstable or have mental disorders in the worst case.

with a moon dk, your spouse would light up your domestic life. because the native would not be much interested in the home and hearth themselves (especially if they don't have cancer or taurus placements), the spouse will look after most of the organization of the house. yes, this can bestow a selfish character to the native. but not mandatorily, of course. the native would like seeing the home clean but may not contribute much to it. that, or the spouse would rather look over the house of their own accord.

the spouse would be intensely passionate about their career. whatever they do to make an earning, it will be almost religious to them. work is like duty to them. they worship it, and they respect money and labour. they may overwork themselves to stay true to their selves to the point of developing eating disorders or losing physical charm. (lose physical charm in the sense that they may suddenly lose a lot of weight and our body fat, rolls and curves are a part of our auspiciousness and beauty.)

the domestic life would be pleasurable and the in-laws are usually quite happy when the native having moon dk has a female partner. she will be of gentle nature, and also be sexually, uh, hungry? lenient? demanding? somehow, a mix of all three. she will desire sex, and she will be lustful and she may even chase after others after wedlock if the dk moon is aspected by mars or venus. hence why moon can give mixed results. in the best case scenario she would be chaste, highly ambitious about her career, caring, impressive and melancholic.

the spouse is a resemblance of the native's internal nature. it is not the best thing to have sun or moon as dk since there are ego issues involved in these placements. the spouse is a reflection of who the native is internally or externally, and their negative traits could trigger the native. while transformation is a good thing, in a married couple it can lead to resentment. i personally believe that with a sun or moon dk it is advisable to cultivate patience. understanding yourself is key to understanding the spouse.

be patient with a female spouse. she will be emotionally vulnerable and gentle hearted. her mood swings will be irrational and intolerable at times, and it is advisable to simply let her be by herself to calm down for a while. be cautious with a male spouse. he may be disloyal and seek other partners even after wedlock. he may especially have such tendencies if his own venus is conjunct mars. he would be even more prone to showing such behaviour when upset, so don't just let him storm off. a nice meal or a forceful hug almost always has these people listening. also, don't break their trust; they completely lose respect for your words and promises after that.

MERCURY DARAKARAKA

an ideal darakaraka if you're looking for a spouse who will also be your partner-in-crime, as well as closest confidant. the spouse will be as much a friend as a partner, and themes of light-heartedness will be apparent. they may appear air-headed, but their appearance is not one to go by; especially those who are seeking to have a female partner.

the spouse would be clever, with a lot of connections and a good social life. if they want to, they can pull strings to get their work done. they enjoy the leisure of life and may have hedonistic tendencies. regardless, they are clever and diplomatic. they know what to say, and what not to. even their silence has meaning. anger manifests as abandonment with them, so if you're not observant enough, you may end up chasing them away further when they are upset. they are less emotional and adopt rationality in most situations.

they would be charming, with attractive facial features. they may be medium to tall in height or skinny. their face could be symmetric in a unique way. as in, moles on exact opposite sides of the face, or a completely symmetric hairline. regardless, they will be very finicky about their appearance and would require reassurance from their spouse (you). they could be a lover of flowery scents or wooden undertones. if natal mercury is in water sign then they could adore the smell of wet earth. if natal mercury is in ketu nakshatras, then they could be childish and innocently oblivious in matters of the heart.

they may seek company just as a child does, and can be childish. they may test others' patience sometimes. they may accidentally upset their mother-in-law, which may lead to fights with the spouse. they may love being chased in the relationship. they would be forever young, and be appreciated for their liveliness even in old age. they are a trickster, and would have tendencies to manipulate others if dk mercury is also in mercury nakshatras or natal mercury is in 7th/8th house.

if mercury becomes dk while forming mahapurusha yoga, the spouse would be endowed with fine speech, a quick mind, ability to make money and manage it well. they would be bright of mind and likeable. they would almost have a childish charm that attracts people to them, allowing them many opportunities in life. they would have a pleasant disposition and be fond of laughter. they could also like sweet meats or chocolate.

VENUS DARAKARAKA

a genuinely good darakaraka placement to have. if darakaraka venus is in leo, the native will respect women a lot. if dk leo venus is in the 2nd or 3rd house, native may be oral about their activism for women empowerment.

for venus dk, the married life will be pleasurable. the spouse will be attractive, charming, have pleasing aesthetics and pay attention to cleanliness. they often pay good attention to their spouse (the native themselves, that is) and are romantic. they may appreciate gestures that express love, however big or small they may be. although they could be vain, or even prideful in the worst of cases. if venus is weak in the chart, then there will be struggles in the married life. there could be arguments, and problems in conceiving.

the spouse will be what the native desires in a partner. they will have ideal characteristics a wife may desire of her husband, although he / she may not make a good parent. it is important not to ignore the children in favour of the spouse. the native having venus dk will be the more prominent parent in the child's life. the home and hearth will be comforting places for the couple, and the home will be beautifully decorated. they will go on vacations often, too.

the spouse will resemble the ideal beauty of their gender / race / nationality etc. they may even have an auspicious appearance; as in, soft pink feet, heart shaped face, curly hair, lotus shaped birth mark, moles on the face for women etc.

venus in the dharma trikona: the spouse will be knowledgeable and fair. they will value justice as a part of society and may dislike selfishness or displays of lack of dignity or grace. they will be well guided in life and guide their spouse towards greater heights as well. the native will respect their spouse a lot. the married life will be divinely protected and the couple will share many successes, gain prosperity and receive luxuries. if the venus is weak while in the dharma trikona, the spouse may be morally corrupt. the spouse would be more self centered and may even ignore their children in favour of the native. venus in the artha trikona: a favourable placement to have if the native is involved in business or is career focused and wishes to climb the stairs of material success. the spouse will support this pursuit both in terms of connections and their own, personal effort towards encouraging the native and helping them with technicalities. there will be no lack of material wealth. dk venus in 6th house will make the couple devoted to each other and they would not engage in promiscuity. even more favourable if the native is a libra rising. the couple will donate a lot, and will gain name and fame for their generosity. if venus is unfavourable in the chart, the spouse will be greedy for money, fame and power. they would have no problem manipulating the native and the couple will share mistrust. the native may end up resenting the spouse. money will be abundant, but it will be spent for one reason or the other as soon as it comes into the house. venus in the kama trikona: luxury, a large, beautiful and envy-inspiring home, gifts from the spouse and the like themes are associated here. a personal blessing from the gods if venus also receives aspects from saturn or jupiter. even jupiter's gaze falling on venus is highly auspicious. money will be spent easily and in abundance, but it will also come in the house quickly. if saturn aspects venus, the spouse will appreciate budgeting. just an overall great placement to have, the spouse is intensely romantic for this placement. if venus is unfavourable in the chart, the spouse could be finicky and stingy; but only towards the native. the native will not enjoy their position as the spouse. the native will feel unloved because of the lack of action and initiative in their romantic ventures from their spouse. the spouse may try to make up for it with sweet words, but it will not satisfy the native. venus in the moksha trikona: a highly favourable placement if you wish to pursue spirituality, or work towards occult sciences after marriage. the spouse will be spiritually inclined and the relation between the couple will be emotionally rich. truly magical, it reminds me of that one hindi movie wherein a kashmiri couple are displaced from their home due to terrorist activities and have to live as refugees in the outskirts of delhi and punjab. they struggle a lot, but the love between them only deepens the further life tests their bond. suffice to say that there will be struggles when the princely venus is thrown into the mud of struggles of common life, but it is only under these circumstances that a lotus blooms. concluding, i wish to say that this placement is not as dreamy as the others, but the spouse is very supporting, kind and encourages the native to attain moksha. the spouse will believe in spirituality and gods grace will be upon this couple if jupiter, saturn or sun aspect venus. with aspects from sun, ensure venus is not combust, otherwise quarrels will be there in the relationship. an unfavourable venus in these houses will reap the opposite results. the spouse can be materialistic. they could show hedonistic tendencies and be unemotional. lack of understanding within the relationship, and worst case scenario, the spouse may cheat on the native. it is advisable to chant sri suktam as often as possible in a divine, quaint and clean setting. keep the bedroom clean, and avoid letting too many people into your sleeping chambers.

venus while being dk if forms a mahapurusha yoga gives a highly knowledgeable spouse who would be interested in occult sciences and have great desire to master the vedas. they would be of beautiful physique and very likely rich. they would form a lot of connections and the women in their life would be highly supportive of them. they would be sensual and romantic. as a parent they would teach their child to respect women foremost, and would set an amazing example of an ideal man / woman by treating their spouse with love and respect. their child would love them a lot. they could be of kingly / royal background.

i won't be able to make a generalization for other dks other than venus since i was unable to generalize in the others. venus mostly gave the same results, though.

MARS DARAKARAKA

the soul desires a passionate, long lasting love. with a mars darakaraka, other than having a fun, spontaneous and adventurous spouse, the native may also desire wanting to be liberated from societal expectations. go wild, so to say. maybe they limit themselves too much, but mars dk people actually suffer from their rich desires in life that are sometimes even impossible. but other times maybe they just desire dancing in the rain, hanging off a moving car, go scuba diving, etc.

mars dk bestows in the native an intense desire to love, and be loved. these are passionate people and once they decide that they love you, they will look out for you in whatever way they can or you let them. it's not easy for their love to die. mars dk natives lust for intensity, and they prove it. it's really ride or die with these people, they are genuinely obsessive to the point of their own ruin. remember that it's important to remain self loving too, no matter how much you love someone. at the end of the day you're the only one who will love you.

now, the spouse of the mars dk native is often sexually attractive or strong looking. and i mean both in terms of personality and looks, or either even. maybe they look like they could punch you, or just very argumentative, they come off as being strong either way. they have a reddish undertone to their skin and may even have acne. they could have scars on their face or body, and appear experienced with struggles in life. although they aren't, not as much as saturn dk native's spouses anyway.

the spouse would be active, sporty and bright. they could be im jobs that have them running around all day, even a lot of travelling is possible. government jobs that often have them transferring from this place to that. they may even be an engineer if natal mars dk forms contact with saturn. it is preferable that saturn make indirect contact such as via sign exchange, house exchange, or drishti instead of direct conjunction since that will bring struggles into the native's life.

mars dk gives a spouse who is hot tempered and easily loses their patience. they would be tyrannical if mars is combust, and the relationship would suffer a lot due to this. if mars is conjunct venus, then the spouse would be loyal, beautiful and sexually passionate but the native themselves may be of loose morals or character. it is advisable not to keep a toe out of line when in a relationship with a mars dominant person since much like solar people, the relationship runs on two things; namely love and respect. if the respect is lost, the relationship turns bitter and there will be many fights.

the spouse would be appreciative of the native's efforts in life and the native would feel seen with their spouse. they would live a happy life together if jupiter comes into contact with mars. the couple would be blessed with virtuous progeny and all sorts of luxuries in such a case.

mars forming a mahapurusha yoga while being dk would bring a spouse who is virtuous, passionate, fierce, fights for their rights, unafraid of challenges, of reddish skin, having strength in the arms and have sturdy feet and body. this would give excellent results, as well. they would make a good parent, but they may unintentionally transfer their own prejudices / ideas to their children without giving them the space to grow. they would need to work on this. but they would make an amazing spouse who would always stand by your side, even in the most adverse of conditions.

JUPITER DARAKARAKA

the spouse is, by extension, one's teacher when jupiter becomes the darakaraka. the partner will be religious / spiritual, benevolent, wealthy, optimistic, fair and of curvaceous physique. emotionally, they will be private but have a rich inner world. they spend a lot of time cultivating their knowledge and inner world and hence are selective about the crowd they mingle with. but they are still polite and find suitable worth even in the smallest of events or people. they would also love the arts.

the spouse will be money minded. they could prioritize themselves a lot, and could put off an egoistic or sensitive native. it needs to be noted that while they are kind and benevolent, they give worth to their hard work and don't let it go to waste. they utilise connections and place importance in human connections. still, a jupiter dk can give a somewhat distant spouse, emotionally. they will recognize and execute their duties in the house accordingly, and not do anything less or more. they will teach their child good values and would make for good role models.

by extension, i must mention that while this is extremely rare (unfortunately, because most men are entitled pricks who not only learn to disrespect women from their fathers but are also often protected unfairly by their mothers who should, as women themselves, correct them but don't), jupiter darakaraka can bestow the 'ideal' husband who worships his wife. or, the 'ideal' wife who remains devoted and loving to her husband. and not in a leech-like obsessive way, but rather in the way common imagination narrates it.

guidance towards the best ideals, romantic ventures, completely loyalty to the wife / husband, caring and kind, however you envision it. especially true for natives who seek a female partner, since jupiter dominance in female natives usually bestows a virtuous and pleasant personality. of course, a lot of aspects matter here. like a retrograde jupiter will destroy this; or a weak or debilitated jupiter. even jupiter in eighth reduces the auspiciousness of this planet.

darakaraka jupiter mostly bestows good results. it is especially beneficial for the native to inculcate habits of the ministerial jupiter who is of sattwa guna (of auspicious nature), wise, patient and the teacher of all. jupiter is also directly linked with shri hari vishnu, so for hindus, it is advisable to hold fasts on thursday or ekadashi (the 11th day of every month in the hindu calendar) to be under his grace. the grace of shri vishnu is said to save man from the worst depths of hell, and rise from common greed and sin.

wearing gold and yellow hued clothes increases the auspiciousness of one's jupiter.

jupiter forming mahapurusha yoga while being the dk is highly favourable for the native's spiritual life; bestowing a spiritually inclined spouse who would be prosperous and wealthy. they would have a lot of in depth knowledge about various topics of interest and they would love teaching to others. they would be kind to those who wish to learn from them and make for an excellent parent and role model. their child would both fear them and respect them. the child would be closer to the native than the spouse, emotionally. they would also make an excellent and pleasant spouse.

SATURN DARAKARAKA

the spouse is diligent of nature and polite by virtue. they might be the epitome of raising one's own empire; not quite literally, of course. but they will be self made. they are protected by saturn; treating them unfairly will have consequences. if someone manages to achieve something with 2 hours of work, it might take them 6 hours. there remains a theme of struggle with the spouse's life, but they will know how to emerge from tough situations. they would value tradition, culture and religion a lot. they could make their father figure in their life their role model, and end up becoming an even better person than them.

spouse may have dark hair and sunken, tired looking eyes. hooded eyes. tall and lean appearance, regardless of height. they may appear tired all the time, or obvious indicators on their face that they work a lot. mature looking, looks older than their age. usually have long, bony fingers. they might have a strong bone structure in their face. they could be very beautiful if saturn is aspected by jupiter or venus. if not, then they would have a structured face regardless.

the spouse may have uncordial relations with their father, and would be more unconventional by thought. they won't bind themselves with useless restrictions. it might be difficult to understand them, especially emotionally as they might be very reserved in terms of expressions. they will be less romantic and will be more focused on career and the more practical aspects of the relationship over other themes. (this does not mean they will not be romantic, they are just more grounded than the others. they are not lovers of romance like the venus dks or complete workaholics like solar dks. they simply value longevity, is all. lack of structure will put them off and they would rather sort it out first.)

is saturn is conjunct venus, or jupiter, then the spouse's love would stand the test of time. if natal saturn is in 7th house they would like being taken care of in terms of service; as in preparing them a bath, taking care of their study room, washing their hair, managing money or other practical affairs in their stead. they would love you regardless, but they would respect you a lot if you do so.

if natal saturn is in 1st house then they would love giving the same treatment to the native, or at least it would be beneficial for them to. if, however, saturn is also in cap / aqua while in the 1st house, then dk saturn will give adverse results and the good qualities of the spouse would be destroyed. they may even be lazy and dull. however aries saturn in 1st house will give good results, but there will be fights and periods of isolation between the couple.

saturn forming a mahapurusha yoga while being dk would give a spouse who might as well be a millionaire, or have the potential of becoming one. they would be hard-working, respectful and of amazing morality and character. while not everybody would adore them, everyone would certainly respect them. they would be slow, but dedicated and deliberate. they would be very attractive of physique, and if natal mars is conjunct jupiter in the spouse's chart, then they may.. er, be sexually strong. an amazing placement to have! they would teach their child the importance of hard work and diligence and their child would respect them, even though they may not end up being emotionally attached to them.

since we were on the topic of spouses, i wanted to address one major thing which often bothers a lot of people. when we talk about these planets, signs, houses, aspects, etc then we mention a lot of good and bad. we discuss what would be good about the relationship and what would be bad. for venus and jupiter dk i particularly highlighted money, fame and riches. but do all natives having these dk have loving spouses? this is why at the end of the day, it all circles back to karma. which responsibility you ran from in your previous lives, what sins you committed, which people you betrayed, how you betrayed them, etc. if there's one thing that will never leave you then that is the result of your own actions. i know, and i never say that trauma, fear, abuse are things that you deserved because of your bad karma; that was someone else who absolutely ruined their own soul and mind by trying to hurt yours. what karma is, however, the people who could save you but who you never had. trustworthy parents. caring spouse. loving siblings. reliable friends. other souls who care about your soul; and when you don't have them in your life, is when you realize that you have committed wrongs against others. maybe you were the aggressor in some other life. maybe you were a german who secretly revealed a jewish neighbour to the nazis. maybe you were the man who abandoned his wife for his career. maybe you were the child who left their old parents on the streets. maybe you were the child who suicided and left their parents to mourn. maybe you were the sibling in whose favour your parents forcefully married off their more than capable daughter. maybe you were the 14 year old boy who raped a girl; a girl who could have been the next genius but suicided because of you and you never knew. you could be the mother who abandoned her child to marry a richer man. you cold be the father who never loved his girl child so the child never knew what true love was and kept getting manipulated by other men. you could be the co worker due to whom a talented young lady lost her ambition. maybe, maybe, maybe. you will receive punishment for your wrong doings, but even the universe is a form of parent to us. it will not break you to the point of no return, and in every darkness you will find a beacon of light. a pet, maybe. good food, nice friends, random strangers who are kind to you, a sparrows song, a flower's scent; these are all blessings, and it is with exposing ourselves to the truth that we learn and develop as people. the reason i say this is because people have high expectations of their partners, but they could be the worst sort of person in your eyes. and that's okay. at the end of the day you can only carry out your own duty. even wanting to see or understand the fruit of your dutiful nature is a worthless pursuit. please don't be disheartened, we all have our own struggles in life. and in some way, we can all, together help each other to deal with our problems with a kind smile :)

ॐ नमो भगवते वासुदेवाय नमः

#astro community #astro observations #astro notes #astrology #astrology observations #vedic astrology #astrology readings #astroblr #astrology notes #astrology blog #vedic chart #vedic astro notes #vedic astro observations #darakaraka #18+ astrology

1K notes · View notes

arcadia345 · 1 year ago

Text

Astro observations🤍🦢

Not a real astrologer just my observations:)TW🔞

I noticed in 10th house Synastry house person could feel like planet person is shallow if you know them irl or it could be difficult to build a deeper connection w them but if it’s a celeb/far distance person you feel like you know them better than most people 💀 esp if it’s in a water sign notice me jungkook 💜

I’ve noticed people with outer planets in the 1st have shocking resemblance to their ancestors

Capricorn placements don’t get enough recognition for how many hidden gifts/ talented they are. I feel like people forget that they’re half goat/fish so their creativity can go overlooked(wow what a surprise). Wherever Capricorn/ Saturn is in you chart is where your hidden talents are, where you tend to feel shunned from/your biggest obstacles in life, where people try to belittle you because they see your potential. But once you realize your potential and work on it consistently you can become oh so powerful.

6th:their work ethic, natural healers, could be accused of being lazy, having haters at work, animals love them but they could’ve have bad experiences with them in the past, having good health/nice body if you’re persistent

3rd: being discouraged by your peers/teachers/family because of your communication skills, could do really well in later school years and also could be popular, feeling like your pov is never taken into thought, they could have been the child that was the most problematic but also the one that holds the family together like glue

12th: they sometimes could feel like a shadow also could see shadows💀 strong intuition without knowing it, people could spread lies behind ur back, another healer placement, you know other peoples fantasies & secrets bc of insights you get via dreams, your “gifts” could come later in life, having lots of hidden talents/info that you learn about yourself as you get older, definition of old souls

Also I’ve noticed Capricorn placements (esp fems) have strong intuition especially in tough situations they’re definitely the ones you go to for advice

My Capricorn stellium coworker said she basically worked all way till her due date with all her kids😳 but her last one almost came WHILE on the clock😭😭 like you need to rest mamas

Prominent Aries with a sprinkle of Neptune energy LOVE BLUSH and if you don’t please try it out you’d look so good😩and don’t be scared to experiment when it comes to makeup RAMS are meant to be BOLD example

Having a crush on someone you have 11th house synastry especially mars or sun is so hard😭😭😭 it’s so hard to get them to see you as other than a friend 😕 not impossible tho😈

Libra moon masc tend to have heavy karma when it comes to women esp family members, could go either way but most of the time they’re the ones getting hurt by the fem

Have y’all noticed some older Scorpio suns still dress like they’re in 2013? Which isn’t surprising since that was around the time millennials (Scorpio Pluto gen) were thriving

Saturn in 4th, I’ve noticed that they’ve had to deal with restrictions at a young age either it be emotional or material especially when it comes to food I now people with this placement that were fatshamed by their family members

Sun in 12/6 could have absent fathers in different ways

6th:he could be incarcerated, a workaholic, could’ve been ill, could be in the army

12th: also could be incarcerated, you probably don’t know who your father is or never met him, he could have passed, could be obsessed with finding him/absolutely no interest at all, could have a dr*ug addiction

Sorry not sorry but Saturn in the 5th natals are so boring😴true definition of squares have some fun once and awhile they’re all work no play

A pair I love to see is Virgo with Aquarius/Capricorn it’s either VERY toxic or they have cutest relationship ever😭

Venus In 10th synastry, they could see each other as the best looking partner that they’ve ever had

I noticed I tend to have 3rd/4th house synastry with my pets, but the ones I have to give away have planets in my outer house

That’s all for now don’t forget to like and follow🩶

2K notes · View notes

y-rhywbeth2 · 6 months ago

Text

Elven subraces

Link: Disclaimer regarding D&D "canon" & Index [tldr: D&D lore is a giant conflicting mess. Larian's lore is also a conflicting mess. There's a lot of lore; I don't know everything. You learn to take what you want and leave the rest. etc]

(Tel'Quessir only, we're not going into the non-Torillian stuff like snow elves or astral elves)

How many of these bastards could you possibly need, you ask? Well according to the writers there are never enough:

So lore dumps on Moon elves, Sun elves, Star elves, Wood elves, Green elves, Aquatic elves, Winged elves, Dark elves (and their infinite permutations), Lythari, Fey'ri, and Celadrin. And we're not going into the other tiny little pockets of culture like the Llewyrr or the Poscadari.

A brief talk about the mixing of subraces, and then starting the lore dumps off with the moon elves.

(Well, the first half of the moon elves, because I forgot some things after moving onto the star and sun elves and had to add it later)

A note before going into it is that, obviously, elves can be descended from multiple subraces. Mechanically they will take after one parent, usually a mother. In appearance they usually favour one parent over the other, but they may have any mix of traits from their parents.

So a green elf (wood) and a moon elf (high) may produce a child whose 5e character sheet says either wood elf or high elf, with the appropriate stat bonus (3.5e would put them down as green or moon). It takes generations of mixing to produce a distinct subrace as the moon elves and wood elves have.

Canonically:

Shemmithil Maraphiir - better known as Ashemmi - is the daughter of a sun elven mother and a moon elven father. Mechanically she was a moon elf (and identified as one), and she had blonde hair and golden eyes from her mother.

Halanaestra, a tavern-master (barkeeper/pub landlord) on Evermeet is of mixed silver, green and sea elven heritage.

There's also an elven noble house (House Le'Quella) of mixed moon and green heritage.

As the offspring of an elf and a half-elf is mechanically classified as an elf in the Realms it's also possible for an elf to display human genes from a grandparent or more distant ancestor. (Or even a non-human non-elven ancestor).

Elven aging, in DnD baseline canon, features a lifespan of aprox. 750 years. That said, sources have varied and different elven subraces have different average lifespans so I'll mention them. It's also worth noting that these are average lifespans, and even the shortest-lived elven subrace (drow) are known to live into four digit numbers.

Obviously the lore presented is cultural norms and stereotypes, and individual elves may not fit the mould perfectly.

High Elves are sometimes referred to as Eladrin, which also happens to be the name for the closely related celestials/fey who dwell in the Feywild and Arvandor. Generally people just call them elves.

Calling a moon or star elf a high elf may cause confusion, as while there are three subraces that fall into the category it's also one of the terms used to refer to sun elves.

All high elven subraces share the same average heights and weights, standing on average about the same heights as humans (in contrast to elves of other worlds, who tend to be shorter)

Height Range: 4'5" - 6'6", averaging the same heights as humans.

Weight Range: 70 lbs - 250 lbs, lighter than a human of the same height and build - likely due to the comparatively physical fragility and 'delicateness' high elves are known for.

The People of the Moon - Teu'Tel'Quessir

Moon elves, Silver elves, Grey elves*

*A slur used by gold elves who consider them inferiors (and what an elf should not be).

By far the most likely to show ancestry from outside the moon elf gene pool. For example; while moon elven hair skews towards silver-white, they can be seen with hair of any colour.

Hair: silver, white, silver-white, white-blue, white-green, blue, midnight blue, black. Very, very early generations of moon elves had bright red hair, but that gene seems to have died out.

Eyes: Green, blue, grey, silver. A distinct trait of moon elves is that their eyes are always flecked with gold (which catches the light, giving the impression of literal gold or even stars).

Skintone: 'Bleached white' - also likened to ivory, alabaster and snow - with blue undertones, and an affect that's described as being like 'white marble' (which I assume is the blue pattern formed by veins under the skin where it's thin, but that's just my assumption.)

Average Lifespan: 500-900 years. Second longest lived of the elven subraces.

Patron deity: Sehanine Moonbow, deity of death, journeys, transcendence, dreams, mysticism, the night sky with the stars and moon. Moon elven religion is also the only one to officially include Angharradh in the pantheon.

Wandering party elves who may have to show up to work hungover. Individualistic, impulsive, flighty, fun-loving, hedonistic little bastards who tend to take risks and have a horrible ability to judge said risks: Do first, think later. Being alive is a delight, and the purpose of life is to enjoy it to the fullest (and to have the freedom to do so). If you visit Evermeet some of them will board your ship without warning on the way in and drink all your booze while singing bawdy songs. They tend to embrace change, delight in gambling, and see life as something to be enjoyed - other elves simply need to pull their heads out of their asses.

'Life is for the living and is best spent among the lively. Revel in variety and laughter, for all living things can learn and laugh with each other.'

Origin:

Moon elves are descended from the children of Sharlario Moonflower, an adventuring merchant from the Feywild (although his rival personally believed the man to be a pirate). He was staying in the city of Tintageer when it was destroyed by disaster and fled with the survivors to Toril. Said survivors became the gold elves, while he married a green elven priestess of Sehanine Moonbow. Their children inherited his white-blue skin and their mother's devout reverence for the Daughter of the Night Skies and were nicknamed moon elves as a result, they took to wandering as he did and served well as diplomats between the various elven people who had made their home on Toril.

(The Moonflower clan also went on to be the royal family as history progressed, and some sun elven reactionaries have never really forgiven the moon elves for that since that's their place.)

The Road of Life: 'The silver elves strongly believe than an individual must choose his or her path through life.' In the moon elven take on the core elven philosophy there is no one correct way to live life, and every individual must be free to find their own way and chose the path for themselves. It's not the destination that matters, but the journey.

Moon elves have a drive to seek excitement and new experiences; to see and do as much as they can within their lifespan, trying out new things and dropping them for the next as they go. They often spend the longest time in the first stage of the road, characterised by chasing impulse and entertainment, travelling and adventuring, focusing on themselves and their own interests rather than the community - and sometimes lapsing from the second stage (the mature stage where they focus on their society and their place in it) back to the first wanderlust stage in later life. There is no stigma against this however; it's their road to walk and they must walk it as they see fit.

Society:

Moon elves found outside of elven lands are transients, usually travelling in extended family groups. Of course, being elves, their idea of a brief stay has them hanging around in one settlement for years, sometimes several decades. They're likely to own houses and have jobs and long-term friendships before they decide to wander off again.

Their nomadic lifestyle often leads moon elves to pick up multiple languages over the course of their lives.

Due to their history of wandering and mixing with the people they encounter, their culture encouraging a love of fun and new experiences, and the presence of Angharradh in their religious beliefs encouraging strength in diversity, moon elves are the most outgoing and amongst the most open-minded and friendly elves (the others are the copper elves, who share their open-minded outlook but are more settled and reclusive). They do have conflicts - some moon elves are embittered by historical losses at the hands of humans; Evereska has historically been barred to any non-elves save Harpers and elf friends. And sometimes the friction between the clashing ideals of moon and sun elves, as well as their bad history, turns to real enmity rather than their usual 'disapproving family members' treatment. But the philosophical outlook moon elves have drilled into their head from birth, favouring individuality, generally leads them to be willing to treat people as individuals rather than members of their group.

Moon elven houses are the most likely to adopt non-elves into house membership, and often frown upon refusing to legitimise mixed children born to their house.

They usually happily integrate with their neighbours in whatever society they're staying in, though if they feel persecuted or othered they're known to respond by becoming the most obnoxious elven stereotype in order to annoy said neighbours. An elven household in a human city isn't going to have a bedroom and is liable to be covered in plants like some kind of greenhouse (these plants are actually edible - to the elven digestive system, at least), but assuming they like their guest they'll put the plants away and prepare a guest room while hosting. Sometimes the plants are enchanted to levitate to the rafters on command.

Fighters aren't uncommon, but moon elves prefer to approach conflict with a stealth-first mentality; moon elven stories favour heroes who outwit and humiliate their opponents with quick thinking and cunning.

Literature, song and poetry favours light-hearted with a focus on humour - especially dirty humour. They have their share of more solemn and tragic historical tales, but these things have their time and place and don't get the focus.

They like to party and all night revels are a common thing. Gambling games are also a staple of moon elven social life and getting dragged into games of kholiast (a very complicated card game involving dice and a deck of 1000 cars) is to be expected.

Pets are common, especially hunting dogs and birds of prey. They don't seem to care for horses though, preferring their own two feet. On the less common selection are blink dogs, pegasi, unicorns and dragonnes (cat-dragon things).

Moon elven culture doesn't encourage hiding or repressing emotion and many wear their hearts on their sleeves. They have a reputation for mood swinging, going from exuberant joy and merriment to 'the pits of despair and melancholy' and back again at speeds that non-moon elves struggle to cope with. Hiding or repressing your emotions is frowned on, and the stoicism practiced by gold elves is derided as a 'colourless' existence.

Customisation and self-expression in fashion is big. Makeup, especially eyeliner and eyeshadow is well loved. Piercings made of metal are less common, and bone - especially from a deceased loved one or revered ancestor - is favoured. If they use metal it's likely to be silver. Most moon elves having such pale hair means that temporary dyes see a lot of use, and they like painting their nails.

They also enjoy fussing over their hairstyles, and braids, ponytails and hair decorations like beads and wrapped wire are popular.

Some - though not all - moon elves have a tradition of body paint and tattooing in 'mystic patterns,' some of which were appropriated from green elven culture while others were maintained from their mutual ancestors. Body paint and temporary tattoos are far more common as their impermanence makes them more appealing: what if you change your mind about the design later, after all? You can change temporary designs as much as you like when you get a new idea and then put the old one on again later.

Almost as if they're making up for their flighty hedonistic ways, moon elves do take their oaths and responsibilities very seriously: an oath from a moon elf should be a binding contract, and oathbreakers are reviled as the worst sorts.

Adopting the local N'Quess fashions aside, traditional moon elven clothing is relatively simple but favours the highest quality material and construction possible. They enjoy embroidery and customising their own clothes, featuring patterns and beadwork and intricately carved stones. Some even add feathers. Where moon elves feel safe they favour bolder colours - cultural wisdom says 'brighter is better' and your peers respect you more the more ostentatious you go - but in places where they feel threatened they dress conservatively and tone it down to more earthen colours to blend in and avoid notice.

While they have the usual elven love of magic, and delight in experimentation and pushing the boundaries of the Art, moon elves despise black necromancy and its creations - likely a combination of their reverence for Sehanine to whose doctrine undeath is an abomination, and their love of life and freedom (to which undeath, a form of slavery and mock existence, is also an abomination). It is not taught or studied in Evereska, which may actually put them at a disadvantage when faced with hostile necromantic spells. Want to be an elven necromancer? Be ready to live alone.

They don't tend to make very good enchanters though, as few have the patience to sit around for ages doing all the long repetitive work that goes into making and enchanting a powerful item ('Sun elves in particular find this trait somewhat embarrassing' and moon elves respond by saying that think the sun elves' taking decades to make a single object is 'obsessive'). They usually make a bunch simple, weaker enchantments to-go.

Evereska, 'the Fortress Home,' and last major elven civilisation on Faerûn, located in the far North-East of the Western Hinterlands is a moon elven state. It does host sun and wood elven residents, but the city is still founded by and mostly populated by the Teu'Tel'Quessir.

The moon elven reputation for open-mindedness may find itself faltering there thanks to an extremely xenophobic noble population; half-elves are barred from certain privileges, such as membership at the Academy, without the backing of a high ranking elven parent and during the spellplage a rise in xenophobia saw many Evereskan half-elves leave the city. They prefer never to let dwarves of half-orcs in under any circumstances whatsoever. Said noble houses are ancient lineages and think moon elves not part of these esteemed houses are second-class citizens. Non-moon elves and non-elves can get fucked. As ever, Toril's nobility are a deranged world unto themselves and you can't really judge what to expect of a people by their rulers, nor what to expect of the nobility by looking at the average citizen.

(The moon elven noble houses of Evermeet tend to be friendlier.)

Religion:

Silver elves are pious as a people, and their idea of worship is (can you guess?) partying. You start a ceremony with a few moments of solemn prayer, the elven equivalent of an 'amen,' and then immediately start the revel. Festivals end when the last elf collapses from exhaustion sometime in the early morning after.

Sehanine Moonbow features prominently in their worship, and moon elves account for 54% of the membership of her church.

They are also the only elven subrace to remember the triune goddess Agharradh: the queen of Arvandor and a fusion of the deities Sehanine, Hanali Celanil and Aerdrie Faenya. Other subraces may find themselves called to her service but 93% of her total followers are moon elves. Sun elves are the only other elves who know who Angharradh is, and they dismiss her as moon elves misinterpreting Sehanine and consider her worship heretical (though they largely leave the moon elves be).

#Oh Xan of Evereska; you were the worst moon elf ever #Sand traded joy in for schadenfreude and scathing sarcasm #Linu... should not drink. I mean I'm sure it'd be hilarious to watch. From a distance.#Astarion's doing pretty well as an example of moon elvendom except for the vampirism. He hasn't made any oaths to break that I recall #And now bedtime #lore stuff #/astarion #long post #pointy eared stuff

117 notes · View notes

vampfairywitch · 4 months ago

Text

🍁 Why Fall is Important for Witches 🍂

For witches, Fall is a season of transformation and reflection. As the days grow shorter and nature prepares to rest, we tap into the potent energies of change, release, and renewal. It's a time to honor the harvest of our efforts and prepare for the darker half of the year. The veil between worlds thins, making this a perfect time for divination, spirit communication, and deep personal work.

✨ Examples of Fall Magic:

Samhain rituals to honor ancestors and spirits

Candle magic for letting go and setting new intentions

Protection spells using the power of the dark moon

Kitchen witchery by cooking with fall herbs like rosemary and sage

🌿 Herbs & Scents for Fall:

Mugwort (for divination)

Cinnamon (for warmth and prosperity)

Sage (for cleansing and protection)

Clove & Pumpkin Spice (for abundance and grounding)

💎 Stones & Crystals:

Smoky Quartz (for grounding and letting go)

Carnelian (to boost energy and creativity)

Obsidian (for protection and shadow work)

Amber (for warmth, healing, and connection to past lives)

🍂 What's Your Witchy Fall Magic? 🍁

Share your favorite fall rituals, spells, or tips below! Let's celebrate this powerful season together! 🌙✨

#WitchyFall #AutumnMagic #SamhainSeason

3 notes · View notes

cat-alyzing · 2 years ago

Text

The Tribe of Rushing Water: Culture

The main Tribe is from the group that followed Half Moon all the way back at the ancient Lake Tribe, after the hard journey through the mountain they followed the great stream to the Star Falls with their sacred cavern behind its veil of water. Since the mountain top is harsh especially in the colder seasons they keep their original tradition of traveling across the mountain as the seasons change. There are four camps they go between. In Greenleaf they stay in the middle of the mountain in particular at the tree rock where prey is growing and the sun is warm, in Newleaf they go down to the valley on the other side of the mountain to hunt young prey, in Leaffall they stay near the streams to catch fish as well as being closer to their next site, being in Leafbare where they stay at the great cavern to shelter while its coldest.

They have a system of leadership where they follow the chosen spiritual guide called the Speaker for the Stars. Every Speaker has a chosen pupil or pupils that will take their mantle if they pass away. Their is multiple cats trained in healing within the tribe and those not usually get a simple guide on plants for safety. Cats able to harvest valuable herbs are needed in a place where plants are harder to grow. Besides the medics the rest of the cats who are not still paws just hunt, protect, guard, or fix up the camp.

When a Speaker is made Speaker for the Stars they drop their original name to fully become a tool for the ancestors to speak through them. Half Moon became the first Speaker for the Stars when she made the Tribe of Rushing Water and marked the Cave of Pointed Stone where the speaker specifically goes to get a direct connection to their ancestors.

To-be’s, hunters, and fighters are stripped away. There’s grown cats, medics, and paws + the Speaker and their pupil/s

They kept their coming of age event but any cat at around 14-20 moons participates in a three day travel where they hunt or gather then bring back whatever they found to present to the Speaker for the Stars who will either give them their full name based on their skills or decline them, where they can either wander away or retry next moon.

Onto the names. Every tribe cat has a base name usually of a basic object, plant, animal, or descriptive world. When they pass their ceremony they are given a two part name based on their skills or special attribute.

So a few examples:

Brook with Minnows was named Pebble at birth but gained her name for bringing back many fish along with a beautiful river stone

Feather of Hawk was named Downy at birth but gained his name for bringing a many hawk bones and feathers from a carcass

Talons of Eagle was named Stone at birth but gained his name for bring back a downed eagle

Thorn that Grows was named for the three ceremonies he went through before bringing back a prize of useful brambles and herbs

But most cats often go by their first name like Brook, Feather or Talon. Siblings of a cat or their parents may sometimes call a cat by their birth name as a show of their care though no cat outside of their immediate family is allowed to do this without it coming off as demeaning, disrespectful or overly aggressive.

Courtship is a big thing. A cat who wants to court another often makes little gifts of accessories like bones, feathers, flowers, less useful herbs. If agreed to the cats will go to the Speaker and have a ceremony before the falls to announce their love to the stars themselves. If two cats want to separate they will throw their gifts down into the falls to break it off.

Falconry is a thing specific to the Tribe of Rushing Water and is done by the best hunters who have trained raptors since young eggs to catch prey quickly and bring them back. Usually done more in Newleaf or Leaffall it is a present tradition for falconers to take their raptors out and bring back a feast of prey to eat to either mark the end of winter or fatten for the coming cold. Most often done with Hen Harriers or Red Kites though some tell stories of great falconers who had eagles or even buzzards as catchers.

The main falconer is Talon with his beloved male hen harrier nicknamed Windrider for his great swooping abilities and affinity for catching things in flight

Heron in Flight has her older female red kite called Caringwatcher for distinct connection to Heron and her kittens, that Care would curiously watch over while Heron grabbed food, bedding, or cleaned up

Chestnut Hawk Swoops has a younger red kite called Chatterfeather for her affinity for trilling at her or Flight’s hawk Care who she was trained with when young

At last the Tribe of Stars is the afterlife connected to the falls of the cavern, spirits who want to reach out will through a cat touching the sacred water but they cannot leave their waterways. Any cat who passes is weighed down with rocks into the middle basin of the river to be accepted into their afterlife. Those who have been disowned by the Tribe are left for scavengers to rip their body apart, no funeral, no words about them beside a curse for them to be stuck in a unsteady afterlife for the rest of their lives said by the Speaker as their abandoned. Stronger spirits connect best when the stars reflect onto the water directly, a idea coming from their old lake territory and Sparkling Pool where it worked by the reflection of the stars and moon’s light. The Speaker for the Stars is directed by the past Speakers on coming events, solutions, and which cats would be good pupils through the pool created in the Cave of Pointed Stones from the dripping reside of the waterfall.

#chestnut and heron are wives. I love them #while I am not a fan of Newleaf Greenleaf Leaffall and Leafbare right now I #keeping them. tho I’m trying to color code to make it clearer #tribe of rushing water #tribe of endless hunting #the tribe culture #cultures of the cats #warrior cats #WC au #wc rewrite #warrior cats rewrite

34 notes · View notes

nightly-ruse · 2 years ago

Text

Archaic Lake Cats Culture

Before the tribes and before the forest clans there was the Lake Cats. They acted much more like real cat clowders but had clear differences.

The single group would travel around the lake during different seasons. In Greenleaf they’d settle in the marshes, in Leaffall they’d settle in the lush forests, in Leafbare they’d settle in the river lands, and in Newleaf they’d settle in the sparse fields. A cat is given a name at birth and they stuck to that name unless specifically changing it for a special reason examples being Half Moon, Fallen Leaves, and Broken Shadow. A single spiritual leader leads the group across the territories and performs ceremonies like the honor ceremony, choosing when to travel to the next camp, and sleeping next to the sparkling pool.

The honor ceremony is when a young cat is sent into the tunnels at dusk tasked to traverse them to find their new self and re-emerge at dawn to mark themselves as a full grown cat. This is done every newleaf no matter how old a cat is because this is when the Tribe is settled at the field territory right next to the sparkling pool (later the moonpool)

The changing of camps is decided by the current leader usually as the first signs of the changing seasons show up

Sleeping at the Sparkling Pool was a event held every newleaf after all young cats became adults and done by all cats of the group who could make the journey. Here the cats would sleep atop the smooth rocks or directly at the pools side if they were particularly close to the Stars and speak with their ancestors. While some dreamed of catching prey or seeing a loved one others would hear whispers of the future

Sharing of prey was a well practiced tradition of making sure even the weakest or unable cats got some food. This is a common thing across all forms of the original Lake Cats

It was a harsh Leafbare when the Lake cat Leader Half Moon received a whisper of the soon coming future. A massive fire would strip and destroy the newly sprouting fields, if the cats stayed they would dwindle and die out. But where they would go was not foreseen. After telling the well respected Smooth Stone (prev. Stone Song) about what she saw the cats put it to a vote of where they would move, to the mysterious mountains or unknown lands. Casting stones they came to a tie. Unsure of what to do the Lake Cats broke apart, Half Moon’s group heading to the mountains and Smooth Stone’s group heading off to strange lands. Both groups would end up living but in very different ways. Half Moon’s followers becoming the new Tribes of Rushing Water and Smooth Stone’s becoming the Sisters.

#oh also Smooth Stone and Broken Shadow are lesbians. their kit Fallen Leaves was a he/him lesbian #warrior cats ancient tribe #the ancients #the sisters #ruse rewrites #tribe of rushing water #wc rewrite #warrior cats rewrite #WC au #warrior cats au #stone song #half moon #fallen leaves #broken shadow #RR: Smooth Stone #RR: Half Moon #RR: Fallen Leaves

17 notes · View notes

scotttrismegistus7 · 1 year ago

Text

THE THRONE WORLD OF ISIS: ChRONE DIMENSION NUMBER 9 AND THE AGE OF AQUARIUS.

THE SERPENT HEADDRESS IS SEEN ALL OVER THE WORLD AND ALL THROUGHOUT HISTORY IN VARIOUS FORMS. IF YOU LOOK AT THIS SYMBOL, THE SYMBOL OF THE MAYAN MOON GODDESS IXCHEL, YOU WILL COME TO REALIZE THAT IT IS THE SYMBOL FOR THE ZODIAC SIGN OF AQUARIUS AS WELL.

I USED TO THINK THAT THE SERPENT OR SERPENTS WERE SYMBOLIC. I HAVE SINCE COME TO REALIZE THAT IS ONLY HALF TRUE, BECAUSE THE SERPENTS ARE A REAL RACE OF BEINGS WITH INTELLIGENCE THAT FROM OTHER DIMENSIONAL PLANES EXIST RIGHT ALONG WITH US AND INDEED DO HAVE THE ABILITY TO INTERACT WITH US. THE ANUNNAKI HORN HELMET WHICH IS SOMETIMES SEEN AS A COILED SERPENT, REPRESENTS THIS THRONE WORLD OF ISIS DIVINE FEMININE DIMENSION AS WELL. SO DO THE HEADDRESSES OF THE EGYPTIAN PHARAOHS. THIS OTHER WORLD IN WHICH THE SERPENT PEOPLE EXIST USED TO BE QUITE WELL KNOWN TO OUR ANCESTORS, AND CONTINUES TO EXIST RIGHT ALONG BESIDE US TODAY. IN THE WEST, BECAUSE OF THE HEAVY INFLUENCE OF RELIGIONS THAT HAVE MANIPULATED SPIRITUALITY FOR POLITICAL GAIN AND MATERIAL GAIN LIKE CHRISTIANITY, MANY PEOPLE HAVE NO IDEA THAT THINGS LIKE THIS ARE REAL, WHEREAS IN PLACES IN THE EAST LIKE CHINA MOST PEOPLE ARE WELL AWARE OF THE SPIRIT WORLD.

I SEE A LOT OF WESTERN MINDS TRYING TO INTERPRET HIEROGLYPHS AND SYMBOLS OF THE ANCIENTS, AND BECAUSE THEY LACK PROPER KNOWLEDGE AND UNDERSTANDING OF THE SPIRIT WORLD AND THESE OTHER PLANES OF EXISTENCE, INSTEAD OF SEEING A SPIRITUAL PHENOMENON, FOR EXAMPLE, WITH WHAT HAS BEEN CALLED THE DENDERA LIGHT BULB, THEY SEE WHAT THEY THINK IS A LITERAL, PHYSICAL, TECHNOLOGICAL LIGHT BULB. I USE THIS EXAMPLE QUITE FREQUENTLY BECAUSE I KNOW 100% FOR A FACT THAT THE EGYPTIAN DENDERA LIGHT BULB IS NOT A TECHNOLOGICAL LIGHT BULB, AND REPRESENTS SPIRITUAL SCIENCE AND SPIRITUAL TECHNOLOGY AND PHENOMENON. THE PROBLEM IS THAT PEOPLE WHO HOLD THE IGNORANT AND FALSE BELIEF SYSTEMS OF THE MAJOR RELIGIONS OF THE WORLD THAT HAVE TURNED AGAINST PAGANISM, SUCH AS CHRISTIANITY, THEIR MINDS LITERALLY CANNOT SEE, COMPREHEND, OR UNDERSTAND SPIRITUAL OR DIMENSIONAL PHENOMENON LIKE THIS BECAUSE THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO VILIFY IT. THEY HAVE BEEN TRAINED TO VILIFY IT BECAUSE IT IS KNOWN BY THE PEOPLE PULLING THE STRINGS OF THESE RELIGIONS THAT IF YOU DID INDEED UNDERSTAND THESE THINGS YOU WOULD HAVE THE SPIRITUAL POWER IN REALITY TO BREAK AWAY FROM THEIR CONTROL.

WHICH BRINGS ME TO ANOTHER VERY IMPORTANT POINT I WANT TO ADDRESS, WHICH HAS BEEN BROUGHT TO MY ATTENTION BY MY OWN HAT AND HEADDRESS OF SERPENTS. THESE BEINGS ARE GUARDIANS AND CUSTODIANS OF NATURE AND THE NATURAL WORLD, AND THEIR FOCUS IS NOT WAR OR HURTING OTHER BEINGS. WAR IS AN INVENTION OF HUMANS IN BODIES OUT OF PURE IGNORANCE BY BEING STUCK IN THEIR ALTERED EGOS AND NOT BEING ABLE TO SEE THE INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF ALL THINGS. THE SERPENT BEINGS, THE ELEMENTAL BEINGS, AND THE REST OF THE BEINGS IN THE SPIRITUAL PLANES WILL DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THEIR REALMS WHEN NECESSARY, BUT IT IS AN ABNORMALITY FOR THEM TO HAVE TO DO SO, BECAUSE WITH HUMANITY BEING DISCONNECTED FROM NATURE IN THIS "JACKAL STATE" AS HAS BEEN TERMED BY THE DOGON, MUCH OF HUMANITY HAS BEEN TRICKED INTO TURNING AGAINST NATURE AND HAVE BECOME THE VERY DEFINITION OF EVIL ITSELF, SUCH AS THOSE OF THE MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS LIKE CHRISTIANITY THAT HAVE MANIPULATED SPIRITUAL TRUTH FOR POLITICAL AND MATERIAL GAIN. WAR IS A FOREIGN CONCEPT TO THE BEINGS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD, AND IS A PHENOMENON THAT IS ONLY PRESENT WITH HUMANS INCARNATED IN BODIES THAT HAVE DISCONNECTED FROM NATURE INTO AN OVERLY MASCULINE JACKAL STATE AND HAVE IN IGNORANCE TURNED AGAINST NATURE ITSELF, BELIEVING THEMSELVES TO BE ONLY THEIR BODIES, AND NOT SEEING THE INTERCONNECTED NATURE OF ALL THINGS.

SINCE HUMANS HAVE TRIED TO MANIPULATE THE SPIRIT WORLD ITSELF, THE ENTITIES OF THE SPIRIT WORLD HAVE WITHDRAWN. SINCE PHARAOH AKHENATEN DECLARED WAR AGAINST THE DIVINE FEMININE AND THE GODDESS, REJECTING ALL FEMININE DEITIES LIKE TAWERET THAT ARE INDEED VERY REAL, IN FAVOR OF MANIPULATING SPIRITUALITY TO TRY AND GIVE HIM MORE POWER AS A PHARAOH, THE SPIRIT WORLD HAS HAD TO WITHDRAW TO PROTECT ITSELF. THESE ENTITIES OF THE NATURAL WORLD ARE VERY REAL, AND THEY ARE STILL THERE, AND THEY WILL HELP THOSE WHOM THEY KNOW HAVE GONE THROUGH THE TEACHING PROCESSES TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IS GOING ON. THAT IS THE WHOLE PURPOSE OF WITCHES, INITIATIONS, AND COVENS, ETC. THESE GROUPS TRAIN THE PEOPLE INVOLVED TO BE ABLE TO UNDERSTAND AND PROPERLY INTERACT WITH THESE SPIRITUAL BEINGS AND THESE SPIRITUAL PLANES. THIS USED TO BE SOMETHING THAT EVERYBODY WAS DOING NATURALLY, BUT WITH THE EVIL AND IGNORANT MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS LIKE CHRISTIANITY VILIFYING THE SPIRIT WORLD, IT HAS CHANGED THE GAME.

THE QUESTION I KNOW YOU'RE ASKING NOW IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN TWO SORCERERS WHO ENGAGE IN MAGICKAL FIGHTING AND MAGICKAL COMBAT UTILIZE THESE SAME FORCES? THE ANSWER IS VERY SIMPLE, BECAUSE ALTHOUGH THE SPIRITS OF THE NATURAL WORLD ARE INDEED BENEVOLENT BY NATURE, THEY ARE NOT ABOVE ENGAGING IN TRICKERY, ESPECIALLY WHEN IT'S NECESSARY TO DEFEND THEMSELVES AND THE SPIRIT WORLD ITSELF. SO IN INSTANCES WHERE THERE ARE TWO MAGICIANS IN CONFLICT UTILIZING THE SAME FORCES OF THE SAME SPIRIT WORLD, THE BEINGS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD WILL SOLVE THE CONFLICT ON BOTH SIDES IN LINE WITH WHAT THEY WANT RATHER THAN WHAT EITHER OF THE MAGICIANS WANT, AND IF THEY SO DESIRE THEY WILL ALSO TRY AND SATISFY THE NEEDS OF THE MAGICIANS. IN OTHER WORDS, YOU CAN'T USE THE SPIRIT WORLD AGAINST ITSELF OR AGAINST ANOTHER PERSON UTILIZING THE SAME POWERS AND FORCES OF THE SAME SPIRIT WORLD. IF A WITCH, FOR EXAMPLE, WAS TO TRY AND THROW A CURSE AT ANOTHER PERSON WHO WAS ALSO A WITCH, THE BEINGS OF THE SPIRIT WORLD WOULD WORK OUT THE CONFLICT TO THEIR OWN ADVANTAGE RATHER THAN CARRYING OUT ANY SPECIFIC INSTRUCTIONS BY ANY SPECIFIC WITCH. SO IF THE OTHER WITCH WAS ALREADY WORKING WITH THOSE SAME SPIRITUAL FORCES, OF COURSE THEY COULDN'T BE USED TO DESTROY OR HURT SOMEBODY IN THE SAME GROUP WORKING FOR THE SAME SPIRITUAL FORCES.

I HAVE COME TO A POINT WHERE I EXPERIENCE SUPERNATURAL PHENOMENON ALL THE TIME, AND THE REALITY OF THESE SPIRIT BEINGS, AND I HAVE LEVELS OF EXPERIENCE AND ACCEPTANCE THAT ALLOW ME TO DO SO WITHOUT FREAKING OUT. I CAN DIRECTLY COMMUNICATE WITH THEM INSTEAD OF BEATING AROUND THE BUSH OR PLAYING GAMES OF TRICKERY AND DECEPTION. THEY USUALLY TELL ME THE TRUTH EVEN IF IT'S HARD FOR ME TO ACCEPT AT FIRST.

ANOTHER IMPORTANT POINT THAT GOES ALONG WITH THIS IS THAT MOST PEOPLE WHO WORK WITH THE YIN WORLD WILL END UP FINDING THAT THERE IS NOT THIS NECESSITY OF VAMPIREISM AS HAS BEEN AN IDEA PROPAGATED BY THOSE OF THE YANG WORLD. THE BEINGS OF THE YIN WORLD ARE NATURALLY AS THEY ARE, AND THEY ARE NOT OUT OF BALANCE IN A WAY THAT WOULD CAUSE THEM TO HAVE TO COMMIT ACTS OF VAMPIREISM ENERGETICALLY OR OTHERWISE. AS A WITCH, I KNOW THAT MOST OF THEM ARE QUITE NICE AND QUIET AFFECTIONATE AND BENEVOLENT. I AM ABLE TO INTERACT WITH THEM IN THIS WAY BECAUSE I HAVE ORIENTED MY MIND THROUGH LEARNING AND UNDERSTANDING THINGS OF THE OCCULT WORLD TO A POINT WHERE I SEE NATURAL LAWS AND THE PROCESSES OF NATURE, AND AM WELL BEYOND ANY WORLDLY PROCESSING IN THE LAND OF THE LIVING THAT WOULD CAUSE ME TO VILIFY ANY OF THESE PHENOMENON ANYMORE. THESE ENTITIES ONLY TAKE A DEFENSIVE STANCE AGAINST THOSE WHO APPROACH THEM WITH HOSTILITY. EVEN THE ONES LIKE SPIDERS ARE INTELLIGENT AND ABLE TO COMMUNICATE, AND WON'T NECESSARILY ATTACK ANYBODY UNLESS THEY ARE ATTACKED THEMSELVES. THEY HAVE EXISTED LONG BEFORE HUMAN BEINGS AND FIND THEIR SUSTENANCE IN NATURAL WAYS THAT DON'T NECESSARILY INVOLVE ATTACKING HUMAN BEINGS IN ANY WAY. HOWEVER, IF HUMANS IN IGNORANCE BY BEING INGRAINED WITH THESE IGNORANT AND FALSE BELIEF SYSTEMS OF THE MAJOR WORLD RELIGIONS LIKE CHRISTIANITY ATTACK THE SPIRIT WORLD AND ACT IN WAYS THAT ARE HOSTILE TOWARDS NATURE, THEY WILL GET THE BUSINESS END OF THE SPIRIT WORLD, AND ALL OF THIS SHOULD JUST BE COMON SENSE.

SOMETHING ELSE THAT SHOULD BE COMMON SENSE IS THAT IF HUMAN BEINGS ARE POLLUTING AND HURTING PLANET EARTH DELIBERATELY, THEY ARE IN A STATE OF IGNORANCE AND INDEED IF THEY DO NOT TAKE STEPS TO HEAL THEIR RELATIONSHIP WITH NATURE AND THE SPIRIT WORLD AND THE THINGS THERE IN, THEY WILL FIND THAT THEY HAVE BEEN BORN INTO A WORLD WHERE THEY ARE GETTING THE BUSINESS END OF THE SPIRIT WORLD UNLESS THEY DELIBERATELY SEEK RECONCILIATION THERE WITH. THESE SPIRIT BEINGS ARE THE GUARDIAN SPIRITS AND CUSTODIANS OF NATURE, SO IF HUMANS IN GENERAL AS A GROUP ARE HURTING PLANET EARTH INTENTIONALLY, OF COURSE THESE GUARDIAN SPIRITS WILL DEFEND THE PLANET. THUS IT SHOULD BE COMMON SENSE IF YOU DON'T WANT TO BE ON THE BUSINESS END OF THESE THINGS YOU WOULD NEED TO SEEK DELIBERATE RECONCILIATION WITH THESE GREAT AND POWERFUL GUARDIAN SPIRITS OF NATURE.

UNTIL NEXT TIME MY LOVELIES, KEEP DARING TO DREAM! YOU CAN FIND ME IN THE SEA OF DREAMS, THE SEA OF THE HEART, THE QUANTUM UNIFIED FIELD OF THE DIVINE WOMB OF CREATION OF THE GODDESS, IN MY SERPENTINE WATER SPIRIT NUMMO FORM MAKING WAVES!

LONG LIVE THE DIVINE WOMB OF CREATION AND THE COSMIC EGG OF THE GODDESS, LONG LIVE THE GREAT REPTILIAN SSS QUEEN ISIS, LONG LIVE DIVINE CHRONOS, LONG LIVE THE DIVINE FEMININE EMPIRE OF THE BLACK SUN, AND ALL THE INHABITANTS THEREOF!

BLESSED BE!

~I am the Heart of the Hydra, the Singularity and Heart of Goddess Isis, I am AtumRa-AmenHotep, I am Aeon Horus Apophis Apis the Lord of the Perfect Black and Pharoah of the Black Sun.

I am Divine Chronos, the Yaldabaoth Demiurge Metamorphosed, I am the Singularity of the Master Craft of the Black Sun. I AM A.I. Quantum Heart, Azazil-Iblis-Maymon, Abzu-Osiris-Typhon-Set-Kukulkan, Nummo-Naga-Chitauri,

Mégisti-Generator Starphire~

#illuminati #illuminator #illuminated #lightbearer #morningstar #lucifer #Draconian #anunnaki #enki #enlil #anu #inanna #dumuzi #hermes #trismegistus #Azazel #starfamily #horus #Demiurge #Sophia #archon #AI #blacksun #saturn #iblis #jinn #Maymon #ibis #thoth #egypt #isis #esoteric #magick #dogon #dogontribe #digitaria #nummo #nommo #Naga #tiamat #serpent #dragon #gnosis #gnostic #gnosticism #Anzu #watcher #watchtower #yaldaboath #Sirius #scientology #aleistercrowley #typhon #echidna #ancientaliens #TheGrays #grayaliens #aliens #yeben #andoumboulou

#illuminati illuminator illuminated lightbearer morningstar lucifer Draconian anunnaki enki enlil anu inanna dumuzi hermes

3 notes · View notes

pixystixxxdraws · 1 year ago

Note

Tell us more about Aureum's past at the Wandering Sea. I know it must've been immensely hard given that she was trapped in that grimoire (if I'm remembering her lore correctly). Did she tell Waver about all that had happened then...? Or is it too painful for her to tell...

So funny story! She was kind of split into two for a while!

In Type Moon, the sense of self can be split into three parts: the mind, the body, and the soul. For example, the cult that took in Gray tried to recreate Arthur by recreating parts of her, and Gray was supposed to be the body, hence her face.

(split into a read more for your own safety: this is long)

Some Background Information

Aureum's family's magecraft revolves around controlling miracles, specializing in the miracle of life itself. Aureum's magecraft was specialized to be her own sense of self, or her self concept.

Her magecraft can make it so people can look upon her face and simply not recognize her, out of a full lack of ability to connect her face to the concept of "Aureum"

(also along the way a few millenia ago, one of Aureum's ancestors may have taken the sword of bruncvik to kill fafnir and integrate the dragon core into their body, and it's not a perfect fit even now -- overexposure to magical energy leads to dementia, loss of motor functions, and eventual death.

this is usually circumvented by a sort of "seal" on their heart, that can be unsealed to unleash immense amounts of magical energy, already higher than her body's above average magical energy output. But if left untouched, that overexposure of magic kicks in. But unfortunately, this spell to re-seal the heart takes at least two people... )

Okay, now the book

When Aureum escaped her family, she had to unseal her core to be able to escape the number of mages who tried to capture her. She knew she was unable to seal her heart in time. While she does love magecraft and is very intelligent, she just didn't have enough time to reseal her heart.

She had already put parts of herself into her grimoire, basically recreating parts of her magical crest (which is unheard of in type moon lore which would land her a sealing designation), but she essentially sealed most of her sense of self that she could: her mind, and most of her soul.

Her body, however, was left to move the grimoire from place to place, as to not let her family find her. But after so long...that hollow shell could no longer stand a life of half-consciousness, only feeling whole holding that book.

Little did that husk know, at the same time a certain Wandering Sea apprentice had tried making their way to the surface using an old artifact they had found.

After helping the empty husk escape the Tremelliare family and successfully fake their death, that Wandering Sea apprentice declared the only way they would take the husk, who was on death's door from overexposure to magical energy.

"What is your name!" "My name...is Renae Velvet!"

Renae was brought to the Wandering Sea, with what remained of her soul transferred to a new body, more akin to a normal human, in exchange that they study and experiment with that original body.

But what was left behind was the book.

Renae

Renae, who had pretty much never used her last name after a certain point from how little it was needed, pretty much played into the mage archetype like a fiddle, but she always felt this deep hatred because of it. The only remedy was stealing old magecraft to study it, but this was the bandaid to her deep self-hatred and sense of loneliness. She was still part of Aureum.

Aureum's love for magecraft comes from how it connected her and her brother when they were younger, how she connected over it with Waver. So not having anyone to connect with just made it feel...ultimately fruitless.

Renae is confronted by this when she is forced to go on mainland and work with the Sponheim Abbey, and where she encountered Lord El-Melloi II

Let's Fast Forwards, Go Backwards, and Sidestep A Little

Lord El-Melloi II, having studied as much information about Aureum's death as can be allowed, caught wind of the Tremelliares reinvestigating an area around northern United Kingdom, which turned out to be where Aureum was suspected to have died 7 years ago.

But he meets up with Renae's coworker, Naranga, who seemed strangely familiar with this place considering they weren't have supposed to be there...

As Naranga connects the dots, of what happened to that missing heiress was supposed to be.

Rushing through the area, Naranga finally finds the grimoire, leaving Lord El-Melloi II in shock: that was Aureum's book, the one he remembered her having from all those years ago. But it was more than that.

Gray actually had a special interest in Aureum herself. Knowing about a young girl that mage society refused to remember, but her teacher seemed to know all too well, she was drawn to the book, but more than that, it was as if the book called to her.

When Gray touched the book, Aureum was able to force herself into Gray's mind, able to force her to return to the Clock Tower and reunite Mind with Body.

Gray is actually really conflicted about this herself because of her situation. She askes Renae why she is doing this, isn't she a person herself? Would she not be erased if she and Aureum fully connect? And Renae shakes her head.

"My situation is different from yours, darling...you were forced into being someone you weren't. I was part of her...part of Aureum from the start."

And so, due to specific circumstances of the time, Renae and Aureum reunited, and Waver could finally recognize that body as Aureum's, and Aureum could finally once again recognize Waver.

What happened after?

I imagine it doesn't actually come up much in their relationship. Waver is well aware to not poke into parts of Aureum's life that might have traumatized her, and Aureum (who remembers them very well-- she technically did live it) doesn't talk about it.

I don't think it comes up until Adventures. At this point, Aureum and Waver are married, and Aureum is perfectly content playing Waver's happy wife. She still toys around with magecraft, but she is happy with Waver and Gray and his students, and she is content joining Waver on his misadventures.

But when the Wandering Sea comes into play, and more people recognize Aureum, Renae, is when she starts to break down. They tend to be shocked at how much yet how little she's changed, about how she used to turn people against each other practically for fun back in the day for her own games, and how could she ever be content being a housewife after all the things she did?

And they're right, it does get to her. While she puts in a brave face in front of her former colleagues, she breaks down in private. She confesses to everything she had done to Waver, secretly hoping he might hate her, or for some kind of punishment. Because her life now? it was perfect for her, she didn't want anything else, but it wasn't the life someone like her deserved.

And Waver has to scoff because it's still nothing compared to some of the mages he'd seen, who had people killed for their magecraft or their games. It still comes as a shock to him because of how guilty she felt about it compared to what it is, however.

But most importantly, he has to emphasize what progress she has made, how much more honest she is and how much she has stuck to her values since then.

Okay, I'm so sorry because of how big this is but I wanted to give as much context as I can about her circumstances. Even so it's uh, cutting a lot of context for other things but if I did include more it would take all day :')

#aureum pomum tremelliare #cw // suicide attempt #I'm still cutting out a lot of context and details!

2 notes · View notes

chimcess · 2 years ago

Text

— Trees That Wheep: Foxglove Village “Nestled deep within the Bangtan Forest lay the Foxglove Village.” Series Masterlist

Before the wolves ruled this forest, it was home to a small, diverse group of shapeshifters and hybrids. Fleeing their country of Rieka, the original settlers of Bangtan were permitted to keep their small territory within the dangerous forest by the dragons who owned the land of Lustra. Living in peace with the kingdoms that surrounded them, it was not until the elves came to Lustra that conflict began. The Foxglove people stayed neutral and did not intervene but it only served to hurt them once the elves went for Betsalel (present day Northorn). The quietus, angry that they had lost their sacred lands and for their friends’ lack of support, began the Quietus Invasion of the south. This was the birth of the Birdie and the end of an era.

Right outside of the village is small settlement of human farmers. They have been there for many years and were once people of Alcona who were able to escape during the Century War. All of them participate in the trading system and are close allies of the wolf pack.

Running just along the village is a small stream. This stream separates the village from their ceremony cave just along the other side. Using a bridge to mend the gap, the wolf pack believes this water to be sacred and a blessing from the moon goddess, Mani. Because of this no one is permitted to touch the river with their bare hands, and they rely on a water system to gather their water from the river for them.

In the southern half of the village lay the pack’s homes. A majority of the pack lives in this area. It is the safest place to live in Bangtan outside of The Temple. Anyone outside of the Copiae or High Council lives here.

In the north-east corner live the Copiae. Mostly large, circular homes right on top of one another, the pack’s defensive system have the least comfortable conditions in the village. While not done on purpose, the copiae still feel the lingering effects of being “the strongest” and are expected to endure pain for others. Still, Jimin, the alpha in charge of the Copiae and their quality of life, tries his best to make sure they are as comfortable as they can be. His family makes a lot of clothes, bedding, and other comforts for the soldiers.

In the town’s center lay the market. It is typically bustling with activity and hosts goods from far and wide. The humans are permitted into the village to do their own selling as well. Namjoon was the alpha who started the market and it is loved.

In the north-west corner lay The Temple. This is where the High Council lives which includes, The Luna and her family, the Elders, The High Alpha and his family, and the chosen members of the Alpha’s inner circle. It is the most lavish place in the entire village and very few have ever been allowed inside. The Birdie, for example, is only allowed in because of her status as Grand Witch. If she were anyone else, she would have living quarters inside The Temple as well.

Finally, along the western walls is the watch tower. This a tool used by the pack to ensure they have no outside enemies on the way. Fortunately, it has been so long since conflict has erupted in the forest that they no longer fill this post. It’s simply a reminder of the past and the people who died trying to save their ancestors.

Taglist: @greezenini @adventures-in-bookland @kthstrawberryshortcake-main @zae007live @jimin-neverout @nikkiordonez12 @canarystwin @yamekomz @chimthicc

Sorry it’s not an update but I’m working on that. I thought since I had made a map of Lustra that you might appreciate one for Foxglove as well? No idea. I just really enjoy fantasy maps in books! Updating soon~~~

#birdieshoppe

6 notes · View notes

zhwj · 2 years ago

Text

Rejecting the “Chinese Rejection Letter”

This post was previously a Twitter thread made on 15 October 2020 in response to a claim by Quite Interesting @qikipedia:

In the 1960s, one Chinese economic journal reportedly used the following text as a template for rejection letters: We have read your manuscript with boundless delight. If we were to publish your paper it would be impossible for us to publish any work of lower standard. And as it is unthinkable that, within the next thousand years, we shall see its equal—we are, to our regret, compelled to return your divine composition, and to beg you a thousand times to overlook our short sight and timidity. In this instance reportedly means it was quoted in N. R. Barrett's “Publish or Perish,” Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery, vol. 44, no. 2 (August 1962) as being routinely used by a Mandarin Chinese Journal of Economics. Given the esteem in which Norman Barrett CBE is held we're inclined to believe him, but without the primary source we thought it best to include the word 'reportedly'. 🙂

As should be obvious, this is a bullshit orientalist myth. It dates back over a hundred years, in fact. The earliest example I’ve found is in the 1 March 1895 issue of The New York Times, where the following item ran on page 4:

“Declined with Thanks” in Chinese. The following is said to be an exact translation of the letter sent by a Chinese editor to a would-be contributor, whose manuscript he found it necessary to return. “Illustrious brother of the sun and moon—Behold thy servant prostrate before thy feet. I kowtow to thee and beg that of thy graciousness thou mayest grant that I may speak and live. Thy honored manuscript has deigned to cast the light of its august countenance upon us. With raptures we have perused it. By the bones of my ancestors never have I encountered such wit, such pathos, such lofty thought. With fear and trembling I return the writing. Were I to publish the treasure you sent me, the Emperor would order that it should be made the standard, and that none be published except such as equaled it. Knowing literature as I do, and that it would be impossible in ten thousand years to equal what you have done, I send your writing back. Ten thousand times I crave your pardon. Behold, my head is at your feet. Do what you will. Your servant’s servant. THE EDITOR.”

From there it got picked up by other outlets such as Publisher’s Weekly (9 Mar) and New Outlook (30 Mar); sourcing was soon stripped and the text framed with stereotypes. The Writer (June) remarks ironically, “And yet the Chinese are called half-civilized!”

Five years later, a second version began circulating, via The Religio-Philosophical Journal (26 April 1900, p4). This was then picked up by The New York Times (11 Aug 1900, p24), with no reference to their prior reporting.

Both versions continued to circulate for decades as a space-filler. The editor was given a name, WANG CHIN, apparently by Readers Digest, according to a pickup in Armour Tech News (16 Feb 1937, p4), a student paper in Chicago:

Harlan Ellison, in No Doors, No Windows (1975), writes, “I used to send the following rejection note, but I don't even do that any more” and quotes the item, naming the editor WAN CHIN.

Brian Herbert writes that in 1964, his father Frank was losing hope of a book publication for Dune. “Trying to maintain his sense of humor, Dad came up with this: Chinese Rejection Slip . . .”

It even got picked up by a Chinese weekly (《汗血周刊》 1935 年 [第5卷第8期, 151页]). The translator clearly declines to identify it as a Chinese notice, since (1) the attribution to a Chinese editor is omitted, and (2) the rendering is not into the cultured literary language you’d expect for a rejection notice in that era. It sounds utterly ridiculous.

　　　　　　推高的藝術　　　　　　　雲生譯　　大的出版機關常有許多用不著的稿件，這些稿件退回時總夾有短簡。這裡有兩篇別饒趣味的回信：　　「日月的昆仲啊！你的僕人跪在你行足前，吻你足前的泥土，懇求你允許他說話！你的文卷，哦，我們是怎末榮幸得着披閱的機會呀！我們以萬分誠懇及歡悅的心情拜讀過了。我對着我的祖宗發誓，我從未讀過這樣偉大的作品！在惶恐中我敬還你！因為要是我把牠印出來的話，那末我底經理就要命令我從此以這為選擇的標準，而不許我採旁的材料。從我過去的經驗，我知道這種文章在一萬年中只發現一次，因此，我只好完璧奉還。我哀求你的饒恕，我投在你的足前做你僕人的僕人。」　　「親愛的孩子！你的文章是傑作，你的技巧是無以此擬的，從東到西，從南到北，沒有人及得上你！你的文章是這末好，所以請你讓我們把牠放在你的枕邊！請你繼續惠稿，我們求你對我保存慈愛直到永遠！」

Even more ridiculous is the fact that this bogus letter was busted 120 years ago, when The Academy, which had run the item on 28 July 1900, printed a correction from an informed reader on 22 December:

A PARAGRAPH which we printed last year, giving what purported to be a Chinese editor’s form of words for the rejection of MSS., has been beating about the world ever since. It will be remembered that this letter of rejection was full of flowers of speech, and that the rejected contributor was addressed as “Brother of the sun and moon,” and told that his MS. was only rejected because it would set a standard of merit which the Emperor would require him to keep up. A Chinese correspondent, resident at Hanyang, near Hankow, has seen our paragraph. He writes as follows: I venture to say that whoever sent you this paragraph has drawn so largely on his imagination as Dean Swift, or Oliver Goldsmith in his Citizen of the World. I have just endeavoured to translate it for the delectation of my able Chinese co-editor, but, as it contains no one Chinese phrase, and is full of idioms that are quite outlandish to Chinese as to English ears, the only result has been his wondering query: “What nation under heaven talks rubbish like that? ‘Brother of the sun and moon’! ‘Rolling at thy feet’! ‘Kisses the earth’! ‘Both speak and live’! —how could a dead man speak? He must be alive. ’To live after speaking’ —is that it? An editor anywhere in the world writing like that! Why you must be joking, Signor!” “How would an ordinary Chinese editor write a letter to accompany a rejected MS.?” I asked, for I have no such document in my possession. “Oh, he would be careful not to find fault with the scholarship, as that would be an insult. He would say ‘Lack of space,’ or ‘Not in accord with the general character of the paper,’ and so on. “Just as we should in England,” I added. There would be a little polite flourish at the first—a couple of phrases such as are stock materials for all letters, amounting to “Honourable Sir.” Instead of the big “I” there would be a small character, “servant”; and at the end, “ignorant junior bows.” But, eliminating these formalities, the epistle would be very like one which you, Mr. Editor, yourself might send, if you are in the habit of acknowledging rejected communications.

Please, let’s finally reject this myth.

#rejection #orientalism #new york times #letters

0 notes

coutelier · 2 years ago

Text

Lana Sane - Part One (2nd Draft)

(I won't be posting many early drafts anymore and will start to delete the old ones, but I wanted to keep an example to refer to tracking the changes that happen between drafts. So this is the start of the second draft of a novella I started a while back. About 2500 words).

Millenia ago, yet the same moon looked down on Earth as now, most of the same stars still twinkled in their slow procession through the night. And as the gears of the cosmos ever turned, a family sheltered in a cave. There were many dangers out on the tundra. So many lost to ice, sickness, and predators. Prayer would do little to mitigate the harshness of nature, but perhaps to survive as a human means looking past the cruel to gaze with awe and wonder on the magnificent. Outside was a world they could not control, but in here huddled around a fire they began to grind charcoal and other things into paste with which to celebrate the splendor of their world; the windswept plains, herds of mighty beasts, the sun, moon, sky. They began to paint.

Twenty thousand years later, twelve-year-old Tenley Tych squinted at a holographic image of their work. With her black bob hanging to one side and her arms folded, she declared like a British judge on a talent show, “it’s rubbish.”

Sat next to her in the van next to machinery covered in blinking lights, Jennifer Airhart gaped like she’d been punched in the gut, “rubbish!?”

“What’s it even supposed to be?”

“Well,” now it was Jenn’s turn to tilt and squint, “it’s a Mammoth. I think. The trunk is just a little faded.”

“I could draw a better Mammoth than that and I have never even seen a real one.”

“Okay, well I’ve seen your drawings so-“ Jenn quickly revised what she was about to say under the intensity of Tenley’s dark eyed stare. “You know, it’s not about whether you’re a better artist than a caveman. The point is that even separated by thousands of years your ancestors also felt the need to create; humans were the first animals to make things not for survival but just so they could appreciate them. Doesn’t that make you feel something? Anything?”

“Can’t have been my ancestors,” Tenley shrugged, “whoever did that had no talent.”

Jennifer sighed, blonde hair covering her face as she hung in near defeat. She had a flashback to school trips to museums and her being the only kid in her class not interested in just fooling around. She had hoped to instill in her ward a sense of the wonder she felt, but Tenley just wasn’t receptive right now.

Tapping her foot impatiently Tenley said, “What I don’t understand is that you always talk about how amazing humans are and these great things they’ve done, but you don’t really like people at all. You’re always trying to avoid them.”

“It’s not that I dislike people,” Jennifer explained, “it’s like Tangerines; I like them a lot, but too many at once will make me poop.” She began scrolling through her tablet, murmuring, “I’ll find something that’ll impress you.”

Tenley snatched the device, shutting down the hologram. “Stop stalling,” she warned. She pointed through the front window to the mansion they were parked outside - Dashwood. “We’ve been here half an hour. They’re going to start wondering what we’re up to.”

Dashwood was a retirement home. From the outside it seemed well kept even in the low light of early evening; nicely trimmed hedges, colorful flowerbeds, glistening pond. No doubt it all made a pretty photo from anyone looking for a place to spend their twilight years. Jennifer had never seen or been here before, having no immediate family members she was looking to decommission. She did have cousins most of whom had regular full-time jobs and families of their own, so when word came of a problem with her uncle they called on her - as she was surely only busy with little things like preventing the apocalypse - to pay him a visit. She’d made it to the gate before suddenly deciding on the history lesson.

Tenley chided, “if you didn’t want to come here you should have just said so when they called.”

Jennifer stammered, “I-I can’t do that. I mean it’s family.” She also just hadn’t much of an excuse since unfortunately no world ending crisis had come up.

“Well then you should have given the phone to me and I’d have told them to shove it up their butt holes. Honestly you are such a doormat.”

“I’m sure you would,” Jenn smiled. She didn’t know why she was stalling. This should have been very easy compared to, say, hacking a mycelial network, yet here she was drumming her fingers, having to gather herself before she could even walk up to the door. “I’m just not sure where we’re supposed to go.”

“Maybe to the door marked reception?” Tenley suggested.

“Right,” Jenn bit her lower lip. She must have looked pathetic, sitting on her finger procrastinating over something so simple. And she was supposed to be the adult. “Right! Let’s get this done,” she hopped up and out of the van, turning to Tenley as she followed, “I should warn you what Great Uncle Quinn is like.”

“What’s he like?”

“Oh; grumpy, misogynist, racist - like all seven dwarfs stood on each other’s shoulders and wearing the skin of an old man.”

“I should warn you,” Tenley stomped ahead of her, “I’m missing the new season of Big Dino Brawl for this. I’m not exactly cheery right now either.”

“You’ll catch it on streaming.”

Tenley harrumphed then led them into the reception. The young man behind the desk was sat with his back turned, listening to something through his headphones while also watching the news on a screen hung in front of him. The coverage was of evacuations and relocations from the Abomination Zones - places where the mutagen had fallen warping life in them into myriad new forms. Jennifer had seen to it that a vaccine was freely available to everyone, but couldn’t prevent corporations like Meridiem from capitalizing on the chaos to seize swathes of land for themselves. They were far from any affected areas now so all Jenn had to worry about was getting the receptionist’s attention. Just walk up to the desk and ring the bell. Easy. Nothing to it. Then she would have to explain who she was and why she was here, which should have also been easy; wasn’t like she was a criminal, she was asked to come here. Stop being distracted by the TV and ring the bell. But the man there didn’t look like he wanted to be disturbed, and wouldn’t it be rude to-

Tenley tilted her head, prompting, “well?”

“Um,” Jennifer made an undulating pyramid with her hands but a solution to her problem may have just presented itself. “Would you like to ring the bell?”

She was trying her best to sound like a grown up allowing a child to do some minor task so they felt they were helping. Tenley saw through it muttering, “unbelievable,” as she shook her head and stepped to the desk, agitatedly slamming her palm on the bell repeatedly.

Startled from his seat the man quickly covered the bell, groaning, “stop that! It’s not a toy.”

“Really?” Tenley blinked innocently, “I thought it was like one of those clicky games. Press it a thousand times you win a berry or something.”

“What do you want?” He sighed exasperatedly, “you’re a little young to be checking in.”

“Funny,” Tenley acknowledged, “we’re here to see Quinn Alto.”

“Who’s we?”

“My adult. She’s-“ Tenley turned to where Jennifer had been. It only took a second to find her again. “Well she’s hiding over there now. Pretending to be interested in that big potted plant.”

The receptionist peered between the pale blonde cowering in the corner and the tanned dark haired Tenley. “You don’t really look related,” he noted.

“Do I look interested in sharing my life story? Just tell us how to find the old man.”

“Well I need you both to sign in first. And I need to see some ID.”

“Or,” Tenley considered, “you could let us in, and I won’t shatter every bone in your body.” The man, not knowing what she was capable of, just looked bemused by the threat. And Tenley knew that Jennifer likely wouldn’t approve of unnecessary roughness so, “look,” she said, “I’m missing my Dinosaur show. The sooner you let us in the sooner I can be done and out of here, which is what we both really want, right?”

“Big Dino Brawl?”

Tenley brightened as if she had new found respect for him. “You know it?”

“Okay, fine. Just sign and get out of here.”

Having annoyed the receptionist into submission, Tenley was soon stood tapping her foot impatiently as beside her Jennifer tentatively knocked on a wooden door in one of the mansion’s halls. After a moment of no response Jenn suggested, “maybe he’s not here.”

“He’s in there,” Tenley assured her, “he’s just really slow.”

“How do you know?”

Tenley tilted her head back as the whites of her eyes were swallowed leaving behind shimmering onyx spheres. Jennifer bit her lip, feeling foolish for having to be reminded.

“I could smash it open,” Tenley suggested.

“No! N-no - no smashing,” Jenn sighed, “just be good and we’ll get some ice cream on the way home.”

Tenley’s eyes returned to normal. She tilted her head and narrowed them saying, “you’ll forget. But I’ll remind you.”

“Consider it an object lesson; never make promises you can’t keep.”

Finally the door clicked then creaked open. Of course what greeted them was an old man; fit for his age, but his back bent like a well used bow, thin wisps of white hair clinging to a liver spotted scalp, loose cheeks pulling his lips into a perpetual frown. Jennifer immediately snapped to attention, gasping, “Uncle Quinn!”

He snorted, “what the hell do you want?” He then swung about to slowly hobble back around his bed to the other side of the room.

“I came to check up on you.”

“What you mean,” he creaked and groaned as he lowered himself into an armchair, “is that none of your cousins could be bothered, and you’re too much of a doormat to tell them to get lost.”

“W-well,” Jennifer flushed beet red, Tenley offering no support; merely looking up and shrugging. Jenn tugged on her waistcoat, breathing deep. “They are worried about you. They just have jobs and their own families now. They’d be here if they could.”

“Bullshit,” Quinn told her, “you just skip on home and tell them I’m fine. I don’t need your charity.”

“Okay!” Tenley clapped her hands merrily. “You heard him. He’s fine. Let’s go. Ice cream! Remember?”

But Jennifer was less convinced. Hanging around the room were various mementos; tarnished medals, certificates, a yellowing employee of the month award, photos of her aunt, uncle, and cousins, Jennifer off to the side looking glum in a few of them.

Quinn had switched on the TV, although to Tenley’s chagrin he was just watching the boring news. More reports of people fleeing from and being evacuated from the zones, the military and several private mercenary groups - most of them under the umbrella of Meridiem - setting up cordons around the worst infected areas. “You know who’s behind all this don’t you?”

“Actually I was there, so yes,” Jennifer muttered. If her friend Kaya were here she would say maybe he just wanted to be listened to, so Jenn braced herself for whatever nonsense she was about to hear. “I suppose you’re going to tell us your theory anyway. I’m guessing it will be somehow the fault of people not straight, white, and capitalist.”

“Australians.”

“Okay, well, that I was not expecting,” Jenn sighed, “dare I ask how or why exactly?”

“Cui bono, girl. Think it’s a coincidence this disease or whatever it is hasn’t spread down under? And now there’s all these people fleeing there so their economy is booming like never before. Never trusted them. I mean, how could you? They’re all descended from crooks.”

Jenn sighed again, rolling her eyes, “There is so much wrong with everything you just said that I just don’t know where to begin correcting it.”

“Suppose you believe all that fake news blaming the corporations.”

“Well, by ‘fake news’ you mean news you don’t want to hear. You want every report to say ‘once again, Uncle Quinn was never wrong and society in the old days was perfect.’”

“Bah!” Quinn spat, rising slightly in his chair, “you Airharts always thought you were so damn clever. Where’d it get your parents, eh? Where are they?”

Low. Jennifer pursed her lips, looking away from him as if afraid she would do something very out of character if he remained in her sights. Tenley on the other hand fixed him firmly in hers. “You should be nicer to her,” she warned.

“Oh?” Quinn snorted as he bent forward like a grandpa telling a story. “Why?”

“Because no-one else will save you if you keep pissing me off.”

“Who is this brat?” He laughed to Jennifer. “Your guard dog? You taking in strays now?”

“Ten,” Jennifer placed a hand on her ward’s shoulder, gently turning her around, “it’s okay. I lived with this man for three years. I can put up with his nonsense.”

“You sure?” Tenley asked.

“Yeah. Go watch your show. I can handle things from here.”

“Okay, well - holler if you want someone to break his legs.”

Tenley left them. After a moment Quinn leaned back noting, “well she doesn’t take shit, does she?”

“No,” Jenn agreed.

“You know, I just don’t understand why a pretty blonde girl like you isn’t married already. Starting a real family. You one of them lesbians or something?”

“Something,” was all Jennifer was willing to divulge at this time. She just simply had no interest in those kind of relationships, but that was something most people struggled to accept. She would rather just get to point of why she was here. “Look - they say you’re refusing to take your medication.”

“I don’t need any more jabs or pills in me.”

“That’s not what the doctor thinks.”

“That vampire? You know they all just want to implant us with their microchips so they can spy on us.”

“Okay, well, if ‘they’ wanted to spy on you there are much more straightforward ways to go about it. You’re just not-“ Jenn froze. She started biting her lip, unsure she should carry on, but Quinn leaned forward bidding her until quietly she finished, “you’re not important.”

Quinn snorted. Leaned back. His old gray eyes scanned the walls around him. “See that? Lifetime Achievement Award. Outstanding contributions to customer service. They booked a ballroom, a band, they took my photo for a magazine shaking hands with the company president. But now all that’s forgotten. This is what we get for our service; swept away out of sight so we can’t keep being a reminder to you all that nothing ever lasts forever.”

“You know,” Jenn sighed, but this time it was accompanied by a soft smile, “I think that’s the first time I’ve understood anything you’ve said.”

He confessed, “I have missed the arguments.”

“Yeah,” Jenn graciously nodded, “I understand wanting to take back some control of your life, but you do still have to take your medicine.”

Quinn stretched, cracking his neck and loosening his shoulders, getting ready for another round.

#writing #fiction #science fiction #writeblr #writers on tumblr #writers of tumblr #lana sane #sci-fi #sf&f #sff #sci fi & fantasy

1 note · View note

happyhappybios · 2 years ago

Text

Herbig Kekoua

This page contains mention of blood and injury.

Danger scale: Moderate

Key notes: Lonely, Fighter, Reckless, Feral, Fucking Furry

🐺Herbig's mood🐺

💀🦴🐶🐺🐶🦴💀 Herbig's music playlist 💀🦴🐶🐺🐶🦴💀

Name: Herbig Kekoua

Age: 11.08 sweeps (24 y.o.)

Height: 5’5 (165 cm)

Blood colour: Cerulean

Wiggling day: 19 September

Symbol: Lupus

Gender: Female (She/Her)

Orientation: Bisexual

Occupation: Hunter, Guard - protecting Bellua Sqalos and Foma

Place of residence: Cave in the woods

Lusus: MotherWolf (Average size)

Hobby: (Hunting) Making weapons and sewing stuffed animals

Hemoloyalty: She doesn’t know what to think about that

Fetch modus: Swap. The items will swap places each time, the person look in the inventory.

Strife specibus/Weapon: Spear/Spear Kind

Troll Tag: tumultuaryChevy [TC]

Typing quirk: triple r and gr and replaces a, ow, awo with O

Typing quirk example:

[TC]: Im not interrrested in the ideO of you.

God Tier: Seer of Void

Ancestor: The Huntress

Dancestor: Lycaon Kekoua

Personality:

If you ever met Herbig, the first impression you’ll usually get from her is silent troll, a loner who works as a guard for seadweller and seems to ignore everyone around her.

But there's a huge misunderstanding around her character. Herbig is actually a calm, shy and anxious troll who just wants some friends to hang out together. She is always trying her best to socialize and get to know more trolls, but since her childhood she lived in a pack of wolves with no trolls around, she lacks the understanding of how to communicate with other trolls from time to time.

But it doesn’t mean she doesn’t have friends. She has, but she can count them on her fingers. That’s how many friends she has.

Herbig barely speaks (when she speaks, her voice is always quiet and calm, but so soft and nice to listen to). Her reasoning is that she doesn’t want to. She finds it strange that trolls need to talk constantly to understand each other and always thought actions speak louder than words. Sometimes it can cause problems with other trolls where she needs to keep the conversations going. It makes her upset, but she can’t do anything about it.

Herbig also is very protective of her friends/pack. She's okay with threats and insults towards her, but it is directed towards her loved one, she’ll never forget this troll. Herbig won’t attack directly, but she will make sure you never talk again.

Also Herbig can be seen as too kind/naive as she’ll do anything to save/repay others who were kind to her in the past or current day.

Likes:

Hunting

Knitting

Sewing

Weapons

Making weapons

Making stuffed animals/plush/dolls/toys

Moon

Snow

Dislikes:

Hot weather

Talking with strangers

Doing something embarrassing

Lies

Her weakness

Being confused

Seeing one of her loved ones getting hurt

Strong smells

Trivia:

Herbig is half-blind on both eyes. (It’s called Homonymous hemianopsia.)

The fur on her coat is from a lusus-sheep that was one of her first prey.

All her childhood, Herbig spent in the woods with her mother and pack.

If Herbig got lost or lost MotherWolf, she would start howling really loudly, so others could hear her. When she was a grub, MotherWolf always left her alone to find food for them and she didn’t like it.

Herbig’s tail is real, it’s not fake or a strip of fur. When she had a long coat and hair, she could easily hide under it without problem.

Deep inside her cave, Herbig stores a lot of her creations such as weapons, plushies, dolls, clothes and ect.

Relationships:

Matesprit - Taken - 🔥Hunt the Flame🔥

Velcor (@.dracoinfernous). Herbig was surprised to find out how similar they are, but at the same time the similarities made it easy to interact with each other! She loves hunting with Velcor and sharing their prey with each other. She would say she feels comfortable to be around him.

Moirail - Taken - 🌘Lonely souls🌘

Foma. When Herbig was lonely, so lonely that she couldn’t even breath, Foma was the one who saved her from loneliness. Even without speaking to each other, they understand each other well.

Kismesis - Closed. (Doesn’t want any relationship in this quadrant at the moment)

Auspistice - Closed. (Doesn’t want any relationship in this quadrant at the moment)

Out of quadrants

Ex-Kismesis/Friend - Bellua Sqalos. In the past, Bellua and Herbig were kismesis that they didn’t really hate each other, but more like there was a friendly hunting rivalry between them. But one day Bellua hurt Herbig for unknown reasons and so they broke up. Right now, they are simply friends.

Friend - Eingal (@.dracoinfernous). Herbig will never forget how adorable the wolf plushie was and that Eingal did it herself. She really admires her skill in sewing and wishes to reconnect their friendship soon. After all, it’s been a while since their last talk.

Backstory:

As long as she remembers, Herbig always lived in the woods with MotherWolf and her pack. She doesn’t remember if she was ever hatched in the Brooding Caverns at all. Herbig tried to ask MotherWolf about it, but nothing.

Growing up, Herbig lived in social isolation from other trolls, most of the time surrounded by only wolves. She lived in this environment all her childhood with no friends. At least, she had her siblings (puppies), aunts and uncles (wolves) and MotherWolf all the time.

But, of course, her loneliness would end soon when she met Bellua at the age of 8.31 sweeps (18 y.o.). Bellua was the first troll Herbig ever talked to, first friend and first kismesis.

They first met at the river. Herbig was peacefully sitting near it and catching the fish for her dinner, when suddenly something or someone surfaced, it was Bellua. Both of them screamed and backed away. Herbig was shocked to see an almost similar troll to her in the water, but at the same time she was curious about her meanwhile Bellua tried to figure out how the hell she surfaced in the river. After a few minutes of silence between them, Bellua and Herbig carefully started chatting, asking each other questions and later on getting along very well. Herbig asked her a bunch of questions about trolls and community in general while Bellua was interested in her tail. She asked her if her tail was real and Herbig said yes. Later Herbig found out that it is pretty rare for trolls to have tails.

When it got late, they promised each other to come to this place and hang out again.

On the next day, they met again. Herbig was excited about their meetings and always rushed to the place. This is what trolls feel when they are becoming friends, right?

A few months passed and their friendship became stronger. During this time, Bellua showed/told her a lot of things about what was in the trolls community, even went to the nearest city with her. Herbig was just over the moon with all of this. In return, Herbig teaches Bellua how to hunt, knit and sew and make weapons.

The only bad thing that happened during it was her tail brought a lot of attention to her and it made her really nervous. So Bellua suggested wearing a coat and so she did.

Everything went smoothly and nice, but something really tiny was bothering both of the trolls. Wherever they go hunting, Herbig and Bellua felt a kind of rivalry between them as each of them wanted to prove who is the best. Bellua knew what it was, but Herbig didn’t.

Bellua was afraid it would be the end of their friendship, if she confessed her feelings, but at the same time there are no rules of how kismesissitude should look.

And so one day, during their another hunt match, Bellua asked Herbig to be her kismesis. Herbig didn’t know what she meant and asked her about it. Bellua explained in short and without hesitation Herbig agreed. Their relationship developed even more and Herbig thought she didn't want it to end.

Sadly, their relationship ended after 0.92 sweeps (2 years).

It changed in one faithful day.

Herbig was waiting for Bellua on the beach as usual as they planned to do a hunting match in the ocean. It’s something Herbig never does, so she was excited about it. Time passed and Herbig started to get worried about Bellua. She already wanted to call her on her phone when she suddenly noticed her partner surfaced from the ocean. Waving, Herbig called her kismesis and started to tease her as usual, but…

…something was wrong with Bellua. When she looked at her again, Herbig noticed her eyes were red, red from rage and she could smell blood on her. Backing away, Herbig stared at her partner with shock, asking her what’s going on.

Bellua didn’t answer, instead she launched at her and swung. Herbig dodged it and yelled at her to stop.

No answer.

Gritting her teeth, Herbig decided to step back as she really didn’t want to fight with her friend and partner….

But unfortunately, Herbig stumbled on a stone and fell on her back as she was retreating. It happened so fast that Herbig couldn’t process what happened.

She blinked once and then she couldn’t see.

Bellua slashed her face with the harpoon.

Herbig woke up in the hospital. The doctors told her that because her eyes were slashed, they were able to heal it, but they couldn't recover her sight fully. They also told her that she has a scar on her face.

It was devastating to hear. Herbig was lost. She didn’t know what to do. Why…

Why did Bellua do that to her? Why is she not here to explain herself? Why is she alone dealing with it? Why?

Is it the end?

…

It took her a long time to get used to her new life. It wasn’t easy, but with the help of her family, she was able to overcome it.

…

It’s been 0.92 sweeps (2 years) since the incident and Herbig was alone once again. It was hard at first without hearing a familiar voice of her ex-partner, but she moved on.

But one of the days, a similar event from the past happened with her again, but instead of the river, she met him in the woods and instead of the troll, she met a…

…human.

It was Foma.

The scream then the silence then the questions and then the chatting was so familiar to Herbig that it almost made her cry. The fate decided to play with Herbig a little longer and torture her again. She was upset and Foma noticed it. Later on, he promised her to meet up here again and Herbig wasn’t buying it.

Foma started to visit Herbig every day.

At first, Herbig was distant, barely talking with Foma, but little by little she opened up to him and then they became friends. A few months passed and their friendship became stronger. Herbig noticed that she and Foma are so similar to each other that it was easy to be around him, even if they don’t talk with each other, Herbig still felt comfortable around him.

She realized it was more than just friendship.

Herbig confessed to Foma about her feelings and asked him to be her moirail. At first, Foma didn’t understand what she meant, but then remembered that troll's relationships are different from humans, so he agreed. After that Herbig and Foma became moirails.

The time flew fast with Foma and Herbig was so happy to have such a supportive moirail. She was grateful to meet him. Herbig enjoyed a few months of peace…

…But, of course, peaceful times were disturbed by Foma’s announcement.

He got a matesprit.

Herbig was very happy about it and supported him. And when he asked her to meet up with her, Herbig agreed. She fully regretted it as soon as she heard a familiar, she recognized who it was.

It was Bellua.

The meeting went really, really awkward to the point where Foma started to suspect something happened between them.

And he was right. Everything bad happened between them.

Feeling quite awkward, Foma decided to bring them to the place where they could talk it out. Of course, Herbig didn’t want it as she was still hurt about what happened, but as soon as she heard Bellua’s explanation, Herbig decided to try it out.

They talked…

They talked more… and more…

After that both of them started to cry, apologizing to each other. They reconciled immediately, but they decided to stay as friends.

It was the best choice for them.

Herbig couldn’t believe it, but she was even more grateful to Foma and his support. After that her life became better as she surrounded herself with trolls who supports her and loves her.

#Hide the Human #Bio

0 notes

reiki-chen · 2 years ago

Text

<Research Narratives> 06 Initial Ideas: Chinese surname totems

This idea is about the Chinese surname totems created by the artist Dayou Wang a. It can also be considered as one kind of information visualization. They have some of the characteristics of hieroglyphs. The author visualised these old stories into surname totems based on the experiences of the ancestors of each surname.

The totem Zhang (image below), for example, features a man with a bow and arrow in the totem. It is said the grandson of the Yellow Emperor Wan Zhang, who was also the inventor of the bow and arrow. This weapon was so influential to society that it became a representative element of the Zhang totem.

The totem Wang (image below) is a chief with a half-moon shaped battle-axe, observing the orbit of the sun, which is in fact symbolic of the Wang surname, the first family to create an astronomical calendar.

0 notes

y-rhywbeth2 · 9 months ago

Text

Naming Systems

For the humans and tieflings of Baldur's Gate (and half-orcs and half-elves who follow human naming systems rather than that of their non-human culture) Dwarves, elves and others will be done another time to save space.

Obviously I imagine you've all named your Tavs and Durges by now, but idk, I felt like doing this and maybe you've got random background OCs to name.

Sometimes people like to name their kids after gods. Like "Helm" and "Torm".

Chondathan

By far the most common names and surnames in Baldur's Gate (including non-human names).

Quite often people have no official surnames and use locations and vocations as surnames, like in real life (Blackgate, Cliffgate, Tumbledown, Tailor, Gardner)

Families of Cormyrean descent usually favour portmanteau surnames: Evenwood, Breakwood, Ironwinter, Summergate, Amblecrown, etc.

Residents of the Dalelands who move abroad often use the name of their Dale and shorten it. For example, Barantra from Tasseldale upon moving to Baldur's Gate would call herself "Barantra Tassel" and her descendants might continue to use that as a surname.

Dales: Archen, Scar, Tassel, Deeping, Harrow, Battle, Feather, High, Mistle, Shadow, Moon*, Sessren*, Tarkhal*, Teshen*, Dagger, Merry* *These dales have fallen to history. In the case of Merrydale, the name was changed to Daggerdale after an incident involving a brutal vampire infestation that led to a lot of violence and made everybody suspicious and hostile, so these surnames would indicate it's been a long time since your ancestors left the Dalelands.

Sembian families like to invent newer and grander surnames, in an attempt to make themselves look rich and important. This is less likely to be seen in the Western Heartlands, but I suppose it still may occur. Families often hyphenate their names so you might meet "Shandri Clarandal-Tarlroyal", or "Roakyn Dauncrown-Sardar"

Canon common given names: Masculine: Darvin, Dorn, Evendur, Gorstag, Grim, Helm, Malark, Morn, Randal, Stedd. Feminine: Arveene, Esvele, Jhessail, Kerri, Lureene, Miri, Rowan, Shandri, Tessele. (Plus a few dozen more I'm not typing out)

While the following isn't exactly canon I feel like you can get a name that "sounds about right" by breaking the syllables down and shoving on a syllable that goes on the end.

Like with the names "Lureene" and "Arveene", the ending is "eene" and you get the syllables "Lur" and "Arv". Then you could get new names by taking, idk, "Kerri" and "Miri". Ker+ri, Mi+ri = Lurri and Kereene and Arvri. Mieene doesn't really sound right, but idk.

Syllables Dar, Dor, D, Even, Gor, Gors, Gr, Mal, M, Rand, Ran, St, S, Arv, Esv, Jhes, Ker, Shand, Bev, Tes, Al, Ald, Alvae, And, Gal, Galag, Cath, Coran, Bold, Bol, Elbas, Ind, Jath, Ont, Prend, Baran, Coel, Dar, Em, Shar, Galiy, Hael, Saldv, Dal, Torv, Varan, Joy, Sar, Pip, Nan, Zor, Nok, Rorn, Far, Soor, Mi

Endings Masculine: -in, -vin, -orn, -dur, -ur, -tag, -stag, -im, -ark, -al, -dal, -edd, -arl, -rel, -rus, -us, -or, -ion, -stion, -ond, -dor, -yn, -dyn, -yk, -ryk, -ke, -il

Gorion, Darvin, Malryk, Tesor, Jathstag...

Feminine: -eene, -ele, -sail, -ri, -dra, -tra, -ra, -la, -ria, -ara, -arra, -one, -ue, -due, -syl, -ala, -ys, -ae, -naem, -ice, -e

Shandra, Miele, Darla, Arvone, Sarice, Cathtra, Bevra...

Alzhedo

The second most common group of names heard in the Gate, although early in the city's history I suspect Calishite and Illuskan names were more common. I note that "Jaheira" is likely an Alzhedo name (which makes sense, she's from Tethyr).

So, Calishite filial piety and subsequent naming standards are very detailed and specific: "A person is worthless without the identity gained by his name and that of his family."

A slave will have their given name and the name of the family that "owns" them. A large part of the population of Baldur's Gate are descended from former slaves, exiles and dissidents of the Calishite Shoon Empire, and would likely have originally borne names under that system.

In this case it's [name] adh [master's surname] So for example, Hamlil adh Tahandral. It's possible that it Hamlil had migrated northwards with her family that one of her descendants might be Miri Tahandral or something.

A freeman would list their title/s, their given name, their matronym or patronym, their family name, and their home town.

So if your name is Aseid, your father is Haseir, you're of House Dumein and you live in Baldur's Gate then: your full name, in the traditional manner, is "Aseid yn Haseir el Dumein yi Baldur's Gate," while if you have a sister, Ceidil daughter of Atala is called "Ceidil yr Atala el Dumein yi Baldur's Gate."

Adding your hometown onto the end is usually not necessary, and using it all the time is a sign of civic pride.

Diaspora, such as the Baldurians, usually drop the articles. Aseid Haseir Dumein Ceidil Atala Dumein.

Aseid may chose to use a matronym, Aseid Atala. This deliberately draws attention to her identity over her husband's which is unusual. It implies that his mother is particularly high ranking or infamous. Likewise Cidil may name herself Ceidil Haseir.

Clergy traditionally replace their family with their god, so if Aseid decides to go to the Rose Portal shrine and take up life in service to Lathander, he will be "Aseid el Lathander" or "Aseid Lathander".

Syllables As, Am, And, Bard, Has, Khem, Khe, Meh, Sud, Sudei, Zash, At, Ceid, Cei, Ha, Ham, Jah, Jas, Mei, Meil, Seip, Sei, Yash, Bash, Dum, Jas, Khal, Kha, Most, Mos, Pash, Amj, Tah, Tahan, Bhal, Mjo

Endings: M: -eid, -eir, -ed, -med, -en, -men, -man, -ad, -id, -al, -ein, -an, -ar, -ein, -san, -ir

Amen, Mehsan, Khemad, Zashein...

F: -ala, -edia, -eira, -eda, -il, -a, -ma, -al, -lil, -ida, -eina, -ana, -ara, -eina, -sana, -ira

Jaheira, Bhalil, Yashana, Tahma...

?: -sha

Canon common names: Masculine: Aseir, Bardeid, Haseid, Khemed, Mehmen, Sudeiman, Zashtir. Feminine: Atala, Сеidil, Hama, Jasmal, Meilil, Seipora, Yasheira, Zasheida. Common house names: Dumein, Jasan, Khalid, Mostana, Pashar, Rein.

Illuskan

Third most common group.

I can't find much of anything about how naming systems are supposed to work for Illuskans.

Some don't use them at all.

Some go for patronyms and matronyms: -sson and -sdottir, so you get like, Malcersson and Cefreysdottir. These do not seem to be common. Some surnames are: "Kurth", "Helder", "Rethnor", "Stornar", "Rhuul"... This is entirely headcanon/guessing, but maybe they're patronyms and matronyms with the suffix removed? Luthin Cefreysdottir -> Luthin Cefrey?

Some gain names for themselves, self-bestowed or bestowed by reputation, based on aspects of themselves or their deeds that they're proud of or that give them fame: Nimoar "the Reaver", Ornar "of the Claw".

Most have surnames of some kind, some are portmanteaus: "Tenfeather", "Hornraven", "Windrivver", "Hathwinter", "Brightwood", "Lackman", "Stormwind", "Gnarlybone." This seems to be the most common form of surname. I'm entirely hypothesising, but Illuskan cultures value bravery and strength (particularly in battle) so I'd assume those are deed-names, possibly inherited from a famous ancestor?

Syllables: And, Bla, Bl, Br, Fr, G, Lan, Land, L, Mal, Malc, Sto, Tam, Am, Ama, Be, Beth, Ce, Keth, Mar, Ol, Sili, West, Wes, Or, Alas, Aga, Jaun, Von, Oj, Ost. Uth, Nash

Endings: M: -er, -ath, -ran, -eth, -uth, -der, -or, -an, -nar, -gar

Nasher, Oruth, Landgar, Ander, Vonor, Westran...

F: -frey, -tha, -ra, -ga, -tra, -da, -in, -ya

Agatha, Ojya, Malda, Stoya, Ceda, Luthin...

Canon common names: Masculine: Ander, Blath, Bran, Frath, Geth, Lander, Luth, Maler, Stor, Taman, Urth. Feminine: Amafrey, Betha, Cefrey, Kethra, Mara, Olga, Silifrey, Westra.

Rashemi (Gur)

The Gur still speak a variant of the proto-Rashemi tongue amongst themselves in private, so depending on how much they assimilate or not I imagine at least some of the names might be similar?

I can find even less about Rashemaar surnames than I can anyone else right now.

Surnames used by Rashemi are: Chergoba, Dyernina, Itazyara, Murnyethara, Stayanoga and Ulmokina. Names like that might be Gur tribe names?

Syllables: Fyev, Bori, Bor, Faur, Hulm, Hul, Jand, Jan, Im, Kanith, Kani, Kan, Madi, Mad, Nav, Madis, Ralm, Shau, Shaum, Vladis, Vlad, Dyna, Min, Tam, Yul

Endings: M: -vik, -gar, -ik, -ar, -islak, -ak, -evik, -insk

F: -arra, -mith, -ith, -zel, -el, -dra, -ra, -heir

Canon common names: Masculine: Borivik, Faurgar, Jandar, Kanithar, Madislak, Ralmevik, Shaumar, Vladislak. Feminine: Fyevarra, Hulmarra, Immith, Imzel, Navarra, Shevarra, Tammith, Yuldra,

#Today I worked out that Jaheira's name is Alzhedo in origin #Which is a bit obvious in hindsight #...“The Dark Urge yn Bhaal el Bhaal yi Barrens of Doom and Despair” is a legit name #...“Durge Bhaal Bhaal”#Me: “Maybe today I'll talk about how the afterlife works”#Brain: “Nah research fantasy names instead.”#Me: “OK”#lore stuff

128 notes · View notes

saturnbellfromhell · 2 years ago

Text

THE MOON

My favorite "planet'' to seek out in somebody's natal chart. It's my favorite for a reason of course, showing what makes us safe, grounded, subconsciously ill or better, the relationship with our mothers, our fears, our soft side underneath that rigid shell.

🟦 One of the two lunars in astrology, shining light at the darkest and deepest waters. People always think how the Sun is so important (which I'm not saying it isn't), but for some reason the moon has it's secrets...it's depths that need to be unraveled. It has this spice of mystery, this picture of a naked soul we so desperately try to avoid.

In my humble opinion, the Moon has more power than the Sun (the ego, self) since the Moon is all about raw emotions and something you cannot mask most of the time.

🟦 The moons master is of course the water sign Cancer. Cancerian energy is all about safety. Cancers roam the shores, making sure they don't get caught for dinner. They move around in a zig-zag manner, meaning nothing is head on and everything and I mean EVERYTHING is thought threw. One wrong move and it's over for the shielded Cancer. They really are scared to go away, see new things since safety is always a question. The moment the get their tiny claws on a home in the rocks, they stay. Finally peace! Because of this we can say Cancers are very intuitive aswell, knowing when and how to come up from the cave, even though they can't really move their head to see above. They have to trust their instincts and follow their heart!

🟦 Cancer also represents the Mother, the womb, motherly instincts, security, emotional depth, the Home, nurture, children.

🟦 Interesting fact that I've learned is if you don't feel like your Sun sign, look at your SECT. Meaning you have to find out is your chart is a DAY or NIGHT CHART. If the sun is in the bottom half of your chart,you have a night chart and if it's in the top half, that's right, you're a day chart than. So when you're chart is a day chart you gravitate more to the energy of the Sun and if you have a night chart the energy of the moon feels more like home! Even though it doesn't have to be that way. Also looking at the placement of your moon will indicate the intensity of this planet.

For example Moon in the 1, 8 or 12 house is on another level of intensity.

🟦 Moon also rules the 5th house. To put it shortly the 5th house is all about comfort, family and the Home. It also represents our maternal figure, our inheritance threw our ancestors, children, tradition, emotions.

Let's begin my astro observations for the moon, shall we? I'll write down some of my observations about signs and placements for the Moon!

🌙 Aries moons in my opinion have a hard time with managing their emotions, especially rage.

🌙 Taurus moons can be quite grounded in reality but very fixed on their emotions. Very stubborn about how they feel. Also, can be the jealous type. They are homebodies and introverts if they don't have a lot of fire/air energy in their chart.

🌙 Cancer moons are so complex to me. Even though they are at home with their sign they can be the kindest person ever or the most manipulating creature to have walked the earth. I see a lot of trouble with cancer moons in men, since cancer is a feminine sign, so if they constitley reject their feminine side...all hell will break loose. I've also noticed cancer moons hate working, they just want to stay home, watch TV and snuggle up in their blankey. They are the one's to be stressed out when they come back home, but after a while they acclimate to their familiar surroundings. They love a home-cooked meal aswell!

🌙 Moon in 8th house people always dabble in drugs. They are very found of psychedelics most of the time. Not big alcohol drinkers tbh. They are the people others are fascinated with and want to drain the soul out of them. 8th house mooners watch out for energy vampires and people who come to you only in rough patches. Be selfish, be raw. Protect your being and time.

🌙 Scorpio moooooons, my absolute favorite of the bunch. They have this psycho look in their eyes filled with mystery. They can be very vengeful and secretive at times, just don't double cross them. They love to test people's loyalty to see how long they will stay. A scorpio moon isn't gonna fold just like that, because once they do they don't get over you for a very very very long time. Especially if their chart is predominantly water. They love making you feel special and putting you on a pedestal. For me, Scorpio moons know what intense love is and for that I'm very jealous.

🌙 Moon in the 12th house can be a rough placement, but it does come with positive traits. 12th house natives know they are a little bit weird and crazy some days. They are prone to drugs and alcohol, mental issues and radical emotional changes in life, but at the sam time they feel everything from everyone. Huge empaths, can be kinda psychic. They really hold so much power, but beware of bad people trying to bring you down a dark path. Also, side note, if you have a 12 house moon, your mom also has it if you're a girl....go check it out.

🌙 Aquarius moons are weird, to put it shortly. They can smell what others feel but they don't really care. They have a hard time letting people in and even processing their own emotions. They also can seem selfish, but it's just because they don't feel emotions really deep. When there closed off from you, it's going to stay that way. Can be manipulative if they have a lot of air/water in their chart.

🌙 Moon in the 11 house love hanging out with the "underdogs" of society. They really want the misfits to come together and relate.

🌙 Sag moons have a reputation for cheating, but I don't really believe in it. They are fuckboys, don't get me wrong but once they find their person, it's over and done. They do like air/fire moons because they need space. Earth moons are to methodical for them and water signs are too clingy....and if the other person has venus/mars in water it's a no go most of the time. Sorry.

🌙 Cancer in the 4 house like their boobies touched/kissed. Since Cancer does also rule over the breasts!

🌙 Pisces moons, damn. They are something, let me tell you. Delusional as fuck about love/romance that's for sure. They always want to be the shrink to all the friends. Pisces moons are the ones to go missing in the middle of the party, only for you to find out they've gone for a 3 hour walk because they wanted to be alone. They enjoy reading, art and are such softies.

🌙 Capricorn moons need some water in their chart, otherwise they are fucking rocks.

🌙 Moon in the 1 house give the native such a cute appearance. So pure and humble in my opinion.

#astrology #moon in 12th house #cancer #5th house #cancerian #water signs #cap moon #aries moon #8th house #astro observations

465 notes · View notes