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8 Tips to Choose the Right UX Design Agency for Your Startup

The success of a startup hinges frequently on superior user experiences (UX), which can be achieved through powerful design in today's competitive digital landscape. The growth and success of your business can be greatly impacted by your choice of UX design company, which is a crucial decision. Finding the perfect web development company that understands your vision and can provide exceptional outcomes can be a difficult undertaking given the wide range of possibilities available. 

We will give you eight useful suggestions in this complete guide to assist you in selecting the best UX design company for your startup. Let's dive in and transform your user experience!

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your central theme for this year deals with self expression, creativity, romance, children or your inner child as well as your health. You'll be refining your daily routine and approach your life with more structure and purpose instead of spontaneously doing what you want. A lot of you may have struggled with creative burn out or procrastination in the previous year but you'll be pushed out of your comfort zone when it comes to that. I see that some of you will sit down with yourself and really ask, "will a much younger and naive and vulnerable version of me truly look up to me or be happy with what I've become and who I am as a person?" In this question you'll find your answers and the changes you need to make. You might be a bit critical of yourself initially but understand that constrictive criticism towards yourself and making and effort afterwards is also a healthy thing to do. Some of you might even turn a turn a possible passion into a part of your daily life this can be getting a job that you're truly happy about it something that lets you fit in what you want to do into your daily routine efficiently. You might face situations that will test your resilience. You'll learn how to not emotionally lash out in situations. Keep your cool and decorum and navigate accordingly. You'll also learn how to pick your battles carefully. relationships will be significant focus. You'll learn who to associate with, who not to, how to show up for yourself and the significant people in your life. How to establish boundaries between you and the ones you consider acquaintances as well. Not everyone is your friend and shouldn't be. Some of you might be interacting with a lot of people possibly for career related purposes. Learn when to unwind, detach and take time solely for yourself. Don't fall into the trap of people pleasing. Certain relationships might be deepening too. Some of you might change homes or completely renovate your existing home. Some of you might be asserting your independence within your family as well. Others of you might be leaving your home/parents home and venturing off by yourselves learning how to navigate the world on your own and finding your voice. Your immediate environment will also play a prominent role in your life this year. Also expect a lot of short trips, learning and networking. Start of year: Focus on grounding yourself and building a solid foundation. It's okay to take things slow you're not running a marathon. Bring your focus on long term plans, establishing security at the same time enjoying life's pleasures.

Middle of year: Refine, work with diligence, keep a tracker or planner/journal, health(mind and body) will be primary focus.

End of year: Step into the spotlight and celebrate your growth. Look back at yourself with pride.

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Your most transformative year yet. Central theme of destiny and finding one's soul's purpose. You'll be stepping out of your comfort zone regardless of the type of comfort it brought you and venture out into the unknown. The change will be profound and unlike anything you've experienced but it has been a long time coming. This will transform you into the person you're meant to be. Don't be scared. You have wanted this. Financial matters, inheritances, joint ventures might also play a role in your growth. Intuition will be at an all time high be sure to listen to what your instincts are telling you before being persuaded by the masses. You'll also be making a lot of meaningful connections this year. You'll finally be taking off a mask and freeing yourself from a cage you had put yourself in or felt you were in. You'll be honing your existing skills and learning new ones and will be manifesting opportunities extensively for yourself. All you need is blind faith. You'll be pushed to trust the unseen and the unknown. Put logic aside when it comes to your dreams and goals and other pursuits this year. Things will only make sense by the end of it. You'll be stepping into a more leadership role this year. People will be inspired by your confidence as well as charisma. There may even be a drastic change in your overall appearance or the way you talk and present yourself. Some of you might be moving away states or countries. It will be because it's time for you to pursue your dreams fearlessly. It's not about chasing them anymore, it's about making them a part of your reality so that it becomes normal and not something out of reach. A lot of people will be enamored by you and you might end up becoming their muse. You might also feel deeply connected to your spiritual side as well and have related experiences. Many experiences, places, people and even your dreams will inspire you immensely. Lot of deja vu moments as well. Again, trust in your gut feeling about places and people. You'll feel deeply connected to something this year, it will feel like home somehow or a part of you. This year is about finding the lost pieces of yourself and building cathedrals within your soul. You have immense power. Trust it. Start of year: A focus on building meaningful partnerships. Forging new ones too. (Professional, romantic or personal) Collaborations and commitments as well.

Middle of year: Communication, learning, trips, networking, ideas and recognition. Collecting and making a lot of memories. Lot of mental stimulation.

End of year: Significant development in your professional life, building a legacy, fame, reputation and taking note of your personal achievements.

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Your central theme is personal growth through higher learning, expansion of ideas and unconventional approaches to life. This year is big on exploration as well as travel for you. You may have been following the norms or what's expected from you for a long time or because that was the only thing that was available to you so haven't yet gotten the chance to step out of the box but this will be changing now. This year also emphasizes focused determination and victory. All your obstacles will be overcome with sheer discipline. Remember where your awareness and focus goes, energy flows. Things will also gain momentum this year compared to the previous one so don't be surprised if things start coming through all at once after a period of stagnation. This is a good year for your creative pursuits as well as love. If you're a lover girl/lover boy, congratulations! Please romanticize your life even further actually. I feel as though you'll find someone or friends and people who are just as willing to pour into you and give as much as you do. You'll be learning to receive and nurture this year. Some of you might also be going for higher education which in itself is a huge achievement, please be proud of you and your academic achievements. You'll be very proficient in problem solving and finding clarity too. Your head will feel less like an entanglement of sizzling wires. you will be attracting individuals who balance out your energy and propell you forward as well. A lot of exchange of ideas and experiences. You may also want to build a community or become a part of one. A lot of you will be finding new hobbies as well and actually be sticking to them. Deep transformation is also unavoidable. Certain hidden aspects or information might come up but it will bring you more clarity than trauma. You will learn how to make proper financial investments or receive money from unknown or unconventional resources. You'll also feel like a version of you has died and is long gone but a new one blooms and makes sure those around you bloom as well. I feel a lot of you will make sure you turn your life into art/a cinematic experience this year no matter what. Start of year: You'll be cautious and communicative, pursuing knowledge and expanding your network. Let your voice be heard, let your ideas be known. New conversations, contracts, opportunities etc.

Middle of year: Noticeable and visible progress in every area of your life. Enjoy your journey.

End of year: A more balanced and harmonious energy, a focus on relationships as well as making yourself and your surroundings more beautiful.

[madwomansapologist]

ᡣ𐭩.ᐟ a hound left without a leash

★彡 synopsis: your love is constant, ever-present and ever-growing. toji finds it endearing. how you're not afraid of being soft around him. but he can’t be like that. his love isn't gentle and quiet like yours: it's remorseless, made of sharp fangs soaked in blood—five times toji felt loved by you, five times he loved you back.

content warnings: established relationship, fluff & angst & smut, domesticity, movie night, toji is soooo in love it's embarrassing, touch starved meet clingy, he's bad at feelings don't give him space, devotion, beach date, hurt/comfort, his love language is acts of service it's not his fault he only knows how to kill, violence (not towards reader), gaslight if you squint, voyeurism, sex toy, manhandling, lots of spit and bites and scratches, creampie, cockwarming.

bella's note: inspired by the song valentine by laufey. y'all say thank you, @gothsuguru for making like three posts about toji that reminded me of my love for this deadbeat killer.

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(It took Toji by surprise the first time he noticed it.)

Toji tried to focus on the action movie—clearly made with no aspiration beyond gathering as much money as possible. He really did. Before learning the bland protagonist’s name, heavy eyelids and comfy blankets came together with a sickening plan to betray his determination.

There was no movie to pretend to watch by the time Toji woke up. The television was turned off, the living room silent if not by his untamed heartbeat. As his eyes adjusted to the darkness, blurs turning into discernible shapes, Toji breathed no more.

Only after seeing it on the television that Toji was able to feel it on his body. Fingertips running through his still-damp hair, thumb pressing softly against his temple. A constant movement, warm and calm. It made him think about waves in an empty shore.

A contained laughter guided his eyes away from the screen. Leaning on your shoulder, Toji saw you. Eyes narrowing at your phone, undoubtedly fighting to stay open, the tip of your tongue between your parted lips. Caressing his hair, you nibbled on your tongue.

For you, it was an old habit you couldn’t get rid of. For Toji, it was a telltale of your concentration.

Once he learned there was a way to read you, Toji aimed to collect all your telltales. He has all those little signals memorized to translate your behaviors into something he can fully understand. Into something he can transforming into actions.

Distant gaze means hesitation, which in turn means say something, anything, goddamnit. Trembling lips and fervent rage, scrunched nose and jealousy, discreet smiles and nauseating happiness. Toji could fill libraries with everything there is to know about you.

Staring at the soft muscle, Toji knew what your concentration required from him: silence, just for a while. Toji gave you what you needed, hoping somehow you knew what he meant by it—I love you, I love you, I love you.

Wondering about what you needed him to do for you Toji didn’t even notice your nails scratching behind his ears, where you knew he’s sensitive enough to melt into your palm. If he had, maybe Toji would’ve fallen asleep on your shoulder again and rest properly for once.

Toji can’t remember the name of the movie that lulled him to sleep. If he was at your home, if it was late at night, if it was during an unexpected blizzard. Toji can only remember that your eyes weren’t on him, and your touch was gentle.

Scrolling endlessly as you kept him awake, Toji thought once more about how soft your skin is when compared to his. It lacked scars. You lack roughness, precision, disgust. All those things Toji once believed being an adult meant: you don’t have any of them.

(The first time he noticed your love was gentle and quiet, Toji didn’t knew how to react.)

∘₊✧──────✧₊∘

(Obviously, Toji never lets you win.)

“Just throw me, Toji”, you practically meowed his name. When he completely ignored your presence, you pinched his cheek. Toji took a deep breath. “Please. Pretty please.”

Your cold hands cupped his cheeks, trying to get Toji to look at you. Pouting, plush bottom lip on display, you stared at him through your lashes. You knew it would take one look at you for him to fold and give in.

He slipped away from your hold, so fast you only noticed he was gone when Toji was already laying down on your beach sarong. That made you giggle. He does that all the time. Moves faster than your eyes can comprehend.

It’s so alluring you couldn’t even force yourself to get mad over Toji mistaking your new sarong for a sheet.

“Brat, I’ve told ya”, he tilted his head back. Toji rest his arm over his head, in a not-so-subtle way of ensuring he wouldn’t accidentally sneak a glance at you. Toji could feel on his bones that you were pouting. “I’m not doing that.”

Maybe because you both went on a whim to a beach on a random tuesday, maybe because this one isn’t as popular as you feared, it was truly a peaceful day. No kids running around, no loud music blasting through someone else’s phone, no drunks yelling just because.

It’s so close from being a perfect day, now all you need is to hear Toji saying yes, darling, anything for you. Not that you ever heard that before. At least, not worded like that.

With a melodramatic sigh, you walked to where your stuff was. Searching among all the bags tossed around, you found just what would change his mind. As your malignant plan developed inside of your mind, a grin spread across your face.

Sitting on his lap, your soaked thighs clamped around Toji’s thick waist. Sighing once more, you rolled your hips with the poor excuse of searching for a more comfortable position. Warm fingers pressed down on his hips; nails close enough to ghost over his happy trail.

“Behave”, Toji groaned, free hand closing around your hip. He easily held you in place. You smelled like salt and malice. “I won’t change my mind.”

You bent over Toji, soaked bikini pressing down against his toned chest. Scratching his forearm, you brushed your nose against his cheek. “Can I try to convince you?”, you whispered sultry against his ear.

Softening his hold on you, Toji smirked. “You’re a fucking menace.”

Splash.

Pouring cold water on his face, you took advantage of his surprised state to run away while you’re still able to. Laughing more than you could breathe, you tilted your head back to look at Toji. “Now tell me something I don’t know.”

Just like you expected, Toji looked at you.

Just like you always forget, Toji was fast. Really, really fast.

Colliding with his chest, you frowned as your mind processed that Toji was right in front of you. As a pair of arms wrapped around your waist, you knew there was nothing you could do to escape his grip. You tried to anyway.

“That’s cheating”, you yelled. It made him laugh like hell, chest vibrating against your stomach. Lifted up far above the ground, you moved your feet uselessly. “It’s so unfair, you need to let me win sometimes too!”

A slap against your ass shut you up. “Annoying brat”, Toji threw you over his shoulders. You tried to squirm away, but decided to settle for just complaining once he bit your thigh. “As if. You can earn your victory or stop acting like a bored cat for once.”

Giggling, you pressed your elbows down on his shoulder. “Toji. My love”, your voice imbued in honey and sugar made him face you. Smiling angelically, you pointed at the cliff providing the shade you two enjoyed all day. “Throw me in the water. From up there, please.”

Another sigh. I’m almost breaking him, you thought. “Why? Just… why?”

“Because I want to jump so badly but I’m a coward”, you pouted. His eyes fell towards your bottom lip. “So just throw me. Pleeeeeeeaase. Pretty please.”

“If you drown, I’m not saving your ass.”

“Deal”, you kissed his jaw.

Another slap. “Spoiled, annoying brat.”

(Except, obviously, Toji always lets you win.)

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(If you had asked, Toji would’ve confessed in a heartbeat.)

Toji took of his shoes and frowned at your heels fallen out of place. Murmuring to himself about how when he does it with his sneakers it’s a crime deserving of death sentence, Toji closed the buckles of your heels and put them inside the shoe rack.

He knew something was off once the silence lingered. Never one to doubt himself, Toji didn’t hesitate. He analyzed the floor, searched for different scents, checked the front door’s handler. Passing through every room with a hand near his hidden gun, Toji didn’t breathe until seeing you on your bed.

Although, what Toji saw didn’t make him any more relieved.

It’s late at night and you’re still wearing your responsible-adult clothes—that’s how you call those you buy solely so your coworkers won’t judge you. Earrings intertwined with your sweaty hair, necklace pressed against your collarbone, belt too tight to be comfortable.

Moonlight showed him your puffy eyelids smeared with mascara. Half-open as you stared at the ceiling, you didn’t seem to acknowledge Toji’s presence. You didn’t seem to acknowledge anything at all.

“Hi, love.” Toji kneeled down, whispering in order to not startle you. He pressed his chin on your pillow, hands moving your hair away from your face. “Are you here with me?”

Another tear rolled down your face once you blinked. Toji pressed his thumb against your skin, stopping it from falling into your ear. You tried to turn your face away from him, but hesitated once the warmth of his hands made to your heavy mind.

“Need to sleep”, you murmured, voice so thin Toji felt his throat shut.

Soaked in sweat, Toji ran his fingers through your hair without bothering you. He scratched your head, draw figures on your scalp, avoided any knots. Your name, his own, any other word he could think of: his fingertips wrote on your head. For what felt like hours, that’s all he did.

You tilted your head, staring at him. Toji can’t remember ever seeing your eyes like that. Dim. He wondered where you lost your light, and made a quiet promise to return it to you. “Sorry.”

“Don’t.” Toji simply continued to caress your head. “Tell me what to do.”

For the first time in hours, you thought about what you needed. With a single phrase, Toji reminded you that you had a body. “Can you get me my towel?”

Toji would’ve done anything, everything, you asked him to.

With your towel on the mattress, Toji assisted you to sit down. One hand on the small of your back, another cupping your cheek. You melted into his touch, but closed your eyes once he kneeled in front of you. Running away from his careful gaze, you grabbed your towel and forced yourself to walk into the bathroom.

It didn’t surprise you that Toji followed you. Or that he took the towel from your hands, unclasped your jewelry, slid your clothes off of you. Neither as the water hitting your body was on the temperature you prefer, as he hugged you tightly under the shower, as he didn’t make questions you couldn’t quite answer.

Not even your worst day would make you forget how soft your Toji is.

Toji relies on your body to tell him what you need, but once or twice you will say it yourself. Can you get me my towel? You want to be clean again. And knowing what you want, Toji knows what to do.

In no rush, he put your shampoo on his hand and massaged your head. Once your back found a support on his chest, he rinsed your hair while protecting your eyes. After moisturizing, he brushed your hair until he could feel no more knots. Washing the remains of conditioner away from his hands, he moved to the rest of your body.

It didn’t feel weird, and that did surprise you. To feel his hands on your naked body without feeling desire or desired. It wasn’t uncomfortable. Far from it. As Toji washed you, you just felt less lonely.

“Toji?”

He kissed your scalp, massaging your shoulders. He drawn little hearts on your skin. “I am here”, Toji hummed.

“It’s nothing”, you closed your eyes. That was a lie. You meant to say thank you, and I’m sorry but knew he would get mad if you did so. “Just wanted to hear you.”

“I am right here.”

(He would’ve confessed to mimic you, because Toji’s love is anything but gentle and quiet.)

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(You wouldn’t ask him to. You would never.)

Ignoring the sorcerer’s terrified eyes, his movements were harsh and cold. It felt just right. To have a combat knife between his fingers again. How natural. As if his hands came from a mold, one made to wield blades and nothing more. That would make sense. For his body to be assembled instead of born.

Gun left aside; chair dragged across the concrete floor. Toji sat in front of the muzzled sorcerer, spreading his legs as he sharpened the blade. Moonlight made it clear. Cold sweat, stunned eyes, shaken limbs. He was a scared, coward animal.

“Don’t cry now”, Toji cocked an eyebrow. Spreading his legs, he admired the thin edge. Perfect. Dragging out the silence for one more instant, Toji stared at the walking corpse. “Not when you begged for this.”

A clan left behind; hellish decades erased within an insurgent decision. Toji doesn’t need to be a Zenin to have enemies. Blood-stained hands collect them just as easily. But after slaughtering enemies enough times, those smart enough to be considered dangerous by others knew better than facing him.

But rumors travel fast and, in his absence, fools gained confidence.

This late on his life, Toji couldn’t tell if it was instinct or muscle memory. He simply knew the sorcerer was about to do something stupid. The knife’s handle hit the man in the temple. As he fought to continue conscious, Toji observed his skin turning purple.

He felt proud. This night left no wound or bruise on his skin. There will be no perplexed gaze, uncertain touch, questions that can’t be answered honestly. Once he comes back to his home, you will have no reason to worry.

“You hurt her.” Toji wondered how long it would take. To get back to you. To return your caring gaze, feel your caring touch, hear your caring questions. “Now I’ll hurt you.”

It begged. It tried to negotiate, numbers rising as Toji continued in silence. If rumors travel fast, so does the truth. Toji turned soft, a rumor that thing discovered to be a lie the moment it decided to bother you. Toji can be bought, a fact that never once included you.

“What do you want?!” And the tears came back. They usually do, with loud and unstoppable sobs. Don’t matter who they are, in the end they beg just the same. “I can give it to you. Tell me your price.”

“Your right hand”, Toji tilted his head, sliding the edge of the knife against the armchair. “You touched her with your right hand.”

Toji was merely taunting the sorcerer. He would never use a combat knife to torture someone. That doesn’t sound like him at all. Toji will saw both hands with a dull knife.

(But you didn’t need to ask him to. Toji would always.)

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(Toji didn’t need to say it.)

It took him long enough to unlock the door to your apartment. The voice of a senator on a news channel welcomed Toji. Heels inside the shoe rack, handbag and headphone forgotten on the couch. Hearing you hum in the shower, Toji turned the TV off.

He could picture it so clearly. You stretching your neck and walking barefoot into the living room, rubbing your eyes just to immediately remember about the mascara. Calling for him. Hearing nothing in response. Choosing something loud on the TV and deciding to take a long shower because it’s friday, I deserve this.

Toji sighed, relief washing over him in waves. You’re back to being you.

He put the takeout on the table and organized the groceries on the kitchen cabinet—his excuses for staying out longer than usual. Toji was careful with them. Food from your favorite restaurant, cleaning products you mentioned before. Lies build on solid truths.

He doesn’t have an excuse for the scent of antiseptic soap, but once your products made to his nostrils Toji realized he wouldn’t need one. Scents way too sweet, enough to confuse slightly his keen senses. There is no way you’re able to smell anything but yourself.

As the bathroom door opened, Toji grabbed a towel on the laundry and locked himself inside it before you could get a hold of him. He doesn’t think you would notice, and if you did you wouldn’t waste your breath on it, but Toji won’t risk it.

Washing himself once more, Toji tried not to wonder about what would make you despise him more: what he did, or that he doesn’t feel any remorse. Would it make it better for you if Toji cried in the shower? If he stared at his clean hands and saw blood on them? Toji could pretend for you. He really would.

You’re safe and sound, mere steps away from him. Toji showers hearing your loud music. Toji can picture that too. You waiting for him as your sleepy eyes challenge your determination—you always fall asleep before he gets to you. You being you. No shaky breathes, no unstoppable tears. He could never feel remorse.

Toji went after you with a towel around his hips. Following the music most likely coming from your phone, he gently opened the bedroom door to not wake you up. Leaning on the door frame, Toji chuckled.

With your eyes closed, you were far from sleeping. Wrinkled sheets falling out of bed, toes curling against the mattress. Damp towel forgotten on the floor. A hand squeezing his pillow, the other hidden between your thighs. Forearms moving in the rhythm you created to yourself; small gasps concealed by a song.

Spit gathered in the corner of your mouth, mesmerizing Toji. How he wished to sink his teeth into your glossy lips. A broken moan and your back arched, his eyebrows furrowing in synchrony with yours. You did it as the waves of pleasure became too much, and Toji as he finally saw what you had between your legs.

From the blunt and bulbous head to its thick length, it was truly no wonder why you were so quiet. All way out, then all way in. Your concentration was on fucking yourself with the dark purple dildo, the rest simply too much for you little brain.

He never saw that one before.

Wrist burning from your incessant movements, your free hand abandoned his pillow to press down on your clit. A simple and precise touch that made you whimper. Feeling shivers down his spine, Toji smirked.

Your eyes fluttered open.

A beat later, they meet his and widened. All way out. Mouth hanging open, you chuckled. It sounded like you were about to lose your sanity. Then all way in. “There you are.”

Toji crossed his arms, leaving his place at the door to a new one at the end of the bed. “Putting on a show for me?”

“Not on purpose”, you laughed it off. It felt so dirty. For you to talk normally while doing something so lewd. As if you weren’t fully exposed—as if he wasn’t too. “I could say the same about you.”

Skin reddish because of the hot water, black hair dripping wet. You followed every drop, burning him with your ravenous gaze. Veins evident on his thick neck. Long fingers pressing down on his forearms, a reminder of how bad you miss his touch. Huge thighs, even when relaxed.

He dropped the towel. “Not on purpose”, Toji lied.

A knee sunk on the bed, his hands caressing your heels. Toji forced your legs up, tilting his head to kiss the side of your foot. He put one on each shoulder, another knee sinking down on the bed. Grabbing at the fat of your thighs, Toji pulled you closer.

Toji has a way of making you feel weightless.

He bit his tongue, a hand massaging your thigh. Always the cocky asshole, Toji rubbed your overwhelmed clit with his thumb. Staring into his hungry eyes, you grinned.

Holding the firm base of the dildo, Toji pulled it out of you. The sounds your cunt let out, soaked and soft, made him squeeze your thighs. With a pop, there it was, covered in lubricant and your excitement. Your core clamped around nothing.

Toji spat on you, fingers rough against your sore lips as his other hand pumped his cock. You swallowed watching Toji compare with your dildo. You both could see the truth. How your toy was much bigger and ticker.

Salivating, Toji was so proud of you.

Bending over you, forcing your thighs against your chest, Toji admired your sweaty face. He kissed your temple, pressing the dildo’s tip against your lips. “Your collection only grows”, Toji groaned. “That’s a new one.”

“Not new”, you lapped at the protruding head. “Is for when I miss you.”

Toji sank his teeth into your shoulder, hiding his burning cheeks against your skin. Fingers ran through his hair; nails scratched his forearm. “You saw me this morning.”

His tongue was everywhere, moving too fast for you to keep up. Kissing your shoulder, licking your neck, biting your collarbone. Toji is always too much. How perfect of him. “Are you that needy you can’t go hours without me?”

“Miss you all the time”, you struggled to breath. Pulling him by the hair, you made Toji face you. Lost on his dark eyes, time seemed to stop. “Say you miss me too.”

“Miss you all the time”, Toji obeyed. It wouldn’t matter if he didn’t. Not when you can see his flushed cheeks. As a reward, you kissed the scar on his mouth—you would’ve kissed it anyway. “Think about you all the time.”

You bit his earlobe, nose sliding against his neck as you searched for that sweet spot able to make Toji stutter. Once you did, mouth sucking it without mercy, Toji gave your hips a strong squeeze. His calloused hands would mark you tonight.

Toji humped on your thigh. You could feel precum leaking against your skin. He settled for leaning his forehead against yours. “You smell way too sweet.”

“I can get new lotions”, you offered. “Something you like better.”

“Don’t.” Toji cupped your face, ignoring your clit to rub the length of his cock against your slit. Pushing your head against the pillow, he kissed your forehead. “I like you sweet.”

Toji didn’t meant to slip inside you. He wanted to taunt you some more. To fuck you with your dildo and make you scream right into his open lips. Toji wanted you drooling. And once you begged him enough, showing what a polite woman you are, Toji would make you cry with his tongue deep into your walls.

But you were so wet.

“T-Toji!” You gasped, eyes wide as you felt all of him. Pulling his hair, you bit his bottom lip. “Can feel you so deep…”

“I know”, Toji grabbed the headboard, thighs shaking. So fucking welcoming. Thumbs stroking your hips, his mind was a mess because of you. “I know.”

Your eyes meet his. A part of Toji wanted to look away. To hide how fragile you make him. How your gaze burns him deeply. The other wanted to never shy away from you. To never know what it feels like to not be watched by you.

No one ever sees him, the one who left it all behind. No one but you.

His body collapsed against yours. His hands pulled your hair, making you tilt your head so he could continue to torture your neck. Thighs forcing yours open, chest pressing down against yours. You could feel the rhythm of his heartbeat. This gigantic man crushing you against the mattress, so heavy it was difficult to breath.

Drunk on his overwhelming intensity, you admired Toji. His hips rolling up, so slow you could feel the trace of every vein on his cock. His length inside you, never giving you a break. His hair dripping on you, a blend of water and sweat.

“Remind me… to thank my new friend”, Toji tilted his head, pointing at the dildo besides your pillow. His raspy voice was more addictive than cocaine. “Got you ready to take me all in.”

Fighting his grasp on your hair, you hugged his shoulders and forced your head up. Sharing an open mouth kiss, your drool fell on your chest. It felt so cold. Or perhaps your skin was too feverish. Toji devoured your every moan, hands tightening around your hips.

“Missed you so much”, you whimpered. His forehead leaned on yours, eyes closing as Toji tried to not lose himself. You continued to admire him. “Missed being yours.”

“You’re always mine. All the time”, Toji groaned. His tip hit your most sensitive spot; your eyes closing on their own. Toji rubbed your neglected clit, a hand grabbing the roots of your head. His grip firm yet gentle. “Look at me.”

You obeyed, staring into his dark eyes again. You could swear you saw stars on them. Toji leaned his forehead on yours, your touch enough to make him forget everything but your name.

“There you go”, he whispered. “Focus on me, pretty. Don’t look away.”

Searching for those stars again, the waves of pleasure strong enough to shatter your mind. There was nothing but that spot you and Toji turned into one. Blinded by a fog, crushed by him, you came looking into his eyes.

Toji filled you with all he had. His head fell on your chest, it all too much for him to bear. It all too good for him to fully believe it was real. Gasping, he couldn’t move. He couldn’t speak. He couldn’t do anything but breath on you. Sweet you.

Running your trembling fingers through his hair, you collapsed against the pillow. Toji was heavy enough to make you breathless, but you didn’t want him to move. You wanted him as close as he could get.

“Welcome back”, Toji murmured. Mimicking you, Toji ran his fingers through your hair. You felt him smiling against your skin. “I missed you.”

You knew exactly what he meant by that. “I love you too”, you whispered.

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[deadtired-highkeyenergetic]

Hugs

About time I finished this WIP that randomly appeared in my head. I've just finished defeating Cazador and mannnnnn I really really want to hug Astarion and never let him go.

Summary: Astarion learns to hug you.

“Can’t get enough of me, darling?” Astarion purrs into your ear, sliding his arm around your waist to pull you closer. He leans in, pressing a kiss to the tip of your ear before letting his lips trail downwards, sending a shiver up your spine but you push him away, placing a hand on his chest.

“We don’t need to do this.” You shake your head, “I just want you, not your body, not your services.”

He feels his heart jump into his throat, anxiety gnawing at him but he smiles outwardly anyways, as practiced. “Which part of me exactly do you want?”

“All of you,” you breathe. He blinks, surprised as you intertwine your fingers with his, a thumb gently brushing over his smooth skin. The warmth sends tingles from his arm to his body, a fuzzy feeling blooming in his chest that fills him with uncertainty.

Is this genuine love? Is this how love is supposed to feel like?

Why would you want all of him?

He cannot understand why you would want the monsterous side of him, the side that craves blood, the side that is spoken in hushed whispers, woven into stories parents tell their children to scare them into bed. He hides his fangs whenever he smiles, afraid that your gaze will be drawn to them and that they will be all you ever see of him but you never seem to be scared of them, always open to him sinking them into your soft neck so that he can drink the ambrosia that is your blood.

You place an arm around his waist, noticing that distant look in his eyes and press your chest against his, hoping the sensation will bring him back from whatever abyss he’s fallen into and his head snaps up, ruby eyes locking with yours with a look you’ve never seen in them before. You feel his hand tremble as he tentatively rests it on your back and he inhales sharply.

“If you’re not comfortable we can stop,” you murmur. “I don’t want to force you to do anything.”

“You’re…not, darling. It’s just…” He swallows. “It’s nothing.”

You narrow your eyes. If all this time spent with him has taught you something, is that every time he says ‘it’s nothing’ it’s always something.

“Astarion, you can tell me anything, but take all the time you need, alright?”

His lips quirk up for a split second, instinctively sending you a reassuring smile but the smile quickly fades, replaced by a sorrowful look. He gazes at the ground, suppressing the urge to just melt into you. You deserve someone better than him, someone who could love you properly, who understood what love truly meant and didn’t feel disgust rising every time they placed a hand on your skin because of their past. No matter how much he loves you, he’s not the best one for you.

You reach out to him, a hand gently touching his cheek but he pulls away with a snarl, fangs bared and you quickly stumble backwards, surprised at his hostility. His eyes widen when he realises what he’s done and guilt devours him even further. Your touch feels tainted, even if it lacks the usual lust and desire behind it, but that is no reason to hurt you. He forces himself to reach for your hand, muttering a quiet apology as practiced and rests it on his cheek, willing his body to remain still like always.

Doing this should be easy, he’s been doing this for centuries, so why does it feel so difficult now?

You look at him with concern, an emotion usually devoid in the eyes of those who touch him and pull your hand away of your own accord.

“I’m sorry.”

Why were you apologising? He was the one in the wrong, he was the one who had broken the moment, he was the reason the night had turned from one of tranquility to one of tension.

“There’s no need to apologise, love. Shall we continue?” He leans in once more despite the sickening smell that your scent has transformed into. “You’re just that intoxicating.”

Still, you push him away, noticing how he’s zoning out each time he moves closer to you. Worry creases your eyebrows and you take a step back, moving just out of his reach.

“Did I overstep any boundaries?” You ask. “I’m sorry if I did.”

“You didn’t, darling.” He shakes his head. “You’re far too perfect to make such mistakes.”

Far too perfect for him.

“Astarion,” you realise what’s plaguing him. “No matter how long it takes, I will always be by your side. You are my star, my entire world, no one else can possibly replace you or be better than you.”

“I shouldn’t be,” he mumbles. “I only add to your burdens.”

“Well, it’s only fair that you do that since I do the same to you.”

“No you don’t!” Astarion snaps. “Don’t you ever say that about yourself!”

He glares at you, fists clenched, his clawed fingertips digging into his palms. You raise your hands in surrender, slowly stepping away from the riled up vampire spawn upon whom realisation has dawned. He inwardly curls up even more, despising himself for taking out his anger on you and yet no matter what he does, you refuse to leave. You’re still standing there, a safe distance away but within his line of sight with no intention of leaving him. He cannot wrap his mind around why you would do such a thing, why you wouldn’t leave someone as unstable and unloveable as him, but a small part of him is grateful for that, he can’t bear to watch you leave.

“Sorry.” He chokes out, the word leaving a foreign feeling in his mouth. “I —”

“It’s alright, apology accepted.” You smile. “We should return to camp, the others must be wondering what is taking us so long.”

Astarion shifts from one leg to another, scratching the back of his neck, “wait, darling, please.”

You pause, turning around to look at him, “yes, Astarion?”

“I…” He starts. “It’s not your fault, it’s mine. Everything feels tainted, touching you feels disgusting, being so close to you feels nauseating, but it’s not your fault. It has nothing to do with you, I promise, it’s —”

“I know. You don’t have to say it out loud if you don’t want to. I’m sorry I can’t erase the past, but I want to help you forge new associations with touch.” You raise a hand, palm facing him. He does the same, shakily moving his palm closer to yours but encouraged by your smile, he presses your palms together. He swallows the bile rising to his throat and looks to you, waiting for you to make the next move. You take a step closer and he does the same, although his step is filled with much more uncertainty. You give him an encouraging nod and take another step. This time, his step is more certain, made with the signature confidence you know and love.

After a third step, the both of you are close enough that your nose fills with the scent of bergamot, rosemary and a hint of rosemary, overlaying Astarion’s real undead scent. You cautiously put an arm around his waist and when he doesn’t flinch, you grow bolder, removing your hand from his and putting the other arm around his waist.

He freezes, but the action raises no memories he’d rather keep locked away so he tries to keep himself grounded, to feel the soothing warmth of your arms around him that mean him no harm. He locks eyes with you and your gaze washes all the fear away, stirring something within him. He wouldn’t have dared do this before, but tonight you’ve given him more than enough courage to attempt this.

Astarion steels himself, and then puts his own arms around you. His undead heart thunders in his chest, fear consuming his mind. What if you pull away? What if you hate his cold touch? What if —

You lean into his embrace, silencing all his fears and nuzzle into his chest. He lets out a breath he never realised he was holding and buries his face into your shoulder, feeling tears prick at the corners of his eyes. Your embrace is vastly different from the previous embraces he’s had, all you want out of it is a display of love and care, you don’t want his body, you don’t want what he can offer, you don’t want anything in return.

As he continues to hold onto you, never wanting to let go, he lets a hand wander up your back, finding a better position to pull you closer and you hum in response, happily burrowing deeper into his arms.

“I like this, you know,” he whispers. “Whatever it is that we have, I don’t want it to end.”

“I feel the same way,” you whisper back, breathing in his scent. “Let’s stay here like this, the others can survive on their own for a little while longer.”

“I’m sure they can, my love.”

Hugging has definitely made its way to the top of his list of favourite things to do with you, Astarion thinks, listening to your happy hums as you soak in his embrace. He should do this more often.

[erinsreadings]

The Next Track : What's Next in Love?

what's next for your love story? pick your track, press play, and let the cards reveal the next hit on your love playlist!

before listening: remember that the power is always in your hands, not only is this just a general reading, it will either resonate or it won't, but also this is only the current energy of things. energies can always change, only you can change your fate. nothing is set in stone :) take a deep breath & pick a pile tip jar. ♥︎ paid services

Pile One ⠀ ♪

You’ve been working hard to create a stable and fulfilling life for yourself, but there’s a quiet part of you that feels like something’s missing. You’ve learned to rely on yourself so much that you sometimes wonder if emotional connection is even worth the effort. Deep down, you might feel like letting people in has only ever led to disappointment or complications. You have a tendency to second-guess your emotions, especially when it comes to love and vulnerability. Maybe you’ve dealt with people who were inconsistent, emotionally immature, or who didn’t respect your boundaries, which left you feeling like you have to do all the emotional heavy lifting. Now, you may keep your guard up, unsure whether others are capable of meeting your depth and sincerity. At the same time, there’s a part of you that craves genuine love—a kind that’s calm, steady, and safe. You dream of a connection with someone who understands you without you having to explain yourself repeatedly, someone who offers love in a way that feels healing rather than draining. You want a partner who’s emotionally present, someone who matches your maturity and can help you feel secure in love again. Still, you might struggle with overthinking or even self-doubt. You sometimes catch yourself replaying situations in your head, wondering if you were “too much” or not enough. Maybe you hesitate to express how you really feel because you’re afraid it might be misunderstood or used against you. These fears are valid—after all, you’ve had to learn the hard way that not everyone values love the same way you do.

But here’s the exciting part: there’s a spark coming into your life. It could be a person or a situation that reignites your hope and excitement for love. It’s bold, thrilling, and full of potential to transform the way you view relationships. It won’t just bring passion; it’ll remind you of the joy and beauty of connection. The person or situation entering your life next is likely to feel entirely different from what you’ve experienced in the past. They embody emotional maturity, kindness, and the ability to connect on a level that feels safe and reassuring. This could be someone who understands the complexities of relationships, who isn’t afraid of vulnerability, and who approaches love with patience and care. Their energy will feel steady and comforting, like an anchor after a storm.

This next chapter in your love story isn’t just about finding someone—it’s about rediscovering your power to embrace love while still standing firm in your independence. It’s about letting yourself feel the passion and excitement that you’ve been longing for, without losing the sense of self you’ve worked so hard to build.

Pile Two ⠀ ♪

You might feel like you’re constantly at a crossroads, reflecting on where you’ve been and where you’re going. Sometimes it feels like you’re stuck in a cycle, unable to fully break free from old patterns or emotions. You’ve worked hard to create stability in your life, but there’s a lingering sense that something is missing, like there’s a piece of the puzzle you just can’t find. Even when opportunities present themselves, you might feel disconnected from them, unsure if they’re what you truly want or deserve. Deep down, you might struggle with emotional blockages that make it hard to fully open up or embrace new beginnings. There’s a part of you that wonders if love—true, reciprocal love—is even out there for you. Past experiences may have left you feeling like relationships are unbalanced, where you give more than you receive. You’ve likely dealt with people who took advantage of your kindness or made you question your worth. These experiences might make you cautious, reluctant to fully trust or hope for something better. At times, you might feel torn between wanting to connect and fearing the vulnerability that comes with it. You could overthink interactions, replaying conversations in your head or wondering if you’ve done too much or too little. You have high standards for yourself and for others, and you’re deeply aware of how unfair life or love has felt in the past. This self-awareness, while powerful, can sometimes make you feel like you’re carrying the weight of the world on your shoulders.

But here’s the truth: you’re entering a phase where you reclaim your power and step into your full potential. The energy coming into your life is one of balance and reciprocity, where you finally experience the kind of connection that feels equal and fulfilling. You’re learning to embody confidence, to own your worth, and to stand unapologetically in your power. You’ll attract people and opportunities that match your energy, who see you for the incredible person you are and are eager to meet you halfway. This next chapter isn’t just about external love—it’s about falling in love with yourself again. It’s about knowing that you deserve respect, admiration, and care without having to overthink or over-give to earn it. The right people and situations will naturally align with you because you’re radiating confidence, self-worth, and clarity.

Pile Three ⠀ ♪

You might feel like you’re in a strange limbo, constantly questioning everything but struggling to find clarity. There’s a part of you that feels like you don’t have the full picture—whether it’s in love, friendships, or your life path. It’s almost as if you’re stuck in a cycle of overthinking and second-guessing your own intuition. You may feel like people are keeping things from you or that you’re disconnected from your own inner knowing. This sense of uncertainty can be frustrating, leaving you wondering if you’re moving forward or just treading water. At the same time, you crave stability, celebration, and a sense of belonging. Deep down, you long for a connection or environment that feels like home—a space where you can truly be yourself without fear of judgment. You might fantasize about building a life filled with joy, partnership, and shared milestones, yet it feels just out of reach. Even when moments of happiness or connection come, there’s a part of you that hesitates to fully embrace them, unsure if they’ll last or if you can trust them to be real. A big part of what’s holding you back is resistance to change. You might be clinging to old patterns, relationships, or fears because they feel familiar, even if they’re not serving you anymore. Transformation can feel scary, especially when it requires letting go of what you thought was certain. You may find yourself revisiting old wounds, memories, or even people, trying to make sense of why they still have a hold on you. It’s as if you’re standing on the edge of change but not quite ready to take the leap. This hesitation might also leave you feeling isolated or disconnected. You might want guidance but avoid reaching out, feeling like you need to figure things out on your own. There’s a fear of being vulnerable, of letting people see your struggles or doubts. But this isolation isn’t helping—it’s keeping you stuck in your own head, where those same questions and fears repeat over and over.

What’s coming for you is the opportunity to finally break free. The universe is urging you to embrace change, to let go of the old patterns and beliefs that are keeping you stuck. You’re being called to trust yourself, to connect with your inner wisdom, and to step into the light after a long period of introspection. This next chapter will bring moments of clarity and joy, moments where you feel like you’re finally stepping into alignment with your true self. It’s about learning to trust the process, even when it feels uncertain, and to lean on others when you need support. You’re moving toward a life where you feel more connected—not just to others, but to yourself and the path you’re meant to walk. It’s time to stop holding onto what’s familiar and take that leap of faith. The transformation you’ve been resisting is exactly what will bring you the joy and freedom you’ve been longing for. Trust that the universe has your back, and let yourself move forward. The only thing standing in your way now is the fear of stepping into your own power.

Thank you for reading, every like & reblog are much appreciated! Much love, the lovecaster

[cyberclouddream]

What You Tend to Use Social Media For

Things we tend to seek and/or share on social media. Recommend looking for Mercury first. Also, whichever sign rules over your 11th House, look for whichever house that sign naturally rules over, e.g. Cancer/4H, Sagittarius/9H, Libra/7H, Aquarius/11H.

Gemini/Mercury in the 1st House

- to show off your personality traits and quirks, what makes you interesting

- fashion updates, like outfit and style experiments

- sharing mundane daily activities

- to create a particular public image

- instant reactions to events or trending topics

- to use your humor or wit to attract followers or engagement

- creating FOMO, lmao

- to experiment with social media trends

- to post controversial topics/challenge norms

- to seek likes and comments for self-esteem boosts

Gemini/Mercury in the 2nd House

- personal finance hacks or budgeting advice

- to post luxury items or flaunt purchases

- personal value discussion, like what’s truly important to them

- for marketing research, like judging product reviews

- promoting side hustles, businesses, or services

- to hunt for discounts or offers online

- gift ideas

- investment ideas, like stocks or crypto

Gemini/Mercury in the 3rd House

- to post about happenings in the neighborhood or community

- to engage in debates

- share updates or funny stories about family members

- post poetry, short stories, or personal anecdotes

- advertise local events or gatherings

- share educational resources or articles

- to vent about everyday frustrations

- microblogging

- posting thought-provoking questions

Gemini/Mercury in the 4th House

- family updates, like gatherings or milestones

- home projects or renovations

- childhood memories, like sharing old photos and stories

- showcase local businesses or attractions, supporting community

- personal growth experiences

- family or cultural traditions

- pet updates

- to rally support for family members

- to discuss family troubles openly

Gemini/Mercury in the 5th House

- post artwork, crafts, or performances

- date night ideas, like romantic spots

- parenting chronicles, lol

- viral social media challenges

- highlight hobbies or interests

- celebrate achievements

- flirtation, online dating

- promote fun activities

- encouraging others to participate in events or projects

Gemini/Mercury in the 6th House

- how to manage stress or workload

- health hacks and wellness tips

- productivity routines

- job milestones

- fitness challenges

- volunteer opportunities

- health struggles

- day-in-the-life posts

- job market trends

Gemini/Mercury in the 7th House

- relationship status updates, like breakups or dating life

- collaborative projects

- group discussions, like conversations about issues or shared interests

- relationship advice

- event planning, like gatherings or parties

- gossiping about friends

- insights about balancing relationships and independence

- to rally support for friends in tough personal times

- asking followers for advice on relationships decisions

Gemini/Mercury in the 8th House

- sharing intimate thoughts, like fears or deep feelings

- discuss finances, like tips on managing shared resources or investments

- to explore vulnerability with intimacy and trust

- personal growth stories

- to talk about change, like life transitions and transformations

- crowdsourcing solutions

- to engage in deep conversations on profound topics

- to discuss loss, grief, and/or coping mechanisms

- to seek closure

Gemini/Mercury in the 9th House

- travel stories

- cultural insights

- education advocacy, like promoting courses or learning resources

- debating beliefs, like philosophical or political

- inspirational quotes

- global issues

- book recommendations

- sharing experiences through videos or photos

- connecting with others from diverse backgrounds

- encouraging exploration, to inspire others to step outside of comfort zones

Gemini/Mercury in the 10th House

- sharing career milestones

- networking posts, like opportunities and connections through peers

- personal branding, promoting your craft or projects

- seek career advice or industry insights

- discuss ambitions, sharing dreams and goals

- showcase participation in community

- sharing learning experiences

- work/life reflections

- to shift public perceptions, especially after setbacks

- host Q&A sessions

- mentorship opportunities or anything related to guidance/support culture

Gemini/Mercury in the 11th House

- to grow your social circle

- to join causes or charity work

- posting about community events or group outings

- share friend’s achievements and milestones

- discuss future goals, like collective ambitions and aspu

- connect with like-minded people

- to debate societal changes or movements

- to organize or participate in virtual hangouts [ like Discord, virtual worlds ]

Gemini/Mercury in the 12th House

- share personal struggles, like mental health issues or personal battles

- reflect on dreams and fantasies

- document experiences of solitude or self-discovery

- spiritual conversations, like spiritual beliefs or mystical experiences

- posting anonymously about sensitive tooics

- using creative outlets like poetry or art to convey deeper feelings

- discuss unconventional ideas

- seek support through online communities

- content related to the mysterious, like astrology or the occult

- post about reflections or meditation

[multidimensionalguidance]

2025 General Reading: Pick-A-Card

Intuitively choose from left to right and I'll be sharing below your current situation, and 2025 prospects (general theme, challenges, and suggestions).

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Pile 1

Current situation: "The Moon"

You are feeling as if your judgement is clouded or not very clear. There's missing information from the puzzle you're trying to put together at the moment. If you have an overactive imagination, then its taking a toll on you by not allowing you to discern properly what is and what isn't real. There are insecurities or hidden factors taking a lot of space, and that is making you feel very confused. Intuitively you are aware of what's occuring, but your mind is trying to grasp all the facts before settling into a conclusion. It could also be possible that you're dealing with a situation or individual that is very illusory or shady in some way. In general, there's a ton of anxiety, fears, and subconscious insecurities taking place within you. If you're a women, you might even be having your menstrual cycle at the moment or close to it.

General theme: "Page of pentacles"

2025 will be all about financial matters getting back on track! You're likely to be the recipient of good news if there's any project, job, or promotion you've been trying to obtain. Next year will be all for setting solid beginnings and setting long term goals. You will be very focused or "locked in" with whichever plan you set for yourself. This will be an excellent time to take advantage of all the opportunities that come your way, as they're likely to succeed. If you're seeking or currently dealing with education matters, then it will also be a good year as well. You will be feeling very grounded and more ready to face situations from a mature standpoint. It's also likely you'll be more into tarot, divination, or magic related to earth and nature. Now is the time for you to set long term goals in all aspects, not just material ones. If you're trying to get into a healthier lifestyle, then it will prove to be extremely beneficial as well, and it might even feel easier than in previous years. You might also be dealing with more individuals who are young, have earth placements (Taurus, Virgo, Capricorn), are faithful, loyal, and grounded. The energy you'll be radiating in 2025 is the same on you'll be receiving as well. Stay ambitious and driven because this year you'll be accomplishing more than what you expect.

Challenges: "Death rx"

The challenges you'll face in 2025 are in regards to letting go of the past. A major transformation or rebirth will be coming along, but you will attempt to resist the change. This could be out of fear or doubts, which makes sense considering the current way you're feeling (as mentioned above). Regardless of you wanting it or not these changes will occur, but the more you push back the harder it will be for you to receive the new energy needed to accomplish your goals. One way or another the universe and divinity will follow through, but it's up to you to decide how much stress and shock you want to deal with by not allowing it to properly settle. It doesn't matter if it's an old situation, issues, or relationships, but whatever it is the time to let it go is approaching, and it's essential for you to empower yourself by deciding and accepting what doesn't work in your life anymore. Yes, the big and radical endings that come with this card are indeed intense but once it occurs it feels like a boulder was taken off of your shoulders. We can only attract the positive things we want in our lives by making space for the new ones to arrive. The negative patters or dependency that worked before is no longer serving your higher purpose, and you know this as well. Would you rather stay stuck indefinitely or accept the unknown that will lead you towards a new beggining?

Extra: if it's a relationship, the individual you're dealing most likely has Scorpio placements (tropical or sidereal).

Suggestions: "Disruption"

Your advice for 2025 goes along perfectly with everything that has been shared so far. Chaos and disruption can often be perceived as negative, but change and transformation doesn't exist within comfort. You must allow and invite that intensity, innovation, and nonconformity in your life in order to advance further next year. Accept the catalyst that throws fear outside of the door and make bold moves. The time to be courageous and strong is of essence, so do not second guess your ability to reinvent yourself. Ask yourself, what is stagnant in my life at the moment? and how can I shake things a bit?. Divinity wants you to know that you're far more capable than what you think, and whatever you might be holding onto is nothing but a shadow of what you truly deserve or who you truly are. Greatness comes at a cost, but it doesn't mean it has to be a price you can't pay or aren't willing to do so. What must be left behind or sacrificed will never be something or someone that truly deserves to stay in your path. Don't allow yourself to become your biggest obstacle. You got this pile 1, just trust in your biggest blessing, aka YOU!

Pile 2

Current situation: "Ace of wands rx"

You are dealing at the moment with a lack of passion, drive, motivation, and action. In other words you feel as if you've lost your spark. There's also news that could have delayed or been disappointing in some way, and that's making you feel in a bit of a rut right now. Perhaps a creative project, idea, or a passionate relationship lost momentum and you feel stuck or bored. Things are not as fun and energetic as they were before, and now it feels all too predictable for your taste. This is also a card for missed opportunities or cancelled trips, so that can also be one of the reasons. In general, things are feeling slow and boring, but this is just a temporary situation. Perhaps you're just laying down in bed expecting things to simply occur or fall out of sky, which is quite impractical if what you want is to go back into a more fiery version of yourself. Alternatively, you might be so full of passion that is being a bit too intense for others to handle.

General theme: "Nine of wands"

2025 will be all about showing up for yourself and proving how resilient, persistent, and courageous against adversity you truly are. You will be more than half way done through whatever inner or external battles/woes you've been experiencing for a while now. It will be a time for you to learn from your past mistakes, failures, or situations where you gave every last drop yet received nothing in return. Your efforts will not go to waste this time around anymore, and as long as you push forward bravely you will be successful in whatever comes your way. Now, all of this energy that you will be pouring to be strong and having a backbone will drain you to a certain extended, so be mindful of not depleting yourself completely. This upcoming year will show you that you are very close to achieving some of your goals, so giving up cannot be an option or even a word in your dictionary. It doesn't matter how wounded or guarded you might feel next year, things will certainly improve and you will be able to find that spark that might feel amiss at the moment. There might be a few setbacks here and there or things not working as expected, but they will be minor and nothing you won't overcome on the long run.

Challenges: "Four of swords rx"

The difficulties you might be dealing with during 2025 will be related to a lot of what was mentioned earlier, meaning losing faith, feeling burned out, or not taking care of your health. You might find it difficult to come out of the mental rut and feel restless. If others wish to give support or counselling with good intentions, do not reject it or fight against it. You will need as much recovery and healing as possible. Otherwise, you will collapse and fall further into stagnancy. It is essential for your physical and mental health to be prioritized, even if duties and responsibilities are required or expected from you. I know you're already feeling exhausted and the year hasn't even began, but all you need to do is keep a healthy balance between pursuing your goals and resting. Don't allow anyone, including yourself, to perceive rest as being lazy or unproductive. It's part of life to learn how to take care of ourselves in all aspects, and although it may be challenging, it is part of our growth curve. You got this pile 2!

Suggestions: "Protection"

You're being advised and suggested to dig in deep on what safety means for you and what it feels like as well. Perhaps you have been feeling unprotected, be it physically or spiritually. Ask yourself, how can you move forward while feeling safe? Are you reaching to others or finding ways of grounding yourself while navigating feelings of fear and anxiety?. Research all the ways in which you can achieve it, be it using crystals, sage, or even spiritual baths. Focus and work on your root chakra for 2025, and trust that all will go well. A lot of things might feel scary, but you've been brave before and you have it within yourself to be it again.

Pile 3

Current situation: "Two of pentacles"

At the moment you're balancing several aspects of your life like a pro! Despite any ups and downs, you've been finding strength in how resourceful and flexible you are. Perhaps there has been some financial constraints that have forced you to be more busy than usual, and managing way more as well. It might be an uncomfortable situation, but it's most definitely temporary. Just be mindful of of not juggling too many things at once, and losing priority of what truly matters. Your health and mental stability are essential, and if left unchecked it will lead you to exhaustion. If there's anything that's taking too much of your energy, then its best to put it on pause until things calm down a bit. It might also be the case that your personal relationships need some balancing as well, so be mindful of the needs of those around you as well.

General theme: "Page of swords"

For 2025 you'll be dealing with a lot of matters of communication, news, ideas, inspiration, and education, in all forms and shapes. You will be feeling more likely of being chatty, curious, inquisitive, logical, direct with yourself, and others as well. This will be a good year to allow your voice to be heard instead of staying quiet or passive, and any matters or jobs related to being communicative will come with a lot ease for you. Mentally you'll be more agile and sharp, so take as much advantage of it as possible. You might encounter and deal with younger people or individuals who have air placements (Gemini, Libra, Aquarius). The caution behind this energy is to be mindful of not being unnecessarily argumentative, rude, crude, or engaging in petty gossip. It could happen more easily next year since you will be more guarded and vigilant of other's opinions, so be mindful of this. You will feel restless and information will be moving around quickly, so practice fostering patience and knowing that what is meant for you will find its way at the time that it must. In general, stay open to the youthful and lively energy that you will be feeling without taking it too far and getting carried away. If there's any social or personal causes that you'd like to fight towards or take a stand, this will be a good year for it. All matters of justice or injustice will become very important to you.

Challenges: "Three of pentacles"

Some of the difficulties for you during this year will be in regards to the ways in which you work or cooperate with others. If you're a student, then you will need to apply yourself extra hard during this time in order to succeed in classes. Your sense of commitment, teamwork, and dedication will be tested during 2025. You will have to prove to yourself how badly you want to achieve your goals and see your effort pay off. Your motivation and focus might all over the place, specially since you'll be encountering more things to distract you. Working with others be it in personal projects, work, or studies will require you to be careful with your tongue and not stir trouble. You will need to learn how to cooperate with others and be a real team player. Once you're able to slowly work through these matters, you'll be sure to accomplish a lot of milestones. You don't need to do it all alone and be hyper independent. We are all born within a community after all, and human beings are meant to thrive within groups. If there's any petty gossip within certain groups, choose to ignore it instead of feeding the flames.

Suggestions: "Stop"

You're being advised to stop, reflect, and collect your thoughts. 2025 will be a year where you will need to learn to take a break when needed and not allow the current to drag you. Again, even if you will be experiencing plenty of energy, it also makes you more likely of depletion if all that drive is misdirected. Ask yourself what slowing down or stopping means to you. Do you know when to take a pause? Does taking a break every now and then feel like something negative to you? Are you aware of when its time to move forward or change direction?. These are all important questions that would serve you good to ponder and meditate on for the upcoming year.

Pile 4

Current situation: “Three of pentacles”

You are very focused at the moment on working towards your success, goals, and achievements. If you're a student, then you are busy with studies or group projects. If not, then you're just simply working hard and cooperating with others at work to accomplish a certain goal. Regardless of what it might be, you're giving your 100% right now, which is awesome because it will be paying off. The commitment you're experiencing right now is off the roof, and learning new things has been very satisfactory for you as well lately. It could also be that there's something which requires your full dedication or attention to detail as well, such as crafts and arts. In general, most of your energy right now is going towards building a solid and stable financial foundation for yourself, but you're not doing this alone and that has made progress substantially bigger or faster.

General theme: “Death”

2025 will be a big year for you! Full of transformations, endings, and new beginnings. You are shedding the old version of yourself like a snake, and embracing the new you. This is not always comfortable or pleasant, but you're fully aware and ready to accept it. This card alike "The Tower" tends to bring sudden or unexpected events into your life which could feel traumatic or jarring in the moment, but the main difference is that the with the "Death" card we can feel the change brewing from within before it occurs, and so when the moment comes it feels as if you already knew or were expecting it to some degree. From a spiritual perspective you will feel renewed and refreshed, as habits that no longer fit your path will be falling off and allowing space for cultivating those that will keep you grounded and centered. If there are any old beliefs or mental patterns that have been holding you back from growing and evolving further, you will be feeling the inner and external pressure to completely change or modify them. The effects will surely be long lasting and you will feel glad that everything occurred the way it did because the results are ultimately positive. You might encounter or deal with a lot of individuals who have Scorpio placements as well. The best you can do is not resist any of these changes or beginnings because they will occur one way or another, and the difference relays on how smoothly you choose to allow the process to be. By the time December of 2025 comes around you will find yourself feeling, looking, and acting completely different from how you are at the moment. It doesn't mean that every single aspect of your life will be severely changed though, but rather only the ones that have been holding you back from being the best version for yourself to date. Hold onto your horses because this upcoming year has a lot in store.

Challenges: “Page of swords rx”

The difficulties you will be experiencing in the upcoming year will be mostly on how you deal with communication and your mental processes in general. It could be that situations that occurred during this year of 2024 have left you feeling or acting cold, defensive, cynical, or overly sarcastic. It lead you to being overly blunt or direct to a point where it's just plain painful or almost mean. Perhaps the mind games, gossip, and paranoia others had rubbed a bit onto you, and now without noticing it has led you to acting alike those you disliked. These ways of thinking, talking, and acting will not be beneficial for you during 2025, and they will be part of the things that will be changed or transformed for the better. Alternately, you might just deal with individuals who are manipulative, cynical, sarcastic, gossipy, crass, immature, and that purposely use their intelligence for malicious purposes. They will bring about some challenges during next year, and the best way for you to handle it is by placing proper boundaries. Regardless if its you or them, do not allow damaging behaviors to cloud your mind and heart. There will be disappointing news as well or simply a lack of ideas and inspiration that will show up here and there throughout the 2025 as well. Either way, these are all temporary situations, specially since the main theme of the year will be about letting go and putting a proper end on everything that no longer serves your higher purpose.

Suggestions: “Space”

You are being advised to analyze the ways in which you fill the empty spaces within you. What is it that you are looking for when you want to feel fulfilled? Is it certain people? New projects? How do you handle the feeling of emptiness within you? And with what do you fill that void when it feels too much to handle? These are all important questions to meditate for 2025. Yes, it is important to spend time alone and create a certain amount of space without yourself and others, but truthfully speaking, even when we are "alone" there's always something that we resort to during this time. It could healthy or unhealthy, but regardless of what it might be it can shape the way in which we develop internally.

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This person is happy around you. I can see that their feelings are overflowing around you and they feel like your relationship is meaningful. To them, your relationship is deep and truly important. They're excited to see where your relationship is going and they're already in the stage of feeling intimate. They feel like there's an opportunity and a lot of potential between you. I can also see that this person is protective of you. They treasure and value you deeply and this person might have a strong masculine energy. They are willing to do anything to protect and defend you in many situations. This person wants to provide for you, maybe they're generous towards you. But I feel like this person is also in a confused state. They're unsure about how they feel, or maybe they don't want to admit it to themselves. But they're really attracted to you and they want to approach you and express how they feel about you, but they might have some baggage from the past which is making them feel like they're not worthy of love. You might be seeing signs of their feelings already. In this case, you might have to give them assurance and make them feel like they're worthy of love too.

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I can see that this person feels like you're "the one" for them. They're content with you and you're like a dream come true to them. They want to show you off to everyone, especially to their family and friends. I feel like you might be dating or in a situationship. But this is changing. This person might be ready to transform your relationship into something deeper. They might commit to you because they realized that they don't want to lose you and they know you're both serious to each other. They were holding back because maybe you're in the early stages yet and your relationship moves too quickly, but now they're certain that they want this relationship with you. They're willing to work on this with you. This person is looking at your relationship in a different way now, in a better perspective. They appreciate you a lot. I feel like you bring out the inner child in this person and they feel like they don't have to pretend around you. It's like they can talk to you about anything, even their personal problems and struggles in life. They feel like you really understand them, not just on a surface level but on a deep level. Their feelings for you are getting deeper and beyond the potential they saw at first because now, they see that the relationship that they dreamed of is happening in reality.

Pile 3

This person is determined to show you and make you feel that they love you. They're willing to work hard on your relationship and make it work even when things get tough. Their love language could be acts of service and they might believe that actions speak louder than words. They want to show their love for you through actions. They're committed to you already, whether you made your relationship or not. They're patient towards you and your relationship. I feel like you're the feminine energy and this person is the masculine energy. They're willing to fight for you and protect you at all costs to the point that they might come off as overprotective. I can see that you might be friends or (close) acquaintances right now but this person wants to take things on a deeper level. They want to start anew, in a romantic way. They want to be in a relationship with you and they are excited about this because there's a lot of potential between the two of you. They're curious about you and where this relationship leads them. But no rush, because this person is patient with you and they don't want to rush you. They might prefer to take things slow because this brings out more stability and harmony in the relationship.

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SIGNS

Moon in Aries: signifies an emotionally charged and impulsive nature. Individuals are assertive, driven, and eager for new experiences. Their emotions can be intense, quick to surface, and just as quickly dissipate. They're natural leaders who seek challenges, but may need to balance spontaneity with sensitivity to avoid conflicts.

Moon in Taurus: signifies an emotionally stable and grounded nature. Individuals seek comfort, security, and routine. They value material comforts and possessive attachments, often displaying a calm demeanor. While patient and reliable, they may struggle with change. Nurturing and sensuous, they express affection through practical gestures and a strong connection to nature.

Moon in Gemini: signifies a curious and adaptable emotional nature. Individuals are communicative, witty, and easily engage with others emotionally. They seek mental stimulation and variety, often juggling multiple interests. However, their feelings can be changeable, making depth in relationships a challenge. Playful and versatile, they find emotional expression through words and connections.

Moon in Cancer: signifies a nurturing and sensitive emotional nature. Individuals are deeply connected to family and home, seeking security and comfort. Intuitive and empathetic, they feel others' emotions strongly. They may battle mood swings and a fear of rejection. Expressing love through care and support, they value emotional bonds and nostalgia.

Moon in Leo: signifies a dramatic and expressive emotional nature. Individuals seek recognition and validation, often displaying confidence and flair. They possess a generous and warm heart, but can be sensitive to criticism. Dramatic and creative, they enjoy being at the center of attention and express affection through grand gestures and enthusiasm.

Moon in Virgo: signifies a practical and detail-oriented emotional nature. Individuals are analytical, seeking order and perfection. They may struggle with self-criticism and worry. Attuned to helping others, they express care through practical assistance. Reserved in showing emotions, they value reliability and intellect, often finding solace in routine and organization.

Moon in Libra: signifies a harmonious and diplomatic emotional nature. Individuals value relationships, seeking balance and fairness. They're skilled communicators, striving for peace and avoiding conflict. Indecision can be a challenge, as they weigh options carefully. Expressing love through companionship, they value aesthetics and social connections, aiming for mutual understanding.

Moon in Scorpio: signifies an intense and secretive emotional nature. Individuals possess deep passions and a probing curiosity. Emotionally resilient, they may struggle with trust issues. They seek profound connections and transformative experiences. While intense and complex, they show love through loyalty and profound emotional bonds, embracing both light and shadow.

Moon in Sagittarius: signifies an adventurous and optimistic emotional nature. Individuals value freedom and seek personal growth. They're enthusiastic and open-minded, often exploring diverse perspectives. Restlessness can arise, and they may struggle with emotional depth. Expressing affection through shared experiences, they thrive on exploration, humor, and a quest for meaning.

Moon in Capricorn: signifies a disciplined and reserved emotional nature. Individuals prioritize practicality and achievement, seeking stability and authority. They may battle with vulnerability and detachment. Expressing love through acts of service and responsibility, they value long-term commitments. While ambitious and cautious, they find emotional fulfillment through accomplishment and structure.

Moon in Aquarius:signifies an independent and innovative emotional nature. Individuals value uniqueness and intellectual connections. They can seem detached, valuing personal space. Embracing change, they may find it challenging to express deep emotions. Affection is shown through friendship and shared ideals, as they seek progress, inclusivity, and unconventional bonds.

Moon in Pisces: signifies a compassionate and dreamy emotional nature. Individuals are highly empathetic, often absorbing others' feelings. Imagination is strong, but boundaries can blur, leading to emotional sensitivity. They express love through understanding and support, valuing spiritual connections. Intuitive and artistic, they find solace in creativity and emotional depth.

HOUSES

Moon in the 1st house: signifies a strongly visible and emotionally expressive presence. Individuals wear their emotions on their sleeve, often projecting sensitivity and intuition. Their identity is closely tied to feelings, leading to heightened empathy and responsiveness. Others perceive them as approachable and nurturing, inviting emotional connections and relationships.

Moon in the 2nd house: signifies an emotionally attached and security-oriented approach to finances and possessions. Individuals find emotional comfort in material stability. They may have fluctuating income and a tendency to overspend for emotional fulfillment. Expressing love through practical gestures, they seek comfort and emotional value in their belongings.

Moon in the 3rd house: signifies a communicative and emotionally responsive mindset. Individuals express feelings through words and connections. Curiosity is strong, but emotions can fluctuate rapidly. Sibling relationships are significant, and they thrive in nurturing conversations. Learning and sharing ideas play a pivotal role in their emotional fulfillment.

Moon in the 4th house: signifies a deep emotional connection to home, family, and roots. Individuals seek comfort and security within their personal space. Strong family ties and childhood memories shape their emotions. Nurturing and protective, they create a safe haven for themselves and loved ones, prioritizing emotional stability.

Moon in the 5th house: signifies a creative and emotionally expressive nature. Individuals find emotional fulfillment through self-expression, often gravitating toward the arts, romance, and leisure activities. They radiate warmth and playfulness, but emotions can be dramatic. They value joy and authenticity, expressing love through creativity, passion, and fun interactions.

Moon in the 6th house: signifies an emotionally attuned and nurturing approach to work and health. Individuals find emotional satisfaction in service and routines. They may experience mood fluctuations related to daily tasks. Their caring nature shines in helping others, and they seek emotional balance through practical habits and well-being practices.

Moon in the 7th house: signifies emotionally significant partnerships. Individuals seek emotional fulfillment through close relationships and may experience emotional ups and downs in partnerships. They value companionship, empathy, and harmony, often attracting nurturing partners. Their emotional equilibrium relies on finding balance and mutual understanding within their connections.

Moon in the 8th house: signifies deep emotional intensity and transformation. Individuals are drawn to the mysterious and psychological aspects of life. They may face emotional challenges related to shared resources and intimacy. Seeking profound connections, they express love through loyalty and vulnerability, navigating their emotions through inner exploration.

Moon in the 9th house: signifies an emotionally expansive and philosophical nature. Individuals seek emotional growth through exploration, travel, and learning. They value diverse perspectives and may have a strong connection to spiritual or cultural beliefs. Expressing love through shared ideals, they find emotional fulfillment in broadening their horizons and seeking truth.

Moon in the 10th house: signifies an emotionally driven and ambitious nature. Individuals are concerned with public image and reputation. They may experience emotional fluctuations in their career path and authority roles. Expressing love through achievement, they find emotional fulfillment by integrating personal and professional life, aiming for recognition and influence.

Moon in the 11th house: signifies a socially oriented and emotionally connected nature. Individuals prioritize friendships and group activities. They seek emotional support through a wide network of friends and social causes. Their nurturing qualities shine within communities, expressing love through camaraderie and shared goals, aiming for mutual growth and understanding.

Moon in the 12th house: signifies a deeply introspective and sensitive nature. Individuals may experience hidden emotions and subconscious struggles. They find emotional solace in solitude and spiritual practices. Expressing love through empathy and compassion, they seek to heal and uplift, often navigating their emotions through self-discovery and inner reflection.

ASPECTS

Sun:

Conjunction: gives a harmonious blend of emotions and identity. Individuals have a strong sense of self and emotional clarity, aligning their inner feelings with their outward persona.

Trine: signifies a harmonious alignment between emotions and identity. Individuals are self-aware, emotionally balanced, and radiate warmth, enhancing personal growth and nurturing relationships with ease.

Sextile: represents a harmonious connection between emotions and identity. Individuals display empathy and creativity, fostering personal growth and positive relationships through their emotional intelligence and expression.

Square: indicates inner tension between emotions and identity. Individuals may struggle to balance personal needs with external demands, leading to conflicts and challenges in self-expression.

Opposition: signifies a tug-of-war between emotions and identity. Individuals may experience inner conflicts and external challenges, requiring balance and compromise to harmonize their feelings and self-image.

Mercury:

Conjunction: signifies heightened emotional intelligence and communication skills. Individuals express feelings eloquently, making them adept at understanding and articulating their emotions and thoughts.

Trine: indicates easy emotional expression and communication. Individuals effortlessly convey feelings, thoughts, and intuition, fostering harmonious interactions and understanding in relationships and personal growth.

Sextile: signifies emotional receptivity and effective communication. Individuals blend feelings and thoughts adeptly, fostering positive interactions and enhancing their emotional intelligence for personal growth.

Square: indicates potential conflicts between emotions and thoughts. Individuals may struggle to express feelings clearly or misinterpret their own emotions, leading to communication challenges and inner turmoil.

Opposition: signifies tension between emotions and communication. Individuals may experience challenges in expressing feelings or have difficulty reconciling their inner thoughts with outward expression, leading to conflicts.

Venus:

Conjunction: indicates a harmonious blend of emotions and love. Individuals are affectionate, empathetic, and value relationships, finding emotional fulfillment in close, nurturing connections and shared pleasures.

Trine: signifies emotional harmony and affectionate nature. Individuals express feelings lovingly and find joy in relationships and artistic pursuits, enhancing their emotional well-being and attracting positivity.

Sextile: indicates ease in expressing emotions and cultivating loving relationships. Individuals possess emotional intelligence, fostering harmonious connections and enjoying the pleasures of life, promoting personal growth.

Square: implies challenges balancing emotions and love. Individuals may experience conflicts in relationships or struggle with self-indulgence, seeking harmony between their feelings and desires.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and love. Individuals may grapple with balancing personal feelings and relationships, requiring compromise and self-awareness to harmonize their emotional and romantic lives.

Mars:

Conjunction: indicates heightened emotional intensity and assertiveness. Individuals are passionate and assertive in expressing feelings, sometimes leading to impulsiveness and emotional conflicts.

Trine: signifies emotional harmony with assertiveness. Individuals express feelings passionately and assertively, channeling their energy constructively, fostering confidence, and enhancing personal growth.

Sextile: indicates a balanced blend of emotions and assertiveness. Individuals express feelings energetically and constructively, promoting positive interactions and personal growth.

Square: suggests inner tension between emotions and assertiveness. Individuals may experience emotional outbursts or conflicts when expressing feelings, requiring self-awareness to manage impulsiveness.

Opposition: indicates potential conflicts between emotions and assertiveness. Individuals may grapple with balancing their feelings and desires, requiring self-awareness to harmonize their emotional and active energies.

Jupiter:

Conjunction: signifies emotional expansion and optimism. Individuals have abundant feelings, often feeling lucky and generous. They find emotional fulfillment in growth, abundance, and broadening horizons.

Trine: signifies emotional harmony and optimism. Individuals are naturally cheerful, generous, and emotionally expansive, finding fulfillment in growth, abundance, and harmonious relationships, promoting personal development.

Sextile: signifies emotional balance and optimism. Individuals possess an innate sense of joy, generosity, and emotional growth, fostering harmonious relationships and personal development.

Square: implies inner tension between emotions and optimism. Individuals may grapple with excessive emotions or overindulgence, requiring moderation and self-awareness to balance their feelings and desires.

Opposition: indicates potential conflicts between emotions and optimism. Individuals may struggle with balancing their feelings and expansive tendencies, necessitating self-awareness to harmonize their emotional and philosophical outlooks.

Saturn:

Conjunction: indicates a disciplined and reserved emotional nature. Individuals experience emotional stability through structure and responsibility, but may struggle with expressing vulnerability or experiencing emotional detachment.

Trine: signifies emotional balance and discipline. Individuals express feelings methodically and responsibly, fostering long-lasting and stable relationships and enhancing personal growth and emotional maturity.

Sextile: implies emotional stability and responsibility. Individuals manage feelings adeptly, fostering disciplined, long-lasting relationships and promoting personal growth and emotional maturity through practicality and empathy.

Square: indicates inner tension between emotions and responsibility. Individuals may experience emotional struggles or face obstacles in expressing feelings, necessitating self-awareness and perseverance to overcome challenges.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and responsibility. Individuals may grapple with balancing their feelings and obligations, requiring self-awareness and effort to harmonize their emotional and practical lives

Uranus:

Conjunction: signifies emotional unpredictability and uniqueness. Individuals experience sudden changes in emotions and may be unconventional in expressing their feelings, fostering an eccentric emotional nature.

Trine: indicates emotional harmony with a flair for innovation. Individuals express feelings uniquely, fostering open-mindedness and adaptability, promoting personal growth through unconventional emotional experiences.

Sextile: suggests emotional balance with a touch of originality. Individuals express feelings in unique ways, fostering adaptability and promoting personal growth through open-mindedness and unconventional emotional experiences.

Square: implies inner tension between emotions and unpredictability. Individuals may experience sudden emotional outbursts or conflicts, requiring self-awareness to manage their unconventional feelings.

Opposition: indicates potential conflicts between emotions and unpredictability. Individuals may grapple with balancing their feelings and the urge for radical change, necessitating self-awareness to harmonize their emotional and rebellious tendencies.

Neptune:

Conjunction: signifies a highly sensitive and dreamy emotional nature. Individuals are empathetic, artistic, and may struggle with boundaries, seeking emotional fulfillment through creative expression and spiritual connection.

Trine: signifies emotional harmony with strong intuition. Individuals possess deep empathy, creativity, and spiritual awareness, fostering meaningful emotional connections and personal growth through art and spirituality.

Sextile: implies emotional balance with heightened intuition. Individuals are empathetic, creative, and spiritually inclined, fostering meaningful emotional connections and personal growth through artistic expression and spirituality.

Square: suggests inner tension between emotions and illusions. Individuals may grapple with emotional confusion or escapism, requiring self-awareness to manage their sensitive and potentially deceptive feelings.

Opposition: indicates potential conflicts between emotions and illusions. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings and idealistic tendencies, necessitating self-awareness to harmonize their emotional and dreamy inclinations.

Pluto:

Conjunction: signifies intense and transformative emotions. Individuals experience emotional depth and power, often leading to intense, even obsessive, emotional connections and a profound desire for emotional renewal.

Trine: signifies emotional harmony and transformative power. Individuals navigate their feelings and relationships with depth and intensity, fostering profound emotional connections and personal growth through self-awareness.

Sextile: implies emotional balance and transformative potential. Individuals possess depth and intensity in their feelings, fostering meaningful emotional connections and personal growth through self-awareness and resilience.

Square: suggests inner tension between emotions and power struggles. Individuals may grapple with intense emotions or control issues, requiring self-awareness to manage their transformative feelings.

Opposition: indicates potential conflicts between emotions and power dynamics. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings and control issues, necessitating self-awareness to harmonize their transformative inclinations.

ASC (Rising):

Conjunction: signifies a strong emotional presence. Individuals project their feelings and instincts prominently, and their emotional nature strongly influences their outward appearance and first impressions.

Trine: signifies an emotionally balanced and harmonious demeanor. Individuals project their feelings and instincts naturally, fostering positive first impressions and emotional authenticity in their interactions

Sextile: indicates an emotionally receptive and adaptable presence. Individuals project their feelings and instincts with ease, promoting positive first impressions and emotional rapport in their interactions.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and outward projection. Individuals may struggle to align their feelings with their appearance, requiring self-awareness to balance their inner and outer selves.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and outward projection. Individuals may grapple with aligning their feelings with their appearance, necessitating self-awareness to harmonize their inner and outer selves.

IC (Imum Coeli):

Conjunction: signifies a deep emotional connection to one's roots and family. Individuals often experience intense emotions tied to their home and heritage.

Trine: indicates emotional harmony with one's roots and family. Individuals experience a balanced emotional connection to their home and heritage, fostering stability and emotional fulfillment.

Sextile: implies an emotionally adaptable connection to one's roots and family. Individuals experience ease in expressing feelings tied to their home and heritage, promoting emotional stability.

Square: suggests inner tension between emotions and one's roots and family. Individuals may grapple with unresolved emotional issues related to their home and heritage.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and one's roots and family. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings with their home and heritage, necessitating self-awareness.

DC (Descendant):

Conjunction: signifies a strong emotional connection to relationships. Individuals may project their emotions onto their partners, emphasizing the importance of emotional harmony and balance in partnerships.

Trine: indicates emotional harmony in relationships. Individuals easily connect with others on an emotional level, fostering balanced and supportive partnerships, and valuing emotional rapport.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability in relationships. Individuals form connections easily, projecting warmth and empathy, fostering harmonious and flexible partnerships with a strong emotional connection.

Square: suggests tension in relationships. Individuals may struggle to balance their emotions and partnerships, experiencing conflicts and needing self-awareness to harmonize their emotional and relational lives.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts in relationships. Individuals may grapple with balancing their emotions with the needs and dynamics of partnerships, requiring self-awareness for harmonious interactions.

MC (Midheaven):

Conjunction: indicates a strong emotional connection to one's career and public image. Individuals may express their feelings prominently in their professional life, often seeking emotional fulfillment through their work.

Trine: suggests emotional harmony with one's career and public image. Individuals navigate their professional life with emotional intelligence, fostering success and emotional fulfillment through their work.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability in one's career and public image. Individuals express their feelings effectively, fostering success and emotional fulfillment through their work and public roles.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and one's career and public image. Individuals may grapple with balancing personal feelings and professional demands, necessitating self-awareness.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and one's career and public image. Individuals may struggle to balance personal feelings with professional responsibilities, necessitating self-awareness for harmony.

North Node:

Conjunction: signifies a strong emotional connection to one's life purpose and growth. Individuals experience fated or karmic events related to their emotions and destiny.

Trine: indicates emotional harmony with one's life purpose and growth. Individuals navigate their destiny with emotional intelligence, fostering personal development and fulfillment.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability in alignment with one's life purpose and growth. Individuals connect their feelings with their destiny, promoting personal development and fulfillment.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and one's life purpose and growth. Individuals may grapple with balancing personal feelings and karmic or destiny-related challenges, requiring self-awareness.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and one's life purpose and growth. Individuals may struggle to balance

South Node:

Conjunction: indicates a strong emotional connection to past patterns. Individuals may experience recurring emotional themes from past lives, impacting their present feelings and behaviors.

Trine: suggests emotional ease with past patterns. Individuals navigate their emotions with a sense of familiarity, promoting personal growth through lessons from the past.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability with past patterns. Individuals connect their feelings with past experiences, promoting personal growth through insights from the past.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and past patterns. Individuals may grapple with balancing personal feelings and unresolved issues from their past, requiring self-awareness.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and past patterns. Individuals may struggle to balance personal feelings with unresolved issues from their past, necessitating self-awareness

Chiron:

Conjunction: signifies emotional wounds and healing. Individuals may experience deep emotional pain related to their past, but also have the potential for profound emotional growth and healing.

Trine: indicates emotional healing and balance. Individuals possess emotional intelligence, fostering healing connections and personal growth through empathy and self-awareness, promoting emotional well-being.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability and healing. Individuals connect their feelings with their capacity for healing, fostering personal growth and emotional well-being through empathy and self-awareness.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and healing. Individuals may grapple with emotional wounds or pain, requiring self-awareness and effort to navigate their emotional healing journey.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and healing. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings with their journey of emotional healing, necessitating self-awareness for reconciliation.

Lilith:

Conjunction: indicates a potent blend of emotions and primal instincts. Individuals may confront taboo or suppressed feelings, fostering intense emotional experiences and self-discovery.

Trine: suggests harmonious integration of emotions and primal instincts. Individuals navigate their feelings and instincts adeptly, promoting a balanced and authentic expression of their emotional nature.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability with primal instincts. Individuals connect their feelings with their deeper desires, promoting a balanced and authentic expression of their emotional nature.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and primal instincts. Individuals may grapple with taboo or suppressed feelings, necessitating self-awareness and effort to balance their emotional nature.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and primal instincts. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings with suppressed desires, necessitating self-awareness for reconciliation.

Ceres:

Conjunction: signifies nurturing and emotional bonding. Individuals have a deep connection to motherhood and caregiving, often finding fulfillment through nurturing others and forming strong emotional bonds.

Trine: implies emotional harmony with nurturing and caregiving. Individuals foster warm and empathetic connections, finding fulfillment through nurturing others and forming strong emotional bonds.

Sextile: indicates emotional adaptability in nurturing and caregiving. Individuals connect their feelings with a warm, empathetic approach, fostering positive relationships and emotional fulfillment through nurturing others.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and nurturing. Individuals may grapple with conflicts related to caregiving roles, requiring self-awareness and effort to balance their emotional and nurturing aspects.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and nurturing. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings with caregiving responsibilities, necessitating self-awareness and effort to harmonize these aspects.

Pallas:

Conjunction: signifies emotional intelligence and strategic thinking. Individuals express feelings through thoughtful planning and problem-solving, often finding fulfillment through emotionally intelligent approaches to challenges.

Trine: indicates emotional harmony with strategic thinking. Individuals navigate feelings adeptly, fostering balanced and intelligent approaches to challenges, and finding fulfillment through emotionally intelligent solutions.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability with strategic thinking. Individuals connect their feelings with thoughtful planning, fostering balanced and intelligent approaches to challenges, promoting emotional well-being.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and strategic thinking. Individuals may grapple with conflicts related to feelings and logical approaches to challenges, requiring self-awareness for balance.

Opposition: indicates potential conflicts between emotions and strategic thinking. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings with rational approaches to challenges, necessitating self-awareness for reconciliation.

Juno:

Conjunction: suggests an emotional connection to partnership and commitment. Individuals may place significant emotional emphasis on their relationships, often seeking emotional fulfillment through marital or committed bonds.

Trine: indicates emotional harmony and commitment in relationships. Individuals navigate their feelings adeptly, fostering stable and fulfilling partnerships, valuing emotional rapport and loyalty.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability in committed relationships. Individuals connect their feelings with a sense of partnership, fostering harmonious and fulfilling bonds, valuing emotional rapport and loyalty.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and commitment in relationships. Individuals may grapple with conflicts related to feelings and their ability to sustain long-term partnerships, requiring self-awareness.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and commitment in relationships. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings with their capacity for sustained, harmonious partnerships, necessitating self-awareness.

Vesta:

Conjunction: indicates a strong emotional connection to devotion and focus. Individuals may place significant emphasis on their emotional commitments, often seeking fulfillment through dedicated and disciplined pursuits.

Trine: signifies emotional harmony and dedication. Individuals navigate their feelings with focus and discipline, fostering committed and fulfilling pursuits, valuing emotional commitment and attention to detail.

Sextile: implies emotional adaptability in dedicated pursuits. Individuals connect their feelings with a sense of focus and discipline, fostering harmonious and fulfilling commitments, valuing emotional dedication.

Square: suggests tension between emotions and dedication. Individuals may grapple with conflicts related to feelings and their ability to maintain focused and disciplined pursuits, requiring self-awareness.

Opposition: signifies potential conflicts between emotions and dedication. Individuals may struggle to balance their feelings with their commitment to focused and disciplined pursuits, necessitating self-awareness.

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[cal-kestis]

HOW TO: Make an iPhone Layout + Downloadable Template

Hi! I've gotten a few messages asking for a tutorial on my iPhone gifsets — but instead of only doing a tutorial (that would probably be triple the length this one already is), I decided to turn my layout into a template with all the bits and bobs! In the "tutorial" under the cut, I'll share everything you'll need, a free template download, and quickly go over how to use this template. :)

Disclaimer: This template uses Video Timeline and this tutorial assumes you have a basic to intermediate understanding of Photoshop.

PHASE 1: THE ASSETS

1.1 – Download fonts. These are the fonts used for all assets I've included in my template: – SF Pro or SF Pro Display (Regular, Medium, Bold): Either version works, they look nearly identical. You can download directly from https://developer.apple.com/fonts/ or easily find it via Google – Bebas Neue: Free on Google Fonts, Adobe Fonts, and dafont – Times New Roman (Bold): Should be a default font in Photoshop

Make sure to download and install any of the fonts you don't already have before opening my template. That way, once you open the template file, all the settings (font size, weight, spacing, color, opacity, etc.) are as intended.

1.2 – Download my template. Before you use my template, all I ask is that you don't claim or redistribute it as your own and that you give me proper credit in the caption of your post. Making these iPhone gifsets takes me a longgg time and turning this layout into a template took several hours too.

DOWNLOAD TEMPLATE VIA KO-FI ← This template is completely free to download (just enter $0), but if you feel inclined to tip me, I appreciate you! 💖

BTW this template also includes some of my frequently used icons!

NOTE: If, for some reason, you open the template and see the pop-up shown below, click "NO" — otherwise, the fonts will be all messed up:

And if you see this triangle with an exclamation point by a text layer, don't double-click it — it'll mess up the font as well:

PHASE 2: THE GIFS

I'm just going to briefly go over gif sizes and my recommendations. Also, keep in mind when grabbing your scenes, you'll want all of these gifs to be the same amount of frames.

2.1 – Background Gif: 540 x 540 px. I recommend this size so you have a good amount of visibility for the gif behind the iPhone wallpaper. I also recommend making this black and white (or in my case, black and white with a slight blue tint — idk I just like the way it looks) so the wallpaper coloring can stand out.

2.2 – Wallpaper Gif: 230 (w) x 500 (h) px. Keep in mind the very narrow dimensions of the wallpaper! And also keep in mind that you'll have a bunch of apps and widgets covering the image. I try to use wide shots (or layer my clips into looking like wide shots). Also, keep in mind your color scheme for your set and your character's aesthetic! I tend to focus on one or two colors for the wallpaper.

I usually position the wallpaper to the side with 20px bumpers, so there's lots of space to see the background:

2.3 – Large Photo Widget Gif: 201 (w) x 96 (h) px.

2.4 – Small Photo Widget Gif: 94 x 94 px.

PHASE 3: THE TEMPLATE – "IPHONE" FOLDER

In this section, I'll try to quickly walk you through how to use this template and some bits that may require extra instructions. I'll be going through each folder from top to bottom.

3.1 – Status Bar. Time, Service, and WiFi are pretty self-explanatory. In the Battery folder, you can use the shape tool to adjust the shape layers labeled "Fill (Adjustable Shape!)" to customize the battery level.

3.2 – Message Notification. Again, these are pretty self-explanatory. I've already masked the circle for the contact photo, so you can simply import any photo and use the transform tool to shrink it down. The circle is 24x24 px. If you don't want to use a photo, there's another folder called Default Initials.

If your message text can't fit the text box, the message should end with ellipses which is how iOS caps off long texts.

3.3 – Blurred Banner (IMPORTANT) This folder is easy to miss because there's only one placeholder layer in there. On iPhones, the area behind a banner notification and the dock get blurred (including the wallpaper and any apps).

What to do: Make a duplicate of the apps in Row 1 and/or widgets that intersect the message banner, convert them all into one smart object, apply a Gaussian Blur filter (Radius: 3.0 pixels) on the smart object, and move the smart object into this masked folder!

(There's another masked folder in the Wallpaper folder for the dock which I'll go over in that section.)

3.4 – Apps Turn off the yellow guide if you don't need it to keep things aligned and turn off layers you don't need by clicking the eye icon. Replace the "App" placeholder text with your app name, change the color or gradient of the square to compliment your color scheme, and add your custom app icon overlay!

If you can't find an app icon you need from the ones I provided, flaticon.com is a great resource. Also, if you can only find the filled version of an icon, check out this tutorial for how to make any text or shape into an outline.

Also, each app folder has 4 notification bubble options (1-4 digits). Again, you can toggle these on and off as you need!

3.5 – Big Widgets I like using these when my wallpaper has A LOT of negative space to fill. I included the Photos and Books widgets in my template, but there are lots of widgets available on iPhones. You can check some of the other ones I've done here, or if you have an iPhone, simply try adding some widgets to your phone!

There are also widgets bigger than these, but they would take up half of the phone screen which is why I don't use them for these edits.

3.6 – Small Widgets The only thing I'll say about these — because they're pretty straight forward — is there are a lot more weather themes than I included in my template. Also, if you set your character's phone to evening, the weather widget will show a dark background (sometimes with stars), so keep that in mind.

Speaking of, I've included Light Modes and Dark Modes for, I think, every applicable widget.

3.7 – Page Dots These barely perceptible dots indicate that your character has more pages of apps than shown in your gifset (so if an anon tries to come at you, you can just say "it's on the next page of apps" /j /lh)

3.8 – Dock Again, the dock has notification bubble options and I've included the default app designs, custom filled designs, and custom outlined designs for iMessage, Phone, Email, and Safari (there's also a FaceTime alternative if that's how your character rolls). These are usually the apps people keep in their Dock, but this is fully customizable too. So, if your character is, like, super obsessed with Candy Crush or something and needs it in thumb's reach — you can put it in the dock.

3.9 – Wallpaper This whole folder is masked already to a 230x500 px rounded rectangle.

Inside, you'll find another "Blurred Portion" folder for the area behind the message banner notification and the dock.

What to do: Duplicate your gif layer and place it in this folder, remove any sharpening filters, and apply a Gaussian Blur filter (Radius: 3.0 px). Be sure to add any coloring/adjustment layers ABOVE this folder and your original sharpened gif layer.

PHASE 4: EXPORT

We made it!

I hope this template makes it super easy for you to recreate this layout! If you decide to try it out, feel free to tag me with #usernik.

If you notice anything wonky about the template, kindly let me know so I can fix it! And if you have any questions about how to use this template, please don't hesitate to send me a message! I just ask that you try to be specific in your question so I'm able to answer you the best I can!

[mysticalserenity-tarot]

*ੈ✩‧₊˚General messages for the collective for the year 2025*ੈ✩‧₊˚

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Let's dive in!

Disclaimer: This is a collective reading I picked up on multiple energies, so please only take what resonates and leave the rest.

(7 of Cups Rx, Knight of Wands, The Hierophant, 2 of Swords, The Magician Rx, Strength, 3 of Cups, 8 of Pentacles, 6 of Wands, King of Pentacles.)

✨ I keep hearing 'regaining your power.' You are about to enter your boss b*tch era! I sense a powerful dark feminine energy at work (no matter the gender) some of you may have even consciously manifested this change. Transformation is the main theme for most of you in 2025.

✨ "Finally, it's my time" - I sense feelings of joy and relief. Your hard work will pay off, and you may wonder if the Universe/your guides see how hard you've been working. Rest assured, they do, and there will be rewards for your efforts. The cards I drew emphasize triumph, and you, my dear, are the star!"

✨ You may face a difficult decision or choice, which could be related to your career, love life, or some other aspect of your life. Even though it may feel challenging, you'll ultimately find peace with your decision. For some of you, it's about letting go of something or someone, and I can feel the weight in your stomach already. But please don't worry, everything will be alright. Just remember: it's not your fault.

✨ Some of you will find the strength to break free from toxic and karmic situations. You will let go of people who have manipulated you and hindered your personal growth, especially.

✨ I see you meeting new people and an upcoming connection with your soul tribe, and it may be at work or in a situation where you collaborate with them, leading to newfound opportunities and abundance in your life.

✨ 2025 will be your King of Pentacles year: expect abundance, financial security, and success in your endeavors. Patience and hard work will be the keys to unlocking your destiny. I foresee your business expanding, and your efforts will be acknowledged and respected.

✨ With the 2 of Cups appearing frequently, I sense a strong possibility of unions with a future spouse or a twin flame/karmic partner entering your life, all of which are meant to serve your highest good. They may also be wise guides or teachers, and you will learn a lot from each other both consciously and unconsciously.

✨ You are going to prioritize yourselves and develop a stronger connection with your higher selves and spirit guides. Your psychic abilities may awaken or become even more acute. This newfound awareness will open up a world of growth, insight, and intuition in your life.

✨ Many of you are currently seeking employment, and I see you obtaining a job in 2025 that may not be exactly what you'd ideally prefer to do. However, this job will serve as a stepping stone, opening doors for you to ultimately reach your dreams and aspirations.

✨ One of your big manifestations will come to fruition in the 3D (physical world) in 2025, and I sense that it could be something related to the collective message I've shared.

✨ The dominant colors of your 2025 will be red and yellow, representing power, determination, vitality, and strength, as well as passion and positivity, intellect, and enlightenment. I foresee healing taking place in your root and solar plexus chakras, where your personal power originates. The number theme for 2025 will be the number 8, representing accomplishment, power, success, and overall abundance. Confirmation.

Here are some affirmations for a special 2025 for everyone:

🌠 "2025 is going to be my year." 🌠 "I am attracting prosperity and abundance into my life." 🌠 "I am surrounding myself with positive and supportive people." 🌠 "I am taking care of my physical, mental, and emotional health." 🌠 "I am letting go of the past and embracing the future with optimism and excitement." 🌠 "I am grateful for all the blessings and joy that will come to me in the new year."

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ALWAYS THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR EACH ONE OF YOU'S SUPPORT, I'M GRATEFUL 🤗🤍~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

Please note that I used AI language bot to help improve grammar and spelling in my readings, as English is not my first language. However, the interpretations and insights provided in my readings are all my work, based on my intuition and the cards' symbolism.

Disclaimer: Tarot readings are for entertainment purposes only and are not meant to predict or dictate your future. The cards provide insights and guidance, but the ultimate power of choice lies with you.

[ivesambrose]

PAC: WHAT WILL BRING YOU JOY

Something we all could use a little more of 💕

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Picture 1

You may have felt a sense of helplessness of late. As though certain events and circumstances have genuinely been out of your control. Might have gone through some betrayals that led to certain necessary endings or have been dealing with loss that may have impacted your mental health too. Certain things have been necessary and whether you're fully aware of it or not, you do feel lighter. You will feel much lighter in the coming months eventually. For most of you, I'm seeing dancing, performance arts as well as a retreat to somewhere open and green will bring you joy. You really really need to fill your lungs with fresh air. Some of you have been on the edge or rather anxious and sleepless too. You need to breathe. Being around or tending to animals will bring you joy too. Learning about health and wellness will also do you well. Some of you will find joy in painting with water colors or taking quiet walks late at night (stay safe please) some of you could also use a swim or take up swimming for yourself. You need to pause and appreciate the things you don't really pay attention to. Maybe even listen to your subconscious more and block the external noise out this could also mean decluttering your room and/or surroundings as well.

Picture 2

You may have felt out of place or felt as though you have lacked community or resources for yourself. You're very protective of yourself and your energy as well as whatever you've accumulated by yourself be it in matters of wealth or any other accolades. You have a creative fire within you that is supposed to burn bright enough to illuminate the way without burning you out. Writing, communicating, journaling, learning, nurturing yourself and others will bring you joy. Celebrate yourself and the smallest wins in your life. Your thoughts, ideas, words, your voice especially and your mere presence is immensely powerful and this mere gift that you possses will inevitably turn your life around when you least expect it. Explore the world ahead, you do posses the ability to manifest it. The only reason you think it's denied to you is because you're afraid of taking the leap of faith. But rest assured, when time comes, it will feel right and you wouldn't have to overthink it. Till then, work on channeling your emotions into something creative that feels meditative at the same time. You don't require external validation for this. Learn to regulate your nervous system and self soothe too. You may also end up being a part of or building a community of people who feel like family too.

Picture 3

You may have felt severely isolated and it's not a new emotion, it's been lingering on and off for quiet some time. You've gained necessary wisdom however and learned to feel safe and welcome in your own company. You've likely also felt extremely defensive and at wits end with the people you've encountered as well. You're craving change and will invite a major one soon enough. For you, self expression of any form be it experimenting with your aesthetic or even transforming yourself completely be it your physical body, the way you look or the way you see the world will bring you joy. Some of you are also born entertainers some of you might really be into makeup or cosplay too. Others of you simply need to blatantly romanticize your existence and life for your own sake, treat it as cinema and watch your plot unfold. You're meant to make an impact of some sort, use your influence well and wisely. You have massive will power and perseverance. But that doesn't mean you need to treat every day like an active battle field that you need to survive. Some of you need to know that, even if the past feels familiar you can't live there if you seek to expand your horizons. The world is waiting for you as much as you're waiting for the world. Erase the mental and emotional distance you have put between you and what you desire.

[notalostcausejustyet]

Behold and See if There be Any Sorrow

A bit late, but here's my holiday GO fic. This one is very, very personal to me. Many thanks go out to the @goodomensafterdark writer's guild and the always spectacular @adverbian for their help betaing and sorting my sorry lack of HTML skills lol.

Excerpt:

The vaults of St. Bartholomew’s transform the sound of the human voice like nothing else on earth, as the church has done since its inaugural services almost a millennia ago. Even from here, beyond the heavy doors, well away from the hallowed grounds. The ancient façade shimmers in the wavering illumination cast by  halogen streetlamps and the sound of the organ and chorus swells out into the frigid night air. It is forty-one minutes past midnight on the morning of December 25th and Handel’s Messiah is well underway inside the historic church.

A lone figure tips his head back to the night sky from where he is lounging against the side of a classic Bentley that is darker even than the shadows it sits in. Waiting, always waiting. He has stood sentinel over midwinter rituals longer than the gargoyles that flank the walls of the garden here, and he will stand guard over this one as well. London has blessed them with an unusually clear evening for December, and while the city will not grant him the stars he so loves, the brilliantly cold night has brought the moon into beautifully sharp relief, its cold glow casting diamonds into the frost that has formed on every surface, creating something miraculous out of the mundane.

Crowley looks upon the impassive face of the moon and reflects on the irony of how he worships still. He cannot stand in the nave, nor partake in the terrible, bone-aching beauty of the choir first-hand. Only once, in his long history on this pale blue dot, has he trespassed upon sanctified ground. His soles ache distantly at the memory; the scars of that night are deeper than the fragile flesh of this corporation. Cont. on A03, Link embedded above.