#blue kyanite and dreams

[nvraln-etsy]

Blue Kyanite is known for assisting in dream recalling and can be beneficial in guiding a dreamer in the use of kind and compassionate communication during dream journaling and when reassuring or consolidating the self upon waking from a nightmare. Furthermore, the crystal works well for connecting with spirit guides due to it’s high frequency. Enhancing the possibility to receive their messages, support, and comfort.

Chakra:  Throat 

Element: Water 

Cleansing: Run under cool, tepid water, place outside during the rain, 

Charging: Cover with tepid water in a natural bowl for a period of time.

[astra-ravana]

The Advantage Of Dream Work

Dream work, offers a unique opportunity for magical exploration and personal growth. After all, we do spend up to 25% of our lives dreaming. This alternate reality is a haven for shadow work and magickal practice. By combining ancient techniques and modern understanding of consciousness, you can unlock the potential of your dreamscape.

Understanding the Dream Realm

In witchcraft, dreams are seen as a bridge between the waking and spiritual worlds. They offer glimpses into the subconscious mind, where powerful energies reside.

There are a couple things you can do daily to increase your dream lucidity. Write down your dreams upon waking, no matter how fragmented. Keeping a dream journal enhances dream recall and help you identify recurring symbols and themes. Reality checks are also a practice you should adopt. Pinch your skin, try to read text, check the time, or look at your hands. This trains your mind to question reality, making it easier to recognize dream states.

Techniques for Lucid Dreaming

• Mnemonic Induction of Lucid Dreams (MILD): Before sleep, visualize yourself performing a reality check in a dream. Repeat this intention until you fall asleep.

• Wake Back to Bed (WBTB): Wake up after a few hours of sleep, stay awake for 20-30 minutes, then return to bed. This increases the likelihood of entering a lucid dream state.

• Dream Incubation: Set an intention before sleep, focusing on what you wish to experience or learn in your dream. This can be as simple as "I will have a lucid dream tonight" or a more specific goal.

Prophetic Dreaming

Prophetic dreaming is a potent tool for divination and foresight. These dreams, often vivid and symbolic, offer glimpses into future events or hidden truths. By interpreting the dream's imagery and symbolism, you can gain valuable insights and prepare for what lies ahead. These dreams can range from personal revelations to broader societal trends. To enhance prophetic dreaming, practitioners often employ various techniques, such as dream journaling, meditation, and the use of specific herbs and crystals. By attuning to the subtle energies of the dream realm, witches can unlock the secrets of the future and navigate life with greater wisdom and purpose.

Dream-Walking

Dream-walking is another form of dream work where the dreamer, in a state of lucidity, travels outside their own dreamscape. These journeys can lead them to astral projection, dream-hopping (visiting the dreams of others), travel to the spiritual realms, or even the land of the dead. Dream-walking carries many risks and proper precautions should be taken before even attempting it.

While dream-walking can be learned, it often comes naturally to those who practice it. Techniques are different for each person but it is something akin to hedge-riding, except the other world is accessed in a sleep state. While dangerous, it is an easier (for some) way to access other realms and even the minds of others.

Magical Enhancements

• Herbs: Blue lotus, mugwort, lavender, valerian, dream herb, passion flower, anise, rosemary, devil's claw, lemon balm, wormwood, chamomile, catnip, yarrow, skullcap, damiana, sage, angelica, calamus, tulsi, bay, ashwagandha, jasmine, mullien, cat's claw, jasmine, eye bright, calendula

• Crystals: Labradorite, moonstone, moldavite, amethyst, apatite, hematite, herkimer diamond, lapis lazuli, smokey/black quartz, covellite, charoite, scolecite, epidote, blue goldstone, celestite, fluorite, rainbow obsidian, blue tiger's eye, danburite, iolite, azurite, sodalite, blue kyanite, blue calcite, selenite

• Dream magick: Dream pillows, spell bags/jars, enchanted jewelry, sigils, bath rituals, lunar work, candle spells, incantations, teas

Exploring the Dreamscape

Once you've achieved lucidity, the possibilities are endless. Shadow work, spellcasting, healing, manifestation, spirit communication, baneful magick, necromancy, astral projection, astral creation, and hedge-riding are all easier to do here. Through practice you can learn to access your own astral realm as well as your astral and spiritual bodies. This can give you amazing control and insight in your waking life.

Safety and Ethics

Grounding is essential. Before falling asleep and after waking from a lucid dream or dream journey, ground yourself by connecting with your physical body and surroundings. Consider the whole impact before violating someone's mind or dreamscape/subconscious. Your dreams affect your daily experiences more than most know. Approach dream work with a sense of curiosity and reverence. Remember, lucid dreaming is a skill that takes practice. Be patient with yourself and enjoy the journey of exploring your subconscious mind and beyond.

Common Dream Symbols

Remember, dream interpretation is highly personal. These are general interpretations and may vary based on individual experiences and cultural context. It's often helpful to consider the specific emotions and sensations associated with the dream.

Animals

• Snake: Transformation, healing, sexuality, or hidden fears

• Spider: Creativity, patience, and problem-solving

• Dog: Loyalty, friendship, and protection

• Cat: Independence, intuition, and mystery

• Owl: Wisdom, knowledge, and intuition

• Horse: Power, freedom, and sexuality

• Deer: Sensitivity, gentleness, and intuition

• Bear: Strength, protection, and grounding

• Lion: Power, courage, and leadership

• Wolf: Leadership, family, and persistence

Natural Elements

• Water: Emotions, subconscious, and the flow of life

• Fire: Passion, anger, transformation, and purification

• Earth: Grounding, stability, and physical body

• Air: Intellect, communication, and spiritual connection

Objects and Places

• Teeth: Anxiety, insecurity, or feeling powerless.

• House: Self, family, or emotional state.

• School: Learning, growth, or feeling inadequate.

• Hospital: Illness, fear, or need for healing.

• Flying: Freedom, ambition, or spiritual awakening.

• Falling: Loss of control, fear, or insecurity.

• Keys: Access, opportunity, or unlocking potential.

• Doors: New beginnings, opportunities, or obstacles.

• Bridges: Transition, change, or connecting different aspects of oneself.

Other Symbols

• Death: Change, transformation, or the end of a cycle.

• Pregnancy: Creativity, new beginnings, or potential.

• Nakedness: Vulnerability, shame, or a desire for authenticity.

• Being chased: Fear, anxiety, or avoidance of something.

• Being lost: Confusion, uncertainty, or feeling overwhelmed.

• Being late: Fear of missing out, procrastination, or time management issues.

• Being stuck: Feeling trapped, helpless, or unable to move forward.

To delve deeper into dream interpretation, consider keeping a dream journal, exploring your personal associations with symbology, and  always consider the emotional tone of the dream.

[galacticnikki]

100 Witchcraft Tips in 100 Days!

Day 8 - 5 Basic Crystals & How to Use Them

1. Labradorite

Element: Wind

Zodiac: Taurus, Leo, Scorpio, Sagittarius, Pisces

Planet: Uranus, Moon

Correspondences: Psychic Abilities, Intuition, Transformation, Protection, Connection with Nature, Anxiety Relief, Creativity

Sun Safe: Yes

Water Safe: Yes

Crystals it Works Well With: Zircon, Blue Kyanite, Selenite, Black Onyx, Moonstone, Malachite

2. Amethyst

Element: Water

Zodiac: Pisces, Scorpio, Sagittarius

Planet: Jupiter, Neptune

Correspondences: Mental Focus, Decision Making, Motivation, Protection, Imagination, Insight

Sun Safe: No

Water Safe: yes

Crystals it Works Well With: Rose Quartz, Clear Quartz, Carnelian, Tiger's Eye, Smokey Quartz, Hematite, Labradorite, Black Tourmaline, Bloodstone

3. Rose Quartz

Element: Water

Zodiac: Taurus, Libra, Scorpio

Planet: Venus

Correspondences: Self Love, Soothing, Calming, Patience, Love, Relationships, Joy, Creativity, Clearing, Physical Healing, Empathy, Cleansing, Relaxation, Anxiety Relief

Sun Safe: No

Water Safe: Yes

Crystals it Works Well With: Amethyst, Morganite, Rhodonite, Emerald, Green Tourmaline, Green Calcite

4. Black Tourmaline

Element: Earth, Fire

Zodiac: Capricorn, Pisces

Planet: Sun, Mars, Jupiter

Correspondences: Protection, Repels Negativity, Health, Happiness, Mental Health, Spiritual Well Being

Sun Safe: Yes

Water Safe: No

Crystals it Works Well With: Yellow Citrine, Carnelian, Lapis Lazuli, Black Obsidian, Sugilite, Dalmatian Jasper, Smokey Quartz

5. Citrine

Element: Fire

Zodiac: Leo, Gemini, Aries, Libra

Planet: Sun

Correspondences: Inspiration, Dreams, Joy, Creativity, Clarity, Protection, Abundance, Manifestation, Anxiety Relief, Strength, Luck, Good Fortune

Sun Safe: No

Water Safe: Yes

Crystals it Works Well With: Amethyst, Peridot, Amber, Smokey Quartz, Aqua Aura Quartz, Topaz, Clear Quartz

If you want to find more of these entries use the hashtag #100 Witchcraft Tips in 100 Days! If you want to join a group of witches feel free to join our 18+ coven on Discord.

[thejournallo]

Explain the basic: Crystals

Check out Part 1, which explains how to use the things down below.

Agate

Color: Variety of colorful layers Element: Fire Properties: Calming anxiety, quieting your mind, grounding, connecting with nature, luck, prosperity, getting through tough times, comfort, healing from grief, strength, intelligence, communicating well, boosting confidence, protection

Amazonite

Color: Light green, bluish green Element: Earth Properties: Spirit work, intuition, necromancy, calming anxiety and grounding, quelling fear, communicating clearly, leadership, building trust, inspiring self and others, success and luck, supportive strength, creative ideas, focusing on the end goal, cultivating joy.

Amber

By scientific standards, amber is neither a stone nor a crystal, but it nevertheless has a lot of power. It is beneficial to have nearby as it has the ability to transform negative energy into positive energy. It also possesses energy, which you may observe by rubbing amber across a piece of fabric or carpet to observe the static electricity that results.

Color: Translucent gold Element: Earth Properties: Convert negative energy into positive energy, emptying mind, clarity, releasing stored emotions from your psyche, healing negative emotional wounds, protection, putting mind and spirit at peace.

Amethyst

a revered crystal for centuries, is valued for its healing and protective properties. Its vibrant purple hue signifies its abilities to cleanse spaces, protect against negativity, and promote spiritual well-being. It offers comfort and relief by calming the mind, moderating emotions, and reducing anxiety. Amethyst also aids in improving sleep, addressing subconscious issues, enhancing intuition, and fostering spiritual connections.

Color: Purple Element: Water Properties: Healing, cleansing powers, protection, healing whole self, spiritual intuition, stress relief, calming, dampen mood swings, end nightmares, help insomnia, dream work, psychic skills, spiritual awareness, sobriety, ending and healing addiction, self discipline, inner strength, peace.

Aquamarine

Color: Turquoise, teal Element: Water Properties: Determination, fearlessness, expressing yourself, cleansing and purification, tapping into your intuition and psychic abilities.

Aventurine

Color: Variety but often green Element: Air Properties: Creativity, seeing new opportunities, free the mind to accept success, wealth and prosperity, confidence and self power, decisive action.

Azurite

Color: Deep blue Element: Water Properties: Healing of all forms, divination and foresight, dreamwork, focus and concentration, personal and spiritual metamorphosis.

Beryl

Color: Often green or light blue Element: Water Properties: Protection and healing, amplify and tune into energy, and psychic intuition.

Bloodstone

Color: Spotted green and red Element: Fire Properties: Physical health and recovery, healing, confidence in one’s abilities, tenacity, toughness, triumph.

Blue Kyanite

Color: Blue with white layers Element: Water Properties: Balancing energies, new beginnings, soul searching, finding new truths, facing change boldly, guidance in new situations, course corrections.

Calcite

Color: Typically white or yellow Element: Fire Properties: Grounding and centering, cleansing, purifying, mental peace and calm, clear mind.

Carnelian

Color: Orange-red Element: Fire Properties: Manifesting thoughts and ideas into actions and reality, achieving goals, feeling in control, productivity, building self esteem, courage, and confidence, igniting and following passions, eliminating procrastination, building motivation.

Chrysocolla

Color: Turquoise, teal Element: Water Properties: Wisdom, depth of knowledge, balancing mind and emotions, calming oneself, inner peace.

Chrysoprase

Color: Green Element: Earth Properties: Effective communication, working in groups, making your ideas heard, mental influence, poise, articulation.

Citrine

Color: Yellow, orange Element: Fire Properties: Positive energies, calming environment at home, facilitating communication, general wellness and well being, joy, protective powers, provides balance.

Diamond

Color: Clear Element: Fire Properties: As the Earth’s hardest substance it gives extreme permanence and durability, diligence, resilience, purification, and personal and spiritual growth.

Emerald

Color: Green Element: Earth Properties: Material success, prosperity, career accomplishment, protection, and self awareness.

Fluorite

Color: Variety of colors Element: Earth Properties: Healing in all forms– physical, mental, emotional, spiritual, energetic.

Garnet

Color: Red, pink Element: Fire Properties: Protection, returns negative energies back to sender, builds desire and passion, creativity and imagination, positive attitude and improve outlook, prime you for success, bring love and strength to others.

Hematite

Hematite, a magnetic material found in the Earth, is prized for its protective and grounding attributes. It enhances mental clarity, memory, and focus while absorbing negativity and stress. It aids in boosting self-esteem, confidence, and breaking bad habits. Hematite's reflective nature supports divination practices like scrying and is useful in attracting positive energies in spellwork

Color: Black, grey, brown Element: Earth Properties: Protection, grounding, think clearly, memory improvement, focus, gain perspective, reduce anxiety, absorb negativity, soothe stress, build self esteem, increase confidence, boost willpower, end addictions, scrying, magnetic properties.

Jade

Color: Green Element: Earth Properties: Self improvement, self love and peace with oneself, emotional health and balance, happiness.

Jasper

Color: Yellow, brown Element: Earth Properties: Flexibility, open mind, career success, coordination, dedication, determination, relentlessness, industriousness, grounding, luck, and balance.

Jet

Color: Black Element: Water Properties: Overcoming grief, healing after death of a loved one, protection, absorbing negativity, grounding, mental and emotional well being, general healing.

Kunzite

Color: Pink, purple Element: Earth Properties: Grounding and balance, relaxation and calm, stress relief, introspection and inner growth, peace and harmony.

Lapis Lazuli

Lapis Lazuli is an ancient and sacred stone that’s been used for its healing and clarity properties for many years. It’s a powerful stone to heal emotional wounds. It’s often used in meditation to promote focus and mental purity.

Color: Blue with white or yellow stripes Element: Water Properties: Eye-opening stone, discover truth, wisdom and intuition, enlightenment and spiritual awakening, find your calling, insight, psychic intuition and prophecy, connecting with the spirit world, focus and concentration, healing emotional wounds.

Lepidolite

Color: Variety but pink is common Element: Water Properties: Emotional balance, mood regulation, calming anxiety, stress, and other negative emotions, bringing about inner peace, ending nightmares, harmonious spirituality.

Lodestone

Lodestone, a magnetic crystal with unique properties, serves as a bridge between stone and metal. Its natural magnetism provides potent healing for the body and is commonly worn for protection and luck attraction. Creating an oil from lodestone enhances its luck-attracting properties, but to maintain its energy, regular feeding, often with the oil alongside other magnetic materials, is necessary.

Color: Black, grey, brown Element: Water Properties: Healing rituals, physical health, energy and endurance, circulation and immune system, pain reduction, good luck amulet, grounding, good luck oil, protection from negativity and dark magick, dampening negative emotions, attracting wealth, prosperity, and luck.

Malachite

Color: Green Element: Earth Properties: Facilitate life changes, rebirth and new beginnings, adventure, personal success, wealth and prosperity.

Moldavite

Color: Green, blue Element: Air Properties: Intuition and psychic abilities, subconscious awareness, wisdom and insight, balance, consecration and blessings.

Moonstone

Color: Variety Element: Water Properties: Emotional connection, forming deep relationships, connection with nature and the cycle of life, listening to the heart, empathy and compassion, heal emotional trauma, kindness, protection from dark magick and negative energies, moon magick, clairvoyance, dreamwork, lucid dreaming, and mystery.

Moss Agate

Color: White, green, black Element: Earth Properties: Physical prowess, strength, victory, bravery, energy, endurance, and stamina, eliminate negative emotions, luck.

Obsidian

Color: Black Element: Fire Properties: Protection from negative energies, grounding.

Onyx

Color: Black Element: Fire Properties: Protection against dark magick, seances, contacting the spirit world and departed loved ones, guards against possessions.

Opal

Color: Variety Element: Air Properties: Can be difficult to use, each color has different properties, strong stone, intensifies emotions, increases sensitivities and consciousness, psychic awareness. 

Peridot

Color: Green, blue Element: Earth Properties: Prosperity, wealth and success, attract luck, abundance, growth and forgiveness, improving your life.

Pyrite

Color: Gold Element: Fire Properties: Luck, success, attracting prosperity and wealth, positivity and optimism, determination and strength to follow passions and achieve goals.

Quartz

Clear quartz stands out as the ideal first crystal for magical work, given its unparalleled versatility. Acting as a substitute for different crystals, it's easily accessible and affordable due to its abundance. Its amplifying, purifying, and directing abilities with positive energies make it excellent for protective spellwork and countering negative forces. Moreover, it aids in healing, clarity, focus, and spiritual development, making it a perfect starting crystal for beginners

Color: Clear Element: Air Properties: All-purpose, versatile, substitute for other crystals, energy pathways, positive energy, direct and strengthen energy, purification, protection, healing, clarification, focus, procrastination, spiritual growth.

Red Jasper

Color: Red Element: Fire Properties: Emotional protection, emotional distance, thinking rationally and logically, letting go of worries, lessen anxiety, dispel negative energies, optimism, stability and security, grounding, strength, defense against dark magick.

Rhodochrosite

Color: Pink, rose Element: Fire Properties: Sexual passions, romantic exploits, sexual power and adventure, attracting love, fertility, forming new relationships and friendships, compassion and empathy for others.

Rhodonite

Color: Pink, rose Element: Fire Properties: Healing especially emotional healing, grief, healing from loss or death, forgiveness,  reconciling old relationships, mending current relationships, attracting love, making yourself a better person for others.

Rose Quartz

Rose quartz, known for its loving energy, covers multiple facets of love—romantic, friendship, caregiving, and self-love. Its use in spells for romance, friendship mending, and healing heartbreak is notable. This crystal aids in opening the heart, fostering unconditional love, and improving self-relationship by enhancing forgiveness, trust, acceptance, and self-worth. Beyond love, it offers healing and protective properties, shielding from negativity, reducing anxiety, and providing comfort and peace.

Color: Pink, rose Element: Water Properties: Romance, friendship, unconditional love, love spells, heartbreak, open heart, cleanse spirit, forgiving and trusting yourself, healing, protection, peace.

Ruby

Color: Red Element: Fire Properties: Sexuality and desire, finding love, virility, life passion, happiness, intuition and clairvoyance, empathy and improving relationships, emotional health.

Sapphire

Color: Variety but often deep blue Element: Water Properties: Psychic abilities, foresight and visions, luck, dreamwork, spiritual connection, creativity and inspiration, subconscious awareness, monetary goals, protection and protective magick.

Selenite

Selenite, a powerful crystal, excels in providing clarity, offering insights into the bigger picture when one feels overwhelmed by details. Its link between the physical and spirit worlds makes it invaluable for meditation and spiritual work. In dream exploration, especially when combined with amethyst, it aids in preventing nightmares, improving sleep, and enhancing dream awareness for lucid dreaming and astral projection. This crystal fosters tranquility, honesty, and virtue by cleansing negativity and elevating personal vibrations, but caution is advised as it should not be exposed to water.

Color: Often milky white Element: Water Properties: Clarity, see big picture, spirit guidance, insight, awareness, spirit work, dream work, stop bad dreams, help insomnia, lucid dreaming, astral projection, peace, calm, truthfulness, virtue, cleansing negativity.

Serpentine

Color: Green, brown Element: Fire Properties: Positivity, bright spirit, generosity, creativity, peace and calm, joy and happiness, consecration and blessings.

moky Quartz

Color: Grey Element: Earth Properties: Positivity and optimism, overcoming fear, overcoming obstacles, intuition and subconscious knowledge, grounding and centering.

Sodalite

Sodalite is a companion stone to lapis lazuli. They have similar properties, and if you require lapis lazuli, you can substitute in sodalite. 

Color: Royal blue Element: Air, water Properties: Psychic intellect, insight and intuition, clairvoyance, rational and logical thought, wisdom, self awareness, clearing the mind of distractions, self control and mental discipline, working in groups, communicating your thoughts to others, two-way communication, improving communication in a relationship.

Sunstone

Color: Variety but often pink or peach Element: Fire Properties: Taking action, following passion, conviction, persistence, embracing fear, sexuality, toughness, sun magick, protection and healing.

Tiger’s Eye

Color: Brown striped Element: Fire Properties: Truth seeking, perceive reality, uncover devious or fraudulent intentions, clarity of the mind, see past illusions and deceptions, integrity and honor, loyalty and courage, and travel protection.

Topaz

Color: Variety but often blue or orange Element: Fire Properties: Avoid scarcity mindset, abundance, winning, success, desire and attractiveness, receptive to love, friendship and affection, intelligence and wisdom, flexibility, mental strength, protection and healing.

Tourmaline

Color: Variety but often pink or green Element: Earth Properties: Avoiding scarcity mindset, abundance, prosperity, believing in yourself, cleansing and protection, clearing the mind, repel negative energies, protect from harm, protect emotions, peace and calm, quell worry and self doubt, reduce stress.

Turquoise

Turquoise, known for its vibrant and protective qualities, adeptly neutralizes negativity and aligns with personal energy. It serves as a potent defense against negativity during social interactions and possesses healing attributes, radiating positivity, joy, peace, and self-love. Whether for grounding, defensive magic, or as a supportive aid in challenging circumstances, turquoise proves to be an invaluable companion.

Color: Bright blue-green Element: Water Properties: Protection, subdue negativity, works with your personal energy, positivity, joy, happiness, grounding, defensive magick, luck and prosperity, love and attraction, empathy and compassion.

Unakite

Color: Mottled green, orange, and other colors Element: Earth Properties: Connecting to nature, empathy with all living beings, animal magick, grounding, natural guidance, peace for all.

Zircon

Color: Variety Element: Fire Properties: Avoiding scarcity mindset, abundance, success, wealth, protection, cleansing and purification, balance and harmony, peace, healing and personal growth, receptive to love, joy.

As always, I will love to hear your thoughts! and if you have any questions, I will be more than happy to answer them! If you liked it, leave a comment or reblog (that is always appreciated!). if you are intrested in more method check the masterlist!

[sabrinathp]

Crystals For Your Zodiac Signs 💌

I have been working with crystals for 9 years. The most important thing I discovered was some crystals really don’t work well with certain people. So I found a way to use the energy of the 12 zodiac signs as well as the energy of certain crystals & heres what I came up with:

ARIES:

Carnelian- can enhance your inner voice and block doubt and negativity

Citrine- can increase clarity of thought and assist in manifesting your dreams.

Red Jasper- can move energy throughout the body that can enhance strength and endurance

TAURUS:

Peridot- can help you find the courage to go after your hearts desires

Carnelian- energizes your life force while encouraging confidence & passion

Pyrite- can bring blessings & abundance

GEMINI:

Jade- can transmute negativity and bring peace within your physical body and emotional state

Rutilated Quartz- can connect you with your highest self, help with spiritual guidance

Carnelian- can support your creative side, bring personal power and joy

CANCER:

Moonstone- can align you with the moons energy, provides womb healing

Red Jasper- ca enhance your stamina and endurance

Abalone Shell- can connect you with the ocean and the energies of the sea

LEO:

Tigers Eye- can combine energy of the sun and earth to assiduously in your souls evolution

Carnelian- can balance your inner strength

Citrine- can block any negative energies trying to dim your light

VIRGO:

Kyanite- can help you align the energies of your chakras

Amazonite- can give your the support you need when experiencing new things

Jade- can bring harmony in your love life as well as bringing prosperity

LIBRA:

Lapis Lazuli- can support you with making solid decisions

Citrine- can balance the Yin & Yang energy within you

Labradorite- can clear and protect your aura

SCORPIO:

Malachite- can support you with the many transformations you experience, brings emotional healing

Amethyst- can clear your aura and open the crown chakra to enhance peace

Citrine- can clear darkness and bring feeling of light, joy & happiness

SAGITTARIUS:

Bronzite- can help when experiencing major changes

Labradorite- can help you reconnect with your roots and true soul purpose

Turquoise- can enhance your natural intuition

CAPRICORN:

Garnet- can bring serenity by extracting negative energies from your chakras

Azurite- can help stimulate the mind, body and soul

Peridot- can cleanse and encourage openness of the heart

AQUARIUS:

Amethyst- can connect your mind, body & spirit, great form of protection

Yellow Jasper- can help heal old wounds

Aquamarine- can support ideas of community and universal truth

PISCES:

Chrysocolla- can soothe heartaches and support in expressing your emotions

Aquamarine- can offer inside into underlying emotional issues and suppressed feelings

Blue Calcite-can keep you balanced when experiencing vivid dreams

I also did a series on what crystals can match your natal placements, if anyone is interested leave a note of your sun,moon, rising, venus, mars or mercury 💌

[theshyshewolf]

Blue kyanite, stone of dreams

💙 Blue kyanite is a stunning silicate mineral known for its striking blue hue and unique metaphysical properties. It's color can range from light to deep sapphire shades, often with streaks of white or darker blue. It forms bladed crystal formations with a vitreous to pearly luster.

❄️ Kyanite is found in metamorphic rocks such as schist and gneiss, often formed under high-pressure conditions. Common sources include Brazil, Switzerland, Kenya, Nepal, and the United States.

💙 Blue kyanite promotes honest and open dialogue, making it a useful tool for resolving conflicts or improving relationships. It encourages active listening and clear self expression, helping you to articulate thoughts with confidence and clarity.

❄️ It acts as a self cleansing crystal, absorbing and dispelling negative energy while maintaining its own high vibration.

💙 Blue kyanite helps to cleanse the aura and protect against unwanted energies during spiritual work.

❄️ It facilitates deep states of meditation by calming the mind and aligning the subtle energy bodies, while enhancing access to higher states of consciousness and spiritual realms, making it an excellent stone for connecting with spirit guides or exploring past lives.

💙 Blue kyanite assists in lucid dreaming and recalling dreams, making it a powerful stone for dream interpretation and exploration of the subconscious.

❄️ It emits a calming and tranquil energy, helping to release fear, anxiety, or anger. It also promotes inner peace, resilience, and the ability to adapt to challenging circumstances.

💙 Blue kyanite aids in communication with higher beings, including angels and spiritual guides, and facilitates messages from the divine.

❄️ It supports astral travel and helps maintain grounding during spiritual journeys.

💙 Blue kyanite encourages unity and cooperation in group settings by aligning individual energies, making it a great tool for team building exercises or group meditation.

[ad-caelestia]

moon water & lunar phases

moon water made during ______ phase is good for…

new moon - renewal, cleansing, new beginnings, healing, inner peace, harmony

crystals - amber, amethyst, ametrine, angel aura quartz, aquamarine, blue tourmaline, calcite, fluorite, hematite, jade, rose quartz, sapphire, topaz, turquoise, vauxite

waxing moon - abundance, gain, attraction, positivity, prosperity, wealth, luck

crystals - agate, aqua aura quartz, bloodstone, carnelian, chrysoprase, citrine, diamond, halite, ruby, sapphire, sunstone, tiger’s eye, tsavorite 

full moon - power, manifestation, enlightenment, psychic awareness

crystals - amazonite, clear quartz, fluorite, lapis lazuli, moonstone, mother of pearl, labradorite, milky quartz, selenite, silver, tanzan aura quartz

waning moon - banishing, reassessment, letting go, rest, completion

crystals - black tourmaline, bloodstone, blue tourmaline, citrine, hematite, jet, obsidian, onyx, smoky quartz

dark moon - cursing, banishing, justice, binding, reflection of self

crystals - alexandrite, bloodstone, emerald, garnet, hematite, jet, kunzite, kyanite, obsidian, onyx, ruby

blue moon - divination, psychic development, achieving goals, making wishes, dreams come true, focus

crystals - azurite, emerald, goldstone, hematite, jade, kyanite, labradorite, lapis lazuli, opal, pearl, sapphire

black moon - extra power, magical boost

crystals - carnelian, clear quartz, eudialyte, goldstone, heliodor, lapis lazuli, merlinite, sunstone, tiger’s eye, tsavorite

caution: some crystals may deteriorate when placed in water, ruining the crystal and possibly releasing harmful toxins into the water - please do your research, and if this is a risk with any of the crystals you're using, try the indirect method instead.

the indirect method consists of placing your chosen crystals outside of the jar of moon water and letting it charge that way. 

lunar phase correspondences

a to z crystal meanings

© 2024 ad-caelestia

[vampirememory]

PAC | Messages from the crystals

Hello friends! Today is a very simple pick a card, giving you messages from the crystals. Originally, this was meant to be a "what crystals should you buy?" PAC, but alas, I cannot help myself & the cards had other plans.

Messages are from my crystal playing cards (a visual crystal healing guide) purchased from five below! I'm glad to finally be able to use this deck haha.

NOTE! I am not an expert in crystal meanings. This means I'm mostly just reading the meanings off the cards and channeling off of the messages; if the meaning of the crystal is wrong...blame the manufacturer lol.

Pile one is the red & black butterfly, pile two is the my melody hairbrush, and pile three is the cherry emoji.

Pile One

Moon Stone ; Intuition, dreams, energy, & passion

Blue Lace Agate ; Stability, grounding, & support

Aventurine ; Good luck, manifestation, optimism

Antigorite ; Flow, intuition, & bloom

You might currently be struggling with something in your life (specifically heard love life). Whatever your intuition is telling you is correct, but make sure you discern between anxious thoughts and true intuition. Make sure you ground yourself, remain courageous, and flow with the current that life is flowing you through; it takes true strength to submit to the aggression of the waves, but once you do it'll be a much smoother ride.

Pile Two

Rhodonite ; Forgiveness, love, & emotional healing

Pryite ; Wealth, success, & protection

Tourmaline ; Calmness, stabilizing, & reaffirming

Alexandrite ; Energy, power, & passion

I was specifically drawn to the numbers on the cards, you got two fives and both the king of spades & queen of clubs. You might be dealing with a difficult period with your partner or someone you deem to be very important, your other half (a best friend? possibly a family member?). It may be very chaotic now, but give things time, once you both calm down, it'll be much easier to communicate and get your ideas across; you both still will work, you just need to take a breather & communicate. Forgive & understand.

Pile Three

Kyanite ; Sight, tranquility, & meditation

Rhodonite ; Forgiveness, love, & emotional healing

Yellow Jasper ; Wealth, success, & wisdom

Chalcedony ; Harmony, brotherhood, & good will

You may be coming to a point where you are forgiving someone that has hurt you. You aren't forgetting what they've done, but remember that forgiveness is for YOU. Once you forgive this person or this event, even if it's yourself, you'll find a lot of abundance and inner peace. What you need so badly is peace, and it will be coming to you. The number 7 might be significant.

Thank you so much for reading! As usual, feel free to check out my masterpost with more readings, or you can support me by purchasing a reading by clicking here. Thanks for the support, let me know which pile you picked and if it resonated or not :)!

[steffyanie]

yo this is art of my Steven Universe gemsona from 2015, ~Blue Kyanite~

She has the powers of telekinesis, telepathy, reading dreams, and scrying.... and shark teef

[onyxandemerald]

Lunar Reset 🌖♓ days 9-12

As we all already know, its crucial to follow a cleansing with a blessing. Banishing can sometimes create what is most akin to a power vacuum. If you are removing things, energy, habits, or friends from your life, you are bound to feel something is now missing. This stage is part one of forming and adhering to your new foundation.

The power of Pisces is fully realized in the dreamspace, or the mind's eye. Notable for their emotional strength and vivid imagination, we use Pisces' natural bewonderment to visualize what comes next.

This step is for reattuning to your intuition, your inner environment and self. You've shed parts of yourself in your life, now appreciate what you have left. Once you take out the trash, all you have left are gems. Discover if any parts of you have been screaming for attention under all that clutter. Listen to your body, and what it wants from you right now.

If you could have anything in the world, what would it be? Throw rationality out the window. What are your deepest desires? Let your mind run wild and watch where it goes when unsupervised. If you're looking for a spell, I recommend -

fluorite, sodalite, aquamarine, moonstone, blue kyanite, selenite, clear quartz, labradorite, rainbow obsidian

jasmine, mullein, bladderwrack, rosemary, passionflower, hibiscus

dew, spring or rain water

a mirror or crystal for scrying, if you need to look deeper

A way to move through this phase in your body instead of through your mind is to create art. Your body has a knack for communicating exactly what it is you need to hear, but not every body works primarily though language. Write a song. Paint how you're feeling and use images to make sense of it. Scry or read tarot to work through complex desires that might have some contradiction in them. Make art and let it be "bad." Make art just because you have hands or toes or a mouth and because you can. If this art is only for you, who is calling it bad? Is it you? What you create is not bad, it's amazing just because you created something at all.

Creating art in the real world is important, but it's only representative of what is happening in your spirit. Dream your dream life. Unearth what it is you've been missing and chasing. Discover what it is inside yourself that you are fighting for and fighting to become.

As you go soul-hunting, no doubt you might dredge old soil and till up stale emotions. Remember that the only way out is through. Any fear of your imagination is fear of your self. Agree to be an unbiased observer, and nothing in your mind can hurt you. You do not need to take action. You do not need to take these thoughts or emotions as facts or the true nature of reality. Be mindful that your desires may represent a hidden insecurity. You can identify these thoughts because they can be in contradiction with your values. Ground and center. Remember who you are. You may not be able to retrieve lost time, but in closing one door, another one opens. Your losses teach you about your values as well as your victories. You might have to try a window or two to rediscover who is at your core and underneath that hard outer shell.

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[bellatrixobsessed1]

Meteor Shower (Part 10)

Some concerts open with a buzz. A little charge in the air, an electricity of excited anticipation. It comes from the crowd and it ripples into the artist. The artist who has their own ecstatic hum.

Some concerts open with a hum. A muted sense of dread. A suffocation with its own dull vibrations. It comes from the artist and ripples into the crowd. The crowd that now listens with bated breath.

A show cannot go on forever. That is the nature of pop; stars sparkle into the scene, they burn fast, and then they wink out, forgotten and discarded. Used and pillaged…disillusioned until there is nothing left of that smiling teen full of dreams and enthusiasm.

Sometimes it is a very quiet thing; one very subtle but very final wink and then the star dies. Sometimes it is thunderous; a brilliant supernova that will leave its mark but dies all the same.

Kyanite fancies herself to be a small and quiet star. She isn’t supposed to have the bombastic downfall of a supernova. She is a small star that has outgrown a body that is steadily becoming not her own.

She steps out onto the stage. Tonight the lights are too bright and the crowd is too loud. There is a ringing in her ears and a throbbing in her head. There is an ache in her stomach and a fatigue that runs bone deep and then deeper still. She wonders if the lights will melt the plastic. Sometimes she forgets that the surgery has added nothing. That it has only taken.

She doesn’t feel like singing tonight. Or tomorrow. Or ever again. She doesn’t feel like dancing. She had never enjoyed that. But she has a job to do and she supposes that she will do it. Because it is all that she knows. What else can she do but keep on singing. Keep on dancing.

Keep on pretending.

Pretending forever and ever until she keels over and takes her secrets to the grave.

The lights are so bright. Too bright. The lights are so warm. Too warm. And she is melting away. It is her own fault. She had help, of course. But at the end of the day she had let him in. And she can’t deny that she has found some twisted beauty in the way that she withers. In the prominence of her collarbones. A sense of ethereal, otherworldly beauty when she strips down and sees her ribcage; otherworldly beauty accentuated by the natural shimmer of her skin. It had always been pale, almost white. It has always been at least slightly blue, these days the hue is much darker especially at her fingers and toes. Such are the colors of her restraint. There is a sense of power in that. A sense of power in the pangs and a much deeper sense of it when she realizes that the pangs don’t bother her so much anymore. That she might actually miss them if they went away.

Valtor doesn’t appreciate it the way that she does. He doesn’t appreciate her discipline. Her control. He says that she has crossed some sort of fine line. The one where slender becomes skinny. Apparently there is a difference. And that difference is whether or not her fanboys find her attractive. That difference is that he can look at her and get hard. There is a sense of relief in that disgust.

Even if she can’t enjoy ice cream anymore; it was a childish delight anyhow. Even if she is finding it harder and harder to use her magic; her powers have always been weak anyhow. Even if her muscles grow useless; she has enough money and fame that she doesn’t need to lift a finger. Even if her bones are breaking down; at least she can see them now, she won’t go back to the way that she used to be. Even if it puts her hormones in disarray; she loves the cold that never seems to leave and it is terribly comforting to derive no pleasure from touch and terribly comforting to no longer crave anyone’s touch. Even if she is in pain; beauty is pain, she has learned that well. Even if her wounds don’t heal; cuts bleed more and bruises stay longer. Even if her heart weakens; she doesn’t use it much these days. Even if she dies; she wants that so badly. Oh, she wants that so much.

And she thinks that tonight will be the night. Her vision has a fuzz to it and her own voice sounds distant. She can feel the vibration of her vocal cords better than she can hear the sounds that they make. She isn’t sure if she is even singing the right lyrics, much less singing them at the right pitch. Her voice has a muffle to it, a distortion. The lights grow brighter still and her body feels weightless and extremely heavy at the same time. Like she is floating away from a body that she no longer has the strength to hold up.

And Kyanite drops. She falls in fragments. In quick splits like the flashing of strobe lights. Her microphone hits the ground before she does. It seems to happen in slow motion and the sound that it makes is a mighty, thunderous thing in her mind. It bounces and rolls out of reach with a horrid and shrill explosion of feedback. Kyanite thinks that, maybe, she had offered one last twirl. She swears that she did, and that she had seen glitter drifting around her in the spotlights. That her hair had been, for a moment, suspended in the air with the falling glitter. She is almost certain that she gave a dizzy, clumsy spin before her hair finally fell over her shoulders and her knees hit the floor. They shatter. She gasps. She knew that she was growing frail, but somehow it still comes as a surprise to hear the cracks.

The instruments still play. But they too come as though her ears are stuffed with waterlogged cotton. The crowd erupts not into applause but into concerned murmurs and anxious chatters.

And Kyanite smiles. She is free.

.oOo.

Valtor had vowed that he would tell the world her secrets. But she has derived him of the pleasure. And it had been as swift and simple as collapsing on stage. And along with her body, gravity pulls her self-esteem down, down down. And as one star falls, another rises. It only takes a few days for him to find a new star.

He had been seeking one out while the doctors were hooking her up to tubes and IVs. He had probably been seeking one out since she declared that she only wanted one surgery. And while the doctors prattled of her list of symptoms, Valtor was prattling off pretty promises. While the doctors put a word to her, ‘anorexic’, Valtor was bestowing a new title to a new girl, ‘star’ As the doctors pumped her full of fluids and filled her with soft foods, Valtor was filling a brand new girl to the brim with new lies and saccharine, poisoned compliments.

It occurs to her only now that she hates him. That she hates him more than she hates herself. That she hates what he made her. That she hates what he is going to do to the new girl and the girl after her.

Kyanite glares at the hospital TV, it isn’t as though she has anything better to do. Glowing and bright, with the most gorgeous and beaming smile, Diamond stares into the camera and teases a brand new solo project.

.oOo.

Icy is aware that some might find it entertaining to see her freeze, even if not literally. It has been some time since anyone has done something that has taken her so truly and thoroughly aback to the point where every movement and every word seems inefficient.

Bloom stands with her pointer still held near the necklace on the album cover. And Icy stands rigidly with her fingers clutched around her snowflake pendant.

“You do realize that stores tend to sell duplicates of their products, right?” Icy asks with an eye roll for good measure.

“This was handmade.” Bloom says. “I read an interview about the making of these necklaces. They were made to celebrate the second album and mark each MeTor member as true idols.”

Icy cringes, apparently the idiot has made herself into something of a superfan. “As opposed to idols who are actually just mannequins that came to life and learned to sing?”

“According to that same interview, many girl bands only release one album before they are forgotten about. These companies just pump out group after group. It’s like some disturbing dystopian musician factory.” Bloom pauses. “And so any group that gets a second full album is considered a real band.” She slips the album back into her backpack. “But you already know that, don’t you? Because you were the one who explained it in the interview.”

“I…” Icy begins. “Baseless claims! I’m adding ‘Bloom doesn’t get to listen to conspiracy theory podcasts’ to our list of rules.”

“Okay, first of all! If you take conspiracy theory podcasts away from me then I will be forced to talk to you more so I don’t get bored. Second of all, it’s not a baseless claim! You’re wearing Kyanite’s handmade, not store bought, necklace.” She takes a deep breath. “And I know that it’s hers because there’s a piece that broke off of it!” She jabs her finger at the missing portion of the snowflake.

“Okay fine, I stole it.”

“You already said that it was always yours.”

“I lied.”

“Yeah you did…just now when you said that you stole it.”

“You have no idea…”

“I knew that you sounded familiar!” Bloom carries on. “I thought that it was because you sound like Musa but it was actually because you sound like Kyanite. And you sound like Kyanite because you are Kyanite. Obviously.” She concludes.

Apparently she hadn’t inhaled enough cocaine to take her through this. She hadn’t realized that it was possible to get so stressed that not even cocaine could stomp the emotions out. “Look, Peters.” She hisses. “I don’t need this right now. The present is nothing short of utterly unbearable and can only be processed with liberal substance abuse. The future is a bleak foggy void that nobody can run from, the best I can do is face away from the void and wait for it to inevitably pull me in. Don’t you dare bring the past into this!”

“Don’t you try to dark humor your way out of this! Wait, did you just say that you abuse substances!?”

So maybe the coke is kicking in after all. She finds that she is annoyingly chatty, hence waiting until she thought that she was alone to indulge. “I actually did not. I said that it can be processed with liberal substance abuse. Not that I am currently in the process of…processing life with substance abuse.”

The playful smile fades from Bloom’s face and Icy’s stomach sinks. “Doing drugs isn’t going to make things better. Maybe it feels like it right now…”

“It very much doesn’t feel like it right now.”

“Only because I’m here.”

A literal buzzkill…

“You have a really successful band and that band is made up of two friends who pretend like they resent friendship but are actually really, really worried about you. Do you really think that you’re going to be able to keep your music career successful if you get hooked on drugs?” Bloom asks.

“First of all my musical career is already going to…”

“Still talking!” Bloom declares and Icy scowls. “Geez, I let you monologue all the time. Let me have my turn! What was I just saying?”

“Keep my music career successful if I get hooked on drugs.”

“Right, thank you. Do you really think that you’re going to be able to keep your music career successful if you get hooked on drugs? How long do you think that Darcy and Stormy are going to put up drug use, especially with how you’ve been treating them lately?”

“I treat them just…”

“Still talking!” Bloom cuts her off.

Still talking. As if she doesn’t do that too much.

“Apparently they’re so hurt by it that they’re talking to us about how you’ve been snapping at them. You’ve been telling them that their musical decisions are awful and embarrassing!” It has been a long while since she has been able to piss Bloom off this thoroughly. And this time she hadn’t even been trying. “You already pushed Darko away with your anger issues. Goodness, I don’t even want to know what it’s going to look like when the drugs start making you irritable.”

“I did one cocaine.” Icy replies flatly.

“This is serious, Icy! You’re not taking this seriously.”

If she takes this seriously she will break. She knows it by the knot in her throat and the constricting of her chest. And maybe that is what Bloom wants. Maybe that is what Darko wanted. Maybe everyone just wants to see her break. Valtor certainly had wanted to see her break.

“You’re going to lose everything.”

But that is just what Bloom doesn’t understand. She already has. The process had already begun well before their tour had.

“Is that what you want? Do you want to push Darcy and Stormy away? Do you want to sacrifice your talents for drugs?”

Icy rubs her hands over her face. “I did one line. That’s it.”

“Oh, that’s it?” Bloom quirks a brow. “As if one hit isn’t enough to get someone hooked.” At least she isn’t talking about Kyanite now.

“Well then I’m a lost cause already so you can save your breath.”

Bloom reaches into her purse and pulls out a little pouch of white powder and tosses it onto the dresser in front of her. “Not even.”

“How did you…”

“Find that?” Bloom asks. “I saw you carving into your boot and then Stella’s Solaria ring went missing so I figured that you took it and that’s what you were hiding in your boot. Turns out Stella just dropped her ring between the seat cushions…” she trails off.

“If you took my cocaine then what the fuck did I just ingest.”

“Fairy powder.” Bloom shrugs.

“I hate you so very much, Peters.” She growls. And in that moment she means it. In that moment she hates the fairy with all of the vigor that she has felt throughout the course of their rivalry. Around her the air grows frigid. And she derives some satisfaction in that Bloom looks afraid. Icy points at the door. “Out.” She hisses.

“Icy.”

“OUT!” Frost crackles over her finger tips. It is a foolish thing to do. The fairy knows her secret. She could ruin her. Ruin her faster than Icy can ruin herself.

“And then what? What are you going to do when I leave?” Bloom asks. “Are you going to use the cocaine?”

Icy glares at the fairy and sputters out a bitter laugh. “You went through the trouble of stealing it from me and lecturing me about it and you’re just going to leave it on the dresser for me to use?”

“Yeah. Sure.” Bloom replies. “Make your own choice. If you want things to join that long list of rockers who overdosed or ruined their careers, you can do that. I just hope that Darcy and Stormy can carry on with theirs.”

Her breath catches in her throat and the shards of ice that have been building around her fall to the floor. She can let herself go to waste but she can’t bring that fate upon Darcy and Stormy. The two of them actually have promise. The band’s new sound actually fits them well. And maybe it fits her well too. Maybe it isn’t that Witch House is a generic style of music that isn’t right for her voice. Maybe it is that she sounds much more like Kyanite than Icy when they play that style. Maybe it is that she doesn’t like to hear that voice echoing through venue after venue—maybe having to hear it is driving her mad. Maybe hearing that voice, her own voice, lighter and breathier, reminds her too much of the things that have destroyed her the first time.

Maybe she doesn’t know how to say that so maybe she criticizes Darcy and Stormy…and Darko instead. Maybe she doesn’t know how to say what is really on her mind so she tells Bloom again that she hates her. That she should have never invited her to duo headline with them. “This whole thing was a mistake.”

“Yeah.” Bloom agrees. “Maybe it was.” She pauses. “Sorry I made you get all dressed up for nothing.”

And just like that the invitation that she had initially and adamantly rejected has been retracted. And just like that she wants it back. Who knew that the fairy could bite so hard. She has to admire the cruelty of it, just a little. And so she forces a smirk onto her face. “Cocaine is better company than you. It’s actually helpful.”

She relishes in the hurt that Bloom wears so openly. The fairy shakes her head. “Kyanite was my favorite member of MeTor. I actually had a few day dreams about finding her and getting her to come back to music.” She pauses. “I guess that the whole saying about not meeting your idols is true.”

She lets Bloom leave. She listens to the echo of the door closing and the click of the lock. She doesn’t call for the fairy to come back. She doesn’t reach out for help or comfort. But she doesn’t reach for the cocaine either.

She lies on the floor for hours. She lies on the floor until Darcy and Stormy return and step over her murmuring about how pathetic it is that she has passed out on the floor and how they might have to ditch her before she brings all three of them down. They aren’t the first people that she has disappointed. She isn’t sure if it would be more humiliating to let them continue to think that she has passed out or more humiliating to assure them that she had snorted fairy powder and then cried herself to a point of exhaustion.

She doesn’t say a damn thing. A part of her hopes that they will pick her up off of the floor and carry her to bed. Just when she is certain that they have left her to lie on the floor she hears footsteps. Footsteps and a drawn sigh. Arms scoop her up and a voice mumbles, “why do you do this to us?”

Darcy tucks her into bed. Darcy cries. Stormy sleeps, blissfully unaware. Darcy has always been like that; shielding Stormy from anything that will steal that lively spark from her eyes and the spunk from her voice.

“You took all of that time to get clean the first time and you just went and did it all over again.”

“I didn’t.” Icy murmurs. But she doesn’t think that Darcy had heard. And she is too tired to try a second time.

She doesn’t attend the next night’s show. Or the show after that.

[nvraln-etsy]

Red Jasper the stone of endurance.

Blue Kyanite aids in dream recall.

Yellow Citrine is cleansing and can help to release anger.

[astra-ravana]

Working With Leviathan

Dark Lord of the Abyss

Enn: "Jaden Tasa Hoet Naca Leviathan"

Rank: Dark Lord

Colors: Blue, teal, green, turquoise, black, silver

Herbs: Copal, lotus, valerian, eucalyptus, palo santo, sandalwood, iris, mint, lavender

Crystals: Aquamarine, pearl, kyanite, sapphire, moonstone, tanzanite, black tourmaline, enhydro quartz, amazonite, black jade, clear quartz

Element: Water

Planet: Neptune

Zodiac: Pisces (Aries)

Metal: Platinum

Tarot: 10 of cups

Direction: West

Dates: April 30th, May 2nd, September 21st

Day: Monday

Animals: Serpents, sea dragons, seahorse

Domains: Darkness, the void/abyss, the subconscious, emotions, recovery from traumatic experiences, emotional healing, returning lost memories, navigation through emotional turmoil, dreams, the mind, our dark selves, acceptance, integration, calm of the mind

Offerings: Pearls, sea salt, water, river rocks, shells, starfish, fossils, snake/oroboros themed items, sands, music or chants

Sigils:

[anthologiemystika]

Pop Culture Paganism | The Dalish Pantheon | Dragon Age

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In the world of Thedas, the Dalish elves show respect for and worship five gods and four goddesses they refer to as "The Creators." The All-Father, Elgar'nan, leads this Pantheon. He is known as the god of fatherhood and vengeance. Beside him rules Mythal, the goddess of motherhood and justice. Opposite the nine Creators are the precursor gods known by the Dalish as "The Forgotten Ones."

This post focuses on the Creators; I will include basic information on their mythology and things you can leave them as offerings and elemental correspondences.

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Elgar'nan

Long ago, when time itself was young, the only things in existence were the Sun and the Land. The Sun, curious about the Land, bowed his head close to her body, and Elgar'nan was born in the place where they touched. The Sun and the Land loved Elgar'nan greatly, for he was beautiful and clever. As a gift to Elgar'nan, the Land brought forth great birds and beasts of sky and forest and all manner of wonderful green things. Elgar'nan loved his mother's gifts, praised them highly, and walked amongst them often.

- Codex Entry: Elgar'nan: God of Vengence

Elgar'nan was the first of the ancient elven Gods, born of Earth and Sun. According to Dalish myth, the Sun had grown jealous of the Earth's favor of Elgar'nan and burned its creations to ashes. Enraged, Elgar'nan fought with his father and threw him from the sky. He only later restored the Sun's place with the help of Mythal's intervention, on the condition that the Sun set every night.

Most elves invoke Elgar'nan when seeking retribution or vengeance.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: yellow, white

• Sun

• Black onyx

• bamboo, chili pepper, cinnamon, thistle, linden (flowers and leaves), nutmeg

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Mythal

It was at this moment that Mythal walked out of the sea of the Earth's tears and onto the Land. She placed her hand on Elgar'nan's brow, and at her touch, he grew calm and knew that his anger had led him astray. Humbled, Elgar'nan went to the place where the Sun was buried and spoke to him. Elgar'nan said he would release the Sun if the Sun promised to be gentle and to return to the Earth each night. The Sun, feeling remorse at what he had done, agreed.

- Codex Entry: Mythal: The Great Protector

The Dalish believe Mythal was born from the Sea after Elgar'nan threw the Sun out of the sky. She is said to have calmed and shown him that his anger had betrayed him. Thus, Mythal convinced Elgar'nan to free the Sun. On the first night of the Sun's freedom, Mythal created the moon out of the Earth around the Sun's bed to be a pale reflection of the Sun's true glory.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: Purple, blue

• Dragons

• Moon

• Carnelian, kyanite

• Nettle, garlic, St. John's Wort, mugwort, chestnut

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Falon'Din

In ancient times, the People were ageless and eternal, and instead of dying would enter uthenera—the long sleep—and walk the shifting paths beyond the Veil with Falon'Din and his brother Dirthamen. Those elders would learn the secrets of dreams, and some returned to the People with newfound knowledge.

But we quickened and became mortal. Those of the People who passed walked with Falon'Din into the Beyond and never returned. If they took counsel with Dirthamen on their passage, his wisdom was lost, for it went with them into the Beyond also and never came to the People.

- Codex entry: Falon'Din: Friend of the Dead, The Guide

In Dalish mythologies, Falon'Din and Dirthamen are the eldest twin children of Mythal and Elgar'nan. Falon'Din had no fear of the dark and could walk where The People (elves) could not live.

Legends say that the twins were inseparable spirits from birth through adulthood. They were separated when Falon'Din took pity on a dying deer and carried her across the Veil, somewhere tricky for Dirthamen to follow. As Falon'Din watched the deer's spirit release from her body and prance around again, he vowed to remain behind the Veil to guide the dead to their place in the Beyond.

The elves invoke Falon'Din on their deathbeds or before quests they do not expect to return from.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: black, gray

• Owl

• Tigers Eye

• Bay leaves, elder, eucalyptus, grapefruit

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Dirthamen

Dirthamen wandered aimlessly till he came across two ravens. "You are lost, and soon you will fade," the raven named Fear said to Dirthamen. "Your brother has abandoned you. He no longer loves you," said the other, named Deceit. "I am not lost, and Falon'Din has not abandoned me," replied Dirthamen. He subdued the ravens and bade them carry him to Falon'Din.

- Codex Entry: Dirthamen: Keeper of Secrets

When Falon'Din crossed the Veil, Dirthamen lost track of him and wandered the gray spaces and roads of the Fade, searching for him. There he found the two ravens, Fear, and Deceit. When Dirthamen outwitted them, they brought him to Falon'Din, and the twins were never separated again.

According to elven lore, Dirthamen gave the gift of knowledge to The People and taught them loyalty and faith in family.

Dirthamen counseled elder elves who walked the Fade in search of the secrets of dreams. In one tale, he granted a secret to each creature of Thedas. Only the bears managed to keep their secret and are therefore honored by Dirthamen.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: Dark blue, Purple, Silver

• Bears

• Ravens

• Sapphire, turquoise

• Apple, hazel, sage

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Andruil

Andruil, blood, and force, your people pray to you. Grant that your eye may not fall upon us. Spare us the moment we become Your prey.

- Elven Prayer to Andruil

Andruil's parentage is unclear; some legends say she is the daughter of Elgar'nan and Mythal, while others say she was created from the Earth. All stories agree that Sylaise is her sister.

Andruil is the creator of the Vir Tanadhal, or Way of the Three Trees.

1. Vir Assan, or Way of the Arrow: fly straight and do not waver.

2. Vir Bor'assan, or Way of the Bow: bend but never break.

3. Vir Adahlen, or Way of the Forest: receive the gifts of the hunt with mindfulness. Alternatively, together we are stronger than the one.

Andruil watched over the forests and the animals that resided in them, and she taught the people to respect them.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Color: Red

• Hare

• Hawk

• Aquamarine

• Cypress, mistletoe, fuzzy weed, yellow evening primrose, parosela

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Sylaise

It is Sylaise who gave us fire and taught us how to use it. It is Sylaise who showed us how to heal with herbs and with magic, and how to ease the passage of infants into this world. And again, it is Sylaise who showed us how to spin the fibers of plants into thread and rope.

We owe much to Sylaise, and that is why we sing to her when we kindle the fires and when we put them out. That is why we sprinkle our aravels with Sylaise's fragrant tree-moss, and ask that she protect them and all within.

- Codex Entry: Sylaise the Hearthkeeper

In Sylaise's youth, she stayed home while her sister Andruil went out to hunt and play. She enjoyed singing and making art and gifted fire to The People. She taught them how to weave ropes and thread and how to use herbs and healing magic. Sylaise is seen as the protector of all those who stay near the hearth, especially children.

Sylaise's path is Vir Atish'an - the Way of Peace. Elves invoke her name before kindling a fire and after quenching it.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Color: Green

• Fireplace - many shrines to Sylaise incorporated fire

• Jasper, jet, rose quartz, sardonyx

• Basil, chrysanthemum, cyclamen

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June

We dedicate all our crafts to June, for it is he who taught the People to bend the branches of trees to make our bows, and to fashion coverings of furs and ironbark. Without June, would we have the aravel, or the harnesses for our halla?

- Codex Entry: June: God of the Craft

Dalian legend describes June as either a brother to Andruil and Sylaise or Sylaise's husband; it is even said he created himself.

Before Sylaise and June came to them, the elves wandered the forest without purpose, naked and eating nuts and berries they could find, shivering through cold nights. June taught the elves to craft things they needed and used Sylaise's lessons to teach The People how to make bows, arrows, and knives for hunting.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Color: Yellow

• Anvil

• Alexandrite, kyanite, opal

• Mandrake, tomato, walnut

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Ghilan'nan

One day, while hunting in the forest, Ghilan'nain came across a hunter she did not know. At his feet lay a hawk, shot through the heart by an arrow. Ghilan'nain was filled with rage, for the hawk and the hare are very beloved of Andruil. Ghilan'nain demanded that the hunter make an offering to Andruil in exchange for taking the life of one of her creatures. The hunter refused, and Ghilan'nain called upon the goddess to curse him so he could never again hunt and kill a living creature.

He found Ghilan'nain while she was out on a hunt with her sisters and lured her away from them with lies and false words. He told Ghilan'nain that he had learned his lesson and begged her to come with him, so she could teach him to make a proper offering to Andruil. Moved by his plea, Ghilan'nain followed the hunter, and when they were away from all of her sisters, the hunter turned on Ghilan'nain. He blinded her first, and then bound her as one would bind a kill fresh from the hunt. But because he was cursed, the hunter could not kill her. Instead, he left her for dead in the forest.

- Codex Entry: Ghilan'nan: Mother of the Halla

According to Dalish legend, Ghilan'nan was a huntress of The People who another elven hunter betrayed. After this betrayal, Anduril turned Ghilan'nan into the first of the Halla, raising her to the same rank as the Gods.

The elven people invoke Ghilan'nan when they wish to travel quickly or when their hunters have lost their way home.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: White, blue

• Halla (a white, deer-like creature with elegant antlers)

• Jet, malachite, moonstone, tin

• Basil, comfrey, feverfew, heather, maple, pennyroyal, yew

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Fen'Harel

There is precious little we know about Fen'Harel, for they say he did not care for our people. Elgar'nan and Mythal created the world as we know it, Andruil taught us the Ways of the Hunter, Sylaise and June gave us fire and crafting, but Fen'Harel kept to himself and plotted the betrayal of all the gods. And after the destruction of Arlathan, when the gods could no longer hear our prayers, it is said that Fen'Harel spent centuries in a far corner of the Earth, giggling madly and hugging himself in glee.

- Codex Entry: Fen'Harel: The Dread Wolf

Fen'Harel is the elven god of betrayal. Many names know him - The Dread Wolf, He Who Hunts Alone, Lord of Tricksters, The Great Wolf, Roamer of the Beyond, The Old Wolf, and The Bringer of Nightmares.

According to legend, he was kin to The Forgotten Ones and The Creators. He is said to be responsible for sealing away both factions of gods in their respective realms, cutting them off from the mortal world.

Due to this legend, the Dalish generally refer to Fen'Harel as an evil god. However, in the past, and still sometimes today, he is called upon for advice in various matters - for a price.

Symbols & Correspondences

• Colors: Black, white, gray

• Wolf

• Pearl, peridot, obsidian, onyx

• Angelica, anise, blue cohosh, mullein

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Steven Universe Snake Eyes chapter 5: Be Prepared (originally posted on September 25, 2023)

AN: We only have one chapter to go before the big halfway point, and I got quite a few things planned for it. We'll be getting the long-awaited rematch between Steven and Black Rutile, the beginning of the end of the Rutile Rebels, the true nature of Prince Nosiop's plans for the universe, and many more. Tensions will run high as the story reaches the second half, and the endgame will be the most epic that Alternate Future has seen yet. Now without further ado, let's get things started.

Synopsis: Black Rutile and her subordinates find themselves caught in a scheme by the insidious heir to Serpentes's throne to conquer the universe, and Black Rutile is all too eager to get in on the plan for the sake of revenge.

Cast:

Noël Wells as Black Rutile

Jason Marsden as Prince Nosiop Jormagundr

Della Saba as Aquamarine

Charlyne Yi as Eyeball, Doc, Navy, Army, Leggy

Christine Pedi as Holly Blue Agate

Casey Lee Williams as Cat's Eye

Gina Torres as Andesine

Avi Roque as Cinnabar

Awkwafina as Kyanite

Allison Janney as Pyrite

Kimberly Brooks as Dalmatian Jasper

Zehra Fazal as Zoisite

Lena Hall as Bloodstone

Jodie Whittaker as Xenotime

Barbara Dunkelman as Amber

Kristen Schaal as Howlite

Idina Menzel as Amazonite

Halsey as Tanzanite

Mia Barron as Apatite

Jinkx Monsoon as Emerald

Kari Wahlgren as Pyrope

Melissa Fahn as Demantoid

Hayley Kiyoko as Morganite

Keith David as Pyth

Cissy Jones as Princess Naja Jormagundr

Aurelio Voltaire as King Cobralan Jormagundrr

Shirley Millner as Queen Constricta Jormagundr

Zach Callison as Steven

Zach Steel as Ronaldo

Atticus Shaffer as Peedee

Matthew Moy as Lars

Julissa Aguirre as Lady Imagineer

John Mulaney as Flipso

--

Prince Nosiop Jormagundr wasn't always the way he was today. When he was a young snake, Nosiop was a prince with big dreams for the future of his race. However, not everyone was willing to listen to him because he was so young, but he didn't let that deter him. One year, during the 419,982nd annual Contest of Champions, Nosiop tried once again to plead his case to his father.

"Conquering the Ood? Surely you jest, my boy!" King Cobralan objected to what his son had just said as the two slithered through the castle halls. "You know we'd be no match for their psychic abilities! It would be utterly stupid!"

"But please, Father, our lives could be so much easier with a hivemind serving us!" Nosiop stated, but his father still wouldn't listen. "In fact, tons of races and planets would be of great use to our people, like the Shamoians, the Mooninites, and the Watchdogs. Maybe we could even abduct ourselves a few Gems!"

"Enough, my son." Cobralan urged his future successor. "I can see you have big ideas, but unfortunately, they don't align with our culture. Now, I'm going to speak with the Universal Lords for a bit. You go off and have fun at the Contest with your mother and your baby sister." He then began to slither away. "I'll see you again soon."

Although Cobralan left the conversation with a smile, Nosiop wasn't as happy as his father. "He just doesn't get it!" Nosiop grumbled angrily. "We could be perfect conquerors, just the two of us ruling the universe as father and son!"

"It truly is a shame that your father wouldn't give you the time of day," Pyth said as he appeared behind Nosiop. "My father was like that too when I was your age. Unlike yours, however, he didn't live long enough to see things my way."

"Are you suggesting I kill my father?" Nosiop asked curiously, causing Pyth to laugh at the idea.

"No, my boy, I'm way past killing parents!" Pyth chuckled loudly. "What do you think I am, Uncle Claudius?!" After another round of laughter, Pyth decided to get serious as he put a hand on the young prince's shoulder. "Come with me, child. There are many things I wish to teach you."

Nosiop obediently followed the royal family's grand vizier down the hallways and into a hidden room within the castle walls. As loyal as he was to his father, the prince of the Slytherophidians often believed that Pyth was more of a dad to him because of how much they agreed with each other on certain topics, chief among them being what should the future holds for their race.

--

"Let's hear it for the Andesine Armada, the new and improved rebellion against the Crystal Gems!" Andesine cried as her new subordinates chanted her name to celebrate her and Cinnabar's victory against Rigby Starglow and Captain Gearfeet. "Today is a most momentous occasion in our time together. With Black Rutile no longer fit to lead our cabal of insurgents against the tyranny of the Crystal Gems, I have proven myself more than worthy of replacing her and instating myself as a gentle guiding hand in our grand mission." The Armada all cheered in excitement. "Under my leadership, not only shall we finally put the Crystal Gems out of their misery, but Black Rutile will soon be next!" Her new subordinates cheered again. "And furthermore, with the Diamonds temporarily out of commission, this shall be an ample opportunity for us to race back to Homeworld when no one's looking and seize power for ourselves!"

"But what if Black Rutile hears us?" Holly Blue asked nervously while looking left and right.

"Stuff and nonsense, we're behind closed doors here." Aquamarine snidely declared. "There's no way she can find us." Just then, the doors to the Andesine Armada's quarters opened behind Aquamarine, and in came Black Rutile with Nosiop and Pyth, much to the other Gems' shock as they tried silently begging her to shut up. "Of course, that is if she hasn't been brainwashed by Steven right about now."

"Oh, I'm sorry. Am I interrupting anything?" Black Rutile abruptly interrupted Aquamarine's bravado, sending chills down her spine as she turned to face her former master. "So, this is what you've all been doing, huh?"

"Uh, my Rutile, this isn't what it looks like!" Cinnabar awkwardly apologized to her old mentor. "Andesine and I were just playing a little game of follow the leader!"

"A likely story." Black Rutile replied while pulling out her bowie knife. "Tell me more about this Andesine Armada you've all been bragging about."

"Should you tell her, or should I?" Tanzanite asked Amazonite.

"No, I value my life too much to even talk to her right now," Amazonite replied fearfully, casting an illusion to hide herself from Black Rutile.

"Now, everyone, let's just calm down here and talk things out." Amber tried to ease the tension, but Black Rutile quickly shoved her out of the way to confront Cinnabar and Andesine.

"I'm going to assume this was all your idea, Andesine." Black Rutile said to her old friend. "After all, your name is literally in the team name!"

"No, it wasn't, it was Kyanite's idea!" Andesine tried to shift the blame onto someone else.

"Hey, I've only been here a few minutes!" Kyanite cried. "What's going on?!"

"Please forgive us, Black Rutile, but we simply believe you can no longer lead us into battle." Cinnabar firmly stated. "Your exile to Earth has turned you soft and pathetic, and you are perfectly aware of it yet never once bothered to fix it!"

"I did!" Black Rutile exclaimed. "I tried allying with a Steven from another universe where I'm the good guy, I struck a bargain with an extra-dimensional jester, and I even used the Internet to turn humanity against the Crystal Gems!"

"But that's the thing, dearie," Pyrite stated while filing her nails. "You failed at every single one of those." She added while poking Black Rutile in the chest with her nail filer. "For all your planning and thinking you're one step ahead of everybody, you fail to realize that you're just as flawed as the rest of us."

"Is that so?" Black Rutile said before turning the knife into her massive sword. "How's this for flawed?!" With a mighty swing, Cinnabar and Andesine were sliced in two and poofed, to the horror of the other Gems around them.

"Boss, no!" Bloodstone yelled in horror as she raced to scoop up Cinnabar's inactive gem while Howlite did the same to her superior's.

"Now then, anyone else care to join them?" Black Rutile smirked while menacingly pointing her sword at the surviving resistance members. Although they were more willing to speak up to their fallen superior, this ragtag band of Gems had every right to keep their mouths shut until one of them spoke up.

"All hail Black Rutile!" Eyeball chanted vigorously. "All hail Black Rutile! Come on, guys!"

"All hail Black Rutile! All hail Black Rutile!" the other members of the newly rechristened Rutile Rebels joined Eyeball in cheering for their new leader.

"Now that's more like it!" Black Rutile laughed evilly while sneering at Cinnabar and Andesine's followers mourning the loss of their leaders. "Now that I've reinstated myself as your fearless leader, allow me to introduce a new acquaintance I've made in my time here." She motioned for Nosiop to step forward. "This is Prince Nosiop of the Jormagundr royal family, and much like me, he also desires a new era for his people."

"Yes indeed, I now present to you a grand idea for the Slytherophidian race," Nosiop stated. "With all of you at my side, we can overthrow my good-for-nothing father and instill myself as not just the new ruler of his empire but as the most powerful Universal Lord there is."

"Are you crazy?!" Holly Blue yelled. "You'd be a fool to challenge a Universal Lord, especially if it's your father, Nosiop!"

"My father is yesterday's message, a clapped-out and distracted regime." Nosiop began singing to the Gem rebels. "Whose failings undoubtedly presage the need for a different dream. Yes, serpentine times are a-changing, meaning you must do so too. My vision is clear and wide-ranging and even encompasses you."

"So, prepare for the coup of the century. Prepare for the murkiest scam." Black Rutile also began singing, and far more intensely than Nosiop, as if she was using the song to air out her insecurities. "Meticulous planning and tenacity spanning centuries of denial is simply why I'll be empress! Undisputed, respected, saluted, and seen for the visionary I am! Yes, my gem and ambitions are bared. Be prepared!"

"Yeah, be prepared, we'll be prepared!" Zoisite exclaimed. "Uh, for what?"

"For the death of my father and the beginning of a new era for Serpentes!" Nosiop loudly announced.

"What do we do, make him sick?" Dalmatian Jasper asked before Pyth coiled his tail around her neck.

"No, you fool, we're going to kill him." Pyth proclaimed.

"And Steven, too." Black Rutile added sinisterly before DJ was dropped to the ground.

"Splendid idea!" Xenotime cheered. "Who needs either of them?!"

"Idiots, there will still be someone to rule!" Nosiop yelled. "Together, Black Rutile and I shall conquer the universe together using the power of the Lapidarist, who has the power to reset all Gems to their basic functions!"

"Wait, really?" Emerald asked nervously, not having a clue as to what Nosiop was talking about.

"Yes, you would all be rejuvenated on a massive scale, so to speak." Nosiop grinned with a hiss. "With her powers, I shall have myself an unstoppable army to overthrow my family and conquer all that I see! Now, who's with me?!"

Despite the dire circumstances this would place not just them but all Gemkind in by wiping everything that made them the Gems they are today, the Rutile Rebels had no choice but to agree out of fear for their lives. However, some were still nervous about how Black Rutile would play a part in this, especially after how she heartlessly poofed two of her most loyal subordinates. "All hail Black Rutile and King Nosiop! All hail Black Rutile and King Nosiop!"

"So, prepare for a glorious future!" Black Rutile announced as the Rutile Rebels chanted, 'Be prepared!'. "Be prepared for a universal golden age!"

"And like any other who'd murder their father!" Eyeball laughed before Aquamarine pulled her fusion partner aside.

"If we don't spread rumors, she'll feed us and groom us!" Aquamarine stated.

"When we've got friends in high places, we hold all the aces!" the Rutile Rebels and a few snake guards chanted harmoniously.

"So don't try and rattle my scales." Nosiop snidely added.

"Oh, imagine if anyone dared!" the chorus cried out. "BE PREPARED!"

"So prepare for the coup of the century!" Nosiop and Black Rutile sang together. "Be prepared for the murkiest scam!"

"Meticulous planning, tenacity planning!" Nosiop proclaimed.

"Centuries of denial is simply why we'll!" Black Rutile added.

"Rule supreme undisputed, respected, saluted, and seen for the visionaries we are!" the villainous duo declared. "Yes, our gems, fangs, and ambitions are bared; be prepared!"

"Yes, our gems, fangs, and ambitions are bared!" Aquamarine, Eyeball, Holly Blue, and Cat's Eye, who have all loyally followed their leader despite everything that's happened, sang together.

"Be prepared!" the newly-formed union of the Rutile Rebels and Nosiop's followers announced, sealing their alliance with a shared evil laugh.

"Pleasure to be working alongside you, partner." Black Rutile said as she and Nosiop shook hands.

"The pleasure's all mine, partner." Nosiop hissed while covertly crossing two scaly fingers behind his back, which implied he desires to stab Black Rutile in the back when she least expected it.

--

"And that's the whole story of how we got here," Ronaldo said to Peedee elsewhere in the Ouraborium. "Though I'm pretty sure I didn't need to tell you all that since you did hitch a ride with us."

"You are definitely right on that one," Peedee answered.

"So why did you do it?" Steven asked. "What would Mr. Fryman say?"

"He said I should keep an eye on him no matter what," Peedee replied firmly. "And if that means hitching a ride with you guys on a spaceship heading for an alien planet in another galaxy, then I'll do it, no problemo. Plus, it would be nice to participate in one of your big adventures, Steven."

"It's nice to have you join in, too, Peedee," Steven said to his old friend with a hand on his shoulder. "But be warned, this planet is insanely deadly. You might be forced to fight for your life in a gladiatorial death match where you might die if you aren't careful!"

"Luckily, you got your big brother to protect you!" Ronaldo exclaimed excitedly while raising his sword.

"Yeah, good luck with that." Peedee dryly remarked, recalling Ronaldo's cowardice in his fight against the Decimator.

"Yeah, ditto." The three boys heard the voice of none other than Lars say as he walked up behind them. "Hey Steven, long time no see. Sorry we had to meet again like this."

"Lars, did they capture you too?!" Steven exclaimed at the undead human before him. "Oh no, where are the Off-Colors? Are they in trouble?!"

"Don't worry, they're fine," Lars assured Steven. "They're just stuck in a cell somewhere since none of them can fight per se. They only want me since I can't really die." Before Lars can continue, he suddenly noticed Ronaldo and Peedee standing behind Steven. "Wait, Ronaldo?! How and when did you and Peedee get here?!"

"We followed Steven here!" Ronaldo answered, smiling. "I was vindicated upon learning that the snake people, I mean, Slytherophidians, were real all along, like many of my theories, and I came along to gather as much info as I could about their people so I could spread them to the humans!"

"And I came along to keep Ronaldo from accidentally killing himself," Peedee added. "So, how's your space adventures been going?"

"That's actually a funny story. The Off-Colors and I were journeying to Wasprus when we got abducted." Lars revealed to the two humans. "Once their guards noticed that I'm basically invincible after experimenting on me, they said they wanted to keep me here forever so I'll keep fighting for as long as the universe lives."

An intercom crackled to life as if the Slytherophidians heard Lars' explanation. "For our next fight, we shall be pitting the one and only Lars of the Stars against the flying dreamer Lady Imagineer!" the voice of Queen Constricta announced. "Now, Lars, be sure you're as ready as you'll ever be because Ms. Imagineer is a very tough opponent."

"Well, speak of the devil." Lars muttered in surprise as the guards moved him to the arena. "Wish me luck, guys! I'm going to need it!"

"Good luck, Lars!" Steven hollered as Lars got further away from him and the Fryman brothers.

--

"Nosiop, are you there?" Naja called for her older brother while slinking through the castle halls. "Where are you? Father is getting worried and wants to see you." Unfortunately, her big brother did not answer. "Come on, Nosey, where are you?"

"Looking for someone, my dear?" Aquamarine asked as she fluttered down and landed on the floor next to Naja. "I once felt lost, too, but then I realized I had someone right by my side this whole time."

"You're one of those Rutile Rebels, aren't you?" Naja asked Aquamarine. "What do you want with me?"

"Oh, how very astute, your grace," Aquamarine replied with a mocking curtsy. "Now then, you were looking for someone, right?"

"Yes, I'm looking for Nosiop," Naja stated. "Have you seen him?"

"I am right here, dearest Naja." Nosiop hissed as he, Pyth, and Black Rutile emerged from the shadows. "Oh, I am so sorry that my sweet baby sister was so scared her big brother wasn't there to keep her safe. Then again, you were always pretty scared but always tried hiding it by acting like the showman you want to be."

"He does raise a good point there, princess." Black Rutile snidely added before cupping Naja's face in her hand. "You ever feel like your old man and the queen have been holding you back from reaching your full potential, Naja?"

"Nosiop, what are you doing fraternizing with Black Rutile?!" Naja asked hurriedly. "You know she's an intergalactic criminal imprisoned for multiple counts of attempted genocide! Stay away from her!"

"Oh please, you threaten to destroy one planet multiple times, and everyone treats you like the bad guy." Black Rutile rolled her eyes in disgust. "Anyways, your brother isn't fraternizing with me. I'M fraternizing with HIM. As it turns out, the two of us have something in common, and we became close quite instantly."

"Perhaps you'd like to join us on our little crusade." Nosiop offered while taking his sister's hand. "Together, the two of us can rule the universe side by side as brother and sister with an unstoppable Gem army at our command, and no one will have to judge you for what you really are!"

"What are you saying?" Naja asked, growing more concerned for her big brother's mental status by the second.

"I'm saying that Mother and Father are holding us back!" Nosiop yelled in his sister's face, momentarily flicking his forked tongue at her. "I have legitimately good ideas for our people, but no one ever takes me seriously! But Black Rutile, on the other hand, truly understands my suffering, for she has encountered the same problems as I!"

"Indeed, I was made an outcast because I disagreed with the current status quo of my race." Black Rutile added, trying to look as innocent as possible with a pout and big, pleading eyes toward Naja. "I was even betrayed by my friends who started thinking little of me, but I changed that quickly."

"I know where this is going, and I refuse to take part in it!" Naja exclaimed as she tried to escape the oncoming swarm of Rutile Rebels. "Father will hear about this!"

"Well, excuse me, Princess, but I think not." Black Rutile hissed angrily. "Rubies, seize her!"

"Yes, my Rutile!" the Rubies obediently chorused as they jumped up and tackled Naja to the ground. "Princess has been secured!"

"Excellent, little Rubies." Pyth purred eagerly. "Now, please show the dear princess to her room until further notice." He gave orders with a sadistic smile. "Wouldn't want her getting in the way by telling everybody."

"You won't get away with this!" Naja yelled angrily as the Rubies dragged her away. "Steven will find out!" As Nosiop watched the Rubies carry off his sister, he turned away in shame at having to betray his sister like this. But alas, their worldviews had no choice but to clash as he still had far grander designs in mind, and she didn't play a role in them. With a heavy sigh, the visionary prince looked to his new Gem ally and his royal vizier, who looked back at him with sinister smiles.

--

Meanwhile, in the Ouraborium, Lars had been pitted against the flying dreamer Lady Imagineer in combat, but despite his moderate skill in combat, the donut boy turned undead space hero was outmatched in every way possible.

"Stay still, for Pete's sake!" Lars groaned as he tried catching up with Lady Imagineer's airborne acrobatics. "Just because I'm human doesn't mean I can't beat you!"

"But that's what makes your race so fun, Lars!" Imagineer laughed sweetly. "You have so much potential; you just need to learn not to waste it!"

"Yeah, that's my sister up there!" the reality-warping trickster Flipso cheered for Lady Imagineer while conjuring up a smartphone to record the fight with. "You're doing amazing, sweetie!" Suddenly, Solaris Noctua turned his gaze to find Flipso in the audience below where he and the other Universal Lords were seated. Flipso immediately hid himself by disguising himself as a Slytherophidian. "Gotta keep up appearances."

"Quit flying around so much!" Lars yelled as he tried using his portal powers to scream his way to Lady Imagineer, but she was far too quick on her feet for him to keep up.

"Gonna have to catch me first!" Imagineer giggled before conjuring up an illusion of Sadie that made Lars blush, distracting him long enough for the space pirate to realize he was now falling to the ground. "I can also conjure up illusions based on what I find in your mind."

"YOU SUUUUUUUUCK!" Lars screamed before he landed on the ground with a loud thud, prompting the audience to chant.

"FINISH HIM! FINISH HIM! FINISH HIM! FINISH HIM!" the Slytherophidians cheered as Lady Imagineer floated down to where Lars landed and helped him up.

"Ugh, my back." Lars groaned in pain as he shuffled away. "This is probably the second most humiliating moment in my life, right after Steven possessing my body."

"Oh, come on, Lars, at least you had fun, right?" Lady Imagineer asked with a cute smile.

"Yeah, maybe it was a little fun." Lars laughed dryly before continuing his walk of shame.

--

"Oh, my back." Lars groaned in pain as he struggled back to the quarters the Jormagundr royal family gifted him upon his arrival on Serpentes and slumped on the closest velveteen couch to sleep his troubles away. "Oh, sweet Velveteen Rabbit. Take me away on your Edwardian adventures."

"Anything the matter, Lars?" Emerald asked while walking in and stroking Lars's aching back.

"Just lost to Lady Imagineer," Lars said while turning his head to face Emerald. "What are you doing here?"

"I just wanted to comfort an 'old friend' of mine in these trying times," Emerald replied. "Seeing you so humiliated like that, while it was cathartic to see you feel how you always made me feel back in the day, it just pained me to see a worthy opponent go down like that."

"What are you saying?" Lars asked, not expecting a good answer at all.

"I'm saying is that Steven has ruined your life for long enough!" Emerald exclaimed. "First, he repeatedly robs you of your dignity, then he takes you away from your home planet where you were forced to die for him, and now you're fighting for your life on another alien planet! And you're expected to become his friend after all that?!"

"You're wrong!" Lars yelled as he bolted up, briefly yelping in pain. "Yeah, Steven and I got off on the wrong foot, but he still willingly gave up everything for the wellbeing of others, even me, and I returned the favor! Now, I'm living the dream as a badass space hero like in the old TV shows with a bizarro found family of Off-Colors!"

"That's what I hated about you, Lars, outside of the fact you stole my favorite ship and got away with it," Emerald stated while pulling out her spiked club from her gem, now pulsating with electricity as she pointed it at Lars. "You're way too human!" She swung her club at Lars, who deflected it with a kick.

"No, I'm just human enough!" Lars smirked before punching Emerald's face and knocking her down. "What's with the change in attitude? Last time I saw you, you were willing to face punishment for your crimes."

"Things have changed. Though I wanted to atone, eventually, I grew tired of Black Rutile's wailing and believed my failures were because of her." Emerald revealed. "Ditto for Demantoid, Pyrope, and Morganite as well."

"Guess old habits die hard, I suppose," Lars muttered before Emerald tried taking him by surprise with another swing of her club, but Lars dodged in the nick of time and sent her flying towards the wall with a combo of fists and feet. As Emerald lay injured against the wall, Demantoid, Pyrope, and Morganite raced to see what was happening.

"Emerald, what happened here?!" Morganite asked while helping the renowned pilot to her feet.

"Seems like I got a little shortsighted again." Emerald laughed weakly. "At least I tried to get one over on him."

"This won't be the last you'll see of us, Lars of the Stars," Demantoid said to Lars. "When next we meet, you will face the full might of the Rutile Rebels."

"And I'll be onto you like a Langdon Cobb movie." Lars replied firmly.

"Do any of you have a clue as to what he said?" Pyrope asked while the three Gems carried Emerald away, to which Demantoid and Morganite responded with hushed confusion.

--

In the Crystal Gems' room in the arena, Steven was sitting worriedly on the couch with Peedee as Ronaldo paced around the sofa, thinking about Lars's loss and how it would affect them. "Well, there goes Lars." Ronaldo declared bluntly. "Either of you got any bright ideas?"

"I'm not sure what to do now," Peedee replied. "I mean, what chance do we have now that the Diamonds have been poofed and Lars is out of commission? In fact, where are the Crystal Gems?"

"Off being forced to fight more innocent aliens," Steven added. "Speaking of which, I wonder how Black Rutile is doing."

"Attention all combatants, our next fight is a very special one!" Constricta's voice announced through the arena's PA system. "For quite possibly the biggest show yet in the Contest of Champions, we give you Steven Universe versus Black Rutile!"

"What?!" the three boys yelled while Black Rutile stormed into the room with an evil laugh.

"I see you just heard my big surprise for you, Steven!" Black Rutile announced joyfully. "As arranged by my dear friend Prince Nosiop, we shall have our long-awaited rematch, and I'll finally get the chance to destroy you once and for all!"

"No one destroys a boy like you, my Rutile," Aquamarine said while perched on Black Rutile's shoulder. "See you soon, Steven." The two Gems laughed as Black Rutile turned around and left, leaving Steven horrified at what he had just heard.

"This is not good; this is not good at all," Steven muttered nervously. "Everyone here already hates me because I don't want to kill people, so they'll no doubt be rooting for Black Rutile to destroy me! What do I do?!"

"Hey, don't fret, Steven, just believe in yourself," Ronaldo suggested. "Believe in the Ronaldo who believes in you."

"He's right," Peedee added. "Some people can't believe in themselves until someone believes in them first. Remember that no matter what, everyone back at Beach City has your back."

"Thanks, guys," Steven said with his eyes closed. "But I guess I have no other choice." He opened his eyes, revealing that one of them now had a diamond-shaped pupil.

--

And so, we finally reach the halfway point of Snake Eyes with the long-awaited rematch between Steven and Black Rutile, allowing them to finally settle the score after their numerous fights in Alternate Future. And this time, Black Rutile won't just decide to give up on Steven and let him wallow in shame, she's going in for the kill and has a lot of issues left over she'll use their upcoming fight for. How will things turn out? Find out next week.

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Uh oh I've had thoughts...

So like... 'What rock best represents my streamers?' is probably not the question to be thinking about on New Years Eve but... well it's what's happening isn't it?

Skizz is who started this. Skizz is Blue Kyanite. Why? Well here;

Blue Kyanite is a stone of communication and inner truth and the amount of times on the Imp & Skizz Podcast they've talked about Skizz metaphorically shaking Impulse by his shoulders is enough reason for this. It also strengthens your will which... I mean aside from the obvious dude can have some strong willpower when he wants to. It's also a stone that's supposed to be good for dream work (so I've read) and, again this sort applies both to him as an individual and how he supports his friends. More so in a metaphorical way than like... literal dreams.

Who's next? Uh... I dunno gimme like 20 minutes or smth and we'll see.

'Til next time I s'pose!