#coyote sings

[coyote-sings]

It's Mother's Night.

Usually on this day I make a post celebrating my Disir - ancestors and mothers and grandmothers and aunts. I thank Frigga. It started a few years ago when I was pregnant - something I never thought I could be.

And then my baby was stillborn. And I continued celebrating Mother's Night, but this time I thanked Frigga for welcoming my baby boy into her halls, hoping that one day I might meet him. And so it went.

This year, I for whatever reason, ran across a Mother's Night post on another platform that mentioned Sigyn - Loki's wife. It talked how she is a mother who is worth mentioning, as her children are driven mad and slain for their father's misdeeds, and how she mourns her sons. How she is considered a goddess of compassion for the grieving.

I had never considered this. But for some reason, it brought me to tears tonight.

I have always had trouble finding information re: the Norse pantheon and their views on stillborn or miscarried babies. I found one or two sources that were probably UPG regarding them going to Frigga's hall, warmed there at her hearth by the mothers who have gone before me, and obviously I've clung to it. I never considered working with other gods who have lost children in general, who might not be at first glance someone considered for a mother/parent type.

I think I need to start an altar piece for Sigyn and Loki.

(edit: it shouldn't need to be said but Nazi/far right/tradwife/quiverfull type folks aren't welcome on my posts. You'll be blocked. Thanks.)

[coyote-sings]

My draws for this spread 🥳

Lesson from last year: queen of wands reversed

What to leave behind from last year: queen of pentacles

What to bring with you from last year: judgement

What to work on in 2024: king of pentacles reversed

Theme for 2024: 5 of swords reversed

I'm a little perplexed by what all this is maybe trying to say, so I've taken a few days to look and think about it.

Lesson: I take this as I've gained confidence in myself and I'm at a good spot in regards to my own self worth. While this is true - I feel better about it than I have in a few years, honestly, I feel like I'm still remaking myself. 2022 ended on an extremely sour note, and 2023 was definitely me rising from that.

What to leave behind: This stung to read. On the one hand, I've been trying to grow my family for several years now - does it mean that I should stop trying to be a mother and focusing on that? On the other hand, Queen of Pentacles represents not only the mother as parent but mother as financial stability, independent and with stable finances. Should I stop trying to find a new career? This one still has me wondering.

What to bring with you: Judgement calls us to attain a higher level of ourselves and make some life-changing decisions. This certainly goes together with Queen of Pentacles being what I need to leave behind, but I really don't feel like I'm ready to abandon my journey to being a mother yet, nor do I feel like I'm ready to abandon finding a career.

What to work on: King of Pentacles reversed: okay well this makes me feel like the previous cards are meaning more towards my financial income than anything else. That's a little on the nose.

Theme for 2024: 5 of Swords reversed is all about reconciliation and making amends. I'm estranged from most of my Family of Origin, and I don't plan on that changing, even with some (not at all expected to happen) apologies on the sides of people who need to. Perhaps this year is about reconciling the fact that who I saw myself becoming and who I actually am are entirely different?

I'd love some different perspectives on this - either privately or however you're comfortable!

[vanillayoteart]

Song Dog

What's your favorite song to howl to? Something for doctorf. from my weekly streams!

[wynnielovescranesntheirpartners]

crane wives memes day 22 ♡

[abirddogmoment]

Spooky vibes in the grasslands

[badger-and-coyote]

Another separated Leo au?!

Starlight Nexus is Big Mama's shining star and youngest champion and son of the Battle Nexus.

Child celebrity sepatated Leo, starlight star bright au

By @eshelleggshell and @oceancalce

Feel free to send any asks to the writers for or of Star, we'll both be happy to answer!

[huaenrose]

“I am Vanitas. I inherited this Book and the name from the Vampire of the Blue Moon, and I am… an average human being!”

[a-storm-of-moss-and-art]

The moon will sing a song for me

I loved you like the sun

Bore the shadows that you made

With no light of my own

I shine only with the light you gave me

I shine only with the light you gave me

[copydragonoff]

Favorites characters bingo 🌟💙

[alyrictoasongbythecranewives]

The moon will sing a song for me

I loved you like the sun

Bore the shadows that you made

With no light of my own

I shine only with the light you gave me

I shine only with the light you gave me

[drgoober-md-phd]

If I see one more person make a cute little ship edit to the moon will sing, completely missing the point of the song IM GONNA LOSE MY SHIT

[coyote-sings]

Blessed Imbolc ☀️ The Wheel of the Year turns and Spring comes forth and brighter days are here. I made yogurt flatbread tonight, better late than never I suppose! I hope Spring brings with it happier days, and the change necessary for our lives to continue to prosper.

[nyxtalksmusic]

Tell me once again I could have been anyone, anyone else Before you made the choice for me My feet knew the path

[cryptids-of-spielzeit]

(Heyo! Still workin' on part 3 of "Sundae", but I just wanted to get this off of my mind. I'm listenin' to music as I write, right? And then one song in my liked playlist starts, Coyotes by Don Edwards. That song always gets me teary eyed, but in a comforting way, y'know? And it hit me. That's how I want to portray Dogday. That song. Or, at least how it makes me feel. That comforting sadness. In universe, I feel like he'd hear it on a camper's radio, and it'd just stick with him. He'd sing it to the Sundae crew at night, as part of their comfort routines. IDK, I just think it fits him. - JY)

[dreadful-windandrain]

in light of the recent poll about never love an anchor, the moon will sing is about a child coming to terms with the fact that their parent raised them to be exactly like the parent and they aren't their own person. and little soldiers and allies or enemies are about the complex love/hate relationship that comes with a parent dealing with their child growing older and the distancing that comes with that process. coyote stories is about family. in this essay i will

[badger-and-coyote]

Some art our friends made for us while writing!