#guide of souls

[curious-trickster]

Do you have a topic you can give a speech about with no research? Would you like to share the speech?

*Asks are sent for fun, no pressure to answer

Everyone who knows me could immediately answer the question with: "Hermes".

He is my favourite god. The best greek god there is in my opinion.

He's a son of Zeus, but he acts nothing like his father. Most people think him not as important as the other gods of the greek pantheon, but they are wrong. He was special right from the start. Hermes was born and immediately started proofing how intelligent he was, by inventing the lyre and several other things, stealing his older brother Apollo's holy cows, making them walk backwards to cause confusion, acted as though he was completely innocent and got himself a place on Olympus, all within the first three days of being born!

He showed how calculating he could be even after only being born, for the only reason he stole Apollo's cows was to ensure he would catch the attention of Olympus and therefore his father, who is king of the gods, and that he would get himself recognised as important for Olympus.

And he did it all so charmingly, that even Apollo, as angry as he was about the theft of his cows, had to laugh because Hermes was acting way too cute.

Hermes is not only a glorified mailman, no, he is Zeus herald and acts in his will, which is obviously a very important position.

He is able to travel very fast, over the land and the sea, due to his winged sandals. Some even give him the ability to become invisible, as he might have gotten the cap of invisibility from Hades himself as a gift!

But even more important for the humans was his position as psychopompos, which literally translates to 'guide of souls'. Yes, Thanatos is the god associated with death, but Hermes is the one who guides the souls down to Hades and gives them over to Charon, who takes them the rest of the way.

Hermes has another connection to the underworld though, as he is the only Olympian god who is also able to travel through the underworld, proofing yet again, how special he is.

Hermes literally get called the god that likes to interact with humanity the most in the Iliad. He does not only guide the dead, no, he frequently appears in myths and stories as the guide or companion of human heroes. Not only in the Iliad, where he accompanied Priamos to Achilles, so the king kf Troy was able to get thr body of Hektor back, but also stories like Orpheus and Eurydice, and several more.

I know of only one story where Hermes killed some with extreme prejudice, which is an pretty good status for a olympian god.

Hermes was also associated with change, borders, travel, trickery and theft, diplomacy, the gymnasion, transition, luck and several more things. He's a versatile god!

In case of children, Hermes also proofs to be interesting. Odysseus, who is frequently called the most intelligent greek is a descendant of Hermes. The Hermaphrodite, is the child of Hermes and Aphrodite, which is very interesting if one remembers the fact about Hermes being a god of transition.

Hermes is everything. He is a god who interacts with humanity but without malice, he's helpful and mischievous, a trickster but no bully.

Hermes is simply the best, in my opinion.

[liminaltrickster]

Souls on the Banks of the Acheron by Adolf Hirémy-Hirschl (1898)

Here's our boy Hermes psychopomping down by the river. Disturbing and beautiful.

[bixels]

Hot to the Touch

(Sunset x Thea)

[licollisa]

Chara have partly made peace with what had happened. And the last part's going around in the form of a golden flower.

[just-bee-lieve]

the ferryman

[ruoyeming]

Spirited Away! AU to heal my sad little heart <3

[reaversanctuary]

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, absolvo! Absolvo me!

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, praemostra mea manus!

Sancta Spatha de Lunae Lumen, semper ad latus meo, mea dux sancta!

[wedarkacademia]

But don't forget who you really are. And I'm not talking about your so-called real name. All names are made up by someone else, even the one your parents gave you. You know who you really are. When you're alone at night, looking up at the stars, or maybe lying in your bed in total darkness, you know that nameless person inside you.

― Louis Sachar, Stanley Yelnats' Survival Guide to Camp Green Lake

[gxblinize]

i get the idea that a lot of people are confusing ora ora (evil 😈) kei for tsuyome

above are examples of tsuyome gyaru, meaning "strong," and in this case, bold / flashy. tsuyome involves bright colors, heavy accessories, big / dyed hair, and bold makeup. tsuyome is more of an umbrella term for heavily decorated gyaru styles.

tsuyome manba is ALSO a thing. if tsuyome means strong / bold, it's clear that tsuyome manba is an even MORE extravagant version of manba. deep tans, super long hair, and very heavy accessories make a regular manba a "tsuyome manba"

above are examples of oraora or ora ora kei. roughly translating to "evil kei" from its connections to yankii - rebel youth groups / gangs. coords are often black with gold or silver hardware (belts, buttons, chains etc.), often paired with tall black boots or heels.

to reiterate: tsuyome gyaru is an umbrella term for bold/decorated gyaru, while ora ora kei is an edgier substyle.

none of this really matters outside of style archiving, nomenclature, and just expanding your gyaru vocabulary. i enjoy sharing some of the semantics of gyaru just for information purposes.

for more ora ora, check out:

ora ora kei coords

yankii

soul sister magazine

[captain-h0pe]

King’s special attack “vision of lost opportunities”

From the “it never happens” au made by @chimerical-daydreams

Big possibilities that after king’s clumsy wish (post talking about it just below 👇 )

King’s finally develop their special attack, who mimic uncannely his mirror but this time instead of vision of the future, its vision of possibles ending kinda like being able to peek into different bad end.

[nelkcats]

Parent's Day

Ghosts didn't have a father's or mother's day as such, but they did have a day where they combined both. A day to celebrate your guardians. Humans, Yetis, Amazons or Gods, it was a quiet day to thank them for your ghost adoption.

Dan and Ellie had spent a few years under the halfa's care but at the end of the day they considered him their guardian (although Dan did it reluctantly), so when they heard about Parent's Day they panicked.

They wanted to show Danny that they really appreciated him but a mug or coupons were not enough. In the end after some brainstorming they decided to give him the closest thing to a mug that was in the Realms: Constantine's complete soul.

John Contantine was a very annoying human, they knew this because they heard Danny complain about his paperwork many times. Apparently their father had 99% of his soul but couldn't do anything until he had 100%, and what better gift than to help him get rid of the paperwork? He hated paperwork! It was perfect!

With some help from Clockwork they traveled to DC's dimension, determined to take the last of the hellblazer's soul. Dan wondered if he should steal a star from the dimension while they were there (Danny liked space didn't he?), as an extra gift.

John Constantine was in the middle of explaining the holes in reality to the Justice League when a shiver ran through his body. He had an instant bad feeling.

[surreal-duck]

es rarepair week 2024 day 1 | AU/future

lil ghostic au of mine!!! yuzuru and the rest of fine are long since trapped souls in an abandoned mansion of which rst come across while looking for shelter during a storm :] it doesnt um. particularly end well

[lucksea]

havent decided how i want the introduction to go yet but i imagine it would roughly be one of these two

[travelersrest]

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[a-path-by-the-moon]

[harmoonix]

Discovering the guiding planet in your chart ✮✮

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💗 So in case if you wonder what's a guiding planet, it's like a guide in your life and a specific planet to help you out with whatever you need 💗

💗 So in order to find your guiding planet you need to look in your birth chart and follow the next things:

Find the location of your sun sign 💗

Find in which house your sun sign is 💗

Find the closest planet who are behind your Sun 💗

If you have Planets conjunct your Sun look at the one with the tightest orb 💗

💗 It's important to look behind your Sun placement if you have Sun in the 6th house look at the planets before the 6th house (5th, 4th, 3rd, etc)

💗 As astro.com confirms look behind your Sun placement, unless there are planets conjunct your Sun💗

💗 Here are some examples:

If you have Sun in your 12th house look at the houses who are before the 12th house (11th, 10h, 9th) it needs to be close to Sun though

If you have Planets conjunct Sun look at closest one fx Mars at 1° conjunct Sun and Uranus at 9° conjunct Sun at 10°, Uranus wins because it's close to the sun

If you have Sun at 5°, Venus at 3° and Neptune at 10° fx conjuncting eachother which one is the closest to Sun? Venus is 💗

💗If you want to read about your guiding planet after you find out what it means here are some short examples:

Mercury guiding planet - Guiding about communication/expression, intelligence, the way you think, learning about doing it your own way

Venus guiding planet - Guiding about love, find love within yourself and learn how to give love to others, about relationships, what importance does love has in your life?

Jupiter guiding planet - Expanding yourself, learn about yourself, it can help you to discover your own faith/religion, guiding about what makes you to be happy

Mars guiding planet - Guiding about believing more in yourself, in your powers, having more confidence, standing in your own power guiding about how to reach the top

Neptune guiding planet - Guidning about your subconscious, your mind, your dreams, guiding about the way you see the world

Uranus guiding planet - Trusting your idea/ideals, your creativity, guiding about what makes you feel unique

Moon guiding planet - Learning about your feelings/emotions. Guiding your soul, guiding the emotional side of you, guiding about attachment

Pluto guiding planet - Stand up, guiding about rebirth, your own power, your evolution, the way you experience, guiding about letting go the toxic side/toxic ones

Saturn guiding planet - Setting boundaries and valuing yourself, letting people go, Saturn guides with a lot of precaution and patience, teaching and being wise, mature since young

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~ Let your soul experience ~

When your soul does something they like, it will send messages to you instantly, like feeling happy when you do something, experiencing goosebumps, being happy for no reason, it will be a good feeling through your whole body and i think is amazing the way our souls experience things in life, the soul is the most precious thing we as humans have 💗💗💗

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- H a r m o o n i x