#i dont know how tarot cards work symbolically but

[where-is-caithe]

Decided to do Eon's tarot card in full bc of that character meme I saw like a week ago. I'm still doing the meme I just uh. Had to finish this first.

Eon's card is The Star - Reversed. Despair, self doubt, loss of faith. The black sun of the Ash Legion looming behind them.

[thesweetestdevotion]

please can u do a tutorial on how to channel or do more intuitive readings ourselves?

What a nice request! thank you!

Im gonna be honest, i dont know if i can give you a tutorial on how to channel/read as everybody's energy is different and we all have different abilities. I can run you through my own personal process though! That's not to say that mine is the best one for you (or anyone really) but maybe it can give you some insight on how I channel/read and inspire you a little! Here we go!!:

I shuffle my deck until I am called to stop. if i had just done a reading right before I'll snap my fingers 2-3 times as a way to clear the past energy/make space for the new one.

I roll my dice one by one (three, 12-sided dice. Planets, Zodiac Signs, 12 Houses) I dont always use them fyi. Once theyre rolled out i begin to shuffle my deck, I only take cards that jump out but also they just have to feel right as well, even if i cant see the card yet theres like a force that pulls me to the right cards and lets me know which ones are relevant/not.

I lay my cards out and begin to read and connect energies. It's very important to know the meanings of the tarot, and also be familiar with their traditional symbolism. But its also good to know when to use your intuitive gifts, theres no need to always attach yourself to the cookie cutter meanings if you dont feel called to. Its also good to be able to connect all of the cards into a coherent "story" where they're able to build off of each other. If you feel the meaning of a card doesn't resonate with the overall energy of the reading, It's usually spirit guiding you to use your intuitive skills to find meaning in another way.

As for channeling, I really can't make a guide as to how to do this. I've seen some readers channel by writing down messages, others close their eyes and let images come to them, amongst many other methods. Personally, I dont need to do anything in order to channel messages, often as soon as I start a reading I get channels. I'll very often get channels even while doing chores or reading a book. I see images, colors, scenes, hear sounds, music, voices. I even have sensations in my body (heartaches, throat closing up, sudden tension, etc...) I'm someone who is very in tune with my body/mind and im naturally able to tell what feelings belong to me vs not. I don't know how to guide someone to do this if im honest. I think some readers can and others not. That doesn't make you a bad reader, or like your messages have something lacking in them because of this, so don't feel discouraged if you aren't able to do stuff like that.

Also, things will come to you as you read over time. You'll stumble upon new methods, find what you like to do, read at quicker paces, etc.. Tarot is a skill, and like all other skills it needs to be honed. So practice, practice, practice.

Other (kinda crazy) stuff i do to supplement my practice (not necessary at all, just personal stuff):

sleep with my tarot decks near me/under my pillow

cover my head with a cloth/blanket. I just lay it over me no special method.

let my tarot decks charge (many different ways to do this, mostly i just let them rest in favor of using another deck, some people use crystals, smoke, moonlight. Its really up to the reader)

I don't read all the time, i take breaks. Dont wanna deplete my energy

If channels are getting annoying (which they often can for me) writing them down somewhere, even if theyre nonsensical, helps a lot.

Keep my body physically fit/healthy, as much as I can. This is an astrological method. The 6th house of health/work/daily routines/hygiene/stomach directly opposes the 12th house of the subconscious mind/dreams/sleep/intuition/secrets/anything hidden or mysterious. If one house is out of balance the other one is too. So keeping one in check helps me keep my intuition clear, also works both ways (nurturing my intuition/getting rest helps my health). This might not be something everyone includes in their practice, but it personally keeps me very grounded.

Have boundaries. you don't have to tap into all energies, especially if they repell you. It's important to be aware of this.

General Advice:

Have conversations! dont be afraid to ask other readers for help (hehe as you did now, good job!) or for guidance. Finding a great teacher/guru to help you is a wonderful gift, honestly wish i had done this as well

It's okay and normal to be wrong, no one is infallible or omnipresent. we are human, and ultimately we might be tapping in to a spiritual source, but it will always be interpreted by our biased and limited human minds. it's why its important to be okay with mistakes, and also important to find readers who resonate with your energy and vibe. Don't force yourself to listen to someone who makes you feel icky!! its not good vibes at all!

If you all have any further questions like this, drop them in my inbox or here on this post. Thank you again to the anon who sent this in! love ya<3

[hskinhome]

hi, i wwas wonderin if maybe i could get a tarot reading for my life as eridan strider? i dont remember much of anythin except that i wwas a human-troll hybrid. thanks if you get to this, its fine if you don't. -ES

"eridan strider anon here- i knoww it probably doesnt matter, but i wwould like to clarify that the strider part is davve-wways. (sry if im bein annoyin) -ES"

Sure thing! I’ll use this spread and my Homestuck Kickstarter deck!

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First Card: Your past life as a whole

I got the reversed Judgement card, which symbolizes weakness, disillusion, fear of death, unhappiness, separation, divorce, and material loss. You were deeply dissatisfied and depressed during your life, and it’s possible you inherited canon Eridan’s unfortunate luck with love. You were scared of losing the ones you loved, whether that be via their passing or through a breakup.

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Second Card: Theme of major challenges I got the upright Six of Wands, which symbolizes good news, triumph, victory, success in both industry and the arts, and the support of friends. While this card traditionally means that you were successful, which it may well be, you may have struggled to comprehend your successes and accept the support of those who were there to help you.

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Third Card: How you handled them, and their effects on you

I got the reversed Ace of Cups, which symbolizes sadness, instability, loss of faith, disconnection, dissatisfaction, and inflexibility. Your downtrodden nature impacted your ability to see your triumphs for what they were, increasing your sadness. You saw it as “not good enough,” and you refused to allow yourself the love you deserved.

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Fourth Card: Lessons learned during this life

I got the reversed Knight of Swords, which symbolizes a deceitful person, a boastful braggart, someone cruel and jealous, a troublemaker, and self-destruction. You tended to envy those around you, hating to see their successes and enjoying their rewards. You struggled to bond with these people, and as a result, you ended up only harming yourself. You needed to learn how to avoid this and your self-destructive attitudes and actions.

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Fifth Card: The impact or effect on your current life

I got the upright Seven of Swords, which symbolizes unwise action, a failing plan, spying on another, lack of responsibility, theft, procrastination, and partial success. Many similar themes of not recognizing your successes are coming through in your current life. You may unconsciously put only half-effort into your work, instead opting to envy others. Focus on yourself, and reap the positives that you sow!

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I know this one is more negative, but I hope it helps you nonetheless!

[catharsim]

For Jamie 🖊️ 💍💯🎂 and for Mavis bb 🚗🎶💯🎂 <3

Jamie:

🖊️ BALLPOINT PEN — does your oc have any tattoos? do they want any (more) tattoos?

I feel like he would/does but I dont have any specifics for him atm. I think he will get some in the future maybe.

💍 RING — does your oc have any piercings? do they want any (more) piercings?

He has had both ears pierced but doesn't wear earrings regularly so they close up and he re-pierces them as he needs lmao. I also lowkey want to give him a lip ring..

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

He's actually extremely emotionally attached to his polo horse. He loves spicy food. He can't roll his R's.

🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE — when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs?

His birthday is November 30th. He's 23. He's a scorpio sun, aquarius moon, and scorpio rising (yikes on bikes tbh). He's very rough around the edges but actually cares very deeply about the people he lets in past his "chaotic party boy" exterior. He's very stubborn and can come off aloof and lets his ego get in the way a lot. I'd say his personality traits match his chart well, but physically he doesn't give off the goth vibes that scorpio suns and/or risings typically do.

Mavis:

🚗 CAR — does your oc have a driver's license? can they drive/operate any automobiles/machinery besides cars?

She does have a drivers license. She can drive boats (including smaller yachts) too!

🎶 MUSICAL NOTES — what type of music does your oc like? do they listen to music very often?

I'd say some mix of indie and pop. A little classical and jazz here and there too. She travels a ton for work so I'd say she's listening to music anytime she's not with her friends or her mans.

💯 HUNDRED POINTS SYMBOL — share three random facts about your oc that others may not know.

Deathly allergic to shellfish. Loathes anything denim. How things smell is a huge thing to her whether it's people, places, etc. She always wants things to smell nice (which means expensive)

🎂 BIRTHDAY CAKE — when is your oc's birthday? how old are they? what are their sun, moon, & rising signs (if known)? what about their tarot card, ruling planet, & ruling number (if known)? do they fit the typical traits of these sun, moon, & rising signs?

She was born August 10th. She's 21. She is a Leo sun, Libra moon, and Gemini rising. Mavis' whole aesthetic is dreamy and luxurious. She's in her head a lot but somehow always manage to look amazing and capture attention wherever she goes, so I think that's pretty fitting for her big 3.

[tiamathh]

it's miel hello how are you doing ? <33 congrats on finishing your internship! 🥳

what are your plans for the weekend ?

btw remember when we were talking about dreams and dream books ? well I had the weirdest dream I can remember 🤣

I dreamed that I was in a house that wasn't mine ( the current house I live in I mean ) and found a tarot deck amd tge first card I saw was 1 of cups. I tried to shuffle the cards and the cards that jumped were the magician, the chariot and I think king of pentacles (??) I tried to find what the mean and the biggest mistake I did was using a phone in my dream 😭😭😭😭 it got ugly not a nightmare but it was unpleasant 😭😭

anyway i tried to Google what meant dreaming of tarot cards and I got a Reddit post saying it might be my subconscious trying to communicate with me (?)

anyway anyway that's all lool I had more dreams but the message is long af 😭😭😭

have a great day and weekend Uki take careee:D 💗💗

HI SWEETU I'm gooddd I have some video editing work which I Don't wanna do but I might as well do it lol and readings and a PAC is planned I just wanna like get the game over bc I've dragged it too long for which I'm sorry fr 😭

And oml?? That's straight up a message aop, magician, chariot and kop are AMAZING cards the message could be that you're like entering a time of financial abundance because you will start either a new job or a new journey where you'll feel more secure, and this will reflect in everything you do with the magician having everything you want like all the resources you could need to make the life you want for yourself, and you will succeed with the chariot! It's literally a symbol of success and victory! And kop usually represents stability and financial abundance and if that's what you're looking for you're golden +++ i also think it's maybe talking about an older man entering your life who could give you a hand with work/business. But this is an AMAZING message your subconscious wants you to be more firm and in control of your conscious thoughts and know how powerful you are that's so cool oml dkkfkrkf

Also I had such a weird dream last night I don't remember much of it but I have sleeping w someone and it kept switching bw my bfs face and like a guys face from long ago like I knew him long ago and . Idk he keeps popping up in my dreams and I HATE IT IDEK WHY PLS HELP SOMEONE 😭😭🙏🏾🙏🏾 I DONT ACTIVELY THINK ABT HIM I PROMISE HE JUST POPS UP RANDOMLY especially when I'm back home

Anyways I hope you're taking care love muah 🩷🩷🩷 have the BEST weekenddd

[solardick]

Map laid out. From duolingo. A fun little app.

Waite was speaking about how the fool card doesn’t have a solid position. In the sequences. But suggested placing it in the 20th position. Or after the world. Either stepping into the world or stepping out of it. Stepping out of it gives credence to it’s “divine” nature. Into a positive judgement and then into the sun. Reading from right to left instead of left to right. Topic is of the fool card today. And the positive nature of the pet, correcting actions.

What has this to do with this Cyrillic script? Well, nothing… is it a hard sign Я or a soft sign Я? Я is the self and it stands separate from the rest of the cards. Though its still a curiosity that waite’s fool is reversed standing outside the sequence. Ans the reversed R standing in for the self.

And the problem with right to ledt is that i aint no hebrew. Or an arab. I read left to right. If the final outcomenis a destinatiom of augmenting numbers. Attched to letters. Then it should be the self. Well, it wnds with death. But one isnt dead as they reach the end. I don’t know. If the americas are a bunch of women. The. The tarot works just fine. Abyway nect goal is pair me with a bunch of nigerians. Agter an entire year of listening tonothers call them a bunch oniggers. With a guy named yo. Go figure. I wont work woth him. But the otherw i will.

All russian letters have two sides. A soft side and a hard side. This may work as reversals. By using silent letters ь & ъ. to modify it’s pronunciation. Which is a difficult feat to accomplish. As these do not exist in spoken english. And a very slight mod in pronounciation may drastically alter the definition of a word. As one not being adapted to hearing the difference is a point of frustration and decline in motivation. Its not a misconception to say that russian is a difficult language for native latin speakers. And linguistically speaking are a much more intelligent people. Considering that i, have a lower aptitude in pronunciation to begin with in my own native language.

But it seems a problem in this culture of those whom dont recognize the papil state, result to a reversed crucifix. And “satanism” in the form of atheism, hedonism, and anti-socialist ideology. Individualism over a more hidden communist state of being as a criminal empire of co-working individualism. As it was the supported use of illegal consumerism of the drug market that pushed its way over so slightly by its own propaganda. Ehole the russian state at least at my superfical mimited knowledge supposes the anti-papil idealogy towards its own state of individualism as a state of conservatism of theological beliefs. Though, this isnt a subject. That passes by mine, fickle as floating in the wind.

I once crosses a woman with a cross tottoed on her ring fingure. To others ots a crusifix for jesus christ but to her perception it was reversed. Showing the hidden guise of a pleasant persona ised to manipulate others.

Russia’s suppreme court of justice statue as constrastwd to the american.

To come across the short story mu mu.

And the motivation behind building a statue of Malchik the dog in a subway station. Who got stabbed to death by a young girl with psychological problems. Attests to the short story of mu mu written by the man above her. Who’s boss ownerest commanded him to kill his dog and then comminted suicide from the shock and declension of his vitality. Apparently, which, is a common reading for young students.

Theres other symbols. Like, The Worker and Kolkhoz Woman statue and the motherland calls statue which adds weight to sumbolic significance.

The motherland calls is a memorial for Stalingrad which was the bloodiest battle in all of human history with over 27 million russian casulties. And stands as the largest standing statue in europe. The worker and the kolkhoz statue was wxactly waht i was looking for awhile back when thinking of letter Ж. That fact that it exist and already in mind before discovering it. Attests to.

Theres also these.

Soviet soldier. He carries a young child with his left arm and in his right hand he grasps the sword he has used to shatter a swastika that lies broken under his feet.

And president Putin revealing; 17-metre-high statue of Vladimir the Great (c.958–1015), erected beside the Kremlin in 2016. Ruler of Kievan’ Rus, the medieval federation to which he introduced Christianity in 988, Vladimir’s statue makes a symbolic gesture: his right hand holds a processional cross, while his left grasps his sword

[volivolition]

i dont think this is going to fit in the tags so im just going to preemptively type up here hkjgh <3 TL;DR: how does it feel to be so correct about everything ever hjhgjk

I ALSO PULLED FROM THAT BLOG HGKJHG i always enjoyed how they broke down their analyses, also the way they described Mages of Breath as "balancing that delicate balance between walking and flight" hit the nail on the head for me hkjfh <33

i also dont like gendered classes, i think its just homestuck being a product of its time, there's a wide expanse of gender identity and limiting specific ways of "here's how i interact with my aspect" to certain genders is a very constrictive way of working with it hkjdh its a restriction i adamantly ignore, one of my old ocs is a lord of hope and my god she kicks ass hkjgh <3 ALSO TRUE WHAT IF ITS JUST TRANSLATION ERROR HKJGHDH

YES!! YEAH!!! i ALWAYS think about this, the whole point of sburb is general just character development while you create a new universe, it generates a personal hero's journey for each player down to your land and classpect, and homestuck subverts it in order to create a narrative, but in general, that's what sburb is about!! (HKJGH WE ARE NOT TALKING ABOUT ULTIMATE SELVES THANK YOUUU <3) who do you want to grow into? how do you want to better yourself? thats so cool, reconciling who you were and how you've changed by going god tier wowowow… THE DEATH TAROT CARD!! REBIRTH AND CHANGE!!! it really is just character arc speedrun any%, huh? hkjhg

OH FOR REAL i was originally a Maid of Hope but FUCK I HATE DRESSES so i just gave myself really flowy pants hkjhg (now im a Mage of Breath so the pants are normal for me) god tiers outfits are made to be comfortable and fit who you've grown to become, they should be personalized to your specific tastes <33

I LOVE THE ASPECT WHEEL HKGJH i did a school essay about it once actually hkjhg how each aspect has a counter that thus reveals more about the counter aspect through knowing what it's not, aND ALSO YEAH, the way that both aspects come into play, princes and bards ghosting their aspect and acting more like their opposite aspect, and mages having to balance too much and too little of their aspect (<- is a mage hkjfh) i LOVEEEE aspects ruahgh <33

SYLPH OF HEART!!!! its always hard to classpect real people because we're always ever-changing, not like fictional characters, we're a lot more complicated and multi-faceted, BUT YET!! WE TRY!! :] i LOVE heart players, lots of good introspection into identity!! and im happy to read about sylphs, they're one of the classes i didn't focus on other than "oh yeah healing class!!" so its interesting to read your perspective on it!! :D <3 (BELIEVE ME THE AUDIENCE IS INTERESTED HKJHG <33) !!! that's such a fascinating take on the classpect, that it's more connections based!! :0 but also same, i love character dynamics and relationships, ALL OF THE BLORBOS SHOULD INTERACT WITH EACH OTHER HKJH <333

LOVELY ART!! we handshake on so many things but also 🤝 sona has a cool undercut B) <33 the bangles are so cute!! the pants puffing out and cinching at the ankle!! ough what a lovely design, full of whimsy <3

YES you'd be an excellent ally for a sburb game, a great support classpect!! healing the soul!! moral support hehe <33 I LOVE LANDS i love how they help facilitate your character arc quest through sburb... ough god theyre so interesting and they can tell a lot about the characters though maybe thats just my love of worldbuilding hjkhfkj ooh and maybe you'd have an underwater quest to symbolize going deep into introspection and finding calmness under the waves?? your land sounds so pretty <33

dude i LOVE monologues i love listening to classpect talk, its been so long since ive read up on it and mY GOD i love classpects so fucking much :] this is so cool HDKJH MY RESPONSE IS VERY LONG TOO this is just my way of showing people im listening hkjghg THANK YOU FOR ANSWERING!!!

HI <3 polite invitation to talk about your godtier and land thoughts for your characters if you want to!! i am sitting and listening intently :3 <3

Oh my god asfdgdgifgdb you don't know what you've done,,,,,

Long post incoming!!

So quick plug of an old blog that established a lot of my HS godtier opinions early on dahniwitchoflight so you can see a lot of where my context originates (esp. the godtier aspect masterpost) but with that out the way here we go

In terms of godtier opinions, I don't believe in gendered classes. I think that, socially, there may be a bias certain genders may have to certain classes (Muse and Lord, for example). But I don't believe that's an absolute. For one, there are more genders than the binary and people don't always identify as one forever. Secondly, I think to say that, for example, Lord is always aggressive and therefore only men can be Lords is uhhhhhhh,,, very stereotypical and simply doesn't encapsulate the range of human expression. Besides, isn't it more fun for the classes to be non-gendered using gendered human words? Who's to say the game mechanics of SBURB/sgrub are in english? There's gotta be some kind of translation errors or approximations going on in lore lmao

Related to this is that a godtier is meant to be a culmination of a character arc, the end reward of the 'ideal self' a character can be. This is not referring to 'ultimate' selves (i sincerely don't want to touch that concept at all) or even 'morally correct' selves - merely the best kind of self a character would want to be. The best you that you wanna be! Whether that means embracing your flaws or overcoming them, the godtier is the symbol of your growth as a person. Hence why to 'go godtier' you have to fuse your dreamself and awake self together, finally bringing together the two separate experiences you've lived as a player before this; your 'normal' life and your SBURB life. This also follows why death is a consistent theme and in fact needed for godtier ascension. You are killing or accepting the death of your former self in order to ascend into your new self, via combining everything you've learned into everything you'll be. It's supposed to be a positive, if traumatic, experience. Like changing and growing in life already is! Just faster lol

On a brief design point, I do think godtier outfits should also therefore change to fit the wearer and what they're comfortable with. I don't necessarily think that it should be like, witch skirt for girls but trousers for boys, I think that if a godtier outfit is your ideal self it should automatically change into whatever you'd be comfortable wearing. So if someone is a Witch, but doesn't mind wearing a skirt, then they'd ascend into the default Witch outfit. If they then wanted to change it they could through a thought. But if a Witch ascends and they hate skirts or maybe just cannot imagine wearing one then maybe it changes into shorts or something lol. I've actually done some alternate designs of godtiers along this line as it happens which you'll see in this post.

I also like the Aspect counterparts, that each one has an opposite, and while in canon that doesn't have much of an effect on the godtier design beyond the kids, I actually like the accessories and shoes on godtiers taking on the colours of their opposite Aspect. I like that it symbolises that even their opposite has an affect on the Aspect in question.

Now, this is all some lovely prose but what am I going on about? So, like all great and real scientists, I'll use myself as an example first.

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Me - Sylph of Heart

So I've gone through many, many iterations of godtier introspection (started in Hope, have moved to Heart, Sylph has stayed pretty consistent but I still have doubts) and, of course, being a real life person this is the one that's evolved and changed the most as I have evolved and changed throughout my teens and adult life. But for the sake of analysis, I'll give my 'sona' or 'self-insert' the godtier to separate myself from the analysis and come at this more honestly.

Heart as an Aspect is all about Emotion and the Soul. As the opposite counterpart to the Aspect Mind (which is concerned with the brain, reason and, y'know, the mind lol), Heart players are more impulsive and driven by personal goals. It's all about the Inner Self, the Individual, what makes You Unique as opposed to everyone else in the world. It's Passion, it's Empathy, it's Understanding - about people, mostly. It's about Knowing Yourself and what you like or dislike. Your Heart, in a lot of ways, is the emotional centre and Heart players follow it to a T - and often to the detriment of everything else. It's not inaccurate to say Heart players come across as self-obsessed b/c they are concerned with discovering themselves and their own identity. None of these things come without drawbacks of course and none of this means Heart players don't care about others. They simply assume everyone else is just as obsessed with Finding themselves as they are. I mean, at their best, Heart players are compassionate, imaginative and a steady presence in life. But, uh, at their worst they can come across as dismissive, rigid or nosy lol Personally, as someone very driven by emotion and with a tendancy for introspection, to the point of contantly overthinking my feelings and second guessing my impulses, I feel comfortable in the Heart Aspect.

So Sylphs are talkers. Chatterboxes you could say. They're also one of two 'healer' classes and the active counterpart to Maid. Which yeah I'm aware I have a tendency to ramble. Sylphs are known to love talking about their interests to an audience, whether the audience is interested or not lmao. For a Sylph of Heart, that's mostly concentrated into the subject of Love and Relationships. Sylphs are also nosy little meddlers and so one interpretation of Heart could be a cupid-like matchmaker of sorts. I don't personally see that for myself but it's a valid interpretation.

Personally, I see myself as a person obsessed with Connection and the Relationships that make these connections stable. Friendship, romantic, QPR, you name it, I'm interested in the dynamics. In fiction and in fandom, this makes me a prolific shipper yes haha but most of all I love character interactions. I love filler episodes! And beach episodes! And regency romance! And slice of life isekai anime! B/c all those things prioritise character interaction and personal character arcs over plot or action or whatever haha. I love gentle drama and harmless gossip, I love watching two people get to know each other and be forever changed for having met one another and! I!! Love!!! My!!!! Friends!!!!!!!

Also the sylph outfit is cool af actually. In this image I've actually redesigned it to be a little more gender neutral hence the billowing trousers but I love the no sleeves and the curled shoes and the ribbon-y capelet thing lol. And the bangles!!

I have some ideas for godtier powers but they're not fleshed out yet, but for Sylph of Heart I imagine they'd have to power to 'heal the soul/heart' so to speak. To keep emotions steady in the heat of battle and to help heal mental or emotional wounds. They sound like a support class, like a buffer or healer.

Oh god this got long, I have some ideas for lands but I'll be honest it's almost entirely based on this post from dahni years ago (literally 10 years ago oh gods how long have I been here) b/c i really vibe with it so I have nothing new to really add lol. Maybe there'd be like pink lakes or maybe i'd have a coastal type planet with rough seas that symbolise riding the waves of emotion or something lmao

Hope you enjoyed this brief foray! I'll probably reblog this with a breakdown of the godtiers I've assigned to 4 of my dnd characters I did for fun so you can see my opinions on the Space, Time, Mind and Heart (again) aspects as well as the Maid, Page, Mage and Knight classes too. But for now I need to cook dinner lol

[breelandwalker]

im fully aware of that piece of history though! rider waite himself did a looooot to abolish the claims that tarot is some type of ancient egyptian thing.

what i mean when i say i dont like the symbolicism of the pre waite cards is just from reading his tarot book thing so it might be not the most objective but in it he describes a lot of interpretations, meanings and imagery of his time, and describes how he changed each if them to create more of a mystical and coherent system which i so respect.

it might sound like im into golden dawn but in reality im very meh about them and i only enjoy the tarot system they created. i find the kabbalistic motives within it quite necessary too. and from what i know they werent the ones who appropriated it, if we must use that word. wasnt it during renessaince when a lot of jewish and christian theologians shared a lot of informations between each other? with the creation of christian kabbalah and all that. from what ive learned the history is quite complicated but i dont really understand how jewish people sharing their understanding to further both parties intellectual and mystical understanding would count as appropriation

Except that's not at all what happened with tarot or the RWS deck.

Eliphas Levi, who was a contemporary of Waite, was the one who really pushed the connection between tarot, Hermeticism, and Qabbalah (his spelling). In fact, pretty much anything that was mystical, Levi attempted to claim was a result of Qabbalah, because according to him, that was the most ancient magical system in existence and was responsible for the creation of all the others.

Here's the thing - Eliphas Levi was not Jewish. He wrote about Jewish mysticism for pretty much his entire adult life but most of his writings are his own musings on the works of earlier occult authors like Gebelin. Waite and the Golden Dawn used his philosophies and these concepts in the creation of the Rider-Waite-Smith deck. So yes, they DID directly appropriate those symbols, and they did so very loudly and openly. Just because they weren't the very first ones to do it does not mean they weren't still doing it.

This wasn't Jewish people sharing their knowledge. This was a bunch of rich white guys with way too much time on their hands circle-jerking over their own ideas of ancient mystical knowledge. Which, tbh, was a pretty common activity in the late 1800s.

You may find the RWS symbolism necessary, but I promise you - it is not in the least bit integral to the function of the deck.

I'll tag @will-o-the-witch in this, because this is where the historian needs to shush and let a Jewish person discuss their own culture and the finer points of the situation.

[colorfulbibliostack]

bullet journal and productivity info (with personal stuff added, srry)

sooo... i started a bullet journal! (@a-social-asshole because i *think* i remember talking to you about bujos? if so it was rlly long ago lol)

Actually this is the second time I attempted it, the first time i made a few tiktok videos of fixing & decorating the notebook cover but only ended up using it for like... a day. the book i used was too bulky and kinda falling apart, and the lines were too uniform. (pro tip--make sure you use a journal you *like*)

now i have a dotted journal! it's decently slim and has a sophisticated cover (white marble with an inspirational quote in gold) and it isnt like my usual style but it works and its nice enough that i dont feel the intense need to cover it in duct tape.

so far i have an index, a goal collection for the school year, a habit tracker, and my first daily log. i'm not doing monthly or weekly spreads because i have a more standard linear planner for the scheduling part. (I figured premade stuff would be easier for me personally in that department.)

i'm using my bujo almost exclusively at school with the exception of the habit tracker, which is daily. it's to help me keep track of assignments, my general pain level (in case i need to provide evidence of my chronic pain when i eventually see a doctor) study tarot by pulling a card each day, be more grateful, and remember tasks (so far, reminders to discuss certain things with instructors).

if you want to start bullet journaling but you find the idea daunting--all the stuff you see on Pinterest that looks amazing and time consuming can scare people off--it's important to remember that bullet journals are supposed to be highly customizable. you can do as little or as much as you want. start small! my journal is super minimalistic, very few symbols, simple borders, literally just the date at the start of my daily logs and my messy handwriting below. also, you dont need a lot of supplies. I just have a journal, some highlighters from the dollar store, papermate marker pens, more papermate pens from walmart, and washi tape. you dont even need the washi tape, i've only used it once so far and i prefer making my own borders (by literally just putting lines between the dots.)

i really hope the journal and my planner help me stay on top of things this year, because to be honest i've never been the best student, and i want to improve myself in any way i can.

i have a lot of mental health issues, so it might sometimes be ambitious for me. i've heard that the key to improving is almost always a positive mindset. but you can't fall victim to toxic positivity in that--you have to know that you can have bad days, you can have days where you just can't bring yourself to study after classes, but you also need to be able to bounce back from those days.

(this is also why i'm deliberately putting self-reflection, self-care and time to just watch videos to my schedule.)

anyway, i hope if anybody read this they find it at least a little helpful! i wrote this out because i had to watch like 8 seperate videos to gather this info.

(if you are very interested in seeing if i crash and burn or succeed in organization, follow @system-maintainance, my blog that's basically how-to's and to-do's for myself. i might occasionally post my findings about self-care and conquering mental stuff <3 {itll prolly be reblogged here too, so dw if you dont wanna see my other stuff there!})

[cryptcreechur]

hey i know this is sort of an. out of nowhere question. but i cant find anywhere else and scientific resources just. seem to ignore whatever this is so im kinda desperate lol.

i keep having premonitions in my dreams. im not actively doing anything to have premonitions but talking to and doing some readings with my tarot and playing card decks. i barely use my crystals for anything but charging and cleansing the two of them. i cleanse my house with sage sometimes but i dont do any spellcraft besides that. the most i do to open up mentally is mess around trying to tell my friends how many fingers theyre holding up over discord and i only get that right like 30% of the time lol

but before my grandmother died, i asked my playing cards if her most recent decline in health was the sign of the end, and he gave me a definitive yes- 3 days later, she's gone. i appreciated the warning and thanked him for the help even if it did hurt really bad in the moment to pull that ace of spades and hear him say "yes, im so sorry." just recently, i had a dream about going to my grand aunt's funeral. a day later, my mom calls me and tells me she's gone- i didnt say anything about this dream since i was hoping it... yknow. was just a dream. didnt ask my cards about it. i didnt know her very well and hadnt been reminded of her in a while, so it freaked me out when i got the call and just.... knew already.

ive been having incidents like this happen in increasing frequency and its starting to get concerning since im not really the most in tune with my spiritual side so i dont get why this is happening? id really appreciate any second opinion, and i thank you in advance for just. reading this, haha

first of all, please don't feel like you're doing something wrong or out of the ordinary by having these. while it is scary and confusing, it seems like it's natural for you. i have premonition dreams as well, though theyve declined in frequency as my mental health has declined as well, but mine started coming around a lot when people or pets were about to die, or when something life-changing was going to happen. i was a preteen when i remember them starting and being frequent, so i definitely wasn't doing any intentional spellwork back then - it just happened.

premonitions are something that can occur with ease for some people, or with training and practice with others. that's how all clairsence works.

unfortunately, i dont know how to stop or lessen premonitions - the only thing that's ever worked for me was getting extremely depressed and on the edge of suicide, so i definitely don't recommend that. at all. but, i don't think you should try to shut it out. it can be scary, especially with what you're getting right now, and i understand.

journal your dreams. all of them. every morning as soon as you wake up and have a sip of water, bust out your nearest empty spiral bound notebook and write everything you can remember. even if its only one thing, or nothing. or a whole lot of something. i found that often, the act of writing out your dream can help you remember it even better.

dream journaling helps you keep track of what you know and what you don't, and you can practice dream interpretation if you feel like it (a lot of my premonitory dreams weren't so cut and dry as seeing a funeral, it would be something deeply symbolic, like a once dead deer suddenly rising and bursting into ash). aside from that, dream journaling can help improve memory and focus, and might even help you learn how to lucid dream.

also, i would consider asking your parents (if able) if they have or had premonitory dreams as well. when mine were first appearing, i was scared and worried, and i asked my mum about it, and she told me she has premonition dreams too, as did her mum, and her mum before her. it runs in our family, and when i spoke to friends that also claimed premonitory dreams, in ran in their families too. perhaps the elders in your family have some advice as well. premonitory dreams aren't inherently a spiritual thing, or limited to one spirituality - they happen in all religions and all walks of life whether spiritual or not.

thank you for sending me this ask, i hope this helped. please feel free to message me or send more asks if you have any other questions.

blessed be <3

[lyssaloveesmagick]

LET'S TALK CRYSTALS!

~ Everything has energy, and if you believe in Tarot cards I believe you should also believe in the energy crystals radiate, as they are more natural than any form of divination. ☺️

~ Each Crystal is different, different colors and shapes each have specific uses but many have multiple uses. Lots of crystals are used in Chakra work, Dream work and other forms of energy/ascension/alignment work. The closer to natural the stone is, the more potent it will be. Polished stones still work well, just often at a slower pace. Bigger crystals will be stronger too.

~ When working with crystals in Chakra work most of the time the color of the stone will align with the corresponding chakra.

For example:

♥️ ROOT - Garnet, Carnelian, Red Jasper, Bloodstone. (I love using obsidian here too but I want to discuss this stone lower in the post)

🧡 SACRAL PLEXUS - Sunstone, Orange Calcite, Tigers Eye & Citrine

💛 SOLAR PLEXUS - Pyrite, Aragonite, Amber & Yellow Tourmaline

💚 HEART - Emerald, Malachite, Amazonite & Green Aventurine (& Rose Quartz)

💙 THROAT - Apatite, Soladite, Turquoise & Blue Kyanite ... Think light blue/teal here.

🧿 3rd EYE - Laborodite (my favorite crystal), Azurite, Lapis Lazuli & Sapphire

💜 CROWN - Amethyst, Moonstone, Lepidolite & Howlite

Now, the colors dont HAVE to match. There are plenty of chakra healers/balancers that dont coordinate colors BUT I love to match so there's my list!

🤍 Obsidian (mentioned above) is great for protection!

🤍 Selanite is great for clearing energy & charging other crystals. You can get it as a plate or bowl to rest your daily crystals on so they're ready to go in the morning.

🤍 Clear Quartz is an everything stone! You can literally charge it with any intention. Its a good stand in for anything you dont have. With Quartz being a high vibrational stone it will work to align you with its vibration, often sending you ideas to help you take inspired action to illuminate and clear your path. My favorite of the Quartz family is Lumerian, but stones such as Citrine, Amethyst, Smoky Quartz & Rose Quartz are all in the same family. Be knowledgeable when buying Citrine & Amethyst as some are man made by heat treatment.

🤍 MOLDAVITE is a popular one lately so let's talk about it. Moldavite is a tektite, which is technically not a crystal but still acts like one. It was created in a single meteorite impact in Bohemia that occurred about 15 million years ago. It is ONLY found in the Czech Republic which causes it to be extremely rare & now often faked due to it's increasing demand. So beware of its very high price & be alert when buying. Because of its birth story it's energy is at times chaotic, which you can also see within the stone when examining it, as the inner lines have no pattern & it also holds tiny air bubbles. Like Clear Quartz, its a high vibrational "stone" that works to align you with its vibration. So if you are interacting with low vibrational people or activities it will work to remove these from your life usually by aligning your thought patterns with the correct actions. It may bring you some magic but more often than not you will be asked to take inspired action to have it work properly. This is one piece I cannot sleep with in my room at all!!

~ Check that your crystal dealer is selling ethically sourced stones & be sure to do your research on which crystal/tektite will work best for your desired intentions before purchasing & activating them! I find it best to only work with 1-4 crystals at a time when outside of my home. 2 is my sweet spot, but we are all different & our sensitivity changes as we develop empathy towards universal energy.

~ Ok! Now that we've got the basics on picking your crystal out of the way, here's how to use them!!

~ You should cleanse your crystal after purchasing it to remove the energy of anyone who has handled them or any negative experiences they've endured before reaching you. Not all practicioners believe this & not all stones hold negativity but I believe it's good practice & can't hurt so here's what I know: You can do this in many ways. Sound cleansing (via bells or soundbowls or even YouTube sound baths), kosher or Himalayan salt bath, brown rice, smoke cleanse (via ethically sourced Sage, Palo Santo or Incense) or for certain stones you can soak them in running water or salt/sun/moonwater to cleanse & charge - BUT use caution as some, such as moldavite, laborodite & selenite (most crystals ending in ite) will dissolve in water, especially hot water so again, do your research on the specifics - you can burry them in dirt outside or in your house plants for a few hours just watch out for rain/damp soil, a Selanite or Quartz dish will cleanse & charge any stone, & my personal favorite method - setting them out under the moonlight! I think the Sun works too but the Moon is preferred by most practitioners. It usually only takes a couple hours with most of these methods. Smaller crystals can be cleansed with breath & feather wind.

~ To charge them, moonlight is ideal. Setting them in a windowsill or outside for 3-5 hours will work perfectly! You can soak them in saltwater under the sun too. This amplifies their natural energy before adding your own.

~ To program & active each crystal you'll essentially be forming a bond with each one individually. You can do this simply by holding it in your dominant hand (usually the right hand as the left body is for recieving intuitive nudges), meditate with the crystal wrapped in both hands, envisioning what you'd like to accomplish together & commanding it to activate. I personally find that the universe works best when we say please & thank you. I also like to kiss my energy into each stone after we've spent a few moments bonding.

~ Now your crystals are ready to move energy & help you develop your growth! All you have to do is place them accordingly in your home or carry them on you. Again, I find it best to only carry about 2 on me at a time. I have also found that sleeping with too many in my room gives me restless sleep, even just 1 high vibrational stone on my dresser is usually too much for me, but the lower chakra stones or blue stones are usually okay. Some people keep them on an altar or in a grid (YouTube is very helpful for learning gridwork) some keep them in windowsills - just use caution as some stones get sunbleached - & some people like me have a few crystals in each room! You can look into the best placements for each stone you own for best uses & placements depending on your intentions.

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I get the most potent dreams with Red Garnet under my pillow & Blue Kyanite on my side table. I keep a large Rose Quartz, medium Amethys & Selanite, & some smaller Obsidian, Moonstone, Laborodite, Rainbow Hematite & Quartz pieces & Gold flakes on my dresser... Although as I'm typing this im wondering if that Laborodite is why I haven't been sleeping as well or if it's just all the Eclipse & Retrograde Energy going around in this 2021 air 😆

Either way, I hope you've found this post to be of some use & if you have any questions or anything I can add please don't hesitate to reach out!!! (Use of Evil Eye as 3rd Eye symbol in this post is soley meant for aesthetic but I do wish protection, peace & prosperity on all it lay sight on)

HAPPY HEALING!! 🤍

[saintacephale]

hey i read some of your tips for beginner witchcraft, and i was wondering if you had any advice on how to get started? im really new to this and i dont know literally anything about it other than some things about crystals that i read about, and incense, since i grew up with it.

have a good day!

hi love!

firstly, welcome to the witchy community! it's so nice to see a lot of new people interested in witchcraft.

as for beginners, the best thing i can recommend is learning and studying everything you can!

i recommend not jumping into spells or deity work first thing, since you will definitely need protection and knowledge on how to ward and banish.

things i recommend studying before jumping into spells:

- banishing spells

- warding spells

- protection spells

- how to cast a circle

- how to ground yourself

- meditation

- how to undo a hex/curse

- how to cleanse your space properly

after you have learnt these, i recommend writing them in a book of shadows/grimoire. that book will help you annotate anything you learn about witchcraft and where later you can write spells or correspondences.

after that, it's always helpful to study how energies work and different correspondences and symbolism (ex. candle color meaning, flame meaning, herbs correspondences, crystal correspondences, etc.)

whenever you are ready to do spells or using any form of divination (tarot, pendulum, scrying..) remember to protect yourself beforehand.

also, remember witchcraft is about beliefs, not material. you don't need to have a fancy altar, lots of witchy books, tons of candles, or any type of tarot cards to be a witch. intention is the best witchy tool <3

i will leave you some websites i find accurate:

occult-world.com

witchipedia.com

thewhitegoddess.co.uk/

darkbooks.org (to download witchy books)

thehoodwitch.com/

i hope this helped!! good luck with your craft :D

[sagencoffeebeeenswitchcraft]

Meet the witch tag?? ig??

So here goes, I striked-through some corrections and whanot but all of it is there, feel free to send an ask if you have any questions! Here's the link to the og post which I found on @knockaines 's blog uwu

Fair warning it’s LONG so like, open at ur own risk lmao

Link to questions is here ↘︎

Do you use runes as a written language? I used to back in the day, but not so much nowadays!

Do you feel you have natural gifts such as (premonitions, and hearing spirits) and if so do you think this is what led you to this path? I believe my divination is a gift, it's just how it is and how I learned it.

What deity do you work with if any and why? Hades, Persephone and Hermes. I do like working with other gods on behalf of others and figuring out who is what (I call it deity telephone) so I end up invoking and briefly working with a bunch of gods, pretty cool!

Have you always worked with this same deity? I've worked with Hades since 2019, Persephone joined us in 2020 and Hermes in 2021! It's been wonderful working with them.

Do you use any personal items in your practice, (blood, semen, tears, urine, etc)? I don't, but I am not wholeheartedly against using them.

Do you do past life readings or have ever had one done; who were you or how did you die? I never really dwelled into it, but I know of one instance I saw in a dream before.

What is your favourite magical tool? Tarot and Oracle cards are my favourite!

What is a song or type of music that gets you into a witchy mood? Music that gives you power, I know that's super vague but that's how I explain it lol.

Where is the most magical place you have ever been? According to my mum, she's brought me to some kind of ritual with fairies when I was young, that must've been pretty coolio.

What animal is your familiar if any? - N/A

If you have a familiar, did you choose them or did they choose you? - N/A

What in the craft are you best at (tarot, spells, ritual,) etc? Definitely Divination!

What in the craft would you say you are weaker at? Ritual making or spellwork, I have a hard time following a recipe lol.

What is your most favourite part of your craft (spell writing, divination, etc)? I wanna say divination, but that'd be way repetitive, so I'm gonna go with worship? That aspect is pretty cool!

What was the first tool you ever purchased? Purchased, was a Tarot Deck I believe. Otherwise probably candles or something?

What was your first homemade tool for your practice? You're gonna think I'm annoying, but it was a tarot deck of only the major arcana!!! XD

What are your feelings on raising kids in the craft? I think that so long a child can consent and is aware of what they're taught and given the choice to pursue it, it's okay! Anything culty where there's no consent, awareness or general choice I think is absolutely wack tho!

If you were a goddess or god, who would you be? Anderou or Andras, god of a pantheon from Sorcèllerie, with aspects focusing on gender, kindness and divination.

Do you use astrology in your practice? In what ways? I have a great focus on astrology as a hobby actually! In my practice it's present in spellwork when it includes other people and symbolism!

What if any ways could you practice dark magic and still respect the beliefs of Wicca? Technically I think I'm a 'Death Witch' which goes into dark arts(?) and I do not follow the rede (heck I wrote my own version of it lol) but I personally do not believe in Light & Dark Magic dynamics.

Do you have any witches in your family? I consider my mum a witch in certain aspects and I believe my grandmother was yes a devout Christian but she also read tarot according to my mom so I don't know lol.

What item can you not witch without? I believe that a witch can do with the bare basics and even thin air if that's all they have access to. So nothing I cant say anything on this one!

What is your favourite sabbat festival or time of year ritual? I find Samhain and Yule really nice, but I have been trying to branch out into more greek rites and festivals that celebrate my patrons!

Have you ever had a YouTube burnout? I don't do videos so nope!

What is your fav witchy shop, and do they have an online store? Sadly my favourite store closed a few years ago... I do like one of my local shops in my area tho!

When buying witchy items, do they choose you or do you choose them? I tend to choose lol, however pendulums and things of the sort I try to see which one compliments my energy best!

How do you organize your herbs/ingredients? I'm not gonna lie, most of my herbs are in little pre-packaged boxes from the store and lil glass jars haha

Do you have an interest in other deities that you don’t work with; if so, which ones? Technically, the entirety of the Greek Pantheon is cool, but I wanna say Pop Culture deities seem pretty chill!

Do you have a fav time of day to do spell work; if so, why? Night-time, it's more quiet.

Are you solitary or do you work with a coven? Technically, I'm part of an online coven but I consider myself solitary IRL :))

If you could pick a certain witchcraft tradition that fits your practice most what would it be (Druid, Celtic, Wicca etc)? I guess greek shrines and temples are pretty coolio?

What was the most creative spell you have ever done? What did you use? The curse I did to my friend's ex, I used an old zucchini lol.

What do you prefer for divination (tarot, oracle, runes, etc) and why? I'm quite fond of tarot!

What are some ways you keep yourself grounded? Journalling and rational thoughts mostly!

Have you ever had a spell go horribly wrong? NOt yet! HOpelly none of my spells go haywire haha!

What are your opinions on initiation rituals? I think it has its time and place in certain practices? But initiatory rites that give off cult or sorority/frat vibes are absolutely wack lol. I would also veer off anything that has weird dynamics.

Have you ever had full contact with your deity; if so, what happened? Not yet, I assume it's something tho that's for sure!

What about you is un witchy? My use of modern technology I guess XD

For the dating witch, how do you tell a new love interest that you are a witch? I'm upfront about my practice, it's an aspect of me that I feel is important to share and it's my religion. I take no shit and if you don't feel comfy with me practicing that's your problem I'm just gonna leave haha :) Who is a past witch that has inspired you, famous or not? I can't say anyone really, except maybe my best friend who no longer practices but who gifted me her entire set of tools! <3 How do you handle rejection from a fellow witch that refuses to do a reading or spell for you? So far it's not happened, but I understand consent and I think unless it's a life or death situation I should be okay haha! Do you think it is necessary to cast a circle when you do spell work or any magical working? I like to do my own circle, out of habit. I don't think it's necessary but it's a nice thing to do in my opinion! I think my circle is probably more of a symbol of my power than protection haha If Steven Spielberg called and wanted to make a movie of your life, who would you want to play as you? NGL,,, I would want to play my own role lol there is one actress who I believe played arya stark who could play younger me though What is some advice that was given to you that you pass along because it made an impact on your path? There are no rules when it comes to personal practice, reclaim your power in the forms that it feels comfortable and just do what you wanna do in the measure of consent, respect and security! What is some advice you would give someone who has not found their diety? Sometimes it takes time, not everyone works with deities, don't rush it and if it happens, it does :))

Where do you buy your herbs? Esoteric shops or the grocery store lol--

How did you feel casting your first circle (silly, scared, stumbling, etc)? Powerful I believe, I felt very in touch from what I remember!

What was your first successful spell? I'm gonna be honest, I don't remember! Probably a playful jinx of something though XD What is your general practice for meditation? Journalling my feelings technically, otherwise I just focus on a yoga sesh!

Are you a day walker or a night comer? Daywalker, I love the night, but I also love the comfort of my bed lol

How and when did you know you wanted to be on this path? I think I always kinda knew? But if we wanna speak numbers I wanna say when I read my first book about witchcraft in 2012!

What type of witch are you (Pagan, Wiccan, eclectic, hedge, etc)? oh boy you're in for a spin-- I don't have a specific one-word term in English, but I do have one in french! It's "Sorcier". The full name is:

Solitary-Grey-Neo-Wiccan. But I also identify as a Hellenic Pagan, A Diviner and a chaos-death witch! (Sorcier just means male witch)

What candle colour do you use most? Currently, emerald, I bought a big pack of them at the thrift store lol

What area would you like to see your craft grow in? I'd like to see my worship get some growth!

What is your preference, to buy or make your tools? Generally buy, but it really depends on what's the tool!

What fictional witch book/screen inspired you the most? The Series "Witch" by Cate Tierman, (which I mentioned somewhere above!)

With your first spell were you alone or in a coven? I never really joined a coven-coven, although I take part in an online coven, so I was alone :))

What is your favourite candle, or incense scent for magical purposes? I'm a big fan of Patchouli and everything woodsy! But most of my spells use unscented candles and cedar(?) or cinnamon to cleanse! :))

Where is your favourite place to go to reconnect with nature? Any place outside, although there used to be a creek close to my hose where I go every once in a while! :))

Do you believe in fantasy creatures (unicorns, gnomes, elves, fairies, etc)? To an extent? I believe that some of these are spirits, that some are beings with otherworldly or alien forms and some I think are completely unphysical as far as our reality goes! I do believe in some cryptids tho

Do you believe in ghosts/spirits? Yup, I'm assuming in this context we mean something that has died/passed on and has ties to our world still, yeah definitely.

Would you ever teach the craft? I wouldn't say I'm a mentor, but I've definitely taught before. It' something I take pride in when I do.

What if any legal herb do you use for moods? 🌿Mary Jane! Canada babey, it's legal here!!!

What is the most recent spell/ritual you have done? The most recent like full-on thing I've down would be a cord-cutting I did a couple months back?

Do you have a happy place you go to during meditation? Not really that I know of! 🤔

What is your favourite witchy book? I don't really have one tbh!

Do you have a ritual to get ready before a ritual or spell? Yes! I cast my own circle every time, it's a mental boundary that generally sits on the ground under me.

Do you always use your own spells or do you tweak others? Depends, I wanna say it's a mix of both most of the time! :))

Do you prefer spells/rituals inside or outside? I love doing them outside! However I rarely get to...

If you are coming from a Christian/catholic background. Did you find the transition hard with family and the whole going to Hell thing? Basically leaving all you've been told was right? - N/A

What are your totem animals? - N/A

What are some things you reuse after spells/ritual work? Jars, Ribbons, Crystals, and sometimes offerings, depending on the situation.

Who helped you most when you started on your path? My best friend gave me motivation, and books really helped too UWU...

Do you know any good witchy phone apps (like moon phases)? #Self Care, Labyrinthos, apparently there's also Moonly!

What is your favourite magical study? Asssocitaion research!

Outside of the YouTube and Facebook community, do you have a lot of witchy friends in the physical world? No sadly only a handful, but some friends have started to practice which I find pretty cool!

Do you feel that the deities we work with are a force from one higher power and that all beliefs and religions are from the same one God/place? I think they're sperate per se! I kinda vibe with the egg theory for every thing human but I consider gods separate from us, but their energy works the same way ours does just on another scale, ie we are the same because we are all atoms, so theres probably every entity ever and theyre part one and part another, it's complicated but I'm not paid to figure this out lol

[hskinhome]

may i get a tarot reading for my eridan ampora kintype ?? just about that kintype in general since i dont remember anything specific about that life, i wanna see if this may help .. thank you !! :]

Sure thing! I’ll use this spread and my Homestuck Kickstarter deck!

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First Card: Your past life as a whole

I got the upright Ace of Pentacles, which symbolizes financial and material increase, stability, security, practicality, material comfort, and physical beauty. The core of your timeline revolved around the wealth and opulence you experienced as a violetblood! You lived in luxury and always got your way, possibly due to being seen as physically desirable!

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Second Card: Theme of major challenges

I got the reversed Two of Cups, which symbolizes false love, folly, violent passion, disunity, and misunderstanding. While your material needs were satisfied, your relationships weren’t. You most likely had a pitch relationship that wasn’t as true as you wanted, or you had a matesprit that suffered from poor communication and disillusionment.

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Third Card: How you handled them, and their effects on you

I got the reversed Death card, which symbolizes disaster, inertia, revolution, anarchy, upheaval, and political change. This card implies to me that, much like canon, your relationship with Feferi didn’t work out. But instead of dealing with her one-on-one, you threw Alternia into a frenzy and called for her execution. “Not dealing with it well” is an understatement, as it threw Alternia’s government into complete disarray, causing everything to fall apart.

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Fourth Card: Lessons learned during this life

I got the reversed Nine of Cups, which symbolizes misplaced reliance, false freedom, physical illness, and overindulgence. After everything that happened, you needed to take a step back and realize that, yes, you were pretty spoiled compared to the rest of the trolls. Due to Feferi’s absence, you also learned that you needed to rely on yourself more to feel truly free.

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Fifth Card: The impact or effect on your current life

I got the reversed Wheel of Fortune card, which symbolizes failure, setbacks, reap as you sow, poverty, and stagnation. It’s possible that remnants of the struggles Eridan faced are affecting you now, as you may be dealing with a situation similar to Eridan’s financials after the revolution, or maybe your relationships aren’t working out. While these can seem out of your control or power, you can take action now to make a better future for yourself!

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I hope this helps you, and let me know if it does!

[miru-n]

★A3! BD Scout has begun!★

The June Birthday Premium Tryouts have begun! Today (6/5) is your only chance to get a birthday-themed SSR of Miru! Or is it? Check in-game for all the details!

I usually just do silly doodles for my birthday, but hey, spoiling myself is not bad every once in a while hehe

Imma rambles about my self insert and what i put on these fake Glitter card, this will be long so no need to read this~

First, I'll talk about flower motif!

I choose hydrangea as my flower motif for my a3 self insert.

Hydrangea is one of my favorite flower, along with Hyacinth and Orchid.

My knowledge on hanakotoba is basically 0 lol but i feel like hydrangea resonates more with me, both the positive meanings (desire to understand others, sincerity/honesty) and the negative meanings (boastful, distant, bitter, regret).

When I was a kid, grandma told me the story about the Japanese emperor used the flower to show how sincere he is on his apology to his wife? Someone idk. And she also told me that one story someone burried a dead body and then bright colorful hydrangeas started to bloom on the patch where the body got burried. The duality lol

I also love this fun fact about hydrangea because honestly? Mood. I'm needy and clingy, so i love affection ww. But if you shower me with too much love? I go bye-bye lol

I had a hard time making the symbol of the flower for the card that fits with the other characters flower symbol, but i managed to make with the same style. I used photos bellow as my reference

Second, backgrounds for the unbloom card!

Drama card because other June boys' Glitter cards are Comedy and Action. Ok easy.

When making the card, I keep in mind if I can stitch my card with other characters.

Green on left because previous birthday in a3 was Citron. Yellow on left because Misumi's birthdaybis next after mine (mine's 5th June, his is 6th hehe).

The star balloons is such a coincidence on technical wise lol. Misumi got them on his unbloom card, that's one of the excuse why I put those. But! I love stars so it works out well when making my unbloom card lol. I love stars, but I can't identify any star or constellation if my life depends on it ww the only constellation I know is Gemini. Which is a coincidence because it's also my zodiac. So that's why from all the random balloon stars and the glittery star accessories on the background, you can spot Gemini on bottom left.

If you see on bottom right, you might notice something that does not look like a star or constellation.

It's the symbol of High Priestess. Besides star, I also love tarot ww. I was so into tarot on my middle school era and still got a deck of tarot cards on my table (blame Persona 3). Everytime I do a tarot reading by myself, from random internet quiz, from an actual tarot reader, that fucking card always pops out. And the way it reads always pissed me off www even more pissed because everyone I know said 'yeah that's so you/oof that sounds just like your luck'. WTF DOES THAT MEAAAN AHDJDKAKA. Anyway my self insert arcana on Persona Series is The High Priestess so... LOL

Purple is one of my favorite color (besides yellow, red and black). So I just decide purple as the background color

And last but not least, the bloomed card!

Tried to do the same concept of using mirror to symbolize my zodiac like the other June boys.

Why is the glass art contains Mondrian art and not just my flower motif like other characters? I want something obnoxious to scream 'hello i'm an artist' lol. I wanted to do Alphonse Mucha art (since he is my favorite old timer artist) with beautiful hydrangeas as the glass art.

........But i still love my hands ok, not today carpal tunnel. So I noped out and settle with Mondrian instead (flashback to uni year where I got assignment to mimick your favorite artist and god do I regret loving Alphonse Mucha's art. Atleast I got A on that class so it paid off 🕺)

The gold patterns on my Glitter outfit is a Batik pattern! Hohoho Indonesia History time for anyone who still read up to this point! I took Batik class on uni and worked as Lecturer Assistant y'all better listen to me or I'll kick your kneecaps.

It’s loosely based from Batik Truntum! It’s from Java, and means ‘love and loyalty’ or ‘loves that blooms again’. History wise, the royalty family give this Batik to someone they love, trying to court or just a gift to family. The name Truntum itself came from the word ‘Taruntum’, which means ‘to grow/bloom again’. There’s so many romance stories behind this Batik. But this one I found so fucking funny because a king is trying to marry a new woman (idk the english, you know, when king got married millions of women?). His queen got so sad, so she started making a Batik to cheer herself up. She ended up loving the result and gave it to the king as a present. Then the king goes ‘damn she gave me this Batik, that means she’s loyal. looks like I won’t marry another women’ wwwwww

For the outfit, hoodie is because I love wearing one even when it’s 45 degree celcius outside lmao dont judge me.

The ring is what i usually wear. It’s a promise ring. The ring cost 1$ tho LOL that’s how cheap my promise is, so don’t hold onto any of my promise ww

The scarf that wrap around my body is... kinda sentimental symbol. I’d rather not explain that one ww maybe one day!

That’s all! If you read it all till this part, thank you so much ww

[solardick]

Ok back to the tarot blog. And the throne. Maybe i’ll just copy paste the good stuff from the previous one. Spare the engineered sickness. Cause i got something good there. Was thinking about doing a separate layout for the Russian alphabet. And seeing if i can make that work. Cause there is still alot of symbols, letters. Left to use. Though i should modify the moon away from a coming out. Though its does suit a full moon experience. Still dont know where they got the dog and wolf thing from but i can understand it. Cause on thr original print cards. The two canines are indistuiguishable from one another.

There are ten one letter words in the russian language. As compared to the single of the english language. Curious to note that most of the english letters are pronounced as words. And not as sounds.

World war 3 or as a russian transliteration. World war Z.

Not the final image. Playing with ideas. I’d lose the harpies or sphinxes. Whatever they’re supposed to be. Thoigh the letter t as its used here doent represent a Д minor. I havent played much with those. Yet. Its represents pronunciation. When the Dah” sounds Tah”.

Both english and the russian alphabet share the same numbering for the letter T which is number 20. In tarot number 20 falls onto the judgement card. Which cant be expressed any more perfectly than it already is. Though of one weren’t to ise reversals in divination. Which isnt the sole purpose of the cards. Their wouldn’t be any argument of the positive/negative judgement variations. One could add both. In this account. The letter Д, “D in english. Curiously enough falls onto number 5. Here theres play on which cards it becomes associated to. Either the E-fool vowel, (no restrictive vocal movement) or it falls onto the emperor card. Now with Д, combines a fool card, an emperor card, and the makeshift throne card. Considering i removed the emperor from the throne. Makes it convenient to have as a separate card. Representing, a closer association to home. Which i felt shows in the throne upon a throne. Leaving behind the notion of political dictatorship. Another card comes into play when considering the tarot as card number 5 is placed as the hierophant or pope cards. The russian letter Ф or ф minor is the equalavant of the english latter F, number 6. For english. Ties the emperor to the lovers or lover, or social event, such as in a masqurade, or a ball, or something fun and lively. Now the 4th russian letter is Г, gamma, which is the equivalent to the letter G. The fourth card of tarot is the emperor, the 4th letter of the alphabet is letter D. This shows pro-creation and nurturing as it is with the empress. If one doesnt connect it to the mother archetype. And it all seems to connect neatly. Considering the gamma catd chossen is my own creation of a dragon/serpent reflective of japanese or chinese culture and its meaning to the east and the rising sun. The house or flag of the rising sun. With the delicacy or positivity of a dove, which ties itself to innocence and positive happenings.

Considering how neatly they all connect together. Isnt of mynown creation at all. Its factual. Besides making an image fit. The logic is another there. When i first doscovered letter Д , a sit of power, a throne is automatically associated. Simoly by the form of the letter itself. Though, the Д letter itself isnt its original form. But figured the way it is now, i beleive, during the russian languages reformation by its last dictator. Or ruler or king or czar. All the same thing. This happened coincidentally at the, near the, same time as the mass publication and disemination of the first mass print tarot cards also, coincidentally at the , near the same time as the final version of the type writter’s qwerty system which is used worldwide. And the original letter Д was of a form closer to a triangle than it as it is now.

Sont know if ill keept the letter N as is shown on the card. Save for if and only if it is kept to the variation of the strength catd i selected, as fortitude/ strength of rising civilization higher. Out of the muck and bs and chaos which is found at his feet. Depending on whether those setails will be kept are not is still a matter of debate.

Though on a separate note of one letter words. Are, pronounced as R. Is a curious thing. As all things that BE, is connected to temperance. Which isnt a far shoot off of moderation. As temperance is placed in the qwerty system beside the tower card and the fool card. Though its a disgusting mirage of images. Which all get connected to the emperor. In a grotesque way in the tarot system. That i will not accept. Deal with it.

So for a quick play on numerology and the throne, we have number 20 and number 5. Now this becomes very curious indeed. As number 25 card number Y is the judgement card. Two separate connections. But, if its negated equals number 15. The devil card. Or by the qwerty system as the oO card which i selected as a death card. There being at this moment two death cards. Though one does come off as rather sexual than not. And prophetic on another count, coming from personal experience of reading “supernatural” portents and omens. And thats a chapter all it’s own. But in the context of evil, and the devil. Shows the antagonist. The evil side of authority and power if its taken tadem with the emperor and a dictatorship. Which most people to my knowledge will agree needs to end. Which is the purpose of still playing the “WW2 card” in this day. To serve as a reminder. Considering the russian lost more people than all the “allied” protagonist forces combined. With all that hype. When in reality suffered far less. Than not.

Not so far off from the feminist homo-agenda of pacification and degeneration of the “masculine principle”. Though still, way too strongly connected to evil itself and the hypocrisies of evil deeds hidden under a rainbow flag of peace after a storm. Makes me want to vomit. Anparade of peace and love. Though one may place blame on the bible. In this context. And not on the form of sinful actions that cause a entropic cycle of spiritual dis-ease. And lack of mental clarity. By base driven desires. Hypocrisy.

Some of the peopel i find myselfnin constant company of and not by choice. Forced dictatorship, and egocentric bs. Down witht eh church!!!

Thera all kinds of little details, one may look at. By comparison of the english letter minor t and the russian letter minor т. Shows a quick association to the tower card losing its top. And the brain washing conditioning and quick association of language based alphabets. And antagonism. Based on subconscious pictorialized symbols. So what i make up words. Language is too limiting.

Solardick strikes again.

Justice isn’t about striking down evil. It’s about making people aware that evil exists. Though justice is always blind to own disposition. Unaware of its own evil.

This works beautifully with another symbol. As justice falls onto the letter K. The 11th letter. In russian letter К is the 12th letter. Not very relevant to my point here, but it be nice to move away from the emperor for a while. And the letter Ж, which is the 8th letter. Starting to see a connection here between waites assertion of switching cards 8 and 11. The russian k is the equilavent of its english counterpart. Though Ж is pronounced as J. Or more exactly as the S in the word measure. Which is a j. But to save on confusion. In its broader sense. Is placing the K and Ж side by side while mixing in the number 11 and 8. Justice and the hanged man. Or on the other side as justice and the lovers. With a dash of the chariot.

This equals either number 19 or by negation to number 3.The high prietess merge with the sun. Which may very well equal to the hanged nan. But im uncertain here.

To continue ona second form calculation of numbers. 19 + 3 equals 21. The world card. Or by letter to the U card with ive taken as waite’s strength card under the heading of Union, or harmony. Which would show the feminine figure embracing the king. Not so different from the meaning of Love. Or by negation. To the number 16. The tower card. Destruction and the fall. Or by letter to the hanged man card. And again this shows the consequences of the absence of love. Gleaming on hatred, without it having to be said. Its the crown of the tower which is shown to be falling. Not the tower itself. Being dethroned.

The question arises as for what is the image for letter Ж? If the english K shows blindness. On number 11. And number 12, is associated to sight and midday when the sun is highest? And then what suggest the dual nature of the hanged man card. If its association to persecution. And not revelation or perceptive clarity?

Any ideas? Will it show both the masculine and the feminine, equally blind in one eye holding hands?

It doesn’t equal 21? It equals 22? Oh, thats right. It does. Card 22 is by number the star card. For here tarot can no longer be used. Uh, dies it really matter? It’s a mistake of identity. Both are pretty naked girls. Are they not?