#interesting that these are more focused on religious/philosophical points

[gaylittleguys]

watching the alien prequels, Prometheus was pretty good, but I think the concept probably would have been stronger if it wasn’t a capital A Alien movie, also I wish the human tech looked clunkier like in the originals but that’s ok. I guess. 😔 Starting out Covenant and I don’t care for the guy taking over as captain.

[moonchild033]

5H-Pregnancy and Children (Part 2) 🤩🩷

NOTE: I'm covering the left out planets in this subtopic on the previous post. I accidentally focused a lot on how ur child can be rather than ur relationship with ur child (I focused on this perspective on part 1 planets). However I believe that you yourself can obtain an idea of how the relationship might be based on reading this. Kindly NOTE that this is not ur child's birth chart to interpret their personality truly, these are just some general takes❤️✨ Also this can apply mostly to the first child 🙂‍↕️🫡

(These observations are based on the whole sign system, sidereal charts and all obs are subject to change with other aspects in the chart, so don't conclude anything with a single placement, take whatever that resonates and leave the rest,hope you enjoy giving it a read, take it lightly!) ❤

Click here for part 1 !🫴🥰

5H JUPITER - You can have a lesser number of children, possibly female ones, they can seem to be wiser than their age, they could be the type to give you advice when you are down or simply try to make you laugh.🥹🧿 The child would be optimistic and can take expectation failures in a good way, rather than showing negative emotions. It is essential as a parent to let them know that it's okay for them to even voice out their negative feelings and they shouldn't have to overindulge on staying positive to the point that they forget to process negative emotions, teach them that life has grey parts and it's okay🙂‍↕️🙂‍↕️. They can be helpful to other kids at school and can be a teacher's pet. They can surprise you by asking philosophical questions that don't match with their age and can be interested in religious texts, liking mythology stories as a kid. They can be magnanimous and give out their belongings to friends, so maybe you can see them losing a new pen or a pouch now and then lol 😂🤪. On the same note, teach them not to be a door mat and take care of their things, not letting anyone take advantage. As a child, they can even be more vulnerable in trusting, they believe that everyone is good (every child does, but take care of this specifically in this placement), let them know whom to trust and how to be safe by ur own parenting method🫠🫡. During pregnancy, you can experience more bulging in feet and the baby bump can be bigger, smooth delivery will be ensured if there are no malefic aspects falling on 5H.🩵🩵

5H SATURN - The kid can be fond of grandparents, can be closer to grandparents than the parents, you can see them being distant with their aged kids but can get along with older children and elders absolutely love them. This is the child who brings water to a guest without you asking them to, elders adore them because of their sincere and quiet nature even as a child😌☺️. Help the kid to become more expressive but don't force them to be someone which they're not, accept their personal space and reserved nature. They can be pessimistic and can hold many unspoken fears, encourage and give your support constantly rather than blaming their thinking and forcing them to be optimistic, which will lead them to further mask their thoughts. Through your unwavering support, the child will thrive and can grow to be optimistic by themselves🥺🤌. They can be scared of things that you might not consider as something to be scared of, but they have these deep unknown fears that u have to help them overcome without disregarding it. Their way of speaking might feel offensive to you, you might think of it as disrespect but it's usually their blunt honest nature, don't try to control traits like these just because you couldn't see the other side of it, it can lead to the child being afraid of being themselves or being unsure how to react 🫠❤️During pregnancy, you can feel higher sensitivity to cold, keep yourself warm and do exercises (under medical advice) to ensure normal delivery as this can give higher possibility of c-section. Take care of reproductive health to avoid problems in conceiving. Higher possibility for late pregnancy and first child being a male.💚💚

5H RAHU- The kid can be very mischievous and unpredictable. They can be having swift responses to everything and difficult to understand because of their tendency to merge with the surroundings and change their behaviour accordingly 🤭🫣.They can embody air sign energy a lot (ofc rahu nakshatras are all in air signs tho), which means they want to be constantly mentally stimulated to keep them from doing any unwanted mischievous things that could potentially cross the line. Make sure to provide the mental stimulation through interactive game sessions and answer all their nonsense questions in a convincing and child friendly way bcoz they'll eventually find another source to find out the answer which you may not like 🫢.They can be distracted and messy at many times, u may have to pay extra attention to take care of them. They may enjoy the company of animals, if they do, add a cat into your family which they may particularly like more than other animals 🐈🥰. The kid might get early exposure to the internet or very interested in technologically advanced products, make sure to provide them with parental control and screentime (whatever ur parenting method is). Don't try to control this kid, they're not like mars who is hell bent on doing something they LIKE, rahu does something you don't like just bcoz you told not to do so, they don't even have to LIKE it themselves to do it, ur dislike is enough for them to do something if u appear to be micro managing or controlling too much 😈🤪.These kids have to be handled in an intelligent manner, knowing when to let go and when to tighten the hold, bcoz they're too rebellious for their own good. You can have excessive cravings during pregnancy, take care to not overindulge in anything. Delivery maybe assisted even if it's normal (Depends on aspects 5H receives). Also, taking care of proper menstrual cycles is essential in 5H nodes for healthy conception. Higher possibility of first child being a male.🧡🧡

5H KETU- The kid might exhibit similar characteristics like 5H saturn interpretation but few differences can be seen. While 5H saturn's kids can mingle with older children and find comfort in the care of elders, 5H ketu's kids can thrive in isolation, they're not alone bcoz they're sad, they might enjoy their own company and live in their own mind, quietly being observant and keeping their thoughts within themselves 🩶🩶. Don't rush things with them, forcing them to speak a lot or asking them what they want to do or what they're thinking of, it's possible that many times they might have a blank mind which is unusual for kids but they could have that from a younger age, so when they say they're not thinking of anything, u better believe that. It can feel like an one sided relationship or conversation to you, but don't stop those efforts, they'll eventually let you inside their world 🤗🥰. It's a weird push and pull with this kid, they might crave for your attention from the inside but also feel the need to be left alone, keep the conversation open and avoid getting frustrated bcoz of this confusing behaviour, u just keep on giving them what they want at the moment bcoz these kids can easily feel insecure or abandoned by you even if it's not ur intention 🥹🫂.They could be interested in knowing about the religious practices, you can teach them prayers if they show interest earlier on. Node placements in 5H, their children can show their liking towards animals, for ketu it can be dogs 🐕😍. During pregnancy, you can experience lots of mood swings and appetite issues, make sure to keep both your physical and mental health stable. Higher possibility of first baby being a girl.🩷🩷

Let's Learn and Grow Together ❤️‍🔥

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[utilitycaster]

What are your honest, unfiltered thoughts about everything going on currently with this “are the gods really good and necessary” line of thought the latest cr episode has been tackling, both in terms of your feelings on the subject in general and also how it’s being portrayed/discussed.

I don't agree with the idea of gods using mortals as batteries - I don't actually think we have any official canonical support that the prime deities (or, presumably, betrayer gods) do need worship to sustain them - but in terms of a conversation being had I don't actually mind it because the general attitude among Bells Hells and among Deanna and FRIDA is "does it really matter how important the gods are? Actively unleashing them seems like a cataclysmically bad idea." It's actually really interesting to me that this is the focus! A lot of D&D in which there are divine entities explores religion and faith in a scenario where the existence of gods is unquestionable. This is instead exploring whether it's legitimate to destroy something simply for not being important to you personally.

I'd also add that what Deanna is saying and how she's acting are not always in sync - which to be clear I believe to be a deliberate choice from Aabria in her portrayal. Like, I think it's obvious that Deanna has complicated feelings towards the Dawnfather, but that's the key - there are positive and negative feelings, and when she says "batteries" there is a symbiosis here, not a simple "they're using us and controlling us".

Just to give a brief overview of where I am personally coming from, like, IRL, philosophically: I'm Jewish, and my personal religious practice is heavily focused far more on what one does rather than what one believes, which I feel fits very well with Bells Hells. The Yom Kippur service, which one reads while fasting and spending a day in prayer, actively includes a reading (from Isaiah) that boils down to "It's cool that you're fasting right now but if, tomorrow, you go back to engaging actively in systems of oppression that you have the power to fight against, this was all meaningless and performative."

This covers two things I feel very strongly about religion and morality: First, actions speak way louder than words and religious observance should serve as a reminder of what you need to be doing during the rest of your life, ie, you can't show up at your place of worship with an attitude of "ok cool gonna cleanse my soul and then it's ALLLLLL fixed and I can go back to kicking puppies". Religious services, should you choose to attend them, are more about the meditative process of setting one's intent via symbolic rituals, but really, it matters way more that you are not a fucking dickhead in the rest of your life. And second, you, as a mortal finite being who is not a god have the power to throw off these systems of oppression, because in a world where divine entities step in constantly, we as mortals do simply become mindless puppets, and that would suck.

Which I should note also means that one's issues with an organized religion must be taken up with the mortal leaders of that institution. I mean, in our real world, if you are an atheist, I think that's a completely valid belief, but also, in the end, it does not matter if or if not there is any cosmic entity or higher power. If you're an edgy FACTS NOT FEELINGS neckbeard 4chan atheist bigot, or a hard-right evangelical bigot? the bigotry is what matters. The existence of deities is a moot point. What people are being shitty? How do you stop them? You are welcome to overlay religion if it helps or avoid it if it doesn't. Like, one last note re: Jewishness, which is that there's a parable that a guy once said "I will convert to Judaism if you can teach me the entire Torah while I stand on one foot," and the first rabbi he asks scoffs and sends him off, and the second tells him the golden rule ("that which is hateful to you, do not do unto your neighbor") and it's fucking great not just because it's a good moral principle, but because it also removes religion from the equation. If this guy were scamming you? You've given him some solid advice at no cost to yourself that requires no adherence to any religion. If he were in earnest? You met his conditions.

Another relevant way to put this: The oft-used but really good Brennan quote! " 'On the level of individuals and civilizations, personality predates ideology.' Meaning that before you were a fascist, you were a bully and an asshole." Replace fascist with hateful religious right-winger; it's not about god, it's about a system that lets you feel justified in hating other people for who they are or like you're getting a reward for not doing stuff you weren't interested in anyway.

So uh, getting back to CR, it's interesting in that it's managed to recreate the real-world argument in D&D. I happen to prefer stories in which characters are actively engaging with deities in a positive manner, as we've seen with say, Pike, or Vax, or Fjord, or Caduceus, or Jester, or Yasha. However, in the end, all the theological arguments are purely academic. The point is that no one's controlling the Vanguard - Tuldus's quarrel is with his abusive family, not their gods. Ludinus says he's mad the gods didn't step in to stop the Calamity...but in many ways the Calamity happened because the gods let the people have free rein. If the gods stop everything bad from happening, how far do they go? Sure, stop the Calamity. Do they stop every individual accidental death? Do they stop all wars? What happens if they slip up? Can they slip up? It's an inherently contradictory spiral if you start getting into this - are you saying the gods are perfect and infallible and choose not to use this, in which case, wouldn't that make them fallible? If the gods are actually powerful enough to constantly control you, why are you openly talking about their destruction and Kord hasn't vaporized you with a bolt from the blue?

And you can tell this because the only arguments that matter in the end are people like Orym and Ashton saying "I don't fucking know about the gods, but these guys are murdering innocents, which seems really bad." Like, sure, I'd like to see some more for lack of a better term traditional clerics or paladins pop up, or someone with a high religion score who can talk through the theology, but it's kind of nice to have a story where most people are like "I can take or leave the gods, but actively unleashing an even more powerful entity to kill them seems dumb and unnecessary" and I think that argument is ultimately more successful than a head-on discussion of the role of the gods.

[artoodeeblue]

Tagged by the iconic @maggot-monger (thank you love)! This will be for my ocs Kandra Vi and Pris Lem from my doctor who fic, as I'm in the middle of writing the climax <3

✧˖°. PERSONAL

$ Financial: wealthy / moderate / unsure/ poor / in extreme poverty

✚ Medical: fit 🔥🔥🔥/ moderate / sickly / disabled / non-applicable

✪ Class: upper/ middle / working / unsure / other

✔ Education: qualified / unqualified / studying / other (they are both qualified as in received normal training for their station, but Pris didn't go to college and dropped out of school after their mother died)

✖ Criminal Record: yes, for major crimes / yes, for minor crimes / no / has committed crimes, but not caught yet / yes, but charges were dismissed

✧˖°. FAMILY

◒ Children: had a child or children / has no children / wants children (eventually)

◑ Relationship with Family: close with sibling(s) / not close with sibling(s) / has no siblings / sibling(s) is deceased

◔ Affiliation: orphaned/ abandoned / adopted / found family / disowned / raised by birth parent(s) / not applicable

✧˖°. TRAITS + TENDENCIES

♦ extroverted / introverted / ambivert

♦ disorganized / organized / in-between

♦ close-minded / open-minded / in-between (Kandra is more prone to sticking with her already existing world-view, though is open-minded about most people, whereas Pris is more open-minded about their worldview and more prone to sticking to their first impressions of someone)

♦ calm / anxious / in-between / highly contextual

♦ disagreeable / agreeable / in-between (depends on your sense of humour)

♦ cautious / reckless / in-between / highly contextual

♦ patient / impatient / in-between

♦ outspoken / reserved / in-between / highly contextual (She knows when to speak up and when to shut the fuck up!)

♦ leader (reluctantly) / leader (gladly) / follower / in-between (follower but only for Kandra lol)

♦ empathetic / vicious bastard / in-between / highly contextual

♦ optimistic / pessimistic / in-between

♦ traditional / modern / in-between (51st century yknow.)

♦ hard-working / lazy / in-between (can actually be extremely focused on a task when they want to. just doesn't want to most of the time :P)

♦ cultured / uncultured / in-between / unknown

♦ loyal / disloyal / unknown /highly contextual

♦ faithful / unfaithful / unknown / highly contextual (like in a religious sense?)

✧˖°. BELIEFS

★ Faith: monotheist / polytheist / atheist / agnostic

☆ Belief in Ghosts or Spirits: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care / in a matter of speaking

✮ Belief in an Afterlife: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care / in a manner of speaking

✯ Belief in Reincarnation: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care / in a manner of speaking

❃ Belief in Aliens: yes / no / don’t know / don’t care (bit hard not to in this universe)

✧ Religious: orthodox / liberal / in between / not religious

❀ Philosophical: yes / no / in between / highly contextual

✧˖°. SEXUALITY & ROMANTIC INCLINATION

❤ Sexuality: heterosexual / homosexual / bisexual / asexual / pansexual

❥ Sex: sex-repulsed / sex neutral / sex favorable/ naive and clueless

♥ Romance: romance repulsed / romance neutral / romance favorable / naive and clueless/ romance suspicious

❣ Sexually: adventurous / experienced / naive / inexperienced / curious

⚧ Potential Sexual Partners: male / female / both (but has little interest in sex) / agender / other / none / all

⚧ Potential Romantic Partners: male / female / both / agender / other / none / all

✧˖°. ABILITIES

☠ Combat Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

≡ Literacy Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✍ Artistic Skills: excellent (makeup skills on POINT) / good / moderate / poor / none

✂ Technical Skills: excellent / good / moderate / poor / none

✧˖°. HABITS

☕ Drinking Alcohol: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / tried it/ alcoholic / former borderline alcoholic turned sober

☁ Smoking: tried it / trying to quit / already quit / never / rarely / sometimes / frequently / chain-smoker

✿ Recreational Drugs: tried some / never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently / addict

✌ Medicinal Drugs: never / no longer needs medication / infrequent need for medication / some medication needed (does estrogen count) / frequently / to excess

☻ Unhealthy Food: never / special occasions / sometimes / frequently

$ Splurge Spending: never (very careful with money due to their working class background) / sometimes / frequently / shopaholic

♣ Gambling: never / rarely (has done it to network with higher-ups lmao) / sometimes / frequently / compulsive gamble

TAGGING @whisperoftheheart925 @starsandwriting @learning-to-think with no pressure <3

[dailycharacteroption]

Kalistocrat (Starfinder Archetype)

(art by SkavenZverov on DeviantArt)

The Kalistocrats of Pathfinder, and their far-future inheritors in Starfinder, are… interesting. They’re pretty blatantly based on those weird “not quite a cult but certainly not entirely innocuous” pseudo-religious movements for rich people that teach that their wealth and the continued drive to acquire more is a clear sign of their superiority and willingness to adhere to the strange doctrines of the movement, but aside from pointing out how the actions of these greedy elitists affect other people, the writing rarely claims that they’re entirely full of it. Compare this to the church of Razmir, where it’s pretty explicit that the so-called “Living God” is really just a sorcerer con-man who has recruited an army of other magic users and plain old fashion thugs to con the wealthy and browbeat the poor to wring every last copper out of both, because who needs actual deific power and authority when you have money and people believe you are a god anyway.

I think that the reason Kalistocrats don’t get the same rap is that, despite their focus on the acquisition of wealth of all things, they’re not necessarily evil people. Aside from their adherence to the “advice” of Kalistrade’s Prophecies, they get to decide exactly how they go about making their wealth, and this holds true into Starfinder too, though let’s be clear here, just because they’re not evil doesn’t mean they’re good. After all, you can’t get absurdly wealthy without exploiting someone somewhere.

But let’s say you want to play one of these weird uber-businesspersons, (I don’t. The whole cult-y vibe of the group gives me the heebie-jeebies) There is an archetype for you in Starfinder, either as a player or as a GM who wants the villain of the week to be Jared Leto and pals.

This archetype is interesting, because it’s one of those that let’s you pick and choose from a list of abilities, or even skip levels that you would normally get these abilities if you so choose, making it almost more like a selection of feats or modular class features than an archetype.

Some work on perfecting their bodies and minds through meditation and exercise, allowing them to bolster one of their saves each day.

Others focus on learning about other cultures, bolstering their ability to interact with them amicably and avoid insulting them.

An advantage of being so well-connected is that you can call in favors for people to do your research for you, allowing them to use their social skills to learn more about a subject, assuming they have time and a way to contact their allies. Additionally, they can use their connections to secure discounts every now and again.

Their focus on the writings of a long-dead philosopher-prophet allows some to better understand hidden messages and codes, as well as speak in code with others of their philosophy through modified quotes from the core writings.

The key to successful business is building your network, and many excel at just that, able to make a good first impression as well as do research on new potential partners ahead of time.

Some take their physical fitness even further to better resist assault on whatever aspect of their being they focused on during their meditations that day.

Whether it be through esoteric knowledge, knowing the right doctor, or knowing enough about mystic arts to enter a meditative trance of healing, many of these wealthy figures are able to bolster the effects of long-term care to heal their bodies and minds faster.

This archetype is, by nature, very flexible, and can be used easily with pretty much any class. Gaining a buff to saves as well as various social and financial boons makes the most sense of course with a character geared at least partially for the social side of things, as well as being a bit more durable. More than anything, though, it offers thematic abilities character lore, which is always nice.

Again, I don’t get the appeal, but you don’t necessarily HAVE to use this archetype with the Prophecies of Kalistrade in mind, and even if you do, it’s perfectly possible to play one as benevolent as a financial up and comer can be, or, if we drop them being actual kalistocrats, they might even be philanthropists in the truest sense.

The Kalistocrats have endured throughout the ages because their strange restrictions seem to actually work, but is it actually the taboos that bring them this fortune? Or is it just sound financial advice and/or inter-philosophical nepotism? The duo of the mystic Targaad and the witchwarper Veox seek answers without letting the wealthy organization know.

Given their focus on wealth over all things, the White Glove Club boasts some of the best security for it’s members to flaunt their wealth. However, recently a string of thefts have left many minor members of the club embarrassingly destitute. All the security camera footage shows is someone looking exactly like the vault’s owner extracting the cash in each case, a mocking calling card of the endiffian thief who has made the club and it’s member their target.

They say that Baron Yanras gained his fortune by using his witchwarping magic to glimpse alternate realities where he was already successful. Whatever the truth of this, he is almost as skilled at bending reality as he is at business, all of which has attracted the attention of a horror beyond the stars, a warpstitcher intent on making his body a prize to feed off the visions of realities where he has failed.

[bimboficationblues]

what is the difference between communitarian and marxist critiques of liberalism?

the most obvious distinction is that the communitarians positioned themselves as an alternative to liberalism but *not* as an alternative to capitalism (or at least only in the qualified way that, similarly, Rawls’ ideal of “property owning democracy” is an alternative to capitalism, which is to say not meaningfully)

like tbh my catty but sincere answer is that the real difference is that communitarianism is essentially a Marxian critique of liberal social ontology, shorn of almost all substantive content or analysis of liberalism's relationship with capital and state, until it becomes a soft conservative, anti-atomist truism ("people are not isolated islands and atoms divorced from social context and community inputs on their subjectivity"). Charles Mills makes this same critique of liberalism but in a way more pointed and interesting way, with far less conservative baggage!

if I'm in a more charitable mood: obviously, different writers' critiques take different shapes. but the broad strokes would be that the Marxist critique of liberalism is directed towards its conception of rights, which rights it guarantees and which it doesn't, and the implications of a political-economic formation that uses positive law to guarantee and secure outcomes. I consider this a primarily *formal* critique which connects with broader substantive/formal critiques directed at liberalism's twin, political economy.

I would say that communitarians are more focused on like, a substantive critique of liberalism as a moral philosophy - they object to its social ontology and how it minimizes certain kinds of grounding moral culture like identity, religion, and nation, either in its narratives (the "secularization thesis" of religiosity fading with an increase in reason and science) or its values.

another critical detail is that a lot of what we now think of as "communitarians" are specifically in dialogue with Rawls & co. (i.e. the elite-approved political philosophers), while most Marxists are responding to an arguably wider (or perhaps older) scope of liberal writers and thinkers.

having been raised by someone whose politics would most aptly be described by the term "communitarian," I’m always suspicious when self-proclaimed radicals talk about the evils of individualism and appeal to the nebulous concept of community. isolation and abuse is made possible by atomization, but they're also made possible by rigid, conformist societies that reject internal and external threats to the community's values or principles. and again, capitalism and liberalism have a lot of internal flexibility that allow them to absorb threats, which includes older social orders and value systems that might take a more "collectivist" character. just look at religious thinking and sexual repression in the modern age. like, liberalism is only really "individualist" in the realm of ideas

[processsandenquirysophie]

Contextual Research

From completing my mind map I am most interested in exploring the unpredictability of life itself, including subjects of anxiety and death within this. I also want to look at evolution, more so focusing on human ascension and inner rebirth and so i plan to do research on this.

I am interested in exploring the ideas and theories of what happens after death and so I want to research the theories people have came up with over the years, religious and non religious beliefs.

Life after death theories

Reincarnation-

Reincarnation is the concept that when we die, we begin a new life in a a different physical body or form after each death. This is also known as rebirth or transmigration.

There is also mentions of Samsara which refers to the process where souls go through a process of human and animal forms. The idea that each soul must learn until the soul becomes purified to the point of liberation - which is the true and pristine nature of infinite bliss, knowledge and perception.

Ideas of reincarnation can be found in many religions such as Buddhism, Hinduism, Jainism and Sikhism and have their own interpretations for this. The idea of human reincarnation was also held by Greek figures such as Pythagoras and Plato (Ancient Greek philosophers) and found in many tribal societies around the world.

Heaven and hell-

Heaven is believed to be a place where gods, angels and saints originate from and live. Some beliefs believe these heavenly beings can come down to earth and that humans can ascended to heaven in their after life. It is described as the holiest place and referred to as paradise.

Hell is believed to be a place of torment and punishment in the afterlife, a place for those who have sinned to be sentenced in hell for eternity. Some believe hell has many stages, often referred to as the 9 circles of hell, each having its own severity depending on the punishment.

Some also believe purgatory and limbo is a form of hell. Purgatory refers to the final cleansing of those who died in the state of grace. It is a place of suffering for the souls of sinner who are getting rid of their sins before going to heaven. Limbo is the place of souls of unbaptised infant and is referred to as the edge of hell. The term limbo has also been used to describe nothing in between time and space.

Egyptian’s beliefs-

The ancient Egyptian religion and its beliefs is the earliest known recorded in history. They believed that when the body died part of its soul and personality would go to the kingdom of dead.

Egyptians believes that being mummified and being put in a coffin carved with symbols and hieroglyphics was the only way to have an afterlife.

Greek mythology-

In Greek mythology, there is a god named Hades who is known as the king of the underworld, a place where souls live after death. Another Greek his named Hermes, the message of gods would take the soul to the underworld and leave them on the river between life and death.

Islam-

It is believed that after death, humans will be questions about their faith by two angels, Munkar and Nakīr. Those that die as martyrs immediately go to paradise. 

Wicca-

Wiccan’s believe in an after life described as The Summerland. A place for souls to rest, recuperate from life and reflects on their experiences and actions. It is not a reward but the end of life journey.

General theories-

There are also theories that there is completely nothing after death, an emptiness void. Some believe there is nothing to this void, some think we still have our consciousness and the opportunity to reflect on our lives and relive memories in our head.

Some theorise there is an afterlife where we go to our happy place, our most desired and that each of these “paradises” are different for each individual.

In the theory of reincarnation, some also believe we can reincarnate as animals and other living beings - and that in some cases apart of the soul remembers the past live and visits their loved ones.

There are of course many many more beliefs of what happens after death but these are the ones that interest me most. I am not completely sure what I believe happens after death but I hope when we pass we are taken to a paradise each personalised to our own happiness and desires, a place we can truly live in peace for eternity.

[dmarket360]

Revelation of Divine Encounters & Divine Wisdom in the Gordian Knot Book

Michael's The Gordian Knot Book is a life-changing look at faith and divine direction. Because of a deep spiritual experience, the author gives readers a new way to think about how God affects their lives. This book isn't just a collection of religious stories; it's also a strong call to understand and accept divine truths that can change your life. Also, his meeting with God was very important; it changed the way he thought. His thoughts about faith inspired him to write a book that people still read and learn from today. Further, the book encourages readers to explore their spiritual paths. Also, it wants readers to understand the depth of divine knowledge through moving stories and lessons that make you think.

Exploring Life's Deepest Questions

Michael asks deep moral and philosophical questions in The Gordian Knot Book. So, the book makes you think about the worth of life and the moral issues that come up with abortion. Further, Michael wants his readers to think again about the value of life and the huge responsibilities that come with it. He does this by looking at the spiritual effects of the choices we make. The goal of this journey is to make you think deeply about life. Also, to gain a deeper appreciation for how sacred it is.

The Spiritual Journey of Parenthood

In The Gordian Knot Book, Michael also writes about parenting; showing how important it is and how much love and care goes into it. So, the book praises selfless women who appreciate life's gifts. The book stresses how important it is to care for children as a holy duty. Michael gives us useful information about how much love and care can change a child's life. This part is a strong reminder of the spiritual side of being a parent and how it affects both the parent and the kid.

The Divine Influence in Writing

The history of The Gordian Knot Book is one of the most interesting things about it. The book has spiritual depth and knowledge because Michael talked to the Holy Spirit directly while writing it. This divine impact gives the author a unique point of view that strikes a chord with readers. It gives them a new and powerful way to look at spiritual issues. Michael has a deep link with the Holy Spirit, and his writing gives readers insights that are both enlightening and life-changing.

Fostering Unity Among Believers

The Gordian Knot Book brings people of different faiths together; it does by focusing on their shared values instead of their differences in religion. Michael wants his readers to look past their faith differences; focus on the universal ideas of love and the worth that each person has on their own. So, this open-minded attitude helps people of different faiths understand each other better. Also, it leads to a wider spiritual awakening and brings people together in their search for divine truth and purpose. The book tells readers to let their faith guide them through the hard times in life.

The Impact of Spiritual Encounters on Personal Growth

Michael writes about how spiritual encounters can have a big effect on human growth in The Gordian Knot Book. He shows how having a divine experience can cause big changes in how you think and act. The author of the book tells readers to be open to spiritual experiences. Also, it helps you to think about how they can help them grow as people. Michael gives readers who want to use spiritual events to grow a way to do it . He did this by telling stories of growth that came from interactions with God.

Embracing the Mysteries of Faith

The Gordian Knot Book encourages people to be open and curious about the secrets of faith. The book doesn't shy away from difficult spiritual ideas; instead, it supports a deep connection with the mysterious parts of belief. Further, Michael says that accepting these mysteries can help us understand faith in a deeper and more complex way. By looking into the unknown and accepting that some parts of religion are hard for humans to understand, readers can grow spiritually and connect with God more deeply.

Conclusion

Michael's The Gordian Knot Book is a deep look at religion, divine revelation, and spiritual growth. The book encourages readers to get more involved with their faith by telling interesting stories and giving wise advice. Michael teaches us how to accept life's mysteries. Also, it helps people to face challenges with faith by talking about his own life-changing experiences and divine direction. Michael gives his readers the tools they need to deal with problems with grace and persistence, which leads to a stronger spiritual life. This book not only makes you think about your spiritual life, but it also urges you to seek and value the divine knowledge that can have a huge effect on your life.

[eligalilei]

TTC 4

I just went ahead and gave multiple renderings some of the time, and then stuck in a gloss, since I sort of had a lot of trouble with this chapter. There's a strange tension between 'Empty' and 'never having excess'.... that I... just couldn't get over. Some part of me thinks there's just a translation failure, or a corruption that got passed down... or I'm just too dumb.

So I decided to take this up as a text of 'negative theology'.... the (non-)identity of the Dao with the Trace or thread without end, designedly attacking any kind of objectification in any sense. Not explicable, not an origin, not a destination.

The Origo is the pragmatic position of a statement (the locus of issuance, by which I understand 'I' to be a meaningful utterance).... and that's as strong of a pronouncement as I'll make. A point in a network; could be anyone saying 'I', but always embedded and understood "is" that the Dao? I'm not sure, but it seizes on the linguistic/mathematical 'vibe' of the text.

Γνῶσις is unspeakable insight, always one's own, and never exhaustible, the One is Plotinus' 'Origin beyond being'. Maybe that's going a bit farther down a Western way of thinking, but... it's hardly unprecedented.

The Other is Mystery behind the signifier of the face, present in absence, and signifying an unconquerable order. תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ is the state of the World before Elohim's creation of the firmament, thus, as some have said, designating the Tao as 'older than God'.

'Es' is Freud's 'Id'... the unconquerable alien within us, behind, us following us.... (Wo Es war, soll Ich Werden....Aber es wird immer die Andere Seite gegeben, and It gives: Es gibt; the Other side, the Gift that poisons, questions, my boundaries)

But this negation is of course preferatory, and, I think, the text goes back and forth about specificity and negation: our idols are trashed, we are asked to let go, so that we can begin to grasp threads, to set ourselves on the way. To me, this feels very sympathetic to many religious traditions and their reverence to the divine, the TTC is just so much more unwavering on this point, and I choose to kind of give it an overkill execution here. I feel it as a prayer of supplication, or Job's recognition that he is, ultimately, dust. But this isn't intended to make us... give up, but rather open us to subtler attunements, and release obsession with dwelling. To become the hermits we are on the face of God's great organless body.

While this maybe feels anti-philosophical, my interest is in fact to read the TTC as a preface or inspiration for doing philosophy. It doesn't even speak to me as anti-systemic.... if anything, it relocates the joy of systemization in the World Itself, as a human activity: it's not about the words: once you have climbed to the top of the ladder, you don't proceed to carry it around with you.

This is for sure a different reading than some might have, it being focused on the cultivation of the self  by way of the intellect... but that by stretching it to its borders, but not to defeat it, but to acknowledge its essential undefeatability. You can't not think. You can't not act. The TTC is then painted as a kind of militant, mystical deconstructionist ritual danced out on the altar of the Alien God, petitioning the beyond for more traces, sparksof itself.... each human souls, shadows, inklings of the Pattern we will begin to dance, but never put to speech, though we tell only its story.

'Exout'.... seemed a necessary coinage, glomming together Latin 'ex' (out of) and English 'out'.... with maybe a hint of... exile, exscription crossing out, which seems to be something one wants to do with one's attempts to approach or characterize what one cannot.

I'm sure there is something I missed here, in this text, by saying too much, but that was the particular error which seemed attractive to me at the moment.

4.

Es, Other, ἄπειρον, ∅, it

The Origo is an emissive emptiness

However, in its deixis, there is no ambiguity

Γνῶσις comprises no words,

But in its utterance, it is a seamless textile of perfectly tau(ght)t strings

The seamless One has no borders,

But in its exitus, it fits perfectly within all of its parts

It has been said of it that it 'is' deep, all-containing, unplumbable, vast, תֹהוּ וָבֹהוּ.....

It would seem only reasonable to assume it to be the origin of all beings and the fields from which they emerge,

but,

Withheld in its acuity,

Loosened with in its entanglement

Softened in its blinding splendour

Its identity is both like and unlike that of the byte or the ἀτόμων with the world.

It is present in its hiddenness, and hidden in presence.

Obscured in its indication, and indicated by its obscurity

Clarified in its erasure, and erased completely by being made clear,

I do not know how I would refer to its history,

being It exout any generation or genesis.

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" The Mind is not talking to us but by means of us. Its narrative passes through us and its sorrow infuses us irrationally. "

~~ Philip K. Dick

I wanted to append this quote, since it speaks to me of the orientation of the TTC to philosophy. We do not grasp the Tao, in essence, that is entirely the wrong formulation. We are grasped, spoken, uttered ourselves. That is the way on which we are set, and this says something to the fractaline Gnostic intersection therewith. One learns the play by acting it out, and in that it is also a Working on the self.

Yes, and. It is yet unwritten.

The main character is the collected and divided Subject, perhaps divine. They may or may not be a schizmogenic democracy performing in the mirror which is each of our own alterior and other selves.

[pashterlengkap]

Donald Trump’s ties with conservative evangelicals are far stronger now than they were in 2020

Donald Trump has always depended upon conservative evangelicals as his base support. They overcame their concerns about him in 2016, thanks in part to the reassuring presence of fellow believer Mike Pence on the ballot. Trump’s Supreme Court appointments made him a hero for the religious right in 2020. But now the relationship between the convicted felon and the self-proclaimed moralists has moved to a new and even more frightening level. Buoyed by the fall of Roe v. Wade, conservative evangelicals see a chance to enforce their Christian nationalism ideals on the country. And Trump is perfectly happy to give them every opportunity to do so. Related Meet the trans folk who found acceptance after embracing their surgery scars Scars from gender-affirming surgeries are a mark of self love. Let your scars be a permanent reminder to love yourself and your identity. The latest sign was Trump’s appearance last weekend at the Faith and Freedom Coalition’s “2024 Road to Majority” conference. The meeting is the largest political gathering of the religious right, with Republican leaders showing up to give speeches as homage to those in attendance. Dive deeper every day Join our newsletter for thought-provoking commentary that goes beyond the surface of LGBTQ+ issues Subscribe to our Newsletter today The star attraction was the former president. Trump spoke for an hour in a speech that mainstream media described as “rambling,” a euphemism for what looked like an audition for a memory care unit. The main point of Trump’s remarks – besides the detours into “did he really say that?” territory – is that he will bend over backwards to give conservative Christians what they want. To prove it, he endorsed the Louisiana law mandating the posting of the Ten Commandments in public school classrooms, a clear violation of church-and-state separation. “I mean, has anybody read this incredible stuff? It’s just incredible,” Trump said. “They don’t want it to go up. It’s a crazy world.” That was just the tip of the iceberg. Trump promised to “aggressively” protect Christians – or at least certain Christians – if he is re-elected. “We will protect Christians in our schools, in our military, in our government, in our workplaces, in our hospitals, and in our public square,” he told the crowd. In doing so, Trump cast himself as not merely the religious right’s warrior but as a martyr to the cause. He said he had “stood up to the communists, Marxists, and fascists to defend religious liberty like no other president has ever done.” “If I took this shirt off, you’d see a beautiful, beautiful person. But you’d see wounds all over, all over me, I’ve taken a lot of wounds,” Trump said. “In the end, they’re not after me, they’re after you,” Trump added. “I just happen to be, very proudly, standing in their way.” While much of the media focused on Trump not giving the attendees everything they wanted on abortion, the fact is there is much more wiggle room to Trump’s position than people give him credit for. Trump hasn’t come out in favor of a national ban, not on any philosophical grounds, but because he has no foundational principles besides his own self-interest. His only concern is turning off voters by going too far. “You have to go with your heart, but you have to also remember, you have to get elected,” Trump told the crowd. He said he supported exceptions for rape and incest and when a mother’s life is at risk. At the same time, however, Trump called out all six conservative Supreme Court justices by name, thanking them for “the wisdom and the courage they showed” in overturning a woman’s right to choose. The religious right has a list of specific goals for a second Trump term. They are dramatically more radical than those from the first Trump administration. There are, of course, the usual attacks on LGBTQ+ rights, including banning medical care for trans youth and creating even more exceptions for non-discrimination measures. But all of… http://dlvr.it/T8jhb6

[denimbex1986]

'The 20th century was known for some colossal figures in the sciences. One such figure is currently receiving a surge of interest: physicist J. Robert Oppenheimer, the father of the atomic bomb. That’s because of a major new film by Christopher Nolan. The film has opened old debates about Oppenheimer’s communist sympathies as well as the enduring question of the morality of making let alone using atomic weapons.

But for me, the Oppenheimer film brings back memories of Edward Teller, an Oppenheimer nemesis noted in the movie, and likewise a father of the bomb: the hydrogen bomb, the hell-bomb, the super-bomb. It was this summer 20 years ago that I had a fascinating encounter with Teller — on his deathbed.

It was July 15, 2003. I had come to interview Teller for research I was doing on Ronald Reagan and the Cold War. Teller had been a major influence on Reagan’s Strategic Defense Initiative (SDI).

When I arrived at Teller’s house in Palo Alto, Calif., I was shocked at the total lack of security around this man who had invented history’s most powerful weapon. I was even more shocked at his condition. I had come upon a dying man.

The 95-year-old was almost completely horizontal in a light blue recliner. He struggled to talk and even breathe normally. A bunch of books sat nearby. The closest one, which Teller was reading, was “Men Who Play God: The Story of the Hydrogen Bomb,” by Norman Ross, which fittingly, focused on men like Edward Teller. Above all, it was about Teller, being the father of the hydrogen bomb. And yet, Teller was hardly one to assume he was playing God because, given that he had lingering questions about the mere existence of God, which I was about to find out.

Amid a long discussion with Teller, which ranged from Ronald Reagan to Reykjavik, one subject kept returning: religion. Teller told me emphatically: “I strongly believe that I should not talk about things I don’t understand.” And yet, it was the subject that kept coming back up. It was the elephant in the living room.

So many topics of discussion prompted philosophical-celestial reflections. At one point, we somehow ended up talking about the complexity of a strand of DNA, which led to a dialogue about a possible Designer. When I later talked to Teller’s assistant, I told her about our religious probes, and alas, how they seemed to consistently hit a dead end. “He’s keeping it to himself,” she agreed. Until literally the very end.

That end came just a few weeks later, when Edward Teller died Sept. 9, 2003. To my knowledge, I was the last person to interview him.

There’s much I’ve reflected upon since that interview with Teller 20 years ago, but the one thing that keeps coming back to me is that human beings really are hardwired for God. Teller sensed it. Certainly in those final days.

Ultimately, this man who once unlocked the power of the universe in the atom — this man of whom it was alleged “played God” with the hydrogen bomb — laid alone in his bed waiting to one day meet his maker. It is the ultimate fate of each of us. And at some point, we will all know and understand. Including Edward Teller.'

[thisdaywinehistory]

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[moonchild033]

Hiii sis how are u i was reading post 5th house the jupiter in 5th house tend to be relegious are there placments to show non relegious person

Hii my lil sis, I'm fine, how u doing?! 💖

Oh yes I know a few but the expression of the non- belief and it's extent can be different, I can explain some placements a little but it goes beyond that, based on other aspects too.🫡

Placements that can indicate a non-religious personality:

Rahu in 9H- They can question religious practices or develop a liking towards other religious philosophies than the one they were born into. 🧡🧡

Debilitated 9H lord or 9H lord in conjunction with a debilitated planet - 9H shows our belief systems and how deep we are into it, this placement can cause an aversion or at least a blunt boredom towards religious practices, they simply may not be interested. 💚💚

9H lord in Rahu's nakshatra - They might be inquisitive but they are mostly not atheists, they just want to know the stories and think for themselves whether they could relate to it or not.🩷🩷

Saturn aspecting 9H or in conjunction with 9H lord- They believe in God and might pray but rarely do they exhibit themselves as highly religious. They could think of God as a power in this universe, they trust in God in a different philosophical way which is a deeper connection that others might not understand but they're not conventionally religious as in following the practices. This is somewhat hard for me to explain, they focus on the spiritual and philosophical part of it but not the religious part.♥️♥️

9H lord in Saturn's nakshatra - They are either too religious or a straight out atheist, there's nothing in between, it might be that they got very much hurt in life that they chose to believe in themselves but they could become religious later in life.🧡🧡

Rahu in 5H- This is not a most common placement in this topic but some ppl having this might not be as religious as their surroundings, they could be less focusing or disinterested in religious matters while their surroundings can be more into it.

Debilitated jupiter- They might not like the teachings of their religion, since they couldn't relate to it, they could've just avoided that aspect altogether.🩷🩷

Jupiter Rahu conjunction - This is Guru Chandal Yoga. Even though this placement can give spiritual understanding and good exploring tendency, they usually oppose and argue the traditional religious practices, they wouldn't like some of the conventional sayings and they would try to prove their point why they think it's wrong or pointless, and can be rebellious in talking against religious practices.♥️♥️

9H lord in 6/8/12H- They can be more about the spiritual part or won't believe much in anything religious depending on the strength of 6/8/12H lords, if they're strong, then they might be good and interested in the spiritual areas rather than common practices but if those lords are weak along with 9H lord in these houses, they probably might be atheist.🧡🧡

Debilitated Sun or Atmkaraka- As sun is the natural significator of the soul and AK being your own soul significator, weakness of these can lead to not trusting in anything that is not solid, like they find it hard to link an unseen concept with themselves.These can apply to 8/12H suns to an extent.🩷🩷

If someone has many of these placements, they might be non-religious but keep in mind that other aspects play a role in deciding it too ✨

These are the placements I could think of as of now, tqsm for asking this Q's lil sis, I loved answering it.🤗🫶🩵

Guys, pls send thought provoking 'asks' lyk this, I understand the curiosity and the need for feeling clarity by asking personal placement Q's but sometimes I'm overwhelmed by it, I want to post answered asks that can benefit everyone, lyk everyone has something to learn from it.🥺🥺♥️

Let's Learn and Grow Together! 🫂💋

With Love-Yashi ❤️‍🔥

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[utilitycaster]

Your post about the religious issue and the separation between audience/cast/characters hit on something important, I think. I was really annoyed about the discussion on thursday but I think I developed a negative reaction to the general matter because of the "discourse" and some opinions in the fandom. And that's definitely something I have to untangle. But I also feel a disconnect to the ingame discussion. And of course, that's probably got to do with how the players engage with this vs how I perceive it. But I do not understand how people that haven't really had anything to do with religion just go "yeah, no, why not screw the gods" so consistently. And I don't know if I missed something important about the world, the context, the discussion, or if that is just something going against my personal tastes and the campaign just focusing on a subject matter (rebellion against gods instead of against religious institutions) that I won't enjoy as much. I mean....did I miss anything about that? Because at this point I'm really not sure anymore.

See, I get it because we're rehashing some elements of the Team Wildemount half of the party split, and as we've all mentioned the fandom discourse is being brought up again. That said, I think a lot of people are overstating the way the PCs feel about the gods because it's not as all in as, say, Pike or Caduceus (and because people are refusing to take FCG's explorations of faith seriously, and the various dumb complications the fandom discourse has always had are still presence). Like...even FRIDA was both phrasing it as a temporary sleep rather than a permanent death and it came out not long after that FRIDA was very obviously projecting their own anger at their own situation onto the gods, and that Deanna had been taking the position of defending the gods. I've seen multiple people say Deanna is anti-god when in fact she's extremely pro-god, but she has complicated feelings and she's overwhelmingly works over faith which is very difficult for people from a faith over works background to grasp.

Similarly, I don't see Deni$e, Bor'Dor, and Prism as particularly anti-god so much as apathetic and not thinking this through. Like, they strike me as how apolitical people in the real world often act. People will often say "the government never did anything for me" but most of them are not actually, when it comes down to it, radical anarchists who openly support tearing down the system; they're just complaining. Like, Deni$e has no love for Ludinus either, and all three of those characters are mostly invested in just getting home and not being involved, and "screw the gods" is just a thing to say rather than an actual philosophical position. It's very stupid when fans are like "what did the GODS ever do for the characters" since they have the benefit of distance, and should have some passing familiarity with theological/philosophical discussions of free will, but it's completely understandable when characters do it.

Honestly what I find more interesting, personally, is that the party was so suspicious of what was going on that they accidentally got press-ganged into the rebellion whereas they could have just gone to the inn for the night and felt things out more subtly. And to be clear I don't think this is a bad thing, nor do I think this was railroaded (party made a series of decisions that led to what happened) but I'm way more invested right now in the story unfolding about the forms of extremism and power and poorly handled activism/community relations. The gods are honestly a backdrop.

[flickeringart]

Jupiter in aspect (brief overview)

Sun-Jupiter: Generous, optimistic, benevolent, getting into trouble, having a lot of help, believers in the good and the bountiful, expansive, have trust in the goodness of people, wise, will attempt to live in honor of one’s highest potential, encouraging, inspiring, can be impulsive and irresponsible depending on the signs involved, making promises that one can’t keep, insightful, consistent positive attitude, over-extended, adventurous, naïve, loud and exuberant, always up for a good time, allowing rather than controlling, philosophically inclined, religious, spiritual seeker, appreciative of variety, easy-going, indulgent, reaching, believing, getting a lot of opportunities, enjoying an easy life, refusing to absorb negative energy, seeing the good in people.

This configuration might indicate a father figure who had trust and good faith in life. He could’ve been interested in foreign cultures, traveling, religion, philosophy, or simply enjoying life to the fullest, taking chances and reaching toward the highest potential. He could also have been a promiscuous figure, unfaithful and non-committal, living of off other people’s efforts and enjoying food and drink a little bit too much.

Examples: Kanye West, Adele, Mick Jagger, Robbie Williams, Kylie Jenner, Khloe Kardashian, Kourtney Kardashian, Harry Styles, Ariana Grande, Frank Sinatra.

Moon-Jupiter: Exaggerated emotions, dramatizing feelings and experiences, over-estimating one’s needs, might’ve grown up in a big family/with a big friend circle, wanting life to play out like a movie, easily excitable, good-natured, open-hearted, inclusive, preaching and lecturing, emphasizing the inner/subjective experience, over-sharing, attention seeking, making a big deal out of things, might dwell on how emotions are affected by the political-religious-philosophical climate of the times, enjoys eating and drinking, neglectful of one’s health in favor of having a good time, comfortable living, having access to a lot of resources, laid-back, having an easy time receiving good things, lazy, all play no work, taking things for granted, carefree.

This configuration might indicate a mother/maternal influence who had big dreams and a generous disposition, a big personality, prone to excess, uplifting but somewhat unreliable, likely to make a big deal out of things, wanting to share pieces of wisdom, encouraging, philosophical, religious, contemplative, riding on inflated confidence, a little bit careless but willing to take chances, over the top caretaking or grand gestures could be common.

Examples: Whitney Houston, Alfred Hitchcock, Usain Bolt, Tom Petty, Kim Kardashian, Bruno Mars, James Spader, Emily Brontë, Johnny Depp, Sandra Bullock, Timothée Chalamet.

Mercury-Jupiter: Explorative mental capacity, a curiosity for a wide variety of subjects, interested in many different things, unwilling to make too many distinctions, associative thinking, making generalizations, never wanting to be too specific, head up in the clouds, desiring a lot of stimulation, taking on big intellectual projects, focused on expanding the mind, making a point out of not becoming too bogged down in the details, potentially great storytellers, students of scripture/ philosophy and anything under the sun, an ability to use the mind intuitively – to not take things too literally, good at deciphering the meaning of symbolic content, lengthy way of describing things, entertaining, humorous.

As Mercury has to do with siblings, friends, neighbors and the extended family it’s possible that the person has many contacts all over the place and as a result having access to a lot of different perspectives and from a variety of different cultures and sources.

Examples: Jim Carrey, Woody Allen, Carl Sagan, Dean Martin, Robert Redford, John Travolta, Hugh Grant, Bruce Sprinsteen, Wendy Williams.

Venus-Jupiter: Enthusiastic in love, a taste for richness, grand romantic gestures, a big appetite, “more is always better”, too much is better than too little (with everything), generous to a fault, unable to say no, indulgent, spreading joy, encouraging and supporting people, falling in love with someone from far away, might indicate a love of history/knowledge and art/design, someone who's popular and funny, encouraging, seeking pleasure, can’t get enough, a big flirt, willing to take risks/trust in the possibility of romance, a player personality, kind and gracious, accepting and allowing, interested in exploring all facets of romance/love/relationships, giving gifts, attracting good fortune, making a lot of money, spending a lot of money, gambling, testing one’s luck.

Since Venus has to do with lovers, partners and friends it’s possible that the native has a lot of contacts all over the place, has the benefit of marrying into greater wealth (material or otherwise), is well-liked by people all over the place, has an easy time in relationships and surrounds themselves with a supportive (perhaps religious/spiritual) community.

Examples: Jennifer Lawrence, Scarlett Johansson, Demi Lovato, Victoria Beckham, Matthew McConaughey, Miley Cyrus, Lana Del Rey, Monica Belucci, Andrew Garfield.

Mars-Jupiter: Big movements, an abundance of energy, being active and going places, goal oriented, excitable, taking the initiative to learn, showing up everywhere, not wanting to miss out on anything, restless, loud, obnoxious, cocky, aggressively promoting a vision or an ideal, believing in oneself, taking strides, jumping and hoping for the best, acting without taking precautions, over-estimating one’s ability, a religious/spiritual crusader, a “Don Juan” character, living for the conquest, seeking inspiration, motivating, energetic, physically robust, believing that anything is possible, picking fights for fun, feeling young, traveling far, wanting to explore things in a very physical sense, being a leader, advocating for a particular belief, insisting on taking things as far as they can go, “making it big”, playing the hero.

Mars has to do with antagonistic, violent and immediate influences of the environment, like threats, enemies and competitors. This aspect could potentially imply having to expand one’s mind relative to how one can protect oneself, how to face resistance effectively and how to outmaneuver the threats to one’s own success. The native might come up against quite knowledgeable and experienced forces.

Examples: Elizabeth II, Jon Bon Jovi, Ozzy Osbourne, Martin Luther, Richard Nixon, Mahatma Ghandi, Bruce Lee, Friedrich Nietzsche, Richard Gere, Mao Zedong.

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[femsolid]

Sometimes I think radfems and feminists in general put too much focus on the past in certain instances. One example is the "holy mother goddess" thing. That's fine to speculate about but some women aren't religious and will find it off-putting. It's fine to look into past to study and understand women's achievements and history, but "Mother Goddess" thing feels very religious and Radical feminism is about Material reality. Some radfems underestimate conservative propaganda.

I agree. I lost a few friends over this, believe it or not.

See I had a group of radical feminist friends. We were even discussing serious separatist projects together, we looked into buying land etc. Then some spiritual women joined in, one in particular, let's call her Claire, a philosopher, deep into the woowoo pseudoscience. Like most philosophers, she would ponder for hours about pointless things instead of actually doing anything. Everyone thought she sounded smart enough. Except for me who was rolling my eyes and making sarcastics comments in the background. So Claire started avoiding me and I started avoiding Claire. No problemo. Except that while I was avoiding her she was spreading the woowoo. Before I knew it, the conversations had become entirely focused on the "sacred womb", the "true nature of women", "women think through their uterus" and other crap like that. They were proud to be bioessentialists at this point. I was bewildered. This was so far removed from our initial community.

When I asked for evidence regarding any of their claims they replied that men control science therefore science is irrelevant. They promoted motherhood as the reason for women's existence. I asked if being childfree made me a failed woman and if lesbianism was unnatural. They said I was being mean to the new guru Claire. Any resistance to these spiritual ideas started to be met with utter contempt. They said I was thinking like a man and denying my true nature you see. I just wasn't as enlightened as they were, with my stupid useless radical feminism. Of course the main women promoting holy motherhood were mothers themselves. Claire would say ridiculous unscientific nonsense every day and get praised for it.

And eventually they all became anti-feminists, they said feminism was about denying women's true essence, our real uterus driven instincts. Talks of the holy mother goddess were becoming the norm. Radical feminist thinking was not welcomed anymore, especially not my proclivities for scientific inquiry and materialism. And what a waste of time... All they did was complain about feminists while doing nothing at all themselves. The ambiance was extremely toxic. So when women were coming to us in search of feminism they were receiving agressive pseudoscience and spiritual anti-feminism instead. And that's when I truly became alarmed.

My "true nature" is confrontational it seems. If I have a problem with someone, I'd rather talk it out, so we can solve it you know? So I ended up confronting them all. Especially the one woman who was becoming like a cult leader. I told Claire this was all misogynistic and spiritual nonsense, in more words than that. She said I had dicks in my brain and that I had unresolved issues with my mother that I needed to take care of that was the source of my animosity. Charming. I told them all that they had become a religion and that I was leaving. And so I did. And then three other women who had witnessed the confrontation contacted me afterwards to tell me they were leaving too, for the same reasons. And so they did.

The irony is that I'm actually very interested in women's history, female figures in mythology, women's cultural impact. I've loved learning about ancient religions and their goddesses creating the world (and humans from clay! The bible is just bad plagiarism btw). I'm interested in many things. And even in my aversion for "spirituality" I don't mind the women who are into that, because for the most part it's harmless and it's just women trying to have a common culture and feel powerful. I kinda like it actually, I like the art they make, the sisterhood they feel, good for them, as long as they stay grounded in reality. Men have erased us from history and culture, it's nice to be reminded that we have existed and mattered. I also understand the need to reclaim and celebrate our bodies. It's not the problem at all.

Just beware of the pipeline to actual cults my friends... I've experienced it. No magic crystals and sanctified menstrual blood will elevate you towards liberation... only activism will. You need to fight not to pray.