#king numa

[ovid-daily]

Apr 15 | A • FORD • NP LUDI | XVII Kal.

King Numa is visited by Faunus during a dream in the sacred grove of Maenalus. His vision becomes the Fordicidia, where a pregnant cow is sacrificed to ensure the fruitfulness of the earth.

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Photo restorations done by Esteban Lemos on Facebook (Credit)

Alt ID is too long so I'll add it here (Spanish has been translated): The Mendoza Plumerillo Airport, 12 of October 1972:

Standing, left to right: Roberto Canessa, José Luis Inciarte, Daniel Shaw, Eduardo Strauch, Alvaro Mangino, Daniel Fernández, Enrique Platero, Roy Harley, Gustavo Nicholich, Rafael Echavarren, Ramón Sabella, Carlos Páez, Diego Storm, Roberto Francois, Fernando Parrado, Daniel Maspons, Juan Carlos Menéndez, Padro Algorta, Felipe Maquirriain, Numa Turcatti, Julio Martinez Lamas.

Crouched, left to right: Arturo Nogueira, Marcelo Pérez, Jorge Hounie, Guido Magri, Gustavo Zerbino, Panchito Abal, Fernando Vásquez, Antonio Vizintin, Carlos Valeta, Gastón Costemalle, Pancho Delgado and Adolfo Strauch.

Photo taken in mid 1972 at a Loyola Club dinner.

From left to right, Alfredo "Pancho" Delgado, Alfredo Cibils and Numa Turcatti

Thank you again to Mr. Lemos for these photos, amazing work! x

[thoughts-of-caly]

yeah all right fine. it was the decemviri who messed up the calendar ok. stop blaming caesar. we can blame him for other things tho

[somedaytakethetime]

Other people: *great, Ultra 4K HD top notch quality content* Me:

[uncleclaudius]

The Lyon Tablet, a transcript of the speech Emperor Claudius had given in the Senate in 48 AD, arguing for the admission of senators from Gaul.

1. I should say at the outset that I reject the first thought that will, I am sure, be the very first thing to stand in my way: namely that you will recoil from my suggestion as though I were introducing some revolutionary innovation.  Think, instead, of how many changes have taken place over the years in this state and how many forms and constitutions our state has had, from the time of its very foundation.

2. At one time this city was held by kings, though they did not pass it along to successors from their own families. People from other families came to the throne and even some foreigners.  Numa, for example, succeded Romulus, and was a Sabine; that made him a neighbor, certainly, but at the time he was also a foreigner. Another example is Tarquinius Priscus, who succeded Ancus Marcius: because of his impure blood--his father was the Corinthian Demaratus and his mother was from Tarquinii, to Tarquinius Priscus supposedly had a Greek father and an Etruscan mother. And though well-born she was very poor, which is why she was forced to marry such a husband.--Tarquinius was kept from positions of honor in his own land and thus emigrated to Rome, where he became king.  Between Tarquinius and either his son or his grandson (for our authorities disagree on this point) there came Servius Tullius.  And according to the Roman sources Servius Tullius had as a mother a prisoner of war, Ocresia; according to the Etruscans he had been the faithful companion of Caelius Vivenna and took part in his adventures, and later, when he was driven out by a change of fortune, he left Etruria with all the suriving troops of Caelius and seized the Caeliian hill, which thus takes its name from his leader Caelius, and after changing his name (for his Etruscan name was Mastarna) he was given the name I have already mentioned, and became king, to the very great advantage of the state. Then, after the behavior of Tarquinius Superbus came to be hated by our city--and not only his behavior but that of his sons--the people obviously became tired of monarchy, and the administration of state was transferred to the consuls, who were annual magistates.

3. Why need I mention the dictatorship--more powerful even than the consulship--which was what our ancestors came up with when wars were particularly hard or there was serious civil disturbance?  Or why need I mention the the creation of tribunes of the plebs, to provide assistance for the plebs?  Why mention transfer of imperium from consuls to the decemviri, and at the end of the reign of the decemviri the return of imperium back to the consuls?  Why mention the distribution of the consular power to multiple recipients, called tribunes of the soldiers with consular power, who were first six and then eight in number?  Why should I mention the fact that offices that were once patrician ones were shared eventually with the plebeians, religious ones as well as military?

4. If I were to tell of the wars, which our ancestors started with and which have continued down to the present day, I fear that I would appear too boastful, and look as though I wanted to boast about my glory in extending the empire beyond the Ocean.  But let me instead return to my original point.  Citizenship can ... [some text is lost here]

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5. Certainly it was a new thing when my great-uncle Augustus and my uncle Tiberius decided to admit into this Senate house the flower of the coloniae and the cities from all over the empire--all of them good and wealthy men of course.  But, you may say, is not an Italian senator more useful than a provincial one?  When I start explaining this aspect of my censorship I will reveal what I think about that.   But certainly I  think that provincials should not be rejected, as long as they will be a credit to the Senate.

6. Behold that most glorious and flourishing colony of Vienne: how long has it provided senators for this chamber?  From Vienne comes an ornament of the equestrian order with few equals, Lucius Vestinus, whom I esteem greatly and retain even now in my service.   May his children, I beseech you, enjoy priesthoods of the first rank, and after that, in the years to come, may they proceed to further honors.  (I will not utter the dire name of that brigand—I detest him, that monster of the wrestling-ring—or the fact that he acquired the consulship for his family before his colony had ever obtained the solid benefit of the Roman citizenship.  And I could say the same thing about his brother, who suffered a pathetic and fate, and was thus no use to you as a senator.)

7. It is time now, Tiberius Caesar Germanicus, to reveal to the senators where your speech is headed; for you have already come to the extreme limits of Gallia Narbonensis.

8. Consider all the distinguished young men I see before me: the fact that they are senators should cause no more regret than that felt by Persicus--a most distinguished man and a friend of mine--when he reads the name Allobrogicus among the images of his ancestors.  And if you agree that this is true, what should I not also point out to you that the land beyond Gallia Narbonensis already sends you senators?  We do not, after all, regret that we have men in the senate from Lugdunum.

9. I was somewhat hesitant, senators, about leaving the boundaries of provinces that were well known to you, but now I must make the case for Gallia Comata with some seriousness.  If anyone concentrates on the fact that the Gauls resisted the divine Julius in war for ten years, he should consider that they have also been loyal and trustworthy for a hundred years, and had this loyalty tried to the utmost when we were in danger.  They it was who provided my father Drusus with secure internal peace when he was conquering Germany, even though he was summoned to the war while in the middle of a census, which was then a new and strange business for the Gauls.  And we know from our own experience how difficult the census can be, even though for us it involves nothing more than the public recording of our resources. (tr. E. M. Smallwood)

[byorkewkew]

In case you didn't know Neuvillette used to be the "Patriarch of Pure Waters", and if you think about it Neuvillette is 100% inspired by Numa Pompilius who was Egeria's consort, a priest and a judge. Soooo I was wondering couldyou please draw Neuvillette in a priest clothes? 🙏🙏🙏🙏

plz i ddunno how priests supposed to look like in ancient Rome Numa Pompilius also called the King of Rome by wiki so it's kinda fitting still

[ancientrome]

Jupiter, or Jove, in Roman mythology is the king of the gods and the god of sky and thunder, equivalent to Zeus in Greek traditions. Jupiter was the chief deity of Roman state religion throughout the Republican and Imperial eras, until Christianity became the dominant religion of the Empire. In Roman mythology, he negotiates with Numa Pompilius, the second king of Rome, to establish principles of Roman religion such as sacrifice. Jupiter is usually thought to have originated as a sky god. His identifying implement is the thunderbolt, and his primary sacred animal is the eagle. x

[blueiscoool]

Rome's Vestal Virgins: Protectors of The City's Sacred Flame

Chosen as young girls, the priestesses of Vesta, goddess of the hearth, swore a 30-year vow of chastity and in turn were granted rights, privileges, and power unavailable to other women in Rome.

Marcus Licinius Crassus was one of the richest and most powerful Roman citizens in the first century B.C. Yet he nearly lost it all, his life included, when he was accused of being too intimate with Licinia, a Vestal Virgin. He was brought to trial, where his true motives emerged. As the first-century historian Plutarch recounts, Licinia was the owner of “a pleasant villa in the suburbs which Crassus wished to get at a low price, and it was for this reason that he was forever hovering about the woman and paying his court to her.” When it became clear that Crassus’ wooing was motivated by avarice rather than lust, he was acquitted, saving both his and Licinia’s lives.

One of the most remarkable elements of this story is the fact that Licinia owned a villa in the first place. Unlike other women, Licinia could own property precisely because she was a Vestal Virgin. The story of her trial also reveals how that privilege came with a price: A Vestal Virgin had to abstain from sex, a sacred obligation to one of Rome’s most ancient customs that would continue until Christianity ended the cult in A.D. 394.

FIRE GODDESS: The remains of the Temple of Vesta stand in the Roman Forum. Unlike most temples, it did not contain a central image of the goddess. It was the site of the holy fire and a repository of various sacred artifacts.

Vestal Veneration

According to Roman authors, the cult was founded by Numa Pompilius, a semi-mythical Roman king who ruled around 715 to 673 B.C. Unlike most Roman religious cults, worship of Vesta was run by women. The hearth was sacred to this goddess, one of Rome’s three major virgin goddesses (the other two being Minerva and Diana). The rites surrounding the Vestals remained relatively fixed from the time of the Roman Republic through the fourth century A.D.

Six virgin priestesses were dedicated to Vesta as full-time officiates who lived in their own residence, the Atrium Vestae in the Roman Forum. The Vestals’ long tradition gave Romans a reassuring thread of continuity and may explain the Temple of Vesta’s traditional circular form, a style associated with rustic huts in the city’s deep past.

KEEP THE FIRE The Vestal Virgins tend the sacred fire of Vesta, on whose protection Rome depends. 17th-century oil painting by Ciro Ferri, Galleria Spada, Rome

This place of worship, which lay alongside the Atrium, was where the priestesses tended the goddess’s sacred fire. Once a year, in March, they relit the fire and then ensured it remained burning for the next year. Their task was serious as the fire was tied to the fortunes of their city, and neglect would bring disaster to Rome.

To become a Vestal was the luck of the draw. Captio, the process whereby the girls were selected to leave their families and become priestesses, is also the Latin word for “capture”—a telling turn of phrase that evokes the kidnapping of women for brides that took place in archaic Rome. Records from 65 B.C. show that a list of potential Vestals was drawn up by the Pontifex Maximus, Rome’s supreme religious authority. Candidates had to be girls between the ages of six and 10, born to patrician parents, and free from mental and physical defects. Final candidates were then publicly selected by lot. Once initiated, they were sworn to Vesta’s service for 30 years.

On being selected, their life was spent at the Atrium Vestae in a surrogate family, presided over by older Vestals. In addition to room and board, they were entitled to their own bodyguard of lictors. For the first 10 years they were initiates, taught by the older priestesses. Then they became priestesses for a decade before taking on the mentoring duties of the initiates for the last 10 years of their service.

Training the Novices

"The School of the Vestal Virgins" 19th-century colorized engraving by L. Hector Leroux.

After lots were drawn from the list of young girls who could serve Vesta, initiates were brought to the Atrium Vestae, where their training would begin. The training was overseen by the chief priestess, the Vestalis Maxima, who came under the authority of the Pontifex Maximus. The first 10 years were spent training for their duties. They would spend the second decade actively administering rites, and the final 10 were spent training novices. The chastity of the priestesses was a reflection of the health of Rome itself. Although spilling a virgin’s blood to kill her was a sin, this did not preclude the infliction of harsh corporal punishment. First-century historian Plutarch writes: “If these Vestals commit any minor fault, they are punishable by the high-priest only, who scourges the offender.”

Public monies and donations to the order funded the cult and the priestesses. In Rome religion and government were tightly intertwined. The organization of the state closely mirrored that of the basic Roman institution: the family. The center of life of the Roman home, or domus, was the hearth, tended by the matriarch for the good of her family and husband. In the same way, the Vestals tended Vesta’s flame for the good of the state.

A silver denarius, also from the second century B.C., bears a representation of the circular Temple of Vesta.

Unlike other Roman women, Vestals enjoyed certain privileges: In addition to being able to own property and enjoying certain tax exemptions, Vestals were emancipated from their family’s patria potestas, patriarchal power. They could make their own wills and give evidence in a court of law without being obliged to swear an oath.

Thirty Years of Chastity

These rights came at a high price: 30 years of enforced chastity. Many historians believe that the health of the state was tied to the virtue of its women; because the Vestals’ purity was both highly visible and holy, penalties for a Vestal breaking her vow of chastity were draconian. As it was forbidden to shed a Vestal Virgin’s blood, the method of execution was immuration: being bricked up in a chamber and left to starve to death. Punishment for her sexual partner was just as brutal: death by whipping. Throughout Roman history, instances are cited of these grim sentences being passed.

Jealousy or malice made the women vulnerable to false accusations. One story, celebrated by several Roman writers, concerns the miracle of the Vestal Virgin Tuccia, who was falsely accused of being unchaste. According to tradition, Tuccia beseeched Vesta for help and miraculously proved her innocence by carrying a sieve full of water from the Tiber.

Allegations of crimes against the Vestals’ chastity sometimes went to the top of the social order. The flamboyantly eccentric, third-century emperor Elagabalus actually married a serving Vestal Virgin. It is a sign of the enduring symbolic importance of the cult that this heresy was one major factor that led to his deposal and murder.

The Vestal Tuccia, falsey accused of breaking her chastity vow, is saved by the intervention of Vesta, who enables her to carry water in a sieve from the Tiber back to the temple. 17th-century painting by Giovanni Battista Beinaschi.

Vestal Vestments

The ceremonial dress of Vestals highlights their dual, and somewhat contradictory, embodiment of both the maternal and the chaste. Physical appearance was an integral part of their role, making them stand out as different from other women, but also echoing physical traits of conventional women.

Dressed in white, the color of purity, the Vestal Virgins wore stola, long gowns worn by Roman matrons. Hair and headdresses played an important symbolic function. The Vestal hairstyle is described in Roman sources using an ancient Latin phrase, the seni crines. Historians cautiously agree it means “sixbraids,” and is mentioned as the coiffure of both Vestal Virgins and brides. A Vestal wore the suffibulum, a short, white cloth similar to a bride’s veil, kept in place with a brooch, the fibula. Around their heads they wore a headband, the infula, which was associated with Roman matrons.

Daily rites for Vestals were often centered around the temple. Most important was maintaining the holy fire. If the fire went out, the attending Vestals would be suspected not only of neglect but also of licentiousness, since it was believed impurity in a Vestal’s relations would cause a fire to go out. Other typical duties included the purification of the temple with water, which had to be drawn from a running stream. In readiness for the numerous festivals that required their attendance, the priestesses were required to bake salsa mola, a cake of meal and salt that was sprinkled on the horns of sacrificed animals. Important religious festivals included the Vestalia, dedicated to their goddess, Vesta, and the Lupercalia, which highlights the contradictory role of the Vestal Virgins, as it was closely associated with fertility.

A representation of a Vestal Virgin.

A Roman Tradition

A bust of Numa Pompilius from the Villa Albani Museum in Rome, believed to have been sculpted in the Roman Imperial Period.

Romans believed the cult of the Vestal Virgins was instituted under the eighth-century B.C. king Numa Pompilius, the successor of Rome’s founder, Romulus. First-century A.D. historian Plutarch wrote that Numa may have “considered the nature of fire to be pure and uncorrupted and so entrusted it to uncontaminated and undefiled bodies.“ Numa is credited by Livy, in his History of Rome, with formalizing other key Roman cults, including those of Jupiter and Mars. Many historians believe Numa was legendary, and that the worship of Vesta and other cults developed slowly out of pre-Roman customs, perhaps dating back to the older Etruscan culture that dominated Italy before the rise of Rome.

In the innermost part of their temple, the priestesses looked after their secret talismans. Among these objects was the sacred phallus, the fascinus, the representation of a minor god of the same name. The fascinus (the root of the word “fascinate”) is closely bound with magic and fertility. It was also in this part of the temple that they probably kept the palladium, the statue of Pallas Athena that the legendary founder of Rome, Aeneas, brought to Italy after the destruction of Troy, his home city—another aspect of the Vestal cult that tied Rome’s origins into an ennobling and ancient tradition.

Romans regarded these priestesses with a sense of awe. Plutarch points out “they were also keepers of other divine secrets, concealed from all but themselves.” It was believed they possessed magical powers: If anybody condemned to death saw a Vestal on his way to being executed, he was to be freed, so long as it could be proven the meeting was not by design. Vestals, it was said, could stop a runaway slave in his tracks.

The privileged position of the Vestal Virgins in Roman society survived for more than a thousand years, passing through Rome’s changing systems of monarchy, republic, and empire. The cult would not, however, survive Christianity. In A.D. 394 Theodosius closed the House of the Vestals forever, freeing the virgins from their obligations, but also removing their privileges.

VIEW OF THE VESTAThe ruins of the Atrium Vestae stand in the Roman Forum. The rectangular pools formed a part of the complex’s long, central patio. To the right of the Atrium are the remains of the Temple of Vesta, and behind the wall are the three remaining columns of the Temple of Castor and Pollux.

Even as their flame was extinguished, aspects of the cult may have passed into the new faith as it swept through the Mediterranean. Just as the position of the Pontifex Maximus lived on in the papal title “pontiff,” young women in the early years of Roman Christianity embraced virginity and celibacy in their desire to be “eunuchs for the love of heaven.” Scholars believe the role of the Christian nun was inspired, in part, by the chaste figures who dutifully tended the holy flame of Vesta.

By Elda Biggi.

[tinyznnie]

Dentro de um Abraço - n.j.

Jaemin x leitora gênero: fluff wc: 905 parte da série Jota25

Seu dia tinha começado o mais bagunçado possível.

Por conta da recente onda de calor que tomou praticamente todo o país, você mal tinha conseguido dormir durante a noite, acordando com seu cabelo todo molhado de suor. Aí não tinha roupa para ir trabalhar, porque se recusava a enfiar seu corpo numa calça jeans apertada e quente, então teve que procurar um vestido longo e improvisar para que não ficasse decotado demais. O quarto estava quente demais, então seu celular fez o favor de não carregar totalmente durante a noite porque superaqueceu. 

Estranhamente, você conseguiu sair de casa no horário, e até chegou a pensar que sua maré de azar tinha acabado. Que grande engano seu. Chegou no terminal em tempo suficiente para não chegar atrasada no trabalho, mas as longas filas do local fizeram com que você saísse atrasada. Quando finalmente entrou no ônibus, o ar condicionado do veículo estava quebrado, e isso somado às outras pessoas ali dentro queria dizer que você provavelmente chegaria ao trabalho toda suada e nojenta. 

E o trajeto que normalmente levava sessenta minutos, levou setenta, e você chegou dez minutos atrasada, recebendo um olhar feio da sua supervisora antes de começar a trabalhar. Era estagiária, então qualquer motivo era suficiente para pegarem no seu pé. 

O dia se arrastou mais que o normal. E no almoço, mais coisas deram errado: seu almoço acabou azedando com o calor e sua preciosa refeição que te manteria até chegar em casa tarde da noite tinha ido pro lixo e substituída por um salgado da padaria próxima ao prédio que você trabalhava. Você não sabia se tinha forças para ir assistir suas aulas na faculdade e só sair depois das dez da noite. 

E não só isso, tinha tido uma breve discussão com sua mãe na noite anterior, por algo que nem se lembra, provavelmente vocês duas com os nervos à flor da pele e estressadas com o calor insuportável que fazia em São Paulo. Você mal sabia de onde tinha tirado energia para sair da cama e enfrentar o dia. Tudo parecia o inferno e cada minuto era uma tortura.

Mas, felizmente, às cinco da tarde você estava finalmente livre do trabalho, indo em direção ao seu campus da faculdade, repetindo na sua mente que podia fazer aquilo, que você é uma mulher forte e dedicada que consegue acompanhar uma aula de três horas sem cair de sono ou chorar no meio da sala de aula. 

Sessenta segundos pareciam ser duzentos e quarenta na aula que você já não era a maior fã em dias que estava de bom humor, num dia como esse, você só queria se enfiar num buraco pra ter paz e sossego. Nem queria papo com seus colegas, apenas que aquele dia infeliz terminasse logo e você pudesse ir pra casa. Seu corpo clamava por um banho morno e talvez um pote de sorvete pra matar o calor. 

Entretanto, você teve a maior sorte do mundo de namorar a melhor pessoa que poderia pedir. Pontualmente às dez e meia, horário que sua aula acabava, Jaemin te esperava encostado no carro, pronto para te levar pra casa, com um copo do seu milkshake favorito do Burger King, de Ovomaltine.

“Oi minha princesa.” ele sorriu, te estendendo o copo, que você aceitou de muito bom grado porque 1, era delicioso e 2, estava morrendo de calor. “Dia difícil?”

“Como você sabia?” perguntou espantada. Como ele poderia ter adivinhado? Estava tão óbvio pela sua expressão?

“Você ficou muito quietinha o dia todo, quase não falou comigo. Aí achei melhor vir te ver, ver se estava tudo bem, te fazer uma surpresa e ainda matar seu calor.” ele sorriu. “Quer dar uma volta e conversar? Te deixo em casa depois. Eu até te convidaria pra dormir lá em casa, mas meu ventilador quebrou e tá tudo quentão lá. Não vou te fazer passar mais calor.” 

“Uma volta já ajuda bastante.” você sorriu, entrando no carro assim que Jaemin abriu a porta pra você, tirando a bolsa de seu ombro antes que você entrasse no veículo.

Então Jaemin só dirigiu, virando em ruas aleatórias enquanto deixava você desabafar sobre seu dia e todas as suas ansiedades, nervosismos e quaisquer outras coisas que estivessem rondando sua mente e te incomodando. Depois, como prometido, ele estacionou na frente da sua casa, abrindo a porta do carro pra você descer e encostando no mesmo, te puxando pra perto e te abraçando. Já passava da meia noite e o ar estava mais fresco, e Jaemin desenhava pequenas figuras de forma aleatória em suas costas, a outra mão fazendo um cafuné gostoso no seu cabelo.

“Eu sei que seu dia não foi dos melhores, mas eu prometo que amanhã vai ser melhor, e se não for, estou aqui pra você, pra te ouvir e tentar tirar um sorriso desse seu rostinho lindo, tudo bem?” ele falou antes de depositar um beijo delicado em sua têmpora, te tocando delicadamente como se você fosse a mais fina porcelana chinesa e ele morresse de medo de te deixar quebrar.

“Tudo bem.” você respondeu sem conseguir conter seu sorriso. Seu mau humor e frustrações derretendo enquanto Jaemin te envolvia naquele abraço que parecia curar tudo. O melhor lugar do mundo era dentro do abraço dele, e isso só estava sendo reafirmado depois de ele conseguir melhorar seu dia que parecia não ter solução. “Te amo, Nana.”

“Também te amo, minha princesa.”

[ghostl0re]

this is just for fun this post is not to be taken as a complete reality of his personality. astrology is a hobby for me i study it and read charts for fun so im not an expert. also this post was written based on his chart with NO houses.

(images for mere representation of his energy)

moon (moon tri. mars, moon sext. uranus and neptune, moon tri. pluto; magnetic, attractive, he could be able to read people easily and may want constant change) and mercury (mercury tri. mars; energetic, loves to learn, active) in pisces honestly i can sense it in his interviews. may appear shy. he feels a lot, there was this interview where he said he connected spiritually w Numa...yeah. he's sensitive. VERY. an empath.

venus in aries im not surprised you can actually see it in certain videos with a certain person (iyyk) (venus sq. mars, venus opp. jupiter, venus sq. uranus, neptune; commitment problems, low self-esteem, sweet person regardless) he kinda needs constant stimulation or he'll get bored but when he loves he goes all in and with passion (im not gonna talk about the s3xúal stuff cuz i feel like im crossing a line lol i respect him) if he's not interested in someone believe me YOU'LL KNOW

sun in aries like are we surprised? he's sooo confident also prob very flirty, FUN, a leader, impulsive and definitely energetic (sun opp. jupiter, sun tr. pluto; could have a big ego and is also an influential person, if we read his chart w gemini rising he has sun conj. moon; caring person) let's not forget all that aries chaotic energy like sarcasm, wanting to do everything fast in life, thinking they're always right, being judgemental, optimistic, bursts of energy, wanting attention or getting over things easily, honest AF lol

mars in cancer soo passive-agressive and a protector of those he loves, loyal, moody, sensitive and just nice overall. (mars sq. jupiter, mars opp uranus, neptune; bro gets the work done but could be unpredictable, dramatic, could be one of those people that just loses their shit just chaotic overall, cancer helps A LOT tho)

jupiter in libra popular, charismatic, creative, kind he's great w the arts but i think we already knew that lol he could have a lot of luck in the arts and look at him now, everyone loves him

saturn in aquarius a leader, responsible, secretive, loyal and confident he gets the work done (saturn sq. pluto; he could be stubborn af, face hard challenges, etc. could get dark but also very good cuz it makes him a resilient person)

uranus and neptune in capricorn (generational planets) hard working, determined, responsible, wants success, independent. (uranus conj. neptune, uranus sext. pluto, neptune sext. pluto; strong personality, curious mind, imaginative, could be curious in spiritual topics)

pluto in scorpio (generational planet) remember Bayona used to say Enzo had this mysterious energy? pluto in scorpio could be one of the many reasons (f.e his pisces moon) why he seems mysterious, he could feel a lot since is a water sign, emotional, MAGNETIC but this planet as well as uranus and neptune are more about a whole generation.

lilith in pisces bro he's super and i mean SUPER intuitive, EMPHATIC and creative (he has A LOT of water in his chart) he has a vivid imagination but it also signifies addictions or anxiety (i wont be diving into it tho) lilith in pisces could mean self-sabotage tendencies, excesssive tendencies (in anything), lives in their head, trust issues, escapism and repress their emotions. and that's all because this placement feels A LOT is always connected with everyone and everything.

chiron in leo he has the wound of talent he prob thinks he's not talented enough he actually thought he was gonna get fired many times lmfao

summary: he's very VERY emotional person. i almost drowned looking at his chart, water king. water makes him a super sensitive dude, his fire placements make him more energetic and confident, he's emotional, spontaneous, fun, energetic, down to earth, unpredictable, expressive, ambitious, spiritual, sensitive and impulsive, reads people like a book, he feels deeply, most likely an empath. i would say that the reason he's captivating are his pisces placements (if i knew his birth time this would be so much more detailed) he probably had (or has) anxiety and self-doubt thoughts i see him more of an ambivert kind of person, you can see in his interviews and even in his insta posts how deep and sensitive he is but also his fiery combination, he just seems fun. overall he's a super cool dude i like his energy a lot, he's very magnetic. im gonna say a weird thing but he kinda reminds me of getaway car (yes...the taylor swift song, wanna know the specific part of the song that reminds me more of him? after the bridge, when piano intensifies loll)

note: im not including his north and south node cuz they're more specific depending on the house they land, i would love to know his birth time to get more specific things but alr

[cursecuelebre]

Roman God Janus of Doorways and Transitions.

Attributes

Doorways or Entrances and Exits

Crossroads

Beginnings and Endings

Transitions

Past and Future

Time (Father of Years)

Duality

A household deity

Inside and outside

Known as

Father of Years

Janus Geminus (Two Fold)

Doorkeeper of The Heavens

Spirit of Doorways

Symbols

Staff

Keys

Branches

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Janus or Ianus is a God of beginnings and endings, enterances and exits, backwards and forwards, transitions, animalistic spirit of doorways. Janus is easily recognizable as a two face god, one bearded the other a unbearded youth some depictions the faces having both beards. Janus or in Latin Ianus, the name derived from the word Ianua meaning “Door”. His temple was set on Janiculum Hill on the western bank of the Tiber. It is said that Janus was once a King of Latium who was known for his pious deeds and character that made a example of his people how to be pious before the gods. It was also said he had a relationship with a nymph called Camasere whom bore Tiberinus who either died in or near the river of Albula but renamed as the River Tiber. He then became defied as the doorkeeper of the gods being the meditator between mortal man and the gods. He is associated with transitions especially when war time happens Janus’s temple double gates were open and as war transition into peace time the gates closed. His cult was most likely formed by King Numa who founded Ianus Geminus (two folded) shrine, King Numa known for his piety built the shrine in the Roman Forum close to the senate house. The spot was sacred, according to the legend when Sabines attacked the Romans Janus stopped them by throwing a bubble of hot boiling water at the Sabines. Because of Numa, it is why Janus is part of the Julian Calander which is January the last and first month of the year, Janus is known as the Father of Years because of this. Also represented looking backwards into the past but also the potential future, good example making new year resolutions or new year goals. He was very important in Roman public worship, as he would be the first to receive offerings and libations and incense as he was the doorkeeper to the gods, appeasing him he’ll allow the easy access to the gods as the ritual commence. He was offered spelt mixed with salt and barely cake of Ianual. During the New Year the Romans would give gifts of dates (type of fruit), figs, and honey as well money to friends and loved ones for future prosperity and well-being.

[zombieads]

INSPIRADO EM: the walking dead e suas franquias, guerra mundial z, fort of apocalypse e o nevoeiro, conto de stephen king.

PREMISSA: um grupo de jovens desconhecidos entre si é enviado a um reformatório localizado numa ilha de segurança máxima no intuito de serem reintegrados à sociedade após pagarem pelos crimes dos quais são acusados, mas em pouco tempo acabam abandonados no instituto, sem qualquer explicação. dias depois, assim que as travas de segurança são desligadas pela falta de energia, em meio a uma densa bruma, o grupo fica livre para explorar a ilha e descobre muitos segredos obscuros sobre o passado da instituição que podem estar interferindo no mundo. assustados, sem recursos e com os suprimentos ficando cada vez mais escassos, eles decidem partir em busca de respostas, porém, após uma viagem de barco até terra firme, se deparam com uma cidade desconhecida, destruída e inabitada, com mistérios, desafios e seres bizarros que tornam tudo ainda pior.

oi, players! depois de quase dois anos (motivo: problemas de saúde) tô relançando aqui a pesquisa de um possível nxn only tumblr, pequeno, beeem diferentão e +18 devido ao teor maduro da temática, idealizado há tempos para todas as tags br. a central já está quase terminada e conforme surjam demonstrações de interesse quanto ao rp, mais spoilers serão rapidamente entregues por aqui, então fiquem de olho e sintam-se livres pra chegar na ask!

[xexyromero]

Xexyyyyyy!

Como você acha que seria a casa/apt dos meninos e a leitora? Com plantas, biblioteca, cantinho do violão... ♥️

aiiii tópico sensível!!!

acho que seriam assim ó

enzo: tem cara de quem tem um apartamento com chão de taco. uma sala bem ampla, até maior que o quarto, com um janelão enorme. umas três estantes de livros espalhadas por tudo que é canto. uma vitrolinha marota com alguns lps antigos e novos no cantinho, junto de um violão. muitas samambaias e costelas de adão! uma cozinha organizada e um quarto bem clean daqueles que só tem a cama, a cabeceira e uma televisão.

agustin: uma casa com toda certeza!!! mas uma casa pequenininha, de um andar só, com um quintal enorme que ele cuida e cultiva várias plantinhas pra usar de tempero - e enche uma piscininha inflável pros dias de calor. tem uma energia meio bagunçada caótica meio good vibes com aquelas mantas em tie-dye meio alternativas atrás do sofá que tem uma capa estampada, sabe? o quarto numa vibe bem similar. só que com um aparelho de som babado. a moto é o xodó que fica na garagem.

fran: uma vibe pequenininha clean só que com milhões de plantas em tudo que é canto. inclusive deve ser um saco ficar responsável por aguar as plantinhas dele - missão interminável. é do time que mora em casa também, um duplexzinho numa parte mais tranquila da cidade, perto de natureza. uma escrivaninha no quarto com uma cama de madeira, um quadrinho aqui e ali de algum pôster de filme ou porta retrato dele criança. agora é tudo de um aconchego e conforto que deve ser impossível querer sair. a geladeira tem os imãs mais divertidos do mundo.

matí: um apartamento de adolescente que foi morar sozinho porque foi fazer faculdade em outra cidade, sabe? é uma bagunça tenebrosa porém bem limpinho, tá!! ele chama uma pessoa pra ajudar com a limpeza. tem uma televisão enorme com vídeo-game, um sofázinho mixuruca, pôster de tudo que é coisa na parede. no quarto dele tem até um grafite enorme que ele fez. abriu gaveta na cozinha? bufo, cemitério de pod/vape. tem um cheirinho de cigarro que ele tenta evitar. mas é aconchegante.

kuku: apartamento de adulto, sim!!! e daqueles adultos bem cult bacaninha!!! as paredes são de um tom mais creme, com alguns pôsters e quadros de muito bom gosto que ele comprou/ganhou de amigos artistas ao longo dos anos. algumas prateleiras com livros pontuais, uns ornamentos de metal, uns prêmios que ganhou quando criança. o quarto dele é daqueles planejados com uma cama king enooooorme, cheia de travisseiros. o chão é de taco também, mas é bem colorido por conta das artes e das colchas que ele usa. cheirinho de bambu, sabe?

pipe: tem camisa assinada pelo messi enquadrada em cima da cama dele e não tem alma viva que o faça tirar. foi assinado!!! pelo messi!!!! tirando isso, é um apê alto astral, bem clean, com várias fotos em preto e branco que ele tirou e emoldurou na parede. de todos é o que tem a cozinha mais legal - um balcãozão de madeira e vários utensílios. de vez em quando vai na casa do agustín pegar umas ervas fresquinhas pra cozinhar. o quintal dele só serve pra churrasqueira e pronto.

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Alguma dica para melhorar o vocabulário?

Leituras diversas. Em livros, artigos. Pesquisando sinônimos e antônimos. Mas o grande lance é fazer anotações e depois começar a aplicar, tanto na fala como na escrita. Faça listas dessas palavras, separe-as em categorias e aos poucos as introduza no cotidiano.

Quando encontrar uma palavra que você deseja usar, aproveite e anote também a expressão na qual ela está inserida. Isso pode te ajudar no caso de você não ter muita noção de como usá-la. Busque se familiarizar primeiro, não tente forçá-la em sua linguagem se não fizer sentido.

Aproveitando esse assunto, quero dizer que essa preocupação com o vocabulário precisa ser moderada. E falo isso porque tem muita gente que se preocupa em deixar o texto enriquecido com palavras diferentes, mas não tem a mínima noção do que elas significam (sequer pesquisam para entendê-las). Correm o risco de deixar o texto confuso e firulento. Isso sem mencionar o uso indevido. Acho que já li tantos "fatídicos" em dias normais que, honestamente, eu prefiro que a pessoa escreva bem com uma linguagem básica a ler algo todo enfeitado.

Parafraseando o Stephen King no livro Sobre a Escrita, uma das piores coisas que você pode fazer é procurar por palavras longas e diferentes por causa da vergonha de usar as curtas de sempre.

Nas palavras dele:

"Faça agora mesmo uma promessa solene de nunca usar 'gratificação' quando quiser dizer 'gorjeta' e jamais usar 'John parou tempo suficiente para realizar um ato de excreção' quando quiser dizer 'John parou tempo suficiente para cagar'. Se você acha que 'cagar' seria ofensivo ou inadequado para seu público, fique à vontade para dizer 'John parou tempo suficiente para se aliviar' [...]. Não estou tentando fazer com que você use palavrões, mas que seja objetivo e direto. Lembre que a regra básica do vocabulário é: use a primeira palavra que lhe vier à cabeça, se for adequada e interessante. Se hesitar e ponderar, você vai encontrar outra palavra — claro que vai, sempre existe outra palavra —, mas é bem provável que ela não seja tão boa quanto a primeira, ou tão próxima do que você realmente quer dizer."

E pra completar:

"A palavra é apenas uma representação do sentido. Mesmo nos seus melhores momentos, a escrita quase sempre fica aquém do sentido como um todo. Dito isso, por quê, em nome de Deus, tornar as coisas ainda piores escolhendo uma palavra que seja parente distante daquela que você quer usar?"

É KKKKK o King é bem incisivo nesse assunto de ser objetivo e direto. Acredito que aprendemos muito com esse conselho dele.

O vocabulário vai vir naturalmente; basta enriquecer sua rotina com leituras e daqui a pouco você começa a pensar numa linguagem nova. Claro, isso tem que ser consciente, para que isso se torne parte de você. Esses dias eu aprendi o significado de "paupérrimo" que é pobríssimo. Eu sei lá quando vou usar uma palavra dessa! Não sei nem se eu vou preferir ela no lugar de "pobre pra caralho" KKKKKKK mas quem sabe, não é? Um dia talvez eu lembre dela no momento em que estou escrevendo e, se ela fizer sentido, posso usá-la com tranquilidade.

Acho que é isso. 🍵

[lionofchaeronea]

Denarius minted in Greece in 48 BCE by Cn. Calpurnius Piso, proquaestor, on behalf of the proconsul Cn. Pompeius Magnus (Pompey the Great). Featured on the obverse is Numa Pompilius, the mythical (?) second king of Rome, said to have taught the Romans the "arts of peace" and instituted many of the religious observances of the Roman state. Piso likely chose this image due to his own claim to be a descendant of Numa. On the reverse, the prow of a galley. Photo credit: Classical Numismatic Group, Inc. http://www.cngcoins.com

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Uma Série Cuptástica

Sᴇ́ʀɪᴇ ᴅᴏ Mᴇ̂s: The Cuphead Show!

Sɪɴᴏᴘsᴇ Oғɪᴄɪᴀʟ: Acompanha as desventuras do impulsivo Cuphead e do seu influenciável irmão Mugman nesta série de animação baseada no conhecido videojogo.

O Qᴜᴇ Mᴇ Aᴛʀᴀɪᴜ: Deambulava eu pela Neftlix numa das minhas crises típicas de aborrecimento (onde na prática tenho imensas coisas com que me entreter mas não estou com paciência para nenhuma) quando dei de caras com o The Cuphead Show! Bastou o trailer rápido para eu decidir dar uma oportunidade à série, que com o seu estilo de animação incrivelmente nostálgico e aconchegante que não só faz homenagem aos cartoons antigos da Disney (em muitas formas mas especialmente por os personagens usarem as icónicas luvas do Mickey), mas à grande maioria dos que eram produzidos nos anos 30, se destaca entre as outras. Claro, ganha ainda mais pontos pelo facto de ser inspirada por um videojogo altamente adorado (que eu não joguei AINDA, quero muito fazê-lo e experienciar a famosa raiva e frustração de não conseguir passar os níveis). Por fim...a música de introdução só pode ser descritiva com uma expressão em inglês: it's a banger.

Dᴇsᴛᴀǫᴜᴇs: Se eu mencionar a animação outra vez...MAS É OK? É! É demasiado boa, as cores são extravagantes e clássicas ao mesmo tempo e dá vontade de imprimir partes dos episódios e colocá-los nas paredes do quarto. Fora isso... A série é absolutamente hilariante, os personagens são adoráveis e têm personalidades cativantes e as vozes deles são incríveis. Não costumo reparar muito no trabalho de quem faz a voz dos personagens, geralmente não há nada a dizer a menos que soem particularmente estranhos, mas neste cartoon é notório o trabalho ótimo (na versão original em inglês, claro): os sotaques são um máximo, a voz do Devil é ridiculamente carismática, NINGUÉM canta como ele, e...o Wayne Brady faz de King Dice. É perfeição. A adicionar, a relação entre o Cuphead e o Mugman é a estrela do cartoon todo, sendo irmãos, estão cheios de diferenças e quase nunca concordam (o Mugman quase morre sempre que o Cuphead decide o que vão fazer naquele dia), mas podem apostar que são unha com carne no que toca a fazer amigos e inimigos em todos os sítios onde metem os pés. As canções também dão todas vontade de dançar, há um bocadinho de folclore que aparece de vez em quando e não é preciso usar o cérebro, basta pormo-nos debaixo de um bom cobertor com um copo cheio de leite (por respeito aos irmãos) e aproveitar o momento enquanto duas canecas correm pela vida por terem vendido a sua alma ao Diabo num jogo de feira.

Cᴏɴᴄʟᴜsᴀ̃ᴏ/Oᴘɪɴɪᴀ̃ᴏ Fɪɴᴀʟ: É uma série incrivelmente satisfatória de ver e ainda não vi muita gente à minha volta que a conhecesse, por isso estou aqui para resolver isso (e para garantir que se produzem mais temporadas). V-E-J-A-M, pelo Henchman...e pelos doces que são o Cuphead e o Mugman.

Conseguem dizer não a isto?

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