#lightning moment tarot

[outsidereveries]

— ningning and scandals?

disclaimer: as of tuesday, the energy could’ve changed for a bit or drastically. i simply had no time to interpret these readings. my readings might be inaccurate because of changing energies and misinterpretation. i have little to no knowledge of them.

should she be cautious of possible scandals?: four and ace of cups, the sun rx, queen of pentacles, four of wands rx • six of cups rx

i’d say yes. there are warnings of her being a fool, of someone else not doing a promise they made to her, or about her love life. poor venus retrograde..

where has to be?: eight of cups, the star rx, the chariot rx, ace of cups, the hermit rx • king of swords

yeah.. her love life. she has to be cautious of dating scandals. she wants to feel the love from another person to her guys🥺 the kisses, the hugs, the touch🥹 /gen

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[rufusthebringer]

One of my favourite random Fallout trivia is that in official Fallout Tarot Card Deck, The Tower card is represented by Paladin Danse. They knew what they were doing. Also their artstyle sucks.

Tower card meaning:

When The Tower card appears in a Tarot reading, expect the unexpected – massive change, upheaval, destruction and chaos. It may be a divorce, death of a loved one, financial failure, health problems, natural disaster, job loss or any event that shakes you to your core, affecting you spiritually, mentally and physically. There’s no escaping it. Change is here to tear things up, create chaos and destroy everything in its path.

Just when you think you’re safe and comfortable, a Tower moment hits and throws you for a loop. A lightning bolt of clarity and insight cuts through the lies and illusions you have been telling yourself, and now the truth comes to light. Your world may come crashing down before you, in ways you could never have imagined as you realize that you have been building your life on unstable foundations – false assumptions, mistruths, illusions, blatant lies, and so on. Everything you thought to be true has turned on its head. You are now questioning what is real and what is not; what you can rely upon and what you cannot trust. This can be very confusing and disorienting, especially when your core belief systems are challenged. But over time, you will come to see that your original beliefs were built on a false understanding, and your new belief systems are more representative of reality.

The best way forward is to let this structure self-destruct so you can re-build and re-focus. And let’s be real – with a card like The Tower, you have no choice but to surrender to the destruction and chaos, no matter how unwanted or painful. Change on this deep level is hard, but you need to trust that life is happening FOR you, not TO you and this is all for a reason. This destruction will allow new growth to emerge and your soul can evolve.

[icyg4l]

Summer Lovin: What’s Your Love Life Looking Like This Summer?

hello beautiful people! this is all about what you can expect for this upcoming summer in your love life. this is a continuation of the summer 2024 tarot series! before we get started, i want to say thank you all for supporting me once again. it means a lot as this blog continues to grow. and thank you guys for being patient with me. without further ado, please choose the image that resonates with you.

Top Left-to-Bottom Right: (1-4)

pile one: you just wanna be in your room, huh? i think that you will meet a new person & it will take you some time to get used to their energy. but it feels like you have been single for a while now. you’re not really interested in anyone really. but the new person will ignite something in you. this connection will make you more playful. you will meet this person in a place where you least expect it. i think this person will have to grow on you. it feels like a slow burn. as you two become more connected, i feel like you will acknowledge them as a blessing in your life rather than a burden. it’s time to flirt a little bit. your spirit guides want you to be more warm, open and willing to go somewhere outside of work. get dressed up when you go out. not for the sake of romance, but just for self-appreciation purposes. this person will appreciate your intellect so much. they could be born in the summer and wear brown/earth tones a lot. if this is a masculine person, they have long hair. if this is a feminine person, they wear braids. cherish the moments that you have with this person because i have a feeling this is a fling. this person is someone the universe sent to you because they wanted you to get off the bench lmaoooo.

cards used: ace of wands, 9 of cups, knight of pentacles, 6 of cups, the tower, the hermit, king of cups, queen of wands.

extras: cheez its. broken umbrella. chrome hearts. new lingo. ribbons in hair. recently attended a concert. choker. thigh high boots. beetles.

pile two: you don’t have to search for anyone because they will come looking for you. i feel like you got out of a relationship about 6-12 months ago & now you’re wanting to get back into the field. because you set the intention or looking for a specific person, you’re going to find them at the right time. it’ll be almost lightning speed. but remember, you’re the prize. this person is gentle. you have a roster, don’t you? soon, those numbers will be deleted out of your phone because someone will sweep you off of your feet. i see you being bored with the dating scene as well. but by the end of the summer, you will come across your person. they are average height so don’t expect them to be super tall/short. this person invests a lot of money into their personal scent; this will be one of the things that will catch your attention about them. this will be a relationship that lasts past the summer. this person was sent into your life so that you could believe in love again. love can be the fairytale you deserve and more, darling.

cards used: 10 of cups, the star, 2 of discs, prince of wands, 7 of cups (rx), the hierophant.

extras: sharp eyeliner. being overstimulated. zoo field trip. fetty wap. 5th grade. boba tea. cashapp. blonde curls. “say cheese.” star trek. starstruck (2010).

pile three: “the death of a bachelor” is what i heard. this summer, i feel that you will be undergoing some major changes which will reflect in your feelings about love/dating overall. this pile will experience extreme changes in their love life. think 180. at first, you could be into focusing on your money & being flirtatious. but in the middle of summer, you could play with the idea of being a relationship. by the end of the summer, you could get in a relationship or be exclusive with someone. maybe you’ll break up with the partner you’re currently with & this will shift your views. either way, these changed feelings are a result of the people in your life. your support system will be a major influence. epiphanies will be had about the relationships in your life as a whole. i feel like you’ll be playing ‘catch up’ this summer. making up for lost time comes to mind. whatever the case may be, it feels as though you’ll be back outside, enjoying yourself or trying to. you will develop deeper emotional connections with your friends. you could even fall in love with one of your friends. the person who you’re looking for has a rare physical characteristic (i.e. grey streak of hair, different colored eyes, abnormally long chin, etc). i also think that this person could favor/remind you of your childhood crush. all in all, this person was sent to you to help you get out of your comfort zone. how will you know what you can handle if you haven’t gone through it yet? this is a test of resilience.

cards used: death, justice, 8 of discs, king of wands, the hierophant, 2 of discs, 2 of cups, 3 of swords, page of swords, 10 of discs.

extras: corn dogs. boiling water. chocolate bar. “put it in some rice.” book-to-film adaptation. spilled tea. 11th house energy. looking closely.

pile four: you guys are gonna have a sneaky link this summer. this is something that you desire at the moment. i feel like this will be with someone that you’ve known for a while. i don’t think that y’all are on the best terms right now though. but a mutual attraction between the two of you is there. you will be accompanied with chivalry and late night car rides. other things will happen in this car, if you catch my drift. things will escalate with this person pretty quickly. this isn’t an FWB situation at all. it feels like it’s strictly sexual. this person will help you feel more confident in your body & they’ll help you take ownership of it as well. “my body my choice” is what i heard. please use protection. this person is a hard worker. i feel like a lot of these events will take place after they get off from a long day of work. maybe they ran errands for the day but still want to see you? this person lives alone and they treat their car like their baby. i don’t feel that this will last long but the effects will. take full advantage of the time you have with this person, pile four.

cards used: princess of cups, princess of discs, 2 of swords, 7 of wands, the chariot, 8 of wands, the emperor, 9 of cups.

extras: cheetah print bonnet. airport. accountability. drunk texting. m. night shyamalan.

[chaosquillcollection]

💌 Interested in what our themes are all about? Lets have a look at them!

Future with You: an Amy Rose fanzine is themed around tarot cards and the four seasons. Each of the fortune card suits is linked with a season: 💥New Year Fortune, ⚡Spring Lightning, 🔥Summer Fire, 💧Autumn Water, and 💫Winter Rings. Each suit also has a Hero and Dark reading.

💌 Theme & Content Info

⇃ Explore each theme further under the cut! ⇂

💥 New Year Fortune (Act 1 & 2)

Act 1 - Lunar New Year (Jan 29th) A half-chapter opening the zine with themes of community celebration and bringing good luck for the future.

Act 2 - Solar New Year (Dec 31st) A half-chapter closing the zine with themes of personal celebration and leaving behind the past.

⚡ Spring Lightning

Flashes of inspiration for a bold decision.

The light of truth zipping through the air, reaching others with lightning speed! But its power can be dangerous and destructive too.

🌕 Hero Greater insight, giving you a moment of inspiration, and getting right to the point.

🌑 Dark Warnings of being too rash or not taking other people's feelings into account.

🔥 Summer Fire

Fiery passion and a burning desire to act.

Warmth and light energize you to follow your heart and do great things. The fire that burns brightest, burns briefest. When kept poorly it can burn out of control.

🌕 Hero Encourages your ambitions and helps you make your plans before taking action.

🌑 Dark Warnings of being reckless. Ask yourself if you really know what you're trying to do.

💧 Autumn Water

Our hopes, our dreams, our emotions, ebbing and flowing like the sea.

If adrift in your relationships, find guidance and chart a course. Realize your dreams in their reflective waters. But don't dive too deep!

🌕 Hero Insights into your relationships, or trying to make some sense of your wildest dreams.

🌑 Dark Warnings of getting lost in your fantasies. Listen to that little voice in your heart!

💫 Winter Rings

The golden earthly things of fortunes and personal well-being.

Reflections of your health, your career, or your partner. But being too self-centered can lead to greedy, selfish decisions.

🌕 Hero A bright shining career, health, and personal well-being.

🌑 Dark Warnings of greed, selfish decisions, or ignoring your health.

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[talonabraxas]

Sowilo or Sowelu

The Sowelu Runa (Sol, Sigel, Sig, Saugil), the 16th glyph of the runic wheel, starts today, which will accompany us until February 26th.

Period of Manifestation

February 12 - February 26

Sowelu (Sol, Sigel, Sig, Saugil) represents the Sun, the power of the Sun, the life force of the Sun, understood as the imposing energy source of Light and Life. The Sowelu Runa is therefore synonymous with Energy, Life Force, and Honesty.

It is also called the Runa of Blooming, which urges us to fully use our talents, even if they appear inconcilable. But Sowelu is even a monito against presumption and depletion of energy reserves. In contrast to the defensive force of Algiz, the Sowelu solar force is of an aggressive matrix. Attempts to misuse this energy will culminate in darkness and despair.

Another characteristic of the Sowelu Runa is that it encompasses the greatest power that each of us has, that is the power of choice.

Divination

If the Runa del Sun emerges in the course of divination, a significant vitality or an unbridled spirit of enterprise is highlighted that pervades the consultant.

This rune has no reverse, so when it appears, you have to interpret it in the same way.

Sowilu is a very positive rune.

Associated with the Sun, inexhaustible source of light and energy, the Runa Sowelu announces that she is going through a great time in her life and that she has the strength to bring to an end all her projects, whatever they may be.

You can then take advantage of great mental clarity, and that allows you to channel your efforts well, provided you let yourself be guided by caution: a gift you should never lack! Sowelu, on top of that, has the power to eliminate the negative aspects that might be associated with another Runa that was launched.

The most important advice of this magical rune, however, is that you need to become aware of who you are, discover the source of your inner energy, the one that will always, until the end of your days, be there to light the way in the dark areas of irrational fears, helping to win them.

Also Sowelu tells us that it's an ideal time to find solutions and make decisions that have been postponed until now.

Sowelu therefore, predicts complete success in any project to undertake, ensures good health and significant vital energies to be channeled towards achieving one's objectives. Beware, however, the hidden monument of which previously mentioned: Sun, in fact, appears like a lightning that can strike suddenly, sweeping everything away in an instant, and the ideology that in the past used the power of this rune to dominate others has suffered inevitable destruction and ruin. Sol is not reversible as said before, but it can still indicate in an unfavorable context, that he has abused his own energy or misused it resulting in a loss of clarity in seeing the reality of things.

Regarding love, Sol tells us that it will be a period dominated by romantic feelings. It will be the star of romantic climaxes and it will draw the attention of many people...

Why not let go and seize the opportunity? It's possible that one of these adventures will last.

As far as work is concerned, Sol tells us that this is in general a positive period, so even at work you can take advantage of interesting meetings and interviews that can over time become extremely beneficial for your career.

While in Health, Sol tells us that we will experience a moment of great activity, both in the personal and professional sphere. It will be good, then, to alternate work with moments of relaxation, in which you can regenerate your energy and recover the strength to continue enjoying this positive period!

Correspondence

Syllabus : S Deity: Sun Tree: Ginepro Herb : Mistletoe Crystal : Ruby Color : White / Silver Animal : Eagle Tarot: XIX Major arcano - The Sun Astrology: Sun in Leo / Moon in fifth house I Ching: 64th Exagram, Wei Chi - Before Fulfillment. Fountain Thordis Elena Salatin Pagan calendar paths of light Runica the magic of the runes

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[clockwayswrites]

A Broken Sort of Normal, Part 14

WC: 2416, Masterpost CW: Panic attack

Endless, convoluted Uno games aside (really, who added tarot cards to Uno?), getting to know Wally’s friends was good. Danny liked them and hanging out with them was easier than he thought it would be, but he felt a little bad every time. Whenever he was there they had to keep masks on and that had to suck. They started dressing down, like Wally did, but it was always masks on for the heroes that wore them. They insisted it wasn’t an issue, but Danny made sure to sometimes have obligations that came up at the same time. He wanted to give them the chance to hang out together as themselves, without the hero suits.

Danny knew how important that was.

After several months and a bit of stumbling, it all found a rhythm. Danny had date nights and nights with the Titans. He also had nights out with coworkers or at the game store. That wasn’t to say it was all easy. Setting up the Justice League Response Team was hard, sometimes impossible seeming, work. There were arguments and issues and more red tape than Danny thought possible. His real job was also exhausting at times. Being a field medic meant dealing with injured and dead which never got easier, though he was grateful to have Wally to go to on the worst days. And then, of course, there was the lightning incident.

It really wasn’t his best moment, in his opinion.

Wally was so excited.

“Come on, come on!” he said as he dragged Danny by the hand. He had been lying in ambush to snag Danny right outside of the door of meeting room B3, otherwise known as the Response Team Lair. (They had been encouraged, repeatedly, to stop calling it a lair. Apparently that a bit too villainous for the comfort of some heroes.)

“What’s the hurry?” Danny asked, purposefully dragging his feet a little just to watch Wally bounce up and down impatiently.

“I’ve been working on a new power! I’ve really gotten it down and I want to show you. So come,” Wally pulled at Danny’s arm, “on already!”

Danny laughed and stopped fighting Wally, who almost stumbled with their sudden movement forward.

“Are we going to a training room then?” Danny asked. While over the months, the main response team planners had gained a lot of freedom throughout the Watchtower, there were still a number of areas they either weren’t allowed or weren’t supposed to go without supervision and the training rooms was one of those. Danny had been a few times with the Titans, but usually it was just to grab someone for a game or a night at Wally’s place.

“Yep! No one is stupid enough to risk the Big Bat’s wrath practicing powers like that outside the training room and this is a new power. I’m going to keep you in the observation room and everything just to be safe.”

“My hero,” Danny said with feeling.

“Always,” Wally replied with a grin. “And speaking of heroes, N is going to be there running the sim for me. Are you up to a meal after? Just something casual at my place with the usual peep?”

Danny thought about that honesty. He knew that Wally was asking because he actually wanted to know if Danny could handle being that social tonight. It was still hard sometimes. “Yeah, it would be good to see them. It’s been a few weeks with how busy things have been.”

“More like several.”

“Several?” Danny asked. He felt chastised even though he knew that’s not what Wally was trying to do. “Well, then definitely yes. I hadn’t realized it had been so long.”

“It’s okay, they all understand. You’re really in the thick of it trying to get the last things done for the response team. We all get being busy.”

“Yeah,” Danny said and let out a huff of air. “I guess you would. But a nice night with friends sounds good. Just please tell me there have been no more rules added to Uno.”

“I can make no such promises,” Wally said with a grin as they stepped through a door. “Nightwing! I have your observer for you.”

“No, not the Danny Fenton? I must be seeing things! Flash, take me to medical, have me tested,” Nightwing said, swooning into Wally’s arms.

“Yeah yeah, I get it, it’s been a little long since we saw each other,” Danny groused, but he couldn’t help the smile at the dramatics.

“It has,” Nightwing said from where he was still draped in Wally’s arms. That really couldn’t be comfortable, but Nightwing looked just as at ease as if he was standing normally. “But are we on for dinner tonight?”

“We are.”

“Yes!” Nightwing said, springing up. “Okay speedy, let’s get this show on the road! I’ll message the others while you warm up. Just signal to me when you’re ready.”

“Sure!” Wally chirped. He pecked Danny on the cheek before he sped off.

In a, well, flash, Wally was on the other side of the thick, blast proof window and stretching.

Danny shifted his weight from foot to foot. “I haven’t ignored him too badly, right? I’ve just been so caught up in finalizing everything. Not that that’s an excuse. I can, like, set alarms for myself. My days have been all thrown off not going to my actual job this last bit…”

“Hey, Danny, no,” Nightwing said. “Would he like to have seen you a little more? Probably, but it’s not like he hasn’t and you two text plenty. He gets that you’re busy, we all do. He’s been good, really.”

“Okay, good,” Danny said, making sure to smile for Nightwing. “I just… don’t want to do wrong by him, you know?”

“Why do you think we all like you so much?” Nightwing teased and bumped their shoulders together. “You’ve been good for him.”

“He’s been better for me, believe me.”

“Luckily not a competition,” Nightwing said. “You really good for a dinner with the group tonight? If you need some time alone with Flash, I can’t say the others are busy and make up an emergency.”

Danny shook his head. “No, dinner with everyone, well, everyone who can make it really does sound nice. They’re making us take the weekend off anyways, so I can just stay over and spend tomorrow with him too..”

“He’d like that I’m sure,” Nightwing agreed. He pulled out his phone typed for a bit until Wally’s voice came through the intercom.

“All good here!”

“You still want the Sigma B pattern?”

“Yeah! That let’s me build up best.”

Nightwing nodded and pulled some things up on the computer before counting down for the training to start. It was fun to be able to sit back and actually watch Wally in action for once instead of having to work. The other really was something.

“The regular training bots have to be taken out in certain ways. Flash is going for pressing one of the buttons,” Nightwing explained. “Training for precise hits helps us heroes who use hand to hand not use too much force on regular people.”

“And keeps the repair budget down?”

Nightwing laughed. “That too. Okay, so he should be getting close now, watch the sphere on the wall there.”

“Close to wha—” Danny swallowed the last part of his question as his mind blanked.

His head banged against something metal and cool. A locker. He was in the locker room. When had he gotten into the locker room?

Someone reached for him and Danny jerked back again, pressing into the little gap between the metal locker and the wall that he had squeezed into. Wally, Wally was paused, hand outstretched. Wally was, Wally had— Danny squeezed his tightly closed so not to see the look of hurt on Wally’s face. It was just that… he swore he could feel still feel the electricity buzzing along Wally’s fingertips.

Wally had shot lightning out of his hands.

“Just… I don’t… don’t touch me right now, please?” Danny whispered.

“Okay, I yeah, okay babe,” Wally said. He sounded heartbroken.

There was some shuffling, footsteps heading away, and the whoosh of the door.

Danny bit his lip to choke back the noise wanting to pull its way out of his throat, but that only served to make his breath catch and stutter in his chest.

“Hey, Danny,” a new voice said later; an hour, a minute? Danny didn’t know. It took Danny another moment to place it as Nightwing. “Don’t worry, I’m not going to try to touch you. I’m just worried about your breathing there. If I count, can you follow along with me?”

Danny didn’t have it in him to nod, but did what he could to follow along. The logical, trained part of his mind knew that even if he didn’t feel like he could breathe, he had to try for even breaths. It would get easier, nothing was actually wrong with his lungs.

“There you go. Do you think you can open your eyes now?”

Spots bloomed across his vision from how tightly he had been squeezing his eyes shut. Danny blinked them away.

“You’re doing so good. Can you talk?”

“Sorry,” Danny rasped.

“Hey, no apologizing. I want you to just keep breathing. I know you’re with me now.”

Danny managed a nod, let his eyes close again as he focused on breathing. When he was feeling a bit more stable, he moved out of where he had tucked himself away.

Nightwing smiled at him. “How about we get you out of here?”

Danny gave a hysterical little laugh. “What, no breakdowns in the Justice League locker room?”

“Oh, no, we’ve all had breakdowns in the locker rooms,” Nightwing said. He got an arm behind Danny and pulled him up. “But that’s how I know it’s not that comfortable. Are you up to Zetaing?”

“As long as you don’t expect me to think,” Danny said as he leaned, helplessly and heavily, into Nigthwing’s support. “Fuck I hate panic attacks.”

Nightwing easily took the weight and started them moving. “The adrenaline crash after them is really something, huh?”

“Yeah, hate it,” Danny agreed. He was aware of them moving through the halls of the Watchtower, but everything was still a bit of a blur.

They stopped near the Zeta tubes where Nightwing grabbed a little bundle. Danny frowned at the earplugs he was handed.

“Your senses are going to be off and the noise of the city might trigger you again. Put these on,” Nightwing said, settling sunglasses on Danny’s nose, “and the earplugs in.”

Danny gave a little nod and did as he was told. Then he obediently tucked into the hoodie he’d been handed. He tucked his nose into it. It smelled like Wally. Nightwing tugged the hood up and moved them to the portal. It wasn’t until they were piling into a taxi that Danny realized that Nightwing put clothing over his suit too. Danny glanced away from Nightwing’s face, now clad only in dark sunglasses.

“Wally’s place?” Danny asked, finally realizing where they were when Nightwing opened the door to the apartment.

He shrugged. “I don’t know where you live and I figured you’d be comfortable here. At least I assume the freak out wasn’t about about Wally as a whole person?”

“A— gods no,” Danny said. He set the sunglasses on Wally’s little side table inside the door. The earplugs got stuffed in a pocket before he rubbed at his face as he made his way to the couch. He felt more terrible every passing moment. “How upset is Wally?”

“He’s not upset at you.”

“Yeah, but…”

The couch dipped on the other side. “Pretty upset. He hates that he hurt you.”

“He didn’t hurt me. I just,” Danny dropped his hands with a sigh and was left blinking at an unmasked Nightwing.

“Hi, Dick Grayson.”

“Oh great, now I know more heroes’ secret IDs. Is Batman going to come and boomerang me for this?”

“Baterang.”

“Baterang, really?”

“I was nine,” Dick said with a little shrug.

Danny snorted. “Don’t pretend you still don’t think it’s a great name, Dick.”

“I can’t tell if you’re insulting me or calling me my name.”

“Can’t it be both?”

Dick chuckled and finally sunk back into the couch. “Good to see this hasn’t slowed down your sass any.”

“I’m told it’s one of my best features,” Danny said with a laugh. The sound was still slightly unhinged sounding, he knew, but he was settling down at least. “Thanks for, you know.”

“It’s no biggie, really. We’ve all had them. Is having Wally close going to set you off again or…?”

“No, I don’t think so? I should be good?” He hoped he would be at least.

Nightwing, Dick, eyed him for a moment before texting something on his phone. A second later Wally was standing in front of the couch.

“You’re not supposed to use your powers out of uniform,” Danny reprimanded on instinct.

“Yeah, fuck that. Are you okay? I’m so sorry. I didn’t even think about the lightning freaking you out because of your accident. That’s what it was, right? Babe—” Wally reached out for him and then pulled himself back.

Danny smiled, sadly, and held open his arms. Wally basically tackled him in a hug.

“I am so, so sorry.”

“Hey, it’s fine,” Danny said, tucking himself against Wally. “I mentioned what the accident was, what, once? Months and months ago? Of course you didn’t think about it.”

“I should have.”

“You can’t remember everything, Wally.”

“I can if it’s about you.”

A flash of a camera went off. Dick lowered his phone unrepentantly. “You two are such saps. Should I call off the others, order you some food, and get out of your hair?”

Danny knew they would, they would all change their plans if they thought that’s what he needed right then. But… “No. No, I think… I think people would be good right now. Better than quiet and getting in my own head, you know?”

“Yeah, I do,” Dick said with far too much familiarity.

Danny felt his phone buzzing with the group chat messages Dick was sending. A little smile tugged at his lips, despite everything. He tucked his face into the crook of Wally’s neck.

“You going to be okay?” Wally asked, voice barely a whisper.

“Of course I will. I have you, hero.”

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AN: He has Wally, everything will be okay, right? 🥺

I know I know, every identity reveal comes after a panic attack. That's just Danny's sort of luck in this fic! But hey, he's got some good friends out of it!

Hope you enjoyed it and stay delightful, darlings!

[hunnysnoops]

Main Three + Craig with morbid/odd reader

“I want love to change my friends to enemies and tell me how it’s all my fault.”

Stan:

He lets you draw on him but instead of doodling you take a black marker and start to meticulously draw dotted lines and arrows like you’re a surgeon prepping him for cosmetic surgery.

While helping him with farm chores you go into detail about how you can compost and break down a corpse in soil, he just kinda nods along.

You give him tarot readings every week. He thought they were fake and just did it to entertain you until his week played out exactly like you said it would. When he realized he just froze up and went non verbal.

Stan- “Hey, do you have any spells to curse my dad?”

Met him when he was in his goth era.

The two of you were having a moment in the rain when you told him that he should’ve worn shoes with rubber soles in case he gets struck by lightning.

You started writing his eulogy when you were laying in bed together, bro was trying not to freak out. Just spam texted Kyle.

You’re date idea is taking him to an abandoned house.

You guys bonded over music. Now you help him write songs since you’re so used to writing poetry.

Reader- “You’re into music?”

Stan- “Yeah, I guess so.”

Reader- “Have you heard Carnival of the Animals, R. 125: Aquarium composed by Camille Saint-Saëns and performed by Philippe Entremont, Gaby Casadesus, and Yo-Yo Ma?”

Stan- “Can’t say I have.”

Kyle:

Has veiny arms so when the two of you are just chilling you’ll put your finger on one of the veins and start talking about what would happen if you severed it. He’s lowkey interested from a scientific standpoint.

You’ll straddle his hips and pull his lips back to look at his teeth, poking around in his mouth like a dentist. You’re inches apart.

Reader- “Wow, you have beautiful teeth.”

Kyle- “Thank you?”

He’s kinda fascinated by you but also repulsed by some of the things you do/say.

He came to your house and you were butchering your own meat, left right away.

You listen to The Cure together.

When you climb trees to look for birds and squirrels he’ll climb too to help you.

Will get mad annoyed after listening to you say incredibly out of pocket things while he’s trying to focus on something.

He’ll buy you little knickknacks that remind him of you.

Before he got to know you, he talked mad shit.

Sometimes gets super freaked out by your behaviour, you straight up give him the heebie-jeebies.

Reader- “So this is my collection of human teeth.”

Kyle- “All of those are yours, right?”

Reader- “Actually, none of them are mine.” 😁

Kyle- 😨

Kenny:

Sits through horror movies and weird foreign films with you. He didn’t like it at first but he came around and started sourcing out movies he’d think you like.

You took him to a Wicca ceremony and he had the time of his life.

You taught him how to make flower crowns and now he makes them all the time. He likes to give them to Karen.

When he sees something off-putting or creepy he will immediately take a picture and send it to you.

Reader- “Hey, it’s raining. Do you want to go look for earth worms and build a worm colosseum?”

Kenny- “Hell yeah.”

He likes to go for walks in the forest with you, you guys will look for bugs and pick them up or make them houses of leaves and twigs.

He’ll help you wash the skulls/bones you find.

Never really minded that you were weird, he approached you first because he thought you were hot.

He loves when you play with his hair and tie little braids into it.

You guys tried to recreate The Blair Witch Project but failed miserably when you actually got lost in the woods.

You’ll meet up at the graveyard and just sit in the grass while you talk about ghosts and ghouls. Sometimes you’ll walk around and stop at a specific grave and guess how they died.

Reader- “Would you rather be in Cannibal Holocaust or The Poughkeepsie Tapes?”

Kenny- “Erm, I gotta pick The Poughkeepsie Tapes.”

Craig:

Generally goes along with whatever you want to do.

Reader- “Can we go down to the riverbank to pickup fish heads and then eat out their eyes?”

Craig- “Yeah, sure.”

He’ll just watch you roll around in the mud or set little twig piles on fire, he won’t join in but he also won’t interfere.

You’ll talk to Stripe, not in the baby voice that people usually use to talk to animals but your tone will be dead serious like you’re talking to a grown adult.

The two of you will watch true crime documentaries together.

He’ll fuck up anyone who calls you weird or a freak.

When you’re out in public, you’ll point someone out and predict how they’re going to die.

There’s nothing you can do that’ll shock him, he’s unfazed by everything that you say.

Sometimes gets concerned with you around Stripe.

You’ll disappear for hours at a time and he’ll get worried, sending you a million texts then you’ll randomly show up at his door soaking wet or covered in dirt with no warning.

Craig- “Where have you been? You weren’t answering my texts.”

Reader- “I was meeting with a friend of mine who is alive.”

Craig- “Oh, that’s cool.”

Requests are open! I’m working through a couple right now. Thanks to the anon who requested this.

[ariaste]

writing advice question. i have some characters who have been rattling around in my brain for years, and i have some idea of their dynamic and what their story is about, but i cannot for the life of me figure out any specific details about anything. additionally i’m having a hard time going from character/vague story concept/vague thematic premise to An Actual Plot Outline.

i feel like i have too many potential directions for details to go and at the same time none of them are right because they don’t make the plot work.

this might not really be a question that can be answered by anything other than “keep marinating the brain characters and the story will come,” but if there IS another answer you can give about going from characters and a vague theme to Specific Story Beats it would be greatly appreciated <3

hmmmmmm!

Possible diagnosis #1: You are putting too much pressure on yourself. Details are escaping you because you're looking for the Perfect detail and assuming that you will recognize it the moment you think of it. (Which... you might! But usually not, in my experience.)

Recommendation: Stop asking "what would be perfect" and start asking "What would be FUN?" If you are not having fun with the story, then the reader probably won't have fun either.

Possible diagnosis #2: You might have the sort of brain that has a hard time figuring out stuff about a story when all the pieces are inside your skull. I know this well because I am this way.

Recommendation: Ambush a friend, duct tape them to a chair, and hold them hostage while you explain to them all the bits of the story that you have so far. Now, mind you, you have to pick the right sort of friend. Some friends are bad at this game, and that is not their fault, they just do not know how to play brain-tennis. Do you have any friends with ADHD? The ADHD brain is designed for lightning-fast pattern recognition, is naturally great at brainstorming (often to our detriment), and in my experience REALLY LOVES other people's puzzles. So an ADHD friend is a great choice of hostage. If no ADHD friends are currently available, a good listener will often do pretty well, because sometimes as you are feverishly explaining to them, you will figure something out without them having to say a word.

Possible diagnosis #3: You need some fresh new vibes to get things off the ground.

Recommendation: Are you into tarot at all? Sometimes when I am in need of Fresh Vibes, the randomness engine that is a tarot deck will supply them.

Okay, what else... You say "none of them are right because they don’t make the plot work" -- first of all, make sure that you have a clear definition of what it means for the plot to work. How does a plot work? How can we recognize when a plot is or isn't working? Also, if you have some plot beats in mind already ("and the climactic battle with the dragon is on top of the magical volcano!!") then you can work backwards from that to figure out how they got there. You don't have to write the story in order, after all. You can just write the bits you already know and you might discover some new things in the process.

Hope that helps :D

[santoschristos]

The Magis Grail art by Emma Watkinson The Holy Grail has long been revered in Art as a symbol of the divine feminine. Inspired by the Mythic Tarot, it invokes the Magus card, moment the Magician becomes empowered & picks up the 4 magical elemental tools, the sword, wand, pentacle & grail, & realises he/she is master of their destiny. Essentially its about the process of creation itself from spirit into matter. The fire of the star of venus is the inspiration of spirit, shoots down in lightning to the Magi, he breaths in the air (mind) into the sword, his consort the High priestess breaths the water (emotions) into the grail, & together they plant the seed of manifestation, the pentacle in the earth, which grows in a tree… then bursting forth flowers in a cycle of manifestation as they build a life together. It could be the Magus & High Priestess at the beginning of the major arcana, or the lovers card in the middle…the Beltane dance of masculine & feminine within the weave of the caduceus, or the two figures could describe the hermaphrodite in the world card at the end, symbolising wholeness, completion of a soul and the hero’s journey. “…because two bodies, naked and entwined, leap over time, they are invulnerable, nothing can touch them, they return to the source. There is no you, no I, no tomorrow, no yesterday, no names, the truth of two in a single body, a single soul, oh total being…” --Octavio Paz

[gingergofastboatsmojito]

Sydney's tower moment #Flimsywalls

And Carmy's.

So, as I mentioned here, Emanuel knows her walls are getting flimsier. And on shipping terms that is actually a good thing.

BUT

On Storer's terms, that may ALSO symbolically mean that Syd is about to come crumbling down and that her relationship with The Bear (both, restaurant and chef) is collapsing, which is what S3 was all about, basically.

I am team Syd threatening to quit Carmy's ass and THAT being the wake-up call he needs to turn it all around, that being said there is a chance that she actually does quit on him and then comes back, -as she usually does- in which case I wish she did that because he crawls and begs and rips Shapiro's head off in the process. Still, in either case, there is NO DOUBT IN MY MIND about Syd staying at The Bear and winning a star there, by Carmy's side, even maybe a JB award too. I'm basing this theory on the fact that they both hit rock bottom in 03x10 but I see that as a BREAKTHROUGH, not a breakdown.

Since Syd is clearly into tarot symbology as her 3 of swords ink indicates

I started thinking outside the box of the flimsy walls analogy I already went over in previous posts, so the image of a building collapsing came to mind, which immediately reminded me of the tower card, and turns out that the meaning of it fits the "Crying game" moment aforementioned.

I really don't wanna dig into it's meaning that deep because I think the superficial meaning fits perfectly, so there's no need to go deeper.

"This card is a powerful catalyst for change and personal transformation. You are being offered a fresh start and a chance to build stronger foundations in your life. This card brings a major life shift and the knowledge that things will never be the same."

How right on the money is that, right?

So both Carmy and Syd are at that evolutionary point of their journeys, they are mirroring each other in a very fucked up way, sure, but also... SOULMATISM.

Syd is at her breaking point and no matter what she chooses, nothing will be the same between Carmy and her after she makes her choice, and the very foundation of their whole relationship is being shaken and will have to be reformulated, re-built in a different and better way because status quo has no chance of being preserved.

"It has to get good or go away".

That's the tower energy that card represents, alongside the traumatic way in which events unfold, where the person feels is no longer in control, and that all those changes, no matter how necessary are being forced upon them. It's harsh.

Again, walls. Sydney is all about walls and for her to make the changes she has to make → (Their Synchronicity) she needed to go through her own tower moment. Carmy also went through his, exactly in the same season → (The end of Carmy). There's absolutely no coincidence in that.

"This card symbolizes the foundation of ashes in which the phoenix is born. The lightning-struck Tower is associated with chaos and destruction of boundaries."

Carmy was her lighting. And in a way, she was his too.

Love is an act of mirroring.

According to the tower card, after this collapse of walls, chaos and destruction, comes the "Phoenix moment". So, we're good. Don't dispair. She's gonna be just fine.

Sydcarmy will be just fine.

More about The tower tarot card → here.

Remember to follow my tag #Gingerpovs 💋

[taruchisguide]

A3! 8th Anniversary: Revival Token Choices

[A3! 7TH ANNIVERSARY: REVIVAL TOKEN CHOICES]

A visual and text chart of all the cards available in this year's anniversary revival token pool. Earned tokens can be used up until February 13 13:59 JST. Big thanks to @southhillprison for helping me with the acts and proofreading!

Twitter Version Here Bluesky Version Here (Fixed)

↓↓↓ Text version below!  ↓↓↓

🌸 Spring Troupe Revival Token Cards 🌸

Sakuya Sakuma: No SSR, Leader of the Procession (Many Many Candy) (Act 3), Sword of Bonds (The MANKAI Dorm in Those Days: Spring-Summer Edition) (Act 2)

Masumi Usui: Long Slumber (Android001) (Act 3), No SR, Garrison Captain's Determination (EnDgame StuDy Black Turn) (Act 3)

Tsuzuru Minagi: No SSR, Today's Pink Serving (Today's Special) (Act 2), Multiple Choice Quiz King (3,2,1, START!) (Act 3)

Itaru Chigasaki: Greedy ☆ Toppings (SUMMER DELIVERY COLLECTION) (Act 3), No SR, I Come with the Night. (the leftovers of youth) (Act 2)

Citron: No SSR, Waiting is Perfect (Mahjong Fighting Club) (Act 3), A Celeb's Style (Everyday escape) (Act 3)

Chikage Utsuki: Smile Against the Evening Sun (NOSTALGIA) (Act 3), No SR,  Deer Among Maple (Hanami de Ippai) (Act 3)

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🌻 Summer Troupe Revival Token Cards 🌻

Tenma Sumeragi: No SSR, My Path Still Continues (Farewell!) (Act 2), The 1001st Adventure Record (The MANKAI Dorm in Those Days: Spring-Summer Edition) (Act 2)

Yuki Rurikawa: A Page from Someone’s Life (BROWN WEAR COLLECTION) (Act 3), No SR, A Hymn That Carries Your Dreams (Gloria!) (Act 3)

Muku Sakisaka: No SSR, Kind-hearted Archer (Thus Begins the Horseback Archery) (Act 3), Attract with a Muleta (CRIMSON MATADOR) (Act 3)

Misumi Ikaruga: With Lightning Speed! Leaping Demon (ONISAN KOCHIRA) (Act 3), No SR, WONDER RUSH (A Puppy's Feelings.) (Act 3)

Kazunari Miyoshi: No SSR, An Invitation to the Mysterious World (World's No. 1 Ohina-sama) (Act 2), Change Into a Totes Adorbs Mouse (Lovely Pink House) (Act 3)

Kumon Hyodo: Exciting Lucky Bag Choice (VELUDO WINTER COLLECTION) (Act 3), No SR, Infinitely Extending Wheel of Fortune (Tarot of Fate) (Act 3)

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🍁 Autumn Troupe Revival Token Cards 🍁

Banri Settsu: No SSR, Gangster in the Back Alley (Lawless District) (Act 3), Welcome to Akebono-so! (Searching for a New-World Gourmet) (Act 3)

Juza Hyodo: The True Face of a College Student (Morning Routine) (Act 3), No SR, DEAD/UNDEAD (DEAD/UNDEAD (First Half)) (Act 2)

Taichi Nanao: No SSR, A Stroke of Color (Yummy☆Cosmetics) (Act 3), Rain-bringing Monk's Schemes (Summer Hyakki Yagyo) (Act 3)

Omi Fushimi: Adaptable Estoque (CRIMSON MATADOR) (Act 3), No SR, Enthusiastic Cherry Blossom Viewing (A Short Moment with the Overflowing Cherry Blossoms) (Act 3)

Sakyo Furuichi: No SSR, Fierce-looking Rosticere (RISTORANTE MANKAI) (Act 3), Stress Relief Methods (CHILL OUT TIME) (Act 3)

Azami Izumida: A Few Minutes of Incredible Service (ELEVATOR BOYS) (Act 3), No SR, Power of Courage (Heaven's Arcana) (Act 3)

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❄️ Winter Troupe Revival Token Cards ❄️

Tsumugi Tsukioka: No SSR, Fearless Poker Face (MILLION dollar JACKPOT) (Act 2), Precarious Garde Manger (RISTORANTE MANKAI) (Act 3)

Tasuku Takato: Ego’s Ultimate Masterpiece (AUTUMN HALLOWEEN COLLECTION) (Act 3), No SR, A Massive Eggplant Harvest! (YABATAN VEGETABLE) (Act 2)

Hisoka Mikage: No SSR, Excellent Relaxation Time (RELAXING DAYS) (Act 3), Wandering Traveler (Rurōni Hotarubi) (Act 3)

Homare Arisugawa: Illuminate the Darkness (Light the candles) (Act 3), No SR, The Luminous Circus (Fantastic Clown) (Act 2)

Azuma Yukishiro: No SSR, The Charm and Temptation of Lanterns (LANTERN NIGHT) (Act 3), Beautiful Camellia Nymph (Fairy in the Bottle) (Act 3)

Guy: Carrying a Prayer on the Tip of the Blade (Dancer of Rituals) (Act 3), No SR, Stray Devil Blues (Stray Devil Blues (First Half)) (Act 3)

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🎭 Other Revival Token Cards 🎭

Isuke Matsukawa: No SSR, No SR, The Prince of April 1st (April Fool's 2017) (Act 1)

Ken Sakoda: The Newcomer Host of April 1st (April Fool's 2018) (Act 2), No SR, No R

Yuzo Kashima: The Champion of April 1st (April Fool's 2019) (Act 2), No SR, No R

Tetsuro Iwai: April Fool's Carpenter (April Fool's 2020) (Act 2), No SR, No R

Kaya Mizuno: The Company President of April 1st (April Fool's 2021) (Act 3), No SR, No R

Madoka Ikaruga: Wizard of April First (April Fool's 2022) (Act 3), No SR, No R

Reni Kamikizaka: Us on April 1st (April Fool's 2023) (Act 3), No SR, No R

Kamekichi: 1st of April’s West (April Fool’s 2024) (Act 3), No SR, No R

[aelita-sucks]

XVI | The Tower

Tw: i have no idea i'm sorry

Note: this was made as another submission to a writing challenge, on @the-kingofdoritos 's discord server, so my thanks go to him and everyone there once more! The prompt was 'tower' (we'll ignore my lack of creativity for the title)

Date: 4/1/2025

The woods are dark and thick; little to no sunlight can pass through the leaves. It's completely silent. And no, not the type of silence where you can hear the leaves moving in the breeze, birds chirping, or the burble from a nearby stream.

No.

Pure silence.

Animals do not dare to move. The trees do not allow their leaves to fall. The flowers refuse to blossom. The forest only goes quiet like this when there's a predator around—a really dangerous one.

Your survival instincts are telling you what the forest already knows. Whatever lurks in the shadows is dangerous, and it's after whatever is moving. You do not look back. You can't—not when your bones threaten to jump out of your skin, not when your heart is thumping so hard it might break your rib cage to escape and leave your body behind.

A tower is near—you know that. It's out of place. It doesn't belong. No human should be able to build a tower in this type of forest, where unknown beasts lurk. You do not question it; you just find your way in immediately.

The way up was long. You forgot to count the stairs. Occasionally, there would be a window you could glance through. No monsters to be seen. Yet still, no sound. Your steps do not echo. There are no spiderwebs, no bugs, no weeds—just you and the steps.

The tower doesn't seem abandoned, but the stillness of the air is unmistakable.

As you walk, you touch the walls, feeling the coldness under your fingertips. Tell me, what's the texture? What is the tower made of? We've actually been here before—many times. It just takes a while to get to the familiar part. It takes a moment for the panic to stop and for your senses to return to normal.

Let's have a small chat about towers while you walk up, shall we? They're not something foreign, and they hold a lot of symbolism. They keep princesses trapped until their princes come and save them. They're tall and stern.

Protection. Safety.

They're a warning in tarot—usually illustrated set on fire, struck by lightning, crumbling down with people trying to escape. The Tower represents chaos. A warning.

But your tower isn't going anywhere.

Your tower is stern. It's resilient to all sorts of storms. It keeps you warm and safe. It keeps away the monsters that are trying to get to you.

You don't even realize you're getting to the top. It's getting warmer, more familiar, more comfortable.

You open the single door in front of you. It's always unlocked because you know no beast is crazy enough to chase after you that much. Oh, silly—nothing will put in an effort to climb all the way to the top for you.

Either way, you step into the safe room. It smells of nostalgia, and it's warm. Tell me, what does it look like? Is it big? Small? Does it have a lot of natural light? Does it look like your childhood home? Your bathroom? Perhaps it looks like a prison—with skeletons in the corners, chains hanging on the walls, and one small window with two metal bars. Maybe it's not even a closed space.

Perhaps it's a meadow with wildflowers—one you've visited back when the outside world was safe. Maybe it's a fairy-tale forest, with a happy little stream you've dipped your feet in a thousand times and a rock you can sit on and hum your favorite tunes. Something you made up for yourself. Or maybe the space is indescribable.

I wouldn't know. But you do.

It's your tower, your room, your little secret spot—deep, deep in the woods where no one dares to step in. Despite the outside danger, the door stays unlocked. You can get out of there at any given moment. You have the free will to go out and escape the dangerous forest.

But you never will, will you?

You'll sit in your little tower. You'll hum to yourself. You'll read fictional stories. You'll maybe even write some.

But you'll never live them.

And so you'll spend a lot of time in there—thinking, creating. Maybe you'll be sleeping. You'll spend your time in solitude and contentment.

You'll occasionally glance out the window. The forest isn't actually that dark, now that you think of it… The sun is shining high in the sky, the birds are chirping, the breeze is moving the branches, and the plants are growing.

It looks alive—more alive than your little space, which you created out of memories and a desire for safety. The outside looks vibrant. It looks lived in. It looks natural.

And just when you got back to your tower…

Maybe you belong somewhere out there. Maybe there's a small forest corner for you, with flowers you've never smelled and animals you've never seen. Something new.

Barefoot, you now go down your tower, determined to see the forest for what it is—not for what your mind is making it to be. It's time to step out. It's time to free the forest of its predator. It's time to face the truth.

And so you exit the tower, and the forest stills.

It's okay. It happens.

You keep walking, keep looking around, but the vibrancy disappears the deeper you go. You keep pushing forward through the leaves and the bushes, through the darkness and the cold. Like a scared animal, you start running, breaking everything and anything that comes your way as you run in, getting lost.

You go deeper and deeper—crying, shaking, terrified. You growl and scream.

Nothing is coming after you. Nothing is growling back.

There's nothing around you but deafening silence.

The forest is still.

There's a predator somewhere… You know it. You feel it in your bones. You feel it in your soul.

It's close—the truth is right there.

But you don't want to see it. You avoid it at all costs.

A silhouette in a sudden storm you didn't even notice had started.

The puddles appear, and each time you glance in them, you see the predator.

You need to run away.

You go off on instincts, navigating the forest, passing by all the broken branches and crushed flowers you stepped on, disturbing the puddles, smearing mud and blood on your feet.

Because your mind and heart guide you back to where you began.

It's always waiting—the only constant in your life filled with fear.

Your tower is stern. It's resilient to all sorts of storms.

It keeps you warm and safe. It keeps away the monsters that are trying to get to you.

It must never collapse.

It must never catch fire.

And you must never leave.

It's not safe out there. It's not where you're supposed to be.

Or at least, that's what the trees whispered to you while you were breaking their branches.

That's what the shadows on the walls and the echoes of your footsteps have also told you as you climbed up.

That's what the silence of the outside world is screaming at you whenever you step out.

Beware of the predator.

Keep it in the tower.

[ladypiscesmoon]

I'm still not feeling very well, but I managed to finish the writing up for the year ahead of Matt Bomer and Simon Halls.

I like answering your questions, I will try, but please remember:

1: I'm still on the mend, so I'm not a lot on here at the moment. In other words be patient. Some of you are pushing a lot.

2: Tarot isn't an exact science. A lot of it is me pulling the cards and interpreting it. Some of you sometimes seem to think I'm a mindreader for all the people I do readings for, but that's not how it works. Sometimes I just don't know much more, or I would have written it down. I don't always know what they feel all the time, and I certainly do not pretend to know these people.

Year ahead Matt Bomer& Simon Halls

What do they have to release from 2024:

Transform old situations into new possibilities: Let go of the past and become the present It's time to examine beliefs that no longer serve them. What they had, is no longer the same. They shouldn't let those beliefs (or habits) hold them back. If they're clinging too much to the old, they can't welcome something new. it's also a card about letting go. I think in this moment it's Simon that is not letting go and Matt's afraid to move on. They both have to let it happen, the marriage has ran its course. Make your life more interesting: explore the unexpected Leave the easy road behind (the old life). It is an easy option not to try something new, and it's safe to hide behind what they know. Especially Matt should follow his passion, but we've seen that already in his year ahead. There's more to life than stifling routines, even if it seems the safer option. Stand up for your beliefs: the time to act is now Don't let someone else take charge of your life. Choose where you stand and speck up about what you truly want. In this marriage I feel Matt has often hold his tongue. Maybe because Simon is older, and Matt was young when he married him.

2025 Feeling:

Simon: Not today (not dealing, hurt, avoiding a conversation/call/person, boundaries, still angry) Clock: need time, takes time, in time, cycles; es, time to heal, progress Karmic relationship (feeling, triggers, turmoil, resentment, lessons, letting go and loving you) Girl with a snake (empathy and narcissist paradigm, being charmed or used, enable, boundaries) Thoughts: It's difficult for Simon to let Matt go. He has always be in control in the relationship and suddenly Matt is trying to break out of the mold of being the most empathetic. He used to have a lot of leverage when it came to charming Matt, but that's not the case anymore. He has been stalling and avoiding the hard conversations. He's hurt and needs some time to progress what it will mean that Matt wants to move on from him. But I feel deep down he knows it's inevitable Matt: Abundance (keep a positive mindset, manifest exactly what you want, gratitude, bliss) Lightning (sudden change, shocking news, surprise, epiphany, upheaval, transformation) Coffee cup (meeting and conversing, savoring the moment, feeling uplifted, friendship Healthy choices (making healthy choices in love and in life, self-love, self-care, feeling happier) Thoughts: Matt's manifesting what he really wants. Trying to choose himself and getting the difficult conversations out of the way. I do feel they will talk about it this year and hopefully come to the same conclusion. They could try to be friends, also for the sake of the children.

Light/Shadow Tarot

Matt: The wheel of fortune/the hanged man/10 of pentacles With the hanged man I do think Matt is processing everything still, but at least he knows that he has to release his old ways of thinking. He has to take action if he doesn't want to be stuck for the rest of his life. He does want to have a long-term happiness in his love life, and it means he has to let go of the marriage. If Matt was a different person, I think it would have happened last year or maybe even the year before. But here we are. Simon: 2 of wands/the emperor/3 of swords To me the two of wands say that Simon is clinging to this marriage, trying to make it work in any way possible. This has to do with the next card as well; the emperor. He likes to be in control, a provider and a leader this makes him feel he isn't. It's not the first time I have pulled control when I read Simon. He feels often a bit as overbearing, too much. Also, he likes the status of them together as an icon for the LGBTQIA+ community. Also, I haven't read in- depth for him, but I do think he comes with some baggage.

Month for Month January The devil reversed (release, independence, reclaiming power) Self-indulgence (self-worth&value, time to heal, shadow work, self appreciation) Worth waiting for (divine timing is at work in your love life) Go with the flow, release the past. Clinging to it in an effort to relive isn't useful. It's time to choose your own self-worth. Bothe of them have to go within and work on themselves. They will find other love again, when it's the right time. February 8 of cups reversed (stagnation, clinginess, fear of moving on) Cut down (cutting out, separation, stop the pattern, silent treatment) Past-life relationship ( you have known each other before) Not letting go causes stagnation and that isn't good for either of them. They should stop their old pattern. Sulking and the silent-treatment are ways of getting someone to do what you want, but it is no longer enough to hold the other back. Their's is a past-life connection, they are in each other's life to learn from each other, but it has served its purpose now. March 5 of wands reversed (compromise, ending the battle, calm your temper) Addiction (codependent, obsession&restraint, possession& control, emotional block) Let your friends help you (ask for and accept support from others) Try to compromise for the sake of your family also. Simon trying to hold on with control and Matt being codependent isn't helping either of them. Ask for help from your friends, or a therapist and talk about your feelings. April Queen of swords reversed (pessimistic, poor communication, manipulative) Ship (cutting ties, moving on, receive what you need, progression&arriving) Express your love (go ahead and make the romantic gesture) Still not a great month. They seem to go a bit forward and then two steps back again. Matt is trying to cut the ties. H'e also going to express his love for someone May 7 of cups reversed (lack of options, avoiding issues, reality check) Mirror (mirroring each other, self-reflection, introspection, inner wounds) Separation (time apart from your partner is on the horizon) Time apart from each other will happen soon. They both need it to get a better perspective about their relationship or they will stay stuck in that same cycle June The sun reversed (pessimism, blind to the truth, negativity) Grounding (stability&security, performance, growth&endurance) Engagement (your love life is ascending to a higher level of commitment) One of them is moving forward, one of them is stubborn and still fighting. One of them is involved/ in love with someone else July The world reversed (emptiness, stagnation, delays) Back stabbing (heartbreak&pain, separation&loss, deception&lies, shocking attack) Children (your love is affected by children) One of them is feeling betrayed, their conversations are also very hard because of their children August Queen of coins (mature, successful, practical) Healthy choices (self-love&self-care, being happier, love&life) Give your relationship a chance (work on your partnership) Trying to take healthy mature decisions. Working on their partnership for the children.

September Moon reversed (confusion, fear, self deception) The runner (fear of intimacy, running away, intensity&letting go, turmoil&fleeting) Very soon (clearly decide what you want so that it comes to you now) A bit of the same, basically. Trying to work their separation out, and having many obstacles October 5 of swords (surrender, defiant, the cost of battle) The snake (competition& enemy, the other woman, look over your shoulder) True love ( this is the romance of a lifetime) Making some progress and arrangements. Their life and work life is also entangled for a long time and it takes time to agree about it. Not sure but I feel Matt will loose money. November The hermit (soul searching, solitude, contemplation) Not enough (lacking confidence, self-sabotage, ego&fear, frustrations) Forgive and learning (as you release and heal the past, you experience more love in your present moments) Taking time to do some soul searching, to heal and to be happy again. Forgive each other for some things in the past December 10 of wands (burn-out, uphill battle, taken for granted) Date (get back out there, meeting someone new, setting a date, date online) Chemistry (there's a strong magnetic attraction here) Opportunity for growth and new love. It could be that Simon is meeting someone new. Sometimes feeling both they’re fighting a uphill battle but trying to find a way to communicate properly

Overall 2025: Lenormand

Scythe (quick endings, cuts, accidents, something being cut out, the unexpected, a warning, death, scissors, a scythe.) Fox (job, work, slyness, flyness, trickery, competitors, cunning, originality, creativity, fraud, con artists) Anchor (settling down, security, stability) Rider (news, messages, what approaches, what is leaving, a younger sportive person) Tower (Authority, government, politics, organizations, standing out, standing alone, isolation, independence, buildings, towers) Cross (burdens, struggles, suffering, crosses we bear, pain, sacrifices, religion, symbolism, fate, destiny, the cross) Bear (authority figures, bosses, parents, personal finances, strength, power, heavy, lifestyle, force, bears) Key (significance, that which is important, what needs to be paid attention to, that which is urgent, what needs to be opened up, what needs to be locked away, keys) Dog (Friends, loyalty, respect, confidants, followers, pets)

Combinations and Thoughts:

-The end of a relationship; quick ending -Ending it with someone after you discover they are not as they appear to be -Risking your stability, warnings about your security, deciding to stay where you are (even when you shouldn’t). -The Rider can represent a new lover, news for someone you’re in a relationship with (or will be in the future) -Rider is associated with things which happen very soon – if you’re waiting on someone, they are on their way! Sometimes, Rider can predict that events will play out in one week, one month, one year, or on the 1st of the month.  -Mail for the government, a letter from the government -News which causes your seeker a burden, information which is critical -You will feel distant from your partner. Perhaps your lover is unreliable -Controlling your pain -The interference of family members in your relationship -Important matter, important influence -Powerful allies, accumulating support, protecting your friends -Consent to complying

In this year there are a few things to unpack; I feel the distance between Matt and Simon, Matt wanting to abandon what used to be a stable relationship (but doesn't feel like one anymore). Matt thinking he should go, but hesitating and overstaying. Friends or family talking with both of them about what they want. Both feeling pain because they feel it has run its course. In the end someone complying. I do think that this will be Simon, because from what I picked up, I don't think he wants this marriage ending.

Messages: Matt: I hope that someday you will forgive me I use my work as a way to move on from you I want to feel that way again I lost myself for a little while There is someone else Simon: I can't seem to forget you I wish things were different I'm too afraid to talk I worry about us a lot

This concludes the reading (ask away, if you feel inclined)

*This reading is alleged/for entertainment purposes only*

[melos-magic-ponies]

Starlight Glimmer had accompanied Trixie to a Washouts performance. She found it underwhelming, and honestly was more interested in how this show was allowed to happen unregulated than any of the tricks. Feeling nosy, Starlight sneaks back stage and strikes up conversation with one of the Washouts.

Lightning Dust was…charming? Alarmingly charming. Starlight was quickly smitten and Lightning asks her out. The two date on and off for a couple months…until Starlight gets pregnant. When she tells Lightning Dust, Lightning Dust is quick to break up with her. Starlight is left to raise her twins, Candlelight Cinders (she/her) and Skylight Smoke (they/them). While she does have help from friends and her father, she can’t deny that she still feels a bit lonely at times.

A couple years later, Starlight is in Canterlot helping Princess Twilight Sparkle with a diplomatic mission. After a successful negotiation between the griffins and dragons, the two head to Donut Joe’s bakery for a celebratory treat. Joe forms a crush on her, and he and Starlight maintain a long distance relationship via letters. She occasionally sees him when she’s in Canterlot, and for a moment it looks like life is looking up.

When she gets pregnant again, Starlight and her twins move to Canterlot so her third child could be close to his father, with Trixie taking over her position as vice principal at Twilight’s school. The third and final kiddo, Cardamom Morning Bun (he/him), is raised by both his parents. While Starlight and Donut Joe never formally marry or move in together, the two stayed together for the sake of Cardamom. Starlight works as a private tutor, though the stress of a new job and new city takes a toll on her and Donut Joe’s relationship. The two break up, but vow to get along for the sake of their son.

Candlelight Cinders (queer, she/her) | 24 years old

- Special talent is crystal magic

- Calm, collected, introspective. Great at solving problems and settling disagreement

- Very nosy, involves herself in drama that she probably shouldn’t

- Runs a store in Canterlot that sells crystals, tarot cards, etc.

Skylight Smoke (graysexual, they/them) | 24 years old

- Special talent is making stained glass windows

- Loud, boisterous, a party animal. They sleep at odd hours and has started at least one bar fight lol

- Because of how delicate the material is, stained glass making is the one the things that helps calm them down.

- A member of Grasshopper’s roller derby team

Cardamom Morning Bun (straight, he/him) | 21 years old

- Special talent is luck magic

- Intelligent and reserved, more or less a stereotypical nerd

- Was accepted into Celestia’s School for Gifted Unicorns, but was relentlessly teased for his father being lower class.

- Decorates desserts to relax, he’s not the best at it but he’s happy with it.

[talonabraxas]

Orion ✨ About The Constellation Orion

Let us remember the “Constellation of Orion” of the Egyptians; it is evident that this constellation is governed by 12 Great Masters. Esoterically it is said that those 12 Masters assist each other, but the 6th is always missing, meaning that “In order to attain SeIf-Realisation it is necessary to rend the veil of Isis” or, that is, the Adamic Sexual Veil.

Only in liberating oneself from sex in an absolute manner can one reach final liberation. The difficulty in all of this is, as the saying goes: “wanting to saddle the horse before you’ve caught it”. That is to say, the information given by all of those schools who say that one must liberate one self from sex, but without having fabricated the Solar Bodies.

Firstly, the Solar Bodies must be fabricated, and then sex must be renounced. That is the right way of things, and the things of the right way. In the work, first it is the animal, and later, the spiritual.

The constellation of Orion has a marked influence upon the atomic star which guides us internally which is Ain Soph Paranishpanna, our intimate star. As one Master said: “I raise my eyes to the stars from whence must come my help, but I am always guided by my Star which I have within”.

(Samael Aun Weor, Tarot And Kabbalah, Excerpts from Chapter 37, Arcanum Nº 15)

In Atlantis existed seven important oracles in the physical world, where men studied the wisdom of the stars and consulted the sidereal Gods. The guardians of those mysteries were great initiates. In the oracle of Mars, Martian occultism was taught; in the oracle of Jupiter, the Jupiterian religion; in the oracle of Venus, the arts, and Venusian knowledge; in the oracle of Saturn, the wisdom of Saturn; in the oracle of the Moon, lunar occultism; in the oracle of Mercury, Mercurian wisdom; and in the solar oracle, our Gnostic wisdom.

The ancient priests taught their disciples how to interpret the firmament. Those signs are interpreted basing oneself on the law of philosophical analogies, for example: if you see black stars with your clairvoyance, there is failure for thee. If you see a star fall from heaven at the moment when a friend leaves on a trip, there is going to be a funeral for thy friend. If the star falls on someone, or close to someone important, that personage will die. If a wandering star passes before thee by surprise, someone is leaving thee. If you see two yellow stars separating from each other, it means “war”.

Through thy esoteric studies thou shalt remain under the direction of some planetary genii, and they shall call thee by means of luminous signs that thou shalt learn to recognize. Thou should also comprehend the sparkle of thy celestial Father’s star when he calls thee to instruct thee in the mysteries of Light.

This earth, so dense, that thou inhabits today, will in a remote day be etheric and we will then have the celestial Jerusalem where neither tears nor pain exist. By then, the constellation of Orion which has brought so much bitterness to the world through the north, will shine illuminating a world full of glee and happiness.

“After this I looked, and, behold, a door was opened in heaven: and the first voice which I heard was as it were of a trumpet talking with me; which said, Come up hither, and I will show thee things which must be hereafter”.

“And immediately I was in the spirit: and, behold, a throne was set in heaven, and one sat on the throne”.

“And he that sat was to look upon like a jasper and a sardine stone: and there was a rainbow round about the throne, in sight like unto an emerald”.

“And round about the throne were four and twenty seats: and upon the seats I saw four and twenty elders sitting, clothed in white raiment; and they had on their heads crowns of gold”.

“And out of the throne proceeded lightnings and thunderings and voices: and there were seven lamps of fire burning before the throne, which are the seven spirits of God”.

“And before the throne there was a sea of glass like unto crystal: and in the midst of the throne, and round about the throne, were four beasts full of eyes before and behind”.

“And the first beast was like a lion, and the second beast like a calf, and the third beast had a face as a man, and the fourth beast was like a flying eagle”.

“An the four beasts had each of them six wings about him; and they were full of eyes within: and they rest not day and night, saying, Holy, holy, holy, Lord God Almighty, which was, and is, and is to come”.

“And when those beasts give glory and honor and thanks to him that sat on the throne, who liveth for ever and ever”.

“The four and twenty elders fall down before him that sat on the throne, and worship him that liveth for ever and ever, and cast their crowns before the throne, saying’ç

“Thou art worthy, O Lord, to receive glory and honor and power: for thou hast created all things, and for thy pleasure they are and were created”. (Revelation 4)

May the most profound peace reign in thy hearts.

(Samael Aun Weor, Zodiacal Course, Excerpt from the Chapter “Pisces)

[thedailymaskedmerchant]

Continued!

Balor is heading back to Mistria, walking tired. It’s a Saturday morning, and he had just finished a particularly frustrating delivery service for emergency supplies.

His focus was thrown off by something cracking. Electricity maybe. He turns around and there is…someone there. It looked wrong.

I’ll make a comparison to this. Imagine a beautiful oil painting depicting a natural landscape. It has all the components to make it iconic with some added star and flowers. It is an artist prided work. And then comes the infamous tomato soup. It hurled straight at it, muddling colors and painting the canvas. A bullet or a cut leaves a mark, tomato soup bleeds. Its two art styles clashing, yet one is causing significantly more damage. No glass protects this world from Zacharie and his GUN.

A simple daily edit couldn’t comprehend the aura that ever so slightly, and so clearly, ripped through the air like lightning. It desaturated the atmosphere.

Balor believed he saw a monster. Well he was right, “humans” in the OFF world breathed smoke. Could Zach breathe anyway—well ignore that. He’s built different. My narration doesn’t properly convey the unervingness that is this scene. Enjoy this edit.

He tried to analyze which item was which, and what came from where. Everyone was cramped in some impossible space, too square on one end, completely monochromatic the next. All being carried by some sort of masked man.

It didn’t cross Balor’s mind that this would be the adventure Adeline requested, because the request for one hasn’t been picked up.

But…it IS Saturday, and that’s when Mistria had operated its annual market fair. Usually, merchants would notify Adeline before selling, and it’s about the same people every time. They had stopped the fair due to the Earthquake destroying the bridge. From the looks of it and the impossibility Balor suspected that this merchant traveled far to get here. That far, meant new items, and new connections. Balor wasn’t going to let previous grievances get in his way.

And so, two traveling merchants came together. Existing for mainly the same reason. To sell, in Balor’s case he could be romanced. Players could only dream of rizzing up Zacharie. Back to topic, they immediately went down to introductions.

Zachaire isn’t incapable of reading the room here. Balor is trying to figure out who he is, and what is the Portal Gun. For this acquaintance, Zacharie kept answering questions vaguely, and mostly agreed to whatever Balor said. Yes! He did come from a place very very far away. Somewhere Balor wouldn’t likely ever reach. If Zachaire told him the whole truth, Balor would likely believe it. But the reality is more bizarre than lies. This wouldn’t stop Zacharie from being willing to show his goods. It’s his purpose.

His half-truths and woven around lies crash. And it’ll be because Balor knows the value of gems better.

Zachaire is guided into town, and shown off to Adeline. Who he’ll then display all his wares too. He kinda literally just dumped everything in front of her. From the gems he’s collected, to the meats acquired, the baseball equipment, everything. Adeline could hardly keep up with the items that just don’t seem to end. Video game inventory be like—

Balor took a moment to process it all. These emeralds, diamonds, and ores. They were all weirdly shaped, but definitely real. The prices of these pristine (still strange) diamonds were absolutely criminally cheap.

Sure, some could be considered novelty like the Jokers, the tarot cards. But then he pulled out literal raw MEAT. Stacks of it, it was fresh, bloody, and somehow didn’t get any of that grime on the other merchandise!

How Zacharie priced things, he just converted Credits directly into Tesserae. He organized all the prices anyway on his computer. He could’ve uncharged it and let them bargain, but gold in itself were valuable to the tiniest chip. These also looked prettier than the gold nuggets be mined in the Nether, could be used for any domestic products at home. He’s been hoarding a ton of supplies in order to not crash the economy, so having these tiny things are worth it to him.

We don’t use Tesserae where I come from. We use paper, because gold is too valuable to be used as currency.

Part of Balor was offended. Gems were a part of his culture and highly analyzed. Luster, color, shape! It all came together. Balor would be an idiot to not buy it and trade it in for a phenomenally higher value. Look at the two, so similar in thought. It’s a win-win, gold for diamonds! Vise versa. They would be making bank with each other. There was a click. Balor was the first to think about building a partnership. Zacharie was a foreigner, so he might need an assistant.

What better to do than discuss it over a meal. They did go into the Inn, and for nearly the entire day a lot of Mistria’s NPCs did introduce Zacharie to Mistria along with the whole region they live in. It was a surprise to how much Zacharie didn’t actually know much about the Captial. To get to Mistria he had to have at least gone there. Zacharie didn’t answer that question and kept switching the subjects to something else. It didn’t take much to get Balor to talk about jewels. The process was so interesting, it was the main topic discussed about along with Aldaria. It allowed some people to brush aside a bit of the creepiness.

To add to this, Zacharie kept asking Celine about flowers and plants. He wanted to stay over for the Spring Festival as he explained he needed ideas and inspiration.

Adeline had thought the same of Balor before. That he was a shady merchant, but Zacharie. He had things that could hardly be understood.

Juniper was frustrated. She was a witch. She could sense a disturbance of magic in the air, twisting around this guy. There were times where she swore she was staring at a toad, or a cat, or angel. Most people wouldn’t exactly understand. A ton of people forgot overtime the historical influence of magic. Some people don’t believe monsters exist. She was right to think of Zachaire as an alien because he literally is. She wanted answers!

And Zacharie didn’t answer them like she wanted. He could talk about his adventures, or how metals come from cow tumors. It didn’t provide her with any of the magic related information, because Zachaire simply didn’t know what magic even was. It’s all just programming to him.

It drove Juniper nuts.

Valen was also trying to understand. Her family legacy was in her hands replicating “Pancea” but tickets here seemed to do half of the work for her. It’s some magical bandage that can fix a slit wrist in five seconds what? Zacharie was just trying to pitch in his products and to set fuel to the fire erupting in the inn.

Well…that is what he gets trying to sell foreign items that aren’t meant to be sold to people of Mistria. He still made bank though, and he’s still disgustingly wealthy. Eventually, things had to calm down and Adeline made it so. It was rude of them to bombard a guest with questions and assumptions.

Things returned to a normal topic, then it became dark. Midnight I mean.

Just before he left. He did tell Balor the truth. He was from another world, and well it explained everything strange about him. He told Balor about his adventures in Minecraft, and the Zones in his homeworld. The Zones sounded like horror stories. Industrialization is a foreign concept in Mistria. But he put it aside. Balor is more excited than anything, promising to help him if he can get his hands on easy specialty goods first. They made a deal! Yay, buisness partners! That metal was quality and he didn’t have time to complain when Mistria needs all the help it can get.

Seems like in the end, everything went alright. Zacharie wasn’t exactly done with this world. He’d be back definitely. He wanted to see the Spring festival, and he’d even bring along Sucre if she wanted too.

Note: I am trying to make a fanfiction with the two in a more spooky atmosphere, where photos don’t mess up the entire aesthetic and such. And in Balor’s limited perspective. To show vs to tell are two different things! You’ll see some ideas told here, but not all. Besides, it’ll be funnier to see it happen rather than be told it did happen. I’ll do my best to show it better in the fanfiction. If I ever actually finish it. Minecraft is not included.