A single yellow dwarf, unremarkable, of about 1.0218 solar masses. And in its corona, dancing aurora-dragons, ribbons and feathers of nine-colored light, singing and reciting poetry to each other and hitching freezing rides on the asteroids and comets that swing close enough to the star to leap out onto.
One small, dense planet, frosted over with incandescent stormclouds that snow lead flakes onto the slopes of volcanoes whose calderas are choked with galena coral reefs, the bones of colonies of radiation-tolerant extremophilic microorganisms, and where sulfur-swamps coat the lazy tideless beaches of the planet's only ocean, stirred and tilled by people like lanky bundles of black ironstraw, who heap their storehouses high with xanthous dried fusegrass.
One larger, much cooler planet, the calcite gleam of its moon hidden from the surface much of the time by cloudcover. warm, shallow, mildly acidic seas of lavender mucous, tentative marshes of weeping fuschia ferns, translucent lapine blobs with probing antennae that could be eyes or ears or questing tongues, and in the middle of the deepest ocean, a massive gelatinous thing, a superorganism like a rose with its stem plunging down into the volcanic baths of an oceanic rift, a mind from whom all other minds on this planet came and to which they occasionally return, eager to share their stories.
One rocky planet, bitterly cold and with the merest wisps of atmosphere clinging to it. Lifeless, all its water burned off it by baleful solar glare, the vast horizon-spanning saltpan seafloors bone-bare under the violet sky, and its moon hanging above like a clenched fist of black basalt.
An asteroid belt, scattered diamond motes of ice and stone and clay and metals, with three dwarf planets in its embrace, and the largest of them bearing a banner of silver and midnight, a unicorn guarding some alien tree.
A planet one might almost mistake for Earth, for all its snake-necked tortoise-camels and gold-feathered tigermen, for all its gleaming pentagonal ziggurats of diamond and steel, its three space elevators anchored in the emerald forests that girdle the equator, the capital of an interplanetary empire founded at the mouth of an immense river lazily piling hundreds of tons of silt a year into delta marshes, its vast ports berthing wide, flat-bottomed barges hauling iron and salt and sand and cinnabar, barrels of fish and wine and oil and perfumes, tigerman janissaries and scholars and poets and wizards, all tallied and accounted for in the lightning thoughts of supercomputers domesticated by bureaucracy. spaceplanes like silver songbirds or leaping fish ferrying the nobility (who disdain regular shuttle flights from the tips of the space elevators as base transportation for commoners) from the surface of the planet to its moon above, or to any number of gleaming stations in high orbit.
A gas giant, pale as pearl streaked with delicate pink and green pastels, skirted by dozens of captured child-moons, many of them bearing the same unicorn banner, some of them mined for this or that rare earth element, cities buried under the shielding crust of a scant handful, and two of them habitiformed enough to support imperial hunting grounds - managed grasslands or forests full of imported game - and hunting lodges of squat domes and towering spires, mirrored labyrinthine greenhouse-gardens and treasure-vaults of platinum jewelry set with nebula-gems snatched from their condensation-nests in the gas giant's depths.
Another gas giant, the blues and purples of a ripe plum blushing from clouds of midnight-black marbled with gold, icy rings slicing through swirling lunar orbits, merchants and mercenaries and privateers gliding from port to port in their sapphire-hulled ships, out where the empire scrabbles to find purchase. hollowed-out asteroids house cylindrical farms or monasteries of fatalistic leonine faiths or the huddled bodies of wound-down murine clockwork eunuchs, commissioned to advise and amuse some tiger-empress whose phoenix standard had long since faded into obscurity by the time the founder of the unicorn-banner dynasty first rallied soldiers to his cause.
An Earth-sized ball of grey-green ice, glassy smooth surfaces broken up by cryovolcanoes pumping volatiles up from a sooty core to rain down again in miserable pattering drizzles of methane through ammonia blizzards.
An ice giant, the immense azure sphere its inward neighbor might have been were it not for the vagaries of fate as involved in early star system formation, accompanied by seventeen bitterly cold moons whose tides have woven something enormous and ponderous of thought out of the inner sea of supercritical fluids.
a dozen or more dwarf planets of packed stone and ice, swinging through the outer black clouds on vastly elliptical orbits, witnesses to tumbling nickel-iron visitors and alien probes relaying streams of blurry photography and other observations back to some unknown homeworld as they fall endlessly through interstellar space.
pick a pile: general advice tarot/oracle reading <3
piles to choose from:
disclaimer: not everything in this reading may resonate with you. feel free to pick and choose what resonates and leave what doesn’t! also don’t feel forced to stick with one pile, there are messages for everyone scattered throughout this entire reading so you’re allowed to read any and all piles :)
pile 1 - mahogany obsidian
tarot cards:
if you feel yourself acting more impulsive and feeling more cocky than usual that’s the knight of wands reversed knocking on your door. instead of letting that impulsivity take control try to make commitments and stick to them that way you know you’re accomplishing what you’re setting out to do. once you’ve managed to do that you’ll be feeling more sincere when it comes to these commitments. be tolerant of your emotions and the emotions of those around you. the king of cups wants you to see everyone’s point of view, not just your own. calming yourself down and holding onto the energy of the king of cups will attract emotional bonds with people that the two of cups is suggesting to you.
oracle card:
don’t let others influence your way of thinking. they have the power to hold you back without you realizing it. influences can be both good or bad, you have the ability to determine who the good influences are versus the bad.
pile 2 - pink mangano calcite
tarot cards:
you are coming upon a moment of emotional fulfillment and release with the ace of cups! forgive yourself for your flaws, everyone has them. while forgiving yourself for your flaws is necessary don’t dwell on them for too long. the seven of cups reversed wants you to give yourself a time limit to keep yourself accountable and ready to continue on with this moment of fulfillment and release. i know the tower is scary but this feels like just a moment of perceived disaster before you reach the peak of fulfillment. trust in yourself and observe your surroundings.
oracle card:
try to give yourself the rest you deserve in order to feel at your fullest potential. feeling well rested often goes hand in hand with how fulfilled we truly feel inside.
pile 3 - kambaba jasper
tarot cards:
you’re on the path to achieving what you want and you’ll be gifted with abundance, the nine of pentacles wants you to revel in your successes while enjoying a slower pace of life for a bit. the five of pentacles is showing a brief period of instability or struggle but don’t worry too much, find the support you need and appreciate what you have, this will get you back on track. you might need to tread carefully or come clean about something before reaching what the nine of pentacles has in store for you, but don’t let the self deceptive behaviors of the seven of swords reversed hold you back from success!
oracle card:
ghosts in your life, whether they be real people, feelings you’re holding onto, etc, need to be let go of in order for you to grow into your future.
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I don't really classify my practice under a specific kind, it's pretty eclectic but I do focus more on divination and the home.
As a note, please do your research before practicing anything, since some practices are closed to outsiders, and you don't want to be messing with stuff that can backfire royally (mainly baneful and love magic; also applies to practicing closed practices).
I personally say baneful magic and not 'dark' or 'black' magic, as that equates darkness with bad, and lightness with good, which tends to go hand-in-hand with certain societal beliefs.
Books
The Green Witch (Arin Murphy-Hiscock)
The House Witch (Arin Murphy-Hiscock)
The Witch's Guide to Self-Care (Arin Murphy-Hiscock)
1001 Spells (Cassandra Easton)
Witchcraft (Greywolf & West) <- I personally don't use this book, but it was gifted to me)
The Herbal Apothecary (JJ Pursell)
Home Remedies (Bruton-Seal)
Divination
4 versions of the Rider-Waite Deck
2 oracle decks
5 pendulums
Pendulum mat (I typically don't use it though)
Clear quartz runes
Palmistry guide
Supplies
Silver cup
Wand
So many jars & candles
Mortar & pestle
Bell (for cleansing)
Himalayan singing bowl (cleansing)
Incense
Ingredients
(as a disclaimer, I primarily use universal ingredients and just use different intent, since I am not buying a certain herb that I won't use again) -> the grocery store is your best friend
Basil
Black salt (just sea salt, charcoal, and ashes)
Bay leaves
Charcoal
Cinnamon
Egg shells (crushed)
Himalayan pink salt
Marjoram
Oregano
Pine cones
Rosemary
Rose petals
Rose pistols
Sea salt
Crystals (I also have fossils, but those are just because I like fossils)
Top to bottom left to right are moss agate tower, pink mangano calcite tower, ametrine chunk, azurite with malachite chunk, columnar calcite, and amber calcite chunk
tell me why i tell god continue 2 prepare me 4 marriage & all of a sudden i get my rose quartz that i put on my tower in my window & wear it in my cage necklace😳
When i first got it(bracelet) form i didn’t connect w it’s energy so i put it in my roses glass vase/pink calcite tower. I’ve been feeling this strong loving soft feminine energy—Now touching it I’ve connected to said soft energy🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨🤨(put some in my lavender mojo bags in my pillow 2)
Make a flower ring around specific places and items to protect them.
Make herbal candle rings🕯
Watch the sunrise or sunset☀
Dress in warm colors
Connect with the sun/Element of fire🔥
Have a BBQ
Nature walk
Make a god’s eye
Decorate your altar
Sun symbols
Painted rocks
Bells🔔
Berries🍓
Green, yellow, gold, and red candles🕯
Summer flowers💐
Leave offerings to the sun or a sun deity
Opt for orange, yellow, and gold ribbons or altar cloths
Cloud divination (be careful not to look at the sun)☁
Fire divination🔥
Look for wildflowers (consider documenting them) or collect dandelions
Make flower infused oils🪔
Make jam, jelly, honey, etc. 🍯
Spells that take a lot of energy
Leave offerings to nature spirits
Leave offerings to the Fae
Notice the Earth’s changes🌎
Make lemonade
Renew tools
Colors
green💚
yellow💛
gold🥇
pink
blue💙
red❤
Animals
butterfly🦋
bear🐻
seahorse
eagle🦅
Crystals
calcite
peridot
citrine
pearl
tiger’s eye
jade
emerad
agate
fluorite
amber
sunstone
moonstone
yellow tourmaline
yellow topaz
Herbs and Flowers
pine🌲
sunflower🌻
mint
rosemary
rose🌹
oak
basil
carnation
lavender
alchemilla
peony
lily
myrrh
poppy
fern
paprika
chamomile
sage
mudwart
yarrow
honeysuckle
hydrangeas
Foods
spicy foods
strawberries🍓
spiced punch
apricots
blackberries
peaches🍑
blueberries
melons🍉
whipped cream
honey cake🍯
bread with herbs (my favorite)🍞
anything lemony🍋
potato salad🥔
if you can, try to eat home-grown or locally produced foods
curries
spice cakes
lemonade (feel free to add things!)
cheese🧀
Anything with honey or something similar (here’s a recipe I like for lemon syrup)
grilled foods
warm-colored vegetables🥕
shaved ice🍧
ice cream🍦
Deities
Freya
Flora
Venus
Hathor
Bast
Apollo
Aphrodite
Gaia
Horus
Aten
Luhg/Lug
Aditi
Vesta
Spells
Stack rocks and stones into towers near your door or porch for luck and blessings.
Clean and cleanse your home.
Write people or things you want to do away with on a paper and burn it in a Litha fire. 🔥
Preform spells at midnight 🕛
Just meditate and connect with the energies if you don’t have much free time. 🧘♂️
Rededicate to your path
Self-love magick or spells
Faerie magick
Protection
Personal growth
Healing
Other Names
Summer Solstice
Feast of Saint John
Jāņi
Midsommar
Midsummer
Juhannus
Mittumaari
Alban Hefin
Gŵyl Ganol yr Haf
Jaanipäev
Keskikesä
Incense/EOs
lavender
pine
rose
cirtus
summer flowers
There are a few things in here that you don’t hear about much (like a god’s eye) so let me know if you want me to make or tag you in a post on how to make one! Blessed be.
A lovely pink variety of Calcite, it's color comes from the Manganese it contains. The lovely, icy banding is regular Calcite (a common inclusion). But beware! A 30% content of Manganese is required for it to be considered "real" Mangano Calcite- if you care about those types of specifics.
This is a true healer of the heart. It brings compassion and joy, inner peace, and the strength to face your trauma and fears and hurts. It opens the gate to true self acceptance, allowing us to see who we truly are at our very core, and feel comfortable and at ease being that person.
Bonus: Black Obsidian
Black obsidian, not a crystal but an igneous rock, is nature's black glass! A grounding stone, it's connected to the root chakra and brings balance and flow from your base up to your remaining chakras.
It's useful in scrying as it stimulates intuition and prophecy/foresight. It will also offer (grounding) protection when traveling spiritually.
This particular one is a DT or Double Terminated point. Points, wands, DTs, obelisks, and towers all helps to direct and channel the flow of energy to a specific purpose (whereas a sphere is useful for a kind of blanket projection into a room).