#trust me I haven't read the original Alice In Wonderland book

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Why is it that some of my favorite characters lately if they were to play a role in an Alice In Wonderland roleplay for a theater show or a school performance, I would definitely appoint them to play as Mad Hatter without hesitation cause it's super fitting for them?

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The Astrology Behind: “The Chronicles of Narnia” Pt.1

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I recently went on a rabbit hole reading all about these books and movies, which honestly started out as boredom and a tad of nostalgia. It had been so long since I watched any of them that I could not recall the rich, mystical and esoteric history behind all of this material.

I'll be breaking down the writer and the characters astrological placements along with some interesting insights as well for entertainment. So, major spoiler alert for those who haven't read or seen the movies. At any case, this will be a long series! Enjoy <3

The Author, C. S. Lewis, has a really interesting chart that screams wizard and esoteric connoisseur. He was often hailed as the ‘Father of Modern Fantasy,’ and has been regarded as one of the most versatile authors in terms of topics and genres.

One of the most noticeable things to me was his Scorpio placements which indicate the depth behind his stories and the occult messages in them as well. Anuradha is a sign that has heavy themes of friendship, alliances, and devotion. As well, the darker side of this nakshatra comes with its Saturn influence where the native must first experience betrayal of trust, broken friendships, isolation in order to attain real long lasting connections. In the series these are all highlighted topics with the Narnians building a strong bond not just with the original queens and kings, but also with all the other humans who wanted to aid. It was all about joining forces towards a common good and being devoted to the magic of faith.

His rich and vivid imagination was most definitely triggered by that Moon conjunct Neptune. I think his moon is most likely in sidereal Gemini rather than Taurus, simply because of his profession as a writer. His intuition and creative abilities were palpable with this conjunction, regardless of sign.

Neptune creates illusions and delusions which can be detrimental if there's no tool to release it, and Lewis obviously knew exactly where to pour it all. There's a good chance that a lot of his writings were channeled since this conjunction gives natural psychic abilities, and many spiritual experiences as well.

His Moon was also conjunct Pluto, which not only brings many deep transformative spiritual lessons, but a tumultuous inner world as well. It's possible that writing was his safe hiding place from all the difficulties he experienced at home and/or with his mother.

In the movie we become familiar with the children who in the middle of war had to be separated from their mother in order to survive. They were left with their innocence and imagination to connect with the new world that was thrown upon them. It was only after they entered Narnia that their inner and external world enmeshed into an almost Alice in Wonderland sort of experience. Bizarre, visceral, colorful, and deeply transcendental. The plot and all of themes match very well with the authors life.

He was also well known for his religious interest and writings as well, which is expected of someone with Mercury in Sagittarius, specifically in a Ketu nakshatra which represents roots, be it of a plant or our own. Mula natives have a strong connection to their past and their ancestors, hence why for Lewis continuing to share/communicate/write about his faith taught by his family was an essential part of him. This nakshatra also loves to act like detectives, searching and digging in the past, like an archaeologist.

It is also note worthy to mention that Mercury was conjunct Rahu and these individuals often have an endless hunger for knowledge. It is almost an obsession to them, which is on theme for Rahu's shenanigans. Aside from this, the physic abilities are also strongly present. So, overall, Lewis was very much connected to the ether and his "imagination" was actually pulling from a deep well of wisdom passed down by his ancestors and spirit guides who wanted to use him as a channel for sharing hidden truths, even if it was under his religious scope.

Now, I'll continue with mentioning that the seven (7) books were each inspired by a planet. As mentioned earlier Lewis interest for magic and the cosmos was as deep as a blackhole. He strongly believed in Astrology despite the opposition that existed in his own religion.

He mentioned in non fiction books how Astrology was never an issue with the church until the Copernicus model came around putting emphasis on the Sun, which has been historically associated with God in many different religions. Due to this and other reasons most theologist deemed prediction or worship of planets as a blasphemy.

Lewis’ inclusion of the Seven Heavens avoided all three of these heretical dangers. As such, Lewis’ use of medieval cosmology falls well outside the scope of what modern-day Christians would condemn as astrology, which allowed him to use it without guilt or shame.

The planet Lewis assigned to each book is as follows:

Jove (Jupiter): The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Mars: Prince Caspian

Sol (the Sun): The Voyage of the Dawn Treader

Luna (the Moon): The Silver Chair

Mercury: The Horse and his Boy

Venus: The Magician’s Nephew

Saturn: The Last Battle

I've only seen the first three movies, and I can definitely see each planet reflected into all of them. Jupiter in the first with all of the expansion of the magic, the war, traveling far from home and to another world, etc.

In the second movie, it was very Martian with the invasion of humans aggression and Narnians essentially becoming either extinct or pulled away from their higher consciousness to become like any other animal. It was also the heavy military ideals, the difficulty in both main masculine characters with controlling their dominance, etc.

In the last one the whole plot revolves around the two youngest siblings who still had a connection to "Aslan" (the Sun or Jesus archetype) returning to fight against a dark mist that was haunting Narnians. They had to go on a journey of recovering 7 magical swords and using them to return the light back into the lands. At the end, Aslan gives the characters the option of returning back into his world with them since Narnia didn't need of their protection anymore. The whole plot was centered around bringing light, truth, and stability.

As you can tell this series has a lot of knowledge and spiritual insights hiding behind the cover of a child's story so I will separate it into several parts. In the next one, I will go over the main character's charts and their astrological association, connection to author and books as well. Thank you for reading!

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winter chapters 25-33

figured out how to include and vaguely format photos which i'm including for my favourite passages. tumblr butchered the photos tho so rip it's blurry lol

OMGGGG I COMPLETELY FORGOT ABOUT THE WHOLE HUNTSMAN PLOT FSKDJFHSDFH THIS IS THE EXACT KIND OF DRAMA AND ANGST I LOVE

jacin's low key a gentleman for just wordlessly giving cress the cot and taking the floor instead in his OWN home

HELP THE THOUGHT OF THE RAMPION CREW BEING THE "SEVEN DWARFS" FSFHSDKFJSDHFS (i haven't reread the original fairy tale for a time so forgive me if that's actually just a disneywashed thing)

omg cress is stepping up into her role and being the hero she always wished she was <3 i love her development so much. zero to hero type beat

love to see jacin overcoming being a selfish bitch and promising to protect cress <3 positive development for him too

FINALLY CHAPTER 27 SCARLET I MISSED HER AND HER POV everything scarlet does is literally so slayed. yes girl!! break that bitch's nose!!!

HELP WHY DID I NEVER REGISTER WITH GENETIC ENGINEERING THAT WOLF WOULD ACTUALLY. BE RELATED TO A LITERAL FLESH AND BLOOD WOLF. this is in fact wilder than anything the ouat family tree was ever capable of (and i would know, because i studied that damn thing like the bible)

marissa meyer DON'T DO THIS TO ME. i will always go apeshit over a character being nicknamed "sunshine" ESPECIALLY when he's the furthest thing from a ray of sunshine ever LMAO

love how winter seems to think that the menagerie in front of scarlet's cage is the most romantic spot for jacin to admit his feelings for her. a bit silly goofy

ngl it's literally HEARTBREAKING that winter could think, even for a moment, that jacin would actually follow levana's orders and kill her (note: it was in fact a LOT of moments which makes it more painful)

NO NOT RYU. OMG I NEVER WOULD HAVE THOUGHT RYU WAS THE DEER

damn cress is like a guardian angel <3 she's always been the rampion's guardian angel

"the docks. With the mushrooms" ik that this is just winter's delulu ramblings and trust me i have been painstakingly restraining myself from going "omg alice in wonderland reference" because there's nothing more obnoxious than picking a mentally ill character and defining them by alice in wonderland but in this case,,,,

"Down, down, down we go" look i KNOW i'm reaching here because ANYONE can repeat the word down three times but direct word for word lewis caroll's alice in wonderland "Down, down, down. Would the fall never come to an end?"

jacin clay is so incredibly fucked. the paper trail leading back to him helping the princess in her escape is such a mountable pile of evidence (note: he is in fact not fucked and the queen fell for it)

OMG THE MAN IS WOLF YAYAYAY SCARLET AND WOLF ARE REUNITING I'M SO HAPPY I'M GONNA THROW UP

living for the "Devoured her." metaphor/pun. like yes. that's so little red riding hood fksdfsdkf

wolflet are cancelled for being instalove (jk it says STARTED TO for a reason)

WHAT DID I SAY CRESS???? LITERALLY THE PEAK OF ALL ROMANCE (i used to be hesitant to ship scarlet and winter because of how their relationship started but honestly with the confirmation THAT scene was when she started falling for wolf. i think scarlet is just INTO all that life or death shit. a bit of a masochist in my opinion)

"Are we running a boardinghouse for misplaced royalty around here, or what?" thorne that is SO real LMAO. someone reunite them all with kai asap

speaking of kai he literally CAN'T go ONE damn book without being SEPARATED from everyone. someone stop this before my heart explodes and breaks into a million tiny little pieces

girls girl scarlet makes a comeback

CINDER AND WINTER REUNITED CINDER AND WINTER REUNITED. am going apeshit. what a great note to end tonight's read on (note: was 11pm when i finished chapter 3)

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AUGUST BOOK WRAP UP

I had a pretty good reading month this month and ended up reading 23 books.

My thoughts are below.

First book I read was a graphic novel called 'This was our Pact' by Ryan Andrews. This was a cute little graphic novel about a friendship between two boys who go on an adventure to find out where some lanterns go, being the only two that stuck by the pact they made.

What I enjoyed about this book was the friendship that built between the two boys. And since the main character is a kid he makes a bad decision like all kids do. I like that this is a realistic story about kids and it was very adorable growing into the story.

I gave this book 4 stars.

The second book I read was called I'm With Stupid by Geoff Harbach. This was a book where a football player isolates himself from a town by picking a school that made them believe he was betraying them. He befriends and becomes a mentor for a kid who isn't as popular and he's trying to figure out his steps when he graduates high school.

What I enjoyed about this book was that he didn't let himself ignore a kid who needed help and let himself be a protector for him.

I gave this book a 3.5 star.

I then read the Twisted Tale of Frozen Let It Go. This book is a story of what if Elsa and Anna never knew each other.

What I liked about this story and this whole series was that they build the stories behind these famous stories more, and give some of them more personality and a bigger story then just the short and thrown together story. Kristoff was actually a more built out character and this book also answered the question about what would happen if Elsa and Hans were a couple.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

The fourth book I read was Mystery of the Midnight Rider by Carolyn Keene. This is a Nancy Drew Mystery. Nancy Drew is a child detective who solves mysteries around her town of River Heights with her boyfriend and best friends.

What I liked about this book was childhood purposes, I loved this series when I was a little kid and teenager. This story knows what it is, they are mysteries for young girls and teenagers.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

I then read Reckless by Gemma Rogers. This was a story of a woman who develops a relationship with a student and then ends up being stalked by that student when she ends it.

My god this book was dark. Izzy, our main character has just moved into this town with her family to have a fresh start. But this book goes alot into the dangers of those relationships. I enjoyed the dark feel of this book, alot more then I should have but there was something that kept sucking me in, and there were moments when I didn't like the main character at all because she was making so many stupid decisions, but when this book went dark, they did it right.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

I then listened to the audiobook of Twice in a Blue Moon by Christina Lauren. This is about a woman who gets betrayed by someone she trusted and then they meet up again years later and find their way back to each other again.

I don't read alot of romance but for a readathon I needed something to fill the prompt and I read this. My god I didn't like this book, why would any woman go back to someone who betrayed everything about their trust and hurt her so much. I kept wanting this girl to just stop going back to him, even though I knew where the story was going, but I really didn't like that as the main plot. I did like the writing of it though, Christina Lauren can write, but I just didn't like the story plot itself.

I gave this book a 3 star rating.

I then read The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Society. I don't really know how to describe what this book is about aside from a woman who starts a bookclub and writes to many friends about it.

I wanted to get into this book, but it was written in a way I couldn't follow, which is why I was happy I found the audiobook of it so that someone else could read it to me. I do recommend this to someone who is into this genre of book, but it wasn't as good as I wanted it to be.

I gave this book a 3 star rating.

I then listened to the audiobook of Monday's Not Coming by Tiffany D. Jackson. This story is about a girl who realises her best friend is missing and is the only one who seems to care.

My god I loved this book. The way that it went into so many different topics and covered them well, and presented the story of trying to search for a missing black girl so well. This story was good from start to finish and I think more people need to read this book.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

I then read Percy Jackson and the Battle of the Labyrinth by Rick Riordan. This is the the 4th book in the Percy Jackson series and it continues to follow the story of Percy Jackson and his friends as they prepare for the final battle.

This was my favourite book in the story so far and it continues to tell the story quite well and is a great continuation of the story.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

I then read 17 Marigold Lane by R.M Gilmore. This is the story of a girl who finds out she's dying and befriends an autistic boy who has been hidden away from the world.

God, this book made me feel so many emotions. I went from feeling happy and sad, but then also angry because I met the parents and hated them almost immediately because of how they treated or didn't care about their son. Everyone should read this book because it goes into some deep topics and teaches quite well about aspererger's and what it actually does to people.

I gave this book a 4 star rating. It would've been a 5 star, but the parents annoyed me too much.

I then did an audiobook for the story Dead Girl Walking by Linda Joy Singleton. This was a story about a girl who dies and finds her way back to the wrong body.

I enjoyed parts of this book because it was funny, but it wasn't the most well written book I've ever seen. It was fine for what it is, but it could've been more and done alot better.

I gave this book a 3 star rating.

The next book I read was Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn. This is a story of a couple that turns dark when his wife turns up missing.

I kept this book synopsis vague because otherwise it gives away the premise of the story, but it is definitely worth reading. The twists in this book were semi predictable, but I still liked the way they played it out.

I gave this book a 3.5 star rating.

I then read Percy Jackson and the Last Olympian by Rick Riordan. This is the final book in the 5 book series and what all of the book so far have been building up to, the final battle of the Gods.

I thought this was a amazing closer to the series and was executed well. Like this is what it's been building up to and this is what the story is essentially and I loved the way it was done. This is a story that I think everyone should read at some point, whether you, or your kids.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

The next book I read was Don't Believe It by Charlie Donlea. I originally read this book because I read two more of Charlie Donlea's stories and enjoyed them, and I didn't really like this book as much as those. I think because of the ending more then anything else is what made me not like it much. Normally the endings are what I like the most about his stories, but this one just fell short for me.

So this became a 3.5 star rating.

I then listened the audiobook for The House on the Cerulean Sea by T.J Klune. This is a book about a social worker that gets sent to a house to inspect and complete a report.

I wanted to like this book, but I think parts of it went downhill and wasn't the way I wanted it to go. I think my rating would've been lower if I read the book physically, and I can't pick why I didn't like it as much as I wanted to. But normally I do end up liking less hyped books more then hyped ones.

I gave this book a 3 star rating.

I then read The Taken by Inbali Iserles. This is the first book in a series called Foxcraft. This is a story of a fox trying to find her way back to her family who has all disappeared.

I thought this book was cute for what it was, but I was clearly not the target audience for this book since it's clearly made for kids. But for what it was I enjoyed it, as it's quite a fun adventure story and I would read it again if I ever had children around.

I gave this book a 3 star rating.

I then read Poisoned by Jennifer Donnelly. This is a retelling of Snow White which goes more on the fairytale rather then the Disney movie, since it uses more then just the poisoned apple approach. I did enjoy this book and it definitely built on the naivety of Snow White as a child, and her building inside herself to become a queen. Some parts of it were cliche, but since it was based off a fairytale they were able to be slipped past in my mind.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

I then read the graphic novel 'Miles Morales: Shockwaves'. This is exactly what it was a Spiderman graphic novel that is based off the Into The Spiderverse story rather then the known story. I did enjoy this book for what it was but I can't really be too disappointed because it's a graphic novel so there wasn't much depth to it.

I gave this book a 3.5 star rating.

I then read Alice in Wonderland by Lewis Carroll. This is a story of a young girl falls through a rabbit hole into a whole new world. I didn't like this book as much as I wanted to, and I know it was a book made for children, but it wasn't as good as it could've been even for kids.

I gave this book a 3 star rating.

Then I read The House by the Sea by Louise Douglas. This is a story about a couple who get sent back to an old house in England, that was left to them, but the house has haunted memories included. I don't really know what I was expecting from this book, but I kind of enjoyed it. I haven't heard people talking about this book at all, but I think it was actually quite a good story, even if I picked half of the ending, but the other half I didn't.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

Then I finally read the Tale of Magic by Chris Colfer. This is a fantasy story where magic has been banned in the world and our main character needs to change that. I actually didn't like this book at the start, maybe because of the sexist beliefs in it. But I did end up actually enjoying it, even if it took a few things from other fantasy stories.

I gave this book a 4 star rating.

The final book I read was the audiobook of Growing up Disabled in Australia. This is a collection of short stories from disabled adults in Australia. I don't like giving a strong opinion on non fiction, so I won't go into it. I also don't rate people's real stories so this is it for this book.

This is my wrap up and I actually had a very good reading month. The most I've read in a while.